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are you a republican?
Dec. 1st, 2009 03:11 pmRNC released a list of "republican principles", i.e., 10 positions, disagreeing with 7 of which disqualifies a candidate from the party support. Let's see...
(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill
Check. Note the order: lower taxes after reducing debt and deficit.
(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run health care
What is "market-based health care reform"?
Providing health care to employees is the biggest problem for small businesses, so a single-payer system is a must.
(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation
The "cap and trade" imbecility indeed does not work.
We need a carbon tax from which the utilities will not be able to weasel out, like they now do with "cap and trade" with the grandfathering provisions.
(4) We support workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check;
Check.
(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;
Check. Especially the "assimilation" part. I would also give a visa to anyone with at least a Master's degree in a technical field from a good school.
(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;
Year, right. Fighting in a way our opponents understand (i.e., mass-murdering civilians) is against our core beliefs, so no surges will do us any good. We should either get out of there altogether or finance a side which would further our goals - ignoring the methods that side might employ. Disgusting? Yes! Can't live with it? Then learn that you cannot explain the notions of liberal democracy to people who practice female genital mutilations and honor killings and get out of those countries!
(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;
Dream on. The only thing which works on this planet is force (or a credible threat thereof). We cannot (for internal reasons) threaten these nations with nukes, so we have absolutely no leverage with them.
(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;
Check. We need to put a stop somewhere, e.g., a "menage a troi" or "human-dog" relationships are obviously (at least for now) not kinds of marriage. Restricting marriage to what it has meant for millennia seems reasonable.
(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion;
Huh? So we are supposed to keep vegetables on the ventilator forever?
Seriously, "health care rationing" is inevitable and is already happening.
(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership.
Check!!! Make gun ownership mandatory!
Hmm, I guess I am not republican enough.
Тигры не любят чертополоха
(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill
Check. Note the order: lower taxes after reducing debt and deficit.
(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run health care
What is "market-based health care reform"?
Providing health care to employees is the biggest problem for small businesses, so a single-payer system is a must.
(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation
The "cap and trade" imbecility indeed does not work.
We need a carbon tax from which the utilities will not be able to weasel out, like they now do with "cap and trade" with the grandfathering provisions.
(4) We support workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check;
Check.
(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;
Check. Especially the "assimilation" part. I would also give a visa to anyone with at least a Master's degree in a technical field from a good school.
(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;
Year, right. Fighting in a way our opponents understand (i.e., mass-murdering civilians) is against our core beliefs, so no surges will do us any good. We should either get out of there altogether or finance a side which would further our goals - ignoring the methods that side might employ. Disgusting? Yes! Can't live with it? Then learn that you cannot explain the notions of liberal democracy to people who practice female genital mutilations and honor killings and get out of those countries!
(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;
Dream on. The only thing which works on this planet is force (or a credible threat thereof). We cannot (for internal reasons) threaten these nations with nukes, so we have absolutely no leverage with them.
(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;
Check. We need to put a stop somewhere, e.g., a "menage a troi" or "human-dog" relationships are obviously (at least for now) not kinds of marriage. Restricting marriage to what it has meant for millennia seems reasonable.
(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion;
Huh? So we are supposed to keep vegetables on the ventilator forever?
Seriously, "health care rationing" is inevitable and is already happening.
(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership.
Check!!! Make gun ownership mandatory!
Hmm, I guess I am not republican enough.
Тигры не любят чертополоха
