Why is Republican politics so blatantly and historically corrupt?

PhilipShore

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Sun Nov-06-05 07:06 PM
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Poll question: Why is Republican politics so blatantly and historically corrupt?

Edited on Sun Nov-06-05 07:15 PM by PhilipShore

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billbuckhead

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Sun Nov-06-05 07:07 PM
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1. All of the above

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Swamp Rat

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Mon Nov-07-05 12:56 AM
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11. ditto

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Sun Nov-06-05 07:10 PM
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2. Other -

Republicans are More likely to be sociopaths. "Who cares what you think!"

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gumby

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Sun Nov-06-05 07:15 PM
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4. HA! That just about says it.

They certainly ACT like sociopaths.

It's all me-me-me-my-my-my. That includes My religion, My reality, My history, My language, My race, My Constitution.... and on and on.

Their motto is: I get to decide the meaning of everything, so who cares what you think.

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xchrom

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Sun Nov-06-05 07:12 PM
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3. essentially -- money before society, people.

they worry about morals and values -- as long as it's not theirs.

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Faygo Kid

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Sun Nov-06-05 07:18 PM
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5. It started with Grant and becoming all powerful after Civil War

US Grant was a great and good man. And a simpleton on politics. Unfortunately, the GOP was all powerful after the Civil War, and that meant the Very Wealthy Industrialists controlled the GOP, and hence, the nation. They threw over the black folks in the South, and a legitimate Reconstruction effort, to retain power in the Hayes election. The Dems were racists, the GOP was incredibly rich and corrupt. They had all the money coming their way, and have ever since. Like today. But, once upon a time there were principled conservatives. They no longer exist. And that's the history, and power trumps all.

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blm

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Sun Nov-06-05 07:25 PM
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6. Once they started they had to add and branch out to cover the previous

corruption and do so in ways that the previous corruption remains hidden.

This is the reason I'm pissed that Clinton kept the books closed on BCCI. Had they been opened, there would never have been another Bush allowed NEAR the White House, and 9-11 would NEVER have happened.

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cspanlovr

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Sun Nov-06-05 07:37 PM
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7. They get to the Big Money by USING all the above

They are the party of the selfish.

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Jed Dilligan

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Sun Nov-06-05 08:11 PM
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8. It's a geeky boy's philosophy

A private moral universe created without the disadvantages of actual human contact or meaningful relationships. Life becomes a game. They do well on paper and advance to high positions without ever believing that other people actually exist. When winning is everything, corruption is nothing. Wow, that sounds like a tagline for a terrible movie...

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shance

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Sun Nov-06-05 08:15 PM
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9. White privileged male dominance accompanied with compliant nationalistic

following and a bought and paid for media network be it a religion, newspaper, television or all of the above.

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OneBlueSky

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Mon Nov-07-05 12:54 AM
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10. it's not just Republican politics . . . it's ALL politics . . .

at least all politics having to do with the two major parties . . . don't know about the Greens, the Libertarians, and other non-mainstream movements . . .

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leftofthedial

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Mon Nov-07-05 01:04 AM
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12. they all boil down to basically the same thing

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fujiyama

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Mon Nov-07-05 01:25 AM
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13. Arrogance

Those with money and power should be allowed what they want to do with it, including stealing from those with neither.

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