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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    SatansFuton wrote:
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    The new Democratic party:

    Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you.

    The funniest thing about all of this is that people voted Republican for pretty much the same reasons. The most played Republican/Romney commercial of the election was a woman asking the President what he has done for her, or her family. It came across very gimme gimme. Most people I know who voted Republican did so because they didn't want to pay more in taxes, and these are people living comfortable lifestyles. Is that not the same as what Republicans are accusing Democrats of doing? Are you going to sit there with a straight face and say Republicans voted for Romney out of some selfless love of the country and with no care for themselves? If so then you are delusional.

    Republicans and Democrats are more similar than they'd like to admit. I'm sure some people on both sides voted with social issues and other things in mind. But at the end of the day people have to look after themselves, and most votes probably reflect that. I don't blame a rich person for voting Republican because they want lower taxes any more than I blame a poor person for voting Obama because they want healthcare or the free cookies Obama is apparently handing out. I mean, I have some opinions on it, and it's something that can be discussed all day. But this idiotic idea that Republican were draped in the flag and voting out of a selfless love for the country while the greedy Democrats went to the polls thinking of nothing but free stuff is so laughable, until you think about it, then it's very sad. And it's very sad that you're repeating it.

    It just smacks of arrogance and bullshit. Yeah, Republicans know what is best for us, but those dumb Democrats could think of nothing but themselves and therefore the country is ruined. And I know Republicans who feel the same way. I don't mind Republicans, politically I'm very middle of the road (though I have been accused of being conservative, at least in some of my views) and hate the extreme left as much as I hate the extreme right. And when you go repeating crap like that it makes you sound like some extremist with no thoughts of your own. Or go on sounding like Bill O'Reilly's cheerleader, the choice is yours, it's a free country. STILL. Can you believe it? Aren't we all supposed to be communists by now or something?

    Arguably the best post of the election genre.
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