(NSR) Republican Humor

[Samwich]

Originally posted by Honc
Samwich, a few things:
1) Stop pretending not to be a Democrat in order to bait republicans into a flame war; your effort is entirely transparent and equally pathetic.

I really am undecided, although I am decidedly more sympathetic to the democratic position. I hope to never be the type to blindly vote for a democrat or a republican just because that person is democrat/republican.

2) The above understood, you are clearly a Democrat and should take a stand on issues if you are going to attack. At minimum you might consider attacking a Republican stance, thereby clarifying that you are aware of the issues concerning national welfare.

fair enough.

3) While your tales of "talking politics" with "bumbling moron Republicans" might amuse you, or that Republican politics "do not make any sense," and that Republicans "only have 1 defense for their beliefs (abortion)," they are wholly unsubstantiated and certainly do not elevate you to a position where you might call Dr. Gaper a fuckwit.

consider that the people I talk politics with are my age. All of the republicans I know that are my age are pretty stupid people (not because of their political views, just because they are moronic).

Republican politics make sense in theory, I suppose. However, the politicians that attempt to put republicanism into practice generally do so in a way that makes absolutely no sense to me. It seems like the entire republican machine is driven by money, and money alone.

You might have noticed that I edited my post and also apologized to Dr G for calling him a fuckwit.

4) Using profanity does not strenghten your position.

True.

I understand that you are 17. I was uninformed at 17 and totally opposed to the "Republican Machine". If you really want to formulate an opinion, do a little research instead of demanding others defend their own stance. The fastest-talking Republican will have you on the GOP bandwagon way too easily if you base your opinion on others'.

that makes sense. Good call.

Perhaps i need to revise my stance as 'undecided.' I suppose that instead, i'm just confused.

[Snow Dog]

Originally posted by Samwich
I really am undecided, although I am decidedly more sympathetic to the democratic position. I hope to never be the type to blindly vote for a democrat or a republican just because that person is democrat/republican.

consider that the people I talk politics with are my age. All of the republicans I know that are my age are pretty stupid people (not because of their political views, just because they are moronic).

Republican politics make sense in theory, I suppose. However, the politicians that attempt to put republicanism into practice generally do so in a way that makes absolutely no sense to me. It seems like the entire republican machine is driven by money, and money alone.

Perhaps i need to revise my stance as 'undecided.' I suppose that instead, i'm just confused.

Let me clarify for you -- there are no rules.
Republicans are generally right wing (i.e. conservitive). But there are two types of conservitives -- fiscal (free market economy good) and social conservitives (God good, family good). So the social conservities are anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, anti-drugs while their fiscal brothers don't care at all.

Democrats are generally left wing (i.e. socialist). Better living for all through social engineering (e.g. take from the rich and give to the poor).

There a description of left-right politics here. Notice that left-right camps aren't the complete opposites. They just find different things imporant.

Most people end up in one camp or the other because of a few key personal issues. Plus there's a big middle ground of policies and ideas that overlap (or are ignored) by the two ideologies.

Personally I'm a fiscal conservitive and completely opposed to socialism so I would almost always vote Republican (if I live in the USofA). But some Democrats are center-left (as opposed to far left) so in the end it depends on whether I trust them or not. Presidents tend to be center-left or center-right -- 'The People" don't want an extreme President. That's a good thing.

Any clearer?