Republicans

In general, I really don't like Republicans. Why, you may ask? Well, the short answer is, they're full of crap, and a lot of them are extremely hypocritical.

It occurred to me tonight that most of the people I know who are all about taking all the freebies they can get, are Republicans. Look, I'm not about to begrudge the poor of taking part in programs that exist for them, but what kind of sense does it make to talk about your kid's free school lunches and your WIC vouchers in one breath, and bash Obama in the next? Don't you know if it were up to Republicans, you would actually have to make it on your husband's meager paycheck alone? The government would not be feeding your kids for you, that's for sure.

It just strikes me funny when the post welfare queen, the girl who knows exactly where the form is to fill out to get your free Thanksgiving box, and how much the vouchers are in every single program known to man, and just where to go and what to bring there, in other words, the girl who's TOTALLY a product of the institution, votes Republican. Republicans don't believe in redistribution of wealth, right? Yet somehow, these things are all paid for by fund raisers where they hit up people, like, Thak's rank, for a few bucks to wear civilian clothes to work on a Friday, or the way we pay more for barbecue plates at unit functions, or tickets for the ball, than those of lower rank. We don't mind doing these things at all, and I think it's cool that they give out food to the lower-enlisteds at the holidays, but isn't that basically redistribution of wealth, but on a smaller scale? If you're a Republican, wouldn't you be against that?

I find it the absolute funniest when someone who claims to be a Republican, laps up socialized medicine, and then knocks the Obama healthcare plan. Dude, seriously? Don't you see that you're living it now, and that you love it? What are you, stupid? No, you're not going to have to pay for it. Remember? You're on the right end of the redistribution. (Hell, when it comes to the country as a whole, so are we! When it comes to the military, not so much.) Driving this point home, if any of these people complain about what they're getting at the Army hospital, and I tell them they have a choice, but it'll cost them a few bucks, they say "Hell no! I'm not paying for health care! My husband works hard!" (Because everyone in all of the US doesn't work hard or something?)

How on earth can you claim to be a Republican if you lap up socialized medicine, get by on charity and welfare, and feel completely entitled to these things? Again, I'm not saying poor people shouldn't do this stuff, because it really beats the alternative, but dude... look in the mirror. If you do that stuff, you really can't afford a GOP membership. Hell, most of us can't these days! At least the rest of us know it!