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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 02:52 PM Mar 2012

Our Country If The GOP Had The Power

There would be NO Social Security, Medicare, Medicaide, health care access for 150,000,000, welfare, unemployment insurance, minimum wage, taxes on the rich, labor laws, family planning, contraceptives, work hour limits, unions, collective bargaining, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, teaching of evolution, teaching of progressive ideas, voting rights for women, child labor laws etc.

There would be mandatory school prayer, loyalty oaths, book banning, covenant marriage, mandatory flag pledges, creationism, theocracy, RW dictatorship, anti cohabitation laws, anti adultery laws, contraception banning laws, forced child labor, criminal laws against gays, felony criminal laws for abortion, laws banning divorce, anti minority laws, pro segregation laws, etc.

Just use you imagination as you hear and see all the legislative initiatives they push in different parts of the country.

Would GOP land be the kind of place you would want to live.

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Our Country If The GOP Had The Power (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 OP
And they would fly this flag: Taverner Mar 2012 #1
The Handmaid's Tale. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #2
HEre ya go! Taverner Mar 2012 #8
COOL! Fawke Em Mar 2012 #9
Yup. hifiguy Mar 2012 #11
Yes! TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #4
The flag of Gilead from "The Handmaid's Tale" Glorfindel Mar 2012 #7
I imagine that Newt would sell off the Statue of Liberty on eBay ... zbdent Mar 2012 #3
Yeah - they probably hate the fact that a French woman Fawke Em Mar 2012 #10
For every item on that list, link it to legislation. democrat_patriot Mar 2012 #5
You're trying too hard n/t RZM Mar 2012 #6
What do you mean? Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #12
manditory school prayer oldhippydude Mar 2012 #13
Would seem the GOP mantra is every bit the anti-America as Hitler was the indepat Mar 2012 #14
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
11. Yup.
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 03:14 PM
Mar 2012

A Xtianist version of the Saudi theocracy combined with Big Brother for the 99% and Ayn Rand for the 1%. Repuke paradise.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
4. Yes!
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 03:00 PM
Mar 2012

You are certainly correct. And you can count on it.

The GOP and evangelicals will never give up. They have said over and over and over they will take down the Constitution and replace it with the bible no matter how long it takes.

Glorfindel

(9,732 posts)
7. The flag of Gilead from "The Handmaid's Tale"
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 03:02 PM
Mar 2012

I think you're exactly right. Such a flag would suit them just fine.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
3. I imagine that Newt would sell off the Statue of Liberty on eBay ...
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 02:59 PM
Mar 2012

or at least sell the copper skin to his buddies for a microscopically small percentage of its value ... for them to resell for outlandish profit ... with no taxation, of course ...

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
10. Yeah - they probably hate the fact that a French woman
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 03:06 PM
Mar 2012

welcomes visitors and immigrants to our shores.

democrat_patriot

(2,774 posts)
5. For every item on that list, link it to legislation.
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 03:00 PM
Mar 2012

Much more powerful. And a great tool to pick and choose from for reputing talking points.



But very time consuming to do...
 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
12. What do you mean?
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 03:21 PM
Mar 2012

Do you think Republicans have been in favor of any of the progressive strides made since the Civil War? Have they not favored a religiously insane agenda and one that punishes women, minorities and gays?

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