Video & Multimedia
In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Conservative Pundits Have Incredible Emotional Meltdown [View all]PatrickforO
(14,633 posts)and he said that it is because conservatives tend to have strong emotional reactions around loyalty and patriotism while progressives value equality and justice more. When I pointed out that Republican leadership met on Obama's INAUGURATION night and made a pact to oppose everything Obama did no matter what, and I call that treason, he replied, "Sure. But that's the way your mind works. To them, they HAD to oppose Obama because the very fact a African American president was elected so totally upsets their apple cart. So, of course Obama is not even American, he's from Kenya, and we MUST oppose him every step of the way to protect the nation! Or else it will ALL fall apart!"
So, to my friend, these are otherwise good people who had this horrible negative reaction to Obama and his policies because he's just so different...
Hmm.
Or, they might be traitors. Or worse. They are collecting lots of money spewing this hatred without believing a word of it.