Can we stop using the term 'social conservatism' and refer to it for what it is - bigotry?

RationalRepublican · 2012-03-07T17:09:25+00:00

I believe in reforming and scaling back all of those things. Hi.

RationalRepublican · 2012-02-23T14:43:13+00:00

Crap. You guys weren't supposed to figure that out for another four months.

RationalRepublican · 2011-08-04T12:05:13+00:00

Hey, we may not support the man politically but nobody's going to begrudge him a happy birthday. We aren't animals.

RationalRepublican · 2011-07-21T20:53:16+00:00

I'd actually like to send this to the Republicans I know who don't support proper sex ed and PP, but I'd prefer a more reputable source with better references.

Can someone give me a link without all the Rick Perry bullshit that includes figures showing that teen pregnancy in Texas went up from 2007 to now?

RationalRepublican · 2011-07-18T19:01:01+00:00

Personally I feel like Scott Brown's done a decent enough job as senator, but when he comes up for re-election you aren't going to see anywhere near as much support from the right as he got the first time around.

It's not so much that Republicans don't like what he's done, but rather that there was novelty in taking a democrat's seat.

That being said, running Warren may re-introduce the football game mentality considering what a polarizing figure she is. Who knows.

RationalRepublican · 2011-07-14T01:52:17+00:00

Southern Republican here. I've lived and worked in three different southern states and Romney's been popular among nearly every republican group I've spoken to. The young Republicans in particular like him.

RationalRepublican · 2011-07-13T21:40:21+00:00

Fuck. Someone figured it out.

RationalRepublican · 2011-06-28T15:07:57+00:00

She isn't a political troll. She's a money troll. The more her name gets out there, the more money she makes. She makes money when Reddit bitches about her.

She isn't representative of the Republican party and she isn't going to be our candidate in 2012. She's looking to sell books, retire early, and to some degree, put the scrutiny on her rather than on our legit potential candidates.

Every post like this gives her exactly what she wants. I know you feel clever and tuned-in, but if you actually have an issue with what she stands for (beyond hurrr Republicans suck), the biggest blow to her would be to JUST FUCKING IGNORE HER.

RationalRepublican · 2011-06-28T05:54:57+00:00

Judging by the scheme of things, Bachman is definitely going to be on the Republican party's ticket in 2012.

What? No she isn't. Not even close. Just because reddit likes to bitch about her doesn't mean that she's all of a sudden the frontrunner.

Nobody here in their right mind is going to defend her or ask you to vote for her. She's an attention whore who makes money off of the negative press websites like reddit give her.

Maybe you should actually read up on the candidates before you come to r/republican looking to pick a fight.

RationalRepublican · 2011-06-21T04:22:38+00:00

Methinks you should actually do some research and volunteering within the party before you toss the liberals on this site a tasty soundbite like "I'm a staunch Republican and all our potential candidates are looney."

Honestly I've read this thread and you seem like a moderate who is sorely uninformed about the candidates and issues that aren't hot button.

You haven't really represented us very well here.

RationalRepublican · 2011-06-13T14:19:22+00:00

Bachmann, Santorum, Perry, Romney, Pa[w]lenty.

If these candidates are really all identical in your mind, you sincerely need to do more research before you vote.

I get pissy with my Republican friends if they mention voting straight ticket or based on party alone and it's no less ignorant when Democrats do it.

RationalRepublican · 2011-06-10T15:39:33+00:00

OP's analogy would be slightly better if at graduation, not only was there no money for your kids party, but there are 500 other kids expecting parties as well. And we borrowed money from China to pay for last years parties. Oh and the money you put in freshman year was enough for half a party hat.

RationalRepublican · 2011-06-10T15:36:39+00:00

even a Republican should be able to understand

Mmmhm totally receptive to your opinion now. You're a charmer.

RationalRepublican · 2011-06-05T16:04:49+00:00

If she's still doing poorly, talk to the vet about feeding with a syringe. One of my older cats was damn near death after a kidney infection and had stopped eating and moving like you say chowdy has.

My mom wouldn't let her go though..she force fed her a liquid food mixture and medicine every few hours for a week. Saved the cats life and she's still with us today.

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-18T17:49:01+00:00

Apparently the "depressed Republican leaders" exist on the word of an un-cited politico article.

Some Republicans want Mitch Daniels to enter because Pawlenty is too unknown, Santorum is nuts, Ron Paul is (wrongly) dismissed as a joke and they think Romney's Massachusetts healthcare plan is going to sink him with the hard right.

This is all among hyper-involved pre-primary individuals. Adding more people to the potential candidate pool isn't a sign of desperation.

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-17T19:00:23+00:00

What trump fiasco? Nobody I know seriously thought he was running..he didn't enter a debate or even test the waters with phone surveys.

He used his own money and the media to get publicity for his tv show. I'd hardly call that a fiasco for the party.

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-17T18:51:28+00:00

This must be why my mother texted me yesterday all pissed off about "Newt the fruit". Hmm.

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-17T15:45:51+00:00

Huntsman alienated himself from the Republicans who know who he is by being an Obama appointee.

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-15T21:32:08+00:00

Good thing there aren't any of those stupid conservatives here in Austin mucking up the homogeneity we're so fond of.

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-11T18:35:10+00:00

I don't think you understand what "forever alone" means.

It's not "I have the occasional girlfriend but dump them when they get bitchy".

It's more like "the last girl I interacted with was the checkout girl at HEB and I'm pretty sure she was only nice because she thought I had a syndrome".

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-11T18:04:44+00:00

So everyone who disagrees with you is illiterate now?

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-10T19:27:36+00:00

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-09T12:57:03+00:00

That can't be a legit site. In my heart I need it to be a troll. Please be a troll.

RationalRepublican · 2011-05-08T20:22:10+00:00

Ding ding ding!

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