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One of the most frustrating aspects of living in these times is this forced & artificial meme of equivalency; the idea that both Democrats and Republicans are equally to blame for the state of the country, and both parties say & do equally stupid things. I thought it might be a worthwhile exercise to compile a list here of all various blunders/crimes that have been committed by Conservatives, that have no analogue on the Progressive side. For example:
1. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson saying Americans brought 9/11 on themselves by tolerating homosexuals (and being generally anti-christian, in their eyes).
I could probably list 25 more, but I have to cook dinner now and would like to hear what examples you guys think are most cogent. Thanks everyone.
Permanut
(5,645 posts)Romney 27
Obama 0
but they both do it, right?
Liberal Gramma
(1,471 posts)to my certain knowledge. At that time, "They all do it, Nixon just got caught" was the Republican tagline. Unsurprisingly, no examples of illegal B & E by Democrats were ever made public, but the lie lived on and on.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)do you honestly think democrats are completely innocent and never do anything wrong and never make any mistakes? Because if you do you have your eyes closed. Such perfection does not exist.