The GOP 2012 Platform Exposed (And Thoroughly Mocked)

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From Addicting Info

I’m so glad that that they’ve released these documents. Nothing is more annoying than listening to conservatives claim that bigotry and stupidity isn’t really what the GOP stands for, or that the Tea Party is just some fringe. Well, here’s a cross section of the Iowa GOP platform, chock full of Tea Party goodness. Remember, this is their platform and words, not an interpretation. My commentary will follow each section.

Here’s part of the introduction:

As Republicans, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and are never deprived of property or forced to sacrifice one’s values for the benefit of others. We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized. Consequently, we defend each person’s right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. We defend the right of each individual to be free and to follow their own dreams in their own ways, unless the exercise of their freedoms infringes upon the valid rights of others.

In the following pages we have set forth our basic principles and enumerated various policies derived from those principles. Let it be clear that these specific policies are not our end goal. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free, and it is to this end that we stand together. (emphasis mine. They sure do love that word “free.” Too bad they don’t know what it means) Reading this, one would think we live in a dictatorship. We have more freedom now than we did when the country was founded but Tea baggers still think we should turn back the clock. How profoundly ignorant.

read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/05/22/gop-platform/