desert_RAT said:It's demeaning to the memory of President Lincoln that you use his quote in your signature.
You realize he was the 1st republican (modern definition) president......right?
"How the GOP Became God's Own Party"
By Kevin Phillips
Sunday, April 2, 2006; Page B03
Now that the GOP has been transformed by the rise of the South, the trauma of terrorism and George W. Bush's conviction that God wanted him to be president, a deeper conclusion can be drawn: The Republican Party has become the first religious party in U.S. history.
We have had small-scale theocracies in North America before -- in Puritan New England and later in Mormon Utah. Today, a leading power such as the United States approaches theocracy when it meets the conditions currently on display: an elected leader who believes himself to speak for the Almighty, a ruling political party that represents religious true believers, the certainty of many Republican voters that government should be guided by religion and, on top of it all, a White House that adopts agendas seemingly animated by biblical worldviews.
...Over a quarter-century of Bush presidencies and vice presidencies, the Republican Party has slowly become the vehicle of all three interests -- a fusion of petroleum-defined national security; a crusading, simplistic Christianity; and a reckless credit-feeding financial complex. The three are increasingly allied in commitment to Republican politics. On the most important front, I am beginning to think that the Southern-dominated, biblically driven Washington GOP represents a rogue coalition, like the Southern, proslavery politics that controlled Washington until Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860
Kevin Phillips is the author of "American Theocracy: The Perils and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century" (Viking)..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...6040100004.html?nav=most_emailed_emailafriend
Well the fact is if your party had it's way years ago, we would still have slaves.Wurm said:That's always the case, that today's GOP-sters like to compare themselves to Lincoln, when in actual fact, Abe was hardly like any of the lying crooks that call themselves "Republicans" now.
Merely claiming, "I'm a Repub just like Lincoln was" does not make one the same as he. Talk is cheap and labels are free; it's their deeds that have told the tale.
1. Name one that isn't, and/orIdahoohadI said:As far as all republicans being "lying crooks."
Making a lot of assumptions there, aren't ya Skippy?IdahoohadI said:Maybe if you had a job that paid more than $8/hr you wouldn't be so bitter.
Your just a bitter loser who thinks the rich should support the poor.Wurm said:Making a lot of assumptions there, aren't ya Skippy?
But since you mention it, you're admitting that the Repigs don't consider hard-working Americans to be worthy of support, right? Only those who sit on their asses and collect their living through tax giveaways and corporate welfare need apply, hmmm?
The 911 commission was set up to please liberalsWurm said:The 9/11 "investigation", domestic spying/wiretapping, and falsely entering into a war on Iraq are just a few examples.
Uh huh. That's what I thought. Case closed.
the word you still haven't learned is 'you're'IdahoohadI said:Your just a bitter ...
there you go again!IdahoohadI said:Your having daja vu.
Who has a degree in politics you ass?MountainPro said:there you go again!
you're
you're
you're
whats so hard about that?
a degree in politics my ****.
no such thing, its a contradiction in terms...IdahoohadI said:The hard working middle class
WTF are you talkin' bout Willis?MountainPro said:no such thing, its a contradiction in terms...
IdahoohadI said:WTF are you talkin' bout Willis?
Here's another spelling Jor or Jor'reMountainPro said:there you go again!
you're
you're
you're
whats so hard about that?
a degree in politics my ****.
I smell a RAT!IdahoohadI said:WTF are you talkin' bout Willis?
Really? I think not.IdahoohadI said:I guess the case was closed on you and yours.
It must suck to be you.Wurm said:Really? I think not.
The entire seething shitpile called "the Bush Admin." will either be forced out of office in disgrace or wind up behind bars, junior. Cockroach Tom is finding that out right now; next up is Turd Blossom and Scooter-Bwoi.
Have a nice summer!
Are you or any of your IMMEDIATE FAMILY (wife, husband, son's, & daughters) in or ever have been in the military I, both of my brothers, & my father were in the military. You're either too old to serve or your sitting at a computer when you should be out killing people for "your man Bush" (in your words )IdahoohadI said:Don't you think the war was great. I do. I only hope we get to go into Iran next.
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