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Question by Born Again Asatrúar: How do conservatives define "destroying this country"? Apparently, according to them this country is "Christian values pushed into law", "Bosses getting absolute control over their employees", and "Endless military adventures". Is trying to break that "destroying America"? Best answer for How do conservatives define "destroying this country"?:
Answer by Johnny on the Spot
Obama.
Answer by CommonCents
someone who is not part of their party accomplishing anything is considered destruction from their point of view.
Answer by James Mo_ther F__ka Bong
Put a Liberal in charge
Answer by mercedes
Having Democrats in power.
Answer by Christine
Big Government, less Freedoms. Anything that opposes what the constituion states.
Answer by truth seeker
right wing rhetoric varies day to day, based on what the mantra for the day is on right wing radio.
Answer by Sophie
Look, we're the most successful country on the planet. If you're one of these f*cking pukes who think you need to change the most successful country on the planet, plus you've thrown in your passionate Christian hatred, why don't you just find another country you like better and get your nasty anti-American azz out of here.
Answer by ZonThey already set the self destruct mechanism over a hundred years ago, now they are hunting for someone to take the fall as the countdown reaches zero.
Answer by ChiGirl
Yielding to the left destroys America.
Answer by The Enviroment Matters
accordingTo Conservatives: Being dark-skinned with a funny name means you're trying to destroy the USA.
Answer by sticks n bricks
For conservatives destroying the country means putting into place laws and regulations to prevent the things that actually destroyed the country from happening again.
Answer by ua18
Being Conservative does not mean you are Christian, Conservatives hate too much power in the central goernment, They DO NOT like dictators, and military adventures?? I am moderate but I live in AZ so, I can say these statements with confidence. Conservatives are not your stereotypical All-American Bible-Studier
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The Fix’s Sean Sullivan reported early on the unexpected mention of Big Bird in the first presidential debate:
Sesame Street character Big Bird’s name came up at Wednesday night’s first presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney.
During the first presidential debate Wednesday night, GOP challenger Mitt Romney said he would cut funding for PBS, even though he is a fan of Big Bird.
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Complete transcript of President Obama and Mitt Romney’s remarks at the Denver presidential debate.
As Romney noted what entities he would stop funding, he mentioned the president’s health care law, then added that he would also stop a subsidy to PBS.
He said to moderator Jim Lehrer, who works for PBS: “I’m sorry, Jim. I’m going to the stop the subsidy to PBS. I’m going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too. But I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.â€
The AP delved into the social media reaction:
As Republican Mitt Romney pledged to cut funding to PBS â€" adding, “I like PBS, I love Big Bird†â€" commenters on Twitter leaped to the defense of their favorite “Sesame Street†characters. Big Bird was a major Twitter trend throughout the night, while Oscar the Grouch and Bert and Ernie also featured. Twitter said that shortly after Romney’s remarks, users were posting 17,000 tweets per minute mentioning Big Bird. A spoof Twitter account, @firedbigbird, quickly won thousands of followers, while others shared a jokey, doctored photo showing the character posing with a cardboard sign pleading for work.
Why the proposed cuts to public television? Romney’s comment came during a segment concerning what to do about the federal deficit. The remarks below came immediately before he said PBS and Big Bird would not pass his test as critical enough to “[borrow] money from China to pay for it:â€
ROMNEY: Good. I’m glad you raised that, and it’s a -- it’s a critical issue. I think it’s not just an economic issue, I think it’s a moral issue. I think it’s, frankly, not moral for my generation to keep spending massively more than we take in, knowing those burdens are going to be passed on to the next generation and they’re going to be paying the interest and the principal all their lives.
And the amount of debt we’re adding, at a trillion a year, is simply not moral.
So how do we deal with it? Well, mathematically, there are three ways that you can cut a deficit. One, of course, is to raise taxes. Number two is to cut spending. And number is to grow the economy, because if more people work in a growing economy, they’re paying taxes, and you can get the job done that way.
The presidents would … prefer raising taxes. I understand. The problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. And you could never quite get the job done. I want to lower spending and encourage economic growth at the same time.
What things would I cut from spending? Well, first of all, I will eliminate all programs by this test, if they don’t pass it: Is the program so critical it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay for it? And if not, I’ll get rid of it.
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