The HORRIBLE TRUTH About Today’s Republicans In One Perfect Hashtag: #GOPWANTSWAR

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After 40 long years, the truth about the Republican Party is finally out of the bag, thanks to the 47 traitors and Twitter’s trending #GOPWantsWar hashtag. UniteBlue launched the #GOPWantsWar hashtag on Thursday, it gained momentum over the weekend, and it’s still going strong. In it — as shown in the tweets below — people from all walks of life chimed in on Twitter to share their perspectives on how the Republican Party no longer stands for anything but low wages, corporate supremacy, war, and death.


For years, Republicans have talked about trickle-down economics, the rising tide lifting all boats, and “compassionate conservatism.” But when push comes to shove, that’s just putting lipstick on a bloated, monstrous corporate pig. After 40 years, the disastrous results of the GOP’s policies speak for themselves. Republicans have made it clear they don’t want to spend money on fixing roads, helping American workers through a financial crisis, educating young people, addressing climate chane, or anything else that benefits us as a society. Heck, they don’t even want to pay for stuff Americans have already paid for like Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance. Because, really, the #GOPWantsWar and nothing else.


Back in the mid-20th century, when more reasonable and moderate Republicans and Democrats were running things, America’s prosperous middle class, state-of-the-art infrastructure, excellence in higher education, advanced technology, and thriving business climate were the envy of the world. Now look at us. Republicans no longer even deserves the name “conservative,” because — as right-wing blowhard Pat Buchanan once famously said — we’ve got “nothing left to conserve.” Because, really, the #GOPWantsWar and nothing else. When you’re a hammer, every problem’s a nail. And when it comes to problem-solving, today’s Republicans are all stick and no carrot, with no incentives, only penalties. How do we solve problems at home? Wage a war on drugs. Invade communities with highly militarized police forces, and when people don’t like it, shoot them or throw them in prison. How do we solve problems abroad? Wage a war on terrorism. Invade communities with military forces, and when people don’t like it, shoot them, or throw them into prison camps and illegal detention centers.


What better way to create a slave army for all these giant corporations who would rather give huge, unearned bonuses to their useless, blood-sucking CEOs than pay their workers a living wage. Today’s Republicans claim they’re about being fiscally responsible, balancing the budget, and reducing federal and state deficits. But they always seem able to find money for pointless, destructive, and expensive wars. Because, really, the #GOPWantsWar and nothing else. We’re all shocked about that letter Sen. Tom Cotton and his band of #47Traitors sent to Iran. But really, we shouldn’t be surprised at all. Talk radio host Thom Hartmann once explained Republican policies are so unpalatable that the GOP has never been able to win a presidential election without committing fraud and treason since President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office in 1961. That’s right. The #GOPWantsWar and nothing else… Or at least they’re willing to wage war and murder thousands of people if that’s what they need to do to have their way. And that’s how we wound up with three Republican presidents who nearly managed to destroy our country within the past 40 years.

1. Richard Nixon scuttles Vietnam peace talks. In 1968 GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon tanked his Democratic rival Hubert Humphrey’s prospects. How? By promising South Vietnam a better peace deal if he won, thereby sabotaging President Lyndon B. Johnson’s attempts to end the deeply unpopular war. Vietnam dropped the Peace talks in Paris and the war dragged on for seven more years until 1975. And let’s not forget how Richard Nixon proved so paranoid, ruthless, and dishonest, he was forced to resign from office before Congress could impeach him after the Watergate Scandal broke.

2. Ronald Reagan’s “October surprise”: In 1980, GOP contender Ronald Reagan pulled a similar maneuver on President Jimmy Carter by scuttling his painstaking negotiations with Iran to end the hostage crisis. In exchange for delaying their release of American hostages until after Election Day, Reagan promised to sell them weapons and “spare parts.” Even though we had an arms embargo against them at the time. Reagan then used the money to illegally fund the Contras in Nicaragua… even though Congress had banned that through the Boland Amendment.

3. George W. Bush “wins” in 2000 and finds fake WMD: And of course, we all know about how George W. Bush stole the election in 2000 with help from his dad’s cronies in the Supreme court; ignored repeated warnings about Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden; and then used the 9/11 attacks to drum up popular support and get carte blanche from Congress to invade Iraq and destroy their non-existent “Weapons of Mass Destruction.”

CHECK OUT TWEETS AT #GOPWantsWar

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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/15/gopwantswar-the-horrible-truth-about-todays-republicans-in-one-perfect-hashtag-tweets/

[guillaumeb]

1. both parties want war.

Lyndon Johnson was a Democrat. Franklin Roosevelt was a Democrat. Barack Obama is a Democrat. All of them initiated war. War is the only thing the US does well.

Given that the US has literally never been at peace this should not be surprising.

[cali]

2. the propensity of republicans to start wars, is many times greater than that

of democrats.

oh, and war is not the only thing the U.S. does well. I'm hardly a rah rah type, but that's an absurd claim.

[guillaumeb]

3. both statements are valid

I was trying to illustrate that the US is always at war. That is a fact. The US has never NOT been at war with a country or a people.

Does the US do good things? Yes. And when I speak of the US I am not speaking about people, I speak about the government.

But back to war, if people see that war is always about profit for the war industries much of the illusion about the "reason" for any particular war is removed. War is profitable for the war industry, and the war industry has financial roots in every Congressional District in the country.

I think President Obama is less warlike than would have been a President McCain or Romney, but President Obama is still making war by targeted assassination and drones. Thousands of innocent Pakistanis and Yemenis have been killed by order of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Democrat.

[CANDO]

7. Well?

WWII was hardly "initiated" by FDR. Vietnam was actually started by Eisenhower putting advisers there, but Ill grant you that Johnson played along with the MIC quite nicely after having observed JFK getting his head nearly taken off. And that is if you believe that JFK was trying to get us out of being there. And I don't believe Obama "initiated" the war on terror. There are very bad people who wish us harm. I'm glad we're using drones instead of my kids or yours. I do however see that using drones does create backlash. But the fact remains there are bad people who are not going to play nicey nice had Obama just wrapped things up and went home. He pretty much had to continue the fight.

[Aristus]

11. Franklin Roosevelt initiated war?

That's so cute...

FDR declared war on Japan after they bombed Pearl Harbor, a de facto declaration of war on their part. He declared war on Germany after they declared war on us. FDR didn't 'initiate' the war...

Run along now; this table is for the big kids...

[guillaumeb]

16. Pearl Harbor was not part of the US.

It was territory illegally seized from the Hawaiian people. Japan was the object of US moves to deny rubber, petroleum and other resources to it long before Pearl Harbor. The US was using its many bases in the Pacific in an attempt to eliminate any Japanese competition. The US has always wished to be the only Empire.

The US declared war on Japan,an Axis partner and ally of Germany, on Dec 8, 1941.
Germany declared war on the US on Dec 11, 1941.

In this instance truly: post hoc, ergo propter hoc

You are of course welcome to this information. Hope it helps you in your study of history.

[Aristus]

18. I think you missed a few pieces of history yourself.

Hawaii was US territory. I agree it was seized illegally, and deplore the racist white imperialism that drove them to it. But nevertheless, it was US territory at the time. And it wasn't simply the Harbor that was bombed; it was the US warships docked there. Bombing ships of a nation's navy would have been an act of war no matter where they had been docked.

And the Tripartite Act, and Hitler's puzzling adherence to it after the US declaration of war on Japan, are the reasons Germany declared war on us, and we responded in kind. Hitler's decision to honor the Pact of Steel when he had abrogated nearly every other international agreement he had been party to alarmed and dismayed the Nazi leadership, and led a number of high-level Nazis to assert that now that the US was in, Germany's war was lost.

Don't try to get into an historical pissing contest with me. You'll lose, and you'll look bad doing it...

[guillaumeb]

21. Did you miss my references to the resource war

that the US had been waging against the Japanese?

Some other things you might wish to consider from the following link:
http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/research/americanhistory/ap_ww2-prelude.php

the US was providing aid to Britain and Russia early in 1941. No formal declaration of war yet.

Meanwhile, in the Pacific, Japan had invaded Manchuria. In July 1940, Roosevelt reacted by shutting off American trade with Japan, a move forcing the Japanese to aggressively seek resources from other parts of Asia to support industrial and military expansion. Japan then invaded the British and Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia followed by attacks on French Indochina in September. In July 1941, all Japanese assets in the United States were frozen. Similar action by Great Britain and the Netherlands affected shipments of oil from the East Indies. This created such a critical situation for Japan that its cabinet decided that, unless the United States made concessions, the oilfields to the south would be seized by military operations.


The Atlantic Charter was published on August 14, 1941, by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. The eight point declaration aimed at achieving a peaceful world for all nations and was an important diplomatic step in the defeat of the Axis powers.

So while there was no formal declaration of war, mainly because of domestic opposition, FDR was already taking steps to place the US firmly on the side of Britain.

[jwirr]

12. FDR did not initiate war - have you ever heard about Pearl Harbor?

[blm]

4. Kicking - your post deserves more eyeballs.

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5. "...To the LA Times Editor:

"....By sending an arrogant letter to Iran's Islamic leaders, the 47 Senate Republicans led by Tom Cotton from Arkansas are doing their best to try to scuttle the president's nuclear negotiations with that country. ("GOP senators remind Iran in letter that any deal requires Congress' OK," March 9)

Clearly, the freshman senator has not considered the consequences of these actions. If a deal is not reached, based on past behavior, we can assume that Iran will begin to increase its nuclear capabilities, thereby provoking the U.S. onto a possible war footing.

I suggest that the Republican senators who signed this letter also start thinking about signing up for military service, since they feel so strongly about destroying this opportunity for a peaceful solution to a very complex issue...."

Ina Mozer, La Mesa


http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0311-wednesday-gop-iran-letter-20150311-story.html

[samsingh]

6. kick

[Gothmog]

8. Thanks for posting

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9. ...

Your welcome.

[Gothmog]

15. There are so many good twitter posts on #GOPwantsWar and #47traitors that it is hard to keep up

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20. We should make sure...

...that their 'traitorous' actions dog them every day....

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10. "...General Eaton said..

“.....I would use the word mutinous. I do not believe these senators were trying to sell out America. I do believe they defied the chain of command in what could be construed as an illegal act.” However, since it is unlikely there are no precedents to prosecute the miscreant 47, one seriously wishes that Cotton and his coup-cohorts were active military so they could be summarily arrested and court marshaled by a military tribunal for mutiny and face the harshest possible military punishment.

General Eaton explained why, as former military, he had no reservations asserting that Cotton willingly violated more than protocol or the Logan Act. Eaton said

“What Senator Cotton did is a gross breach of discipline, and especially as a veteran of the Army, he should know better. I have no issue with Senator Cotton, or others, voicing their opinion in opposition to any deal to halt Iran’s nuclear progress. Speaking out on these issues is clearly part of his job. But to directly engage a foreign entity, in this way, undermining the strategy and work of our diplomats and our Commander in Chief, strains the very discipline and structure that our foreign relations depend on, to succeed. The breach of discipline is extremely dangerous, because undermining our diplomatic efforts, at this moment, brings us another step closer to a very costly and perilous war with Iran. I think Senator Cotton recognizes this, and he simply does not care. That’s what disappoints me the most. I expect better from the men and women who wore the uniform.”


http://www.politicususa.com/2015/03/15/general-accuses-tom-cotton-gop-47-mutiny.html

[napkinz]

13. posted by malaise

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026340867

[malaise]

14. K & R

Another great OP

[daredtowork]

17. Reasons #GOPwantswar

-bribes from Defense industry lobbyists

-need to dominate oil, and -more immediately - to raise price of gas to revive deals in US (fracking, Keystone, Texas trickle down economy)

-hope war will create business at home to disguise fact Republican economic ideas don't actually work to for middle and lower class

-war makes the heroes. Studies have been done to show the psychology of Republicans is more likely to be driven by fear, which projects as aggression. State of war is the natural expresion of that personality. But the rich and powerful also aspire to immortality: they (thought) lead rather than place life and limb at risk. They overtalk their enemies with words of war and "win" by feeling like they shut someone else up. Hence, today's GOP hero poseurs leading their idiocracy army in shutting "Obummer" or "Osama Obama" up - and the $$$ bonus is the all the real payoffs they will get if they manage to start an actual war.

-I'd take a look at where individual Congresscritters and their families invest their money, too.

[Cha]

19. If they don't .. they sure are hiding it well. #GOPWANTSWAR All #47 Voted against VETS 7 times.

#republicons are evil


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I would like 2 take a moment 2 thank @SenTomCotton & #47Traitors for REMINDING Dems exactly what's at stake in 2016.
5:14 PM - 11 Mar 2015 169 Retweets 123 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/11/a-tweet-or-two-258/



http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/12/chat-away-545/

Mahalo Segami!

[napkinz]

22. KICK!