The Freepers in my office. WOW!

[Greyskye]

Now to be completely honest, they don't visit FR, but they are loyal Rush listeners. We've been sparring politically ever since Clinton was in office. I stopped talking politics to one of them for a number of years after he pulled the old "Liberals hate America" crap and I jumped down his throat.

They both just came by my office. They hate the thought of McCain getting the GOP nomination. Neither one of them says that they will vote for him in the general election. With Romney now out, they don't feel that there is a 'true' conservative in the running anymore, as they both dismiss Huckabee as unelectable. (One of them said he first wanted Drop Dead Fred, the Ghouliani, then Mittens - but not in those words. :evilgrin: )

What made my jaw hit the floor, is that they both say that they would seriously consider voting for Obama, maybe even Hillary, if the only alternative is McCain! Of course the reason they give for that, is so that whichever Dem is elected POTUS will completely screw up the country, and will guarantee Republican rule for another 8 years after that! :rofl:

Bottom Line: These 2 hard core Republican conservatives will NOT vote McCain. Period. End of story.

:wow:


(edit for embarrassing typo in the subject)

[Iris]

1. I'm feeling cantankerous today...

it's perfectly within my rights to hate America.

[CatWoman]

32. give this woman a DUzy!!!

:rofl;

[ronnykmarshall]

2. I love it

I love how much they all hate his ass!

[ursi]

3. gop is imploding!

[Kitty Herder]

25. I think that calls for a toast.

:toast:

[Pharaoh]

4. Whatever Dem is elected

will completely screw up the country!!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BlueJazz]

10. Yep...That's like saying "Hitting that damn Powerball Lottery Screwed up my Bank Balance!"

:rofl:

[oviedodem]

5. Give it to the summer to see if their tune changes.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. All that stored-up goose-stepping energy and

no one to goose-step behind. So sad.

[LisaM]

6. It's so strange. I see him as a hard core conservative

What about him don't they like?

[WCGreen]

9. Rush says so so it must be true...

Honestly, he voted against the first Bush Tax cut and sponsored a weak immigration bill...

Other than that, he'd appointment bat shit crazy judges just like any republican would...

He would continue the privitization of the US government and turn back regulations and try to limit all law suits...

In other words, he would complete the work that Bush started...

[LisaM]

19. And he's anti choice

That issue is still at the top of my list.

[WCGreen]

24. One of my top five...

[leftynyc]

29. They also hate McCain/Feingold

and feel he's been very disloyal to the chimp. He also wants to close Guantonomo (sp?) and is against torture. That's a no-no with the batshit crazies.

[Greyskye]

28. I just tried to pin them down on that

The answer: everything.

The truly strange thing is, even on the war - which they both support - they think that McCain is talking it up now, but will reverse himself and pull the troops out as soon as he gets into office. :crazy:

They just don't like anything about him.

I asked specifically about who they would vote for if it came down to McCain vs. Hillary, or McCain vs. Obama. This time they said they would go 3rd party before they voted for Hillary, but there was a chance they would vote for Obama.

[tulsakatz]

30. for one thing.......

...they don't like that McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts the first couple of years.

But the really big reason they don't like him is because of his illegal immigration policy.......which they like to call 'amnesty'.
And that is an important issue to them so it was a very big deal when McCain 'betrayed' them by that bill.

[npincus]

7. K & R

[billyskank]

11. If all these Republicans hate him

who exactly is voting for him? :shrug:

[Indiana_Dem]

12. That's the same story I'm getting from my Republifriend.

HE said he likes Obama and may even vote for Hillary over McCain. He can't stand him. HE has this theory that Romney will come back again in 4 years and win. (He liked Romney)

[Cleita]

13. The sad thing is that no matter what a Democrat will do in

office that will put this country back on track and that they will directly benefit from, they won't recognize that and will vote for the next Republican coming along in four years who isn't McCain.

[OzarkDem]

14. Can't fool them, Obama is a conservative

Some of the "liberals" supporting him need to take a closer look.

[Uncle Sinister]

15. newbie question: would somone define freeper for me?

When I first got here, thought it was synonymous with troll. Nope. Then thought maybe a contraction for f*ing republican creep (kinda like that one, but wrong again)

Now I'm assuming based on usage they're members of some rw forum, but I don't like to use words unless I know exactly what they mean. It's a fetish thing for me.

So, definition, please?

[YOY]

17. User of Free Republic dot com.

The board that is every bit as right wing as we are left wing and then some. Also synonomous with folks who would write on that board if the could figure out how to use a computer.

[Greyskye]

18. you are correct - RW forum

Free Republic. You can Google them; linking to their site from DU is, ah, 'discouraged'.

[Uncle Sinister]

22. ah so! thank you both. might just have to drop by and stir some sh*t!

because RW idiots are even easier to bait than LW idiots (hard to believe sometimes, but true) And I would have no moral restraints re: truth or fairness, just get as nasty as I want to get...yummm :evilgrin:

[unpossibles]

20. they are members of a rw forum which cannot be named

and trust me, you don't really want to go there anyway. The same forum is the source of all the bad spelling, such as "series" (serious), HUGH (huge), moran (moron), casting asparagus (casting aspersions), and many more moments of unintentional hilarity and seriesly hugh gaps in logic.

You aren't missing much - consider them the web version of Rush's dittoheads.

[LNM]

23. Check you personal messages. nt

[leftynyc]

31. Check out the site

www.freerepublic.com

Wear a hazmat suit.

[YOY]

16. Their desperation is showing.

Angry little bitches finally getting their comeuppance.

On a sour note...I really wish we had a truly progressive candidate.

[Obamaniac]

21. greyskye

I've heard that rationale as well. The idea that they think it's better that a Democrat take office because things are so bad: the economy, Iraq, etc. that the Democrat will screw things up. Their rationale is that it's better that things go bad with a Democrat than a Republican. I think Rush is leading on this meme.

First of all, it demonstrates what cowards these people really are deep down. They are the ones that FORCED US to accept this war in Iraq, which we never wanted, and now want to leave the mess for someone else to clean up. They were the ones who give away TRILLIONS of dollars to their corporate buddies and now want someone else to clean it up.

Second of all, they don't consider the possibility that the Democrat will come in and clean up their mess and win over the approval of the American people.

[tulsakatz]

26. I just got an email from a conservative friend........

...who basically said the same thing!!

He said the only option left now is to vote for Obama because he is the candidate that the Washington elites do not want.

Oh yeah, and he also said once Obama is elected, it will inspire a conservative revolution like when Clinton was elected........

[leftynyc]

27. I've been hearing that also

from some very conservative people. My first question to them is usually how they consider Rudy more conservative than McCain? I don't think they'd vote dem but they will leave that race blank.