Who's being naïve now?
-Michael Corleone
Republicans are constantly claiming that liberals are just starry eyed idealists who don't understand how the world really works. I for one am tired of hearing this. Many of the Republican claims would make Peter Pan choke. Here are some of the things you have to believe to be a Republican these days:
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1. You have to believe that the president will not misuse unlimited power?
2. You have to believe that John Poindexter can be trusted with everyones private information.
3. You had to believe that Iraqis would greet us with flowers.
4. You have to believe that invading Iraq had nothing to do with oil.
5. You have to believe that terrorists attacked us because they hated our freedom.
6. You have to believe that the government can grow its way out of an $8.3 trillion dollar debt.
7. You have to believe that cutting taxes increases revenue.
8. You have to believe that corporations will voluntarily ignore the bottom line and be good corporate citizens if we would just stop regulating them.
9. You have to believe that kids will remain abstinent until marriage as long as we withhold information on birth control.
10. You have to believe that global warming is just a conspiracy of every climate scientist.
11. You have to believe that global oil reserves are unlimited; we just have to look harder.
12. You have to believe that cutting school funding will make schools better.
13. You have to believe that big campaign donors want nothing but good government in exchange for their money.
Really, who is being naïve?