Do conservative Republicans really believe....?

[donaldbuzz&minnie]

Do conservative Republicans really believe that anyone who disagrees with their politics is:

1. ignorant
and/or
2. unAmerican
and/or
3. bamboozled by the liberal media elite
????

I guess I'm just fed up with with an attitude I sense from the Right that implies that every seat in Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidency should, if life were just, be in the hands of Republicans. It's as if no one but a right-winger can hold an intelligent, reasoned opinion or be a patriotic American.

As far as I am concerned, compromise and consensus-building are the life-blood of a democracy, not a threat. Even though I am one, I wouldn't want to live in a country forever and only controlled by Democrats, and I sure as heck don't want to live in one ruled by people who seem incapable of believing there is any other worthwhile opinion other than the conservative ones they hold.

Nixon, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush

Democrats have held the White House for only 12 of the last 40 years. Is it so threatening to entertain the notion that a Democratic administration might be good for the country at this point, or at least neutral?

Conservative Republicans...bottom line...are Democrats enemies who have to be crushed or just fellow Americans who have different (possibly even reasonable) points of view?

 

[Anewman]

In all fairness, there are Democrats that give that same demeaning attitude towards those that do not see things the same as they do.

It is really hard to look on the other side of the coin and think about why anyone would take that stance, much easier to just assume they are less smart then us.

Even if I try to see issues from their side, sometimes it is hard to understand and I assume that they have a hard time rationalizing our stance on some issues.

 

[CowboyCO]

Do conservative Republicans really believe that anyone who disagrees with their politics is:

1. ignorant
and/or
2. unAmerican
and/or
3. bamboozled by the liberal media elite
????

I guess I'm just fed up with with an attitude I sense from the Right that implies that every seat in Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidency should, if life were just, be in the hands of Republicans. It's as if no one but a right-winger can hold an intelligent, reasoned opinion or be a patriotic American.

As far as I am concerned, compromise and consensus-building are the life-blood of a democracy, not a threat. Even though I am one, I wouldn't want to live in a country forever and only controlled by Democrats, and I sure as heck don't want to live in one ruled by people who seem incapable of believing there is any other worthwhile opinion other than the conservative ones they hold.

Nixon, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush

Democrats have held the White House for only 12 of the last 40 years. Is it so threatening to entertain the notion that a Democratic administration might be good for the country at this point, or at least neutral?

Conservative Republicans...bottom line...are Democrats enemies who have to be crushed or just fellow Americans who have different (possibly even reasonable) points of view?

They are fellow Americans that either need seasoning to more fully understand that capitalism ony works well when government stays out of it or need to work for a year running a business, paying employees & taxes and trying to be profitable in spite of government. As for National Security, IMO Dems seem to eager to turn the other cheek to people that would happily take your whole face off and destroy your way of life all in the name of radical islam. Oher than that, most dems are great Americans...

 

[Magic Mom]

In all fairness, there are Democrats that give that same demeaning attitude towards those that do not see things the same as they do.

It is really hard to look on the other side of the coin and think about why anyone would take that stance, much easier to just assume they are less smart then us.

Even if I try to see issues from their side, sometimes it is hard to understand and I assume that they have a hard time rationalizing our stance on some issues.

 

[yeartolate]

In all fairness, there are Democrats that give that same demeaning attitude towards those that do not see things the same as they do.

It is really hard to look on the other side of the coin and think about why anyone would take that stance, much easier to just assume they are less smart then us.

Even if I try to see issues from their side, sometimes it is hard to understand and I assume that they have a hard time rationalizing our stance on some issues.

I very much agree with this.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Do conservative Republicans really believe that anyone who disagrees with their politics is:

1. ignorant
and/or
2. unAmerican
and/or
3. bamboozled by the liberal media elite
????

I guess I'm just fed up with with an attitude I sense from the Right that implies that every seat in Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidency should, if life were just, be in the hands of Republicans. It's as if no one but a right-winger can hold an intelligent, reasoned opinion or be a patriotic American.

As far as I am concerned, compromise and consensus-building are the life-blood of a democracy, not a threat. Even though I am one, I wouldn't want to live in a country forever and only controlled by Democrats, and I sure as heck don't want to live in one ruled by people who seem incapable of believing there is any other worthwhile opinion other than the conservative ones they hold.

Nixon, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush

Democrats have held the White House for only 12 of the last 40 years. Is it so threatening to entertain the notion that a Democratic administration might be good for the country at this point, or at least neutral?

Conservative Republicans...bottom line...are Democrats enemies who have to be crushed or just fellow Americans who have different (possibly even reasonable) points of view?

By the way you opened your post, it sounds like you already have your mind made up.

 

[ntsammy5]

Great thread - I agree this is a fault of both sides!

 

[mamacatnv]

Do conservative Republicans really believe that anyone who disagrees with their politics is:

1. ignorant
and/or
2. unAmerican
and/or
3. bamboozled by the liberal media elite
????

No

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

Just because I am a liberal does not mean I am not a capitalist. I don't think I can bear more gridlock in Washington. This is a centrist nation and Congress and the President need to work together.

 

[heatherleigh]

"Democrats have held the White House for only 12 of the last 40 years. Is it so threatening to entertain the notion that a Democratic administration might be good for the country at this point, or at least neutral? "

Of course this is only HALF of the story. Democrats have held both the House and Senate for 2/3s of the last 40 years. Bush is one of the only presidents who had control of both. Democrats have had a majority under every other Republican President, including Ronald Regan. As most of us know, the house and senate has more power than the President (other than armed forces.)

 

[myalterego]

They are fellow Americans that either need seasoning to more fully understand that capitalism ony works well when government stays out of it or need to work for a year running a business, paying employees & taxes and trying to be profitable in spite of government. As for National Security, IMO Dems seem to eager to turn the other cheek to people that would happily take your whole face off and destroy your way of life all in the name of radical islam. Oher than that, most dems are great Americans...

Whether or not you choose to believe it, I spent 20 years of my life as one of the top twenty executives of a publicly traded company that annually racked up close to a billion dollars each year in sales before I cashed out. I bring that up only because your statement above couldn't be more wrong. The amount I saved in tax cuts from this administration has been more than been offset by the losses I suffered elsewhere, and my portfolio grew at a far superior percentage per annum during the Clinton administration.

In addition, there are many of us who regard radical Christianity as just as great a threat to our way of life as radical Islam, precisely because it is already operating and thriving within these borders.

Having said that, I could not agree more with the idea expressed by others on this thread that there are zealots on both ends of the political spectrum who I think are way off target, but I think the current incarnation of the Conservative thread here on the Disboards consistently showcases America at it's worst.

 

[Goofycampers]

Pick any thread about Sarah Palin and you'll see democrats at their worst. Democrats don't behave any better believe me- it's all in your perspective.

 

[AlexTina]

A bird needs a left wing and a right wing to fly. If all you've got is one you will fail.

Tina

 

[LukenDC]

I'm tired of attacks on Americans' patritoism. Being a Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative does not make anyone more or less patriotic than anyone else.

 

[TLSnell1981]

Is it so threatening to entertain the notion that a Democratic administration might be good for the country at this point, or at least neutral?

A government controlled by Obama, Pelosi and Reid is a threat to many in this country. Many do not consider them "just" democrats. They are beleived to be far-left radicals. I don't see how these three in control can be considered "good" or "neutral".

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

In all fairness, there are Democrats that give that same demeaning attitude towards those that do not see things the same as they do.

It is really hard to look on the other side of the coin and think about why anyone would take that stance, much easier to just assume they are less smart then us.

Even if I try to see issues from their side, sometimes it is hard to understand and I assume that they have a hard time rationalizing our stance on some issues.

Using the words of Keith Partridge...I think I love you.

 

[Disney Doll]

Do liberal democrats really believe that anyone who disagrees with their politics is:
Ignorant
Bible toting
Rifle carrying
Whackos

 

[yeartolate]

Do liberal democrats really believe that anyone who disagrees with their politics is:
Ignorant
Bible toting
Rifle carrying
Whackos

Nope. I think there are fringe wingnuts on both sides that seem to drown out a more rational middle.

And frankly it becomes tit fot tat. I find myself responding in kind (albeit usually in sarcasm, not because I believe it) because I can only be pushed so far. Hopefully I will go back to my middle ground after the election.

 

[What the Heck]

In all fairness, there are Democrats that give that same demeaning attitude towards those that do not see things the same as they do.

It is really hard to look on the other side of the coin and think about why anyone would take that stance, much easier to just assume they are less smart then us.

Even if I try to see issues from their side, sometimes it is hard to understand and I assume that they have a hard time rationalizing our stance on some issues.

Well said, very well said.

What is frightening for many on the right isn't that we believe those on the left are what the OP listed, but that the leadership from the left is all of the above. Think of the Democratic National Chair walking through the streets of New Orleans on a rampage saying how this was all the Republicans fault and they were going to pay in 2006 (and the Republicans did because the press was so quick to place the blame on Republicans - i.e. "How Bush Blew It" in Newsweek when it should have been "How Blanco Blew It"). Come forward to 2008 and a bi-partisan committee comes up with a plan to bail out Wall Street and Nancy Pelosi placing all of the blame for the problem on Republicans, placing her views ahead of the "most dire situation in our lifetime". Or Barney Frank saying he did nothing wrong while working on the committee that oversaw Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, while having a lover from one of the institutions. He did nothing wrong when he said they were strong (about 6 months before they tanked) under his oversight. Or how about Harry Reid declaring the war lost 2 years ago, and we should have got out then and left it to Al Queda?

Yes, there are crazies on the right as well, but they won't be in power after November. The problem is, it won't be the Centrists from the left who will be in power come November 5th, it will be the crazies from the far left - including Barack Obama. He has voted 97% with Harry Reid - the other 3% was when it was even further left than Reid wanted to go. Obama/Pelosi/Reid scares the hell out of me.

Who will he have in his cabinet? Murtha as Secretary of Defense? This is frightening. A 25% reduction in military funding as proposed by Barney Frank is extremely frightening.

 

[mickeysgal]

In all fairness, there are Democrats that give that same demeaning attitude towards those that do not see things the same as they do.

It is really hard to look on the other side of the coin and think about why anyone would take that stance, much easier to just assume they are less smart then us.

Even if I try to see issues from their side, sometimes it is hard to understand and I assume that they have a hard time rationalizing our stance on some issues.

Thank you. That was very nice of you to say this.