BayToBay
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- Joined
- May 20, 2011
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- Political Leaning
- Libertarian
Lets start off with the weakest links.
The Religious Right - Santorum. These guys are a drain on the party and do more harm than good. They will likely lose the election for Romney due to their racial slurs, mysogyny and xenophobia. They want to go back to the 1950s. That is a path to certain destruction.
The Libertarians - Ron Paul. These are the intellectuals and the glue. Without them the GOP goes bankrupt and will lose. They are loyal to their principles and not the party. However, many have become intransigent. They must accept that the social safety will persevere and is probably needed. They must also accept that their are still some dangerous spots around the globe. They must accept that not all immigrants should be allowed entry. But they are mostly right. We need to restructure the social safety net to preserve it. We need to offer more legal paths to citizenship (not necessarily residence... citizenship). We need to be cautious of Iran, Syria, North Korea and even Putin. However, we can not let this be lead by the xenophobes that are willfully ignorant of other cultures.
NeoCons - Romney. These are the men in control. They are the establishment. They are deathly concerend about nuclear holocaust and there is some good reason for that. They are not stupid. They are quite brilliant but moved by fear of the idiots even the useful ones. The saber rattling of idiots like McCain work against them. They are pragmatists. They have learned and muted the McCain voices and those of the religious right. They are primarily concerned with winning and their standard bearer is always the one they believe to be most electable.
The left has the same wings in reverse.
Unionist and Minorities - Biden. This group is poorly informed but not as bad as the Repub idiots (the unionist are really dumb). They are xenophobes and fear change. However, they are also race baiters and homosexuals. This makes for an unstable foundation. Which is why the Dems have lost so much ground.
The Socialists - Obama. This group is filled with a lot of anti American sentiment. They are reverse xenophobes. They have blamed our religions, culture and our economic systems for our woes. However they are moderating due to the realities of Europe and here. They cannot avoid the fact that more centralized control is a losing path. They are also concerend with the environmental dangers and for good reason. However, their solutions are too rigid, authoritarian and centrally controlled to work.
The Internationalist. Hillary. These are the ones in control. They are pragmatists. They understand the dangers around the globe. They want to engage where possible and use diplomacy rather than isolationism and violent wars. They have learned that they need to involve other powers in the defense of their own regions because we cannot defend everyone.
Of course, one can be a mix of two, three or even all six. Most will identify with one group more than the other. I am a libertarian but a mix of all six.
You take the good, you take the bad,
you take them both and there you have
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.
Back to work.
The Religious Right - Santorum. These guys are a drain on the party and do more harm than good. They will likely lose the election for Romney due to their racial slurs, mysogyny and xenophobia. They want to go back to the 1950s. That is a path to certain destruction.
The Libertarians - Ron Paul. These are the intellectuals and the glue. Without them the GOP goes bankrupt and will lose. They are loyal to their principles and not the party. However, many have become intransigent. They must accept that the social safety will persevere and is probably needed. They must also accept that their are still some dangerous spots around the globe. They must accept that not all immigrants should be allowed entry. But they are mostly right. We need to restructure the social safety net to preserve it. We need to offer more legal paths to citizenship (not necessarily residence... citizenship). We need to be cautious of Iran, Syria, North Korea and even Putin. However, we can not let this be lead by the xenophobes that are willfully ignorant of other cultures.
NeoCons - Romney. These are the men in control. They are the establishment. They are deathly concerend about nuclear holocaust and there is some good reason for that. They are not stupid. They are quite brilliant but moved by fear of the idiots even the useful ones. The saber rattling of idiots like McCain work against them. They are pragmatists. They have learned and muted the McCain voices and those of the religious right. They are primarily concerned with winning and their standard bearer is always the one they believe to be most electable.
The left has the same wings in reverse.
Unionist and Minorities - Biden. This group is poorly informed but not as bad as the Repub idiots (the unionist are really dumb). They are xenophobes and fear change. However, they are also race baiters and homosexuals. This makes for an unstable foundation. Which is why the Dems have lost so much ground.
The Socialists - Obama. This group is filled with a lot of anti American sentiment. They are reverse xenophobes. They have blamed our religions, culture and our economic systems for our woes. However they are moderating due to the realities of Europe and here. They cannot avoid the fact that more centralized control is a losing path. They are also concerend with the environmental dangers and for good reason. However, their solutions are too rigid, authoritarian and centrally controlled to work.
The Internationalist. Hillary. These are the ones in control. They are pragmatists. They understand the dangers around the globe. They want to engage where possible and use diplomacy rather than isolationism and violent wars. They have learned that they need to involve other powers in the defense of their own regions because we cannot defend everyone.
Of course, one can be a mix of two, three or even all six. Most will identify with one group more than the other. I am a libertarian but a mix of all six.
You take the good, you take the bad,
you take them both and there you have
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.
Back to work.
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