thrown in for dessert. They are all fervent in their belief that Dems are the spawn of Satan and Thugs will save the world if given the chance. They all are FOX viewers.
Half are fans of O'Liely and the rest plan their day around Limpballs.

If family/friends that are feeling the pain of this economy, it because Obama is POTUS
student Repugs just wish their parent would take a 2nd look at Ron Paul

I hear what you are all saying - but - I can't believe that there aren't Repug voters calling there Senators and Congressmen and telling them that they will never vote Repug again if these elected officials keep up killing the American Economy. I just can't believe that all Repug voters are so dug in and can't see what their Party is doing to them.

and the poor republicans don't want to get the rich republicans mad at them...

And as for the teabaggers... Obama's still black.

My parents have always voted repug. My dads retired and my mom was a stay at home mom. (never had a job ever). Their house is paid for as is their car. Before dad retired he got all new household appliances and put on a new roof. They are struggling in their retirement, but not to put food on the table or to pay the electric bill. They are Pissed that they can't go play the slots like they used to. And they blame head start, food stamps and sesame street. See to them all those freeloaders are the reason they have to pay such high taxes in their retirement. So it's not that they don't feel the pain. It's just their pain doesn't hurt. believe you me, the first time dad can't pay a bill he will be calling everyone in the state telling them to fix the economy...till then thou I just.have to listen and grimace as they Bitch bout meals on wheels.

You've probably already seen it. There was a bit of flack about it when it first showed up. It is the ONLY interview I have ever seen that addresses your question.

The south will not rise again, in fact the south never rose in the first place. Had the south been prosperous enough to educate its own people there never would have been a civil war. To consider the south an independent nation is to consider it a very poor nation based in agriculture even to this day. While there were a few rich southern planters there was never any such thing as an overall prosperous south. This was just one of the causes for the south to need continuous expansion into the west, leaving parts of the old south (notably Virginia and North Carolina) little more than breeding centers for slaves to be sold out of state. The south had very little industry and more importantly an uneducated populace, little inland railway for transportation, and nearly no roads or rivers giving them east-west movement across their own territory. In short they had dam near no industry and very limited capacity to carry out of the regions in which they were grown for export the crops needed to pay for the administration of Government, let alone war. With no help coming from either the british or the french the south lost their war for independence the day the mouth of the Mississippi was put in blockade - all they could do after that was starve, die on the battlefield, or surrender and rejoin the Union. But to say the South will rise again is patently absurd, they never rose in the first place.

he' not a family man?

hate him cause his name's Obama?

ignorance on parade.

That pic is worth a million Confederate bucks, but the video includes several less lol worthy subjects.

But it seems like most of those who are bothered enough by the situation to break ranks with the Repug party and make a statement tell a story about how they left that party. Perhaps as well, working class Repugs were already hurting before things got really bad, having been left behind in so many ways by the economy, and their resulting anger has long been used to ally them with the RW. Wealthier Repug supporters may be less likely to be hurting in this economy. The RW also seems to revel in suffering, believing that it builds character or something. To the poorer in their party, suffering proves that they are morally superior. Complaining, criticizing, asking for help are all signs of weakness and inferiority to them. I remember a candidate in CO some time ago who stood there in his cowboy outfit and called Dems "whiny wet diaper babies" in a TV interview. Lackoff tells us that this is sort of a core belief (although the way the idea is stated vary) of the RW.

I have two very conservative relatives, both hurting financially.

They blame others (the one gave his allegedly large retirement fund to an account executive who allegedly squandered it, though my guess is that relative squandered it); they blame the government for regulating the economy - if it just weren't regulated, relative could easily get rich, because he thinks he is smart and works hard.

Or they don't care, so long as no one can get an abortion and kids pray in schools, all is well.