The 16 Planks of the Republican Platform:

Each plank is linked to an explanation.

If I ever needed a list of reasons why I couldn’t be a republican or vote republican, I guess I am looking at it right now.  Don, you got my last R vote.  (insider joke)

Perhaps the plank I find most offensive is the plank on First Amendment, religious liberty.   It seems to open up the flood gates for me to have someone else’s religion shoved down my throat.   First Amendment freedom of speech is just down right hypocritical.  As I read the platform, I see freedom of speech being trampled at will–just not republican freedom of speech.

The human life plank didn’t set too well either since it advocates against established law and would take away my rights.   Free speech to advocate, right to off myself if I have a terminal disease is just a start.  Geez.

Who has a favorite or a least favorite?  I can’t wait to see what the democrats come up with.  I usually don’t like their platform too much but I expect to love it by contrast to this.  the moral of the story is to never give zealots a pen and paper.  This is not the Republican Party of yesterday, that’s for damn sure.

65 Thoughts to “The Republican Platform: eeewwwwwwww!”

  1. SlowpokeRodriguez

    Moon-howler :
    You can find videos of uninformed black people doing videos about Obama. I can go through vidoes and find plenty of white people who just sound dumber than all hell talking about one candidate or another. Why would I do that?
    Stupid acting comes in all shades.

    Starry asked for one.

  2. Second Alamo

    Hey Moon, I’m not ignoring you it’s just that my boss likes to see me show up for work. I still work, and so I can’t stick around to comment. Ok, I agree that many people vote for candidates without a clue as to whether they would make a better leader for the country, and that’s the problem. It’s like American Idol, and the last election was a non-contest based on popularity. Now if it had been base on experience, and without the element of race, then it might have been a closer call. I think a small percentage of the population may actually study the merits of both candidates before voting, but the majority vote the party line regardless of the merits. A good example was right here in DC when Barry got re-elected after having been busted on national TV.

  3. SlowpokeRodriguez

    People aren’t all politically interested. What got better ratings than the RNC convention? Honey Boo-Boo.

  4. Emma

    @Elena What do you mean by prejudice?

    The point is that there many transactions that require ID besides voting. Are you saying the poor don’t buy beer and cigarettes like the rest of us?

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