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loyalsister

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12. Sadly it's not always stupidity

Reply to Revolutionary Girl (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 12:07 AM

Oct 2012

There are a lot of people who think like romney. Especially those who feel like they have been threatened economically. To some extent they have. But for some, the anger manifests in greed. It feels better to hate people who are powerless than those who screwed them over in the first place. They like the idea of a president who shares that sense of greed.
It's tempting to believe that the response to the economic disaster has been universal, but it hasn't. Things are way more complicated than if these guys screw someone over they will automatically side with the other team. People are more complicated than that. It's not stupidity, it's emotionally driven.

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Let us be realistic, ladies and gentlemen. Suppose Romney wore a Swaztika to a rally TOMORROW [View all] Zalatix Oct 2012 OP

The average IQ is 100. RagAss Oct 2012 #1

And amazingly, about half are less than that! Care Acutely Oct 2012 #16

I agree about the 47%. Revolutionary Girl Oct 2012 #2

Sadly it's not always stupidity loyalsister Oct 2012 #12

I know we like to believe people do not think critically, but for the most part they would not still_one Oct 2012 #3

Ok so I'm not alone- ruffburr Oct 2012 #4

Doesn't Robme always wear a swastika? I thought he did. man4allcats Oct 2012 #5

I'd like to call it Idiocracy, but that doesn't explain why these same people jump on Obama Zalatix Oct 2012 #10

You make a valid point. man4allcats Oct 2012 #14

he could slaughter baby and at worst it will SmileyRose Oct 2012 #6

I think the Democrat needs to have a more populist economic program so people see a clear choice. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #7

You have some very good points. Zalatix Oct 2012 #11

Seems like a good formula loyalsister Oct 2012 #13

We've been there before... twice. Zalatix Oct 2012 #15

I'm not really particularly outraged at that 47% thing. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #17

The party has shifted to the right, and declared the Left a bunch of loonies, alarmists, what-have-u Zalatix Oct 2012 #18

It is really stumpifying. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #8

It's sooo ugly that money is "free speech" mucifer Oct 2012 #9

The idea that a significant number of voters are still undecided is ludicrous. porphyrian Oct 2012 #19

If He Really Did That His Support Would Drop To Around Thirty Percent DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #20