Spaulding wrote:
Regular Reader wrote:
Chus wrote:
It means that nobody is trying to discriminate against you, no matter which party is in charge. Nobody is calling you a freeloader. Nobody is trying to stop you from voting, or marrying the person you want.
So is my opinion of what we should focus on less valid or important because I'm a white middle class suburban woman? That sounds like something Julie Dicaro would say. I'll can tell you what it means to me . Nobody is looking out for me and I don't benefit from any of these laws, it's usually the opposite. Like Darkside, I don't know how wide spread of a problem the voting is and I'm not saying it isn't a problem. I'm sure the Democrats have never tampered in an election or committed voting fraud. They are all honest and champions of the people. They care.
If I voted, I would not include gay marriage as a top issue when choosing a party affiliation. While I would like to see gay couples have most of the same legal rights as hetero couples, it's really low on my priority list. I think it would effect less than 5% of the population and believe there are other more important issues.
I don't believe a lot of Republicans feel the way you seem to think they feel on a lot of the issues. That's just my experience and I have no real knowledge of the south though. That's not saying they are not a shitty party. It's all a bunch of smoke and mirrors. They have divided us and would like to keep us divided. Neither party has any interest in solving problems or making our lives better. There is no money in it for them.
Donald Trump has effectively removed the scab from the Republican Party. His ascendancy to the head of the Republican Party was based largely upon prejudice and discrimination. He used his xenophobic views to gain cache into the party and camouflaged it with anti establishment and patriotic rhetoric. The fact that he was able to be taken seriously though he had serious flaws as a candidate suggests a lot about the Republican Party.
These were not the only reasons to not support him either. He was thoroughly unqualified to hold the highest office in the land. He had no interest in brushing up on the issues. He used this as a marketing tool if nothing else. He would be the equivalent of me voting for Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. Jesse Jackson was at least abreast of the issues when he ran but it still didn't make him any more qualified given his lack of experience.
Trump has nothing in his skill set to suggest that he should be President. To make it a partisan issue misses the point too. Republicans, some early and an even greater number late are now running from this dude. That is no accident. He is toxic and has been since day one. Some of the guys that believed themselves caretakers were criticized for running early and now they are praised for doing so.
There were far more serious people that they could have chosen yet didnt. People can say what they want about Hillary Clinton but at least she is a serious politician and always has been. If anything she politically calculates too much but at least she respects the process. This dude is a joke and has been since day one. He is only concerned about his "brand" and nothing else.
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This is going to reach a head pretty soon.
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