Why would anyone vote for a Democrat?

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  1. Derideo_Te

    Derideo_Te Well-Known Member

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    We need to come up with some kind of internet delivered brain bleach to remove the brainwashing so we start fresh! ;)
     
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    HTownMarine Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    How many of those workers are still in school or are already retired?

    How many of those workers have high school degrees?

    If they didnt bother to graduate high school but then had kids, are you saying I'm responsible to make sure they have a job that pays them more than what they're worth?

    Or should I just hand them my money?
     
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  3. Texas Republican

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    Wrong. Bad loans to minorities, forced on the banks by Democrats, caused the recession.
     
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  4. Texas Republican

    Texas Republican Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Your revisionist history is not welcome.
     
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    Why do I vote Democrat? Because I believe that the country should work together to pull everyone up. I don't mind paying for someone else if I know it will make the country stronger in the end. That benefits everyone. I also want a candidate who will talk about climate change rather than label it as fake news. And a candidate who will reinstate and maintain the regulations that make the people and the environment safer.
     
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    Texas Republican Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Trump is far, far better than anyone in the incompetent, anti-American Democratic Party.

    But Washington is a joke. Our Founding Fathers greatest fear has been realized.
     
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    Trump is the same type of anti-American self serving elitist that is part of the problem. He is the same as the Democrats there is very little difference he simply lies the best so that is why he is president.
    What with his deriding attempts to blow-off the soldiers injured in missile attacks only shows he is willing to lie to cover his reelection chances.
     
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    Pure comedy.
     
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    "You dont get it because you do not want to...."

    Why do you presume to tell me what I want? Such claims of having supernatural mind-reading powers don't enhance your credibility. That's exactly what is wrong with the Democrats' fraudulent impeachment. They say that when Trump says one thing, he really means something completely different. I'm so tired of that dishonest tactic.

    "I cannot be more clear..."


    You're not being at all clear, so that's disappointing.
     
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    "Why do I vote Democrat? Because I believe that the country should work together..."

    WUT??!?

    How can voting for the least willing to work together, encourage them to work together?

    That has to be a contender for most bizarre statement of the week.
     
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    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    I wasn't talking about the stats bigots like to use to congratulate themselves on not being poor when everything in the country is in their favor. I was talking about the mythology of welfare being used to keep BLACKS "enslaved". The largest grouping of welfare recipients by far is still whites, not blacks, and always has been.
     
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    Because whites make up the vast majority of the population. Whites SHOULD make up the largest recipient group. Despite making up the majority of this country, Whites are 1/3 of welfare recipients.

    What should NOT happen is 13% of our country consuming 26% of the welfare benefits... but they do.
     
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    I hope you're wrong, but that might explain why people vote for Democrats.
     
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    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    And this STILL wasn't what I was talking about.
     
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    And your argument is that they want to live on welfare?

    https://www.sapling.com/8590871/much-family-four-receive-welfare

    If you think it's so great, YOU try living on 320 bucks a month and food stamps.
     
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    I'm not a democrat. I've been an Independent since Bush and a Republican before that.

    You are living in a fantasy world. This is entirely about the Constitution. Trump is unfit for office and anyone who can't see that is unfit to vote. Trump is openly waging war on the system of checks and balances and every means of oversight. Anyone who can't see that should just admit that the world is beyond their understanding, and stop voting.
     
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    Riiiiight...
     
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    These are conservatives though, once you take away bigotry and prejudice there's nothing left but hats and Glock safeties
     
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    Democrats in Congress are abusing their powers of office, for political gain, and we're paying them to do it.
     
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    My argument is that they SHOULDN'T, and throwing more money at them isnt going to change their behavior.
    I'll do you one better. I lived on less than that. I was living in my Geo Tracker for about 8 months after I got out of the military in 2012 after I blew $16,000 on prescription pills in four months. I'm going to pull in six figures this year, without a degree or working a trade.

    That's why I say it can be done. I did it.
     
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    Well, it's either that or something that will earn me an infraction to type.
     
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    I am a Democrat, & for me, the current discussion about illegals is both fabricated & inaccurate. Trump made them an issue on the first day of his candidacy in 2015, in spite of the fact that Republicans have historically been the strongest proponents of supporting illegals for low cost farm labor. Republicans deride Obama for protecting illegals, but Obama deported more illegals than all five of his predecessors combined--going back into the early 1960s. There's a lot of misinformation &/or total lies being spread out there against Democrats. The only "illegals" Democrats have tried to protect are those who were brought here as small children, before they had any say in it. They were innocent victims of their parent's decision, & have become natural Americans by growing up here. They know no different life, country or culture than American. They are just as "American" as you or me. Democrats aren't in favor of having more new illegals coming into our country. I don't. But Democrats DO want illegals who are apprehended at the border to be treated humanely, & with a recognition of their human rights as human beings never ignored. Democrats don't want illegal immigrants entering the U.S. any more than Trump or his supporters, & we're willing & anxious to work with Trump & Republicans to secure the borders, but we DON'T support having our ICE agents become pseudo-NAZIs in their treatment of those illegals or their families--especially the innocent children. Yet, such mistreatment has been filmed & shown on TV nationwide. That kind of hostility is both inhumane & unAmerican. Democrats don't support such behaviors. Neither do I. There is a valid legal system in place to deal with illegals. We need to use it correctly.

    Democrats are the ONLY party today who support improving the lives of middle & working class Americans. Republicans work for the wealthy & super-wealthy only, whether they know it or not.
     
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    So you oppose suplimental nutrition assistance because it helps Black people? There has long been indications that many on the right oppose universal healthcare because they are afraid that their money might end up benefitting a non White person.
     
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