Reply #32: "Hate" is a strong word. I think there are more people

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who think Bush* is a disaster as pResident and want him out of office than there were people who felt that way about Clinton. Thus, I voted "for" Bush* in the poll.

But I think there were more people with a visceral hatred for Clinton than there are who truly hate Bush*. They still hate his guts, while I can't imagine myself thinking much about Bush* once he'd out of power. I think that's because RWers really get into hatred for others and are able to justify it to themselves more than people whose politics are more leftist. If we liberals/ progressives hate someone, we feel guilty and try to change, while the right thinks it's fine to hate your enemies. That's a handy attitude for war. Sometimes liberals can also be that way, such as right after 9/11, when almost everyone was talking about revenge.