I’m a dedicated lurker, but this election has unleashed a demon in me.
The day after the election, I posted a light-hearted comment on my Facebook timeline.
I've got to admit, it will be nice not to have to listen to any more "family values" bullshit from the hypocrites of the "grab them by the pussy" party.
Gee, that touched a nerve with one of my Christian fundamentalist friends. He was hurt and offended. Said he voted for change, and we should give DT a chance...yadayadayada. When I started to reply, I just couldn’t help myself and posted this rant. Once I started writing, I couldn’t stop. And I felt much better after. It’s way too long, but y’all might enjoy reading parts of it.
Dear “family values” Republicans:
You wanted change. So you thought you would drain the swamp. But the swamp is hardly drained by leaving the same old disgusting gang in charge of Congress. Remember, it was the activist Republican appointed Supreme Court that decided that all our elections should be for sale to billionaires. We can term limit any of them with our vote.
I may be wrong about the details, but doesn’t all spending originate in the House of Representatives? Well, who has controlled that for the past 6 years? So if you wanted infrastructure improvements to create jobs here, as I did, why didn’t the Republican House and Senate present the president with a massive spending bill to pull us out of the painful recession? Many economists urged us to borrow money at the current low interest rates to make those road and bridges improvements and put people back to work. Why didn’t Congress act? Might that have something to do with Mitch McConnell vowing to make Barack Obama a one-term president? Mitch didn’t want Obama to look like he was doing anything for people, and clearly Mitch doesn’t care about people’s distress. So is that a Republican family value?
Donald ("grab 'em by the pussy") Trump plans huge tax cuts for himself and other billionaires. How will we pay for any infrastructure? Again, we could borrow at almost 0% interest, but won't the Republicans freak out about debt or the deficit? Or is that only when the president is a Democrat? That seems dishonest to me, but that’s just my values talking.
And good grief, how did that word “pussy” get into our national dialog? Why, it was Donald Trump, our next president shooting his mouth off. What a fine example he is.
Oh, and then don’t forget that the grab ‘em party in the House would not even pass an extension to unemployment benefits for desperate citizens who could not find adequate employment, making formerly hard-working Americans homeless along with their children. Is that a Republican family value?
And what about all the slandering that’s been done to Hillary Clinton. She’s been thoroughly investigated for 30 years and has never been charged with any crime, never been convicted of anything. But still, the grab ‘em party spent millions of our tax dollars investigating her and has propagated the idea that she is dishonest, all without producing any evidence. If you don’t like her and don’t agree with her, fine. But stop making up lies so you don’t have to admit that you are pants-peeing afraid of a competent, strong woman as president. So fearful that you will choose to elect a totally unprepared, incompetent moron. To me, that is what you call bearing false witness. Is that a Republican family value? Are you proud to teach that to your kids? Bye Johnnie; run along to school. Don’t forget to make up lies about the other kids. That will make you popular.
And how about citizens being massacred with military assault rifles and large ammo clips to make it all easier. Is it not a pussy party family value to stop this until it’s your child shot while watching a movie in a theater, or enjoying a night out with friends, or your grandchild being gunned down in her first grade classroom? But we can’t lift a finger to make this stop because the NRA gives a lot of $$ to get Republicans elected. And what’s with all those fools who want to open-carry? What are you so terrified of that you can’t walk through Kroger’s without carrying your assault rifle to make you look like a real man. Is that a family/moral value? Teach your kids that if they choose to be ignorant and inept at everything in life, it’s ok because you can make yourself feel important by threatening everyone around you with your big gun.
I love this country for its diversity. I love the food, different languages and customs this brings to our society. Some wear different styles of dress dictated by their religion. It’s all good. And I don’t want these people threatened or bullied in any way, because their beliefs are just as valid as mine. That’s one of my family values.
My family values say that police officers should be prosecuted and thrown in jail for murdering innocent black citizens. No getting off. Donald wants to bring back stop and frisk to harass innocent people just for being out on the streets while black. I don't want them stopped and frisked or locked up en masse for minor drug possession. That destroys families, and black lives matter to me. And I want black kids to have the same educational advantages that white kids get. But I don’t see the “family values” party doing anything to make that happen. In fact, their big idea is to turn education over to private companies so their rich donors will have more $$ to spend on their campaigns, with little regard for the results.
Why doesn’t the Republican congress fix the voting rights act and stop making it hard for “some” people to vote? It is an American value for everyone who wants to vote to be able to vote.
Oh, I almost forgot. Nice trick leaving a Supreme Court vacancy unfilled for a year so that you’ll have a shot at having a Republican president appoint a right-wing hack to take away even more of our rights. You can call that many things...unprecedented, unconstitutional, cheating. Those are proud Republican values. Teach them to your kids. Teach them to steal at the same time as it is closely related.
In my comfortable little world, affordable health care would be available to everyone. I’m old and have Medicare. Everyone should have Medicare. But the grab ‘em party wants to immediately throw 20 million people off the only miserable health care system that could get passed through our miserable congress. That will include some 5 year olds who have serious illness and have already reached their lifetime cap for insurance coverage It will include women with a breast cancer Dx that will not be able to buy health insurance again, ever. I know people in this situation, and they are scared. So 20 million people with life threatening illnesses at the mercy of the insurance companies. Is that a Republican family value? And, no, you can’t just walk into any ER and get your chemo treatments.
You say you want to save “unborn” babies. Well, that’s not actually a thing. What you’re referring to is called a “fetus.” But how about we shut down Planned Parenthood so poor women can’t even get basic health care. And how do they get health care if they actually want to have a baby but can’t afford a doctor? I guess they would be the welfare queens Reagan loved to malign, so they don’t really matter. And how about we stop the rhetoric like “partial-birth abortion,” which isn’t even a thing. It’s a phrase made-up to horrify people but is hardly ever performed. It is medically known as intact dilation and evacuation, which is usually done when the baby has died in utero. But that doesn’t have quite the same effect as saying “partial-birth.” And I loved when Donald Trump, the moral leader of the grab ‘em party, ranted about babies being ripped from their mother’s womb.....up to the last day. Well, that would be called a “delivery,” and if the woman doesn’t want the child at that point, she can put the baby up for what is called “adoption.” So let’s stop bearing false witness to women who have to make difficult decisions. That’s why we can’t have judgmental old white men or the pussy party making decisions about things you don’t even know about for women you don’t even know.
But if you really want to save babies, Hillary had plans to make reliable birth control available at no or low cost. That’s the best way to prevent abortions. Teen pregnancy was down 42% in Colorado because of free birth control. But somehow the pussy party knows that birth control is immoral, based on their values, I guess. You'll never stop abortions. But by banning them, you will certainly make them deadly by pushing women to do-it-yourself or back-alley methods. I love babies, too.
I love clean air and water, but Donald wants to shut down the EPA. And is he lying or just too stupid to know that the planet is warming? People are eventually going to die because we ignore this, Maybe not in this country at first, but other poor people around the globe are going to suffer water and food shortages. In fact, they are already. and fools like the Republican Senator from Oklahoma thinks it's funny to bring a snowball into the Senate chamber to make a joke of it. It goes against my family values when my government is determined to let this happen because of nothing but campaign $$ from oil companies.
Mike Pence is the poster boy for the grab ‘em party’s hatred of gay people. He’s just insane. Pence seems to think that people decide to become gay after they see how much fun it is to be hated, persecuted, and tormented for the way they were born. They were born gay and deserve the same rights to love whom they choose and have a happy and peaceful life as I do. They don’t need counseling or prayer to change. They don’t need to change. They are who they are, and my family values tell me to love them and defend their rights.
Donald’s really stupid, you know. First of all he didn’t think Obama was born in the USA. Like Donald didn’t even know that Hawaii is a state! He made a complete ass of himself with that birther stuff. And I think he lied about sending a team to Hawaii to investigate. Good family values guy.
Donald’s so stupid that he said he wants to imprison his opponent, like a banana republic dictator. I hope he wasn’t lying about releasing his tax returns after the election. I’m sure he has nothing to hide. He’s such a fine upstanding guy. Gosh, I hope that court date at the end of the month to answer RICO charges (for fraud) surrounding Trump University doesn't get a lot of publicity. That will be really embarrassing for us around the world. I’m sure the liberal media will keep it under wraps.
And everybody knows that Donald’s not going to build that stupid wall, and Mexico is laughing at him/us for saying they will pay for it. What an ass.
Unfortunately, I've worked with this type of pussy grabbing asshole, back in the day when it was legal, with a serving of verbal sexual harassment on the side, and I think they should be in jail instead of the White House. I was surprised that so many women voted to give that a pass, but maybe they haven’t had the same experiences I’ve had.
So the clown you elected has, as his third wife, a nude model who worked in this country illegally. And the family-values Republicans have spent the last 8 years disrespecting Barack Obama and his family as un-American, alien, divisive, unsuitable, and so many other false accusations. I can see the Republicans’ frustration in not being able to dig up one speck of dirt on Obama. Showing a dignified, wise, and competent black man the respect that goes along with his office is one of my family values.
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. The majority of Americans wanted her as our president. I voted for Hillary with no reservations. I didn’t have to read about Hillary bragging about sexual assault or bullying people that don't look or worship like she does. She never ran a phony university to defraud people who only wanted to get ahead. She didn't kill Vince Foster. She doesn’t want to make life miserable for immigrants, gays, or any other group. Of the two candidates, she most closely represents my values.
These are some of my family values. I don't tell everyone how blessed I am or ask people to pray with me or praise god with every breath. I just quietly try to live my values and expect my representatives in government to share some of them. I'm tired of Republicans thinking or saying they are the party of family values when I just don't see my values reflected in any of your policies. That's why I'm proud of our candidate and proud to be a Democrat.
You hired an alligator to drain the swamp. The Republicans are the official pussy grabbing party now. That's whom you have chosen to lead all of us and as the head your party. Republicans embraced the slime of Donald Trump and therefore own him. You don’t own family values. Never did.
