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1 posted on 01/18/2012 12:43:50 AM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem

nobody cares about this issue anymore.. at least until the general election if Romney wins... it’s so last week


2 posted on 01/18/2012 12:50:12 AM PST by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: neverdem

“Of course, the solution is simple, and we all have a part to play. The left has sought to turn economic freedom into a dirty concept; we must turn “capitalism” into a dirty word.

Don’t say it.

Don’t write it.

Don’t use it.

If we want economic freedom to live, “capitalism” must die.”

*face palm*

Lately, I’ve been concerned about the AT’s “thinkers.”


3 posted on 01/18/2012 12:51:20 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB and an evil Capitalist.)
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To: neverdem
Conservatives want to convert the world to conservatism. The left wants to create a group think that trumps all others and is analogous to the peter pan story where if everyone believes in fairies then fairies will live long and prosper. Liberals want us all to believe that manna from heaven will feed the masses, that economics are irrelevant and that you just print more money when you need it.

Capitalism and balanced budgets are not relevant when you know you can print money. That is straight from the mouth of the reverend al sharpton. And he speaks for many.

The economy is not the issue to hammer home, the big issue is the sell out by everyone to the foreign money that has bought out congress, state governments and most of the inside the beltway crowd.

Sharia should be outlawed and should be the hot topic. Unfortunately, the republicans have been boxed into a corner and allowed discussion of real issues to be outlawed as hate speech.

5 posted on 01/18/2012 1:06:43 AM PST by x_plus_one (Obama: Brainwashing the masses to believe that racism is a greater danger than radical Islam)
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To: neverdem
Just more cover for Obamitt...the press again trying to decide which words we are allowed to use and which we are not allowed to use.

MITTSKIPS, MITT WUSSES OUT
7 posted on 01/18/2012 1:21:07 AM PST by FrankR (What you resist...PERSISTS!)
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To: neverdem
If Republicans want to win they need to

*Stop attacking each other - The enemy is 0bama, attack him, his policies and tell us what YOU WILL DO to fix America.

*Fire all the marketing people. Who's idea was it for a “You're fired” ringtone? Stupid and petty - well beneath an honorable candidate.

*Stop playing to the Liberals by avoiding words that the Liberals have made ‘offensive’ like Capitalism, Work, Profit and Personal Responsibility.

*Stop chasing polls. This is the world of instant news. You can't say one thing in IA, another in NH and a third in SC just because some hired ‘professional’ says that should be your position. State your policies and convictions and stick with them. I'm no supporter of Ron Paul but I do admire the man's ability to say what he believes and to stick with it.

*If a candidate is attacked they should hold a press conference, address the accusation, present their evidence to the contrary and move along. This attacking one another and hiding behind so called super PACs is Super BS. It shows how little character a candidate has.

13 posted on 01/18/2012 2:42:20 AM PST by Semper Vigilantis (Want to stop illegals and lower unemployment? Shut off the welfare faucet.)
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To: neverdem
from Webster's cap·i·tal·ism/ˈkapətlˌizəm/ Noun: An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. Are we getting into a semantic discussion? Here in the US we equate the word capitalism with free enterprise. Perhaps, communist ideologues using the word in the context of bureaucratic control which is the antithesis of the Webster definition and what we in the US mean by the word. I do not think we are in a rose by any other name situation when it comes to defining the word by American standards on the one hand and commie standards on the other.
14 posted on 01/18/2012 3:12:10 AM PST by chuckee
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To: neverdem

Just whaadya think the Dhimmocrats will be screaming at us for the next 10 1/2 months???

Maybe, just MAYBE, we can explain to our govt-educated population what the word actuallly MEANS.


15 posted on 01/18/2012 3:56:20 AM PST by Flintlock (Photo ID for all voting. Let our dead rest in peace.)
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To: neverdem

We stopped defending capitalism when we allowed the word “rich” to become a pejorative.


19 posted on 01/18/2012 4:39:04 AM PST by wayoverontheright
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To: neverdem
It is true…capitalism has always been a commie expression. Our concepts are free market and liberty. It is true that many on the right have tried to turn things around and proudly proclaimed themselves to be in favor of capitalism, but this is similar to the word nerd: Some computer types also began calling themselves nerds at some point, and do not perceive it as a bad word anymore. However, for the broader public, people outside the computer “scene,” it still is. Same with capitalism.

Do not allow the left to form the language. They are too good at it.

21 posted on 01/18/2012 5:00:37 AM PST by cartan
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To: neverdem

I prefer to refer to “individual freedom”, since that is what capitalism really means. I am a strong advocate of the real capitalism that allows small businesses to grow and thrive, not the crony capitalism that the Dem party uses to control big business and to funnel tax dollars to their favorite donors, and not the pure laissez-faire capitalism in which there are no government regulations on business. I want government there just enough to prevent sleaze and deception but not actually picking winners and losers in the marketplace. To me, capitalism is one of the most beautiful concepts in human history, since it is a key to individual freedom, but I don’t use the word “capitalism” in most political discussions. I am pragmatic enough that I prefer to sell skeptics on the concept separately from selling them on candidates who will protect individual freedom.


22 posted on 01/18/2012 5:01:23 AM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: neverdem

I agree, they would have more success talking about private property rights. No one wants their assets taken away.


26 posted on 01/18/2012 6:45:22 AM PST by MomwithHope (Wake up America we are at war with militant Islam and progressives - 2 fronts.)
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To: neverdem

Free enterprise would be a suitable replacement term.


27 posted on 01/18/2012 7:05:35 AM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: neverdem
"[s]lightly more than half (52%) react positively to the word 'capitalism,' compared with 37% who say they have a negative reaction." According with this is a 2009 Rasmussen poll showing that, shockingly, "only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better..."

This is beyond sad. This is downright ugly. It won't be long now.

41 posted on 01/18/2012 8:51:38 PM PST by mtg
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To: neverdem

Crony communism is getting rich by stealing from taxpayers, consumers, producers, investors, etc., and then trying to call it capitalism.


54 posted on 01/21/2012 12:32:16 AM PST by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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