Every time I ask a republican why they feel Democrats are ruining their country..

[busterbrown]

I don’t give a chance for them to answer.. I quickly tell them why ..".Its because you feel that the Democrats give money away to poor Blacks and other minorities which enables them to stay in their ruts and Dems. do this for their votes” ... They respond “Well, thats part of it”....but...You know, they never ever seem to get their thoughts straight on the Other Part.. Thats because there is no other part..

And there it is folks... The Cliff Note Version Of Why Republicans Hate Democrats..

[stopbush]

1. When I ask people why they don't support Obama, they almost always say it's "because of his policies

When I explain that many of "his policies" originated with conservatives, they stare blankly or fumble for words. When I offer the opinion that maybe the real reason people don't like Obama's conservative-inspired policies is because he's black, they assure me they're not racists themselves, and racism isn't the reason why they don't like his policies...but they never seem able to provide a cogent reason why they "don't like his policies."

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Conservatives think of Obama as different than every president we've had and doing too much...

While Liberals think of him as being the same as every other president we've had and not doing enough.

[Pirate Smile]

42. It's as if there is a segment of Republicans who thought he'd be radical because he's black and

the RW echo chamber regurgitates that daily. It's now become a reinforcing mantra that reality can't penetrate.

I think there was also a segment on the left who hoped he'd be more radical because he was black and they're disappointed that he's a mainstream Dem.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

43. Check this out....

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/sludge-hate-washes-higher-our-shores

[Curmudgeoness]

31. My next question is always

which policies.....because I have learned that they have no idea what his policies are, except for Obamacare.

All I get is his "socialist" policies. Which ones? Ummmm...no answer.

[SevenSixtyTwo]

2. It's not just welfare recipients

While I agree with them that there's a lot of abuse of the system that needs to be fixed, they also seem to have a blatant disdain for hourly wage earners. To them, minimum wage is far too much. So even when the unemployed do find menial work, chances are it's not going to pay enough to get by on. It's not the Democrats who want to keep people down. Keeping unemployment high and wages down as a result benefits them, not us.

First post here. Been lurking for a while. Finally joined.

[davidpdx]

3. They would rather not think of those in need

Welcome to DU! I lurked for a long time before joining.

[niyad]

6. welcome, and so glad you decided to come in from the cold! just in time for all the serious fun!

[SheilaT]

7. The real abuse in the welfare system

is the corporate welfare. Not what actual poor people get.

[JaneyVee]

10. Exactly, America spends DOUBLE as much

on corporate welfare than we do on social welfare.

[airplaneman]

32. oh its worse than that.

USA is probably the worst nation on the planet.
The most Communist = think central power - NSA,HLS,TSA,CIA -militarization of our police force.
The most Socialist - we propped up the banks and wall street with 14 Trillion dollars of interest free money (700 billion was authorized) - you hear very little about this.
The most Fascist - the complete merger of corporate and political interest and the news media.
-Airplane

[Historic NY]

13. [phone]

[Walk away]

27. And that is always my answer. Throw a few statistics that prove the rich....

are the ones sucking them dry, not the poor, and they either agree or put their fingers in their ears.

[Enthusiast]

44. +1 a whole bunch.......nt

[okaawhatever]

11. Welcome to DU nt

[Mbrow]

20. Welcome, as you can see I lurk

A lot myself, everybody seems to say what I think first or better so, I don't waste peoples time responding most of the time. Have fun!

[canuckledragger]

24. Lol, ditto here.

...as you can tell by the low post count.

I prefer to read, learn and rec what I find useful or important here.

[Dustlawyer]

21. Welcome to DU! There is not as much Welfare fraud as you think, but it could be reduced if the

Agency had funds enough to have an adequate staff level. Almost all of the Regulatory agencies are starved for employees as well. Since the corporate "Entitlements" amount to much more money than Food Stamps, Unemployment and much more, we could use that money to fund a turn around in the fortunes of everyone. If corporations had to pay a fair amount of taxes (much higher than now), we could easily afford increases which are badly needed. Cutting our bloated military and using the savings for Education, infrastructure, and Green Energy development, including a new power grid.
I know in reality that none of this will happen under current conditions. We need to pass Publicly Funded Elections and do REAL Campaign Finance Reform. This needs to be our only focus until it is accomplished. That should return a more Representative Democracy that would then be able to pass the things needed to fix our country and Democracy!

[Enthusiast]

45. I'm with you!

[beveeheart]

34. Welcome to DU

I was a lurker too for quite a while.

[Auntie Bush]

36. Welcome SevenSixtyTwo

What took you so long? Never mind... I know!

[JaneyVee]

4. They don't hate Democrats, they hate the

fake caricature of Democrats and Liberals that FOX news portrays to them. Conservative policies in reality are what breed Govt. dependence.

[smiley]

15. the poor and liberals

Have long been the scapegoats of conservative dominated america. Well before fox news was on the airwaves, poisoning the minds of the weak, public sentiment towards liberals has always been scorn.

[Mopar151]

17. it's the jocks and geeks, from junior high

The jocks are better at shouting down, trash talking and hatin' on - literally trained since childhood in an authouratarian model.

[Make7]

5. "I don’t give a chance for them to answer.."

No point reading any further.

[Boom Sound 416]

8. Yup

[niyad]

9. nah, they resent us because they KNOW our sex lives are better than theirs!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. They HATE the idea of THEIR TAX DOLLARS going to help those people because they HATE those people.

[doxydad]

19. adding to it....

Spitfire of ATJ sez: They HATE the idea of THEIR TAX DOLLARS going to help those people because they HATE those people....AND... I'm adding...they LOVE the DEFENSE SYSTEM... even tho we have 32 TIMES more the amount of armaments than our next biggest ally. WHY?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. Easy,...but you wont like it....

Right Wingers believe the purpose of the military is to keep the rest of the world down. It's the whole "Master / Slave" thing. Any country messes with us and we figuratively stake them and whip them in full view of the others to show what happens when you forget your place.

Then there's the whole "bomb them back into the stone age" line that comes from those who really believe the white man invented civilization and it's a gift that can be taken away.

[mountain grammy]

16. Damn, I thought they hated us because we're beautiful!

[Mopar151]

18. Every bit of the truth n/t

[Rex]

22. Trust me, it is much funnier watching them flail around for an answer.

Just stare at them, when they blame it on Obama...whatever it is, because let's face it they always blame it on the POTUS. Could be a cat in a tree or a bird pooped on their new car.

No need for rational thought on this...republicans brains really only alternate between sex and hate and fear. Sometimes lots of booze and sometimes binge drinking in Foxnews with some scotch and viagra.

You don't need cliff notes on the GOP...just look at your slobbering uncle that always gets drunk at family get togethers and pees in the fake plant down the hallway.

Then thankfully passes out.

[WinkyDink]

26. I think that's "hate and fear of sex." :-)

[Rex]

28. I'm sure there are a few different variants of the three for sure.

But those three seem to be the big three.

[L0oniX]

23. They don't mind corporate subsidies.

[WinkyDink]

25. Parrots. Just mimicking the current Big Lie on talk-radio.

[Warpy]

29. I used to have a great deal of fun a decade or so ago

when some silly git would be droning on about family values by asking him what those values were. They'd get that blank deer-in-the-headlights stare every time. They'd end up spluttering "well, if you don't know, I can't help you!" to which I'd drily remark they obviously didn't know, either.

Rank and file Republicans are not deep thinkers. They are bumper sticker thinkers, good at slogans but very bad at discussing what those slogans might mean.

[Booster]

30. The question I ask my Republicans friends for well over 10 years now, is

what have Republicans ever done for the common man? Over 10 years and I have NEVER received an answer. I hate to say it, but I think my friends are ignorant.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. Share this with them....

[Jamaal510]

33. I'm surprised that

they actually admitted "well, that's part of it". I don't intend to say that all Republicans are racist, but those who are usually deny being resentful towards minorities when being accused of such. I have to give props to these people you talked to for being so honest.

[SevenSixtyTwo]

35. I like the line that Democrats started the KKK.

It may be true that the founding members of the clan were Democrats but, I offer that these folks poke their heads in the door of a local clan meeting and proclaim that they are a bunch of liberal Democrats.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

39. It's about their loving the rich, loving corporations, and hating non-whites.

Republicans want an oligarchy, and they use the remnants of racism among some American whites to scapegoat and get votes.

[hfojvt]

40. seems more like

a Cliff note version of why some Democrats hate Republicans.

[busterbrown]

41. Certainly includes me..

There is absolutely nothing worth while about Republicans these days... Nothing!!