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Red Steele
Veteran Advisor

Difference between Republicans and #$%^&*()

Republicans and Democrats: The Difference








I call it inspiration-motivation-perspiration, rather than the envy-entitlement-greed culture in which we are now immersed. “We can do better,” said John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential campaign. Indeed we can. Indeed we must.

As I write in my book “What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America,” we didn’t just crawl out of a cave; we don’t have to discover fire or invent the wheel. We have a history of problems that were solved, challenges met and innovation encouraged and rewarded. Why do we continue to conduct political discourse that sounds like stale sitcom dialog and lob the same rehearsed and focus-grouped sound bites at each other to no effect? Why not try something old that worked?

Given their party’s deplorable state of disunion and the country’s fixation on self, a Republican “revivalist” will have to sell his or her platform based on self-interest, featuring men and women who have overcome by making right choices, if we can still define “right” in a country that increasingly considers all choices equal.


This will be a challenge for Republicans. We’ll soon know if they can meet it and, more importantly, whether voters will respond to such a message. The time may be right for someone with real convictions and the courage to state them, regardless of what polls say.



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Re: Difference between Republicans and #$%^&*()

It's interesting the base closing commision that doesn't work as designed, it depends what statous or pull you reps have. Case in tpoint Elsworth air force base.  For years its been on closure list but its still operate at great cost to taxpayers.  Our reps johnson noem

and  especially Thune (no 3 ranking repub).keep open.  Its a great asset to to SD budget process  (its part of 40% federal aid to budget) along with Rapid Cty survival.   They support keeping it open for SD budget benefit  while marching in Wash to the tune of out of control federal spending.   There is word for people like them  


If it closeed  Rapid City would be the next Detroit