applesanity
Have you considered supporting Obama? He really, really hates all those evil, greedy corporations that offshore and outsource. He really wants to protect American workers. Oh, how he woos and courts the blue collars in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Oh, how he stands up to those evil, greedy oil cartels that reaped $billions in profits last year while making poor old FireMax suffer at the pump. He's proposing "fair trade," or raising tariffs on foreign-made products. He's here to save you from the evils of free-market economy. Hope. Change. He's your kind of guy. He really is.
How silly of you, to try to equate my views with support for a Socialist like Obama. Of course, how dare I have a differing opinion than you. Is that your underlying point? And if I do, then I am a commie, liberal, pig lover. Have I just about nailed it there applesanity?
Obviously, you are a Republican. That is fine. I used to consider myself a Republican also until they began voting like democrats. Today, I simply proclaim that I am a Conservative. Yet, you can't comprehend my views because they do not sound like the mantra repeated by the media day in an day out. Your mind must begin to melt down as you begin thinking of negative things to say about my views because, that is how you are taught to react to someone who differs with your views. That used to be a distinctly Democrat tactic... .smearing your enemy. I see that some who call themselves Republicans have picked up this tactic as well as the tactic of ignoring facts that are inconvenient to the arguments you make.
Your responses are canned... they have been repeated often on television by people who think like you (or who fail to think for themselves, actually). But, I must admit, you repeat them well.
As for the man you most likely support, McCain, I hate to break the news to you, but he is about as near a socialist as Obama is. Yet, I am sure that you won't agree with that because you have swallowed the party line hook line and sinker. McCain is the Republican nominee so he therefore deserves the vote of Conservatives. Nope. He is a liberal who has fought against many conservative ideals for years. How dare this party suggest we vote for such a man.
It is amusing. People actually believe there are major differences between the Democrats and the Republican Party of today. They tear each other apart about their differences. The reality is, the Democrats and Republicans are feathers of the same bird. They both support free-trade deals which weaken our economy. They both support borrowing money from China to pay for yet another foreign war which we can not afford. They both pass spending bills which the american people cannot afford to pay. The differences between the two parties pale in comparison with their similarities.
applesanity, enjoy that television. I realize that you probably believe what the major media tells you, and that is fine. There are many americans just like you so you won't find it difficult to find others whose views you may be more comfortable with. Just a word of adivce... don't let it blow your mind when you run across a life long Conservative who doesn't seem to think like you. Not all of us can be told what to think. Some of us think for ourselves. Don't blame them. Blame the party you still hold allegiance to for they have devolved into a liberal shadow of its former self. It is sad to watch. Sigh.