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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
The media has painted this picture of all republicans being radicalized and polarizing figures and it simply isnt true. There is no doubt that the mainstream media will do whatever it can to hold onto the ideological advantage that they now maintain with liberal control of the govt. Rush and Coulter and Hannity and the rest are simply playing to their rather sizable audiences. They aren't political commentators as much as "entertainers". The former President was called far worse things by Olberman and crew. He was and continues to be brutalized in the media yet because it falls under similar political leanings of the majority of the media that is simply brushed aside. There is no doubt that the Liberals here HATE George Bush far more than most Conservatives dislike Obama. But that isn't the sexy argument.
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I dont think ALL republicans are radical... but I wouldnt be shocked to hear that 15% of conservatives are radical right wing holier than tho people.
And that includes Coulter and Rush.. the people who are being heard the most. And it spreads a terrible message.
Shoot I go and read the politics section of Pace Advantage... my lord I'm conservative and i'd get ripped to shreads if I posted there. Very anti-anyone who isnt Christian. The people who post comments on the Foxnews website are the same way. Its actually quite scary and sick.
There are a ton of very stable & open minded - accepting and loving Republicans out there... thats just not what is being heard on the radio and such, the nutjobs have the loudest voices. And I feel its a big problem.
And I do have a HUGE problem with someone like Coulter saying Jews need to be perfected by becoming Christians. It makes me physically ill. Shouldnt even be allowed to be said under the first amendment. She should get charged with a hate crime for that.
Just because Liberals bashed Bush over everything, doesnt mean Repubs need to attack Obama PERSONALLY... personal attacks are "he's a muslim" "he's not born in the USA", "he's a terrorist" stuff like that should be off limits. It makes us look just plain stupid.
Its fine and dandy to verbally disagree with his policies, just like dem's did with Bush... but the conservatives are just out of hand right now.. and a small percentage of them are making the entire group look bad. Kind of like Muslims, (a small percentage makes the whole society look bad) just
A WHOLE LOT LESS EXTREME.