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In reply to the discussion: We need to get the vitriol out of politics. [View all]Notafraidtoo
(402 posts)30. It would be nice
Cause Conservatives cant win with out vitriol,its the only weapon they have to convince a third of the nation to go along with Small week government, unregulated business and legal discrimination based on stupidity like someones sex or race.
Every person i know who is on social security is a republican, and is firmly against its privatization but thinks i am being dishonest when i tell them this is the end game of Conservatives, If republican voters knew the policy's they were supporting they wouldn't vote republican but they don't cause they respond only to the Vitriol.
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I think also the fact that lawmakers would face withering criticism from their own side
OceanEcosystem
Feb 2013
#4
What other "compromises" should the Democrats make in your opinion? nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Feb 2013
#9
Sir! Could you please cool it with the violent rhetoric? I believe "BOOM" implies some kind of
Guy Whitey Corngood
Feb 2013
#36
"They need us divided into our Red and Blue teams and full of visceral hatred for each other."
NCTraveler
Feb 2013
#16
You're replying to someone who thinks students should be able to turn in papers on creationism
Guy Whitey Corngood
Feb 2013
#8
I'm not sure people should be Miss Manners over evil policies/wars/torture/lies/propaganda/etc.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#10
I'd prefer that we get the money out of politics. It's been around as long as the vitriol.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#18
Bull. You must not know any Democrats on Social Security...we know the game being played. nt.
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#34
What are you ten? We've bent over backward so far that we've become who they were a decade ago
TheKentuckian
Feb 2013
#39
The point is, though, that most of the real vitriol seems to be on the Right
LeftishBrit
Feb 2013
#47