John Cole says it all

Here:

 (N)o matter how bad all their ideas are, no matter how disastrous their governance has been, no matter how many horrible things they have done to the economy and this country, what really is killing the Republican party is that deep down, they are just complete assholes. You see it in the way they treat women, you see it in the way they treat minorities, you see it in the way they treat homosexuals, you see it in the way they treat anyone who is not a white Christian, and you see it in the way they treat anyone who disagrees with them slightly about anything. They just have no respect for anyone, and it shows. People don’t like to be treated like crap, and grown-ups don’t want to be associated with people who yell “You lie” or scream “socialism” or “Hitler” or accuse you of being a terrorist whenever they don’t get their way.

If you read the Corner or the Weekly Standard, or listen to any talk radio or any of the mouth breathers on Fox, or read any right-wing blogs, you will instantly know what I am talking about. You can’t help but notice that they are just loudmouthed jerks, stubborn bully boys, and insensitive and insecure cads. James Wolcott once wrote that Eric Cantor looked like the “pricky proprietor of the Jerk Store,” and that could be applied to the majority of the prominent Republicans out there. I guess that should be suspected from a movement in which the only thoughts are “Fuck you, I got mine.”

Comments

[Tambopaxi]

Totally agree with you, especially the very last point. The same phrase came to mind the other day while I was reading some oppo arguments to health sector reform in our country. The fact that tens of millions of Americans have no health insurance whatsoever, and that tens of thousands of Americans die each year due to lack of insurance, seems to matter not one whit to Republicans and their mean-spirited, nasty allies at Fox, amongst the teabaggers, etc.

These folks are quite ok in spending billions upon billions for war or fat cat bailouts, but when it comes to maintaining the health of Americans, they're suddenly frantic about deficits and socialism (or nazism, depending on which befuddled wingnut you're listening to).

I like to think that the majority of Americans are still decent, kind, community-spirited people who care about their fellow-countrymen - and I think that's why we elected a good man like the President. I can only hope that that same decency comes to the fore in November 2010 so that we can reduce Republican representation in Congress to the level it deserves: in the cellar...

[akaky]

Jeez, Reg, I know that's what I like about the American left-their dispassionate use of reason and their highminded refusal to use mudslinging or play gutter politics.