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Why The Hell Should Anyone Vote For The Republican Party?

Chip. Wrote: Feb 19, 2013 12:42 AM

This column is talking in the right direction. Clarifying our position and taking the offense will be needed. I must differ about a tangental point it made where is said "the Bush Administration put us a in a terrible situation in Iraq by invading without having the slightest idea that our troops would end up policing the country for nearly a decade." The whole reason Bush Sr. stopped short of invading Iraq during the first gulf war was precisely because he knew it would be a quagmire and he assured the public at this time by saying there will be "No more Vietnams." And considering he was Bush's father, Bush Jr certainly had a pretty good idea that what did happen, and what Bush Sr. thought would happen, may well happen.

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Why The Hell Should Anyone Vote For The Republican Party?

The only answer anyone ever seems to be able to offer to that question these days is, "Because the Democrats are worse." However, the problem with being the lesser of two evils is that you're still an evil.

Well, what about the GOP's principles?

What about them?

Name something that the Republican Party stands for today.

Low taxes? We've won that battle so thoroughly that 47% of Americans don't pay income taxes even though we have a trillion dollar deficit. Meanwhile, many of the richest Americans are comfortable enough with what they're...