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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBear 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." "
Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)Akamai
(1,779 posts)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)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)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)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)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)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)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.