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AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:09 AM Nov 2012

If our President wins a second term today, are you prepared for the possibility........ [View all]

that we may be facing a truly major right-wing backlash?

This has had me concerned for some time, ever since I watched the Tea Party movement form in '09 shortly after Obama won his first term. They were one of the biggest catalysts for the horrendous amount of hatred that's been thrown towards our President over the past few years, along with Rushbo, Glenn Dreck, etc., and it's gotten worse every passing year.

I am truly concerned that we may end up having to deal with a nasty mix of '50s hysteria, the Klan attacks of the '60s, and all the worst of the militia and/or white nationalist actions of the '80s & '90s, combined, and then multiplied.

I know it may not happen, but we may need to prepare for the worst........

And for those of you who can make it to the voting lines; don't let anyone intimidate you. Let nothing stop you to put our President in office for a well-deserved second term.

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It would be no different than what we have already experienced. BelleCarolinaPeridot Nov 2012 #1
If they try it, we will SMASH them back down. Now please quit the worrying and go GOTV. RBInMaine Nov 2012 #2
Yes, we must resolve to take on the lying bastards. We cannot back down. No time off between Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #5
It's been nothing but backlash for four years. jberryhill Nov 2012 #3
I'm HOPING for wailing and gnashing of teeth. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #4
Bring it. quakerboy Nov 2012 #6
I don't see how it could get any worse than it's been lunatica Nov 2012 #7
They might just start using the N-word. Frank Cannon Nov 2012 #16
They will have failed at their #1 priority Freddie Nov 2012 #8
What the hell do you think the last 4 yrs of obstruction was about? HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #9
They will drum up a reason Jawja Nov 2012 #10
Love Clinton but he did not help himself at all.. rsweets Nov 2012 #14
Yes, Jawja Nov 2012 #28
Carpe diem GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #11
I am somewhat maryellen99 Nov 2012 #12
We have no control over that. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #13
To the FEMA camps with them! NoPasaran Nov 2012 #15
Oh NOES! Earth_First Nov 2012 #17
My crazy BFF thinks the country Ilsa Nov 2012 #18
There will be an explosion IDemo Nov 2012 #19
No explosion, a slow IMPLOSION. The GOP is in a state of decay. randome Nov 2012 #30
We'll definitely have to keep an eye on Ted Nugent soleft Nov 2012 #20
Fuck 'Em... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #21
No biggie. H2O Man Nov 2012 #22
Bwahahahaha! Daemonaquila Nov 2012 #23
bring it on. spanone Nov 2012 #24
^ This ..... marmar Nov 2012 #26
Let's try to accentuate the positive for about five minutes, shall we? Chorophyll Nov 2012 #25
Yeah and then LiberalElite Nov 2012 #27
Tough shit. Bring it. CakeGrrl Nov 2012 #29
The last 4 years have been a right-wing backlash IMO. kwenu Nov 2012 #31
As opposed to the utter docility Spirochete Nov 2012 #32
Republican Plan kairos12 Nov 2012 #33
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