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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn TWO WORDS, What Do Republicans Stand For?
TAX CUTS
(At least that's what a lot of the people who vote for them think.)
Want to win a mid-term election next time? How about changing that to ANOTHER two-word or three-word, bumpersticker sized slogan that Republicans ALSO stand for?
PRIVATIZING SOCIAL SECURITY
or
VOUCHERIZING MEDICARE
Want to know why that would be effective? Just take a look at the AGES of the voter turnouts last night. The 65 and up crowd turned out in droves yesterday to vote for the party that they believe will not take their money away. It was OUR FAULT that we did not point out to them that this is ALSO the party who has made no secret about the fact that they want to take away their OLD AGE PENSION and their MEDICARE. If Democrats had made it clear that they would NEVER compromise on the defense of those two issues (Grover Norquist style---complete with intimidating citizens groups that score votes on these issues) we would have won last night.
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In TWO WORDS, What Do Republicans Stand For? (Original Post)
TrollBuster9090
Nov 2014
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Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)1. Avarice & Bigotry
pretty much sums it up, though I would also go with "Ignorance & Fear"
Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)2. They stand for FUCK & YOU
best I can tell.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)6. Thanks!
I REALLY needed a laugh.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)3. The "American Dream". And, it still sells to gullible.
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. ― John Steinbeck
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,780 posts)4. The Wealthy
B Calm
(28,762 posts)5. Big Oil
kydo
(2,679 posts)7. Bull Shit?
cuz they are so full of it, no?
trueblue2007
(17,138 posts)8. CRAP andCRAP
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)9. Up Yours
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)10. WHITE POWER
Bandit
(21,475 posts)11. Hatred and Fear
Whenever I think of Republicans I think "mean-spirited".
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)12. Wealthy Whites
steve2470
(37,457 posts)13. greedy racism nt
MerryBlooms
(11,728 posts)14. Ignorance and Want n/t
deaniac21
(6,747 posts)15. PRIVATIZING SOCIAL SECURITY
3 words
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)16. Rule of the Rich
City Lights
(25,171 posts)17. Fucking over Americans.
Sorry, that was three.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)18. Them Selves
Blaukraut
(5,689 posts)19. Self Preservation
Everything they stand for boils down to this one thing.
hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)20. Greed and fear. nt