The last Repub debate covered abortion, immigration, taxes, guns, and the Bible--are they out of touch?

Question

Considering the fact that they have done nothing about illegal immigration after all these years, that guns were confiscated during Katrina, and Republicans in charge have made Clinton look like a fiscal conservative--aren't they really out of touch with America's concerns and values? Especially when they STILL rather talk about relatively petty, trifling subjects rather than focusing on our tanking economy (inflation, gas prices, Chinese imports, outsourcing, etc.) and the two exhorbitantly costly wars that we are currently embroiled in?

Answer 1

"Read my lips: No new taxes"
"What recession?"

Sounds like a flashback: 1992!

Like father like son!

Answer 2

Let's not be too hard on them. Bush proposed a plan that was flatly rejected by the Democrats in Congress, even though it was a very liberal plan. Gun confiscation was done by Democrats, who controlled New Orleans but also refused to follow evacuation procedures. And Clinton allowed Citicorp to skew accounting principles that then protected Enron, and hid the fact that a recession started in 1996.

And if you're talking about the last cyber "debate," everyone knows it was a set-up.

And no, I'm not a registered Republican.

Answer 3

That's on CNN , not the candidates . CNN was too timid to ask about more important issues . I assume that every sort of question was submitted to YouTube , but CNN passed on them . They're competing with Fox , and don't want to lose viewers. Also, they're afraid (seemingly) of being criticized for "liberal media elite ....yadayadayada" . If the Dittoheads, O'Reillyites, Savagers , & the rest are upset, they go to ( & after) the advertisers .
The impending give-away, er.... sale (cheap!) of the digital airwaves probably factors in . Can't risk resentment (& payback?) in the current , and possible next administrations . ( & Who owns the network ? - The R candidates fellow travelers!)

Answer 4

Abortion, immigration, taxes, guns and religion are all important issues. I suppose they could have talked about computers or video games or current fashions in clothes, but the purpose of political debates is to talk about political issues.
I am familiar with the war in the mid east but am unaware of a second one. Did we finally invade Canada and nobody told me?

Answer 5

Our economy is tanking? Do you have any understanding of economics whatsoever?You don't think immigration and taxes are important issues?
CNN picked the debate questions and it turns out they were all submitted by Democratic supporters.
Perhaps you're out of touch.

Answer 6

Not necesarily out of touch with their constituents; who happen to be fundamentalist nuts (notice I did not say Christians), macho cowboys, and greedy people who want to wage wars but have other people pay for them. They cannot talk about issues that intelligent people care about because they are sadly lacking in those areas. Such as how to fix the economy, how to really deal with terrorism, health care, social security, and energy. So they create issues such as flag burning and gay marriage.

Answer 7

the project right that's that the guy misquoted Exodus. that's what's easily says: 22 “And in case adult males would desire to conflict with one yet another and that they actually injury a pregnant lady and her babies do come out yet no deadly accident happens, he's to have damages imposed upon him without fail in accordance to what the owner of the girl would lay upon him; and he would desire to supply it by using the justices. 23 yet whilst a deadly accident would desire to take place, then you somewhat would desire to supply soul for soul, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 branding for branding, wound for wound, blow for blow. Verse 22 says that if the babies do come out and no deadly accident happens the guy remains to be disciplined. And a miscarriage is a deadly accident the place the youngster would not come out ok. Verse 23 besides the undeniable fact that asserts that if a deadly accident would desire to take place (the unborn new child no longer 'popping out ok') the guy would would desire to pay along with his existence because of the fact it is homicide. Whoever published that the different day probable only did no longer study the scripture magnificent. God's stance on abortion is somewhat sparkling interior the Bible. check out what King David suggested in Psalm 139:15 - sixteen: "15 My bones weren't hidden from you whilst i replaced into made in secret, whilst i replaced into woven interior the backside factors of the earth. sixteen Your eyes observed even the embryo of me, And on your e book all its factors have been down in writing, As regards the days whilst they have been formed And there replaced into no longer yet one among them." and additionally how God perspectives babies at Psalm 127:3 - He perspectives them as an inheritance given to us by ability of him. desire this permits!

Answer 8

Those Republicans are small minded and can only discuss what they are familiar with. They are uneducated and uninformed about global politics, energy, economics, and budgets. While they whine away about stem cell research our kids are all going to be poisoned by made in China toys at Christmas because of the trade deficit with China. They can't see the forest for the trees! Why tackle global geo-eco-political issues when you can argue about whether it's Huckabee or Romney who believes in the real god? It is a confederacy of dunces trying to have a party while war rages on, we are being sold goods that are poisoning us, and our country is in debt to several countries who could ultimately become our enemies. Their pea sized brains can only take in so much!

Answer 9

I watched Mitt Romney on C-SPAN and he talked about those topics. Republicans aren't out of touch.

Answer 10

The values you describe in your paragraph there describe to a T today's liberal, and since the pendulum seems to be swinging back toward liberalism, I'd say the Republicans you're talking about are very much in touch, wouldn't you?

Answer 11

Hum...we have a Republican president yet a Democratic congress (w/ a lower approval rate).
I don't think tha Republicans are out of touch as much as the Democrats are out of reality.