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In reply to the discussion: Why should I vote Democratic? [View all]Warpy
(114,726 posts)1. Limbaugh and Beck and all their fans including your NRA buddies are lying to you. Gun regulations have relaxed under Obama's first term and there's no reason to believe this won't continue.
2. People who earn more also use much more of the infrastructure we all pay for. Who does a bloated military serve but the plutocrats, bases worldwide protecting their trade routes. Note I'm not talking about doctors, CPAs and other professional types who are upper middle class. I am talking about the truly wealthy, people who have grabbed enough for 1000 lifetimes and can think of nothing else but grabbing more.
3. Affirmative action has disporportionately helped white women, the main beneficiaries. Do you really want to see Pyour girlfriend pushed back into being a teacher, nurse, waitress, or secretary? Affirmative action widened her possibilities as well as giving hard working people of color a chance. Consider that it gets you through the door. Only hard work and competence will keep you there.
4. Birth control is absolutely basic to the health of women. To deny this is to be blind, ignorant and sexist in the extreme. It is also not free. It is being paid for through insurance premiums. Pregnancy and childbirth might be natural, but they are also life threatening. Get educated.
5. You're being lied to. Nobody with any sense wants to live like that. Get educated.
6. Profit driven health insurance has been a disaster, reducing access to care to the point that most people don't go to a doctor unless they are dying. This is wrong. It is also cruel and shortsighted and it's weakening the country.
7. You are being lied to. This was a trumped up false scandal and even Issa has had to admit that the target--Holder--had absolutely nothing to do with any of it. They censured him anyway because Republicans don't have any sense of justice or fairness. Get educated.
8. Lots of fat cats including the big banks are making a bundle on keeping them illegal. That's why.
I'm sure you could go on and on and on. There is a lot more to parrot from right wing dropouts who don't know a damned thing. However, if you want to remain here, you'll shut up and start to read and educate yourself.
Thanks for playing.