I Completely Get Why Republicans Hate Government BUT...

....Why do they give the people that corrupt our government a pass? It's like hating the Nazis but thinking that Hitler isn't all that bad. Pick your own analogy but the point is how can you hate your corrupted representatives in government so much but ignore the people that corrupt them. If you can explain this to me, I will have a lot more sympathy for your opinions.

 

Quite the opposite. I dislike corrupted representatives in government, but I don't ignore the people who corrupt them. Take for example all the senators and representatives who were corrupted by Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama during the Healthcare debacle (Louisiana Purchase, Corn-husker kickback, etc.). I certainly dislike all those political crooks, but I don't ignore the fact that Pelosi and Obama bribed them.

 

I think what you are pointing out is political horse trading which, if illegal, would mean that we'd have to put every single politician in jail. Nice try but you fanatically ignore those that paying off our elected officials with campaign contributions for favors, lucrative jobs after they leave office, as well as trips, speaking fees, and any other type of gratuity that can be shoveled into the pockets of our elected representatives with a wink and a nod. You have yet to explain how you can hate corruption at the political level but with utter tunnel vision ignore the corporations and industries siphoning off billions of tax dollars.

This is what I fail to understand about your selective hatred. I dislike it in both areas but you defend those doing the bribing. How dumb is that? Everyone in law enforcement will tell you that it is far more effective to go after the Johns than the prostitutes. You just don't seem to look beyond the surface of a situation and thereby miss understanding the real problem entirely. Is that what makes you a Republican?

More of what your dear friends are doing in overseas markets:

FACTBOX-Major recent U.S. corporate bribery cases
WASHINGTON, April 1 | Thu Apr 1, 2010 5:49pm EDT

WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - Following are major cases the U.S. government brought against companies accusing them of violating American anti-bribery statutes that bar payment of money, goods or services to foreign officials in return for contracts.
Many companies reached settled with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission, with a handful also pleading guilty to related charges.
Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE): The German engineering conglomerate and three of its units agreed in December 2008 to plead guilty to bribery charges and pay a record $1.3 billion to settle investigations by the United States and Germany. U.S. authorities accused the company of making almost $1.8 billion in improper payments to government officials and third parties from March 2001 through 2007, involving employees at all levels. Siemens also agreed to have an independent monitor for up to four years, as well as cooperate with the continuing U.S. investigation.
Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE): The German luxury car and truck manufacturer agreed to settle U.S. criminal and civil charges it and three of its units engaged in a "long-standing practice of paying bribes," including showering government officials with money and luxury automobiles. The parent company will pay $185 million to settle the charges by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission. Its Russian and German units each pleaded guilty to two counts of violating U.S. anti-bribery laws, while the parent company and the China unit entered into deferred prosecution agreements with the Justice Department.
BAE Systems Plc (BAES.L): Europe's biggest military contractor agreed in February to pay about $450 million to the United States and Britain to settle allegations related to questionable payments related to various deals in Saudi Arabia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. As part of the settlement agreement, the company pleaded guilty in U.S. court to conspiring to make false statements related to some of its contracts. The Justice Department accused the company of violating commitments it made to the U.S. government in 2000 to comply with the anti-bribery provisions of U.S. law.
KBR Inc (KBR.N): The former engineering subsidiary of Halliburton Co pleaded guilty to U.S. charges it paid $180 million in bribes to Nigerian officials to win $6 billion in contracts. The company admitted in February 2009 the payments had been made between 1994 and 2004 to win deals for a KBR joint venture to build and expand Nigeria's Bonny Island liquefied natural gas terminal. The company agreed to pay $579 million, including a $402 million fine, of which Halliburton has was to pay $382 million, and disgorging $177 million in profits to settle parallel charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Innospec Inc (IOSP.O): Specialty chemical company agreed in March 2009 to pay $40.2 million to settle allegations it paid millions of dollars in bribes to Iraqi and Indonesian government officials to maintain contracts. Innospec was accused of paying kickbacks to the former Iraqi government under the U.N. Oil for Food Program and paying bribes to officials in the Iraqi oil ministry. It was also accused of violating the U.S. embargo against Cuba. (Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky; editing by Andre Grenon)

 

I dislike politicians and partys period. Sadly, we need them.

 

Read my response again. I'm not defending those doing the bribing. As a matter of fact, Pelosi and Obama should be brought to task for the activities I mentioned.

I stated that I dislike corrupted representatives in government. That makes me an American. What makes you a Democrat?

 

The fact that I am not so dense that I can't figure out what the hell is being talked about. You'll spin partisan crap after partisan crap in order avoid answering the only question asked in the OP........Why do they give the people that corrupt our government a pass? You simply have no answer for that question because of the dissonance it causes your and every other right winger's black and white view of the world. Just man up and answer.

 

You've posed a loaded question in your OP. But, in the general spirit of your question, I've stated that I don't like corruption in government nor will I give a "pass" to anyone who engages in it.

 

It’s not a loaded question but it does cause you to think. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between a loaded question and one that forces you to re-examine your beliefs. I approach the question, "If government is so corrupt, who is corrupting them". It only makes sense to ask yourself this question and then follow the money. Too often, people simply stop at blaming the "government" for everything and never see the whole dynamic. That behavior only causes the situation to go on and on unabated. What is it Rifiki said....Think haaaaaarder!

 

Need them for what? They're all bought off. That's not something we need.

 

OK, why are Democrats so dumb? That's not a loaded question, either...

 

Because they've had to deal with republicans for so many years that their stupidity rubbed off on them?

 

I think that those who have a deep hatred of government but completely ignore the corrupting influence of crooked industries understand very little about the process they hate so much. They look for one simple demon when there are many. They understand only the very tip of the problem without being able to see the underlying causes. It is no wonder that they are so easily manipulated into by those that have nothing in common with them and actually profit handsomely from their ignorance.