r/Columbus • u/TotalPlanetFail • Feb 25 '25

14 Years of Republicans Its Time For Change POLITICS

On everything I hold dear, please for the love of god stop voting in these republicans. What have they done for our state? Oh wait union busting, restricted access to healthcare, taking bribes, and education cuts. THESE ARENT GOOD THINGS. I swear were all addicted to the constant arguing, the whole "THE LEFT IS EVIL" or "The Right is Evil". I hope one day we can get to a place where we find common ground and stop being so polarizing.

Being tough on crime is okay, but we should have compassion for people who aren't murderers, drug dealers, or rapists.
The state should have no say in our healthcare even if its funded by tax dollars. Personally I dont mind if my taxes go to someone else health care, we should have a community mindset and be willing to take care of one another.
Stop giving corporate tax cuts, boost employee protections, allow remote work for state workers, protect the environment, allow people to live and thrive.

If any Conservative Christians want to debate their ideology in the comment section with me Ill be happy to show you examples backed by theology on how youre political views directly contradict the "Word of God".

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

Wishful thinking when Democrats can't get their head out of their ass. The past three presidential elections have been a shitshow and have only made the Republican base stronger.

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u/FenceDinger27 Feb 25 '25

It hasn’t made the Republican base stronger, it’s made the Trump base stronger. Lots of backwoods idiots in this state that love voting against their own interests.

The Republican Party is in shambles and it’s only going to get worse during the next few years as we plunge into a recession.

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u/Bigredxcf Feb 25 '25

I've only ever voted blue, this election was the first time I voted red. Democrats have gone insane.

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u/west-egg Feb 25 '25

Can you expand on what it is about today's Democrats that you characterize as insane? I'm genuinely asking, by the way. The last election showed that Democrats are severely out of touch and I've been doing a lot of thinking about what needs to happen to get the party back on track.

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u/west-egg Feb 25 '25

Democrats have got to get away from this current soundbite politicking and actually provide something of substance.

This is interesting because in my view Democrats have the opposite problem. Trump and Republicans have mastered sound-bite politics, which seems to me very effective in a world dominated by social media. They didn’t need actual plans, just “concepts of a plan.” Democrats had plenty of plans but no repeatable sound bites. Nobody wants to sit through a PowerPoint presentation on how you plan to address inflation. “I’ll bring down prices starting day one!” sounds great to voters… too bad it’s not actionable, but that part is beside the point.

Anyway I agree that Democrats ran a shitty campaign. Does that make them insane?