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Populist_Prole

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5. Whenever a GOP-er says "freedom" they're really talking about money.

Reply to Initech (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:36 AM

Mar 2012

That's one thing I learned back when I was a Republican years ago. All that bald eagle, flag waving imagery hooks the simpletons, while the real party apparatus speeds toward a plutocracy.

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So Much For Freedom And Small Government [View all] TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 OP

But... RobertEarl Mar 2012 #1

Too Many Stupid Voters TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #2

And it looks like it will stay that way... Initech Mar 2012 #4

reagan RobertEarl Mar 2012 #7

God - the thought of one of those three clowns becoming president scares me. Initech Mar 2012 #8

Their idea of a big government is a police state - not what we want. Initech Mar 2012 #3

Whenever a GOP-er says "freedom" they're really talking about money. Populist_Prole Mar 2012 #5

They lust after profits the same way Gollum lusts after his "precious". Initech Mar 2012 #6

Freedom is not the same as small government quaker bill Mar 2012 #9

Go ahead and end all domestic programs. Zalatix Mar 2012 #10

I have never voted for a Republican for any office, anywhere. In 2000, when Republicans libinnyandia Mar 2012 #11