Republicans Pro-Life or Pro-Death?

[David Sky]

Run time: 04:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvPrD6KQacY   Posted on YouTube: September 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: LiberalViewer Views on YouTube: 12885   Posted on DU: September 24, 2011 By DU Member: David Sky Views on DU: 1374

 
When audience members at recent Republican presidential debates cheered executing 234 people in Texas and letting the uninsured die from lack of medical care, it raised questions about the hypocrisy of conservative Christians and small government Tea Party libertarians in the Republican Party as I show in this video.

The clips I use of Bill Maher come from HBO's September 16, 2011, broadcast of "Real Time with Bill Maher", longer clips of which are currently available on YouTube at http://bit.ly/p3NUCa and at http://bit.ly/oPFlwJ

The clip I use of Brian Williams asking Gov Rick Perry about his 234 executions in Texas comes from MSNBC's September 7, 2011, broadcast of the "GOP Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library" available online at http://on.msnbc.com/qeq8po

The clip I use of Wolf Blitzer and Texas Rep. Ron Paul discussing the uninsured comes from CNN's September 12, 2011, broadcast of the "CNN Tea Party Republican Debate" available online at http://bit.ly/oQLTDa

The clips I use of Stephen Colbert come from a longer segment of the September 13, 2011, broadcast of "The Colbert Report" available online at http://bit.ly/ReaperVP

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1. An even greater glaring hypocrisy: so-called "Pro-life" anti-abortionists

Their logic seems to go: You have a right to be born, but after that, you should just go off somewhere and die. :crazy:

[Dumpster Macaine]

4. Or We'll Bomb You In Your Living Room

[walerosco]

2. Nice one

But I think you lost me when you said that Tea Party libertarians supported Rick Perry. Most dont know this but a Tea party candidate ran against Perry in the gubernatorial election and almost recieved 30% of the vote despite having next to 0 campaign money.

Make no mistake, Rick Perry support comes from the Christain warmongering reich wing. The wing of the paryt who would prefer we cut welfare, social security and medicare to fund another war in the middle east.

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3. Core value of conservatives: selfishness

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
John Kenneth Galbraith

[Dumpster Macaine]

5. Hypocrisy

To a rational human a Christian killing someone is quite hypocritical. Yet history shows us Christian's have the ability to rationalize murder beyond anyone's wildest dream.

As for "small" government and the death penalty, States can decide if the want it or not. That's smaller then the Federal Govt. (but still not right I think).

As for Obama, America is so polarized, and so misinformed, I think the Republican's will split, shoot themselves in the foot, guaranteeing an Obama win. Let's hope next time he gives up the notion of being "everyone's President", and actually fights for decency.

[David Sky]

6. Yes I have to agree! Christianity, to me, at least, looks like how to justify any...

hypocrisy that ever could exist in the human mind.

But that's just me. (Maybe that's why it's so popular in the USA!!!)