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Originally Posted by BENZ-LGB
...If you see yourself at or near the top of the ladder, you vote Rep because you believe in self-reliance, personal responsibility and a hands-off government.
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I can see how the GOP can claim to be the party of self-reliance. That's in the plus column for them.
The GOP's claim on the second one - personal responsibility - is iffy at best. Tort reform and the reforms that lead to ENRON are just two examples where the GOP has fought against holding people responsible for their actions.
But it's that last one where I really get off this bus. How the GOP can keep a straight face while claiming to advocate hands-off government is beyond me. Traditional Republicans, Goldwater comes to mind, could make that claim, but the more modern GOP wants the government getting into everything.