Republicans, Democrats, and Human Decency

[BlueStater]

In the last two weeks, two events have stuck out noticealby in my mind. The first was what Ann Coulter said about a group of women who lost their husbands on 9/11. The second was Karl Rove escaping indictment after outing a CIA agent.

Coulter and Rove are both disgusting people who did disgusting things. The comments Coulter made about the 9/11 widows were completely despicable and outrageous. What Rove did was just plain evil. He put a women's life in danger simply for the sake of politics.

I think it should simply be common sense that both these people are revolting and should be condemned by every decent American. However, "sense" has unfortunately ceased to exist ever since George W. Bush became president.

I keep hearing how Coulter and Rove are Republicans, their supporters are Republicans, those whom despise them and everything they stand for are Democrats, etc. That is not the case at all and is a serious misconception.

Coulter is a lunatic not a Republican. You have to be completely insane to attach your complete loyalty to one person and defend every little thing he does even if those defenses contradict each other. Rove is a Republican in name only. Otherwise, he's a fucking traitor who should be thrown away in a cell for the rest of life regardless of what political party he's registered under.

The people who support them aren't Republicans. How can you possibly support such nasty people who have done and said such horrible things? I hope to high hell that all the defenses we have heard from these two in that past few days have been from that paltry 29% Bush-loving crowd. In that case I can safely say that that group are not conservatives and are simply bad people.

Finally, I have heard the people who are revolted by Coulter, who would like to see Rove punished for committing treason against this country, be called "liberals" by the mainstream media and Bush-loving lunatics across the internet. Who the fuck are they? Anyone who loves this country, who was horrified by what happened on September 11, should despise these two shitbags. Those aren't, or a least should not, be liberal positions. Those should be the positions of every decent American and human being and the positions of anyone who knows right from wrong.

The partianship of this country has gotten out of hand. The 29% of people who still support Bush aren't Republicans. They're simply scum and the worst of what America has to offer. It is in my viewpoint that true conservatives stopped supporting this criminal a long time ago. The tiny bit of support he still has left are wackjobs who don't have the guts to admit they were wrong about him.

So, the next time they tell you that the reason our country's youth is dying in Iraq is to defend 9/11, remember what they did to Cindy Sheehan, remember what they did to veterans who have stood in defense of this country like Kerry and Murtha, and remember what they are now doing to those who lost loved ones on 9/11. This 29% bunch would attack anyone who actually defies their worthless, piece-of-shit leader and I don't want ANY of you to hesitate in telling these lowlives what you really think of them.

But just remember while you're doing it that while they may call themselves "conservatives" they aren't true conservatives. Not by a long shot.

[Mind_your_head]

1. That 29% = "the Backwash of this country"

yeeeeeeehaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww n/t

[bling bling]

2. Very thoughtful post. My favorite kind on the DU.

Unfortunately, the most thoughtful and interesting posts are often the ones that sink the quickest. Luckily I caught this one before that happened.

I've been thinking a lot lately about the partisanship in our country that you speak of. I completely agree with what you've said. I can't seriously believe that Ann's dedicated followers are people who's hearts and minds are healthy. Usually, I separate the neocons from Republicans. Coulter, Rove, Rush, Hannity, Cheney, et. al are examples of neocons. I genuinely think they are a threat to our way of life, in their own ways. But I've been starting to feel like my/our anger towards these people is also a threat to our way of life. We're accomplishing NOTHING with our anger. We're just fueling the battle, if anything. And in the meantime, our children's futures hang in the balance of how we handle these critical times.

If we care about our children, we should probably stop being so angry and do whatever it takes to try and get along with Republicans so that we can all work to preserve the future for our kids. I presume the Republicans care about their kids as much as we do. I guess it has to start with considering what the Republicans want. I don't know how much they *truly* care about all the devisive issues the neocons have been throwing out there (war on Christmas, Gay marriage, etc.). But aside from that as a general rule they claim to want smaller government and lower taxes. They want to feel protected by having a strong military. I don't see why the Dem's can't negotiate with the Republicans on these issues. An in return they could agree to negotiate with us on our important issues, such as civil rights, and environmental protection. We may have to show them why protecting civil rights and preserving the environment is in their best interest.

But I think I'm starting to feel that negotiating is better than just butting heads. Maybe our dialog with Repubs should be more open and friendly, instead of resentful and angry. Maybe we should ignore the hopeless neocon freaks and focus on the Republicans who actually care about this country.

All I know is that I would rather give in a little right now and work together than say "I told you so" later. Sometimes I think that some of us hope for the worst so that we can shove it in their faces. But how in the world can we justify that to our children that we LIHOP'd their futures because we were too damn stubborn and angry to try harder to make it better for them.

This thought process is still developing so that's all I have for right now. Thanks for letting me share it on your thread.