Posted on 12/12/2019 4:04:28 AM PST by Kaslin
It's a serious question. Other than hating Donald Trump, why would anyone vote for any of the Democratic candidates for president of the United States? They've given us precious few reasons to support them and plenty of reasons to conclude that they shouldn't be given any political power -- much less the presidency.
Here are just a few:
1. Their policy proposals would be fiscal and social disasters. The "Medicare for All" espoused by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren is projected to cost anywhere from $30 to $50 trillion. That's already an insane amount of money. What's worse is that we have an abysmal record projecting the actual costs of social programs. When Medicare was passed in 1965, it was projected to cost $12 billion by 1990; the actual cost in 1990 was $90 billion. In 2018, the federal government spent $582 billion on Medicare. Spending on Medicaid in its first year (also 1965) was projected at $238 million; the actual cost was over $1 billion. Spending on Medicaid in fiscal year 2017 was $557 billion. Our ability to prognosticate hasn't improved in the past 50 years; projections for the 2009 Affordable Care Act were appallingly inaccurate. So you can probably safely double or even triple that single-payer health care estimate. The system would be bankrupt in short order -- and would take the quality of health care down with it.
2. Democrats are often accused of supporting regulations that cripple businesses. But this crop of candidates goes even further, promising to destroy entire industries. Sen. Elizabeth Warren -- who has never made a payroll in her life -- blithely announced that she'd make private insurance illegal, shuttering tens of thousands of American companies and putting millions of people out of work.
3. Warren isn't the only Democrat who threatens "like a dockside bully." Consider Sen. Kamala Harris' recent statements that she would "snatch" patents away from companies that won't put in price controls she wants. How many life-saving drugs has Sen. Harris developed? None. How many patents has she applied for and received? None.
4. They favor oppressive government. Michael Bloomberg -- a man who should know better -- has advocated for taxing the poor -- for their own good, of course. Bloomberg also said with a straight face that the communist government of China listens to the public and that President Xi Jinping "is not a dictator." (Tell that to the Hong Kong protesters, the untold numbers of women subjected to forced abortions or the Uighur Muslims in re-education camps.) That tells you plenty about what President Bloomberg would view as being "responsive" to the American people.
5. They are willing to shred the Constitution when it suits their purposes. Examples of this are legion including:
-- They oppose religious liberties -- including conscience protection. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke argued that churches that do not accept his views on human sexuality, marriage and family should lose their tax-exempt status as charities.
-- Nor are they defenders of other First Amendment protections -- at least for conservatives. When Republicans or Christians bring suits to defend their freedom of speech, Democrats -- even on the Supreme Court -- now call that "weaponizing the First Amendment."
-- They want to abolish the Second Amendment.
-- With their candidate (Hillary Clinton) having lost in 2016, Democrats are all-in to eliminate the Electoral College, which -- like the structure of the U.S. Senate -- was structured to provide a meaningful voice to states with smaller populations. Both Hillary Clinton and Al Gore (in 2000) won the so-called popular vote by getting a large number of votes in California. But California doesn't get to elect the president.
6. They have no respect for the presumption of innocence, the rule of law or the integrity of the legal process. We saw this in the appalling behavior of Democratic senators (Dianne Feinstein, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris) during the confirmation hearings of Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. But the abuse of process since Donald Trump entered the presidential race (and won) has been even worse. Having failed with the Robert Mueller investigation on "collusion" with Russia, Democrats are now trying to impeach Trump for a phone conversation he had with the president of Ukraine.
Under President Trump, we have seen record-low unemployment including among Hispanics and African Americans; consistent job creation; reform of Veterans Affairs; a new federal ban on animal cruelty; criminal justice reform; a new North American trade deal; and no new wars.
What makes Trump such a successful president? It's a simple point that goes right to the heart of the system of American governance: Trump trusts that most Americans can run their own lives, their families, their businesses, their schools and their communities. In other words, he does not (and did not) see it as his role to walk into the White House and "fundamentally transform" the country.
Democrats, on the other hand -- with almost zero experience starting, growing or operating any enterprise of any size; no experience with meeting the needs of customers, patrons or patients; no experience making payroll -- are certain that they can come in and run a country of 330 million people.
We don't have to speculate about their failures; we need only look at the places they do control to see how successful they've been. Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans: What do citizens of those cities (and states) enjoy? Corruption. High taxes. Bankrupt governments and underfunded state pensions. Population loss. Gun violence and other crime. Homelessness. Filth and rodent infestation. Streets filled with used hypodermic needles and human feces.
Tell me again. Why would you vote for that?
Free stuff, yes. But also mental illness.
Democrats and their voters see themselves as messiahs - bringing justice and equality to everyone.
Here’s one, straight from the mouth of a liberal (a client of my husbands). “Can’t wait for him to be removed from office, can’t stand his children”
End of discussion right there.
The fact that we all live in the same reality is an illusion. A vice president of Honeywell related this story. The management was taking a famous labor leader, whose name I don’t recall, on a tour of an electronics assembly facility. He looked through the glass window at the women assembling boards. The women were dressed in ESD smocks and had ESD wrist straps connected to the benches. The labor leader was incensed...really, really upset. He thought the women were chained to the benches. When the company explained ESD he simply didn’t believe them. He thought it was a scam to keep the women seated at the benches.
Assuming good conscience, different people will look at the same thing and see whatever their background says is there. When Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats say off-the-wall untrue things, they are not talking to conservatives, they are talking to people, who, like the labor leader are predisposed to believe them. This is why taking back control of education should be the primary driving function for conservatives.
Because they could see through HW Bush, and Dole, and the idiot from Texas, and McCain, and Romney, and they had no other choice?
Big huge bold period...full stop, question mark optional.
In my lifetime, I have voted for a democrat one time.
It was a mistake...as the POS bore out exactly why I will not vote for a democrat.
He turned out to be as corrupt as hell...as are every stinking democrat that I've ever dealt with.
And I am extremely distrustful of some these democrats that switched parties...especially in my own state.
Democrats are worthless, lying SOB's with no one's interest other than their own, realizing those interest by promising free stuff to the most vulnerable segment of out society.
They are despicable turds.
Vote for a democrat?
Never.
I would slit my throat, first.
Because people are dumb,really dumb.
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You forgot: Democrats want to import millions of foreigners here - illegally and legally, to make white Americans an absolute minority
Because they live in a dream world where intent equals execution.
Free stuff leads to nothing available.
Happens every time it’s tried.
It sounds simplistic, but there’s a HUGE spiritual chasm in this country. Nearly half of the country looks to man/government for their strength and guidance. As such, that’s why the Left is always so riled up. When you build your life and beliefs on sand, you’ll never have any true peace and stability.
“Donald Trump says mean things. He hurts some people’s feelings. That isn’t nice. It does not seem presidential. Just get rid of him.”
Your statement holds true with many Republicans, my sister included. I tried to explain no Republican President has ever pushed back on the left’s agenda, and to do so you have got to get your word out and that Trump is very effective doing this. She still thinks he’s a mean loud mouth. But, she’s also a Kalifornian, and a Repub in Kali thinks like a Dem any place else.
Pretty simple...
The Left thinks it’s smarter than you and wants to run your life.
The Left doesn’t like you for who you are and wants to run your life.
The Left doesn’t enjoy your taste in music, food, entertainment, work, recreation, religion, race, ethnic background, and wants to run your life.
The Left wants all to obey and run your life.
The Left has absolutely no basic understanding of economics, money, work, pay, benefits, insurance, health care, government entitlement programs and wants to run your life.
The Left is so arrogant that they don’t realize that they really cannot exist without the boogeyman, Conservative/Republican, because if it weren’t for them, they would eat each other alive because they want to run everyone’s life.
At least, that's what TV ads during afternoon re-runs of the Jerry Springer show tell them. :)
Unfortunately there’s 60+ million brainwashed idiots out there that want the BS the candidates are peddling.
Blame it on their unfortunately successful educational indoctrination system.
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