The Beast: THE REPUBLICAN BASE: STUPID PEOPLE

[Faygo Kid]

The Beast is always - er - straightforward:

THE REPUBLICAN BASE: STUPID PEOPLE

J.S. Mill said, "Not all conservatives are stupid people, but most stupid people are conservatives." A century and change later, little has changed. Let's drop the niceties and psychobabble and confront the simple fact that the Republican/McCain base are largely morons. Before you say it, yes, I freely acknowledge that supporters of the Republican party and McCain in particular might have IQs that are as much as 10 points higher than those we've seen at their rallies. But none of this refutes Mill's premise, and he is clearly right on this one. People who believe that men walked side by side with Dinosaurs are almost invariably "conservative." While you could find stupid, ignorant people at an Obama rally, you'd have a hard time finding people who believe McCain is actually Russian plant of a member of the KKK, the rough analog to what we see in the now infamous "he's an Arab" question and a dozen other clips in which Obama is called a terrorist. And in a tough election year, Mill's "stupid people" have become the fulcrum and the face of Republican strategy.

Are these clips an unfair representation of a big piece of the Republican base? We are never short of stupid people, so if most stupid people support McCain and the Republican party, our "conservatives," then surely these people are a large part of his base. And certainly, this dialogue is played out in the heartland thousands of times a day, without video cameras, camera shyness and youtube becoming involved. There are a lot of morons who support the Republican party, therefore the moron is a crucial part of their base. . .

http://buffalobeast.com/132/shulte_stupidpeople.htm

[undergroundpanther]

1. Stupid and/or Malignant.

Petty bullies,authoritarian sheep,defensive rigid scared people, sycophants,haters and stupids. Those are led by a malignant cancerous philosophy preached by greedy sociopathic malignant personalities that "conservative" read (feudalism and fascism)kind of philosophy supports..

That's more accurate I think

[kenny blankenship]

2. "Fifth element: mud" -Napoleon

To paraphrase Mel Brooks, "You've got to remember, that these are just simple yeomen, these are people of the land, the common clay of the New World. You know, morons."
No one ever said this was going to be easy.

[corkhead]

3. "Half Breed Muslin"...

half cotton, half wool?:shrug:

[seabeyond]

4. tonight on way home with 11 yr ols son. a couple dudes in a pick up yell.... whitehouse is WHITE

they sat beside me at a lite, not moving forward, and then "dared" to yell that at me and son. took a second to sink in what they said then i busted up laughing. how totally stupid. just stupid. cant get anymore stupid. (i have lots of stickers on car). they could have yelled obama a socialist, or yea mccain.... BUT whitehouse is white?

i know busting up laughing isnt the reaction they expected. i gave them a thumbs up as i drove by to confuse them

a couple days ago i had a vechicle of teens yell nobama.... thumbs up and huge smile from me.

i love that one. sounds like the are saying go obama and it pisses them off.... lol

[TheKentuckian]

5. I think that conservatives can be just as smart as liberals and moderates

However, the current incarnation of REPUBLICANS cater to and encourage stupidity. In fact, at this point their existence as a national party is deeply rooted in ignorance. They are basically running on a repudiation of facts, logic, science, and I would strongly argue common sense and decency.

[IntravenousDemilo]

6. Do they have proofreaders at The Beast?

"... so if most stupid people support McCain and the Republican party, our "conservatives," then surely..."

Huh?

And "pollaster"? Is that like the polling equivalent of "poetaster" (i.e., someone who writes inferior poetry, as opposed to a poet)?