So much happened here since last night.
So, I'll try to catch up a few posts.
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Originally Posted by Mentar
Chiibi, with all due respect: I'm a practicing German catholic, and for me, the GOP would be completely unelectable. In my understanding, the core teaching of Christ is the grace of charity. Love thy neighbor. Care for the needy. Do not seek worldly riches. What did Christ do with sinners and whores? He didn't condemn them and demanded them cast out and punished, he sat with them. This is the exact opposite of what the GOP tries to do.
I can't take a political party seriously as "Christian" that on one hand dogmatically declares abortion a crime and mortal sin, yet at the same time openly advocates starting wars of aggression.
I can't take a political party seriously as "Christian" that openly advocates the use of torture.
I can't take a political party seriously as "Christian" that openly rejects the principle of welfare and helping the needy.
Hell, even the US Conference of American Catholic Bishops explicitly lamented that Ryan's plans were incompatible with Christian teachings.
Do you seriously believe that if Jesus were to be born into our modern times, he would find the GOP to be of his kind? I sure don't. How can you resolve all these contradictions?
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This. I'm a Christian as well, and I also just can't support the GOP after everything they did and said.
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Originally Posted by Vexx
Someone hasn't been looking for work in the last few years I see.
The job shortage is a world-wide phenomenon and likely to be a permanent feature without massive changes in the economic environment. Read more?
In the 1930s, the US government used all the extra talent to improve the county's infrastructure. The conservatives call that "socialism" but their "solution" (lets give all the money to the ones who already have lots of money) did not produce any real job growth at all over the first decade of the 21st Century. It didn't work in the late 1920s either.
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Damn right indeed. Earlier in this thread, I mentioned that what the last 5 Republican presidents did was to revert back into what Calvin Coolidge did before the Great Depression (
). Meanwhile, it was that form of "socialism" that bailed the US out of the Great Depression, then put the US on a period of continuous growth for a very long time, an approach also embraced by Eisenhower and which was, believe it or not, a big help in building the idea of the American dream.
As mentioned earlier too, the GOP won't be near winning any presidential election unless they move back towards the center and get rid of everything giving the party a bad name (Tea Party, religious extremists, racists and other zealots). However, to expect such radical changes in the GOP... that's a long shot.
Also, I can't wait to see what the country will look like with Puerto Rico as the next State. I guess I'll see all kinds of ideas for a flag with 51 stars on it.