Are You a Liberal? True/False

[Sava]

Originally posted by MrFun
I know -- it's pathetic sometimes to think that Log Cabin Republicans really believe that the Republican party cares about their interests.

personally, I think they do... I think teh Repukes care more about corporate dominance and free-market exploitation than they do social issues. I also think the Repukes pander to the religious right and other social conservatives for votes.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Part of the problem is with the idea that these jobs would help them to live more decently. Do you have any idea with the conditions which illegal/migrant workers put up with? Migrant farm workers are the poorest people in the country.

But I'm saying that the bad conditions that these jobs consist of for migrant workers would be improved through OSHA and so on, if American workers had those jobs simply because of greater legal protection.

Or am I wrong with this assumption?

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by MrFun
I know -- it's pathetic sometimes to think that Log Cabin Republicans really believe that the Republican party cares about their interests.

Just as it is equally pathetic to think the Dems give a hoot about the intersests of any specific group. Much to be made of with regard to Dems abandoning minority causes 'cept when it fits a left agenda.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Sava
personally, I think they do... I think teh Repukes care more about corporate dominance and free-market exploitation than they do social issues. I also think the Repukes pander to the religious right and other social conservatives for votes.

You just contradicted yourself there -- Republicans are more concerned about corporate/market issues but then you stated that Republicans pander to religious right and social conservatives for votes.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Sava
personally, I think they do... I think teh Repukes care more about corporate dominance and free-market exploitation than they do social issues. I also think the Repukes pander to the religious right and other social conservatives for votes.

Unlike Dems who pander and then abandon minority causes.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MrFun
Or am I wrong with this assumption?

Farm laborers are exempted from most protections that the rest of us enjoy. I could only speculate as to why that is but I imagine it has several factors. Then, as now, many migrant farm worker were Mexican / Black / Poor Whites (Okies) who were and are beneath considering for protection. Margins on farm incomes were/are quite low, and paying decent wages and ensuring job safety would drive many farmers out of business (not so much the case today). Agrobusiness, then as now, had powerful lobbyists in Washington.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe


Just as it is equally pathetic to think the Dems give a hoot about the intersests of any specific group. Much to be made of with regard to Dems abandoning minority causes 'cept when it fits a left agenda.

We have more chance with Democrats with the like of Howard Dean than Republicans.

But there are some rotten Democrats like Bill Clinton who have kow towed to homophobia.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Bahhh, Dems always have been spineless and will continue so.

[Japher]

I think Repubs and Dems are both concerned about the same thing, they just have different ways of going about it.

Repubs pander to coorprate America because are delude to believe that by creating more jobs, building more buisnesses, and bringing in more money will some how fix all the problems of the state.

Dems pander to minority causes through social reform because they have become deluded to believe that by encouraging people, assisting them when they are down, and subsidizing their every whim will some how fix all the problems of the state.

Both are right in some ways and wrong in some ways.

That, IMO, is the best thing about bipartisanship.

[MrFun]

Ogie, I try not to stereotype all Republicans based on what individual Republican leaders have done in the past.

For instance, I have blasted President Bush in the past, but I know that not all Republicans are deceiving and corrupt as he is.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
Bahhh, Dems always have been spineless and will continue so.

I agree... I think all things being equal, if Bush were a Democrat, the Repukes would have a much better chance of kicking him outta office...

but the dem's are spineless, not motivated enough, and not as ruthless and vile as Repukes are...

Dem's need Karl Rove-type people...

I want the system changed so that being evil doesn't give you the best chance of winning. But alas, I think humanity is evil... and they get the government they deserve.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

True stereotyping is an easy trap. Mark me admonished.

[Ben Kenobi]

Might as well bite.

1. The country is better off being run by corporations and not a democratically elected government.

Nope.

2. Unborn babies need the protection of the law... until they are born, then let them pay for their own education.

Yes.

3. Slave labor, child labor, and immoral working conditions are all right, as long as it's in Mexico, or Asia...

Nope.

4. China is an evil Stalinist state... but entities that support China like Fox and Walmart are patriotic bastions of American commerce.

WalMart patriotic? No.

5. Poor people who cheat on their taxes should go to jail, corporations who evade billions should be given corporate welfare.

Nope. String 'em both up.

6. People have freedom of religion and government can't establish religion... unless it's Christianity.

Nope. I believe you can't have freedom unless you allow people to disagree with you.

7. Freedom of speech is a protected RIGHT! Unless you are a liberal.

See above, no.

8. Immigrants are evil and are a threat to this country... even though this nation was founded by immigrants and every one of us is an immigrant.

Actually, I rather like immigration.

9. Drugs support terror (even homegrown marijuana)... but billions in oil money to the Saudis is part of the American lifestyle and if we change that the terrorists have won.

Yes.

10. It's okay to pollute the air and water because it saves us money... and you can always buy bottled water or air freshners!

Why would this be a conservative position? No.

11. Clinton was responsible for 9-11 even though his adminstration wrote and proposed the Dept. of Homeland Sec. legislation and held weekly terrorism briefings and was "obsessed with terrorism" according to Tom DeLay in 1998. Plus, we needed a terrorist attack to wake up America to the evils of Saddam Hussein.

No.

12. Wasting $70 million on investigating a blowjob... then impeaching the president over it was a just action.

Did they impeach Clinton? No.

13. Lying about sex is an impeachable offense, but lying about going to war is patriotic.

No.

14. Rich white people should never be discriminated against... and trying to correct the problems of racism and inequality in our society are racist.

Depends on how you want to correct racism. Whites should not be discriminated against any more than blacks. So no.

15. Gays are evil and should be jailed.

Why reward them? No.

2/15

I must be a liberal!

[MrFun]

Poor Ben is taking this stuff seriously.

[Ben Kenobi]

Might as well bite.

I figured he got tired waiting for bait.