It doesn't matter anymore kids!

Dear Friends: Here's a quote I ran across today. (This was from a Republican!)

But what we have now in America is a societal cancer — a disease of unfathomable proportion. 

Facts do not matter. 

Truth does not matter. 

Morals do not matter. 

Public service does not matter. 

That is the modern day Republican party. And that cancer is actively working to destroy my country.

The way I see it anyway!

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P. S. In case you're intersted here is the complete answer from Cameron Purdy:

My circles of friends and family include quite a few people who supported Trump. They have consistently doubled down on their bets, and feel quite vindicated, explaining things to me like:

• The more upset that “liberals” (i.e. other people) are, the more it is accepted as prima facie evidence that Trump is indeed doing a good job. (Wrong, they are upset because he is doing such a bad job!)
• “Trump is donating his time and doing things like passing a tax bill that actually hurts himself and his business,” is a common refrain. (Absolute lie!)
• The real problem is Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama’s “deep state”, trying to undermine our President. (Trying to divert attention away from himself)
• No President has ever accomplished so much as Trump has in such a short period of time, including cutting the deficit, starting to pay off the debt, stopping illegal immigration, bringing back jobs to America, saving the coal industry, fixing our trade agreements, and being tough with our enemies. (100% bullshit, he has done less than any other President!)
• The Christian / hard-working “red states” have been subsidizing the atheist-, liberal- and mafia-controlled “blue states” for too long, and so the tax system needs to be made more fair. (Actually it's the other way around!)
• We barely survived 8 years of Obama, but everything is better now. (Biggest lie of all! The only thing these statements prove is that anything Donald Drump says is the complete opposite of the truth!))

Look, about 2/3 of Republicans actually believe that the stock market went down (it doubled) and unemployment went up (it went way down) while Obama was President. Most Republicans think that Obama is responsible for health care costs going up (from 1993-2010, prices rose 6.4% per year, but only 4.3% per year starting in 2010, primarily due to the ACA.)

Most Republicans think that Obama was born in Kenya, and is a Muslim.I’m not a democrat. I’m a fiscal conservative, who used to be able to vote for some decent Republicans. I don’t even think Obama was a particularly good President (he was largely ineffective) — even if I like and respect him as a decent human being.

But what we have now in America is a societal cancer — a disease of unfathomable proportion. Facts do not matter. Truth does not matter. Morals do not matter. Public service does not matter. That is the modern day Republican party. And that cancer is actively working to destroy my country.

I owe it to my children, and to future generations, to make sure that this cancer is completely removed, and the damage undone. 

I hope that I am not alone.