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In reply to the discussion: The GOP nightmare, in one HuffPo comment [View all]BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)20. there are Holocaust deniers too
And there were kamikaze pilots isolating themselves and thinking the Emperor won.
The majority do open their eyes sooner or later. DU members in general pretty much know what's going on way ahead of the rest of the herd. Which is pretty frustrating!
I agree with you too about many on the right wanting punishment of the indolent. The belief that ALL who receive assistance are sitting on lazy asses and want it that way is actually fairly widespread. I've been pretty surprised at how often I hear that sentiment, and from whom.
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There are two factors that make Republicans white hot with rage over "Obamacare" ...
klook
Dec 2013
#16
Yes, "collective bargaining" is probably the one aspect of free-markets they'd most like gone.
Hugin
Dec 2013
#37
Nah. Baggers are fascists cloaked in the American Flag. They support Corporate Rule
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2013
#51
So if his below minimum wage earning waitperson pisses in it, he won't even know?
11 Bravo
Dec 2013
#12
$13,000 is a lot of money. That is a serious addition to the kids college funds,
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#32
k and r--my hope is that each and every one of these disgusting puke pols, their acolytes,
niyad
Dec 2013
#45
I'm going to email that comment to my 2 ReThug brothers who disapprove of ACA .
Auntie Bush
Dec 2013
#46
Let's see if these kind of stories get the same kind of play in the M$M that the negative ones did.
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2013
#52