@FriendofPedro - "This is why I call for all the bums to be thrown out."
Then why does the header on your blog say "Bush/Cheney 08" as if you want a third term of 6%/year spending increases and 20% of GDP spending!!!
@FriendofPedro - ". However, in general terms most republicans desire less/smaller government than democrats do."
This is a common misconception among conservatives. Look at the facts on the ground. How can you make such a claim when the exact opposite results have been happening the last couple decades? The democratic party is a lot different than the old 60's party. Clinton passed welfare reform "welfare to work" and famously declared "the era of big government is over" (that is of course until Bush brought it back again).
Spending increased 2%/year under Clinton it increased 6%/year under Bush. Spending was 18% of GDP under Clinton it ballooned to 20% of GDP under Bush. Clinton reduced the number of federal jobs by 300 thousand during his time in office. Bush massively expanded federal payrolls.
"I never called anyone a fascist or a communist. I merely posted an e-zine article on my site. Any interpretation is up to the reader. "
You posted an article calling Obama a fascist and referring to his policy proposals as a new "stasi."
You also posted before the article your own words indicating that you agreed with the sentiment of the article: "Hello???? Anyone else see something wrong here???"
There is not much left up for interpretation about how you feel.
I never called anyone a fascist or a communist. I merely posted an e-zine article on my site. Any interpretation is up to the reader.
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Throw them all out - democrats and republicans - and give me people of either party who will shrink government, limit it's scope in the lives the people. Let us have a congress made up of citizen statesmen instead of politicians.
That's all I ask.
I certainly don't pretend Republicans have much more moral authority when it comes to the size and scope of government, etc. However, in general terms most republicans desire less/smaller government than democrats do. Granted both parties seem content with more/larger government than I would prefer....but democrats more so in general.
This is why I call for all the bums to be thrown out. Let's start with a clean slate of elected representatives in Washington. Preferably people who aren't lawyers but rather ordinary people who will write good common sense laws because they are good common sense people. They can write good laws where needed, not write any laws when they are not needed, and recind bad laws where they currently exist. Let them serve a couple terms and then go home to their farms and their veterinarian practices and their small businesses. Let them go back and live under the laws they created.
Throw them all out - democrats and republicans - and g
Hey Dude....regarding the comment you just made. I responded to those arguments on my previous post right after you commented with some very similar points. Since you haven't had any posts here, I've just been responding after your comments on my site.
Regardless of our disagreements, thanks for your comments. I always love a good debate.
Later,
Matt
Nice....my comment got cut off. Come to my site to read the rest. I replied after your post.
RYC: Thanks for the response. Obviously, we are not going to convince each other, but here are my thoughts on what you said. I think 28% on Bush is a little misleading. That 28% is his job approval rating, and while I have MAJOR beefs with Bush's job performance, I still support him on many issues. Not to mention the fact that the 28% of people that supported him in the survey probably get 90% of their information from the liberal news media. Either way...I'm not a Republican that will hide his feelings about Bush. I think that while he has done many things excellently (tax cuts, homeland security, etc.), he has also failed miserably on many fronts (spending, global warming, etc.) As for McCain, he'll keep the tax cuts, which is good, but should probably go further and propose more tax cuts. And he will be FAR better than Bush regarding wasteful spending, so I think that point on Bush will be a non-point on McCain. McCain's stanc
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@FriendofPedro - "This is why I call for all the bums to be thrown out."
Then why does the header on your blog say "Bush/Cheney 08" as if you want a third term of 6%/year spending increases and 20% of GDP spending!!!
@FriendofPedro - ". However, in general terms most republicans desire less/smaller government than democrats do."
This is a common misconception among conservatives. Look at the facts on the ground. How can you make such a claim when the exact opposite results have been happening the last couple decades? The democratic party is a lot different than the old 60's party. Clinton passed welfare reform "welfare to work" and famously declared "the era of big government is over" (that is of course until Bush brought it back again).
Spending increased 2%/year under Clinton it increased 6%/year under
Bush. Spending was 18% of GDP under Clinton it ballooned to 20% of GDP
under Bush. Clinton reduced the number of federal jobs by 300 thousand
during his time in office. Bush massively expanded federal payrolls.
Obama has prop
@suzsea -
"I never called anyone a fascist or a
communist. I merely posted an e-zine article on my site. Any
interpretation is up to the reader. "
You posted an article calling Obama a fascist and referring to his policy proposals as a new "stasi."
You
also posted before the article your own words indicating that you
agreed with the sentiment of the article: "Hello???? Anyone else see
something wrong here???"
There is not much left up for interpretation about how you feel.
I never called anyone a fascist or a communist. I merely posted an e-zine article on my site. Any interpretation is up to the reader.
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Throw them all out - democrats and republicans - and give me people of either party who will shrink government, limit it's scope in the lives the people. Let us have a congress made up of citizen statesmen instead of politicians.
That's all I ask.
I certainly don't pretend Republicans have much more moral authority when it comes to the size and scope of government, etc. However, in general terms most republicans desire less/smaller government than democrats do. Granted both parties seem content with more/larger government than I would prefer....but democrats more so in general.
This is why I call for all the bums to be thrown out. Let's start with a clean slate of elected representatives in Washington. Preferably people who aren't lawyers but rather ordinary people who will write good common sense laws because they are good common sense people. They can write good laws where needed, not write any laws when they are not needed, and recind bad laws where they currently exist. Let them serve a couple terms and then go home to their farms and their veterinarian practices and their small businesses. Let them go back and live under the laws they created.
Throw them all out - democrats and republicans - and g
Hey Dude....regarding the comment you just made. I responded to those arguments on my previous post right after you commented with some very similar points. Since you haven't had any posts here, I've just been responding after your comments on my site.
Regardless of our disagreements, thanks for your comments. I always love a good debate.
Later,
Matt
Nice....my comment got cut off. Come to my site to read the rest. I replied after your post.
RYC: Thanks for the response. Obviously, we are not going to convince each other, but here are my thoughts on what you said. I think 28% on Bush is a little misleading. That 28% is his job approval rating, and while I have MAJOR beefs with Bush's job performance, I still support him on many issues. Not to mention the fact that the 28% of people that supported him in the survey probably get 90% of their information from the liberal news media. Either way...I'm not a Republican that will hide his feelings about Bush. I think that while he has done many things excellently (tax cuts, homeland security, etc.), he has also failed miserably on many fronts (spending, global warming, etc.) As for McCain, he'll keep the tax cuts, which is good, but should probably go further and propose more tax cuts. And he will be FAR better than Bush regarding wasteful spending, so I think that point on Bush will be a non-point on McCain. McCain's stanc