Why Are You a Republican?

[invictus]

And many drugs--including two of mine--are provided free of charge. Not because the government or insurance company pays for it but because the manufacturer does.

Yeah, I don't know the specifics but I guarantee you, manufacturer makes money of those drugs... And I suspect that it's most likely through some sort of government subsidy... Nobody is going to spend money to give away $#@! for free outside it being a sample to get you hooked on it... Very naive on your part...

Have you been watching the news? Illegals are pouring through the border and then being shipped throughout the country by the our government at night to cover their actions.

Lol, Being shipped at night? Where does it say that? And they are pouring into this country not because of $#@! happening here but because of $#@! happening where they're coming from.

Trump's "remain in Mexico" policy worked well. It prevented illegals, MS-13, potential terrorist, illegal drugs, rapist, murderers, et. al. from entering the country.

Not letting illegals in to begin with seems to solve a lot of unnecessary problems, don't ya think?

Yeah, no it didn't... What happened was that they came to the boarder... Waited for weeks to have their case heard and then grew impatient and started to jump the border....

What Trump did was reduce legal immigration, that's it.

[Torus34]

I am not a Republican. Nor, for that matter, am I a Democrat. I'm best defined as a secular humanist.

That sets me outside of much of the red/blue, lib/con, Rep/Dem banter and nonsense which passes for political 'debate' here in the United States of America. Note the word 'outside' -- not 'above'.

The humanist credo, and there is one, is relatively simple to state. That which helps us -- h. sapiens -- to thrive is good. All the rest derives from that. One derivation is that government, in that it is us writ large, should be structured so that it can act accordingly.

Regards, stay safe 'n well 'n remember the Big 5.

[Great_American]

I am not a Republican. Nor, for that matter, am I a Democrat. I'm best defined as a secular humanist . . . .

That and ten bucks will get you a coffee.

FAIL

[Great_American]

I am a conservative.
I register with Republicans because they are more likely to govern as I would like than Democrats, but I call myself a conservative.
Most people do not know the true meaning of "conservative" in America.

For years I registered as a Democrat in Florida because it was the only way I had a vote. Everyone knew the Republican candidate didn't have a chance so I would vote for the worst Democrat in the primary and the Republican in the general. Then along came Ronald Reagan and Republicans were winning elections in the South. I am a registered Republican because I am not a thief who wants someone else to pay my bills or tell me there are 50 genders or any of the other insanity the Democrats are engaging in today. I am primarily a Republican because I am not stupid and I have self respect and the belief that "I Can Do and I Don't Need You"

the Republican and Independents are the only chance to keep any policies that even resemblance of what once made this a great nation. Best example; Biden and his Dems want to pay to abort a baby at the same time pay each month for having a child. In the past the advice was don't have a baby until you can afford to take care of it. Personal responsibility is going down the drain and very fast, in all areas.

Three winners.


Democrats are the party of infanticide, socialism, and sodomy: The Big Three. They promote government control and government-corporate collusion (Fascism), smashing Free Speech rights, giving free stuff to illegal aliens, open borders, and now they are the party of mobs in the streets burning and destroying cities, teaching kids racism and hate, fascist mandates . . . they are literally the Party of Evil.

Against them stands the GOP, flawed though it mat be, bumbling and stumbling at times, but far far more in line with American values and traditions and ethics than the Nazi Democrats.

[Great_American]

TAKE THE BLACK POLITICAL HISTORY TEST:

NOTE: All answers are "b."

1. What Party was founded as the anti-slavery Party and fought to free blacks from slavery?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[X] b. Republican Party

2. What was the Party of Abraham Lincoln who signed the emancipation proclamation that resulted in the Juneteenth celebrations that occur in black communities today?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[X] b. Republican Party

3. What Party passed the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution granting blacks freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[X] b. Republican Party

4. What Party passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875 granting blacks protection from the Black Codes and prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations, and was the Party of most blacks prior to the 1960’s, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Booker T. Washington?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[X] b. Republican Party

5. What was the Party of the founding fathers of the NAACP?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[X] b. Republican Party

6. What was the Party of President Dwight Eisenhower who sent U.S. troops to Arkansas to desegregate schools, established the Civil Rights Commission in 1958, and appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the U.S. Supreme Court which resulted in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision ending school segregation?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party

7. What Party, by the greatest percentage, passed the Civil Rights Acts of the 1950’s and 1960’s?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[X] b. Republican Party

8. What was the Party of President Richard Nixon who instituted the first Affirmative Action program in 1969 with the Philadelphia Plan that established goals and timetables?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[X] b. Republican Party

9. What is the Party of Senator Everett Dirksen who pushed through the 1964 Civil Rights Act and championed the passage of civil rights legislation in ‘57, ‘60, ‘64, ‘65 and ’68, as well as wrote the language for the 1965 Voting Rights Act and crafted the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which prohibited discrimination in housing?

[ ] a. Democratic Party
[X] b. Republican Party

10. What Party fought to keep blacks in slavery and was the Party of the Ku Klux Klan?

[ ] a. Republican Party
[X] b. Democratic Party

11. What Party from 1870 to 1930 used fraud, whippings, lynching, murder, intimidation, and mutilation to get the black vote, and passed the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws which legalized racial discrimination and denied blacks their rights as citizens?

[ ] a. Republican Party
[X] b. Democratic Party

12. What was the Party of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry Truman who rejected anti-lynching laws and efforts to establish a permanent Civil Rights Commission?

[ ] a. Republican Party
[X] b. Democratic Party

13. What was the Party of President Lyndon Johnson, who called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “that [N-word] preacher” because he opposed the Viet Nam War; and President John F. Kennedy who voted against the 1957 Civil Rights law as a Senator, then as president opposed the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. after becoming president and had the FBI investigate Dr. King on suspicion of being a communist?

[ ] a. Republican Party
[X] b. Democratic Party

14. What is the Party of the late Senators Robert Byrd who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Ernest “Fritz” Hollings who hoisted the Confederate flag over the state capitol in South Carolina while governor, and Ted Kennedy who called black judicial nominees “Neanderthals” while blocking their appointments?

[ ] a. Republican Party
[X] b. Democratic Party

15. What Party is against school vouchers and takes the black vote for granted without ever acknowledging their racist past or apologizing for trying to expand slavery, lynching blacks and passing the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws that caused great harm to blacks?

[ ] a. Republican Party
[X] b. Democratic Party

[Great_American]

The Democratic Party's Long History of Racism




ZoNation: Liberals and Democrats Are Racist, Not Republicans!

[Torus34]

That and ten bucks will get you a coffee.

FAIL

Hi, Great_American!

Thank you for taking time to read my post and respond.

Regards, stay safe 'n well 'n remember the Big 5.

[Great_American]

Tell God you're a secular humanist, not me.

[OLD GUY IN FLORIDA]

It is certainly possible to compromise between, say, seeking 3.5 trillion dollars in funding, and seeking 1.5 trillion dollars in funding.

It is not, however, possible to compromise between the belief that abortion-on-demand should be made available (and "without apology!," as some have demanded), and the belief that it should be restricted to matters such as rape, incest, and the physical health of the mother.

In other words: Some things are much more amenable to compromise than others are.

Its kind of like the Jews compromising with the Nazi whether to be put in the gas chamber or merely beat to death.

[Thfan132]

I'm not a Republican and contrary to what many believe here, nor am I a Democrat...

However, the issues you raised I think have to do with practicality...

The prescription drugs for instance, well, whether you like it or not are getting more and more expensive. And people need them to survive... So either you support the benefits programs or you live and work just to be able to afford your prescription.. Those are your choices as it stands. And given that older people tend to be Republican, well, they'll act in their best interest...

As far as immigration goes... Yeah, I know chants like "deport them", "don't let them in" are popular... But the realist is that most that end up in the US, come through proper means and just overstay their welcome... It's easy to say "kick them out" but in reality, there's no solution that's economically feasible... You need man power, lot's of it. You need huge amounts of money to hire people, track illegals down, catch them and then physically deport them. That number runs in the trillions. Just not realistic.

So yeah, some other solution is needed.

They could put limits in place for the greedy MFers in big pharma, but the politicians own too many shares to cut into their own profit.