Six Good Reasons to Vote Republican

[JohnOfSheffield]

I cannot disagree with JOS regarding the relative strengths and weakness of the US democratic system and the more prevelent Parlimentry system.

I might point out the British system with two basic parties is far more stable than the same multiparty Italian one. As I recall, Italy has seen its government change hands like 80 times in some years.

Once the USA votes in some total idiot, we are usually stuck with them for 2, 4, or 6 years.

That's THREE basic parties in the UK, two of them in the government right now.

Italy isn't really comparable to the UK, the level of corruption is so great that if they had oil it would be Venezuela.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

The reality is, Republicans will pick up seats not because of any of the 6 "good reasons" to vote for them, it will be because right now they stink less than the Democrats.

I'd say that the main reason for that is because of the economy, it's the same in many other nations too, most voters are really really stupid and don't understand that their politicians can't just fix the economy and make everything better very quickly.

Changes take time, no one has the patience to wait for it though.

 

[Red Dawn]

The reality is, Republicans will pick up seats not because of any of the 6 "good reasons" to vote for them, it will be because right now they stink less than the Democrats.

The only reason they stink less is because they are like day old dogshit where as the Democrats are like fresh dogshit.

 

[CallMeJoe]

I live in South Carolina. With Nikki Haley and Jim DeMented on the ticket, I can't think of one reason good enough to vote a straight Republican ticket.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Tomorrow, for the first time in my life, I am going to vote a straight Party ticket. And I am going to vote Republican.

But when the dominant political party of the last six years

The below article, in six brilliant points, succinctly captures the reasons why I will vote the way I will.

No surprise but your addition skills.

 

[Bateluer]

I'd say that the main reason for that is because of the economy, it's the same in many other nations too, most voters are really really stupid and don't understand that their politicians can't just fix the economy and make everything better very quickly.

Changes take time, no one has the patience to wait for it though.

Oh, the voters know that change takes time. Its just that the voters all woke up from their apathy and said 'Change to what!?' and emphatically said no.

As I've stated before, I'd love to see the Obamacare monstrosity repealed, but it won't happen even with a GOP super majority capable of over riding a presidential veto. Partly because of the benefits to big businesses and partly because Pelosi and Reid wrote sections in the bill expressly stating that it cannot be repealed. Something the Supreme Court should strike down like the unconstitutional BS it is.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Oh, the voters know that change takes time. Its just that the voters all woke up from their apathy and said 'Change to what!?' and emphatically said no.

OK, so they waited a few weeks and changed their minds when nothing happened?

It's not easy doing anything but damage control when you are as deep in debt and in the middle of the worst depression since the 20's but yeah, voters understand that and have the patience to wait for several.... what? Years? Absolutely NOT!

No they don't. The overwhelming majority of voters will blame Obama for things that are beyond his control by more than a decade and say that it's his policies that made things the way they are, he CAUSED the depression, well that and he instituted Czars for the first time in history of the US, that he is a Communist, Marxist, Stalinist, Socialist, Muslim Kenyan who hates America....

The average voter is a fucking loon.

 

[Bateluer]

OK, so they waited a few weeks and changed their minds when nothing happened?

It's not easy doing anything but damage control when you are as deep in debt and in the middle of the worst depression since the 20's but yeah, voters understand that and have the patience to wait for several.... what? Years? Absolutely NOT!

No they don't. The overwhelming majority of voters will blame Obama for things that are beyond his control by more than a decade and say that it's his policies that made things the way they are, he CAUSED the depression, well that and he instituted Czars for the first time in history of the US, that he is a Communist, Marxist, Stalinist, Socialist, Muslim Kenyan who hates America....

The average voter is a fucking loon.

Uh, what? The voters are voting against Obama and his party because they don't like the massive deficit spending, without any results. They don't like ObamaCare. They don't like the nationalization of the health care industry, the automotive industry, etc. The list goes on and on.

BTW, its not a depression we're in. Even by the standards of a recession, its pretty tame. Might want to talk to some of the older folks, the one's who lived through the real Depression in the 30s(not the 20s, fyi. ), or the ones who lived through the 1970s oil crisis. Heck, even the Dot Com bubble bursting was worse than this.

Its fine if you don't like losing, no one does. But take it like a man.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Uh, what? The voters are voting against Obama and his party because they don't like the massive deficit spending, without any results. They don't like ObamaCare. They don't like the nationalization of the health care industry, the automotive industry, etc. The list goes on and on.

Not really, they are seeing that they are worse off now because of the economy, they don't give a shit about deficit spending except when they get a job because of it, then they are for it.

BTW, its not a depression we're in. Even by the standards of a recession, its pretty tame. Might want to talk to some of the older folks, the one's who lived through the real Depression in the 30s(not the 20s, fyi. ), or the ones who lived through the 1970s oil crisis. Heck, even the Dot Com bubble bursting was worse than this.

Its fine if you don't like losing, no one does. But take it like a man.

It's a depression if you are going to use the proper word for it, it's not just the US economy, it's the western economy and it's bringing populations all over the western hemisphere to it's knees with unemployment rates, cutbacks in industry and the poverty rates are rising all over... Perhaps you should get a dictionary.

If you think the .com bubble was worse than this... then i can only conclude you are 13, living in your parents basement and have no clue what so ever of what is going on in the world.

My side already won, the conservatives and liberals won, labour lost, we are decreasing spending, something that will NEVER happen in the US regardless of who wins any election, you have two sides, spend and borrow and spend less and borrow less, i'll let you figure out which one is which by the numbers and i'm fairly certain you'll be surprised about which is which when you look at the result.

 

[Greenman]

More like 6 lies that the Republicans use to try and get the populace to vote for them.

The dems did it with two, hope and change.

 

[jackstar7]

The dems did it with two, hope and change.

They're just concepts.

They exist a bit outside the purview of truth.

 

[ShawnD1]

Vote Republican (#GOP) for the Very First Time

Dude that one candidate's name is Isaac Hayes!

 

[werepossum]

There is only one reason to vote for Republicans - they aren't Democrats. Even that wouldn't be much of a reason were it not for the prospect of sweet gridlock, as 2001 - 2006 proved.

 

[Carmen813]

Actually most of those people are gone too.

To be replaced with newer and even crazier ones...
We didn't have Gridlock in 2001-2006 werepossum, last time we had it was after 94.

 

[shortylickens]

Yeah, worked out great with GOP Congress 1994-2006 and GOP president 2000-2008.
Let's have more of it.

This.
I am not happy with much of anything the Democrats have been doing. But if we're completely honest with ourselves, the Republicans are much worse at getting shit accomplished than the Democrats. At least they make things happen, even if they are the wrong things. The Republicans rarely correct anything the Democrats have done.

One example: The weapons ban.
They didnt kill it. They let it lapse. The only way the Republicans can make anything happen is by inaction. Letting shit cancel itself. If there had been a longer time period in place for the weapons ban it would still be running.

 

[NoStateofMind]

I don't think your straight party R vote was ever in question Jabber.

1. I want to live in an America where economic success is celebrated – not penalized.

Republicans value economic success, but only vast economic success. At the federal level, Republicans really only care about massive companies and their economic success, they have little interest in small business which is truly where success for the masses begins.

2. I want ObamaCare repealed.

Too late. Now that Obamacare is simply a reward to big business, it's not going anywhere.

3. I want the federal government to reverse its metastatic growth.

Republicans don't exactly have a great history there. Small government is just a buzzword that's quickly forgotten by Republicans after the election.

4. I want a House and Senate that respects the popular will.

See #3.

5. I want to be able to disagree with Democrats without being slandered.

This has nothing to do with winning the election. Republicans and Democrats are at each others throats because they're both stupid.

6. I want to be free.

See #3.

Well I was about to say the only number you will see followed is #1 and the others are wishful thinking, but I was beaten to it.

 

[werepossum]

This.
I am not happy with much of anything the Democrats have been doing. But if we're completely honest with ourselves, the Republicans are much worse at getting shit accomplished than the Democrats. At least they make things happen, even if they are the wrong things. The Republicans rarely correct anything the Democrats have done.

One example: The weapons ban.
They didnt kill it. They let it lapse. The only way the Republicans can make anything happen is by inaction. Letting shit cancel itself. If there had been a longer time period in place for the weapons ban it would still be running.

To be fair, the Pubbies never had anything near a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and allowing the "little people" to protect themselves, much less from government, is anathema to the Democrats. Any bill prematurely ending the "assault weapons" ban was a non-starter.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

To be fair, the Pubbies never had anything near a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and allowing the "little people" to protect themselves, much less from government, is anathema to the Democrats. Any bill prematurely ending the "assault weapons" ban was a non-starter.

Of all things that matter, restrictions on firarms must surely be the least important, it's the standing joke in the rest of the world, you actually think your right to carry a gun increases your freedom while the government restricts your REAL freedoms year by year?

Where have these real restrictions on your freedoms come from, was it Reagan? GHB? Clinton? GWB? Obama? Three of them, step by stem and none of those three were democrats.

But i suppose owning plinkers that you can't really expect to do sheit with against a government who controls the military is a more important freedom than say... being able to express how you feel over the phone with a friend without having to worry about if your call is being listened in on.

Warrantless wiretaps, warrantless searches, detention on suspicion and special out of the legal system treatments for some people, is that the freedom you think is awesome and that the pubs (as you call them) have brought you?

 

[hal2kilo]

More like 6 lies that the Republicans use to try and get the populace to vote for them.

And I really believe the Republican sock puppet is voting the straight Republican ticket for the first time in his life ha! ha! ha!......................

 

[werepossum]

Of all things that matter, restrictions on firarms must surely be the least important, it's the standing joke in the rest of the world, you actually think your right to carry a gun increases your freedom while the government restricts your REAL freedoms year by year?

Where have these real restrictions on your freedoms come from, was it Reagan? GHB? Clinton? GWB? Obama? Three of them, step by stem and none of those three were democrats.

But i suppose owning plinkers that you can't really expect to do sheit with against a government who controls the military is a more important freedom than say... being able to express how you feel over the phone with a friend without having to worry about if your call is being listened in on.

Warrantless wiretaps, warrantless searches, detention on suspicion and special out of the legal system treatments for some people, is that the freedom you think is awesome and that the pubs (as you call them) have brought you?

Yes, I value my Second Amendment rights far above my right to not have my phone conversations monitored by a piece of software. I'm just funny that way. Please note also that my "plinkers" pack more energy than any rifle that our military issues except for the fifties and the .338s.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Yes, I value my Second Amendment rights far above my right to not have my phone conversations monitored by a piece of software. I'm just funny that way. Please note also that my "plinkers" pack more energy than any rifle that our military issues except for the fifties and the .338s.

I don't get it? You do realise that the full military force of the US military would be used against any group that tried to start some kind of revolution, right?

I'd read about how they defeated the terrorists the next day...

I call anything below something that can disable a tank a plinker because that is the sound your guns will make when they come rolling in aiming for you.

It's either that or the military is on your side in which case your guns are not even needed.

In a war zone, a gun is a great thing to have, at home? If i thought i'd need one for anything but hunting, i'd move out of the hellhole i was in.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

:thumbsup:

More like 6 lies that the Republicans use to try and get the populace to vote for them.

:thumbsup:

 

[Fear No Evil]

I don't get it? You do realise that the full military force of the US military would be used against any group that tried to start some kind of revolution, right?

I'd read about how they defeated the terrorists the next day...

I call anything below something that can disable a tank a plinker because that is the sound your guns will make when they come rolling in aiming for you.

It's either that or the military is on your side in which case your guns are not even needed.

In a war zone, a gun is a great thing to have, at home? If i thought i'd need one for anything but hunting, i'd move out of the hellhole i was in.

If I were you I'd be wondering why I am living in a country that forces me to take orders from a community organizer from Chicago.

 

[Zebo]

Anyone ever notice gun ranges are full of fat slobs? I went to a combat pistol seminar out in Scottsdale AZ and it was pretty ironic seeing these Disgusting fatties who are literally killing themselves and want to save themselves with their $5000 wilsons combats.... Coronary almost guaranteed, SHTF, not so much. And even it it came they'd last a day tops.


Read my survival guide you'll understand why guns are listed last and fitness # 1 in end of rule of law environment.

 

[dawp]

No matter who's in power, nothing changes. fuck both the republicans and democrats. In you want real change, vote for neither, go 3rd party. Both repubs and dems bow down to the masters.