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Are you a Christian or a Republican? You cant be both. A follower of the Nazareen believes in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, and caring for the sick. Republicans are against doing any of the above, and implement policies that gut funding for programs that accomplish the very things Jesus himself admonished his followers to do. Pick one.
Are you a patriot or a Republican? You cant be both. Either you are against your pResident kow-towing to our Russian enemies, or you are willing to see our democracy sold out to those enemies. Pick one.
Are you a supporter of our troops or are you a Republican? You cant be both. Either you support our veterans by ensuring they get the best of care, or you support a party that slashes the funding for their care while planning a multi-million dollar military parade for a man who bragged about his heroism in not having contracted an STD while his fellow citizens served in Viet Nam. Pick one.
Are you a decent human being or are you a Republican? You cant be both. Either you are outraged at the idea of migrant children being taken from their parents and housed in cages, or youre perfectly fine with the immoral and inhumane indecency of it. Pick one.
Are you an intelligent person or a Republican? You cant be both. Either you accept scientifically-proven facts about climate change and the conservation necessary to preserve our natural resources, or youre an ignorant idiot who thinks polluting our air and water is of no consequence whatsoever. Pick one.
Are you possessed of common sense or are you a Republican? You cant be both. Either you believe your own eyes and ears, or you believe what youre told to believe by a man who lies to you repeatedly, blatantly, and without hesitation. Pick one.
Are you a thinking person or are you a Republican? You cant be both. Either you think that racial inequality and bigotry pose a threat to our nation as well as our fellow citizens, or you think stopping athletes from taking a knee at a sports event will end the discord by putting certain people in their place. Pick one.
Are you for education or are you a Republican? You cant be both. Either you understand how access to affordable education strengthens our nation, or you think being a country full of ill-informed dumb-asses makes America Great Again. Pick one.
Are you of the belief that our elected representatives should enact laws that keep weapons out of the hands of the mentally unstable or are you a Republican? You cant be both. Either you support gun control laws that ensure that only responsible gun-owners have access to weapons, or you think sending thoughts and prayers to the parents of dead school children is sufficient. Pick one.
Are you for the freedoms enshrined in our Constitution or are you a Republican? You cant be both. Either you believe in freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, or you believe these freedoms can and should be curtailed by a political party once they are in control of the government. Pick one.
Are you for the principles weve always stood for or are you a Republican? You cant be both. Either you welcome immigrants as Americans have always done, or you embrace the idea that all immigrants are rapists, drug dealers, and gang members who emanate from shithole countries. Pick one.
Are you an American or are you a Republican? Pick one because we are now at the point where you really cant be both.
rzemanfl
(29,554 posts)Gothmog
(144,939 posts)dalton99a
(81,404 posts)sheshe2
(83,655 posts)Nevilledog
(51,026 posts)Karadeniz
(22,474 posts)The problem is, you are thinking. As do many interviews with trumpets show, they do not think at all.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)end the day on a bright note. Keep up the great postings.
Different Drummer
(7,606 posts)K&Red and bookmarked.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,965 posts)lastlib
(23,163 posts)2naSalit
(86,332 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)apkhgp
(1,068 posts)that the Blue Wave will sweep across the country. Changing everything State that is Red to Blue, and holding on to every Blue State. With common sense, logical thinking that provides for every citizen of this country, not just for the top one percent.
cachukis
(2,230 posts)ladym55
(2,577 posts)ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)oasis
(49,333 posts)gademocrat7
(10,645 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)😀
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)erronis
(15,185 posts)Not having to make one's own decisions leaves more time for golf, arguing about stupid sports, swilling beer.
nolabear
(41,936 posts)JDC
(10,117 posts)And Jesus was anything but a long haired, dark-skinned liberal.
Their own hipocricy is lost on them.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)And bookmarked!
radical noodle
(7,997 posts)This should be seen everywhere. It should be on billboards. You always nail it, Nance.
VOX
(22,976 posts)You deliver the goods each time. Thank you!
Ohiogal
(31,919 posts)mcar
(42,278 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,372 posts)calimary
(81,125 posts)This DEFINITELY needs to be said, read, and SPREAD!
cp
(6,617 posts)Thanks, NanceGreggs!
Native
(5,936 posts)I live in the land of angry old white men, and one simply cannot argue with them, but the next time they spew their hate in my presence, thanks to Nance, I've now got something to give them. And since I'd like to live a few more years, I won't be sticking around to watch them read it.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,007 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)every Republican should be required to read this.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)Suffice to say, you nailed it once again.
Thank you, please keep them coming, I make sure a lot of people read your blogs.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)As usual, you absolutely nailed it!
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)area51
(11,896 posts)lark
(23,065 posts)Thank you for spotlighting so clearly what has become "normal" that is totally abnormal and sickly amoral. I have printed your post and will be scanning and sending to my family & friends so they can enjoy it as well.
LittleGirl
(8,280 posts)You say what we're all thinking. Clearly, to the point and concise. Spot on.
Over and out!
Texin
(2,590 posts)Firestorm49
(4,030 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)but all I can do is K&R, so I'll do that.
One of your greatest, Nance.
nightwing1240
(1,996 posts)meow2u3
(24,759 posts)Yes, you can be both Christian and a Democrat. In fact, that's a Christian's duty to protect the weak and powerless against the strong and predatory, contrary to RW repuke ideology.
Thank you very much, Nance.
MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)the sick, or that every Republican views all immigrants as rapists and from shithole countries.
To be sure, some are selfish bastards who think only of themselves. But as a Christian believer myself, I recognize that there are many, many Republicans in my church who care about these topics just as deeply as I do, serving in soup kitchens, serving at the homeless shelter, housing refugees, visiting folks in the hospitals, and donating to various charities who support these causes. But they don't get on board with the idea that its their government's job and not just a family or church's job to fix these issues. My Dad is one of these people. I HATE his politics, but that doesn't mean he isn't a generous and loving person on many of the topics that you claim, as a Republican, he's basically a monster on. He's an absolute hard-liner on folks going through the correct processes immigration wise, but he and my step-mom have housed multiple refugee families over the years. By no means does he view ALL immigrants as rapists or from shithole countries (nor have I actually heard that broad of a statement even from someone as sick-minded as Trump, so not sure where you're getting that quote from).
Do I vehemently disagree with the notion that families and churches alone should take care of society's ills and challenges? Absolutely. And I have that argument with Dad nearly every single family get-together.
But do I also vehemently disagree with your insistence on demonizing a large percentage of our fellow citizens simply because they disagree with our approach to solving these problems? Yes, vehemently disagree with that as well. That kind of all or nothing perspective is how we end up treating eachother as less than human.
There is plenty of black/white idiocy to demonize in the Republican party, and you've hit on a lot of it: gun obsessions, failure to actually support our armed forces and keep them out of harm's way, etc. But you're over the top on some of this.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)You can't be both.
Docreed2003
(16,850 posts)magicarpet
(14,122 posts)On the mark..... As always.
THX for the posting !