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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:01 AM Original message |
Pretty much everything that is fucked up in the country is rooted in Republicanism. And if it ...... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. More general than that, it is rooted in greed and corporatism. |
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seabeckind (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:43 AM Original message |
Ding, ding |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. MAD HOUND BARKS TRUTH |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Yep. There are plenty of Democrats that support GOP values as well. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sad and scary. Peope can be such lemmings....look at the witch burnings, the Inquisition, the |
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NWHarkness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Lemmings don't even do it! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Aha! That figures. The myth was probably invented to make the human behavior look a bit |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Propaganda works |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because they mixed politics with religion and Republicons are equated |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. People are not very smart. (nt) |
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bluedave (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. workin' man |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. How many people really realize and have it explained to them that |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. That's what I really think: All of this is about what people know/understand. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. You're forgetting "neoliberal" economic policy, the philosophical underpinnig of the DLC. |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. NEWT SAYS HE CAN PULL US OUT |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. If the Rethugs were outfitting the Titanic they would demand fewer lifeboats |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. RW Hatemonger Radio, that's how. |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Add to that what David Niewert calls |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. Marketing! |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Excuse the reply to my own posting |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. He didn't fuck up... |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. In politics everything is legal until you get caught, and getting caught is a mistake |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. WSA |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe the" breakdown of the bicameral mind" is not complete, so we |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh! forgot: cite for Julian Jaynes |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Smirk." - Republicon Homelanders Against America |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. May Not Be a Popular Theory |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. They would have used something else, possibly even lethal. |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Maybe |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Well, not entirely |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. The Vichy Dems would be covered in the OP's part about "pandering". |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
18. Wrong. You're firing at the wrong enemy. The real enemy is the collusion between government |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Good point about the elite v. US however |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Every Ruling Class throughout history has had among its members those who believe in the idea of |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
51. There are people who think they can make this system work for the people. They may be wrong |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Say you work in a bomb factory, it doesn't matter that you may not like what bombs do. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Ruling class elites use the GOP to do their dirty work -- it's the corporate party . . . |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. SCARLET WOMAN IS OK |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. SCARLET WOMAN IS OK |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Sad but true... I'd rec this if I could |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Thank you. The most important work we can do is to break the illusion that there's any reality to |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
23. IMO the state by state nature of elections |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
26. Republicans appeal to the reptilian brain. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. There are times, I do not even know what to say to people.. |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
29. The screwing up comes from |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. Stinky, I cannot agree with you any more than I already do |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
33. rapublicanism is an organized crime cult, |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
34. Stockhom syndrome, abused spouse syndrome, |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. I disagree |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. CONSERVATISM= DEATH TO AMERICA |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. Yeah. If only it were *confined* to Republicanism... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. True -- Why? Evidently we haven't put a GUN in everyone's hands yet -- !! |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
43. The brainwashing begins at a young age. nt |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. Sorry but it predates the Republican Party. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
52. Cause it's easier for most folk to bitch about the country not being progressive enough than to.... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
56. Nation of ass holes |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
57. All politicians get their money from the same places. It's a shame |
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