Reply #42: They never cared about their "popularity"...their arrogance

[kevinbgoode]

that only THEY could represent the "people", combined with their insistance that God annointed their sorry asses to run the country, is part of what did them in big time. Couple that with their amazing ability to memorize right wing fantasy talking points, and they approached problems (and the world) in a complete state of denial. They denied facts, denied science, denied freedom of religion to others who weren't of their political activist megachurch, denied other Americans the right to citizenship, demonized anyone who wasn't a white gun-totin' male, blamed everyone but themselves whenever one of their policies or ideas didn't work. In short, it has been like having government run by the bullies of a middle-school playground. . .and people recognize just how out-of-touch that party is with the general public.

All of their sneering "da liberals" this and "da liberals" that has turned into a cartoon cliche - and claiming to be "conservative" is now akin to being labeled willfully ignorant - which they are. This country has been saturated by a cabal of crazy-ass angry white "conservative" men who know little about our history (and what they do know they try to rewrite), attack science in favor of politically-motivated "religious" dogma, and treat Americans hit with natural disasters as personally responsible (unless they are white Republicans in tornado-hit areas).

Every one of them needs to be run out of office - and out of town - on a rail.