I'm torturing myself again and watching O'Reilly on Fox. He is talking about (attacking) Democrats for being out of touch with the American people. Then he quoted some columnist who called Bush voters dumb (as if this wouldn't have happened on the other side if Kerry had won). He also went after Michael Kinsley for stating that Kinsley was open-minded and tolerant, compared to Bush voters. O'Reilly's point being that Democrats are morally vacant and elitist snobs all at once. Robert Reich held his own and suggested that you could find divisive figures and statements on the right as well, but that Americans want real solutions. Reich suggested that it is immoral for corporations to ship jobs oversees and not to raise the minimum wage. O'Reilly dismissed economic issues as moral and said, "that's free enterprise," and kept trying to potray moral errors as only a Democratic problem. Then he and Tony Snow "discussed" how Americans are sick of judges enforcing liberal points of view and that we should allow people to practice their religions freely. We need to start asking them how they are going to legislate our religious "freedom."
It's obvious that conservatives grant freedom to millionaires and businesses, but not individuals (gays, pregnant women, non-combatant prisoners, etc.) This is what they really value
Democrats believe government should preserve Americans individual freedoms, practice fiscal conservativism, and provide a healthy environment for children. We value peace over war.
Update: The only thing my husband and I can think angered Jesus or brought about his condemnation were the money changers!! Money profiting off of money--much like Bush's tax system that gives lower taxes to capital earners than wage earners. Let's really talk Christian values here...
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