December 30, 2020 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
Finally, a Republican who sees the truth …
“I still hold that being a Republican in general means supporting national defense and smaller government. What does it mean today? I mean, in the state we’re in, I really don’t know.”
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), in an interview with the Chicago Tribune.
And neither do I.
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Have recently run across R’s with such sentiments. Can’t shed a tear for them. They were apparently born with backbones but somehow lost all feeling in that line up numbered vertebrae. Want to bet that they just don;t know how to rehab that particular stretch of bone?
1Maggie @ 1
I never thought any of them were born with a spine. I always thought they were the spawn of water-borne parasites. But maybe not. You can get rid of water borne parasites with modern pharmaceuticals. The R’s, not so easy.
2Tax cuts for billionaires, deregulating business, and re-regulating peoples’ personal lives is what the Republican Party stands for. I’m surprised Mr Kinzinger doesn’t see this.
Of course, the reason why businesses should be trusted to self-regulate how they operate, but individuals should not be given this same self-regulation authority, can be confusing for folks unable to stomach the open hypocrisy.
3No sympathy here. GOPers have barreled down the road of bad behavior since Obama was elected (yes, they had before, but then they really pushed on the accelerator pedal). They’ve had no ideas to help regular folk, only bills written by lobbyists they are beholden to. They have also been against any Dem. idea – just because. For me, as a party, they are irredeemable, yet I realize that 74million of my fellow citizens voted for them. I have to think about how folks felt in the late 1840s-1850s, it must be a similar feeling.
4I keep wanting to get this kind of Republican alone in a room where I can ask him (or her, or them, or it) some pertinent questions about the reasons they support what they support…in detail, and with examination of their logic (or lack thereof.)
“Supporting national defense,” when “defense” takes up more than half the budget AND involves extensive intrusion into personal rights and freedoms, means supporting *large* government, and makes reckless foreign policy decisions more likely….just to name two disadvantages.
“Supporting smaller government” when “smaller government” means failing to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare, and ensure the blessings of Liberty to all citizens–when it means ONLY ‘”provide for the common defense” and “lower taxes and don’t regulate”–then it’s forcing the government not to do its job as prescribed by the Preamble to the Constitution.
We don’t have a more perfect union because achieving that would cost tax money: money to ensure that every citizen was taught what being a good citizen means, not left to the ravings of the Alex Jones and Rush Limbaughs and Newt Gingrich types.
We haven’t established justice for all because it would cost tax money to reform courts, law education, the prison system, and law enforcement.
Domestic tranquility would greater if justice for all existed and if adequate education and mental health care and sensible gun laws made crazy-angry-white-guys less dangerous. But education and mental health care cost tax money.
As for promoting the general welfare, that too is costly, and more costly if the government fails to do any of its other jobs except enlarge the military and make weapons and war materiel manufacturers richer.
(Ritual disclaimer: as a veteran I don’t hate the military. But I also don’t think being a veteran is the only qualification needed to have opinions about the military. It’s a valuable viewpoint; it does not grant perfect knowledge or understanding. Semper Fi, y’all.)
5Sorry. That hasn’t been my experience.
When Republicans are in power they seem, from over here, to be just fine with big government inserting itself into the lives of everyone else — especially women’s rights and those of minorities.
Then, as soon as Democrats get into power they’re all, “Government is too big and spends too much money!”
Fact: when the money is being spent to benefit corporations and to shovel it out the door to billionaires, it’s fine. But when the average person needs a helping hand, it’s too expensive.
6Elizabeth Moon, my son is 16 years into the military (serving now in the National Guard in Georgia), and I believe he’d agree with every point you’ve made. He is much more interested in seeing our nation serve its people than in doing yet another hitch in a foreign war, especially having served in the embarrassing disasters of Iraq and Afghanistan.
7“Conservatives say if you don’t give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us they’ve lost all incentive because we’ve given them too much money.”
― George Carlin
8Sad news today that the newly elected 41 year old R from Louisiana’s 5th district died this morning or maybe yesterday night from COVID.
9No details as to whether he had attended a superspreader event.
Larry From Colorado @9.
Unfortunate that Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died, leaving a wife and two young children to mourn him.
Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, age 82, also died. Sarah Simental, age 18, also died. So did Bruce Johnson, a guy just a bit younger than me who attended the church I’m still a member of. Johns Hopkins University’s dashboard says 3,725 were reported dead on 12/29 …
Everyone one of those people had a set of people connected to them. It is way beyond “sad news” for me. I’m finding it hard to not become numb to the overall statistics, or to the individual cases. I’m also finding it hard not be simply angry or depressed, but to find ways to be more motivated to do something good for those suffering because of this epidemic.
10rePUKEians are and have been all about controlling women, excessive military spending, accepting large bribes, never helping any in need, killing all social programs and letting the old die to keep the economy going. The demoncrats may not be perfect but there is a big difference between trying to help people and not giving a crap!
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