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What the hell is a "Republican"?? (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2016 OP
Greed and selfishness. moondust Dec 2016 #1
One who puts Reich over country. C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #2
Someone could read the 2016 GOP platform... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #3
Someone who would rather have 30% of one pie... gulliver Dec 2016 #4
Ask the people who live in Flint, Michigan. They know up front shraby Dec 2016 #5
As far as I can tell, they are 2 kinds of special snowflake, thejoker123 Dec 2016 #6
Russians. blue neen Dec 2016 #7

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
3. Someone could read the 2016 GOP platform...
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 01:14 AM
Dec 2016

... but their main goal in my opinion is to funnel money to their rich buddies -- e.g., investing Social Security funds in Wall Street and the like -- while telling Americans that they want smaller government.

They've latched onto various social issues over the years to win votes from certain groups, like evangelicals.

 

thejoker123

(279 posts)
6. As far as I can tell, they are 2 kinds of special snowflake,
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 04:21 AM
Dec 2016

Those who believe they are successful solely because they have earned it thanks to their personal exceptionism, so fuck everyone else.....and those who believe they are not successful solely because undesirable lowlifes far less worthy than them are stealing their opportunities, so fuck everyone else.

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