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Top Ten Reasons To Vote Republican
by Plf515 at Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/25/1020037/-Top-10-reasons-to-vote-Republican
"SNIP.............
1. You are a bigot
It's true that not all Republicans are bigots. But if you ARE a bigot, the Republican party will be much more your group than the Democratic party. Remember that there are lots of ways to be a bigot: You could be a racist, a homophobe, an Islamophobe, or lots of other things.
2. You like eating, drinking and breathing poison.
Many Republicans are calling for or voting for shrinking or eliminating agencies that protect us against poison. They seem to think that the corporations will do the right thing, without any pressure from the government. Uh huh. Read The Jungle. Look at the way Monsanto is hiding facts about Round Up. Look at food safety and outbreaks of E. Coli.
Corporations exist to make money. They will do so any way they can. The government needs to stop them from doing so in ways that hurt people.
3. You think the rich don't have enough money
The idea that giving more money to rich people (via tax breaks) will help poor people is nonsensical and has been shown wrong time and again in history. Huge tax breaks for the rich (a la George Bush) don't work.
...............SNIP"
Iggo
(47,558 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)Concise and to the point.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Thanksgiving with them.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Do you?
Can't you just tell them you'll be in Costa Rica this year?
And then of course ...GO to Costa Rica...
sorechasm
(631 posts)#11: Before the Pope's visit, many Catholics thought it was a sin to vote for 'baby killing' Democrats.
#12: 'Blood is thicker than water', oil is even thicker. If your family, business partners, and golfing buddies stick with losers, who do you think you are to think different.
#13: Motel lobbies, gyms, and many, many 'public' places blast Faux News 24-7. The viewers don't know there are other legitimate POV, and have no desire to look behind the curtain.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
cpompilo
(323 posts)mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)You are a bigot.. because that is reason one for voting Republican.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)Citizens United - Stop the flow of money from corporations/wall st./big banks to politicians. Before CU, republicans and some democrats were being bought. After CU, the majority of the politicians in DC are already in the back pockets of corporations/wall st./big banks. Plus, as an added bonus, judges in all shapes and sizes are also beholden to corporations/wall st./big banks.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Every word is true.