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MartiniMan
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Someone, please explain what the republicans...
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5/8/2010 10:13:48 PM
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If voting for the lesser of two evils isn't enough of a reason what is your other option? You can stay away or vote for an obscure 3rd party candidate with no hope of winning, either of which in fact will give you the worst of two evils. Voting for the lesser of two evils in an imperfect world with imperfect choices is the logical, rational and while sometimes objectionable, is the right thing to do.
As for the GOP over the last 20 years that would take us back to 1990. I am going to focus on what they accomplished because you asked for it.
The last major piece of environmental legislation (Clean Air Act Amendments) was proposed by Bush 41.
The GOP proposed the Contract with America that helped them gain control of Congress.
* require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply to Congress;
* select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
* cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
* limit the terms of all U.S. Congressmen and U.S. Senators;
* ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
* require committee meetings to be open to the public;
* require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
* and implement a zero base-line budgeting process for the annual Federal Budget.
In 1994 the GOP gained control of Congress and brought nine of the ten proposals in the contract to a vote. NOT ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY THE DEMS LET ALONE VOTED ON! They also forced Clinton to back welfare reform that has saved the country billions of dollars. They helped stop Hillarycare which was as bad as what we have today but it would have been in place a long time ago. With this alone they saved the country billions of dollars and who knows how many lives. NOT ONE OF THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN OCCURRED IF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE WAS CONTROLLED BY THE DEMS! They tried to stop Fannie, Freddie and the CRA from ruining the economy to no avail. DEMS BLOCKED EVERY EFFORT TO STOP THIS INSANITY!
The GOP was responsible for Supreme Court Justices Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Renquist and Scalia. All of them are strict constructionists and do not legislate from the bench but look to the Constitution for guidance on laws. NOT ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY THE DEMS!
I could go on with more examples but my point is that despite the GOP having its flaws and the fact that they abandoned fiscal conservative under W they are not the same as Dems. They are not perfect but if you think there is no difference you are delusional and the last year is living proof of that. To think otherwise and act otherwise, if you really believe in conservatism or even libertarianism is the height of foolishness. Yes I will always take the lesser of two evils if that is my choice. Wishing and hoping there was a third choice is for children and adults will not fall into this trap.
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