Is GOP the PARTY Of HATE?

[Segami]

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" There's no disputing that the Republican Party is the party of anger these days. Tea party anger. Libertarian anger. Social conservative anger. Hate Obama anger. But Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is trying to brand the GOP as the party of hatred. In a fundraising email for his political action committee, he writes:



"...I was targeted by the Nixon White House, and the smears of 2004 were no picnic, but something's happening right now in our politics that's disturbingly different than anything I remember.


Hatred is a word mainstream candidates don't use, period. But when Sharron Angle's campaign announced her fundraising totals, they said, "This is a testament to the hatred of Harry Reid." Scary words from a campaign of a candidate who said people would resort to "second amendment remedies" if the rightwing didn't get their way.


Something's afoot. Another Congressman said, "We hunt liberal, tree-hugging Democrats," while Michael Steele called on activists to "get Nancy ready for the firing line," talking about the first woman Speaker in our nation's history...."




THIS POLITICS IS DANGEROUS!


In my household, we teach the kids that "hate" is a big word, one that should be used sparingly. But there is plenty of Obama hatred out there—and it extends to Democrats and others.
(Remember when furious tea partiers gathered at a Capitol Hill rally organized by the House Republican leadership to protest the health care reform law then under consideration by Congress, and the crowd, referring to Democrats, chanted, "Nazis, Nazis"?) Kerry's point is sound: there's plenty of over-the-top detesting going on in Republican and conservative circles. But the political question is, can Democrats and independents be whipped up to oppose Republicans by worries of rightwing extremism? What's a more powerful motivation: hatred or fear?


<http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/10/gop-party-hate>


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[get the red out]

1. hate is all they are about

It is definitely time for the Democrats to stop trying to be nice to these monsters. It's like trying to pet alligators.

[The Magistrate]

2. Yes, Sir, It Is, Without Question

Indeed, its mass voting appeal has been rooted in bigoted hate since the late nineteen-sixties, and hate-filled bigots are all it has left now.

[LiberalEsto]

3. Is the Pope Catholic? nt

[leftstreet]

4. No. The Democrats would never reach across the aisle if they were haters

No way

:crazy:

[indepat]

5. The GOP is a party that hates everything not exclusive welfare for large corporations

and the most affluent who control the government. The proof is in the tax code for all to see. ;)

[hamsterjill]

6. Hate is all I ever hear from the Republican side.

Hate and fear, to be exact. Any one or any thing that doesn't fit neatly into their neat little boxes seems to be a threat to the right wing fundies.

[Erose999]

7. I wouldn't say they are the Party of Hate officially, but

there are a lot of haters involved and there is a lot of hate.

I've been exposed to mare RW talk radio now since here in GA the RW talk format is starting to crossover to FM. Its not that I conciously seek it out, I will just come across it while channel surfing and listen to see what the RW "Outrage DuJour" is. People like Rushbo and Mike Savage really are preaching hate. You hear it in the racist memes they keep repeating and in the ways they only mention minorities/gays/liberals with scorn.

I want my damn FM music stations back, you hateful bastards!!!!!

[treestar]

8. Yes.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Is water wet?

It seems as though the GOP really has nothing else left nowadays.