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Zonie63 -> RE: Ask a Republican tough question, get spied on and put on a watch list... (8/31/2011 9:14:04 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Arpig
That's funny, I make a post saying that both sides do it and you reply with your bit of partisan drivel. Well done!!
I swear, Southron politics is such a circus!![:D][:D]
I agree with you that both sides do it, and this is the primary reason why I'm fed up with both political factions. It makes it even more frustrating that both factions seem to be teeming with blind followers and bleating sheep who routinely let the media decide what they're going to be outraged about. I can understand how it happens, though, since I've been there myself.
I became politically aware during the Nixon Administration, and at that time, most everyone hated Nixon and the Republicans so much that becoming a Democrat just seemed like the natural thing for me. My grandfather's influence was pretty strong, too, as he always used to say that "The Republicans are for the rich, while the Democrats are for the working man." It was difficult for me to fathom how any non-billionaires could even think of supporting the GOP.
I think the real turning point for me came during the fallout over the North American Free Trade Agreement. I hated Clinton for supporting NAFTA and ramrodding that thing down the throats of his fellow Democrats (while the Republicans were fully unified in support of NAFTA).
At this point, America is now experiencing the consequences of 30-40 years of bad management, but few people in the political establishment actually want to admit that because it would mean acknowledging their own culpability. That's why neither side is all that willing to handle the real tough questions, since it would entail an admission that they've driven America's economy into the ground these past decades.
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