Comments on: GOP Must Focus On The Family

National Review Online: Divorces Shouldn't Stop Republican Hopefuls From Speaking Up

[toldyouso21]

"Welfare, still a budget drag even 11 years after welfare reform, is only the most obvious example. Isabel Sawhill at the Brookings Institution estimates that between 1970 and 1996, the growth of single-parent families increased federal welfare and food stamps expenditures by $229 billion."

Does he mean the social program welfare? Because if he does he is lying. There are less than 3 MILLION Americans on the welfare rolls at this time. If the budget for these 3 million is similar to what is was when over 35 MILLION was getting handouts--we need to follow the money and see who is getting paid. Most people do not realize that the majority of welfare recipients do not get cash but get foodstamps. and that the total amount of their welfare is less than a full time job working minimum wage. Less than 3 Million is less than 1% of the population in our country. This is a *** article. If the ideas and platform of Reagan will forever define the GOP, the least they can do is keep up with the latest information on their issues.

it does no good to raise the spectre of a bogey man or tell lies that do not fit anymore--sooner or later the public will actually THINK--and then they will realize the politicians played them for fools.

[toldyouso21]

What are the candidates supposed to say?

"We fvcked over our families and lives..

Guiliani: "I not only fvcked another woman while married, but paraded her on tv while I was still married and then humiliated my former wife by making her live in the same house with my mistress and kids. My kids don't like her...can't imagine why....."

Gingrich: I not only had an affair, I served my wife the divorce papers while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer AND managed to get another adulterer impeached for doing almost the same thing I did--(only he just got a bj and I planted my puddin' straight up the old *******) plus I did not lie about my affair under oath--lol. can't say I don't have balls"

McCain: I don't think I want to talk about the fact that my wife was my mistress and that I basically threw away the woman who stuck by me and raised my kids while I was a POW--it might make me look wishy washy"


Romney: "I never cheated--but due to my religion if I did--it wouldn't count anyway"

Yep....family values coming from any of those candidates, would be just as hypocritical as Bush pretending to know and promote democracy. Nobody's buying those lies anymore and if the family value group tries to endorse any of them--they will be seen as frauds and hypocrites too.

[roger_inkart]

Sorry, you deluded losers at the NRO. The majority of Americans seem to have figured out that the GOP is nothing more than a haven for the fear-mongering, greedy, hypocritical, anti-anything-that-isn't-rich-white-straight-Christian, 9/11 loving lunatics.

The debates are little more than "Who Wants To Be Next Year's Bob Dole"?

[afmca]

Once again conservatives and NRO miss what is actually pro-family. They focus on pro-family propaganda. A REAL pro-family agenda would include a living wage, universal health care, a clean environment, a crime free neighborhood, educational opportunities, and paid vacation time to actually enjoy time WITH the family. Republicans and their conservative co-horts cannot focus on these needs because it is not reconcialiable with their mantra of making the rich, richer!

[heresmy2cent]

The GOP already focuses on the family...

The Bush family, the Cheney family, the Bill Gates family, the Walton family, etc.

If they choose Rudy Giuliani as their next candidate, maybe you can add the Corleone family to the list.

[lastdance2]

Send more high paying jobs, out of the country

Work two (2) jobs, to make up for the : Wage Loss

Who's raising the children ? ? ?

Where's - The Family Unit Gone ? ? ?

Excellent History and Example
of the Republician Attitude - Towards Building

"Family Values"

Lastdance

[mcvet]

This pathetic Nazi Rag will keep beating the drums for the Religious Reich and the divisions that have been served upon this nation until there is no nation. The Hate and Division of the last several decades, Hate and Division served up as "Family Values" has to stop or the nation is doomed. We can not elect another Southern Fascist or for that matter any of the present canidates from the GOP side. They can not bring together this nation nor can they bring back our position of Leader of the Free World.

[roger3815]

The GOP's gift for self-delusion never ceases to amaze me. The "crime is a marriage and fatherhood issue" has to be the most out of touch paragraph I've read in years. Instead of focusing on the family, the writers and their GOP media *** candidates might want to try focusing on reality.

[kansas1946]

"Married Americans vote %u2014 and vote Republican %u2014 at significantly higher rates than do unmarrieds."
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I'm married and have been for forty years, and there is not one of these bird-brain Republican candidates that I would vote for. Republicans could care less about families. All they care about is bashing ***. They are dispicible.

[zorlacskates]

it's unanimous. this garbage is absolutely hilarious. is this a rejected skit from saturday night live or what? they're got to be kidding with this piece. cbs is really scrapping the bottom of the opinion barrel here.

what forgiving hearts those republicans have, unless you're liberal, in which case your every indiscretion and mistake condemns you to hell.