Why does the "right" keep on defending Bush to the end ?

[chicagojoe]

All evening, the buffoons of Fox "News" have been defending the Bush "administration" for not paying enough attention to terrorism warnings. Why do they continue to defend Bush with no regard to his lack of credibility ?

[DustMolecule]

1. Job Security?

:shrug: n/t

[7th_Sephiroth]

2. because thier too stupid

to ever admit thier wrong

[NMDemDist2]

3. ahhh the eternal question Why are we here, where did we come from,

Why do they continue to defend Bush with no regard to his lack of credibility ?

Practive the art of ZenSpin grasshopper :eyes:

[LividLiberal]

4. Republicans stick together, even when they are wrong.

[LibertyorDeath]

5. Well they hitched their wagon to this psychological black hole

called rethuglicanism & now there's no way out.

There's no way out of here when you come in your in for good.

[Blaze Diem]

6. There were loyalists like that in the days of Aldolf Hitler, too

Went down with the sinking ship..Some defend him to this day.
Go Figure!

[Ready4Change]

7. Because they are afraid.

To them, external flaws are a reflection of internal moral flaws. Wicked deeds can only come from a wicked heart. That sort of thing.

So, to admit ANY mistake puts ALL their actions into question. They fear that because it is their confidence in their own moral correctness that allows them to act withsuch surety that liberals view it as arrogance. Ie: One flaw indicates total weakness.

That's why they go to ridiculous lengths to either justify or outright deny their mistakes. Rush isn't a drug addict. He just had a little illness, like a cold. A little treatment and he's ALL better. But any liberal with the same problem is an immoral sicko, irretreivably rotten to the core, since he doesn't have the moral fiber to resist the perverted drugs he stupidly shot into his body.

So, for many hard core "rightists", even if they are having some doubts about Bush, they aren't about to give them voice.

[Lexingtonian]

8. That's how fundies are

All middling or minor evidence to the contrary, they know that they're Favored By The Gods and thus Never Actually In The Wrong. For fundies and other occultic Believers the most pertinent evidence has never been in their favor- this problem is not a real change.

It's the outright smackdown bone-crushing annihilating defeats they don't rationalize as easily. Triumphalism requires triumphs, after all.

[JVS]

9. Politics is the arena in which defenses are made until the end

The fortitude of people at war pales in comparison to the tenacity typical of political commentary. As you read this there is some old goat in a nursing home muttering to himself about how much better a president Stevenson would have made compared to Eisenhower.

[w4rma]

10. Zealots. The GOP is a religion to them, imho. (nt)

[Devils Advocate NZ]

11. Why do some on the left defend the Dems - no matter what?

For example, anyone would think Nader was Hitler reincarnated, the way some Dems attack him, yet what he has to say is essentially correct - the corporations DO rule both major parties.

[Pinko Commie]

12. Let me provide another angle

Fox is not about either news or ideology. Fox is about selling whatever sells.

They have hitched their wagon to neoconservatism. This sells, because conservatives were so marginalized by the liberalism of the 60s they are just relieved to have someone, anyone agree with them.

Their on-air style is similar to 15 year old locker room smartasses. They refuse to allow dissenting opinion, and substitute juvenile put-downs for reasoned discourse. This sells. Because for most of the rank and file, its smart ass remarks that win arguments, not facts.

As long as it sells, they will continue to back Bush.

[GalleryGod]

13. This Ain't Watergate! They're Going Down Fighting! Scratching! Lying!

Wait'll you see Pres. Pee Pee Pants tonite!

[gulliver]

14. For Fox News, it's ratings.

Bush is their flagship series.

For other Republicans it's "but I love him momma" syndrome. They committed to him and want to stick. Bush presented them with a false image of himself -- a Republican white knight. Now Republicans are starting to realize what an ass Bush is, but it's too late. They're already married.

[Piperay]

15. Everything is good or evil for them

chimp=good, everyone against chimp=evil. All I know is that if this mess was happening under a Democrat administration I would be having a fit, I loved Clinton but I was really pissed off by some of his shenanigans. I guess I don't really know why except they are all a bunch of idiots. :argh:

[ladjf]

17. Almost all of the above posts are correct.

It's interesting to note that almost every post in this thread makes a statement about why the PUBs stick with Bush , no matter what. By reading all of the post, one can see a broader combination of contributing factors. To boil it down to a few things, (1) there is a strong religious element, (2) greed and (3) cultural. For them to admit that Bush's position is false is almost the same as saying that there are false statements in the Bible.

Check out Dr. Lower's wonderful articles on the subject.
http://www.thefourreasons.org/drlower.htm

He also has some outstanding posts on the "BushWatch" website.

[ladjf]

16. Dr. Gerry Lower answers your question.

http://www.thefourreasons.org/drlower.htm

He also has some excellant pieces on the Bushwatch website. I highly recommend them.

[sangh0]

18. Because they're opinions are based on authority

Unlike liberals, who reason things out for themselves, true-blue Repukes believe what they believe because it was what they were told by someone in authority. If they were to admit that the authority was wrong, then their leaders would lose their authority in their black and white worldview.

[apnu]

19. They made their bed...

... now they have to lay in it. What other option do they have? Appear "weak" by changing horses mid-stream? Not likely. No, if *'s ship goes down their ship goes down too, that's why this coming election will be very hard fought.

Hence the importance of AAR, ridicule and marginalizing the right, (which I morally disagree with), is a useful and necessary tool. These people (right wingers) do not play by the rules, and to beat them we must also resort to morally ambiguous tactics to slam dunk this election. And its even more intense with all this BBV non-sense.

[sangh0]

21. IMO, you confuse morals with ethics

Ethics are values, such as "Stealing is wrong". Morals are prescriptions on how to act ethically. Ethics tell us it's wrong to steal, but it's not immoral to steal food to feed a starving child because the ethics (or lack of same) of allowing a child to starve overwhelms the ethical prohibition on stealing.

[jsw_81]

20. He's all they have

And if he goes down, their whole anti-choice, anti-gay, tax cuts for the rich agenda goes down too.