What is the one thing that bonds Republicans together? And that separates

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them from Democrats?

[charlyvi]

1. Hatred of the almighty Clenis. n/t

[unrepuke]

2. They consider themselves winners,

and everybody else losers.
They make their own rules, so there's no such thing as cheating.

[Bluerthanblue]

3. FEAR-

the greatest motivator of all.

Fear of change, loss, need, themselves, the future, want, being judged, pain, hope, love, etc.

You name it- we follow out of fear- the lack of courage and self-assurance, or willingness to fall, or appear stupid, or fail-

i'm betting my life on it.

[AlinPA]

6. Yep, fear and hate based on their interpretation of their religion. nt

[Jane Austin]

4. Selfishness.

I started to say simple-mindeness, but that's too easy.

They want to grab all they can for themselves, and really just do not care about anybody else.

[Yupster]

5. Tax Cuts

seems to be the one tie that binds all the different Republican groups.

[newblewtoo]

15. YES and limited government

By decreasing tax revenue they hope to shrink government; Kill Social Security, Welfare, The Arts, and a host of other 'poverty programs', actually bankrupting government may be a secret goal.

[WinkyDink]

7. Greed.

With cold-heartedness towards others and self-righteousness in their belief that they are nonetheless "Christian."

[leesa]

8. criminal acts?

[Stargleamer]

9. Getting the Rich richer and the poor poorer thru tax cuts

It's their raison d'etre.

If Bush were to come out in favor of tax increases, they'd abandon him in droves.

[alfredo]

10. Fear Greed and chauvinism.

[Syncronaut Seven]

11. Pedophillia? Pug pedophilia seems to outnumber the dems about 423:1

Fascism? Fear? Mental illness? those all seem to be Pug core values.

[Midnight Rambler]

12. Loyalty to party over country

Many are bigots, many are rich greedy fucks, and many are mullet-headed morans, but not all. What really binds them all together is that they are Republicans first, Americans second (or in some cases, Christians second and Americans third), and human beings dead last.

[whatever4]

13. Repubs OWN the right to the original question of "why are we here" nm

[Orangepeel]

14. it isn't one thing. it is two things

the republican party is an unholy alliance between people who support corporate interests because it enriches themselves (and who don't care about social issues because they know that if one has enough money in America then there are ways to get around blue laws), and people who, because of their own fundamentalist beliefs, are willing to sacrifice their own economic interests to support restrictions on other people's personal lives.

[Contrary1]

16. Unsympathetic to those "beneath them".

They've demonstrated it over and over again the last several
years, even more obviously these past few months.

[me b zola]

17. They all agree on tax cuts.

Religion and the role it plays in government divides them.

Also, the party is split on a woman's right to choose.

[La Coliniere]

18. They think property rights are more important

than human rights. Did I mention selfishness ?

[No Exit]

19. 1. Lies. 2. Hatred for democrats.

Yes, they are a group conceived in lies, and sustained by hatred.

[LSdemocrat]

20. They believe that everyone already has a fair shot at life

[I Have A Dream]

21. I like this. Yes -- I think that they think that everyone starts out...

with the same chance for success and that, with hard work, everyone can succeed. If you don't succeed, then you are lazy to them.

[tsuki]

22. Hero worship. eom

[Marnieworld]

23. They all would have answered this question the same

The one thing that bonds them all together is the Talking Points Memo. They have one thought, one message, one point or meme to hammer out in sync. That is their power but it can also be a weakness.

As Harry Reid proved you have to ambush them before they can all get the script and then they all sound like clueless blithering idiots who forgot how to think for themselves a long time ago.

What do I win?
:hi:

[TNMOM]

24. abortion and guns.

[Rocknrule]

25. HATE

They are full of hate and love it

[Aimah]

26. Dislike for anything and anyone not of their ilk.

[Lecky]

27. illegal aliens, tax cuts for the rich, intelligent design...

abortion, obsession with "terra", hatred for Clinton...etc.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. Fear and selfishness

I looked in on a conservative site the other day, and the name of the thread was something like, "How can an intelligent person be a liberal?"

They were especially puzzled about how a show biz type could be a liberal, because it means giving away so much money in taxes.

They came to the conclusion that Hollywood liberals got rich too quickly and therefore don't know the value of hard work. :crazy: