Have you ever noticed Rethuglicans AREN'T animal people?

[DainBramaged]

I don't know any Thugs that have pets, except for maybe poodles. Am I right?

[MonkeyFunk]

1. Then who's buying all the King Charles spaniels and Irish setters?

:shrug:

[DainBramaged]

2. You really think they are animal PEOPLE?

Just jewelery to them, nothing more.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Oh please

I honestly don't know how DUers function in the real world sometimes.

[DainBramaged]

7. I fybction quite well, insult someone else.

:sarcasm:

[Mind_your_head]

32. I think you're probably *spot on* @ jewelry......

IMAGE/PERCEPTION is EVERYTHING. Not that they might not be *kind* or whatever to their animals, but there is no real appreciation of their intrinsic value.

I have a daughter who looks at things like this. Doesn't see any *value* ~ doesn't understand 'intrinsic worth'. It's a huge FAIL for humanity, herself, and me as a parent.

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. 'nuff said.

[Fran Kubelik]

3. I know Republicans who are animal people

:shrug:
Not sure party affiliation enters into it.

[emilyg]

45. So do I.

[Courtesy Flush]

57. As a former freeper myself

I can attest that being an "animal person" has nothing to do with party. I've gone from being registered independent, to republican, to eager to elect Obama, and I have always had cats, and we cherish them as part of the family. My change in politics hasn't altered my love of animals.

My wife (still a freeper, but I'm working on her) is the most dedicated cat lover I've ever known.

Having said that, I think it's also true that those who are malicious toward animals probably lean more to the right.

Edit: We wrote our will last year. My wife insisted that a large chunk go to the local Animal Shelter. (don't get excited, shelter staff. "Large chunk" is a relative term. But it'll do some good, just the same).

[graywarrior]

5. They like to hunt and kill birds and wildebeasts.

[DainBramaged]

6. Yup, KILLING animals is SPORT to them

[TheMightyFavog]

19. Yeah, because everybody knows There's no such thing as a Democrat who enjoys hunting and fishing.

:sarcasm:

And people wonder why we have a hard time getting the votes of people who hunt and fish who, by the way, often times share a lot of the same concerns about the environment as you do.

[Skittles]

44. find someone who enjoys a good canned hunt

chances are they are a f***ing repuke

[flvegan]

8. I know exactly 2 republicans well enough to know

how much they like/don't like animals. One doesn't care for them (doesn't hate them, just wouldn't have one) and one has a dog and a cat whom she loves.

So there you have it! A completely pointless answer!

[MonkeyFunk]

9. Yeah

but I bet she kicks the cat and fucks the dog, right? I mean, she's a republican, right?

[flvegan]

13. Well, she IS an idiot when it comes to politics

She's one of those "Obama will be murdered by some redneck if he becomes president" types. Voted for W twice. Otherwise bright. BUT, she does love her animals a great deal, and takes excellent care of them.

[SPKrazy]

10. I disagree

I live in a very red area and there are pets belonging to Rethuglicans and they treat them as well as Democrats do I imagine.

[Arugula Latte]

11. My observation: They tend to be dog people more than cat people.

Liberals tend to like cats more than conservatives. The rightwingers aren't secure enough with themselves to have an animal that doesn't fawn at their feet. ... I know, I know ... plenty o' exceptions ... Lots of great liberal dog people, etc. It's just my sweeping stereotype.

~Oregonian (three cats and a bunny)

[IntravenousDemilo]

15. Seen this?

[Arugula Latte]

18. Lol! That's perfect.

[Critters2]

20. More likely to be emasculated...Hannity and Colmes! LOL!

[DainBramaged]

16. I agree, as much as I have loved my dogs, I am a cat person

I've had 15 cats at one time, but only two dogs. And cats seem to follow me when I am walking in my neighborhoods.


Maybe I smell good?

[meow2u3]

38. One reason you're a cat magnet

Maybe you grow catnip in your backyard? :shrug:

[Tabasco_Dave]

46. They love a good mouse killer

I have two republican uncles who live in rural areas. The cat that kills the most rodents tend to be more loved than the ones who aren't good hunters.

[alfredo]

12. Some won't keep pets because they want to be the smartest being

in the room.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear DainBramaged...

My parents (who used to be Republicans) have always been animal people...

Dogs, cats, for many years...

And they still have animals, even though they are in their late 80's/early 90's!

I don't think party affiliation has anything to do with it, honestly...

:shrug:

[DainBramaged]

17. Wellllllll, I did say they may have had poodles...............

:silly:


:hi:

[pitohui]

22. not that i've ever noticed

sure they have pets, plenty of them have hunting dogs, pit bulls, cats, pretty much the full run of traditional pets

i mean they might not think outside the box and have a tarantula as a pet but they surely have pets

the cat theory is nonsense, i had a republican friend who was a cat "collector" before he got control of his problem and put the brakes on taking in more and more cats, the addiction to cats is nothing to do with party or politics

[LBJDemocrat]

23. I strongly dislike dogs

I like cats but would never own one. I can't stand dogs. I don't think this has anything to do with party affiliation.

[ProfessorGAC]

69. Booooo!

Sorry, it just had to be said! My wife and i are pet people. We love our beasties.
The Professor

[mnhtnbb]

24. I don't know. My brother & SIL have a dog and several cats. Staunch Repubs.

[DarkTirade]

25. ...

http://waiterrant.net/?p=408

[DainBramaged]

40. Very nice read.......

While Americans unite to protect a dog, they are tragically indifferent to the damage caused by hunger, crime, disease, war. We convince ourselves that the dog is helpless while human victims control their destiny with free will.


From the comments, and so true.

[DarkTirade]

41. It's quite an interesting blog.

I love the fact that he doesn't play himself up... he'll be right out in the open about his own flaws. When he makes an assumption, he'll admit it. When he does something stupid, he'll be up front about it. And he's a fantastic storyteller.

[quakerboy]

26. Dachshunds

Wire haired. My conflicted ly republican father.

course he's not a cat person. And during the ferret years he wore a permanently tortured look.

[LeftyMom]

27. One of my best friends does rescue, and she voted for Bush. Twice.

She's complicated.

[Care]

34. Help Her

It would be a (non-religious) blessing.

[Name removed]

28. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[I Have A Dream]

29. I know lots of Republicans who love the animals who live with them.

I haven't noticed any difference between Democrats and Republicans in reference to this.

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. They're big on having dogs. Big, brutal dogs. Because dogs fit Republican thinking so well.

[DainBramaged]

31. Yes, I noticed that too, in spite of some of the posts in this thread

Where my boss lives (intense Rethug neighborhood) there are a couple of Pit Bulls, Dobermans, a couple of unfriendly BullMastiffs, and one nasty Shepard. How do I know this? I have cleaned their computers up over the last couple of years. And none of them have a clue about computer security either. And they are also big on porn. (That is for another thread).

[dropkickpa]

75. Wow, in MY neighborhood

Most of the dogs are big robust dogs, lots of dobies, mastiffs, pit bulls, shepards, bulldogs, etc. My district has 26 total registered republicans, and *none* of them are the people that own the big dogs!

*edited to add - there were 287 registered democrats in the same district. All of the other sdistricts in my neighborhood are about the same, though there's 2 that only have 2 registered repugs each.

[Care]

33. They Hate All Living Things

That is why they are bent on destroying our fragile planet. What can we do about this?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

35. you're wrong . nt

[DainBramaged]

36. OK, thanks for playing.

:eyes:

[fishwax]

37. nah, I know several repubs who are animal people

[LostInAnomie]

39. They'll readily fuck sheep.

And, blow goats.

[InvisibleTouch]

42. Some are, in a very weird way.

In my circles, I notice a lot of rethugs who do indeed keep animals and seem to care for them - I say "seem to," because I find it hard to wrap my mind around the contradiction - in that they don't seem to give a damn about the similar species living in the wild, or wilderness in general. As long as they've "got theirs," they don't want to see any protection for animals, whether wild or domestic.

[npk]

43. Republicans like to buy dogs that maul people

They let them run loose all over the neighborhood, then the second the dog gets hit by a car, they start raising hell like the "pit bull was part of the family."

[Maddy McCall]

48. No they don't.

Good god, how many stereotypes can you slam together in one post?

[DarkTirade]

61. The next question would be... are they the same way with people?

Do they not give a shit about people living on the street or starving in another country, as long as their people are okay too?

I suspect that may be the case, in which case their feelings towards their animals are perfectly consistant with their feelings towards people too.

[Maddy McCall]

47. No, I've never noticed that. Maybe because the Republican friends I have...

have pets and take very good care of them.

[Rhiannon12866]

49. You're absolutely right, my friend.

My vet is one of us, has passed on animal advice to other DUers. I always say to him that liberals love animals. And when I had to take my dog to the animal emergency clinic, I had the same conversation with the terrific vet there. I told her about DU, and when I said to her that liberals love animals, she replied that Republicans love money...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

51. funny my old vet was a republican. lisa's fathers side of the family are republicans

all of whom have multiple animal households (cats, dogs, birds etc)

[Rhiannon12866]

52. Well, my Dad was a Republican, too, and I inherited my love of animals from him...

My Dad even liked my rat, who I brought home from my Experimental Psych class. I saved him from being "recycled" to the biology lab, and he earned me a solid B in what was a tough course for me. But my Dad was a Goldwater-Nelson Rockefeller Republican. I can't imagine that he'd approve of Bush*... He was pretty intelligent.:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

53. exactly, its not very productive to dehumanise your political enemies.

[Rhiannon12866]

54. You're absolutely right, though I think that love of animals is a serious liberal thing,

as evidenced by all the animal threads on DU, but I did belong to FR a long time ago, finally just couldn't take it, but I gave somebody there advice when his pup got sprayed by a skunk and a lady advice when she adopted a kitten. Animal lovers are everywhere...:hi:

[stuntcat]

70. true love maybe yes :D like of all animals.

I don't wanna get into this flamin' but I do think really connecting with animals' souls means someone has a deeper connection to nature.. which doesn't seem to mean much to earth-raping, God-will-save-us types. But I have two repubs in my family who are also animal lovers.

Also my motherinlaw, who's always been a Democrat, is not as into animals as I am, she only has a cat because she ended up with one of ours when my husband and I were moving around.
And she really doesn't agree with my feeling for animals. She brought her friends over to see my gardens once and they giggled eye-rollingly at my wildlife sign and my bat houses.

[stuntcat]

72. (.. )

(the weird thing about this thread is that someone in it put me on IGNORE (ooo, ignore..) a long time ago for my defense of an animal tortured to death by a boy.
signed, a fellow brain patient)

[Kitty Herder]

50. I'm surrounded by Republicans.

(I live in Utah.) And most of of them are animal lovers.

So, no, I haven't noticed that.

[Rhiannon12866]

58. How's the herdin cats thing going? LOL. I've had little success with it.

One comes when he's called and the other one stays just out of my reach. BTW, welcome to DU! We're very glad to have you with us...:hi:

[Runcible Spoon]

55. This OP scrapes the bottom of the stupid barrel.

DERF.

[Arkansas Granny]

56. No, I've never noticed that. I know several people who are Republicans

and animal lovers. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

[Shell Beau]

59. I have to disagree. I have plenty of family members

who are repubs and are big time animal lovers. One is even vegan. So there you go. Just another broadbrush statement.

[DainBramaged]

64. So what, JESUS Christ on a stick, SO WHAT.

Some of the members here think that structure and anal compulsion are necessary in every thread.

If you don't like the subject, and have NO sense of humor (and IOU obviously don't) DON'T waste YOUR time posting.

[Shell Beau]

66. So don't post unless I agree with you?

[Richardo]

68. If you have that many people misinterpreting your post, maybe it's not THEIR sense of humor at fault

:think:

[GCP]

60. Silly post

This has nothing to do with political leanings :grr:

[DainBramaged]

63. This IS the lounge, how sillier can you get?

Sorry you don't approve. Go piss on someone else's thread!:eyes:

[Crabby Appleton]

62. Nope, I haven't

[GoddessOfGuinness]

65. My brother's a thug...

I loathe his politics; but he loves his dogs, all adopted. He takes excellent care of them too.

[Richardo]

67. I've noticed nothing of the sort. Obama doesn't have pets, what does THAT mean?

Nothing.

[Mutley]

71. No, I haven't.

I've known Republicans who have, care for and love their pets. I've known Democrats with no pets, or who don't take good care of their pets.

And visa versa.

:shrug:

[bigwillq]

73. Wow, aren't we all judgemental?!?!

:eyes: Especially the ones saying that most DEMS are cat lovers. :eyes:

I am a dog lover. Don't care much for cats. Does that make me a freeper?!??! :eyes: :mad: :shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

74. i always knew you were a freeper.

ps: i have often heard the reverse. dems are dog lovers etc

bunch of bullshit.

[bigwillq]

79. Not really a freeper

I just play one on DU! :P :) :rofl: ;)

Yeah, this thread is obnoxious.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

80. and really stupid

[bigwillq]

81. Yup

Liberals like cats more because liberals are lazy, and do not want the commitment of having a dog. Cats are easier pets.

See I can be judgmental and stereotypical too.

:eyes:

:P

;)


:)


:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

82. true, by the way, that is why i prefer a cat and i aint ashamed.

[evlbstrd]

76. My brother is.

A repub and dog lover. And he's never shot anything.

[JVS]

77. Animals suck!

[WillParkinson]

78. Um....no

My friend Jim is a Republican. When his dog died (of old age) he was devastated.

I'm sorry, Republicans are people, just like Democrats. They may not share the same belief about politics, but I'm sure most of them love and care for their furry friends just as we do.

[galledgoblin]

83. In poll of pet owners, McCain tops Obama

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i23gT19o6C2I8dWDUfq6V5lES61QD91PPIR03

personally, I've observed that animal lovers come from all political leanings.

maybe there's some personality distinctions between what kind of personalities are favored by liberals and conservatives.