Thursday, August 6, 2009
Politics / Woods A Sickening Silence: What's Wrong with GOP Moderates?
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:41 AM
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Did Lamar actually read the several versions of the health care reform bill before he voted for the bill????? The GOP is mum on his moving away from the central core of the GOP....Calls and emails nationally to both GOPUSA and Tennessee GOP yields nada, nothing, a ZERO!!!!Is it time for the small man in the plaid shirt to retire and to dip his feet in the Watts Bar??????
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Other than Snowe and Collins, are there any such things as moderate republicans? Once and a while they'll pretend to do things for "we the people", but that's all it usually is. Pretending. I hope you are right about Lamar. The other article about Lamar being against big, dirty coal is a step in the right (or left) direction.
Republican moderates aren't speaking out
I hear Jim Cooper spewing forth all the time.
It's a sad day when exercising our "Rights" by voicing opinions and expressing fears and concerns for the state of this country and our own personal future at a public forum labels us "extremists", "radical fringe", "violent", "nutjobs", etc. You better hope and pray - no matter what side of fence you're on - these Rights are preserved. By the way, I'm not a Republican. Folks of all persuasions want to see the madness stop!
SueM, I think the problem is these fringefolk are not basing their views in reality. They have bought into lies fed them by Rush/Fox and the gang. No one would be saying these things if the fanatics opinions were based in reality.
Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl91YF1d3Kg
Today's conservatism is a national security problem. If you fear for your right's and democracy then your biggest fear should that millions of people are being lied to, believing it, and thus living in an alternate, false reality.
Like the Dems have not been taken over by the left.....
What really needs to happen is the conservative Dems come together with the Moderate Repubs and get something done. A third party would not work but if they could find the balls to cross party lines and caucus together.....That is the REAL change this country needs.
William asks if Lamar read the bills. I ask if ANY of them read the Bill. You (radical ignorant liberals)obviously have a strong opinion about it; did you read the bill my friends? I am an Objectivist, but I can assure you women would not have the right to vote, minorities would have limited rights, we would still be fighting in Viet Nam, etc. etc. etc. if Americans had not exercised their right to express themselves (even in peaceful anger). Just because most liberals think they know how and want to run other peoples lives and inslave them (taking someone's wealth to distribute it to others who are "worthy because of need" without their permission is not only theft, but makes them slaves to the recepients) does not make them kind, caring or right, just hateful self-righous, hypocritical tyrants and should I dare say GREEDY! There will alwys be inequalities and yes there are and always will be injusticies, but the solution is NOT to be unjust to others to rectify that; read "Animal Farm". You miss the underlying concept of our government, including freedom of speech (unless of course, you really do want to destroy the Government that has brought more people out of poverty and done more to give oportunity to individual's than any other form in history). Most of those you label "radical fringe, nutjobs, violent, etec" would give their lives to allow EVERYONE freedom of speech, even you. They are not the "brownshirts", Only a fool or completely indoctrinated individual would fail to see crime in socialism (and no, Christ was NOT a socilist, he was a humanitarian). Treat ALL people fairly and honestly and with the repect they have earned and deserve. We are all equal individuals, but we are individuals and we will therefore play on our own strengths and weaknesses; no one can change that. Now, someone elses turn.
