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Day of a Republican

akyron said:
"The Left in America
is defined by its hostility to the restrictions placed by the founders on the
federal government. That’s why leftists regularly deplore constitutional
restraints on government power, proclaiming the Constitution woefully out of
date and calling for us to adopt instead a “living Constitution”—a
Constitution adapted to what the Left considers progressive. Indeed many
leftists today use “progressive” as their preferred political label. They used to
call themselves “liberal,” a term which refers to liberality or freedom; now
they use “progressive,” a term which identifies them with the future as
opposed to the past.
Progress by itself is a vacant term; we need to know what progressives
mean when they use it. What they mean is progress toward greater federal
power and federal control. The progressives, in other words, are champions
of the power of the centralized state. Two very bad words in modern
progressivism are “state’s rights.” Progressives are happiest when the federal
government is running things, and when they are in charge of the federal
government. That’s what ensures “progress”; any setbacks to this program
represent “reaction” and “regress.” No wonder leftists term conservatives
who resist expanding government power as “regressive” or “reactionary.”
But why does state power have to be so centralized? While the founders
viewed the government as the enemy of rights, the progressive Left regards
the federal government as the friend and securer of rights. Moreover,
progressives distrust the free-market system and want the government to
control and direct the economy, not necessarily nationalizing or taking over
private companies, but at least regulating their operations and on occasion
mandating their courses of action.
In addition, the Left seeks government authority to enforce and
institutionalize progressive values like federally funded abortion and equal
treatment of gays and transsexuals. From its abortion stance alone we see that
the Left rejects the idea of a transcendent moral order as firmly as it rejects
the conservative principle of an inalienable right to life. So if “Right” in
America means a limited, nonintrusive government with a wide scope for the
individual pursuit of happiness, “Left” in America means a powerful
centralized state that implements leftist values and is controlled by the Left." The Big Lie...Dinesh Desouza

Happy to help you out.
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Desouza is a criminal. Who cares what he thinks.
 
Puigb said:
Desouza is a criminal. Who cares what he thinks.
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Dang. Thanks for reminding me of another instance where Barry weaponized a federal agency against a political opponent.

Good job.
 
akyron said:
Dang. Thanks for reminding me of another instance where Barry weaponized a federal agency against a political opponent.

Good job.
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well, we all have fantasies that aren't based on reality.
 
holbritter said:
Yeah, it was all liberals :roll:
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I never said it was all liberals. There are some moderate Republicans, even today, who believe in most of these things that were mentioned. But they are liberal policies.
 
apdst said:
Joe has to drive a car because he can't afford to pay $50 thousand for a new pickup truck,
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You know, there are these things called used vehicles.
 
YorkshirePete said:
99% of the C grabber cult don't even know the. Def of liberal.
No Latin I guess
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The only Latin they are aware of ends in "O" and needs a wall to keep out.
 
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