Republican Autoerotic Asphyxiation

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/Republican-Autoerotic-Asph-by-Allan-Goldstein-090805-538.html

One glance at the birthers and the town hall screamers tells you all you need to know. You don’t even need to see it, you can hear it in their strangled cries. The Republican party is a junkie, addicted to hate.

“The base is on fire!” the Republican spokeszombies shout, spittle flaking their bloodless lips. ‘We’re back!” they spew, “bigger and better than ever!”

Hate is a rush, hate is a drug. When all your plans and dreams have gone to hell, when everything you stand for has been repudiated, when the people have abandoned you and it feels like God himself has forsaken you, hate will give you a reason to live.

The problem with hate is that, like any drug, you develop a tolerance to it. Last year a Republican mob could get into ecstasies of joy by chanting the lie “Obama is a Muslim!” That worked for a while, but then they had to up the dose. “Obama is a socialist!” was good for a nice hate buzz, but it got old in a hurry. Now mere lies don’t cut it anymore. Now it takes blood libel to feed the monkey.

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Crazy-ass, bug-eyed, screaming imbeciles, drunk with hate and high on anger are always with us, on both fringes. The terrible failure of conservative leadership today is their refusal to repudiate those foaming fanatics in the harshest, clearest words possible.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I wish I could recommend more than once...

Great finale...


"For just a few moments of bitter joy, the Republican party is murdering itself. Those screaming crowds, the frightened Democrats, the rising ratings of right-wing radio ranters, Obama’s slipping poll numbers! It’s such a rush! We can’t stop, it feels too good!

But it’s not good, my conservative friends, it’s death. What you are feeling is the fatal bliss of autoerotic asphyxiation."

[billyoc]

2. The strangled cries from their spittle-flecked, red faces are like a sweet, sweet lullabye to me.

[47of74]

3. That sound you just heard...

...was me running headfirst into a wall at warp one in an attempt to get rid of the mental images the phrase "Republican Autoerotic Asphyxiation" brought about.

[elleng]

4. He is correct!

If it would only predict their demise.

[janet118]

5. Enjoy it while you can, haters

The Night of the Long Knives is coming.

[StopTheNeoCons]

6. Fear and hate is how they will get marshall law declared...n/t

[LeftishBrit]

7. k&r - excellent description of RW nuts.

Addicted to hate.

[burning rain]

8. k & r

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[troubledamerican]

9. Minority mobs are the MOST dangerous. Germany 1933, etc.