More GOP hypocrisy

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lawgator1 said:
Mark Souder.

Republican Congressman.

Evangelical Christian.

Resigning from Congress because of an affair with a staffer.

At least he has the good sense to quit when he gets caught. I'll give him that.
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lawgator1 said:
Bingo.

My point is that I am tired of the sanctimoniousness of the right wingers. Its not good when anybody in elected office does something like this. But it is particularly annoying when someone who is part of what is by far the more judgmental of the two parties gets caught with his pants down.
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just like its not good to use backhanded deals to get support, or run with the likes of Robert Ayers or Jeramiah Wright.

Or like its right to take peoples hard earned money and give it to people who are to damned lazy to work.

Far more judgemental? GTFO. You left wingers claim open mindedness, however if someone disagrees with you or your kaiser, then you get your manthongs in a was and get pissed.
 
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Chattaben said:
Republicans claim to be the party of family values and this hurts that image. We will be better off as a country when both parties stop trying to legislate morality. Neither side has done a great job in that that department.
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chattaben, you have no clue about what you're talking about.
 
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GASOUTHERNVOL said:
just like its not good to use backhanded deals to get support, or run with the likes of Robert Ayers or Jeramiah Wright.

Or like its right to take peoples hard earned money and give it to people who are to damned lazy to work.

Far more judgemental? GTFO. You left wingers claim open mindedness, however if someone disagrees with you or your kaiser, then you get your manthongs in a was and get pissed.
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left wing socialist are the most intolerant people. it's either their views or else we'll fire you, regulate your company, investigate for tax fraud, go through your trash for personal stuff or our media pals will investage you till the N'th degree. that is the American left.
 
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lawgator1 said:
The constant drum beat of self-discipline and restrained sexuality that comes from the right, and particularly the religious right, just rings hollow over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
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Are you still referring to the GOP and/or the party politicians, or are you just referring to the religious right wing public in general.

If it's the former, I'd really like to see some quotes or links where the GOP has slandered Dems anymore than the other way around. I think both parties know better than to tread that path.

If it's the latter, then I would simply say there are extremists on both sides. I don't recall seeing too many republicans standing in line waiting to receive their free "Obama money".
 
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lawgator1 said:
I gave him credit for that.

And I'm not saying there aren't Democrats who similarly get themselves in such trouble.

But this guy was part of the religious wing of the party and, once again, we have a guy who holds himself out as a staunch ally of all things noble and meanwhile he's having an affair.

It is a fact that members of both parties do this kind of thing. It is also, however, a fact that one party is much more sanctimonious about declaring itself the defender of all things proper when they are just as likely to be involved in this (if not more so) than the party who has a wee bit more of a modern approach to such matters.
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link?

Isn't it being hypocritical to claim to be bothered by hypocrites but only point out hypocrisy of one form?
 
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at least Republicans don't lie about their military service.

Blumenthal?s Words Differ From His History - NYTimes.com

At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life.

“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. “And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it — Afghanistan or Iraq — we owe our military men and women unconditional support.”

There was one problem: Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat now running for the United States Senate, never served in Vietnam. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records.
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give me a philandering republican any day of the week over a piece of trash democrat
 
#38
#38
This thread is full of Racist Conservative White Males and Leftist Twinkle-Toe Pansies
 
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So if we have to fully claim and accept the ultra-religious right, then you must be willing to accept the extreme left. You know, the guys that break windows and burn businesses at global business summitts, and spray paint and damage SUVs.

All in all, I'd say the Republicans still come out looking better.
 
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not sure how he's hypocritical. We all frown on philanderers. People fail in this all the time, not just one side or the other.
 
#43
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lawgator1 said:
Mark Souder.

Republican Congressman.

Evangelical Christian.

Resigning from Congress because of an affair with a staffer.

At least he has the good sense to quit when he gets caught. I'll give him that.
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How is it hypocrisy to admit you've done wrong, accept a significant amount of shame and punishment, and step aside because you do not consider yourself worthy of leadership?

If you say that no one who supports a standard of behavior can ever fail that standard in any way then you've just negated the possibility of a civil society ruled by law.

It never ceases to amaze me that people (not necessarily you) who hold one side to no standard because they profess none are so quick to judge the other because they do. Seems to me the bigger problem is that liberal voters do not care if a guy lies, cheats, steals, etc. William Jefferson had a freezer full of dirty money... got re-elected anyway. Clinton committed perjury. Mel Reynolds was re-elected while under indictment for obstruction of justice, sexual, assault, and solicitation of child porn. Ted Kennedy was guilty of manslaughter for heaven's sake and he was the Dean of Dem Senators.

Not one of those guys could have won a GOP primary because conservative voters wouldn't allow it.

The bigger thing this shows is that conservative voters are NOT hypocritical. He probably wouldn't have won if he had run... so the decision while embarrassing was probably not too difficult to make on second thought.
 
#44
#44
Here's who your guy is law:

By Lou Pritchett, Procter & Gamble

A LETTER FROM A PROCTER AND GAMBLE EXECUTIVE TO THE PRESIDENT*

THE LAST SENTENCE IS THE MOST CHILLING

Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America 's true living legends- an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's highest rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management.. Lou changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering." Pritchett rose from soap salesman to Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble and over the course of 36 years, made corporate history.


AN OPEN LETTER TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA​

Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike
any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.


You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive
Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no
visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth
growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus
don't understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned
yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to
publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail..

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America '
crowd and deliver this message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to a European style
country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system
with a government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly
capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose
that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of
living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics
against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from
challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider
opposing points of view from intelligent people.

You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both
omnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything
you do.

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the
Limbaugh's, Hannity's, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing,
conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will
probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett
*
*
This letter was sent to the NY Times but they never acknowledged it.
Big surprise. Since it hit the internet, however, it has had over
500,000 hits. Keep it going. All that is necessary for evil to succeed
is that good men do nothing. It's happening right now.*​
 
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LG, I agree that Republicans are hypocrites... this just isn't a good example.

The elephant in the room is how they also tried to buy votes with taxpayer money while they had control rather than behaving as real conservatives. If they had true courage of conviction, the mortgage debacle would have never occurred because they would have shut it down including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The national debt trend would have been reversed because they would have worked people off of the dole and gov't payroll rather than expanding both. Regulations would have been streamlined to make justice swift and compliance less costly... yes, it can be done.

They would have ignored the howls from the left and supported domestic oil drilling, domestic refineries (we haven't built a new one in over 30 years because of environazis), and new nuke reactors. We would have been a net exporter of energy by now... doing it cleaner, safer, and better than it is being done now.

They would have found a way to shift education back toward the private sector or local level only as it was when the US was becoming the marvel of the world socially and economically. Unions would have virtually disappeared along with the ridiculous Bacon-Davis act.

They would have demanded that judges and justices abide by the letter of the USC and would have impeached those who habitually wrote their opinions into the law.

The tax code would have been re-written (Fair Tax maybe?) and the IRS would not be terrorizing and invading the privacy of Americans.

Yes they are hypocrites... but what you cite isn't even a blip.
 
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droski said:
you mean instead of staying the head of the house banking committee?
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If we followed the precedent set by the Obama admin this man should receive a cabinet position as head of marital affairs and director of relationship fidelity.
 
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KB5252 said:
If we followed the precedent set by the Obama admin this man should receive a cabinet position as head of marital affairs and director of relationship fidelity.
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Cabinet positions answer to too many people so he would need to be made the Infidelity Czar.
 
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utvolpj said:
Cabinet positions answer to too many people so he would need to be made the Infidelity Czar.
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Very true, but wouldn't it be more in keeping with this admin to appoint him the Fidelity Czar instead?
 
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