The Republicans are good at exploiting some people's religious superstitions and fears of big government.
I think the Blue states should secede from the Union if the Red states continue to block social progress and to teach creationism instead of science. They are holding us back at least 100 years.
I turned on one news station after another trying in vain to get an update on the status of the health bill in the Senate. Instead, I heard endless interviews with opposing Republicans. Where's a Democrat to get news these days?
The working poor, who obviously greatly outnumber the wealthy, could dominate American politics if half of them did not vote against their own financial self interests for reasons of religion. All the wealthy have to do is toss the religious poor a bone and they vote along with them, and it is a small bone at that. What have the Republicans ever done for the working poor except manipulate them?
Somewhere along the way, the Republicans abandoned honesty in their statements and commercials.
It makes perfect sense for the wealthy individuals and corporations to dominate one of the political parties, currently the Republican Party. But why do the commoners join them?
The news media tries to make everything a debate, even evolution and the climate threat, both of which have solid scientific foundations and are beyond debate.
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