Why GOP Bush-Haters Are Even Scarier Than The 28-Percenters

[babylonsister]

http://www.beggarscanbechoosers.com/2007/06/why-gop-bush-haters-are-scarier-than-28.html

Why GOP Bush-Haters Are Even Scarier Than The 28-Percenters
By MARC McDONALD

Over the past year, George W. Bush has gone from being perhaps the ultimate GOP wet-dream president to a politician whom even many Republicans hate.

At first glance, this ought to be welcome news. After all, we liberals have been shouting from the highest rooftops about why Bush is bad for America ever since 2000.

It's nice that a lot of Republicans have now come around to our way of thinking.

There's only one problem. If you take a look at the reason why many Republicans finally rejected Bush, it's not an encouraging sign.

After all, why did many Republicans finally turn against Bush?

Was it the illegal, immoral war in Iraq that Bush lied America into? No.

Was it Bush's blatant disregard for America's Constitution? No.

Was it Bush's illegal wiretaps? No.

Was it the disastrously bungled response to Hurricane Katrina? No.

Was it embracing torture as an official instrument of American policy? No.

Was it any one of a number of other serious violations of Bush's oath of office and impeachable offenses? No.

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I've talked to a number of Republicans over the past year and it's become apparent to me that Bush's immigration policy was the straw that broke the camel's back for them. As a couple of Republicans explained it to me last week, "We're sick and tired of all these fucking spics coming into our country."

So there you have it: torture is fine, shredding the Constitution is fine, lying the nation into war is fine. Just keep America as white as possible, and you won't get a peep of protest out of the droves of Republicans who abandoned Bush.

Like I said, Republican Bush-haters are even more frightening than the 28-percenters.

[Solly Mack]

1. Yet some would argue for making common cause with torture supporters

Naturally I don't mean here on DU.

[liberal N proud]

2. The Republican Bush-haters are part of the group that gave us bu$h

Of course they are scary, they are extreme racist fundamentalist and they have been double crossed.

[Demeter]

3. Of Course They Would Be Double-Crossed--Why Did They Think Otherwise?

And those death threats to Judge Walton--that's the bully GOP for you. Too bad they are too cowardly to clean up the mess they made, in their own, unconstitutional, illegal and immoral way....that would learn all parties not to make common cause!

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. The ultra wealthy of the GOP use Racism

to keep the horde of 28%'ers in their corner. Racism has always been one legs of the GOP stool.

[TwilightGardener]

5. This is what I've been saying. It may be all well and good that they

hate Chimpy now, but what's scary is that it's over immigration, an area where I feel he actually has a little bit of a heart and a conscience and is trying to accomplish something positive. Not the war, not bungled foreign policy, not the eroding of our Constitution, not the deafness to the needs and wishes of the people. Mexicans. That's why they hate him. Fucking scary.

[OnyxCollie]

6. It's hard to spin illegal immigration as good for the average repub.

The war, the wiretaps, torture, etc. can all be spun as "Saving Lives and Protecting America."

Illegal immigration benefits companies that take advantage of cheap labor, and rather than protest the companies that are truly screwing over America, it's much easier to hate those brown people who come over to improve their lives, even though illegal immigrants do so at a great disadvantage.

'Cause thinkin' is hard.

[thethinker]

7. Bush has been losing support for a long time

He lost the soccer moms first. It was over the war. He lost a lot of support over the war. Only the latest round of losing support has been about immigration.

He has also lost a lot of support from the republican base regarding invasion of privacy issues. These are the republicans that lean toward a libertarian view point. He has been losing them for a long time now.

His insane position on immigration, which many democrats agree with, is just the last straw for many of his base supporters.