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Akamai

(1,779 posts)
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 01:29 AM Jun 2017

Bear Bryant had it right -- Republicans are fueled with hatred for us! We should remember this!

As PanhandleSlim noted: "Back in the 1950s, Paul "Bear" Bryant was asked why he thought Texas always seemed to play so well against A&M. Without hesitation, Bryant replied, "They just seem to hate us more than we hate them." "

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Bear Bryant had it right -- Republicans are fueled with hatred for us! We should remember this! (Original Post) Akamai Jun 2017 OP
Preach. Missn-Hitch Jun 2017 #1
Thank you, Jesus!Say again, AMEN!!! Brothers and sisters, and SMITE THE EVILNESS FROM YOUR HARTS! :) Akamai Jun 2017 #2
Amen. They hate us more than we hate them. It's not our Alice11111 Jun 2017 #8
gotta be willing to play dirty BannonsLiver Jun 2017 #3
Amen! Amen! and again, A-effing-men! Don't bring water guns to a shoot out. As much as I loved our Akamai Jun 2017 #4
Yes. Plus, told about the Russians or let Comey, when he Alice11111 Jun 2017 #7
I agree. murielm99 Jun 2017 #5
Yep. LBJ wouldn't have gotten the Civil Rights Act through without Alice11111 Jun 2017 #6
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2017 #9
 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
2. Thank you, Jesus!Say again, AMEN!!! Brothers and sisters, and SMITE THE EVILNESS FROM YOUR HARTS! :)
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 01:38 AM
Jun 2017

They truly hate us. They have been carefully taught, and FOX fans the flames, as does hate wing radio!

Truth and issues be damned. They don't know they are being fools and dragging them and all they love down, down, down into the ring of fire, but they are.

I sure blame the hell out of them, for many of the ways I blame people for taking advantage of children.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
8. Amen. They hate us more than we hate them. It's not our
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:45 AM
Jun 2017

nature. We want everyone to treat everyone else w respect and get along. They just want to rip our faces off.
I'm fucking tired of losing.

Dems and the people are fired up at state and local, even nationally, but the DNC is late to every party, while the Repubs are silently plotting early

BannonsLiver

(16,387 posts)
3. gotta be willing to play dirty
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 01:38 AM
Jun 2017

I've been saying that for a long time. You can govern benevolently but sometimes to be in a position to do that you have to be willing to get muddy. LBJ made a career out of that. A ball busting dirty pool player who produced civil rights and a lot of other good stuff. He also escalated Vietnam proving nobody is perfect.

And for the record, I'm not advocating anything illegal like hacking or breaking and entering. Just good old fashioned rat fucking. Like Rove and Atwater used to do.

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
4. Amen! Amen! and again, A-effing-men! Don't bring water guns to a shoot out. As much as I loved our
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 01:44 AM
Jun 2017

prior president, I wanted him to call out the effing-Republicans and not allow them to pretend they are human beings who care about other average human beings. At the end he said he could have "handled things differently" and he sure should have done that, taking names and kicking butts.

He never told people what lying, greedy, callous, heartless people the Republican leaders were. If I were with them in public, at least from time to time I would have put on an expression of anger to show how serious their crimes are.

Nice poem by Emily Dickenson which starts out: "I like a look of agony because I know it's true."

Obama knew his opponents were heartless -- he should have more often shared his insights into this with the rest of us.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
7. Yes. Plus, told about the Russians or let Comey, when he
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:39 AM
Jun 2017

Wanted too...balanced things out for Hillary with some facts. Also, he should have rammed through a LIBERAL recess appointment to SCOTUS, after MM made clear that they were not even going to give a hearing. It would last at least a year. One survived 30 years.

Playing nice w these guys is like playing nice w Putin. We use BB guns and they use nukes.

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
5. I agree.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:16 AM
Jun 2017

I live in Illinois, and I love Chicago politics. People on DU love to hate Rahm. We need more like him. We need ruthlessness.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
6. Yep. LBJ wouldn't have gotten the Civil Rights Act through without
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:32 AM
Jun 2017

Arm twisting. Abe Lincoln would not have gotten rid of slavery either. They got rid of evil. These Repubs use whatever cheating tactics they can to create evil.

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