Quick! Give me your stereotype of a "typical Republican."

[Writer]

Thanks!

[TaleWgnDg]

1. A hollow suit . . . or a diehard redneck . . .

[Lusted4]

91. Archie Bunker n/t

[rawtribe]

2. .

[Dr.Phool]

6. LOL

Those look like most Republicans in my county.

[MADem]

3. Pudgy, self satisfied asshole who cares not for the suffering of others

Someone who values things more than people.

A clueless dolt with the transmitter stuck on LOUD and ALWAYS ON; and whose receiver is broken.

In one word: SELFISH.

[obxhead]

4. Me! Me! Me!

yup, that about says it. That is all they ever seem to be about.

[LiberalAndProud]

5. A Republican ...

typically supports tax cuts for the very wealthy because although currently earning medium-to-low wages, is sure to win the lottery someday, because he/she prays to God for it every night and every morning.
And who wants to pay any taxes on all that lottery money anyway?

[Hello_Kitty]

7. I always think of Frank Burns on M*A*S*H

A pompous, insecure, dweeb who takes himself way to serously, doesn't get the joke, and desperately clings to the trappings of his "position".

[rucky]

10. perfect!

Ferret Face!

[zanne]

101. I love that!

The first time I saw a picture of Bush, I thought of Frank Burns!

[triguy46]

132. I had a physician who worked in one of the clincs I manage

who went through med school nicknamed "Frank," he is the the living incarnation of the character. Eerie, and honestly, a real dickhead. Glad he moved on.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

8. thin lipped butfuck

With repressed deviant sexual proclivities.

[TrogL]

27. That pretty much describes me

and I'm a Liberal.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

127. I'm sorry

I didn't intend to offend (liberals). I have noticed a trend among neo-
Nazi's to be thin lipped and, latently homosexual. As such, I expressed my opinion.

[Peter Frank]

9. Stupid thread...

Get out of the sandbox. The more we play up stereotypes -- the more license we give the opposition to do the same.

Do some real work and actually speak on the issues that are important to you.

[rucky]

11. It's 2 am, we can't save the world all the time.

:)

[delete_bush]

12. Aha! A trick question...

Repukes can only process monaural, not stereo, as too much information makes their tiny heads explode. Thus, there can be no stereo type.

[Sapphocrat]

13. Joe Lieberman. n/t

[foreigncorrespondent]

20. ROFLMAO!

Pay that one!!!

[alittlelark]

14. Female - badly bleached hair : Male - bad comb-over

Female - the town gossip : Male - the town's local seedy buisnessman. .......

[k_jerome]

15. pro-death penalty, anti-choice. nt

[LunaC]

16. Selfish, self-absorbed, uninformed, unempathetic, greedy n/t

[Selatius]

17. Gordon Gecko, the uber-capitalist from the flick Wall Street

Can't get more rigid and stereotypical than that.

Gordon Gekko: The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own.

============================================================

Gordon Gekko: The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of it's forms - greed for life, for money, knowledge - has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed - you mark my words - will not only save Teldar Paper but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you.

[Erika]

18. Let's hate the poor and hope we will become rich

It's the right wing Christian thing to do. Let's also bomb third countries to profit the already rich globalists. The right wing in a nut shell.

[Quixote1818]

19. Too much testosterone, simple minded, not curious

not able to think abstractly but only in black and white.

[Chipper Chat]

21. Fat, smug, homophobic, planet-rapers.

n/t needed.

[foreigncorrespondent]

22. A true blue...

...dinky die idiot!

[yurbud]

23. if not rich, live in a trailer and think the NEXT Tony Robbins tape...

will be their ticket to millions. Then they can reap the rewards of the tax cuts they supported.

[XemaSab]

24. The King Turd of Shit Mountain

even though he works a shitty wage-slave job with no bennies, has a trailer or house that the bank owns, has "too much" truck that the bank owns, and too little education to find something better. But he's the King Turd, so the fact that his life is sad and unsatisfying and his boss is a prick has to be the fault of the Mexicans, or the Liberals, or the French.

[gordonlamb]

25. Most I know are former liberals

Most of the ones I know are former radical to moderate liberals who have either been the victims of crime or have bought property. I don't know any "Republicans by birth" or anything like that.

[Skittles]

26. BULLSHIT

that's a sterotype in itself

[gordonlamb]

28. But it's not bullshit...

I don't know any dyed-in-the-wool republicans. Every conservative person I know has at one time been on the other side of the fence. It's my life. I should know.

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[gordonlamb]

34. That's cool.

You don't have to believe it. Doesn't matter to me. There's a distressing amount of rage in your post, though.

[Skittles]

36. yeah, I'm sure it distresses you so much

uh huh

[Binka]

40. Hey Baby! Send Me Your Address. I Have A Card For You!

Happy Holidays!

[gordonlamb]

45. well it sorta does...

Because I came on here to talk about issue and not get into comabative arguments.

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[foreigncorrespondent]

39. Funny isn't it...

...that lately there have been several new ones to the prom that have been rather condescending to those they really shouldn't be? I copped one just a few days ago myself.

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[gordonlamb]

50. wait a minute...

So unless I agree 100% with soemthing someone says I'm not supposed to post something? Disagreement is considered tedious? Sorry, but seeming unmittigated rage IS distressing to me because it prevents thoughtful consideration of other points of view.

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[gordonlamb]

56. I am honestly confused here.

I don't get this. ALL I wanted to do at DU was discuss issue and ALL I'm gettting is attacked. I haven't said anything mean spirited or insulting to anyone. What the hell?

[foreigncorrespondent]

61. See post #58...

...Sapph speaks so well.

[Sapphocrat]

63. What's happening...

...is that your perception of a situation is being challenged, and you're not granting any of us so much as a "Yeah, it could just be my perception."

Which at this point probably won't mean much to you, but sleep on it, and it might.

[gordonlamb]

67. It could be my perception.

consider it granted! ;)

[Sapphocrat]

69. There ya go!

You get props!
:applause:

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[gordonlamb]

59. Sorry.

I guess this was the wrong thread to discuss anything.

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[gordonlamb]

73. Sorry. I didn't mean that as a personal attack at ALL!

I didn't mean that as a personal attack. I thought it was in line with what had been said with regard to me "not getting out", etc. You know, like not being aware of what was going on. Like how would a person across the ocean know what my town was like. That's all i meant.

Sorry. Won't happen again.

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[gordonlamb]

62. I'm sure my skin will grow...

But I'm brand spankin' new here. So I had no idea what to really expect.
Thanks for the heads up! :)

[Kickin_Donkey]

125. What a pompous, entitled, bigoted load of crap ...

I'm supposed to bow down to you and scrape the ground in abject humility because you have more posts than I do?

This is a Democratic and a democratic forum based on the inherent equality of all people. What matters is what a poster is saying in terms of the quality and validity of their argument.

Your post shows none of that. If one goes by your reasoning about "new to the prom," maybe you, being an Aussie and therefore a furriner, should show some respect to Americans on an American Internet forum. Doesn't sound very D/democratic, does it?

Rather, your post reeks of the English class system, where you're automatically "better" because you're in a higher class/caste, i.e., you have more posts. Oh, I'm sorry, maybe you're one of the DU "elite." <sarcasm>

Actually, your post sounds like comments we used to frequently from whites in America about blacks getting too "uppity." Well, f*ck that. You're no better than I am because you have more posts on this board.

[foreigncorrespondent]

137. ROFLMAO

That would have to be the biggest pieces of "ugly American" shit I have seen posted on DU EVER!

In case you didn't notice I was having some late night fun in here. And if you look back in my history you will actually see I have defended many low count posters to posters with a damn sight more posts than myself. Research before jumping down a persons throat.

No I am not one of the DU elite. In fact I am pretty hated around here. Why? Because I actually speak my mind and many do not like that.

Now listen up doofus, because I am telling you this only once. MY PARTNER is American. If it wasn't for your stupid half assed backward, homophobic leaders I would be living in the U.S. right now. So you can call me "furriner" all you want but in reality, one day, I will make a damn sight better American citizen than you could ever dream of being.

Get a life!

[gordonlamb]

46. If you say so...

"I know a shit load of REPUKES and not ONE of them has ever come close to being a progressive or a liberal. Not one. When Skittles calls BULLSHIT she is CORRECT."

And that may well be your experience. But it's not mine. Besides, I said that they HAD FORMERLY BEEN liberals. Not that they, as Republicans, were to be considered liberal.

[Sapphocrat]

48. Skittles is NEVER wrong.

I love Skittles! I trust Skittles! When the fundies' self-induced Armageddon begins, it's SKITTLES I want at my back!

Oh, and Binka, :eyes: is great, but don't forget to use the :spank: icon!

[Skittles]

49. ROFL

you be too funny; yes, my years here have given me a real nose for BS :o

[foreigncorrespondent]

37. Then you don't get around much, huh?

Hell, I am Australian still living in my country and happen to know several of the little weasels. Who happen to have been repuke from birth.

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[Skittles]

47. LOL

you say it so much better; I get so disgusted I cannot see straight

[Sapphocrat]

52. Nahhhh...

You are a woman of few words, Skittles -- but you're like Merrill Lynch: When Skittles talks, people listen. ;)

[gordonlamb]

53. Let me expand...

I live in an EXTREMELY liberal town. It's small-ish (100,000 pop. roughly). I have been involved in radical/progressive politics with several groups over the years, although none right now. I am speaking specifically about PEOPLE I KNOW. And among the people I know the ones who have turned more and more conservative over the years are those who ahve been victims of crime, have aquired property, had children, etc. It can't be such an unusual situation.

[foreigncorrespondent]

57. You live in an extremely liberal town...

...yet there are liberals turning out to be conservatives. How on earth does that town manage to remain liberal? :shrug:

[gordonlamb]

60. I'll tell you how...

Most of them wind up moving one or two counties over where the Republican party really has a stronghold. My county is a Democratic stronghold. There are other reasons too, of course....namely land is cheaper in those counties and the school systems are smaller. I knew a lot of people that were scared shitless after 9/11, too and that flipped some of them.

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[gordonlamb]

66. Sorry if that's confusing.

Sorry if that's confusing. I didn't mean for it to be. Is this really such an odd situation? The same thing occurs in Austin, TX and Madison, WI.

[foreigncorrespondent]

68. Oh really, I wasn't confused at all!

And I do know it happens.

[Usrename]

139. Sounds dead nuts perfect to me. Your perception I mean.

A lot of suburban whites hate people on the left. To the Republicans they are the enemy that threatens to destroy morality and values. But to suburban Democrats it's a different dynamic. They hate the right wing because that hatred validates their liberal self-image.

To some, the total distain they have for the left is even deeper. This is because the views of people on the left invariably raise questions about their integrity which tend to undermine their liberal self-image. That is the unpardonable sin. Drives them to the other side sometimes.

But I dont get what the awful stereotype was in your first post? So many posts have been zapped that it's hard to follow. What gives with that???

[sendero]

84. Yeah...

... and I was once a Reagan Republican. Is guess some people grow, and some regress.

[under_snow_in_NY]

123. that's a sterotype in itself???

You say that's a stereotype in itself as if that is wrong, isn't the whole premise of the OP to lay out stereotypes.

[slackmaster]

80. My mom was Republican by birth

She was born in a small town in the Midwest. Everyone in her school, her church, her parents and grandparents, everyone in town was Republican.

She quit the GOP about 10 years ago because it had drifted too far to the right and was taken over by extremist religious wackos.

[ck4829]

105. And I was once a former RW'er

War on Christmas

War against Christmas

[KharmaTrain]

29. Two Words Sum It Up For Me...

A common thread in all...

Arrogant and Ignorant...and proud of it.

[Mad_Dem_X]

82. Arrogant, ignorant...and usually white nt

[Bluebear]

30. Incurious, self-absorbed, respond to catchphrases & cheap sentiment. nt

[Raydawg1234]

31. A picture is worth 1000 words

[B Calm]

33. Pro Cheap Labor, anti union, anti labor, anti social spending on

safety net programs, anti minimum wage or any improvements in wages and working conditions, in other words they're CHEAP LABOR CONS!

[gordonlamb]

74. Isn't it ironic...

that so many are vocally opposed to illegal immigration but are also pro cheap labor?

[B Calm]

85. I notice that they never blame the cheap labor cons that hire them..

[gordonlamb]

86. EXACTLY!

You're exactly right. I would take them much more seriously if they began by SHUTTING DOWN businesses that made a practice of hiring illegal labor.

[Endangered Specie]

35. Typically dressed in brown.

slightly awkward step.

[Cats Against Frist]

76. LOL

:rofl:

[purji]

42. desperately afraid

they are all really just a bunch of cowards.
they are afraid of their neighbors so they buy lots of guns.
They are afraid terrorists are going to blow up their silo.
They are afraid of gays,because they don't want to face their own sexuality.
They are afriad to not be "good Christan's"like Pat robertson says they should.
They are afriad of new ideas.

[hwmnbn]

51. here's mine.....

[Neil Lisst]

70. I distinguish between "typical Republican voter" and ...

..."typical Republican Congress person."

There are many people who vote Republican, but don't really have many or most of the ugliness we see in the hardcore Republicans.

typical Republican voter

typical Republican congress person

[Rich Hunt]

104. what does backbiting mean?

They stab 'their own' constituency in the back? I wouldn't know about this 'backbiting', being a Democrat and all.

As for Republicans - sorry, but for me that's hard to answer. I live in Illinois - you don't always know who's a Dem or Republican just by looking at them (the big hair and all that), although you can usually spot an extremist by looking at them.

I'm not interested in the stereotypes and the 'personalization' of politics - I think the failure to promote civility has done more damage to this country than anything else. I'm interested in discussing and analyzing policies and their appeal to people.

[Neil Lisst]

143. Backbiting is not simply reserved for their own species.

They backbite by snipping at people from behind, trying to inflict damage on the spinal cord. The swift boaters are a good example of back biting.

[DrDan]

72. too easy - greedy greedy greedy

[eridani]

75. Brain-damaged

The parts of their brains that process the question "How would I like it if somebody did that to me?" are nonfuctional or only intermittently functional.

[Francine Frensky]

77. Mr. Potter on "Its a Wonderful Life"

He was the ultimate republican. Selfish, concerned only with money, no concern for the plight of others... It's capitalism run amok.

Pottersville vs. Bedford Falls is how we should frame every debate about dems vs. repubs. If we keep voting republican, America will look exactly like Pottersville. We've gotten where we are with democratic leaders and we have a Bedford Falls that's not perfect, but it works.

[distantearlywarning]

78. Uneducated. Low-class. Lives in a trailer and watches NASCAR.

Never read a book in his life because those are for "librul eletests". Can't find Australia on a map, even when offered a carton of Marlboros to do so. Self-absorbed and full of hate. Superstitious. Intolerant. If lucky, writes and spells like a fourth grader. In short, a knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing Neanderthal who, despite all evidence to the contrary, believes himself to be the pinnacle of human evolution (except he doesn't believe in evolution because his pastor told him it was the work of Satan and he always agrees with everything his pastor says).

For a female Republican, I'd have to say the God Warrior lady comes to mind. Immensely fat, missing teeth, too many screaming children. Flies into foaming-at-the-mouth hysterics over absolutely anything that doesn't exactly match her world view or that Bill O'Reilly thinks she should be hysterical about ("The War on Christmas!!! Dork-sided!!!! Yargh!!!" *head spins around and spews pea soup*). Thinks child discipline is a smack on the back of the head accompanied by "ya'll shut up before I whup ya". Prays for healing from God before she tries the doctor. Wears a giant cross over her Bedazzler (tm) shirt so that everyone she meets will know how godly she is.

Both of these creatures have no and want no actual facts at their disposal. They become extremely threatened when people present actual facts in the course of political or religious discussion, forcing them to engage in ad hominem attacks like "Why do you hate America?", "My pressedent is going to put all of you librul faggot baby-killer goat fuckers in concentration camps!", and the old favorite, "You love Saddam Hussein".

[Celeborn Skywalker]

95. You do realize

that the majority of non college educated folks voted for Kerry, right? Also, most educated people went for bush. So I'm not sure your trailer park theory really holds any water.
Here's a link that disproves your theory
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/hughes/041105

[QC]

100. Good point, but facts mean nothing to those who live to

tell the world how much better they are than The Great Unwashed. For some people, that seems to be their main motivation to be "liberals" and "progressives."

[distantearlywarning]

102. Hey, if you don't want my vote in 2006/2008, just say so!

It's no skin off my back. I'm sure I can find another party who would be willing to accept my support, "librul elitism" and all.

[QC]

106. I'm sure lots of rural working people feel the same damn way

about smug, self-righteous people who dismiss them as "rednecks" and blame them for all that is wrong with the world.

[distantearlywarning]

111. If you want to embrace people like the God Warrior lady

you go right ahead. Nobody's stopping you.

As for me, I like being urban, smug, self-righteous, and over-educated, and I've seen enough rural ignorance to last me the rest of my life, and I could give a flying fuck what Joe NASCAR or you or anybody else thinks about my attitude on the subject. That's right, I'm an unapologetic elitist in YOUR Democratic Party. And you can't do a damn thing about it. Hope it pisses you off all day. Have a nice afternoon. :hi:

[QC]

120. Obviously we see things differently.

I believe that politics is not about making us feel good about ourselves and how much better we are than those people over there or down there. It's about taking power in order to do some good things in the world. Writing off the 90% or so of the public whom you consider beneath you is a really ineffective political strategy. In fact, it does the GOP's work for them.

Have a nice day!

[hyphenate]

79. If you are talking about a "regular joe"

Here's what I think.

This republican was raised to be on his own, completely. Likely, he was born into a well off family, but his parents instiled in him the need for independence. He was told that everyone has an equal chance at getting their "dream" but some people don't want to work for that dream--they want the government to help them.

He was made to believe that government handouts are bad. He probably has a deep seated resentment toward folks who are in the system. He doesn't like the fact that a Democratically held country might have a greater influence over him and his family, and he resents taxes that help feed government programs. He believes in the entire Bill of Rights, and gets huffy when libs keep wanting to make changes to that document, especially when they are so hellbent on changing #2. He believes that he should be completely independent, that government should remain fairly small, only to the extent that our borders need to be defended, and that fiscal responsibility is more important than catering to those below the poverty scale.

Emotionally, he is distant, with very little empathy toward others. He believes that people who come to this country from others need to keep working and face the same kinds of hardships our forefathers faced. His family, property and holdings are what he has worked to maintain, and he will not have anyone taking these things away from him.

Overall, he is unable to look at the country without the need to denigrate people who are in lower classes than himself. He is often of such a nature that he is so self-absorbed that anything outside his purview is completely foreign, and he has no patience to try to learn anything else about the rest of the world.

Likely, he doesn't travel outside the country much and tends to be very narrowminded.

[VaYallaDawg]

81. Head up butt. n/t

[moondust]

83. Unabashed glutton.

Future inhabitant of Circle III (Dante).

[Rocknrule]

87. Here's mine:

"I'm full of hate and I love it! Everyone who isn't exactly like me deserves to die! America, love Bush or leave it!"

[judaspriestess]

88. Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition

or a Laker fan

[Neshanic]

89. Looks like Armitage, has voice of Coulter, morals of Bennett

[AspenRose]

90. .

[Cleita]

92. A fat white bald guy, in an expensive suit, with a Roladex

watch, smoking a cigar, and being driven around in a Lincoln Town Car.

[GoneOffShore]

93. There is no stereotype

As much as we'd like to think there is.

Here are the profiles of a few Repugs I know:

Twenty something, white guy, straight, works in a creative field, not too uptight, but a supporter of *. Says it's because he's a 'strong president'. (Like a strong czar? )

Thirty something, white guy, Jewish, gay, lives in New Jersey, another creative type. Thinks the sun shines out of *'s tookus. Didn't believe I wasn't a supporter. Couldn't give me reasons though. And his partner is worse. Rants about black welfare queens, tax cuts, immigration and free trade.

Forty something, woman, Protestant but not evangelical, but possibly with more money than she ever had before and wants to "protect" it from taxes.

And sure I know some knee jerk Repukes who drive pickups and vote against their own economic interest, but mostly it's tough to categorize them. Every time I think I've got them pinned down, another anti stereotype pops up.

[baldguy]

94. Typical Republican

[WernhamHogg]

96. When I think "typical Republican", the image I get is

of a middle aged white guy making only slight more than minimum wage. Racist, homophobic, VERY angry about their shitty life so they use liberals as a scapegoat, driving a full sized truck with about 10 of those "support the troops" ribbons that were made in China on the back, totally lacking a sense of humor and proudly displays that fact by continuing to tell Clinton-blow job jokes (and thinking they are "clever" or "original" with those jokes), believes that liberals' are trying to take their guns and Santa Clause away from them, repeats the phrases "commie" and "socialist" but can't actually define those words, gets all their "news" from Fox "News".

[tiredofthisstuff]

97. As of late....

Pure unadulterated ignorance...

[KansDem]

98. Here, a "thousand words"...

[Greyhound]

99. The ends justify any means. Dedicated servant to mammon(?)

Here are a couple

[ultraist]

103. Considering Bush won the large majority of upper middle and upper income

voters, the surburb vote, the rural vote and the majority of Bachelor degree holding voters, I wouldn't buy into the uneducated trailer trash myth.

Kerry did win the majority of those with post grad degrees, but they are only about 8% of the population. He also won the majority of poor, low income and lower middle class voters.

One thing is for sure, a typical Republican is white.

[julialnyc]

107. full of hypocrisy

They are greedy as hell, but cheap with the people who need it. They want vengeance on all death of those who are not even born yet, but cheer lead dropping bombs on foreign countries. They talk about being for small government, but want to know what's going on in everyone's bedroom.


They're the "me me me" party

[Zambero]

108. Scotchguarded Brain

Instantly repels all reason.

[QC]

109. Rich. Went to the best schools. Summers in New England,

winters in Palm Beach (And uses the words summer and winter as verbs.) Wears $3000 suits and handmade shoes. Belongs to the best clubs, where he and his friends conspire to rip off the public.

That's who's really pulling the strings in the GOP. Those who think that trailer-dwellers are controlling the world's political and economic systems are hopeless fools. They are also, in their eagerness to misdirect their anger, useful fools for the people who are really in charge.

[distantearlywarning]

114. Everybody I know who fits this description is an

East Coast liberal. Except for the "rip off the public" part. I live in a very upscale neighborhood in an Eastern city (median home price in the multi-millions), and this is a very good description of the residents here. My neighborhood went 85% for Kerry last fall. The median education level in this neighborhood is also at the Master's level, which would seem to belie the assertion that uneducated people voted for Kerry.

And by the way, the original poster didn't ask any of us for a description of the kinds of Republicans we thought were "pulling the strings", so to speak. He/she only asked for a description of a typical Republican. I seriously doubt that 51% of America summers in NE and winters in Palm Beach and wears $3000 suits. Now, if you want to discuss what kinds of Republicans control political and economic systems, that might be a different interesting conversation. I think I would argue that the kind of "Republicans" that are controlling politics in America today aren't even Republicans. But that's another argument...

[QC]

115. The Bushes, Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc. aren't East Coast liberals.

They are ruling class all the way, baby! And they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for driving the country into the ditch. Ignorant voters have played a supporting role, but not the primary one.

We need to keep in mind who is truly to blame for what has happened to America, rather than misdirecting our anger at fundamentalists in Mississippi trailer parks and the like.

[distantearlywarning]

118. Yes, but they aren't "typical" Republicans.

And that's what the original poster asked about. The original poster also did not ask about blame, anger, or who was driving America into a ditch. All he/she asked was for a description of what everyone thought an typical Republican was like.

If you want to have a conversation about what kinds of Republicans are responsible for the downfall of America, feel free to start a new thread. It would probably be an interesting conversation.

ON EDIT: Never mind, I've decided to do it myself, because I am interested to see what other people think about this.

110. Somebody with a large bank account

and an expensive car, house and 2.5 kids

or

someone who calls themselves a Christian, is anti-abortion, anti-feminism, anti-gay.

[Loonman]

112. Big fat white guy afraid of change

Peter Griffin definition.

[ultraist]

113. "Joe Middle Class Republican"

Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican

Joe gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good
clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards.
He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe
to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised.
All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because
some liberal union workers fought the ir employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe
gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is
safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing
industry.

Joe takes his morning shower reaching for his shampoo; His bottle is properly labeled
with every ingredient and the amount of its contents because some liberal fought for his
right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses,
walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some tree
hugging liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the
subway station for his government subsidized ride to work; it saves him considerable
money in parking and transportation fees. You see, some liberal fought for affordable
public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.
Joe begins his work day; he has a good job with excellent pay, medicals benefits,
retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal union members fought and
died for these working standards. Joe’s employer pays these standards because Joe’s
employer doesn’t want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or
becomes unemployed he’ll get a worker compensation or unemployment check
because some liberal didn’t think he should loose his home because of his temporary
misfortune.

Its noon time, Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit
is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe’s
money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the
depression.
http://tvnewslies.org/Day_in_The_Life_Of_Joe_Middle1.pdf

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten Mortgage and his below market federal
student loan because some stupid liberal decided that Joe and the government
would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his life-time.
Joe is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the
country. He gets in his car for the drive to dads; his car is among the safest in the world
because some liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. He
was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers Home Administration
because bankers didn’t want to make rural loans. The house didn’t have electric until
some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and demanded
rural electrification. (Those rural Republican’s would still be sitting in the dark)
He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social Security and his
union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe
wouldn’t have to. After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home.
He turns on a radio talk show, the host’s keeps saying that liberals are bad and
conservatives are good. (He doesn’t tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought
against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day) Joe agrees, “We
don’t need those big government liberals ruining our lives; after all, I’m a self made man
who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have”.
By John Gray

[Gruenemann]

116. Ebenezer Scrooge

Before the ghostly visits, of course. Talk about war on xmas!

[leftofthedial]

117. here ya go!

republican of the year

[MoonRiver]

119. Hate filled ignoramus - eom

[donsu]

121. anal

nt

[Finder]

122. No such thing exists today...

Neocons and fundies are what we see fucking up the country. Most repubs I know voted for Kerry in 2004. Most Dems I know voted for Bush. Of course this is anecdotal to my region--the Northeast.

[Kali]

124. two subspecies

the dumb gun-toting redneck flag waving bible thumper

and the wealthy, greedy, suit wearing, sexually repressed, christian business man

both white males, homophobic, chauvenistic, racist, bad hair (mullet or combover) drive gas hogs (penis enhancers), alcoholics but would never allow a sick person marijuana, never been out of the country (rich guy might have gone to Europe), pro-war,


but those ARE stereotypes, all of my neighbors and some of my family are repubs and I dearly love some of them, others aren't so bad and frankly I hate some others. And that goes for some dems I know as well.

I agree with the sentiment that we should probably be doing something to get some of these less advantaged rural voters back, but I also still can make fun of them. Hell, I am one.

[snooper2]

126. 2 Kinds...

A:
The bumpkin living out where I grew up 2 hours south of St. Louis, loves Wal-Mart, still uses the n-word on a daily basis, wants to kill of them- brown skinned bastards that "bombed" New York, and has a nack for saving useless crap around the 10 acres....

B:
The upper-class business man, who thinks everyone has a fair shot in this country, doesn't want the gov'ment taking my money for taxes, against diversity laws/rules (the average person described in A cannot grasp a subject as complex as diversity), and is for American domination of the World. (The whole Faux News host lineup can be described as B: Brett, Brian, Bill, Sean, etc.,)

[Auntie Bush]

128. Selfish, self centered, religious, stingy rich bitch...with no empathy.

They want to make me :puke:

[Initech]

129. Zell Miller

Oh wait, he falls under the category of "wolf in sheep's clothing".

[Spider Jerusalem]

130. This is going to take at least a paragraph.

But then I don't think in simplistic terms.


My stereotype of a typical Republican? Someone who firmly believes in the dictum that "might makes right". Someone whose worldview is all black and white, with no room for greys. Someone who questions or ignores any news or information which conflicts with his dearly held beliefs. Someone who embraces the twin myths of "the American dream" and "rugged individualism" with an uncritical fervour. Someone who equates poverty with immorality and laziness. Someone who thinks greed is good, and agrees with Margaret Thatcher that "there is no such thing as society". Someone who prefers the politics of character assassination and slander to substantiative debate of issues. There's more, but this seems to cover the main points.

[marions ghost]

136. Right, "one who equates poverty with immorality..."

When I imagine Republicans I think of my friend's sister. Both my friend and his sister started out equally with little help from parents, but the sister married a banker while my friend became a teacher. Once while piecing together teaching jobs, my friend drew unemployment for a short time. He was living on mashed potatoes and soup. The sister, (who flies to Paris just to buy clothes for her children and owns a million dollar beach house) sez to my friend when he was out of work, "I don't want MY tax dollars paying for you to get a free ride." My friend did eventually land a permanent teaching position, but he has not spoken to his sister for the 10 years following that comment. Republican family values.

This is a 'moderate' Republican, too.

[PhilipShore]

131. A Fat Man

[triguy46]

133. Suburban driving, mega church attending, stepford wife marrying n/t

[marions ghost]

134. Republicans

are people who honestly believe that they are God's gift to the world and therefore they deserve only the best, no matter how they get it. They honestly believe that others who they perceive to be beneath them, deserve as little as possible. They want to own and control it all, whether it be a small enterprise or a worldwide corporation. They have no sense of how a community functions. They are highly manipulative and typically live in a fantasy world dictated only by their personal wants and needs. They are not (almost never) what you'd call generous. They need deprogramming.

[beltanefauve]

142. God's Gift indeed!

You totally described the smug, self-righteous attitudes I saw on display all over Midtown Manhattan during the Republican National Convention. These vermin descended on the city as though they owned it, you, me, and everything in their path.

[marions ghost]

146. ah yes, The Republican National Convention

...where the sleeze is so thick you can skate on it...where humanoids high on their own body products and bloated self-images fluff and preen among their own kind...where The Anointed Ones flock to ensure that everything will continue to flow to them. These people have no idea what it means to be a leader of anything but a very homogenous group. They seize power for their own self-interest and have the audacity to call it 'public service.' And now they control the media and the minds of the fearful masses, who interpret their brazen strutting as "strength."

Leaving political persuasions aside, we who tend to play fair in general MUST realize that this is the malicious mind-set we are up against. We cannot pander to these people and pretend that they are really good folks whose sins can be forgiven. They are completely corrupt and ruthless. I think it's not only OK but necessary to define and characterize the destroyers of the true ideals of America. We have to speak the awful truth--this country has been hijacked from within.

[AgadorSparticus]

135. Micheal Dell. And I will NEVER buy a dell computer and give him

one dime of my money.

[The Flaming Red Head]

138. Rich, rich, and richer (oh and white, white and whiter)

when I see a bush sticker on an old beat up car all I can think is how fucking stupid, but I see them more often on bens, SUVs, hummers etc.

Did I say old, old, and older; oh maybe it's just where I live. HSV is 20 miles down the road.

[Maru Kitteh]

140. Old folk who don't know any better but VOTE

The Pubs have done a MASTERFUL job in the last 25 years of speaking directly to this group. They speak to them in the language they understand - pick yourself up by the bootstraps. Personal responsibility. God hates fags. Black people are not as good as "us" so that's why they need taken care of. Welfare mothers are black. Democrats hate American values. Democrats are hippies. Democrats don't wash or brush their teeth like "we" do.

If we want to save this little fledgeling Rome before the Nero's burn it down, we MUST learn how to speak effectively to the blocks of persons that VOTE. That does NOT mean follow their example of hate. I would propose "blessed are the peacemakers" be the model of action.

that is all.

[Zinfandel]

141. The "typical " "pigman" Limbaugh listener in a beat-up old pick-up truck,

gun rack, muffler polluting, (so what), and racist to the bone... we'd all have more if not for the liberals, hateful people, and then all of a sudden, God fearing! Cuz, Georgie is...Take, take, take..must take, it's mine before the welfare fucks grab it for the coloreds...

But, the real ones, the ones that I really envision... are the ones who disdain any kind taxes what so ever, (though they use every & all facets of local and federal government for their own purposes) AND indeed, and without question, they are all racist. (denying it at ever turn), ...The people who make a living with their hands, are the ones to be feared...

In a bombshell...They won't allow a few dollars of their taxes, to even fund a fucking library... "Because we can buy our own books if we want to read or buy a book."

[MrBenchley]

144. At Last, The Tunnel of Light is Around the End of the Corner in Iraq!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/bob/index.html

[B Calm]

145. Snacks on paint-chips, has a protruding forehead, with two or three

teeth in their mouth..