Too Good To Lose
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ladyloveswolves7Tom Morris
October 17 at 6:11 PM
I just saw the most fascinating short exchange on Quora. Someone asked what the Republican party could do to help Democrats see it as a viable alternative again, moving forward. This is the answer from someone with classic conservative values.
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October 17 at 6:11 PM
I just saw the most fascinating short exchange on Quora. Someone asked what the Republican party could do to help Democrats see it as a viable alternative again, moving forward. This is the answer from someone with classic conservative values.
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Tom Morris
October 17 at 6:11 PM
I just saw the most fascinating short exchange on Quora. Someone asked what the Republican party could do to help Democrats see it as a viable alternative again, moving forward. This is the answer from someone with classic conservative values.
<<Randy Weir, Author, journalist, minister, radio personality:
I’m a conservative, but I tend to vote almost straight line Democrat over most of the last 20 years. I’d absolutely love to vote for Republicans again, but they do make it terribly hard. For what it’s worth, here’s what it would take for me.
Honesty. At least within reason. The GOP has turned to misinformation and misdirection to try to disparage the left instead of just being real. A few points on that include: all credible science supports the reality of climate change. The Democrats aren’t coming for anyone’s guns. Trickle down economics doesn’t work. Tax cuts to billionaires don’t create jobs. Iraq did not have WMDs and did not attack us on 9/11. Obama is a Christian born in the US and is an American citizen. And Trump is unqualified and is doing a terrible job.
Break from the hypocrisy. The right crucified Obama on a daily basis for things as ridiculous as his choice of suits and condiments. But Trump and GW Bush got a pass for everything. Don’t complain that people aren’t giving Trump the respect due his office when you spent 8 years pretending Obama was a Muslim born in Kenya.
Conserve something. Anything. Be “conservative”. Don’t waste money we don’t have on tax handouts to billionaires and corporations that have no ROI. Don’t waste money on making our military 15 times bigger than the rest of the world’s when 12 times bigger is more than sufficient. Don’t waste human lives in needless wars. Don’t deplete our natural resources when there are better alternatives. Don’t let people die from treatable illnesses.
Be consistent. If you say you’re pro-life, be pro-life. Stop tolerating unarmed minorities shot dead on the streets. Stop tolerating poverty being a cause of death in the richest country in the world. Actually do things that reduce the abortion rate. See hypocrisy above.
Be inclusive. You should want people to participate in the process, even when they disagree with you. Stop trying to block people from voting and stop opposing laws that fight discrimination. Stop tolerating hate speech.
Get back to Christian values if you’re going to claim to have them. The GOP has abandoned the basics. Seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly; show love; speak truth. These are the basic Biblical values, and the Democrats are better at all of them than Republicans. All of them. All. Of. Them.
Participate in the process even when you’re losing. The GOP right now is the kid that flips over the Monopoly board when they’re losing. They filibustered more times during the Obama administration than in all previous history combined. McConnell refused to confirm Obama’s SCOTUS nominee because it was an election year (but says he would confirm one next year if given the opportunity; see hypocrisy above), and now he has over a hundred bills the House passed that he won’t let the Senate vote on, or even debate on, because his side might lose. Debate is essential to a functioning democracy! Republican lawmakers in Oregon recently fled the state to try to prevent a quorum so that they wouldn’t lose a vote. GW Bush came to power by fighting to make sure votes weren’t counted (after winning his gubernatorial election by forcing a recount; see hypocrisy above).
In short, if the GOP actually cared about anyone, and actually worked to accomplish anything other than staying in power, they’d have a much better chance of getting my vote. I think they need to work on being a viable party for conservatives before they start trying to win over liberals.>>
October 17 at 6:11 PM
I just saw the most fascinating short exchange on Quora. Someone asked what the Republican party could do to help Democrats see it as a viable alternative again, moving forward. This is the answer from someone with classic conservative values.
<<Randy Weir, Author, journalist, minister, radio personality:
I’m a conservative, but I tend to vote almost straight line Democrat over most of the last 20 years. I’d absolutely love to vote for Republicans again, but they do make it terribly hard. For what it’s worth, here’s what it would take for me.
Honesty. At least within reason. The GOP has turned to misinformation and misdirection to try to disparage the left instead of just being real. A few points on that include: all credible science supports the reality of climate change. The Democrats aren’t coming for anyone’s guns. Trickle down economics doesn’t work. Tax cuts to billionaires don’t create jobs. Iraq did not have WMDs and did not attack us on 9/11. Obama is a Christian born in the US and is an American citizen. And Trump is unqualified and is doing a terrible job.
Break from the hypocrisy. The right crucified Obama on a daily basis for things as ridiculous as his choice of suits and condiments. But Trump and GW Bush got a pass for everything. Don’t complain that people aren’t giving Trump the respect due his office when you spent 8 years pretending Obama was a Muslim born in Kenya.
Conserve something. Anything. Be “conservative”. Don’t waste money we don’t have on tax handouts to billionaires and corporations that have no ROI. Don’t waste money on making our military 15 times bigger than the rest of the world’s when 12 times bigger is more than sufficient. Don’t waste human lives in needless wars. Don’t deplete our natural resources when there are better alternatives. Don’t let people die from treatable illnesses.
Be consistent. If you say you’re pro-life, be pro-life. Stop tolerating unarmed minorities shot dead on the streets. Stop tolerating poverty being a cause of death in the richest country in the world. Actually do things that reduce the abortion rate. See hypocrisy above.
Be inclusive. You should want people to participate in the process, even when they disagree with you. Stop trying to block people from voting and stop opposing laws that fight discrimination. Stop tolerating hate speech.
Get back to Christian values if you’re going to claim to have them. The GOP has abandoned the basics. Seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly; show love; speak truth. These are the basic Biblical values, and the Democrats are better at all of them than Republicans. All of them. All. Of. Them.
Participate in the process even when you’re losing. The GOP right now is the kid that flips over the Monopoly board when they’re losing. They filibustered more times during the Obama administration than in all previous history combined. McConnell refused to confirm Obama’s SCOTUS nominee because it was an election year (but says he would confirm one next year if given the opportunity; see hypocrisy above), and now he has over a hundred bills the House passed that he won’t let the Senate vote on, or even debate on, because his side might lose. Debate is essential to a functioning democracy! Republican lawmakers in Oregon recently fled the state to try to prevent a quorum so that they wouldn’t lose a vote. GW Bush came to power by fighting to make sure votes weren’t counted (after winning his gubernatorial election by forcing a recount; see hypocrisy above).
In short, if the GOP actually cared about anyone, and actually worked to accomplish anything other than staying in power, they’d have a much better chance of getting my vote. I think they need to work on being a viable party for conservatives before they start trying to win over liberals.>>
