Posted on 07/10/2014 5:55:32 AM PDT by Petrosius
“... surveys mistake people with diverse political opinions for people with moderate political opinions.”
Uh huh.
There are NO such thing as moderate’s AND there are NO such thing as ‘independent’s’.
With all the rabidly toxic rhetoric going on and with two consecutive national elections demonstrating the extreme polarity of the US voters, HOW on earth can anyone maintain that ‘independents’ OR moderates exist?
My brother works in Philly, and his co-workers are pro-life, pro-gun and pro-death penalty, but all vote democrat.
I think making them dance the Tyburn Jig is barbaric and backward.
“Moderates” are people who readily admit they don’t pay attention to what is going on.
Which means they are stupid. But...You left-out a couple of other pros. They are pro-union, pro-welfare, pro-tax the “other” guy. Money trumps principle 9 times out of 10.
It’s that old Bill Maher-type trick of continually claiming independence/libertarianism (or whatever) and then always marching in lockstep with the leftists. I guess the idea is that the sheep with say, “See, there’s ANOTHER independent who’s sided with the left on this one issue.” Except they do it for EVERY issue and no one seems to notice that they NEVER “independently” sway the other direction.
What is the moderate position on the percentage of dog crap that should go into ice cream?
I believe a lot of the swing voters are some of those who are gays and abortion, but are smart enough to know that Obama’s policies are hurting them in the wallet.
Your Philly phriends aren’t voting for the Democrat; they are voting against the Rich Republican Who Doesn’t Care About People Like Me. My father did it for 55 years, stopping when he died.
Are you sure about that?
If they’re determined to be illegal, what additional due process is required?
For some reason the old Loudon Wainwright III song
“Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road” is now stuck
in my head.
Born and raised in Cook County, IL. Left in 1975 and I’d bet I’m still voting there.
I actually checked the voter roll to make sure, for him and my mother both; also made sure my son was removed from the rolls when he grew up and moved out of the state. Didn't want anyone else taking over their votes.
“My brother works in Philly, and his co-workers are pro-life, pro-gun and pro-death penalty, but all vote democrat.”
I am the same way, including pro-military, a TEA party supporter and haven’t voted for a rat in 30 years. Only thing is while I do not believe in gay marriage from the church, if gays want to have their civil unions at city hall and call it marriage, I couldn’t care less.
For that I am a liberal.
Because that is foundational, the end of marriage and family means the end of conservatism.
“Because that is foundational, the end of marriage and family means the end of conservatism.”
My father told me something many years ago which as a Jew I fully believe. “If you wanted to get rid of the Jews, just leave them alone.” Over the course of a few generations they will marry out of the faith, diluting each subsequent generation.” It’s when you create adversity for the Jew, they will band together and fight to the death as we are seeing.
Same would apply for gays. (I am not comparing gays to Jews) one thing gays cannot do is procreate. Being a small percentage of the population, and if we can win more Hobby Lobby type battles in the name of religious freedom, eventually homosexuality will play itself out. But the church must stay strong aagainst the government and protect its core beliefs.
That is just silly, homosexuality isn’t going to “disappear” but marriage and families will never be the same and polygamy will be here shortly.
Your gay marriage (and soon polygamy) means that it will be taught in the schools and treated as equal in all the media and culture that Americans consume.
The foundation of Western Civilization is destroyed, the rate of that becoming obvious will shock people in the next few years.
“That is just silly, homosexuality isn’t going to “disappear” but marriage and families will never be the same and polygamy will be here shortly”
Yes it will. And here is why. Communist countries and countries whose laws are based on religion (outside of the US and western Europe) frown on homosexuality and kill people they catch practicing it. Iran is a good example. Russia jails them. China, no one knows and no one wants to find out.
Our culture is being taken over by two of the US lefts biggest allies, communism and Islamofascism. What do you think is going to happen the minute the US ones full leftist? They will have to purge their societies of the undesirables to show their commitment to the cause and for purity of the party.
Who are the first to go? In just about every religious and communist society it’s the sexual deviants, the drug addicts and the career criminals. What Obama may or may not realize and what the gays sure enough don’t realize is that the alligator is going to eat them first, not last.
As for the family unit. Teach your children the good book, our history, how to behave and how to live a clean and respectful lifestyle and no indoctrination is going to change them.
Conservatism, like the example the of Jews is if you create adversity for us, we may forgive, but we will never forget.
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