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Nomi Prins is a journalist and Senior Fellow at Demos. Her new book is It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street (Wiley, 2009). Her other books include Other People’s Money: The Corporate Mugging of America (2004) - chosen as a Best Book of 2004 by The Economist, Barron's and The Library Journal, Jacked (2006) and the novel, The Trail (2008).

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Friday, July 07, 2006

Being a Republican Today

This was sent to me by a good friend; it reminded me of a bumper sticker I saw in a parking lot in Austin, Texas while researching Jacked - Please Make the Scary Republicans go Away

Being a Republican Today

Things you have to believe to be a Republican today.....

Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary
Clinton.

Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy
made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad
guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.

Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is Communist, but trade with
China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.

The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest
national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.

A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but
multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind
without regulation.

The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in
speeches, while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.

If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.

A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then
demand their cooperation and money.

Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy, but providing health
care to all Americans is socialism. HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.

Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but
creationism should be taught in schools.

A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense,
but a president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.

Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution,
which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.

The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George
Bush's driving record is none of our business.

Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a
conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for
your recovery.

You support states' rights, but the Attorney General can tell states what
local voter initiatives they have the right to adopt.

What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what
Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.

Feel free to pass this on.
Friends don't let friends vote Republican.

3 Comments:

Anonymous spacemodular said...

Funny how most Republicans don't understand irony either.

6:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Brainwashed Liberal.

2:10 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ignorance is bliss. Liberal = Brainwashed

2:10 AM  

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