The current lot of Republican Presidential hopefuls continually spout venom, fear, anger, and hate. Most of us know that venom is a prescription for death. But fear, anger, and hate breeds insanity. It may already be too late for some conservatives to save themselves and our nation from those two outcomes. But we will post these notes to give the rest of you something to think about.
1. How can you look at the massive poverty in red states like Mississippi, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, and Louisiana among others; and the massive destruction of Sam Brownback in Kansas and Scott Walker in Wisconsin among others; and still believe Republican leadership or lack thereof is good for your state and for America?
2. Why is the Republican party so full of liars, cons, and clowns whose voices are rife with death defying logic and crazy talk?
3. Considering the Republican War On Women; the propensity for sending yours sons and daughters off to fight wars that mostly benefit the wealthy; and the Republican relentless assault against the funding of public education--Is there a logical, non-suicidal explanation for why working poor, working class, middle class, married, single, mothers, and other self-respecting women vote for Republicans?
4. Why are Republicans so committed to slashing programs that help Americans be healthier, smarter, free, and protected from bigotry and corporate abuse?
5. Why do Republicans spend so much time, money, and energy demonizing and destroying unions? Is it because unions help protect workers from predatory corporations and businesses that engage in economic abuse and employee abuse in the work place? Or are they opposed to unions because unions helped to grow the middle class which the wealthy are committed to destroying?
6. When leaders in Oklahoma city tried to raise their local minimum wage to from $7.25/hour to $10.10/hour, Republican governor Mary Falllin signed a law banning any minimum wage increase in Oklahoma. Do you agree with THAT? Would you vote for THAT?
7. Can't remember the real effect of conservative leadership or the lack thereof? Here is a short primer. Vigilante justice. White terrorists. Suppression of Voting rights. Rampant Fracking resulting in earthquakes in places like Oklahoma, polluted air, and polluted source of public water for cities and towns. Backroom abortions and coat hangers for women. GMOs. Obstructionism. Corporations as people. Stealing from the poor and working class to give to the rich. Is that the America you desire for your children?
8. When you join in the pathetic insane rant against liberals, have you forgotten what liberal have done for you and your children? Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and saved millions of elderly people from debilitating poverty. Liberals created medicare. Liberals passed the Clean air Act and the Clean Water Act. Conservatives opposed every one of these. What have conservatives done for you?
9. Remember when the president said this? "It's funny, if you ask a Republican in congress if they believe in Climate change, they say, well, uh, I'm not a scientist; that's what they say. But when it comes to a woman's right to choose, suddenly they're a doctor."
10. You voted for a Republican congress that took $1.28/day from 600,000 kids; and took $800 Million for veterans and the poor; and voted down benefits for 1.3 Million unemployed in order to give $380 BILLION to the wealthy. If that isn't insanity, what is your definition?
11. Want to revisit the Republican War On Women? Conservatives, especially those on the christian right, say they are opposed to abortion. But they also are opposed to contraception and providing assistance for the children they insist must be born. It seems that what conservatives really are opposed to is women who are not wealthy having and (heaven forbid) enjoying sex. As Dr Willie Parker said, "That's why I think Religious Preoccupation with abortion is largely about controlling the sexuality of women".
What will it take for conservatives to stop voting for their oppressors? If you can read this and still vote for Republicans, I apologize for wasting your time, because the insanity I want to help save you from likely has already consumed you.