Why aren't Republican voters RUNNING to switch party affiliation???

[JeffersonChick]

First, I thought the whole Bush/Cheney disaster would do it.

Then, I thought the Wall Street disaster would do it.

Then, I thought, well for sure, the oil spill would do it.

Hell, I even thought the psychos running for office lately would do it.

But, no.

WTF does it take to get these crazy people to realize they're barking up the wrong tree and voting for criminals?

Sometimes, I really think they've been heavily brainwashed. That's the only explanation I can think of. These people would probably vote for Hitler if he were a Republican.

[tridim]

1. I guess the only conclusion we can draw, is that Repub voters loved Bush/Cheney..

They love Wall Street and the bailouts, and they love oil, spilled or not.

I've been waiting for my parents to turn since before Bush was selected, and apparently there is still no end in sight.

Republicans are stubborn because Faux tells them it's okay.

[DJ13]

2. Many did in 08 so they could vote for Obama

Then again, he's kind of let them down by continuing many of Bush's policies, so maybe they gave up this year.

[dionysus]

3. *cough*horseshit*cough*

[Catherina]

10. +1 n/t

[WillyT]

17. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said...

:kick:

[Arkana]

18. Ze grapes, zey are sour

[TheKentuckian]

4. Because they are authoritarian taint licking, stupid, fearful, hateful, racist, bigoted,

disrespectful of life, intolerant, willfully ignorant, peace hating, hypocritical, xenophobic, uncultured, simplistic, arrogant beyond human reckoning, functionally evil psychopathic fools with the empathy of a burnt rock and the delusions of the insane.

They are dark agers, who despise wisdom and knowledge. They are vain beyond bounds. They are greedy fucks that would sell their own mothers for a bowl of thin gruel in a pinch. They celebrate the pain and misery of others even while they help to inflict it. They are the minions of the greediest wealth. They cannot or will not process information. They are lacking in imagination but easily assimilate the ravings of others.

They are liars who despise truth.

[Glorfindel]

6. "Taint licking"?

:wow: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[JeffersonChick]

14. Wow Kentuckian, tell us how you REALLY feel! LOL!!!

[TheKentuckian]

15. I'm holding back as some think their Reich Wing family, friends, and associates

are actually decent people.

Redeemable? Certainly. Currently good? Fuck no, being a active functional Republican requires one to be monstrous in many areas.
They try to play the "it's just politics" card but the policy aims of said politics is twisted and evil. Whether the cause is will or delusion, until the actions change you're dealing with a shitbag that is nice to YOU and YOUR'S rather than a non-shitbag.

They call themselves reformed for a reason, they know they were fucked up and full of shit or at the very least stood behind those who clearly were.

[Ikonoklast]

22. Because they lovingly fondle the shackles of their bondage.

Not knowing that they placed them there themselves, and are in willing thrall to their Masters; Deceit, Ignorance, and Hatred.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. Thanks but no thanks --

the Democratic Party already has enough GOPers/GOPer mindsets -- I don't know it ic could handle any more and survive as the Democratic Party.

Let them stay with and clean-up their own damned Party.

[damntexdem]

7. Brain transplants?

[SPedigrees]

8. Maybe they took a clue from what happened to Specter when he did it.

More likely they are greedy and self-serving and want to preserve their obscene tax breaks.

Changing from dem to repub or vice-versa compromises voter trust. Changing from either party to independent avoids the trust issue. Our former Vermont Senator Jeffords was an old style republican. When the neocons came on the scene he switched to independent. I voted for him before and after his change of party affiliation over the course of many years. His political ethics did not change when he abandoned the repub party. He is the only republican I've ever voted for, and probably will remain the only one.

[ladjf]

9. You are describing an amazing psychiatric phenomenon. nt

[Turborama]

12. One that I've defined as, "Sociopathic/Misanthropic Antisocial Personality Disorder"

Much more on this here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=362685&mesg_id=362802

[YOY]

11. Because they aren't known for catching on very quickly.

You're talking about people who drone endlessly that Republicans are good for the economy...when the New Democrats are actually the pro-business/economy folks and have the track record to prove it.

Of course they still haven't picked up that Obama isn't even very liberal...

Like I always say...take the short bus kids and inject them with selfish cruelty in the guise of patriotism...you have the modern Republican base.

[OHdem10]

13. Could it be they see their Republicanism as a status symbol.

For many who may not have much else, the social benefit
of "belonging" is too much for some to give up.
The Republicans have been very smart: as they villified
"Liberal" organized their base and keep in close touch
with their activists thus the rank and file believe they
rose from "nobody" to "somebody". THIS is why they are
so "wigged out" over not being in power.

GOP work with their activists who in turn keep the rank
and file informed.

[RedCloud]

16. How many lifetimes does it take to make a dumbass think?

[kiapolo]

19. because of...

Alvin Greene

[William Z. Foster]

20. an alternative

That is the only thing lacking.

[branders seine]

21. they are cultists.

there has been no intervention, no de-programming.

It's all Clinton/Obama's fault, too much regulation, taxes too high dontcha know?

[MisterP]

23. why aren't Dems? numerous Dem officials have embraced Wall Street, forever war, neoliberalism,

and oil drilling, making any of their regulations, tax breaks, or not-being-Cheney somewhat fatuous or deceptive