“Republicans” are VERY Different from Democrats, Day Two: Repubs Support Terrorists. Dems Do Not.

[riqster]

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/republicans-are-very-different-from-democrats-day-two-repubs-support-terrorists-dems-do-not/

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Another example of why the “no difference between the parties” line is a bunch of bulls***. Dems fight against Terrorists in word and deed, while Teapubbies talk a big game when it comes to law and order: but the Repub walk doesn’t match the talk.

Example Number A, take Cliven Bundy and his Moocher Militia, who violated even more laws than Bin Laden, but still got support from the GOP. In fact, not only do Repubs support Bundy’s sedition, they were lining up to get their pictures taken with him. And after members of the Bundy Bunch murdered some cops, “Republicans” said and did little or nothing – except, of course, continued support.

Example Letter 2: we see that Repubs love the Sovereign Citizen terrorists. The Justice Department calls these mutts the most dangerous security threat to our nation, but that doesn’t stop GOP politicos like LePage from including them in their inner circles, or granting them rights to carry weapons that scare the sh** out of law-abiding Americans. Hell, even when they commit terrorist crimes the Repubs don’t do much of anything about it.

Example the Third: always remember, Gentle Reader, Bush and his fellow Repubs allowed Bin Laden to get away with murder – the worst foreign terrorist attack on our soil, thousands dead, and the Tevangelicals said “meh”. They used hs face to whip up the population in a manner that even Goebbels would have envied. But while abusing his face, Repubs kissed his a**. Then, of course, they bitched about Obama, who brought Bin Laden to justice.

There we have it, another example of the enormous differences between the two political parties.

Remember this when a Raging Righty or Loony Leftie tries to tell you that there is “little or no dfference”: that is a big, fat lie.

[unblock]

1. i think those who say "there's no difference" are reflecting the democratic party's rightward shift.

as I said in another thread, today's democratic party is the republican party i grew up with.
if you stop your analysis there, sure not much difference.

except that part of the reason for that rightward shift is because the democratic party saw a vacancy where the republican party used to be when it climbed aboard the spaceship to planet looney-tunes.

[riqster]

2. I acknowledge the shift, and deplore it.

But there are clear differences between the parties of the current day; and the present is where we actually live.

[unblock]

3. well exactly. the similarities are only when comparing today's d's with yesterday's r's.

the differences today are stark. it's just that the questions have shifted rightward as well.

now you have to ask basic sanity-type questions like, "should the federal government voluntarily default on debt incurred from legally authorized spending?" to tell the difference.

once upon a time that sort of question would get a 100% resounding "of course not, are you crazy?" from every member of congress.

not so much anymore.

[riqster]

4. Yep. The world has gone mad.

But the answer is not, as some claim, to disengage. The answer is to vote Dem in this election and follow that up with active involvement in the primary process, to shift back Left.

Because that is how the Rightward shift was accomplished.

[samsingh]

7. there are big differences between the parties

what have the Democrats lied about? nothing.

[Maedhros]

5. "Brought Bin Laden to justice."

No, we executed a prisoner. Justice would have required a trial.

[samsingh]

8. what justice did all the victims of 911 get?

how many soldiers and others would have been killed by fanatics trying to release him if he was in court and even in the process of getting him out of pakistan?

[Bandit]

9. In my mind his death was Just.

A trial would have made a mockery of all our efforts.

[Maedhros]

10. Bullshit. Abandoning rule of law and due process makes a mockery of justice.

As do those who believe as you do, that vengeance killing has a place in civilized society.

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. "A trial would have made a mockery of all our efforts."

That has to be one of the silliest things I have ever read on DU. And that's saying something.

[samsingh]

6. repugs hang around and arm terrorists