Any normal human being with even an ounce of humanity would have walked off that stage ...

[NNN0LHI]

... with disgust when the crowd began cheering to let a sick person die rather than give them medical care. I know I would have left and on my way out I would have said fuck all you sick motherfuckers.

But none of them did.

So, what does that suggest to you?

Don

[TroglodyteScholar]

1. Oh come on, of course the candidates are normal human beings

I mean...it's not as though the question involved a sick relative!

[mwb970]

2. Um, that they're republicans? /nt

[w0nderer]

3. k&r for reading later n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

4. It suggests to me

that any who were appalled when the sociopathic teabaggers cheered for death are such whores that they would compromise one of their most fundamental ethical values - life or death - for the sake of votes, which renders them unfit for office. On the other hand, those who said to themselves, 'these are my kind of people!' are themselves sociopaths, and that renders them unfit for office as well.

[provis99]

41. Let's be fair. Not all Teabaggers are sociopaths.

Some of them are psychopaths.

[HereSince1628]

5. The rational centers no longer hold.

Not just political, but economic and moral as well.

This nation is alread head and shoulders into a very bad place.

[treestar]

6. Even the standard Republican responds it should be taken

care of via private charity. They would not let him die. We're talking about real extremists here - they figure if you don't pull your bootstraps up enough to get insurance, you pay the price for that by suffering lack of medical treatment. And they don't have any duty to their fellow man. And they are just the ones to go without insurance too - note how they have no fear it could be them. Or that prayer will work. Absolute morons.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Christians, doncha know?

Our brains must be wired differently.

They need to spend some time reading their Bible. Or, I could loan them mine...it might be different, as it promotes kindness, care of your brother and love. Their Bible seems to promote hate, greed and intolerance.

[treestar]

8. They must not read that Bible

Or they'd criticize Jesus for the free medical care and raising from the dead he provided!

[jtuck004]

13. But it paid for itself and didn't increase the deficit....

because human dignity, health, and the security of a nation must take a backseat to things that are really important, eh?

Note: I would put a sarcasm thingy here, but that is the way the people we voted for seem to be heading, so it doesn't seem appropriate. Just immoral.

[dionysus]

24. CINOs. if jesus was real he'd never approve of that callous assholery.

[FSogol]

9. Remind me which GOP candidate is trying for the Christian vote?

:shrug:

[spanone]

10. these are dark days in american history...future generations will look back and gasp

unless the teafuckers win

[Tippy]

11. K&R...You got that right...The root of all evil is GREED.....

[misanthrope]

21. I think that's close. The root of evil is selfishness...

...it doesn't have to involve materialism, but it always involves thinking of yourself to the exclusion of all else.

[Brigid]

16. "Teafuckers," eh?

Perfect. I think this is what I will start calling them.

[7wo7rees]

28. If they win

we're ALL history.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. Same goes for the damn audience!

The room should have emptied out! What about Blitzer? Did he even feign a little bit of disgust? From what I've read, he didn't.

[pacalo]

14. It suggests to me that Republicans have sunk so low that they have to grovel to a splinter group

that has a lot of contempt for common decency & common sense.

[MadMaddie]

23. I would take it further these candidates are groveling

to anti-American jihadist...yea I said it....They do not believe in the Constitution...

[hlthe2b]

15. Well, I would think they would have at least addressed it...

I mean, could you sit there with someone proposing some horrific act and not at least verbally distance yourself from those comments?

I just think they are scared to death of these unhinged teabagger cretins. Afraid of the very monster they created. :shrug:

[Brigid]

17. These people are fucking dangerous.

There is no getting around it. If this little (?) Incident doesn't prove it, I'm sure I don't know what will. I hope our favorite MSNBC hosts and Keith Olbermann will have a few choice words to say about this on their shows tonight.

[gateley]

18. I saw a woman who represented some chapter of the Tea Party

and she was amazingly 'normal'. She said there were just a few, but the majority of them were appalled, looking around going "who was that!?!?!?!". I don't know how she felt about the other responses that were making us retch, but at least in that instance, I believe her. There are soul-less people in both Parties.

[JVS]

19. You're mistaken. Any human being with an ounce of humanity would have never been invited onstage.

[donheld]

20. Has one republican denounced this?

If not, they're all guilty in my book of condoning it.

[MadMaddie]

22. It suggests that it's a great ad for the Dems to use

and play it over and over again.....

They are sick fucks....they are anti-American

[area51]

39. I wish they would use it as an ad,

but I don't think they have the balls, and would worry about offending the repubs.

[SparkyOR]

25. Someday they'll figure out that they're supporting the God of Darkness

rather than the creator...

[DeSwiss]

26. K&R

''Any normal human being....''

- There ya go.

[orbitalman]

27. There is NO excuse. NONE. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

29. The republican party has been taken over by SATAN

false prophets, philistines, devil spawn,

The battle of Mog and Magog is upon us,

[Safetykitten]

30. Uh....they are republicans. Duh.

[Zorra]

31. Wait....A normal liberal would have. A normal conservative would not have.

Oh...yeah, ok, you got it exactly right in the OP.

[girl_interrupted]

32. K&R

[LeftishBrit]

33. Any normal person with even an ounce of humanity...

would not have been attending a right-wing Republican's rally in the first place.

'Let them die' is just a three-word summary of the current party platform.

[gtar100]

34. That they are too excited at the prospects of being POTUS to worry about

such trivial matters as ethics and human decency.

[defendandprotect]

35. kr

[Major Hogwash]

36. They aren't normal. And that is what is wrong with the MSM kowtowing to them now.

Someone mentioned the Overton window here the other day.
This is way beyond what the Overton window was referring to, in my opinion.
This has gone beyond the pale of civilized discussion in this nation.

It has entered the sick and twisted realm in the minds of those who enjoy watching others suffer.
1 in 6 Americans are now existing in desperate straits.
17% of us.

With another 17% clinging on to what they've got by the skin of their teeth.
Living 1 paycheck from poverty.

And then people whine about Obama.

These "Republicans", if you still want to call them that, are the very same type of people who would sit down and calmly finish their 7-course dinner at a glass restaurant ignoring the people starving to death who look in at them from the sidewalks, where they now live!!

[Major Hogwash]

37. 3 debates in 3 weeks and they are all covered by every cable channel as if they are righteous.

They make me want to puke!!!

[Tx4obama]

38. There are ELEVEN MORE GOP debates scheduled so far ....

The next GOP debate: September 22

Here's a link to a LIST of their scheduled debates:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29_presidential_debates,_2012

Scroll down about half way down the page on the link to see the chart.

[Raine]

42. GOOD, the more people that see those souless people the better. nt

[NNN0LHI]

40. How else can they be exposed for what they really are without the media showing their sickness?

What we are witnessing is the kind of rhetoric that is usually used only behind closed doors. The media is ripping the the curtain away on these sick fucks for everyone to see.

I don't see how that can be a bad thing? I want to know my enemy and understand how they think. I want everyone to see it.

Allowing them to hide their true feelings behind closed doors will not accomplish that.

They may have not done it on purpose but the media did us a great favor here.

Don

[Major Hogwash]

47. Yeah, but no one is calling them sick or demented while they are being sick and demented.

So, the normal Joe back home doesn't figure it out for himself and thinks that Michelle and Ron and Mitt and Rick are the norms now since "journalists" like Brian Williams don't turn their heads and use a barf bag after hearing some of their answers.

Katie Couric at least used to scrunch up her nose when she heard something really abnormal.

What does your nickname stand for, anyway?

[NNN0LHI]

48. It is a government issued call sign for a MARS radio station I operate

It is pronounced En, En, En, Zero, Lima, Hotel, India

Don

[Enthusiast]

43. It's right in our face, people!

The American far right is characterizing the sick, the elderly, the disabled and the poor as useless eaters.

Wake the fuck up! Recognize the danger this nation is in. It is not in as much danger from foreign terrorists as it is in danger from fascist elements right here.

[urgk]

44. And any normal human with wings could have flown off that stage...

I would have been surprised to the point of heart attack to find candidates with either of those properties at a Tea Party debate.

[djean111]

45. Are we sure the tea party is just a small splinter group?

From the actions of republicans - and some democrats - I feel we are just being shown a noisy little distraction, and the tea party backers have infiltrated very deeply indeed. They just tailor their approach for each audience, but the candidates all seem to know who is calling the shots.
As does pretty much everyone in Washington.
The tea party is just a front. IMO, etc.

[Turborama]

46. Essential reading on that very topic >>>

Covert Operations
The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer

Also: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4514591

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