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Originally Posted by wittynickname
Only they aren't equally culpable and felonious. Both sides are full of idiots, that is for certain, and the two-party system is a disaster.
But the GOP is just miles ahead of Democrats in terms of how awful they are. GOP leaders are attacking Obama over the VA scandal--months after they all voted against a bill that Democrats put on the table that would've helped with VA hospital issues. They argue that Obama doesn't support the troops--but they've blocked bills that would help veterans find jobs upon returning home. They are on a crusade to make Roe v. Wade utterly useless by using bureaucracy to close abortion hospitals in one state after another. They refuse to acknowledge the reality of climate change, they try to force creationism as fact rather than evolution. They pushed to make corporate entities have the same rights as human beings. They made it their party platform to stop any and all efforts of President Obama to do his job.
Democrats are corrupt as well, and big money is ruining the political structure in this country, but to say both sides are equally as awful is just not even close to accurate.
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I will agree and commend your knowledge of the corrupt GOP.
So- not sure if you're Canadian or not (I am but I live in the US)- having said all of the terrible things about the GOP and also adhering to the fact that the Democrats are corrupt- would you vote Democrat because you'll settle for 'corrupt' over the inhumane?
If you say no- you'd vote Independent- then you know for a fact that won't do you any good.
If you say yes, you'd vote democrat because they 'aren't as bad' as the Republicans, then you're part of the problem. (Not you personally- but you're part of the problem of the two party system).
Look- again- my point is- and I don't 'argue' or call people names, etc- that people from Canada or other socialist/liberal countries are more apt to be sympathetic to the Democratic party. It's just human nature. But for everything a Republican idiot politician president has done, I can counter with the actions of a Democratic idiot politician or president. Until Americans figure out that the founding fathers of this country did not ever see any of us being forced to do things like pay penalties for not paying for healthcare or be forced to participate in garbage wars, until we decide to 'dump the tea in the ocean' for lack of a better analogy- we will continue to see Americans and allies die overseas, we will continue to see people go broke to pay health insurance, we will continue to be overtaxed and pay taxes to things we don't even know we're paying- we will continue to be told who we can marry and what we can do with our bodies-we will continue to watch our children and innocent people get shot and killed at schools, churches, post offices, army bases- we will continue to allow the same people in the same neighbourhoods to sell drugs and form gangs- we will continue apologize for our past and pay the lazy and 'unwilling to work' and sponge off the entity that encourages passivity and blind following. This country is broken, and like it or not- Obama is just another idiot who is a big part of the problem, and the Republican who replaces him will be just as bad (and it WILL be a Republican because people are tired of Democrats at this time). 4-8 years ago, we'll start all over again- if we have anything left.
Off soap box- sorry for the rant
