Here’s why you have to be a dick to be a Republican

[Johonny]

22. I think Republican party is very good a packaging

Look at legitimate arguments made against the Bush administration. Those exact arguments are now made spuriously by the right against Obama. They're the same talking points we used to write only now they insert Obama. Which leads me to agree with you on this. I think Republican voters and Democratic voters aren't that far apart. But that Republican voters buy the fantasy spin about Democrats instead of realizing liberal policies are generally the avenue most likely to produce the society they actually want. The list is more pointing out Republican legislators at the highest level have to be self interested dicks but I think most people know Republican voters that aren't dicks. Yet they vote for complete dicks! It is a painful conundrum for us.

I have a friend very dedicated to working in homeless shelters yet they vote Republican. You point out Republicans are cutting social services and their response is silly lists like the one above. The list isn't true and the affect of poor conservative legislation is so obvious and yet they can't see it. I don't get it, but I know it is real. FOX news and conservative propaganda is great at projecting onto Democrats what conservatives actually do and it suckers in a lot of people who then vote against themselves But there are a lot of Republicans that likely aren't dicks they just vote for complete dicks.