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Smart Republicans

RandFan

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Sure! And while you’re acting crazy, include elves, talking horses, snails that do calculus, and smart Republicans. Go all the way, girl!
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:D Hey, I'm a registered Republican and I want to be the first to say that I resemble that remark.
 
I'm pretty smart, if you judge by various factors such as job, degree, performance, IQ, and ability to converse with words of more than two syllables. I tend to vote Republican because the alternative is usually worse. Religion aside, I am just betting most believers of woo-woo and New Age crapola are not Republicans...
 
bjb said:
I used to vote mostly Republican.

Not any more.
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Same here. It's kinda hard to ignore the stunning anti-science turn the party has taken since being shanghaied by christianist neocons. The Democrats aren't without faults, certainly, but the level of true stupidity coming out of the Republican party over the last decade inspires awe. Too bad, too. I find a lot to admire in true conservative values, which the party has completely abandoned.
 
While I have held my nose and voted Republican over the past few election cycles, I can't really think of (m)any who come across as especially smart. I can think of some "smart" Democrats, but the thick coating of slime the majority of them display is a distinct turn-off. I mean, who looks at Ted Kennedy and thinks, "Yeah, that guy TOTALLY represents me." ??
 
Buckaroo said:
Same here. It's kinda hard to ignore the stunning anti-science turn the party has taken since being shanghaied by christianist neocons. ....
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That's the problem in a nutshell. If the rest of the normal Republicans (and normal Christians for that matter) could figure this out, we might actually have a democracy again.
 
negativ said:
While I have held my nose and voted Republican over the past few election cycles, I can't really think of (m)any who come across as especially smart. I can think of some "smart" Democrats, but the thick coating of slime the majority of them display is a distinct turn-off. I mean, who looks at Ted Kennedy and thinks, "Yeah, that guy TOTALLY represents me." ??
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Interesting point of view considering the current administration tops the charts as more slimy than any other in a long time or maybe ever.

Cronyism.
Blatant corruption beyond any in recent history (because I don't know distant past history).
Torture is not an American value.
Presumed Guilty not just before being tried, presumed guilty without a trial.
Holding prisoners for years, no writ of habeas corpus.
Suppression of information beyond all previous standards and then some.
Manipulation of the media surpassing all manipulation which came before.
Massive data mining including spying on American citizens in the USA without a warrant which they could even get after the fact.
Destruction of separation of church and state.
Borrow and spend.


My hand is cramping along with my brain, consider this the abbreviated list.
 
negativ said:
... the thick coating of slime the majority of them display is a distinct turn-off. I mean, who looks at Ted Kennedy and thinks, "Yeah, that guy TOTALLY represents me." ??
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I know exactly what you mean. Just what is it about political life that attracts those that rank right up there with sleazy criminal lawyers and used car salesmen?
 
Smart politicians?

Just thinking said:
I know exactly what you mean. Just what is it about political life that attracts those that rank right up there with sleazy criminal lawyers and used car salesmen?
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A few years back I saw a list of white collar jobs correlated to intelligence. Sorry, I can't remember when or where, but, I do recall the most intelligent were writers, and among the least intelligent were politicians.

People don't trust politicians who seem too smart -- a sad side-effect of democracy. Most likely the winning combination for a politician is to be smart but appear dumb. It's already been proposed by others that this gives southern politicians an advantage. (BTW my dad's a Texan with a PhD in chemistry who unlearned his accent). I think voicing support for creationism is a nifty way to appear dumb.
 
Karl Rove, Dick cheney quite a bit of the seniour team in fact.
 
skeptigirl said:
That's the problem in a nutshell. If the rest of the normal Republicans (and normal Christians for that matter) could figure this out, we might actually have a democracy again.
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Actually, how about the "normal" among the Republicans and the Democrats put their differences aside and form a viable third party? I suspect that there are fewer differences between the moderates on each side than there are between the moderates and their idiot party-mates. How about that for democracy? For once, I would like to vote for a candidate that I like rather than the lesser of two evils.
 
Katana said:
Actually, how about the "normal" among the Republicans and the Democrats put their differences aside and form a viable third party? I suspect that there are fewer differences between the moderates on each side than there are between the moderates and their idiot party-mates. How about that for democracy? For once, I would like to vote for a candidate that I like rather than the lesser of two evils.
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Agreed.
 
skeptigirl said:
Interesting point of view considering the current administration tops the charts as more slimy than any other in a long time or maybe ever.

Cronyism.
Blatant corruption beyond any in recent history (because I don't know distant past history).
Torture is not an American value.
Presumed Guilty not just before being tried, presumed guilty without a trial.
Holding prisoners for years, no writ of habeas corpus.
Suppression of information beyond all previous standards and then some.
Manipulation of the media surpassing all manipulation which came before.
Massive data mining including spying on American citizens in the USA without a warrant which they could even get after the fact.
Destruction of separation of church and state.
Borrow and spend.


My hand is cramping along with my brain, consider this the abbreviated list.
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Your list is not without some truth however it more closely resembles left wing propaganda rather than critical assessment of the situation and comparison to past administrations. :( Don't drink the kool aid.
 
Katana said:
Actually, how about the "normal" among the Republicans and the Democrats put their differences aside and form a viable third party? I suspect that there are fewer differences between the moderates on each side than there are between the moderates and their idiot party-mates. How about that for democracy? For once, I would like to vote for a candidate that I like rather than the lesser of two evils.
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I can count on one hand the number of political statements that I consider dumber than "Two is the ideal number of political parties."
 
Geek Goddess said:
I'm pretty smart, if you judge by various factors such as job, degree, performance, IQ, and ability to converse with words of more than two syllables. I tend to vote Republican because the alternative is usually worse. Religion aside, I am just betting most believers of woo-woo and New Age crapola are not Republicans...
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So glad you said most - I don't believe in any of that crap and I will never (after shrub's annointment as white house resident in 2000) vote for any person for any office if they are republican (or green - thanks to the rectum breather Nadir[purposeful misspelling]. On the other hand, I am very happy watching what has happened to Tallahassee Harpie K. Harris - denied by the people she helped steal the 2000 election and possibly messing up (I sincerely hope) their plans by running anyway - it's been a laugh riot for me.
By the by, I don't hate non-politician republicans - just feel sorry for them. That does not extend to fuandamentalist xtian slime though.
 
Buckaroo said:
Isn't that Bill O'Reilly's propaganda catchphrase? ;)

I'm just sayin'...
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Could be, I don't watch O'Reilly. FWIW, the phrase has been a part of pop culture for some time. I think I first saw it on Usenet.

The phrase, BTW, is in reference to the mass suicide by the followers of Jim Jones.

It's a very good phrase. I can't think of a better one to replace it.
 
bjb said:
I used to vote mostly Republican.

Not any more.
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I'd vote for another Ike, or heck, even another Nixon. Even Bush Sr. was far superior to his son. I hate the fact that if I mention that I loath GWB as worse that Harding and Buchanan put together many people automatically assume that I must be far to the left, just before they ask who Harding and Buchanan are.

Steven
 
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