Bob Crantz wrote:
You troll is not effective on Republicans. Your talking points are merely
the bilge spewed by Democrats, some of which has nothing to do with Bush.

If a Democrat is elected President should one expect:

Lower gas prices.

Doubt it. We're on the downslope from Peak Oil now. Lower gas prices
will be temporary & small scale, resulting from local price wars. The
decrease in global supply (forecast with depressing accuracy by Dr.
Hubbert) & increase in global demand (greater than Hubbert's predictions
due to the unforeseen Asian industrialization) means that we're in for a
double whammy.

Gasoline at the pump has increased at a rate lagging inflation for the
past 30 years or so, and that has been a big factor in the decreased
cost of transport of goods which in turn is a big factor in 'the global
economy.' This trend will reverse (in fact is already reversing) with
great impact.


Less scandal in government.

I thought we already had that?

The capture of Bin LaDEn.

That'd be nice.

The decrease of medical costs.

That'd be nice too

No recessions.


I dunno, a mild recession as part of the normal business cycle is
healthy for the national economy.


The following claims are lies:

Environmental damage at all time high.

Marginal or cumulative?

False war - got news for you, it's real.

heh heh it's sure not a "police action."

New Orleans- the problem is on the State level.

And on all other levels.

Businesses are not suffering.


Some are, some aren't. The key question is, which ones, and is it part
of a pattern?


Debt is at all time high because the cost of borrowing is at an all time
low.


That's an interesting point, and has a lot of truth.
OTOH it's also true that debt is being more agressively marketed than
ever before, and financing consumer debt is more profitable than ever
because the gov't has recently given it greater protection against fraud
& abuse, not to mention any grievances wrought on average citizens.


Here's the part I like:

If you want to troll Republicans:

a. Is government smaller now than it was 8 years ago?


Hell no.

b. Do you have more freedom now than 8 years ago?


Hell no.

c. Do you feel safer than you did 8 years ago?


That depends on how deeply you have your head stuck in the sand. Many
people claim they *do* feel safer.

d. What administration and Congress are the biggest spenders in 40 years?

e. Who has increased the size and scope of government the greatest since
LBJ?



Hush, or they'll be taking you off to Gitmo!

f. What administration has let more illegals into the country than any
other?


It's been hypothecized that this is a sub-rosa agreement with Mexico for
oil.

g. Are you more confident or less confident in the government than you were
8 years ago?


See my answer to c above.

h. Do you think government spending is out of control?


Yes, but then it always has been since the Continental Congress.

i. Do you think the Republicans have betrayed their stated principles?


The Republicans which are closest to the center of power have *no*
principles.

j. Do you think Republicans are the party of big, intrusive government?


ouch!

k. Do you think Republicans better represent large business interests rather
than those of the working man?


Well, Republicans were *never* the party of the working man. The
Republican Party has been since the earliest days (apart from anomolies
like Abraham Lincoln, who was gay (just kidding, he wasn't really)) the
party of the business proprietor, the banker, & the entrepreneur. In
recent decades, the Republican Party has (foolishly & knavishly IMHO)
donned a blue-collar mask by becoming the party of the bigots & the
segregationists. Note: who did the KKKers vote for in the last election?

Anyway, the betrayal here is not that the Republican Party does not
favor the working man, but that they favor big international
conglomerate corporations over local business proprietors & entrepreneurs.


l. Do you feel that the Republicans have the best interest of our wounded
veterans in mind?


Of course. That's why they are creating more of them.

m. Should the politics of the nation be dominated by Evagelical Christians?


Only if they are Catholics or Episcopalians. The other Protestant faiths
do not have enough reverence for obscure dogma & glittery ceremonial.

n. Is religion a qualification for a Supreme Court seat?

o. Does the Bible take precedence over the Constitution?

p. Should the President consult the Bible or the Constitution?


Obviously, the President should make the Federal Gov't into a Church and
require all people to worship & donate accordingly.


q. Why does God speak to George Bush but not to me?


He *is* talking to you, you just haven't played the right Beatles album
backward.

r. Why has George Bush never exercised a veto?


Because he's afraid somebody will ask him how to spell it.

DSK