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Shadowflash

(1,536 posts)
8. They care more about denying other people rights
Wed Sep 3, 2014, 09:39 AM
Sep 2014

Than they do about their own self interest.

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because for a lot of those voters, they are right edhopper Sep 2014 #1
It's is an amazing phenomenon. But there it is. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #19
I've often wondered this ... and what I see is republicans value as positives those RKP5637 Sep 2014 #2
They're not real conservatives nxylas Sep 2014 #3
IMO Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #4
Yep, that's pretty much it and what we see! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #5
Kansas is the Petri dish for the Great Conservative Experiment ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #6
Then they should sit down with a game controller and play themselves some Bioshock. Volaris Sep 2014 #7
Nothing will ever convince them that they are wrong hifiguy Sep 2014 #18
They care more about denying other people rights Shadowflash Sep 2014 #8
Illeagles! And Takers! And those dam' Demoncrats! n2doc Sep 2014 #9
In their mind who says that's a problem? LynneSin Sep 2014 #10
Because poor Whites believe that government assistance programs help other races more than them Yavin4 Sep 2014 #11
Non-whites are undeserving and lazy. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #20
Non-college educated Whites are THE voting bloc that gives Republicans power Yavin4 Sep 2014 #21
the state gov in mostly red states? mismanages their state revenue and federal money Sunlei Sep 2014 #12
GA. is a perfect example of what happens under Republican Rule. Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #13
It's not just poverty and job creation . . FairWinds Sep 2014 #14
"God & Guns" Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #15
There's always an excuse Johonny Sep 2014 #16
They'll tell you they haven't had their way. Marr Sep 2014 #17
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