Monday, March 1, 2010

Lying Via Poll - the Republicans

So, I got a questionnaire from the Republican party.  I was dumbstruck by the questions.  There were a dozen or so questions and each could be essentially boiled down to:

Q: Do you agree with President Obama's plans to deconstruct the Constitution of the United States?
a) Sure, let's destroy the country
b) Not on your life
c) I don't know.

Now, the problem is: President Obama has no plans to dismantle the Constitution.  On nearly every question, I could not honestly answer given the choice of answers.  They left off the two I might prefer (depending on the question):

d) I agree with the President because he has a good idea, and he isn't going to destroy the country.
e) I disagree with the President, but he isn't destroying the country.

The questionnaire was so dishonest and evil incarnate that I had to rip it up and throw it away.  The Republicans might wonder why they aren't getting as many contributions as they used to.  This kind of dishonest stunt is part of their answer.  They've left the middle and moderates behind in their quest to be as far right as the nuttiest of the nut-bags.

They also call the house a lot looking for donations, send dire warnings by email of the evil leftist take over underway, and generally bombard me with stupidity.
  • No - I won't donate to any Republican candidate, not until (or if) the party swings back far enough left to include the middle.
  • No - I don't believe any of the dire warnings the Republicans send out, they are obvious in their dishonesty and might as well have been written by Fox News (and is the greater reason I've left the party).
  • Finally, no, I don't plan to vote along Republican party lines anytime soon.

I have a hard time seeing myself voting for the left wing - but at the moment I'll lean toward the left just to avoid the overt religiosity, willful ignorance, and anti-intelligence of the right.

This brings me to the problem I see with the two extremes as they view moderates:

I might be middle of the road and a moderate, but I am not a fence sitter.  I do have opinions on the issues and am not waiting for one side or the other to provide a convincing argument for me to join their side.  Until the Republican Overton Window returns to reality, I will continue to vote against the Republican agenda.

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