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Originally Posted by fite4$
I'm no biblical scholar, as Mr Barkley obviously is, but I see that liberals know 2 things from the bible... judge not, and forgiveness. Those 2 concepts get twisted to justify even the most deviant of behaviors.
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Agreed. You can take the "do not judge" and "forgive" and think it means that we should be ambivalent to what goes on around us. The bible doesn't say to be completely tolerent - hell, read some of the old testament stories where God ordered nations to completely wipe out other nations because of their "godlessness". Read about the Amalakites. BUT, I do also agree that their is a ton of hypocrisy within the Republican party. They say they want to make the nation strong top to bottom but really what they want is an economy that grows at 5% so that big business can expand. The attitude is, if you're in the middle class (or lower) you're just in the way. I'm personally not in either of those classes and when the economy is growing I benefit greatly but I also see the need to pull people from the bottom not leave them behind. Plenty of hypocrisy in the Democratic party though too. I'm beginning to hate politics. My biggest peeve is when (see Hillary) politicos say, "I'm the only one that can withstand the Rebulican attack machine" or we need to stop "those Republicans". Hey, what if I'm a republican???? Do I want MY president to feel that way toward me, with such disdain? I was not a huge fan of Bill Clinton but I remember something he once said that hit it perfectly. In a debate one of his Dem counterparts was railing on the Republicans and saying, "they this" and "them" and "those people" and Bill interupted and said, "I don't understand the use of the word "them", I thought there was only "us". Perfectly worded and very apt. That's why his appeal crossed party, racial and economic lines like noone else.