Panic setting in among right-wing nuts

[Czolgosz]

I try to post on non-partisan boards where there may be some undecided voters lurking. I'm seeing the right-wing nuts melting down "big time" (as Dick would say). Here's an example (I can't believe that the right is showing its true colors so openly):

What a bunch of shit. Kerry supporters are fast food workers, fruit pickers, Black sharecroppers, Birkenstock-wearing people who think it's still 1969, dead people (in some sities), college kids taking money from Mom, Hollywood wannabes ,scared old buzzards ("Bush... will... cut... social... security..."), various malcontents, etc.
. . .
Where do you fit?
Unfortunately, these worthless fucks make up almost half of the country. If it rains on election day, most of these pigs will stay home.

I think the right-wing melt down is pushing any undecideds or "soft Bush" voters our way.

[Krupskaya]

1. I wish I were a fruit picker.

Then I'd have a job to replace the one I've lost under the * regime.

[TheDebbieDee]

9. LOL !

[JuniorPlankton]

2. It's very non-partisan!

Great place to hang out! /*sarcasm off*?/

[Czolgosz]

14. I didn't say THIS guy was non-partisan (he's the "right-wing nut"

I referred to. The website where he and I and others post is non-partisan. Lots of posters (including me) have jumped down this guy's throat for his racist and ignorant post. Here was my response:

REPUBLICAN ELECTORAL COLLEGE MATH:

"Black sharecroppers" + fruit pickers + fast food workers + college kids + Birkenstock-wearing people + "scared old buzzards" = "half the country" = "worthless fucks" = "pigs"

You think half the good people in America are worthless fucks? Do you really believe that your vision of America is a majority view or just a majority view among your fellow Bush supporters?

[JuniorPlankton]

20. Sorry if I sounded accusatory

I understand exactly what you mean!

:yourock:

[Zuni]

59. they claim to love America but hate Americans

any American who isn't a far right wing fundie, that is.

[shaolinmonkey]

3. I don't know, I can't figure out what "sity" I live in.

I would like to add "smart people" to this idiot's rant.

I think most Kerry supporters have the minimum standard that our president should be smarter than most of the electorate.

Repeat after me: "we are not picking a drinking buddy"

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. *l* Can't agree with you more, there.

[calimary]

32. EVERYBODY should repeat after you - "we are not picking a drinking buddy"

OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

That should be on EVERYONE'S lips. Besides - why would you want to enable a dry drunk by wanting to go have a beer with him?

[SammyWinstonJack]

35. That would make a great bumpersticker

"we are not picking a drinking buddy"

[drhilarius]

86. or "John Kerry = Designated Driver."

[The Wielding Truth]

87. I really like this one.

[jhain]

4. yeah

cause if it rains I don't want to get my Birkenstocks wet.

[TexasSissy]

6. This is what I see on a bipartisan forum I post in.

Not all, but a lot of the RW posts are like that. A LOT of 'em. They are crude awful people.

[michigandem2]

7. hmmmm I think I am a hollywood wannabe???

wish I made millions and could sit back and campaign non stop for Kerry...

I have to say..these people are the biggest group of morans...and I guess you would have to be if you are voting for the top banana..THE CHIMP..

[tom_paine]

8. Nazis, Commies, Busheviks and other Totalitarians are most dangerous

with their backs against the wall.

[Lerkfish]

19. I have always appreciated your posts, tom, and this is no different.

You are the chilling voice of reality concerning these losers.

I thank you.

[Texas_Dem]

10. How do you tell the difference between freeper panic and dogma?

Sounds the same to me.

[oldschoolguy]

11. Kerry supporters are also

people like me---accountant in Austin, Texas with three kids and another on the way who wants to be sure America is still free and governed by reality-based leaders when my children grow up.

Let them panic.

[SW FL Dem]

28. Welcome to DU!

:hi:
Like you, this Kerry supporter is a professional with a family.

[SammyWinstonJack]

38. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[Mz Pip]

63. Another professional

person for Kerry here. :hi:

I even drive a BMW.

I think these people are on crack. Geez, look at the cities, NY, SF, LA, Chicago, they will all go for Kerry. These cities are filled with educated, professional people like us.

Anyone who really believes that Kerry will check in with the French before he defends our country is just stupid. There isn't any polite way to state it. Just stupid.

MzPip
:dem:

[Iris]

71. yep.

Working on my master's, just bought a house, plan to get a Volvo on my birthday next September.


Would you like fries with that?

[The Wielding Truth]

88. Good post.

[colonel odis]

12. fast food working, fruit picking, black sharecropping,

college educated malcontents with dreams of making it in hollywood.

throw in a few more classes and colors and you have a beautiful picture of america!

one day freepers might get it through their heads that we're more than a nation of snotty-assed white boys.

[hatrack]

53. Snotty-assed scared angry white boys, to be more specific.

Can't wait until America officially becomes a racial plurality. At that point Rush Rage may well intensify, but from a demographic or political standpoint, it just plain won't matter.

Oh, and I'm speaking as an unafraid non-angry white boy myself. :evilgrin:

[belle]

82. Yeah, all the people who make his miserable existence possible...

Or no, I suppose this honey of a guy grows and/or hunts all his own food, built his own furniture and home, makes his own clothes...

asshole.

[sandnsea]

13. Without white men

More accurately, white racist men, there would be no Republican Party. Why do white men think they need their own party? That's what I tell these asshats.

[HuskerDem]

70. I love sanctamonious George

You win for my all time favorite photoshop ever.

Have a cooke on me. Or a beer.

[sandnsea]

83. calico janitor

I think that's the name, he/she wins, it's his/hers.

[Clinton Crusader]

15. Ill be the college kid taking money...

:kick:

[Laelth]

16. It's war at all costs for them ...

From what I've seen on the right to moderate sites I visit, it's pure war. It's not about being "right" in any way. It's not about doing what's best for the country. It's certainly not about making rational arguments. It's about winning, at all costs.

As a rational person, this used to upset me a great deal. Ad it still upsets me, but at least I feel like I understand it now. If you haven't done so yet, please read Ron Suskind's essay, "Beyond a Doubt," from New York Times Magazine. If you don't want to give NYT Mag. your e-mail address, you can find the text of the essay HERE. It's the second entry in that thread.

Suskind makes it clear that the forces of reality (us, the rational people) are at war with the forces of faith (them, the irrational people). Bush's followers are, many of them, completely irrational in their devotion to Shrub (the burning Bush). That's why you can't discuss issues with them. It's not about rational discussion. It's a good vs. evil issue to them. They're good, so they believe, and good must triumph over evil (at all costs).

Scary stuff. :scared:

-Laelth

[amber dog democrat]

27. It kind of makes me think of the populists under

William Jennings Bryan. And later on he is on the losing side of the Scopes Trial - opposing evolution being taught in schools. These fundies need to be kept in check.
I fear a fusion of church and state if this faith movement is allowed to expand.


With religion you have things like Jonestown, Guyana or the Children's Crusades.

And unlike the "faithful" I can't suscribe to a doctrine of the ends justifying the means. They don't see the danger of what they would unleash.

Ever read The Handmaid's Tale ?

[juslikagrzly]

46. OMG

I just referenced that book to a friend last night. Talk about horrifying, and it's coming about right in front of our eyes! Prescient writing indeed

Lynn Cheney and Laura Bush are the ultimate "wives" from that book.

[amber dog democrat]

49. I got to hear Margaret Atwood talk about this last year.

One of the things that she said was there are historical events in American history this book was based on. Nothing she wrote about had not happened in some way before.

There are some who would prefer a theocracy if they can be on top.

Another very interesting book is The Devils of Loudoun by Aldous Huxley.

I would also read Oryx and Crake by Atwood too. Its even more scarey.
Wel;come to the 21st century !

[Callisto]

51. Trials after Kerry wins?

I love Atwood.


I also love the meltdown. Do you all think there will be trials after Kerry wins?

[amber dog democrat]

67. I am not sure what trials you mean,

but even so, there are trials soon to be happening in Texsa even now concerning the redistricting.

Tom Delay is next. :)

Some of the well connected Republican politicos are forgetting they are under observation. there are laws and consequences.


So you read Oryx & Crake ?

[Laelth]

72. Ever read The Handmaid's Tale ?

Yup. Prophetic. If Bush is re-selected, Republic of Gideon here we come.

:scared:

-Laelth

[amber dog democrat]

91. I'll see you in the underground

If you read the post script, Gideon did not last all that long.

[chicagojoe]

17. Why do they always mention the Birkenstocks ???

[texas1928]

25. Well I have never owned a pair in my life.

SEE!!

I don't think I fit his description of Democrats.

[Callisto]

52. because they are silly Bush dumbasses

another is hairy armpitted Berkeley types. Been to berkeley lately? Pretty much everyone is carrying a Yoga mat in one hand, and a Peets Coffee in the other!

[delete_bush]

18. How lame, I'm sure nobody believes

it's still 1969. That was 35 years ago, and we were living under a corrupt Republican administration lying to us about an immoral and unpopular war. Now we're.... oh, wait a minute....never mind.

[demokatgurrl]

21. Well I find one nugget of semi-truth there----

if it rains many people DO stay home. It's disgraceful that it happens in this country.

But this year, I am a committee person. If it's raining and my Democrats don't show up, I'm going to their houses and banging down the door and DRIVING them to the polls.

(At least as many of those I can get done in a day).

[giant_robot]

47. Rain?

My God, hordes of zombies or C.H.U.D.S. or Amway salesmen couldn't keep my away from the polls on Nov. 2nd. I am SO looking forward to pulling that lever for Kerry.

[demnan]

22. I make a good living in a white collar job I love

and commute from a stylish suburban neighborhood. But I don't look down on those who aren't as fortunate as me, in fact, I believe it's my obligation to offer them a hand up. That's why I'm a liberal.

[AspenRose]

65. Ah, a "volvo-driving, Starbuck's latte-sipping Democrat"

They missed that one, too! ;-)

Kudos to you :thumbsup:

It drives these people CRAZY to see well-off (and maybe even rich) educated people want to give back and help others. Just drives them nuts. I'm surprised they didn't mention "Limousine Liberals" either. They don't get the "we're as strong as our weakest link" philosophy because they're too blinded by fearmongering and "I'm out to get what's coming to me and me alone" philosophy.

[amber dog democrat]

23. put me under " various malcontents, etc."

I love hearing these rants. Unlike the other pigs, I already voted for Kerry last week.

[Fed Up]

24. I saw an interesting poll a month ago

that was commissioned by the Chicago Foreign Relations Commission (national poll) which stated that 66% of Americans feel we should work with the UN, even when the UN opposes us.

That means the droolers are way in the minority. Not "half".

[booksenkatz]

26. Malcontents are simply people who are paying attention.

Anyone who is CONTENT with the status quo in America in 2004 is either white, heterosexual, rich, connected, or seriously f*cked up. I used to respect those across the aisle as having a mere difference of approach; but I have no respect for a party that has become nothing more than a support system for treason, murder, bigotry, hypocrisy, theft, and ignorance.

Period.

[hiphopnation]

29. ...

:thumbsup:

[progressivebydesign]

30. I guess I must be a "various malcontent"

Because I don't fit into any of those categories that he so beautifully outlined for us!

[amber dog democrat]

74. You are not alone. I feel the same way.

Various malcontent - and proud of it. :)

[TrogL]

31. I wouldn't count on them staying home

We just have civic elections here. The weather was totally crappy and there was a record turnout to throw out an unpopular mayor.

[dmkinsey]

34. I you haven't voted by 4pm

expect a call from our office and an offer of a ride to the polls.
"Put yer coat on we're coming to get you"

[DefenseLawyer]

33. So I left the retirement home

this morning in my Birkenstocks, grabbed an apple off the tree before heading to my job at Wendy's, was planning to skip my college classes to go to a casting call as an extra in a movie but then i said fuck it, mom (shes REALLY OLD btw) will send me money anyway.

[NanBo]

39. and were you feeling

malcontent?? :)

[DefenseLawyer]

40. As always.

If only it were 1969!

[SammyWinstonJack]

41. Heh!

:evilgrin: Welcome to DU :hi:

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

36. Another category...

Newly arrived college educated immigrants who believe in hard work and giving a helping hand, equality for all people regardless of faith (or lack of it), color, sexual orientation, gender or even (gasp!) political party(ies), with a strong belief in the spirit of the 1st Amendment and the conviction that only when we work together we can better ourselves, because we all share this little ball of mud, this speck of dust in the universe.

That's why I am a proud liberal and, when I acquire U.S. citizenship, a proud Democrat!

[ClassWarrior]

37. "sities"

As in New York "Sity"?

:7

24.

[Czolgosz]

50. Someone on the board where this guy posted raised the same

question: What does this hillbilly mean when he refers to "sities"? The answer:

I think "sities" is where poor mountaineers go when they strike bubblin' crude (oil that is, black gold, Texas tea) while they's shootin' at some food. I understand that these "sities" have swimmin' pools and movie stars.

[amber dog democrat]

90. n dont forgit cee mint ponds.

its not like Bugtussle anymore.

[Marnieworld]

42. I have Birkenstocks- I had no idea they were revolutionary

I just thought that they were comfy shoes. What's so wrong with comfy shoes? If loving you is wrong I don't want to be right.

[hatrack]

55. I don't have Birkenstocks, but I do own a pair of Tevas

Does that make me a sympathizer, though perhaps not quite Birkenstocked enough to be a full-fledged revolutionary?

And my wife owns a pair of Chacos. Does this make her a Trotskyite?

[Dulcinea]

66. How about Tevas & Doc Martens?

Put me down as a sympathizer/ass kicker!

[Paranoid_Portlander]

56. I thought Birkenstocks were short pants.

Really. I thought they were a form of lederhosen, but without the leather (Leder). I was 25 in 1969, but I've had a very sheltered life. I can't find Birkenstocks in the dictionary.

[Shadow30]

43. hmmmmmmmm I thought we were suppose to be...

....a bunch of liberal elitists!Now its fast food workers,fruit pickers and black sharecroppers!!!But isn't GW suppose to appeal to all us common folk?These goddamn fucking repugs can't make up there mind.If anyone well off supports us they say there an elitist and if regular people do suddenly repugs become snobs...these people just make me sick!

[Laelth]

76. LOL

If you're expecting the R's to keep their lies straight, I'm afraid you're going to be seriously disappointed.

(I know your tone was ironic. Couldn't resist.)

:yourock:

-Laelth

[Shadow30]

79. I suppose your right...

....they are liars,always have been its the not keeping it strait part thats annoying.I mean really there not just liars there bad liars,its a mark of sloppy thinking on there part,for godsakes repugs keep your lies on a list or something so you can keep them strait(now I am being ironic heh heh).

[Jane Austin]

44. That's hilarious!

I'm a small business owner, who's married, white, working, church-going, and who's always been a liberal Democrat.

Strangely, Birkenstocks hurt my feet. Rykas, on the other hand, (made in America and made for women) make my feet float on air!

Except for the tired Birkenstock feet, I'm hardly a malcontent at all. Doesn't take much to make me happy: Good music, a few dogs, fresh air, DU and Air America. :))

[redstateblues]

57. DU and Air America- That's the key

I ignore CNN MSNBC and all the rest. Life is much better.

[Modem Butterfly]

45. Birkenstock-clad Malcontented 69er here

I put myself through college, but I did it picking fruit and working as a fast-food worker.

Does that count?

[DrFunkenstein]

48. I Think "Fruit Pickers" Is Supposed To Mean Illegal Mexican Migrants

I'd say a couple of crowd shots would reveal the obvious BS this racist snotbucket is shovelling.

[choicevoice]

54. I wonder what it says about a person when.....

their Birkenstock's are in the closet next to their 3 inch stiletto pointy toe heels?

[stoptheinsanity]

58. Ok...fruitpicker, then.

Fruitpickers spend all day beating BUSHES.

[yardwork]

60. Geez.

Way to show their true colors, huh?

[MAlibdem]

61. college student on the parental payroll...

and voting in a swing state...how do you like them apples?

[Cha]

62. All those and then there's me!

They forgot to mention..Drs, Nurses, Lawyers, Teachers, Farmers, Small Business Owners, Large Business Owners, Rock n Roll Singers, Country Singers, Jazz Singers, Fire Fighters, Police, Actors, People who want a Democacy, Yoga Instuctors, Insurance salemen, Clerks, Restaurantuers, Waitresses, Waiters, Airline Pilots, Flight Attendents, Stockbrokers(they're not all greedy)..ad infinitum!

[exsoccermom]

64. He forgot to add

Professionals, federal, state, local, and tribal employees, self-supporting college students (our child is a TA in grad school and paying all her own bills), not frightened retired people, senior citizens, soccer moms, etc. We just all think that bush is bad for the country in soooooooo many ways and has to go.

[kwolf68]

68. Not sure what the point is

Of posting this trite vitriol. We may as well start posting SwiftBoatAds.

[cheshire]

69. I go looking for undecides also, The Pubs are hateful, angry people.

They have no clue what we are about. They only read there hometown paper(if that) and they watch biased media with no idea. They even say Faux is biased toward Democrats.

[johnnyrocket]

73. I'm a 'various malcontent'!!!

[grace0418]

75. Let's add ourselves to his "list"

Just so it's more accurate:

I'm a Kerry supporter. I neither pick fruit nor work in fast food (nor do I see what difference this makes if I did), I don't wear Birkenstocks, I wasn't even born in 1969, I'm very much alive and I live in a C-I-T-Y (I can also spell), I paid my way through college with hard work and merit scholarships, and I have no desire to be a celebrity (again, why does this matter?). I am very unhappy with our current fascist-regime-in-sheep's-clothing so I guess if that makes me a malcontent then so be it. I am also a taxpayer, a wife, an artist, a working woman, a sister, a daughter and a friend. I am educated, enlightened and well-spoken. I'm not racist, sexist, or homophobic.

I think the POTUS should be incredibly intelligent, able to think on his or her feet, and able to make decisions based on fact and reality. I also want a president who is gracious and diplomatic, can admit mistakes and take responsibility for his or her actions, and cares about our country more than his or her personal agenda. I do not give a rat's ass whether I would go drinking with the POTUS. And I sure as hell hope that people like me make up MORE than half of the country or we're all in trouble.

Lastly, I am perfectly capable of wearing whatever outerwear is necessary to get me to the polls warm and dry on election day. If this fool thinks a little rain is going to keep us away, he is in for a BIG surprise. A freaking blizzard wouldn't stop me from voting Dumbya out of office.

[sofa king]

89. Unemployed Indian affairs researcher

Want to see how Bush managed to lock in 1.2 million votes against him--assuming they can get their votes counted? Just read today's headlines at www.indianz.com

http://indianz.com/News/2004/004891.asp">Bush used IHS (Indian Health Service) money for terrorism, Iraq

http://indianz.com/News/2004/004889.asp">Two more lawyers linked to lobbyist scandal (DeLay aides ripping off Indians)

<http://indianz.com/News/2004/004910.asp|Tribe's college faces uncertain financial future>

http://indianz.com/News/2004/004912.asp">County to decide on appeal of Native voting case

That's just today's news. Read that shit for four years straight and you'd go crazy, too.

[LeftyMom]

77. malcontent ---------------------------------------------->

nt

[snippy]

78. "Black sharecroppers." How very republican.

Whenever I post on such a board (which is rare) I often use the phrase "How very republican" as part, or all, of my response to such a comment. I also use it in conversation with republicans. It enrages some republicans and leads to even more lying, hate mongering, rhetoric which causes some independent minded people to be repulsed. It is very effective.

[DemocracyInaction]

80. Well, if Bush and his kind have their way, that ignorant white male

is going to be doing fruit picking, fast food service and sharecropping to just stay alive!!---or, he will be doing whatever he does for work with the wages of the fruit picker, fast food worker and sharecropper!!!---the Bush/Corporate cartel wants peon labor at all levels: blue and white collar. They have done a hell of a job busting blue collars down into the dirt and they are well on their way now to do the same to white collars.

[texasmom]

81. Extremely malcontented

"various malcontent" here. Also a "security mom" and "soccer mom" who prefers Tevas to Birkenstocks.

[flygal]

84. How about SAHM here :)

Am I not supposed to be a typical Repub (most of my SAHM friends are!)
My husband was a military officer and put up with five years of being yelled at and put down for supporting Clinton. My husband's a professional now w/ a civilian firm and I'd say MOST Of the management is supporting Kerry (mainly b/c of Iraq and the economy)

[sofa king]

85. I can't afford Birkenstocks anymore.