Sunday, September 21, 2008

REPUBLICAN COMMANDMENTS AND CREDOS

1. Thou shalt talk about Christian principles, but not live by them.
2. Thou shalt attack opponents personally when you can’t win on policies or integrity.
3. Thou shalt call yourself pro-life, but be in favor of the death penalty.
4. Thou shalt call yourself pro-life, and put guns in the hands of school children.
5. Thou shalt give lip service to democracy while taking away civil liberties.
6. Profit is the Lord Thy God, thou shalt not put the people’s interest above those of your corporate contributors or self serving neoconservative agenda.
7. Thou shalt make sure fetuses have health coverage, but leave children and babies behind.
8. Thou shalt bear false witness against your opponents and liberals, and demonize them along with truth and facts.
9. Thou shalt run on a moderate platform, then enact right-wing policies as soon as possible.
10. Thou shalt call the media liberal, so that people forget that the media is owned by corporations with a conservative fiscal agenda.
11. thou must lack empathy due to an excessive degree of self-absorption
12. thou must believe that he or she is exceptional and morally superior
13. thou must frequently engage in exploitative behaviors
14. thou must require frequent acquisition of goods he or she doesn’t need
15. thou must (on occasion) resort to some form of overt or covert violence, coercion, or extortion to resolve conflicts
16. thou must perceive others as obstacles to his or her “success”
17. thou must disregard laws and rules except as a means to achieve his or her agenda
18. thou must demonstrate deep hypocrisy by projecting a righteous, benevolent image while committing reprehensible acts
19. thou must refuse to accept the consequences of his or her actions
20. thou must accept Jesus Christ (or Ronald Reagan) as his or her personal savior


1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
2. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
3. Trade with Cuba is wrong because it is a Communist country, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to the spirit of international harmony.
4. The United States should withdraw from the United Nations, but our highest national priority is winning support for the U.N. resolution against Iran.
5 A woman can't be trusted to make decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations should be able to make decisions that affect millions of people and the environment without fear of being regulated.
6. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches, while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay, and insuring they have the worst post service after care imaginable
7. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
8. The best way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then demand their cooperation and money.
9. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy, but providing health care to all Americans is socialism. We're better off supporting the HMOs and insurance companies because they have the best interests of the public at heart.
10. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
11. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. However, a president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.
12. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.
13. The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's driving record and oil investments are none of our business.
14. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host (or a fiancee) Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.
15. "Executive Privilege" should be extended to every Republican ever born, about to be born, or who might be born (in perpetuity.)
16. What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
17. When a hunter shoots his friend and blames him for wearing an orange vest similar to those worn by the quail, we should believe him

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

18. If you don't wear a flag pin, you don't love this country.

Anonymous said...

Still more...
A friend just sent me this...

* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."
* Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential
American story.

* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

*Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.

* If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer,
become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and
Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.

* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to
become the country's second highest ranking executive and
next in line behind a man in his eighth decade.

*If you've been married to the same woman for 19 years while
raising two daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and then left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a true Christian.

* If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education,
including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
* If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you're very responsible.

* If your wife is a Harvard graduate laywer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent
America's.
* If your husband is nicknamed "First Dude," with at least one DWI conviction and no
college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.