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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 03:24 PM
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Why Republicans voted against the Bill
The Democratic Party has a favorable view of large scale government intervention to ease the inevitable cruelty of markets and help ordinary people have a better existence during the few years of life we are given.

Republicans do not believe in that stuff.

It's not complicated.
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 03:27 PM
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 03:28 PM
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2. They are double-crossers. It doesn't matter what you think of the bailout itself nt
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 03:38 PM
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3. Since some Democrats suddenly had consituents who were
pushing them to vote against the bill, the Republicans think they
might be able to win some seats in the election .
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frickaline Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 03:40 PM
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4. I agree, they saw this bailout as socialism and protection of the weak
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 03:46 PM
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5. They cannot stand the government ever owning anything, and will destroy it first.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 03:47 PM
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6. that is probably the most succinct and accurate analysis I've ever read.
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