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filtherton · 10-19-2008, 06:23 PM

I think that right now, the Republicans have pretty much cornered the market on hate, envy and fear. Which party tries to motivate its base by accusing the other party's guy of being a Muslim? Because their base fears and hates Muslims, right? Which party tries to motivate its base by accusing the other party's guy of being friends with terrorists (even though John McCain doesn't care about no washed up terrorists, obviously, look at how motivated he is to go after Bin Laden)? A congresswomen from which party recently called for an investigation of liberal congresspeople to look into patterns of anti-Americanism?

There is always acrimony between party faithful (we know otto, some people made some t-shirts, or something), but this shit goes beyond that. And I think what's happening right now is counter to your notion that this sort of bile is what motivates independents. Right now, the polls seem to indicate that a lot of independents are fed up with the tripe that the Republican machine thinks passes for political dialogue.

Speaking of which, whatever happened to Ann Coulter? Wouldn't now be her time to shine? Wouldn't the RNC benefit from using her as a proxy to spew their nonsense?

10-19-2008, 06:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
filtherton Junkie Location: In the land of ice and snow.	I think that right now, the Republicans have pretty much cornered the market on hate, envy and fear. Which party tries to motivate its base by accusing the other party's guy of being a Muslim? Because their base fears and hates Muslims, right? Which party tries to motivate its base by accusing the other party's guy of being friends with terrorists (even though John McCain doesn't care about no washed up terrorists, obviously, look at how motivated he is to go after Bin Laden)? A congresswomen from which party recently called for an investigation of liberal congresspeople to look into patterns of anti-Americanism? There is always acrimony between party faithful (we know otto, some people made some t-shirts, or something), but this shit goes beyond that. And I think what's happening right now is counter to your notion that this sort of bile is what motivates independents. Right now, the polls seem to indicate that a lot of independents are fed up with the tripe that the Republican machine thinks passes for political dialogue. Speaking of which, whatever happened to Ann Coulter? Wouldn't now be her time to shine? Wouldn't the RNC benefit from using her as a proxy to spew their nonsense? Last edited by filtherton; 10-20-2008 at 06:13 AM..