{"id":1029,"date":"2011-12-30T18:07:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T18:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixermuse.com\/blog\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2014-11-15T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T17:11:59","slug":"what-republicans-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/politics\/what-republicans-want\/","title":{"rendered":"What Republicans Want\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mitt recently stated, \u201cThe president says he wants to transform America, I don&#8217;t want to transform America into something else. I want to restore it&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mitt Romney along with Sarah Palin is fond of mocking President Obama for his promise of \u201chope and change\u201d.  So, what is the alternative to hope and change?  Is it hopelessness and changelessness?<\/p>\n<p>Or<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see, restore it to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026the Bush administration <\/p>\n<p>Bush started two wars and bankrupted the economy.  President Bush increased the national debt more than twice as much as President Obama.  During his administration unemployment went up 90% more than during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mixermuse.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/08\/all-you-need-to-know-about-politics\/\">http:\/\/mixermuse.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/08\/all-you-need-to-know-about-politics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026prior to Medicare and Medicaid?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore Medicare, only 51% of people aged 65 and older had health care coverage, and nearly 30% lived below the federal poverty level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgovernmentbenefits.org\/hd\/index.php?t=define+medicare\">http:\/\/www.usgovernmentbenefits.org\/hd\/index.php?t=define+medicare<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026before women had the right to vote and blacks and gays were hung for entertainment?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynching_in_the_United_States\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynching_in_the_United_States<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026before Social Security?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cthe best estimates show that the elderly poverty rate in 1935 was probably somewhere in the range of 70 to 90 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/statements\/2010\/aug\/17\/eddie-bernice-johnson\/texas-congresswoman-eddie-bernice-johnson-says-soc\/\">http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/statements\/2010\/aug\/17\/eddie-bernice-johnson\/texas-congresswoman-eddie-bernice-johnson-says-soc\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026before the civil war<\/p>\n<p>Slavery<\/p>\n<p>\u2026from the beginning<\/p>\n<p>In 1800, the mean life span in the United States was about a quarter century <\/p>\n<p>In 1900 the mean was about 50 years<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longevity.ca\/info_life_expectancy.htm\">http:\/\/www.longevity.ca\/info_life_expectancy.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you REALLY want to go there?<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans are painting a fantasy picture for voters that need to believe fantasies of the past \u2013 it NEVER happened.  The fact is that we have progressed from a dark past albeit in a bumpy and messy way.  It is absolute insanity to want to go back to the way it really was.  There was no earlier, greater time than now for the United States.  Yes, a few things may have been better but don\u2019t let them fool you, things are better now than they have ever been for folks.<\/p>\n<p>So, here is the question, do you want to transform our future or restore our past?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitt recently stated, \u201cThe president says he wants to transform America, I don&#8217;t want to transform America into something else. I want to restore it&#8221; Mitt Romney along with Sarah Palin is fond of mocking President Obama for his promise of \u201chope and change\u201d. So, what is the alternative to hope and change? 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