The Republican Party is the most vile, puerile, evil, sick, disgusting, and cruel organization

[byronius]

that has ever darkened America's horizon.

There is no good side to them. They do nothing that is worthwhile or useful. They are purely a destructive force, and they will either destroy the world or they will fail to destroy the world.

I don't believe it was always this way. But it is now.

The GOP has become the expression of our id, a collection of leering, half-insane adult children who collectively possess a moral compass that unnerringly points directly south.

Period.

[rightsideout]

1. Ditto that

I like the "adult children" part. And they act like children taking the rules and the truth and twisting it around.

[Dreamer Tatum]

2. They ate one of my children in front of me.

The day after a dongo ate one of my other children.

They must be stopped.

The Republicans, I mean. Not the dingoes.

[rustydog]

32. Was that you! Wow I saw that!

Damn Repugnants

[libtodeath]

3. Senator Kennedy saw what they were back in the Bork hearings

he slowed it down keeping that monster off the court but they never give up.

[brooklynite]

34. He worked with Governor Romney on Massachusett's Health Care plan...

...but then, Romney wasn't a real Republican.

[bigtree]

4. they're craven for power, influence

. . . they're the gatekeepers and orchestrator of the wealth that flows out to their wealthy benefactors; subsequently to their own bank accounts in the form of kickbacks and donations for speeches, appearances and such.

Their compass has no bearing; it swings wildly toward whatever their petty, self-interested, and opportunistic ambitions dictate. Money, money, money, money . . . money.

[freshwest]

8. Well said.

[October]

17. Agree. Well stated.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

27. +10000000000000000000000000. you speak truth.

There is nothing more frustrating than trying to talk reason to their followers.

It's realllllllly rotten to find out someone you thought knew better is one of the minions.

[timdog44]

68. rotten minions

My brother is a fox news slug and spouts their vile non-thinking. Brags about not reading or owning a book. It is heart breaking to know this and try to put up with it.

[katmondoo]

5. This needs to be said over and over again and again

[salinen]

6. They represent the wealth only

and use social issues to control the weakest minds.

[freshwest]

9. That's what they do best.

[JaneyVee]

7. Good rant.

[randome]

10. I beg to quibble.

The people who are 'running' the Republican party are those of whom you speak. Except, no one is really in charge any longer so any nutcase with a bone to pick and a narcissistic personality is catapulted into the public eye.

[samsingh]

11. absolutely agree

they are disgusting, treacherous, lecherous, twisted, evil.

repugs are at the bottom

[the_chinuk]

12. Please don't equivocate!

Tell us how you really feel!

[Chellee]

13. You're wrong.

They have always been this way.

I give you H.P. Lovecraft circa 1936:

"As for the Republicans — how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, steel their emotions against decent human sympathy, cling to sordid and provincial ideals exalting sheer acquisitiveness and condoning artificial hardship for the non-materially-shrewd, dwell smugly and sentimentally in a distorted dream-cosmos of outmoded phrases and principles and attitudes based on the bygone agricultural-handicraft world, and revel in (consciously or unconsciously) mendacious assumptions (such as the notion that real liberty is synonymous with the single detail of unrestricted economic license or that a rational planning of resource-distribution would contravene some vague and mystical 'American heritage'…) utterly contrary to fact and without the slightest foundation in human experience? Intellectually, the Republican idea deserves the tolerance and respect one gives to the dead."
Letter to C.L. Moore (August 1936), quoted in "H.P. Lovecraft, a Life" by S.T. Joshi, p. 574

[randome]

14. Wow.

[kairos12]

16. Great post

[rivegauche]

20. WOW. That is amazing. nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

22. Thanks for posting that

I never knew HP was that insightful!

[Skraxx]

23. Republicans Are Zombies

n/t

[Dismalindistress]

56. Excellent!

[Hotler]

61. Most republicans I know do not have the smarts to.........

comprehend that 125+ word sentence if it was presented to them to read.

[kairos12]

15. The psychopathic quality to the GOP...

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makes them immune to any rational intervention. With the John Birch turned Teabaggers crowd we, as society, have strictly moved into harm reduction mode.

Recognize they will fiddle behind their gated communities and conservative packed federal courts until our civil society is destroyed.

As is said, the "id" is the "kid", and there are no ego, or superego adults in charge. Therefore, containment of the damage they will attempt to do is now our mission.

[marions ghost]

37. Agreed

welcome to DU

We are in "harm reduction mode" -- true.

[defacto7]

52. good comment ...

psychopathic quality is definitely the term.

Welcome!

[FourScore]

18. byronius, tell us how you REALLY feel... n/t

[rivegauche]

19. I couldn't agree more.

I honestly believe they're evil, and evil always masks itself in fake peity and fake patriotism. They're just scum, my loathing of those assholes is really toxic.

[hamsterjill]

21. Your description works for me.

I live in a red state and see that vile, puerile, evil, sick, disgusting and cruel organization in action on a daily basis. Usually, it's the rhetoric that some idiot is parroting in my face to disagree with my stance on any given issue.

And usually, the same parroting idiot is insisting that he/she is a born again Christian who loves everyone.

[Cary]

24. A little hyperbole there Byronius

Not much. Just a little.

[SCVDem]

25. How could you say such a thing?

Why, that's just unamerican, unpatriotic and helps send the terrorists a message.

You're either with US or you're with the terrorists.

Remember to never question the (republican) president!

Now do something useful like going shopping (for more guns and ammo)!

How dare you question our countries finest (morans)?

Also send money and buy gold!

[EC]

26. Maybe it's the lead and mercury

in our environment. I don't remember regular repubs acting like the crazy fringers like they are now.

[Deep13]

28. ...and those are their good points! nt

[independentpiney]

29. I've always though the Klans and Posse Comitatus more than a tad worse

and the know-nothings and american nazis beat them if you're just talking political parties. But don't let me interfere with your hyperbole.

[marions ghost]

33. "Nazis, KKK beat them..."

that's not saying much

You're pretty much dredging the bottom with those comparisons

[independentpiney]

36. Well he did say the most vile etc.

Saying those organizations are/were somewhat worse is hardly defending Republicans.

[marions ghost]

39. You called the OP's statement "hyperbole"

--this implies that you disagree with the OP and are somewhat defensive.

You seem to be saying, "C'mon they aren't that bad...they're not Nazis."

If you want to clarify, go ahead. But I took your comments at face value.

[independentpiney]

40. I did call it hyperbole.

Which I believe some other posters may have also called it or implied. While there's underlying truth to it I considered it hyperbole. You disagree I'm sure, and no I'm not going to debate the definition of hyperbole with you or anyone else who wants to jump in. I also was not saying "C'mon they aren't that bad...they're not Nazis." so I have no need or interest to clarify a comment I didn't make. Sorry but I could care less how you took it, but have a nice day

[marions ghost]

41. Not talking about debating any definitions

talking about why you see it as hyperbole. That is a legitimate opinion, and I would think you can say why. We can have a conversation about it without agreeing. You didn't make the exact comment, but that was the meaning. I was paraphrasing you, to point out how I (or anybody) could take it. I could understand it if you meant it sarcastically, but you didn't indicate it was sarcasm.

But I see you won't explain anything.

[independentpiney]

42. OK I guess you caught me

I'm a paid republican troll who thoughtlessly forgot to use the sarcasm thingie to cover my tracks. Rinsed Penis is going to be so upset if he finds out I was outed, especially after he told me to put the Nazis part in. Please don't tell Skinner and get me ppr'ed ,I really need this job.

(just in case anyone is that deficient)

[Initech]

30. Yup they contribute no good to society.

Of course I love their rampant stupidity, their flag waving and Jesus name dropping at every chance they get and yet they don't really know anything about what our founding fathers actually stood for, they don't know what Jesus stood for, and they certainly don't know anything about the Nazis or communism. Bobby Jindal is right - they really are the stupid party.

[mfcorey1]

31. Preeeeeeeach!!! Amen to that!

[marions ghost]

35. "There is no good side to them..."

I can't think of any at this point...their true colors have been revealed.

You're right, we are engaged in a classic confrontation of good vs evil. The two party system in this country has devolved into a sham. There are no real compromises. It is a fight to the death that we must win.

Basically they want everything and will leave the rest of us with as close to nothing as they can get. "Half insane adult children" cannot be trusted with our future.

[quinnox]

38. true

[barbtries]

43. well put.

i long for the day they've gone the way of the whigs and the tories.

[lonestarnot]

44. A headline rec.

[glinda]

45. Perfect.

[Amonester]

46. I don't want to see them around when they'll be calling for war for food and water...

No Sir.

Hope I'll be gone by then.

[rhett o rick]

47. When you think you understand, look out for misdirection. Hating republicans is too easy.

you should be suspicious. It aint just republicans trying to enslave you. the oligarchs can afford to buy, not only repukes, but Democrats as well. I know that makes your life more difficult. Hard to identify good guys and bad guys. Keep your mind open.

[woo me with science]

48. Yup. IMO we are being rallied into Blue Team mentality.

which is always extremely important when the news of the day threatens to shake our loyalty to corporate Democrats in any area.

Note that the OP here doesn't reference any current news story or event that elicited this rallying for the Two Minutes Hate. It's just a call out of the blue to despise Republicans and reaffirm our group identity in opposition to them.

At the same time, we got an OP today inviting declarations that President Obama is the BEST President of our time. Again, no reason stated for that particular OP to appear today....just a general call to loyalty and emotional fervor on behalf of this administration.

Yesterday we got news of perhaps the most chilling betrayal of our Constitution, our nation, and every single one of us that we have seen yet from this administration...and that is saying a lot. Our President has now claimed the right to murder any American, without need for evidence or due process.

When a party has been hijacked by corporate interests, rallying us into our pro-Blue Team, anti-Red Team fervor is sometimes the best way to handle potential blowback to policies that horrify the people.

Whip up the partisan fervor. Distract from what is being done to the Constitution, and get us in that state of mind in which we will reflexively defend anything the Blue Team does...

It seems important right now for some reason...

[Comrade Grumpy]

49. Perhaps a tad hyperbolic, but who's to quibble?

[loudsue]

50. Very well put.

I've gotten to the point where I don't have any tolerance for them as individuals. And you can identify them even BEFORE they talk about any political issue.

[Not a Fan]

51. Not extreme

I could throw even more adjectives at this - but you've basically covered it.

[gordianot]

53. Republicans come close if not fully meet the definition of a "hate group".

Let's see the list of targets: women, retiree's, government employees, immigrants, college students who tend not to vote for them, any if not most non Republicans, anyone poor, any ethnic or racial group that tends not to vote for them.

From Wikipedia the definition of "hate group".

A hate group is an organized group or movement that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or other designated sector of society. According to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), hate groups' "primary purpose is to promote animosity, hostility, and malice against persons belonging to a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin which differs from that of the members of the organization."[1] The Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) definition of a "hate group" includes those having beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.[2]

[defacto7]

54. Considering most of us agree what the GOP stands for,

what use are they? Why do we have a 2 party system at all? It's supposed to keep congress and the administrative branch in check with the voice of the people. It's supposed to keep arguments in a central position so that it can serves all Americans. It is not doing that. It's one side trying to plunder and destroy the country and the other is trying to give Americans a reason to live. The whole thing is screwed because of radical RW absolutists with a death-wish from god. It's organized, legal, god-ordained, terrorism.

How do we end this blight on humankind?

[NeeDeep]

55. They remind me of the Morlocks in "The Time machine"

Free from being bound by empathetic expression common to most humans, this allows them to engage in the most despicable activity. I'm sure the leaders of the republican party will find the new direction they need to regain reelection momentum in bestiality and cannibalism.

[freshwest]

70. That is exactly the feeling I get from them. Democrats being Eloi, then?

The Eloi weren't ready to protect themselves at the start of the story, wore blinders about what was going on, and I forgot how it ended. But there was no way to negotiate between the sub-species.

[proReality]

57. The majority of them are sociopaths

They have no conscience.

[tomp]

58. the democratic party is complicit with the republican party...

...in advancing the interests of the rich over the poor.

the difference between the two is that the democrats arrange for a bone to be thrown to the masses every once in a while, usually at times when it is judged that otherwise mass movements against the system would erupt, causing serious harm to entrenched power (see: obama). the dems are truly excellent at getting you to believe they are on the side of the masses. we have been moving in the direction of fascism for a hundred years and the dems are complicit in that historical movement.

[Junkdrawer]

62. +1

[woo me with science]

69. +2

[Hotler]

59. The party of selfishness. n/t

[Shankapotomus]

60. The Republican struggle is not political

but primarily a psychological struggle with themselves. All their enemies just happen to be minorities and every issue can be traced back in some way or another to preserving their warped and out-dated sense of power and masculinity. That is a psychological struggle, not a political one. And they seem to be unconscious that their pathology is in full view through their political choices and struggles.

[Junkdrawer]

63. In order to make to Democratic Party seem "Progressive", the Republican Party...

has morphed from the party of Business (small and large) into the party of crazed RW ideologues of which you speak.

[obama2terms]

64. I agree with this

The GOP lately seems to only want to repeal things, and stop bills from passing. Other than that, where are their ideas? They want to repeal healthcare reform but have no new ideas to offer, it's the same with everything the GOP wants to do away with; repeal and just leave it at that. Plus the Tbagger nuts don't help them at all.

[amuse bouche]

65. Yep, Cons are vile through and through

[libodem]

67. Somebody has been reading my mind

Get out of my head.....

[JRLeft]

71. The GOP is full of sociopathic terrorists