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In reply to the discussion: Sarah Palin Open to Creating New 'Freedom Party' if GOP Continues to 'Neglect Conservatives' [View all]AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)72. Freedom for who?
for whom.....
But that is a good question.
Who here is being oppressed by the government?
Who here cannot do what they want to do?
As a gay man, I can't get married if I wanted to in this state (NC)... but I don't want to, and exactly which party is interfering if I did? Huh?
I suppose if I had a chemical plant or was a big oil company and that pesky government was stopping me from dumping my shit in the town well......
All these teabagger/ libertarian types need to go on an extended vacation to Somalia or North Korea or something and then come tell us how the government gets in the way of ...whatever it is they want to, but can't, do.
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Sarah Palin Open to Creating New 'Freedom Party' if GOP Continues to 'Neglect Conservatives' [View all]
big_dog
Jun 2013
OP
Somehow, underscoring you're a party of Lincoln's "principles" with an emphatic, "then yeah"…
Journeyman
Jun 2013
#12
yes but one day you MIGHT be a big oil corporatist, and NEED to be able to
Voice for Peace
Jul 2013
#113
Harry Turtledove wrote a series of alternative history books that had a Freedom party.
Gore1FL
Jun 2013
#24
Which reminds me: in that series, the liberal Republicans merged with the Socialist Party.
JHB
Jul 2013
#143
Sarah Palin's Freedumb Party and Ignorance Emporium. And Big Bigot Hair Salon. For Jesus.
Squinch
Jun 2013
#54
It won't be a Freedom Party. It will be a religious party. She sees herself as Queen Esther.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#52
Pretty sure their idea of a "Freedom" Party would include the restoration of slavery.
tclambert
Jul 2013
#86
Bigmouth Palin couldn't be independent of Canadian healthcare system (read government).
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2013
#110
"many conservatives with "that libertarian streak" feel ignored by the GOP"
ZombieHorde
Jul 2013
#116