Who would you want to pick Supreme Court nominees for the next 8 years?

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83. I think you're conflating several rightwing hate objects.

They hate many things, but for our purposes, let's look at three of their favorite hatreds:

1) They hate government.

2) They hate liberals and Democrats.

3) They look down on people of color and hate AAs who achieve success and/or power (and of course the Obama family are the epitome of AA success and power in this country).

All of the above hate objects are interrelated in the rightwing pantheon of hatred and most of them have been inculcated and kept alive through rightwing media propaganda (talk radio, Fox, etc.).

1) They hate government primarily because it regulates business, but their government hatred escalated in mid-20th century desegregation, civil rights, and busing legislation and then went on steroids in the 1990s with the rise of rightwing talk radio (Rush Limbaugh, et. al.) and Bill Clinton. That is the time when the militia movement became prominent (while rightwing media told them the government was going to take away their property and especially their guns and then enslave them, etc.)

2) They've hated Democrats and liberals for many decades because they considered us socialists who were soft on communism. Add to that the youth counterculture of the 1960s/70s. After the fall of the Soviet Union, they lost a major hate object, communism, but then rightwing talk radio (Rush Limbaugh, etc.) gave them Democrats and "libruls" as a substitute, so they went after us with a vengeance.

3) Their racial arrogance and cruelty precedes the founding of our nation but got really ugly with desegregation, civil rights marches and civil rights legislation -- all of which involved government and Democrats.

So it's a big ugly ball of wax. However, you have made two claims that I don't think are justified, namely,

I know, you know, cons hate the govt now solely because of the pigmentation of Barack's skin

The right HATES this country right now because a Black man leads it.

You are claiming that the right hates the government and the country solely because the president is Black. I just showed you that their hatred for government goes way back and has several causes.

However, I completely agree with you that many of them DO hate President Obama and the First Lady solely because of their race. And I agree that it is a deep, ugly, irrational hatred. I particularly hate the things they've said about Michelle Obama. And I will agree that the AA presidency makes them even more cynical about government and their suspicion that Obama is a secret Muslim makes them distrust him on all Muslim-related issues. It's hard to imagine how miserable they must be.