Not everyone on unemployment is a dead beat.

“I’ll tell you, the more you extend unemployment benefits, the less — this is just human nature. The less people are going to look for work.”

And here’s an article from the foreign press that proves it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209072/Five-million-job-Labour–raising-fears-Shameless-generation-benefit-addicts.html

Britain has more long term unemployment benefits than we do and, according to the article only 1 of 6 adults lives in a household where nobody works.

So there.

You obviously want a tilt to the center, but the tone of your posts will not curry favor with many in the Republican party.

This is one of the most ridiculous sentences I’ve ever read on this site. Ever. It speaks volumes.

Sure, there are conservatives who fit your description but no more than there are liberals who fit it.

Furthermore, for the first time in a long time there is a libertarian/conservative uprising of grassroots activists who seem to be trying hard to deal with exactly what you’re complaining about.

In short, while I understand and sometimes share your frustration, I think you’re 5 (or more) years too late.

If you don’t like where its going, stop the rants and become a little more coherent. For example, you throw out issues to make your point that have no basis in fact. For example, is conservatism really in disfavor? I think you’re mixing up the Republican brand with conservatism. More people consistently poll as self identified conservatives than they do as liberals or “non-aligned” and those numbers have increased over the last year thanks to Obama and the Congrees. However, even the Republican brand is seeing a resurgence, although mostly because people have now experienced the liberal brand at full force.

So take a valium, catch your breath and take a step back.

it’s not the Democrat party.

Could you stop that childish practice once and for all. It is the Democratic Party.

Excellenet excellent read. The Right Wing Nut House name itself describes all of us in just 4 words. I feel right at home with all of you. I sometimes spit at you folks, at you Rick, I sometimes laugh, sometimes gag, I sometimes get disillusioned, but overall I chose sides long long ago and it’s not the Democrat party. Obama has come along and has proven to me why I can’t throw away the Democrats far away enough.

As a righty I’m with those that see reality for what has hit us (USA) between the eyes with Obamaism, Reid and Pelosi. I have never spent 2 seconds commenting on any blog. But this year Obamaism, Reid, and Pelosi got me so riled up that I can’t wait to vote them and their party out of office.

They must be slowed down as much as possible in these next elections and then booted out in 2012.

So y’all hold your nose next to my righty ideologue and lets walk forward. We can meet to agree and disagree at
The Right Wing Nut House.

Thanks Rick for keeping the door open.

Vic
Austin, Texas

Yes we are big tent.

Frankly, I think a Venn diagram of the population’s beliefs and values would heavily overlap. Both sides are a much bigger tent than the other side cares to admin. What is it then that leads someone to register Democrat and someone else to register Republican? Tradition within the family? Peer pressure within the local environment? Would a northeastern Republican register Democrat if they lived in Texas? Perhaps it’s subconsciously determined by which extremists you want to be associated with the least?

Harry Reid is pro-life. Any number of Democrats are pro-gun, Tester and Webb come to mind. Obama favors “traditional marriage.” Many voted for Bush’s tax cuts, go back and look up the roll call. And quite obviously a number oppose a public option.

Can a single Democrat be a combination of those? How many? Where is the tipping point before they themselves realize they’re no longer a Democrat? How many of those before Democrats realize they’re not one of their own?

So they can favor gun control? Can they be pro-choice? Can they be for gay marriage? Can they favor some higher taxes? Can they support a public option?

Similarly, how many of those can a Republican admit to before realizing they’re no longer a Republican?

Or maybe they never admit it? How often to people’s beliefs change in such a way that the “other” party fits them better but don’t change their political registration?

While the RNC’s purity test was/is ridiculous, both parties have a purity test (unwritten or otherwise). How many questions on the purity test can Democrats get “wrong” before they’re not welcome? Or will you take the vote no matter the beliefs?

The RNC says it’s 80%? What about the Democrats?