Why NOT to vote Republican

[JaneV2.0]

My County is a "Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone" and a "GMO-Free Zone"...

Oh, and I just double-checked the list, we're also an "Immigration Sanctuary County".

Makes sense, since we're right on the border, in the midst of traditional smuggling routes...

I doubt the sanctuary designation is intended to--or will--stop the investigation of actual crimes.

[jp1]

Yes. Inflation, crime, border chaos and fiscal lunacy are a mere smokescreen to obscure the real issue of the cosmic battle for America’s soul. The Democrats understand this, and will continue the good fight even if they have to financially prop up candidates to give them someone to fight.

What Ldahl actually meant when he wrote this:

OMG. OMG. OMG. THERE IS FISCAL LUNACY GOING ON IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW. LUNACY I TELL YOU. BECAUSE I HAVENT GOTTEN A NEW RICH PERSON TAX CUT IN FIVE YEARS. THE FACT THAT MY BELOVED AND FOREVER DEAD PARTY TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE ****ING GOVERNMENT IS A TRIFLE IN COMPARISON TO THAT. VOTE FOR THE TRAITORS SO I CAN HAVE A FEW EXTRA BUCKS IN MY BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS TO ME.

[frugal-one]

What Ldahl actually meant when he wrote this:

OMG. OMG. OMG. THERE IS FISCAL LUNACY GOING ON IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW. LUNACY I TELL YOU. BECAUSE I HAVENT GOTTEN A NEW RICH PERSON TAX CUT IN FIVE YEARS. THE FACT THAT MY BELOVED AND FOREVER DEAD PARTY TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE ****ING GOVERNMENT IS A TRIFLE IN COMPARISON TO THAT. VOTE FOR THE TRAITORS SO I CAN HAVE A FEW EXTRA BUCKS IN MY BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS TO ME.

Priority is money…. country be damned.

[iris lilies]

What Ldahl actually meant when he wrote this:

OMG. OMG. OMG. THERE IS FISCAL LUNACY GOING ON IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW. LUNACY I TELL YOU. BECAUSE I HAVENT GOTTEN A NEW RICH PERSON TAX CUT IN FIVE YEARS. THE FACT THAT MY BELOVED AND FOREVER DEAD PARTY TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE ****ING GOVERNMENT IS A TRIFLE IN COMPARISON TO THAT. VOTE FOR THE TRAITORS SO I CAN HAVE A FEW EXTRA BUCKS IN MY BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS TO ME.

Your characterization of positions of people who sometimes vote Republican is just ridiculous.


Let’s take the issue you keep harping about which is granted, a VERY BIG DEAL. The insurrection of January 6 was a nightmare situation. Please know that The Republican Party did not plan it or execute it. The reaction by some Republicans to this debacle is disappointing to be sure. But idiots who carried it out are being prosecuted. I think Donald Trump had much to do with it to inspire it if not make it happen. The country needs to kick Donald Trump to the curb and move on.

I think you’re right that Republicans actually are in trouble as far as winning elections but probably not from the things you think they’re in trouble for.

[LDAHL]

My County is a "Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone" and a "GMO-Free Zone"...

Oh, and I just double-checked the list, we're also an "Immigration Sanctuary County".

Makes sense, since we're right on the border, in the midst of traditional smuggling routes...

How do they fit all that on the stationary?

[LDAHL]

What Ldahl actually meant when he wrote this:

OMG. OMG. OMG. THERE IS FISCAL LUNACY GOING ON IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW. LUNACY I TELL YOU. BECAUSE I HAVENT GOTTEN A NEW RICH PERSON TAX CUT IN FIVE YEARS. THE FACT THAT MY BELOVED AND FOREVER DEAD PARTY TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE ****ING GOVERNMENT IS A TRIFLE IN COMPARISON TO THAT. VOTE FOR THE TRAITORS SO I CAN HAVE A FEW EXTRA BUCKS IN MY BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS TO ME.

All caps is nice, but this is a post that really cries out for crayon. That way you could draw me with a top hat and monocle.

In the adult world, we have the concept of trade offs. I have no great use for the clowns who want to “make America great again”, but that doesn’t mean I’m willing to open the door to the clowns who want to “fundamentally transform America”. And yes, I think prices doubling every eight or nine years is a big deal. I’m funny that way.

[JaneV2.0]

Wasn't it Republican President Gerald Ford who broke out the "Whip Inflation Now" buttons? Inflation has no party.

[iris lilies]

Wasn't it Republican President Gerald Ford who broke out the "Whip Inflation Now" buttons? Inflation has no party.

oh I pretty much agree with you, and I am deeply skeptical of any general “fixes “for the economy, nor do I know what really works in creating a strong or a weak economy. There are certain indicators but I don’t pretend to know them when economists widely differ.

I can only appreciate the black humor of a Presidential driven Congressional bill called Inflation Reduction Act That results in practically the next month huge jumps in inflation. The stock market ain’t happy at all. I haven’t checked out the Dow today. Perhaps I will not look at all for my own peace of mind.

[LDAHL]

Inflation has no party.

When a president decides he can increase the deficit by as much as a trillion dollars on the most tenuous of legal justifications, I think it’s fairly easy to distinguish the filthy from the merely dirty.

I don’t see the current populist/nationalist version of the GOP as the best possible vehicle for the conservative movement right now. But I still feel they are the only available bulwark against the madness the Democrats are peddling. Looking at yesterday’s New Hampshire Senate primary, where Chuck Schumer’s PAC spent three million bucks helping the kind of Republican I don’t like defeat the kind I like, I can’t help but think the nonsense and cynicism isn’t all on one side.

[iris lilies]

When a president decides he can increase the deficit by as much as a trillion dollars on the most tenuous of legal justifications, I think it’s fairly easy to distinguish the filthy from the merely dirty.

I don’t see the current populist/nationalist version of the GOP as the best possible vehicle for the conservative movement right now. But I still feel they are the only available bulwark against the madness the Democrats are peddling. Looking at yesterday’s New Hampshire Senate primary, where Chuck Schumer’s PAC spent three million bucks helping the kind of Republican I don’t like defeat the kind I like, I can’t help but think the nonsense and cynicism is all on one side.

I would really like to know what JP has to say about Democratic party funds going to bad Republicans. What’s up with that JP? Or Is that just a lie and it’s not really happening?