What Am I? [with fixed link]

From www.whatiam.net:

"In today's America, ask a growing number of high school and college students; their teachers and professors; the self-anointed media elite and/or hard working men and women of all ethnicities, the question, 'What is a Republican?', and you'll be told ' ... a rich, greedy, egotistical individual, motivated only by money and the desire to accumulate more and more of it, at the expense of the environment ... the working poor ... and all whom they exploit...'

"I am a Republican ... I am none of those things ... and I don't know any Republicans who are."

And then there is a list of what he is. You might want to read that first.


Firstly this ad cost him $US104,655.60 to run. It would take me four years to earn that much after tax, assuming I don't eat, live etc. So far from being "none of those things" he is rich.

From his list, he is definitely egotistical.

He knows his God is the one true God. So he is amazingly arrogant. He doesn't claim not to be though, so that is one thing.

He claims to be a loving husband and father; then spends up to 80 hours per week away from his family giving them a "better life". So he is motivated by money. Ideally earn enough to be comfortable, and enjoy your family and your life.

He says he know all about the depression, and yet strives to reproduce it by using the stock market.

He claims that he understands about free speech, but decries anyone who actually uses it and disagrees with him.

He condemns those who claim there is racism in the US. I'll bet he will say "some of my friends are black!", but it would never occur to him to say that some of his friends are white.

He says he is proud that his president uses his belief in God, despite the constitution. So he is proud his president acts illegally.

He is also proud that his president doesn't confirm to the political whims of foreign governments. Is he also proud that his president insists those foreign governments conform to the political whims of his president?

All in all, I would agree with the premise of this advert. If I am asked what is a republican in the future, I will not reply '... a rich, greedy, egotistical individual, motivated only by money and the desire to accumulate more and more of it, at the expense of the environment ... the working poor ... and all whom they exploit...', instead it will be the more succinct '... they a wanker!'