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  • All-American
    Right, as Usual
    • Nov 2008
    • 15666
    #1

    Pledge to America

    http://pledge.gop.gov/resources/library/documents/pledge/a-pledge-to-america.pdf


    Replace the health care bill with a smaller version, cut spending, preserve the Bush tax cuts, save kittens, and quote Reagan. All over President Obama's veto, I presume.

    I know they're trying to evoke 1994, but this feels a lot more like the Republican version of the Democrat 2008. At least it's more specific than "Hope" and "Change we can believe in".
    τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν
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    • wuapinmon
      Soul Plumber
      • Dec 2008
      • 30711
      #2
      Originally posted by All-American View Post
      http://pledge.gop.gov/resources/libr...to-america.pdf

      Replace the health care bill with a smaller version, cut spending, preserve the Bush tax cuts, save kittens, and quote Reagan. All over President Obama's veto, I presume.

      I know they're trying to evoke 1994, but this feels a lot more like the Republican version of the Democrat 2008. At least it's more specific than "Hope" and "Change we can believe in".
      Jon Stewart eviscerated this on his show last night:
      Comedy Central The Daily Show Fan Page
      http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-23-2010/postcards-from-the-pledge
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        • All-American
          Right, as Usual
          • Nov 2008
          • 15666
          #3
          Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
          Jon Stewart eviscerated this on his show last night:
          http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/th...rom-the-pledge
          I don't mind if they're the same ideas, provided that we actually stick with them this time around.
          τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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            • happyone
              Board Bookworm
              • Mar 2009
              • 5398
              #4
              My thought is the that the Pledge is Contract light. We'll see if they actually follow through - if they win

              I may be small, but I'm slow.

              A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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                • mUUser
                  Giggity
                  • Jul 2009
                  • 1142
                  #5
                  Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                  Jon Stewart eviscerated this on his show last night:
                  http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/th...rom-the-pledge

                  Great stuff, but a distant 2nd to the "Unions" report a few threads ago. Pure gold.

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                    • EuropeanFootballMale
                      Karate/Friendship Master
                      • Aug 2010
                      • 1339
                      #6
                      Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                      Jon Stewart eviscerated this on his show last night:
                      http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/th...rom-the-pledge
                      Really? John Stewart did? I'm SHOCKED

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                        • il Padrino Ute
                          Junior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 19161
                          #7
                          Do the incumbents really expect anyone to believe what they say? This election is about getting rid of the hard leftists who are in the majority. Despite what both sides say, Congressional gridlock is good for the country because it prevents the federal government from intruding into the lives of citizens.
                          "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                          "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                            • beefytee
                              Board eye candy
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 7542
                              #8
                              Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View Post
                              Do the incumbents really expect anyone to believe what they say?
                              I tend not to believe anything politicians say.

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