G.O.P. credibility problem?

Question

• Their President a dry drunk draft dodger pretending to be a "clear-eyed warrior" while he sends thousands to die.
• Their top radio "pundit"/ propagandist a hypocritical active drug user.
• Their top senators and representatives resigned in disgrace after soliciting strangers in public restrooms or bending over pages. (Foley and Craig in the last several months)
• Their templates of "Christian virtue", like Newt Gingrich, has admitted to cheating on his wife, in a marriage that ended in divorce because of it.

What gives? Is the "party that owns morality" in a state of implosion?

So let me get this straight, sharia: the best defense you can muster for your leaders is "nobdoy's perfect"?

LOLOLOLOL

Tell 'em, gravedigger

john: laura bush was in a hit and run car accident that killed her former boyfriend under suspicous circumstances. Yeah, laura bush. Read up.

Answer 1

Any time you hold yourself out as the party of moral values and traditional virtues, you are just begging to get hammered.

And sure enough....

Answer 2

1) I am not the slightest bit interested in defending Bush, so no comment.
2) I never listen to Rush Limbaugh, so again no comment.
3) Whaddaya mean "top" leaders in Congress? Since when has Larry Craig been one of the most important spokesperson of the party about anything? Even former Congressmen Foley was largely an unknown figure before his scandal. Why do you call those two guys the "top" members of the Republican caucus? Oh, I figured that out. You are stigmatizing the entire party because of the actions of a couple of people.
4) Newt Gingrich was not known as a leader primarily because of whatever he had to say about "family values." His major issues were about economics, not morals. Nonetheless, your pointing out some degree of hypocrisy in him does not seem to recognize a crucial point: when a person has preached values that ARE good and ARE worthwhile, the fact that they do not practice what they preach is no reason to say that they have no business preaching at all. Those persons need to change their behavior to match their rhetoric.

On the other hand, you forgot one major point and what you forgot to point out is why I do not support the party any more. Not because of any of the imperfections that you itemize, but because of an altogether different problem of hypocrisy that you did not mention.

Do you recall how often Republicans have preached about the evils of judicial activism? And do you remember what Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas did for candidate Bush in December, 2000?

Put THAT one in your arsenal and then get back to me.

Answer 3

I'd recommend an ophthalmologist to take a look into that case of tunnel vision you've got there Moonbeam.

Before you get too high on your pedestal do you really want to climb up there? Especially since the list of liberal transgressions is just as long, if not longer than the conservative one? Take your Queen of Transgression, the woman who will more than likely be the Socialist Party's candidate for president. Is there any one or any couple in recent history that has transgressed more? I mean her husband is, quite literally, a draft dodging, drug using, drunk and she's no better.

Need I go on? I will if you insist, but we know the record.

But what amazes me more is that this doesn't matter to folks like you. She'll tell you anything she likes and you folks will swallow her wet manure with a smile on your face and a glint in your eye. A bunch of bloody sheep.

Answer 4

I can't begin to defend a politician's behavior any more than I could defend yours. How an elected official conducts his or herself is one thing, how I behave is what really matters most. Career politicians (from any party) are driven by three things: Power, money and sex (not always in that order either). If an officeholder is found to be behaving in inappropriate ways, we as a people have a duty to remove this individual from power. HOWEVER, that behavior should not be seen as an excuse for me to lower MY standards right?

Answer 5

Where to start,Teddy Kennedy-A Murderer who drove his car into a body of water with a living female body in it.This man calls for help the next morning so much for the right to live.Mr. Jefferson during Katrina commandeered a national guard truck and its occupants to remove a freezer with $90,000 dollars in it that he illegally took for a bribe.;J.F.K it is said is responsible for the death of Marilyn Monroe.Jack Murtha captured on video trying to make a deal on bribes.Out of the four three are still in office.Do you really know what you are talking about?

Answer 6

The GOP, and their media enterprise Fox information, INVENTED the term "conservative" in that's present day use. was once white Christians could the two no longer vote in any respect, or vote professional-hard work (Democrat). They know that a demanding working sensible Christian could by no skill vote against their very own superb pastimes. so they used the anti-abortion flow to rally human beings against the pro-selection liberals. in case you ask any so referred to as conservative why they vote Republican they are going to say the accepted reason is to outlaw abortion. it is humorous through fact the GOP by no skill cared approximately abortion formerly, and could by no skill outlaw it now, on condition that would give up their voter base from going to the polls.

Answer 7

Currently (and previously) both parties suffer from morality problems as do every single other human on the face of this earth.

Why the bias?

What does this accomplish for you?

Do you feel better for it or is it division you seek?


Hmmm let’s go ahead and play your game

Baby killers
Clinton
Thief’s
Traitorous socialists
Hypocrites (remember how you all attacked Craig?)

Shall I go on?

No. Blood is thicker than water and you will continue to side with those you view as being most correct and wallow in your hatred no matter what is said… Good luck with that.

Answer 8

Be careful of throwing boomerangs. They are known to come back and knock your head off.
Clean your own backyard before you start attacking someone else for theirs. Many posters have named good examples of how honorable your party is.

Answer 9

good point - you get a star!

those same guys who have been thumbing their collective noses down at the rest of us in that effeminate 'holier-than-thou' way that is so irritating now find themselves embroiled in one perverted sex scandal after another.

the truth is that the cons wouldn't truly know the moral high ground if they tripped over it and want nothing more than power and money...

Answer 10

don't forget the fact that Iran is more bushlike than anyone.

Stone womene to death like the bible says. Hate gays. Take away civil liberties.

sounds to me like Iran and bush are partners in Nazism.