Got to love little children… they see things so clearly…
After seeing this graph, my preschooler instantly “got it” and asked….”If Republicans are so bad for this country, why do people keep voting for them..”
Damn good question….
Here is my feeble attempt to explain their existence….. (grownups were standing around listening too…)
I said…..
Imagine if you had soooo much money you couldn’t spend it …. You could do what ever you want….
So you were sitting there one day and casually said to yourself……”Wow, if I didn’t have to pay so much in taxes….I could…”
To your right someone pipes up, stands excitedly, waving their hand, and says….”I’ll support that….Hey, give me lots of money and I’ll take that cause and run with it….. Just pay my bills and let me live comfortable on the margins, and hell, I’ll even support “NO taxes”.
So your sitting there, thinking “whoa, that was easy”, and decide to see if it works twice.. …. “Wow, if I didn’t have to pay my employees all this money for working for me, I could make even more money….. To your right…. someone pipes up, stands excitedly, waving their hand, exclaiming……” I’ll support that…. Hey, give me lot’s of money and I’ll take that cause and run with it….. Just pay my bills and let me live comfortable on the margins, and damn, I’ll support the erosion of ALL unions…. I’ll run them into the ground…..”
So you marvel at how just a few words can get policy changing… and you decide to push the envelope, just to see if there is even a boundary….. “Wow, if I didn’t just have to follow the stupid letter of the law, I could make so much more money….. ” To your right… someone pipes up, stands excitedly, waving their hand, exclaiming…..”I’ll support that…. Hey, give me money and I’ll take that cause and run with it…. Just pay my bills and let me live comfortable on the margins, and …. Hey, you know….I’ll even support your right to a kingdom….. No problem…. just pay my bills…..
So you see,…. as long as someone has too much money, “those people” will always be there….. No matter what their name may be, whether we call them Federalists…. Whigs….. Republicans…… or even some different name of the Democratic Party that will eventually will split off to cater to those needy people…. The wealthy will always have sycophants…..who will sell their country’s soul out from under us for a few extra dollars…..
Sound like someone you know?
Fortunately we now have a track record…. from 2000 to 2008 when what they proposed was allowed to come to pass, and with clear hindsight, we can see that EVERYTHING they say…….. is bullshit.
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November 25, 2008 at 4:46 am
Shirley
I have no money, yet I am a Republican.
How do you explain that?
November 25, 2008 at 4:56 am
Tom S.
Got to love little children… they see things so clearly…
After seeing this graph, my preschooler instantly “got it” and asked….”If Democrats are so bad for this country, why do people keep voting for them..”
Damn good question….
Here is my feeble attempt to explain their existence….. (grownups were standing around listening too…)
I said…..
Imagine if you wanted soooo much money you couldn’t spend it …. You could do what ever you want….
So you were sitting there one day and casually said to yourself……”Wow, if I didn’t have to work so much….I could…”
To your right someone pipes up, stands excitedly, waving their hand, and says….”I’ll support that….Hey, give me lots of votes and I’ll take that cause and run with it….. Just pay my bills and let me live comfortable on the margins, and hell, I’ll even support “NO work”.
So your sitting there, thinking “whoa, that was easy”, and decide to see if it works twice.. …. “Wow, if I my employer had to pay me all this money for not working, I could make even more money….. To your right…. someone pipes up, stands excitedly, waving their hand, exclaiming……” I’ll support that…. Hey, give me lot’s of money and I’ll take that cause and run with it….. Just pay my bills and let me live comfortable on the margins, and damn, I’ll support the forced inclusion of ALL workers into unions…. I’ll run American industry into the ground…..”
So you marvel at how just a few words can get policy changing… and you decide to push the envelope, just to see if there is even a boundary….. “Wow, if I didn’t just have to follow the stupid letter of the law, I could make so much more money….. ” To your right… someone pipes up, stands excitedly, waving their hand, exclaiming…..”I’ll support that…. Hey, give me money and I’ll take that cause and run with it…. Just pay my bills and let me live comfortable on the margins, and …. Hey, you know….I’ll even support your right to protectionism and affirmative action….. No problem…. just pay my bills…..
So you see,…. as long as someone is so lazy, “those people” will always be there….. No matter what their name may be, whether we call them Liberals…. Unions….. Democrats…… or even some different name of the Republican Party that will eventually will split off to cater to those needy people…. The lazy will always have sycophants…..who will sell their country’s soul out from under us for a few extra dollars…..
Sound like someone you know?
Fortunately we now have a track record…. from 1977 to 1981 when what they proposed was allowed to come to pass, and with clear hindsight, we can see that EVERYTHING they say…….. is bullshit.
I can do sweeping generalizations too! As long as some Americans think they’re better at solving their problems than the government is the Republican Party will be around. As long as some Americans think there are some problems that dwarf the individual, that require societal action the Democratic Party will be around.
November 25, 2008 at 2:03 pm
kavips
Shirley.. your answer is easy… Despite your registration….. YOU ARE A LIBERTARIAN… lol….
Tom, lol. The difference between yours and mine is that mine is based on reality. Yours is fantasy… check out the graph….
(PS.. reading through yours… it doesn’t even make sense…sort of like trying to defend creationism held at 4000 BC with no explanation of where 350 million year old fossils could have come from….)
Bottom line, our knowledge and experience has moved beyond what Republicans have to offer.
November 25, 2008 at 6:52 pm
RSmitty
Obviously, not all Republicans are the way kavips states (that was for first two commenters), but kavips’ sweeping generalization to a preschooler is an effective seed to establish a bias that promotes not so good things. No, I am not talking bell-tower sniper, but I am speaking of pre-determined disdain for any person with ‘R’…think delawaredem.
As a Republican (a centrist one), I think we need to see this administration as a turning point of where we began to return to what brought about the Republican Party. Not this bullshit predicated on corporate love and classism, but what Lincoln and later T Roosevelt truly stood for.
The “turning point” is based on a review of the eight years and demanding to know, “What the F was that?!”
November 25, 2008 at 8:07 pm
kavips
You mean what the “W” was that?
When that party drops its “philosophy” of protecting the wealthy…( which is what their modus operandi tends to do) and instead,chooses to focus on protecting the rights of people from their overly intrusive government, ie workforce housing, …..that party may once again become viable….
Whether that party survives past 2008, I think, depends a lot on how well Obama makes his case over these next four years…. as did FDR coming on the heals of Hoover…..made it impossible to vote Republican until 16 years later….
November 25, 2008 at 9:27 pm
RSmitty
…made it impossible to vote Republican until 16 years later…
True, and even that was a Republican who found virtue in the Progressive Republicanism of Teddy Roosevelt.
November 28, 2008 at 5:51 am
FSP
“After seeing this graph, my preschooler instantly “got it” and asked….”If Republicans are so bad for this country, why do people keep voting for them..””
I’m just thrilled Kavips found someone of equal intellectual capacity to talk to.
November 28, 2008 at 7:25 am
kavips
Well…. I wouldn’t go that far… but after speaking to my Republican friends, it was a step up.
November 28, 2008 at 6:30 pm
RSmitty
Hey now! 😯
November 29, 2008 at 7:07 am
FSP
“my Republican friends”
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
November 29, 2008 at 1:53 pm
kavips
I don’t follow you, Are you trying to say that there’s no longer a Republican party? Thereby making having Republican friends, …an impossibility?
Then I recommend you discuss your political future with preschoolers… As I said above, since they actually listen and think through what they hear, they are a giant step up from your average talking point Republicans…who, as candidates, are basically good for throwing press conferences to which no one attends, in order to brag how tough they think they are…..
“Sign this pledge”….. lol…….
December 3, 2008 at 2:15 am
Dr. James Scott
You don’t understand Republicans.. They hate.. It burns them up.. They hate blacks, they hate women, they hate Mexicans, they hate gays, they hate Chinese, they hate themselves… That is why they sell their souls to the highest bidders whenever they run for office… They have no principals.. They never had principals… they don’t even know what principals are…
December 3, 2008 at 5:34 am
kavips
That is where we differ. I think they are good solid people looking for a leader… I have a post that explains better what their problem really is. Their leadership is chasing votes.. not leading on principals.
December 3, 2008 at 5:49 am
Dr. James Scott
Obama and Biden really did run a great campaign this year…Copeland and Clatworthy really disgusted me and made me embarassed to call myself a Republican… I hate them…
December 3, 2008 at 6:21 am
kavips
Dude, Seriously…
You need some help…