Homeland Stupidity & Republican Evil
Homeland Stupidity has been expanding since, well, the real Homeland stupidity has been growing. The blog has added two new writers to it’s mix; Mark Jaquith’s first post is up today and he admits that he voted for the Republicans “as the lesser of the two evils” much the same way, I suppose, that I tend to vote for the Democrats. 
What I appreciatied about his article is that he has the actual intelligence to point out that there is in fact a difference between what the Republicans claim to be (on paper) and what they have actually been doing, something I think that most of the country seems to be missing big time.
Here’s an exerpt:
The reason I can no longer vote for Republicans as the lesser of two evils is that I’ve begun to seriously doubt that they are the lesser of two evils.
I’ve come to see that Republicans are two-faced. On paper, Republicans are easily more favorable than Democrats to a libertarian-minded person such as myself. On paper, they support lower taxes, less socialism, limited government, a rigid interpretation of the Constitution, property rights, parental rights and gun rights. In practice, they do little to permanently relieve the tax burden, they support wealth redistribution in a variety of forms, they’ve bloated the government to an unprecedented degree, they’ve made a mockery of Amendments One, Four, Six, Eight and Ten, they’ve been slow and inadequate in their response to the Supreme Court’s eminent domain decision. That leaves parental rights and gun rights. So if all you want to do is to teach your kid that God created the world in seven 24-hour periods or shoot empty beer cans for fun, the Republican Party has your back. Otherwise, it’s time to wake up and realize you’ve been duped.
It’s largely the Republicans [who] have vamped up the Drug War, and who have regretfully expanded it even into doctor’s offices, where drug warriors now decide what courses of treatment are and aren’t acceptable. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez [sic] recently stated that under his watch, eradicating pornography will be a priority on par with fighting terrorism. And several members of Congress are now pushing to expand FCC regulation to include cable TV, satellite radio, and perhaps even the Internet, all in an effort to protect Americans from bad words and dirty pictures. — FOX News
Not only do they abandon their principles and encroach upon American freedoms, Republicans have also shown themselves to be active members of the culture of political corruption.
One of the things I like about Homeland Stupidity, even if I don’t always agree with the slant, is that there’s always a link to support the facts.
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on May 26, 2006 at 11:56 am
Big Dog said:
Remember, The Democrats are the Stupid Party, the Republicans the Evil party so you always get something stupid or evil.
And God forbid they get together on an issue you get something that is both stupid and evil.
on May 26, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Michael Hampton said:
I don’t know, you could probably reverse those and still come up with truth.
As for my slant, it’s simple: all freedom, all the time.
on May 26, 2006 at 1:49 pm
Big Dog said:
You probably could but since the article calls it “Republican Evil” that is the way we will go…
on May 26, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Big Dog said:
BTW, you will never be free as long as they can extort money from you in the form of taxes…
Freedom isn’t free, but extortion is illegal
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