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RKP5637

(67,109 posts)
1. ... because they don't give a F about anything and most are sociopaths and bullies IMO, so,
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:54 PM
Feb 2013

amongst their herd they are just great.

Arkansas Granny

(31,517 posts)
2. Because the Republican party is supported by people who find those attributes to be commendable.
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:59 PM
Feb 2013

Most Republicans I know are uninformed on the issues and are willing to believe what they are told to believe.

 

EastKYLiberal

(429 posts)
3. I don't know, but our system of government is frustrating.
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:01 PM
Feb 2013

A democratically elected President should be able to pass the agenda he campaigned and won on.

To obstruct it should be treason.

 

OceanEcosystem

(275 posts)
12. What if it were a Republican president?
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:21 PM
Feb 2013

Would it still be "treason" to obstruct the passage of "the agenda he campaigned and won on?"

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)
8. Yep, exactly. MSM is just a P&L machine. MSM doesn't care what they spew as long as it
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:06 PM
Feb 2013

makes them money. MSM is often a ridiculous source for factual information.

emulatorloo

(44,130 posts)
5. Media keeps propping them up by never factchecking
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:03 PM
Feb 2013

Just puts them on TV and lets lie endlessly.

And gives the vaguest reports on congressional goings-on as possible. Fingers never pointed at Republicans. Just "congressional gridlock" with out saying anything about who is causing.

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
7. Because there are extremely bizarre and profoundly stupid people still supporting the
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:05 PM
Feb 2013

republican idiot-ology.

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