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"10 Things the GOP Platform Hates About You"
More: http://www.alternet.org/10-things-gop-platform-hates-about-you?page=0%2C1&paging=off
The GOP of 2012 is a big tent. Especially if you're a white, wealthy, currently elderly, heterosexual, Christian, non-DC resident who plans on living forever.
This week, finally, after all those nerd-hours expended on wondering just what precious metal and fancy rhetorical jewels would gild the GOP's terrible turd ideas, the official Republican party platform will be revealed to a chorus of gasps, eye rolls, and delighted shrieks from Rick Santorum. According to people who have seen the thing in its entirety, it's the most conservative platform in modern history. Critics call it "angry," "fringe," and "extreme," as it calls for a constitutional amendment banning abortion in the case of rape, bars female soldiers from combat roles, blames sick people for requiring medical care, and officially declares gay marriage to be an abomination. In addition to being a policy compass — an indicator of what sort of laws we can expect from elected Republican officials over the next four years — the new platform is a giddy romp through all the reasons the grand ol' party might hate you.
This week, finally, after all those nerd-hours expended on wondering just what precious metal and fancy rhetorical jewels would gild the GOP's terrible turd ideas, the official Republican party platform will be revealed to a chorus of gasps, eye rolls, and delighted shrieks from Rick Santorum. According to people who have seen the thing in its entirety, it's the most conservative platform in modern history. Critics call it "angry," "fringe," and "extreme," as it calls for a constitutional amendment banning abortion in the case of rape, bars female soldiers from combat roles, blames sick people for requiring medical care, and officially declares gay marriage to be an abomination. In addition to being a policy compass — an indicator of what sort of laws we can expect from elected Republican officials over the next four years — the new platform is a giddy romp through all the reasons the grand ol' party might hate you.
1. Women, shut up and let the zygotes talk.
2. Eat shit, rape victims.
3. Fuck You, Sick People.
4. Kiss our puckered white asses, young people who weren't going to vote for us anyway.
5. Quit whining, women in developing countries.
6. Go to hell, immigrants (and "immigrants" means "Mexicans"
.
7. Bless your little hearts, female soldiers.
8. Ugh, just get out of my face with your crap, gays.
9. Muslims, go back to Muslim-town.
10. LOL DC.
2. Eat shit, rape victims.
3. Fuck You, Sick People.
4. Kiss our puckered white asses, young people who weren't going to vote for us anyway.
5. Quit whining, women in developing countries.
6. Go to hell, immigrants (and "immigrants" means "Mexicans"
.
7. Bless your little hearts, female soldiers.
8. Ugh, just get out of my face with your crap, gays.
9. Muslims, go back to Muslim-town.
10. LOL DC.
The GOP of 2012 is a big tent. Especially if you're a white, wealthy, currently elderly, heterosexual, Christian, non-DC resident who plans on living forever. Otherwise, fuck you.
More: http://www.alternet.org/10-things-gop-platform-hates-about-you?page=0%2C1&paging=off
