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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepuke talking points decoded
Fundamentally reduce the size of government = take the food out of the mouths of the hungry
Lower taxes = steal from the poor to give to the rich
Protect the integrity of the ballot = make sure that minorities, old folks, students, and Democrats can't vote
Secure our borders = deport Latino citizens to Mexico, even if they were born in the United States
Freedom and liberty = money, power, and privilege
I can only think of a few right now. Feel free to add your own.
lastlib
(22,895 posts)stop abortion = stop abortion for anyone who's poorer than I am.
conservative values = preserving wealth for the wealthy and power for the powerful.
Save Social Security = privatize it, turn it over to Wall Street so they can collect massive fees on it, and not give a rat's wazoo if it tanks like it did in 2008.
meow2u3
(24,738 posts)a.k.a. You're on your own.
traditional family values = keep the little woman at home, ignorant, barefoot, preganant, and at the mercy of the whims of her abusive husband.
Save Medicare = privatize it, offer vouchers that don't cover 1/10 the real cost of health care, and stick the kids with the bill when their parents die--under criminal penalties.
innocent human life = protecting life from conception to birth, and then you're on your own, baby.
voter fraud = a massive Democratic turnout at the polls.
_Liann_
(377 posts)meow2u3
(24,738 posts)Translation: getting rid of Social Security and Medicare
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)meow2u3
(24,738 posts)Or better yet, anyone who doesn't vote for the Teabag Taliban