Who's Who At The Values Voter Summit 2015. Starting this weekend!

[Maryland Patriot]

So...what is the agenda?

1. Defund Planned Parenthood
2. End same sex marriage
3. Ban abortion even in cases of rape or jeopardizing the mothers health
4. Allow Christians to ignore civil rights
5. Persecute Muslims

Each Republican will try to go even farther to the right than his opponents. What is said will eventually be used to hang on the GOP nominee

What an ugly comment.

But nonetheless true.

if it was true you could back it up idiot.
how will republicans "end same-sex marriage"?? how will they even plan to??

why SHOULDNT Planned Parenthood be broken up into two seperate entities so there can be no issue of taxpayer funds illegaly going to provide abortions?

Good queston

There is no way Republicans can end same sex marriage or Obamacare....why do they keep trying?

they may not be able to end obamacare but they can restructure it so that everyone does not have to comply, private companies will still be able to offer superior products and it would have to be 100% funded by those that purchase under it.
or in easier to understand terms, defund it.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Still no response from the right as to why they continue to oppose privacy rights for women and the right of gay Americans to marry.

Seeking to deny citizens their civil rights absent justification is completely devoid of values.

when the left support privacy rights then they can demand it for women.

We don't support privacy rights? I suspect that you have some strange ideas about what constitutes privacy.

do you demand that gun owners register their weapons and get a license?

yes you do

now run along and pretend you didn't know some more

As I said, you have some strand ideas about privacy. All rights have limitations. If that limitation is in the public interest, if there is a rational basis such as public safety, then it is a legitimate government function to know where those gun are.

wrong

please leave the country and don't look back.

Please get a grip on yourself.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

There are no "lies"; it's a fact beyond dispute that most Republicans seek to deny women their right to privacy, gay Americans their right to due process, and harbor an unwarranted hostility toward Muslims - this and more are heard from Republicans themselves.

Most?



denying the right to privacy is a leftist hobby
denying property rights to force people to service everyone is a leftist thing
"unwarranted hostility"

This was the dumbest thing I ever heard; I'm a die hard Yankees fan.

now this is; unwarranted hostility toward Muslims

Oh common! Not that crap again. If people are allowed to discriminate against one group-and not provide equal service-, there is nothing to say that they cannot discriminate against any and all groups that they disapprove of.....even you-whatever you are.

If someone doesn't want me in their shop (their private property) b/c I'm white, I'll tell my black and PR buddies what a dick they are. If they don't want me in there b/c I'm over 40, I'll tell my younger friends what a dick they are.
I don't go to church
I don't wear suits
etc, etc, etc

I don't demand a law be made to fuck that person over. This is America.

But you filth fucking hate the idea that someone is mean to a victim class

your pathetic, so pathetic

You sound a bit unhinged bubba

so you can't admit that I'm right.

that's fine, it takes a man to admit when he's wrong and you're a leftist.

Right about what bubba? That you are far rightwing nut.? Yes you are right, alright

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

So...what is the agenda?

1. Defund Planned Parenthood
2. End same sex marriage
3. Ban abortion even in cases of rape or jeopardizing the mothers health
4. Allow Christians to ignore civil rights
5. Persecute Muslims

Each Republican will try to go even farther to the right than his opponents. What is said will eventually be used to hang on the GOP nominee

But these are all very basic civil rights issues and have no impact on most US citizens. I'm sure they will have serious meetings devoted to those things that impact millions of lives.

I'm certain this list is more accurate:

Job creation
Economic recovery
Childhood hunger
Veterans health care, jobs and housing
Homelessness
Education
infrastructure
And of course, how best to insure that the US Constitution remains intact and a guiding light for all

Tell you what I'm gonna do bubba...I'm going to save both lists and maybe add some topics. Then as each of the clowns gets up to blather about how the country has gone to hell under Obama, I'm going to keep score on what issues they address and what they say about them.

Sure, they'll talk about the constitution. In doing so there is little doubt that they will say various stupid things about it like " there is nothing about same sex marriage in it" and "The first amendment only protects Christians"

I'll be watching!

As promised:


1.Ted Cruz Friday 9.25 Ted Cruz Brings Values Voter Summit to their Feet, Again

He made a vague reference to how government is bankrupting kids and grandkids, and constitutional rights are under assault. He added that the world is a much more dangerous place.

He vowed to investigate planned Parenthood and repeal Obamacare

He spoke about ending the attack on religious liberty

He would dup the nuclear deal with Iran

He would “take on” the EPA and abolish the IRS

He said nothing about jobs, hunger, economic recovery, Veterans health care, jobs, housing
Homelessness, Education or infrastructure. We’re on our way!!

 

[Two Thumbs]

you can't teach a leftist about the Constitution.

the hate they have for it overwhelms them. They really want the government to take care of them cradle to the grave.

that idea has worked so well in places like the USSR, China, N Korea, most of africa, S and C America, so it will do just as well here.
or not

but they don't care, facts are for evul right wingers that can see the huge looming debt that will take us all down

 

[Preacher]

The Republicans have their games, the Democrats have theirs.

Take "Black Lives Matter", for instance.

Comparing Black Lives Matter to the Values Voter Summit is like comparing MLK's I Have a Dream Speech to a KKK rally.

"Progressive Patriot"

No, definitive oxymoron.

How original ! You think that I haven't heard that crap before?


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kidnapped any kids lately?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

you can't teach a leftist about the Constitution.

the hate they have for it overwhelms them. They really want the government to take care of them cradle to the grave.

that idea has worked so well in places like the USSR, China, N Korea, most of africa, S and C America, so it will do just as well here.
or not

but they don't care, facts are for evul right wingers that can see the huge looming debt that will take us all down

Where do you get this crap from? Hate the Constitution? Really. Conservatives have not respect for the Constitution or the courts or the Federal Government except to the extent that they can manipulate the system into doing their bidding. And what do they want? They want to hand the country over to the wealthy and to religious fanatics. They want an oligarchy and a theocracy rolled into one.

Who wants the government to take care of them cradle to the grave.? More horseshit. We want a government that recognizes that extreme inequality is not good for the country or democracy. We want leaders who understand that in out system of free enterprise-and yes we believe in free enterprise-that a certain amount of inequality and unemployment is a fact of life. We want those in power to acknowledge that government has an obligation to level the playing field through regulations and progressive taxation and to provide an economic and social safety net. You might want to read this piece that I wrote during Mitt Willard Romney's pathetic campaign:

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I have a question for all of the tea-publicans who rail against dependency, and like to distinguish between the “makers” and the “takers” the latter of course being anyone who ever needed some help getting by. The question is:

Before that question can be answered, I think that we must answer this question: What is the purpose, and what is the effect of public assistance in the context of our political and economic system? Let me try to answer it.

It is well established- although there are those who will not admit it-that poverty, unemployment, and underemployment are built into the capitalist system. Even in a regulated economy, the need for labor expands and contracts as the result of a multitude of factors at home and around the world. When the economy shrinks, excess workers are sidelined. At the same time, the workforce expands and contracts, also as the result of factors t that we can’t control. There is also the issue of matching skills to the available jobs geographically and generally. Rarely is there a perfect match between those seeking jobs and the needs of business and there is usually excess labor.

Yet many believe, or pretend to believe that anyone can go out and get job- a job that pays a living wage anytime they wish if only they were not so lazy and content to be on the dole. They call people who are just trying to survive in a cruel economic environment leaches and parasites. They complain that 47% of people pay no federal income tax but fail to acknowledge that the majority are working but too poor to have an income tax liability, in part due to the earned income tax credit and child care credit supported by Republicans. They also fail to acknowledge that these same people pay other federal taxes, as well as state and local taxes which are highly regressive. In addition you fail to grasp the fact that not only does a free market necessitate a welfare state, but the social safety nets of that welfare state are good for capitalism. When the economy shrinks as it always will from time to time, programs are needed to keep those who are displaced from the workforce from becoming too much of a problem while out of work, and staying healthy enough to be ready to work when the system needs them again to make more profits for the capitalists. In their book “Regulating the Poor: The Function of Public Welfare”, Francis Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward make this argument, and go on to say that relief efforts not only maintain social order, but also reinforce the work ethic by ensuring that people are only given enough to subsist without being to comfortable.

I will submit to you that the only way to eliminate the much maligned dependency is to regulate business to the extent where they must put people before profits and provide a good job for all regardless of the bottom line. I know, most are not going for that one….that would be SOCIALISM. So, to answer the OP question what do we do? I say that we keep people afloat in hard times, not just at a bare subsistence level, but in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and health, and to keep their homes, knowing that they will again be productive citizens. Indeed, they are more likely to do so. However, we are by no means doing that. We cannot cut back on assistance while singing the praises of the fee market. We have to recognize and deal with the downside of capitalism. Yet so many staunch supporters of lais-sez faire are the same people who decry the less fortunate.

 

[Stephanie]

this op is the perfect example of a liberal/Democrat

Intolerant, nasty and looks down their nose at everyone while thinking their shit doesn't stink. who want's to belong in a party with people like that?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

So...what is the agenda?

1. Defund Planned Parenthood
2. End same sex marriage
3. Ban abortion even in cases of rape or jeopardizing the mothers health
4. Allow Christians to ignore civil rights
5. Persecute Muslims

Each Republican will try to go even farther to the right than his opponents. What is said will eventually be used to hang on the GOP nominee

But these are all very basic civil rights issues and have no impact on most US citizens. I'm sure they will have serious meetings devoted to those things that impact millions of lives.

I'm certain this list is more accurate:

Job creation
Economic recovery
Childhood hunger
Veterans health care, jobs and housing
Homelessness
Education
infrastructure
And of course, how best to insure that the US Constitution remains intact and a guiding light for all

Another high quality speaker laying out the specifics of how he will make America great again. Ending poverty, ending childhood hunger, promoting a living wage for all……yea right

Donald Trump’s Phony Christian Routine Earns Boos at Values Voter Summit Donald Trump’s Phony Christian Routine Earns Boos at Values Voter Summit

As announced the other day, Bible in hand, Donald Trump strutted out before the crowd gathered to hear him at the Values Voter Summit and proclaimed he is a Christian.

“Most importantly,” he said, “I brought my Bible,” and lifted it up for all to see.

“I’m going to be the greatest jobs president God ever created,” he boasted. You know, because boasting is so very godlike. Listening to him, you’d have thought the book he carried out was about him, and not God. Because he didn’t spend much time on God. It was a prop, pure and simple, no different than Clint Eastwood’s chair.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

So...what is the agenda?

1. Defund Planned Parenthood
2. End same sex marriage
3. Ban abortion even in cases of rape or jeopardizing the mothers health
4. Allow Christians to ignore civil rights
5. Persecute Muslims

Each Republican will try to go even farther to the right than his opponents. What is said will eventually be used to hang on the GOP nominee

But these are all very basic civil rights issues and have no impact on most US citizens. I'm sure they will have serious meetings devoted to those things that impact millions of lives.

I'm certain this list is more accurate:

Job creation
Economic recovery
Childhood hunger
Veterans health care, jobs and housing
Homelessness
Education
infrastructure
And of course, how best to insure that the US Constitution remains intact and a guiding light for all

More inane horseshit from the VVS


Santorum: America Is 'Never Going To Be Blessed By God' So Long As Abortion And Gay Marriage Are Legal


Rick Santorum kicked off his remarks at the Values Voter Summit today by declaring that the United States will never be a great nation or receive God's blessing so long as gay marriage and the right to an abortion remains legal. Bragging that he has attended every VVS event since it began ten years ago, Santorum thanked those in attendance for "standing up and bringing to this city the issues that are at the core of the problems in this country." "America is never going to be a great country if we're a country that kills our children in the womb, ever!" he said. "We're never going to be blessed by God if we're a country that kills our children in the womb. We are never going to be a great country if we allow for the destruction of the American family, that's what's happened over the last 50 years." - See more at: Santorum: America Is 'Never Going To Be Blessed By God' So Long As Abortion And Gay Marriage Are Legal

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Let's not forget that the dems were the party of slavery, segregation, and proudly carry that segregation into the 21st century as they segregate race, minorities, and ethnicities into groups.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Let's not forget that the dems were the party of slavery, segregation, and proudly carry that segregation into the 21st century as they segregate race, minorities, and ethnicities into groups.

Oh that horseshit again! Lets not forget that the racist fled the Democratic party -like rats jumping off of a sinking ship-when they began embrace civil rights.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Let's not forget that the dems were the party of slavery, segregation, and proudly carry that segregation into the 21st century as they segregate race, minorities, and ethnicities into groups.

Oh that horseshit again! Lets not forget that the racist fled the Democratic party -like rats jumping off of a sinking ship-when they began embrace civil rights.

Nope, you can't whitewash history. I know its difficult to accept for dems.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Let's not forget that the dems were the party of slavery, segregation, and proudly carry that segregation into the 21st century as they segregate race, minorities, and ethnicities into groups.

Oh that horseshit again! Lets not forget that the racist fled the Democratic party -like rats jumping off of a sinking ship-when they began embrace civil rights.

Nope, you can't whitewash history. I know its difficult to accept for dems.

Who the hell is whitewashing history? I acknowledged the history of the Democratic party. My point is that it has no relevance for the present day. But that does not stop the PRESENT DAY party of racism from bringing up the past to deflect attention away from what is going on now. Why do you do that? Because it's all that you have. You have no other defense.

 

[guno]

Yup, Republican candidates will be there licking the boots and sniffing behind the craziest of the crazies on the religious right! Trump has now confirmed also!

Next weekend, GOP presidential contenders and top lawmakers will mingle with some of the most extreme Religious Right activists in the country at the Values Voter Summit, an annual event in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Family Research Council, the American Family Association, American Values, and others. Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee, Lindsey Graham and Ben Carson have all confirmed that they will be speaking at the event. Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and John Kasich have been invited but have not yet confirmed their attendance, according to the event’s website. Jeb Bush, who was snubbed by FRC at last year’s event, declined to attend but will send a video address. Donald Trump is the only presidential candidate to have publicly turned down the invitation, provoking the ire of FRC’s president, Tony Perkins. - See more at: Who’s Who At The Values Voter Summit 2015

Candidates who attend the Values Voter Summit choose to align themselves with some of the most radical activists and organizations working to dehumanize LGBT people, erode reproductive rights, demolish the separation between church and state, and eliminate First Amendment rights for religious minorities. The Family Research Council routinely smears LGBT people with false and degrading pronouncements and campaigns for a United States ruled by the dicta of a small faction of fundamentalists Christians. Another principal sponsor of the summit, the American Family Association, has an equally extreme record. - See more at: Who’s Who At The Values Voter Summit 2015

Stay tuned for updates as they speak!!

Value voters summit ? More like the "intellectual" meeting of baboons

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Iran’s president trolls the hell out of the GOP candidates: ‘People of Iran see them as a form of entertainment’

“Some of them wouldn’t even know where Tehran was in relation to Iran,” the president said with a smile. “Some of them wouldn’t know where Iran was geographically, not distinguishing that one is the capital of the other. What they spoke of was quite far away from the truth.”

“So, the people of Iran were looking at it as a form of entertainment, if you will, and found it laughable,” he added.

Rouhani reminded the candidates the nuclear agreement was not just between the U.S. and Iran, noting that other nations were part of the deal as well.

“Can a government become a signatory to an international agreement and then the subsequent government tear it to shreds?” he asked. “This is something that only the likes of Saddam Hussein would do. So, any government that replaces the current government must keep itself committed to the commitments given by the previous administration.” Iran’s president trolls the hell out of the GOP candidates: ‘People of Iran see them as a form of entertainment’

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Iran’s president trolls the hell out of the GOP candidates: ‘People of Iran see them as a form of entertainment’

That's pretty much how I view Democrats. All of them.

A Shakespearean tragedy, of course, but entertainment nonetheless.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

I can only imagine who Mike Huckabee would have speaking at his inauguration

A Fitting End To The Values Voter Summit: God's Judgment Is Coming And There Is No Way Out - See more at: A Fitting End To The Values Voter Summit: God's Judgment Is Coming And There Is No Way Out

First up was Jonathan Cahn who, fresh off his utterly failed Shemitah prophecy, nevertheless continued to warn that God's judgment is imminent, not only for his standard reasons of abortion and gay marriage, but also because an image of the Hindu goddess Kali was projected upon the Empire State Building last month.

Following Cahn was Joel Rosenberg, who likewise warned that God's judgment was inescapable, though he provided a bit of hope that we might be able to at least forestall it if we were to outlaw and end abortion. "We're facing implosion," he stated. "We're not just facing a rough patch, we're facing implosion. We cannot kill 58 million babies and escape the judgment of God ... The train has left the station. Judgment is coming. There is no way out."

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

And now that it's over, the real fun begins:

GOP Congressman Enraged By Tea Party Nut Jobs: ‘The Crazies Have Taken Over The Party’ (VIDEO)

Suddenly John Boehner didn’t look so horrible.

On the Republican side, there was disbelief from at least one of the members of the caucus. Rep. Peter King of New York expressed sadness that the extremist minority of his party was able to achieve the removal of a public servant in a constitutional post who had done nothing wrong. He remarked that it was the first time in history something like this had happened and that “the crazies have taken over the party.” GOP Congressman Enraged By Tea Party Nut Jobs: ‘The Crazies Have Taken Over The Party’ (VIDEO)

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

"Rep. Peter King of New York expressed sadness that the extremist minority of his party was able to achieve the removal of a public servant in a constitutional post who had done nothing wrong."

He had also done nothing right.