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To be or not to be; Democrat or Republican
Topic Started: Feb 25 2008, 06:53 PM (250 Views)
Mrs.M
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No source, Jimid, received in email today..assorted sources on the Internet.


To think about

Ways to be a good Democrat

1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.

2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. Nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists.

4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.

5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.

6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.

7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.

8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach fourth graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.

9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.

10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.

11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make "The Passion of the Christ" for financial gain only.

12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.

14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and A.G. Bell.

15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.

16. You have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and is a very nice person.

17. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.

18. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.

19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.

20. You have to believe that illegal Democrat Party funding by the Chinese Government is somehow in the best interest to the United States.

21. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right wing conspiracy.

22. You have to believe that it's okay to give Federal workers the day off on Christmas Day but it's not okay to say "Merry Christmas."

23. You have to believe that the ACLU knows more about raising your children than you do.

24. You have to believe that signs that bear the statement, "In God We Trust" are offensive, but pornography is not.

25. You have to believe that offending a Muslim, Atheist or Homosexual is absolutely intolerable, but offending a Christian is o.k.

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Ways to be a Good Republican

1. You have to be against a woman’s right to choose, but support the murder of thousands by air strike.

2. You have to believe that a shopping mall is better than a backyard, as long as it’s not YOUR backyard.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of drug dealers and gang-bangers are less of a threat than countries that have never fired a weapon at Americans here in America.

4. You have to believe that there were no airlines before Federal funding, tax breaks and kickbacks.

5. You have to believe that global temperatures are more permanently affected by natural changes in the earth's climate than billions of tons of waste gasses pumped into the atmosphere by coal and natural gas power plants.

6. You have to believe that the sex of someone else’s spouse is actually your business, but your adultery isn’t anyone else’s business.

7. You have to believe that the AIDS epidemic cannot be slowed with the assistance of the Federal government.

8. You have to believe that the teacher who can't teach 4th-graders how to read is doing a great job.

9. You have to believe that hunters care about nature because the 10-point rack on the wall shows their commitment to it.

10. You have to believe that things magically happen even if you have no self-esteem.

11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson made The Passion Of The Christ because Christ died for our sins and not to gain notoriety.

12. You have to believe the ACLU is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, but the NRA is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

13. You have to believe that taxes are too high and the deficit, trade gap and unemployment levels are too low.

14. You have to believe that Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, and Thomas Edison.

15. You have to believe that standardized tests are not racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are.

16. You have to believe that George W. Bush is normal and is a smart, well-spoken person with no hidden agendas.

17. You have to believe that a representative democratic republic will work for everyone, regardless of belief, history or ideology and that it’s okay to kill a considerable percentage of them to bring it to them.

18. You have to believe that a President having consensual sex with another adult is far worse than a President who’s eager to send our children off to get killed in a war that isn't a war to find weapons that didn't exist.

19. You have to believe that Christmas and Easter were originally Christian holidays and not co-opted seasonal festivals of Pagans.

20. You have to believe that changing the rules of the Senate and the Ethics Committee to protect Republican Senators is somehow in the best interest to the United States.

21. You have to believe that we actually went to war in Iraq to find WMDs because they were a clear and present threat to the United States.

22. You have to believe that Republican backed special interest groups didn't finance The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, they got the idea and money on their own.

23. You have to believe Bill Clinton getting on with Monica in the Oval Office is appalling, but Newt Gingrich serving his wife with divorce papers on her deathbed is A-OK.

24. You have to believe in defending the sanctity of marriage except when it’s a husband trying to fulfill his wife’s wish in ending her life.

25. You have to feel that marriage is sacrosanct and inviolate while ignoring the fact that 61% of Catholics get divorced and another 7% get their marriages annulled.

26. You have to believe that what John Kerry did 30 years ago is important, but what George W. Bush didn't do 30 years ago isn't.

Talk about the Kettle and the Pot. Possibly some help with choosing a party affiliation for those undecided voters. :)

I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be WRONG.
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