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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:17 PM
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What do Republicans hold sacred?
Edited on Tue Dec-06-05 02:59 PM by Jara sang
Not America. They want to cordon it off, sell and divide our nation. It's not freedom. They want to create a theocratic state, where only their core values are defended. Not liberty. Republicans resort to torture and election rigging. Not the U.S. Constitution, they rip it to shreds every chance they get. The only thing Republicans hold sacred is money and power.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:19 PM
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1. Cash, of course. n/t
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:20 PM
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2. Strength and protection.
That's about it.

They'll sacrifice anything for a strong daddy who will protect them.
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AuntPatsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:20 PM
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3. Depends on which branch of the Republicans one is referring to...
but if we are speaking of Republican politicians and not those citizens who believe themselves to be affiliated with that party, than your pretty much on the mark.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:20 PM
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4. The Almighty Dollar
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:42 PM
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12. You realize -
your photo represents what our dollar is actually worth nowadays.

:7
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:21 PM
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5. $$$$$$$ n/t
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:24 PM
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6. Vain imagery - as devoid of substance as they are.
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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:32 PM
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7. The Trinity: Money, Power, Privilege
:evilfrown:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:34 PM
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8. Money and hate
that's what drive the lot of them.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:34 PM
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9. Their lies. The lie world the have built around them
Edited on Tue Dec-06-05 02:34 PM by ComerPerro
and money. Lots of it.
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:35 PM
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10. Power, Money and Private Property...
and the instruments necessary to protect their share.

This is why they support only those state functions that are set up to protect them from the unwashed masses - police and military.
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Toots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:41 PM
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11. They make no bones about wanting to be feared more than loved
So Power is their thing. And once they have it they misuse it every single time..
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:42 PM
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13. money
period
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:55 PM
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14. One word
Money. I like money as well as anyone, but it's what one does with it that counts. Try helping others with it. Try paying workers a good wage, try helping poor people with health care, try rehabbing alcohol and drug abusers. Just a few thoughts.
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RBHam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:56 PM
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15. The right to call a Fascist society "Democratic"...
Once they've got THAT nailed down, America is toast for good.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:57 PM
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16. Power: Gained by using religion and raw politics to exploit peoples' minds
To them, money is power, politicians are powerful, church "leaders" are powerful, influence (anywhere, in religion, politics, media) is holy to them..
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PhilipShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:59 PM
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17. The military-industrial-complex and WAR
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:06 PM
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18. 'Their' money, greed (more money), isolationism (keeping their money) n/t
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:08 PM
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19. Power, they covet money only to gain power
They will use any and all means to gain and retain power.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:10 PM
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20. Whatever keeps them in power
They've done major flip-flops on security (Clinton bombing Afghanistan was "wagging the dog") to Supreme Court nominations (No up or down votes for Miers?) to "The President's choices must not be questioned (Hello, what WASN'T questioned during Clinton's presidency?).

Irony is a foreign concept to these guys.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:13 PM
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21. Positioning themselves to persecute others,....
,...in order to rationalize their exploitation of people and resources.

They have no respect for nor do they value democracy, this nation or the American people, let alone humanity.

I hate to engage in broad-brush characterizations. However, as a party, I believe the foregoing description is accurate although with exceptions.
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MN ChimpH8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:18 PM
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22. Power, property and money
What's theirs is theirs and what's ours will be theirs soon. Republicans (the powerful ones, not the Jeebus jabberers) make their money the old fashioned way - they extort it from the peasantry at the point of a sword.
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Protagoras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:19 PM
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23. Profits
power.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:33 PM
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24. MONEY! Other peoples' that is. nt
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:47 PM
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25. The fetus-living children are not sacred to them
Or I'd make more money.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:51 PM
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26. Nothing is sacred to these fucks.
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freestyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 04:03 PM
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27. Historically money, now they want our bodies and minds as well.
I sort of miss the old money republicans. They could be open on things like civil rights and personal freedom because they could see that it would do no harm economically and might even help. There aren't many of those left anymore. Now, they want it all and if our shrinking pie burns to a crisp, at least they have some big pieces stored away.
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Tactical Progressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 04:21 PM
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28. Themselves
In a word.

Money, property, privilege, possession, power, control over others - are all just ways to effect the best circumstances for themselves.

And that's not the plural 'themselves' either; they couldn't care less about each other, only as a means to help themselves singular.

They turn on each other as viciously as they do to the poor or minorities or Democrats the second one of them becomes more of a liability than maintaining that person would be a benefit.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 04:24 PM
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29. The right to eat the flesh of babies
They are all cannibals.
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