ARE WORKlNG CLASS REPUBLICANS BRAINWASHED?
102648
However, as the above poster failed to point out, the Bush administration has done the opposite of low-level government; they have made the government more pominent. Domestic spying anyone?
1016083
I agree with you.  Just one question, are you a smart Democrat that figured that out or a good Republican?  I'm only partially kidding there.  We are moving towards a socialistic society and loosing our freedoms.  Every time we vote in a new law that restricts our freedoms, and every time we initiate a new program encouraging people to rely on our government to do our work for us.  It is scaring the hell out of me!
626068
It is sad to me that a party like the Republican party, which prides itself on having a much more educated and affluent constituency has shown itself to be so disingenuous, and outright hateful. The parties morality has turned out to be nothing more than just a very cleaver deception to garner votes by stirring peoples emotions on controversial issues( abortion, gay marriage, affirmative action, terrorism, etc.) that they realistically could do nothing about, or in certain cases even wanted to do nothing about( Osama Bin Ladin). When their true motive was to weave their web of corruption( illegal wire tapping, slothfulness after natural disasters due to race of victims, tokenism, War in Iraq), and control( appointments of unqualified individuals to high Federal Offices), in order to feather their own nests , and leave the Middle Class in America in ruin. When are we going to wake up and smell the coffee? America must demand legitimacy, and accountability from it's Political Leadership! We are not getting this from the current Republican Administration, so lets give the Democrats the same opportunity that we gave the Republicans!!! It could be no worse...
798568
they secretly want to be republicans
846930
Why are republicans money hungry idiots, willing to sacrafice Americans lives in order to make their pockets fatter?
715061
Of course it's because they haven't really worked, and have the silver spoon feeding from their parents. I have had to struggle to be where I am at today, and it was education that allowed me to get there. I have three of my own businesses with my husband who too is highly educated and a Liberal. Republicans have always wanted to control our incomes, and have removed any benefits my parents worked for for 40 years. They are a party of rule and that is the extent of it, it's not about freedom.
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Some of them...\n\nBut Americans are being brainwashed, as Mr Nice Guy said. They tend to believe everything the media tells them, without questioning, not realizing that the media isnt really free, its controlled by the government. So much for free speech...
176632
The Republican Party aka the GOP (Grand Overclass Party) are minons of the rich and powerful.\n\nThe rich don't like to give their money or influence to anyone unless of course its makes them more money. They also like to use other people's money (our tax dollars) to benifit themselves not the poor or powerless. \n\nSo the term compassionat conservative is just more bull shit those Republican assholes are trying to use to hide their selfish nature. \n\nBush and the GOP...conservatives my ass! Conserve means to protect and not waste. These sons of bitches are doing anything and everything BUT that! \n\nConservative is the biggest bull shit lable I have ever seen in my life. These minons of the rich and powerful also coined the term liberal and that's horse shit too.
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Well the democrat leaders are yes... and the ones who are uneducated and believe the lies they spew out are slaves to their masters... Kennedy,,,Klinton,, Kerry... KKK... sad but true... the rich whities lie to the poor blacks and keep getting their votes. and laugh at them every time.
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Surprising that you would call the republican party 'strong-minded' when you obviously have illustrated that your mind has been completely maniputated by rightwing propaganda... hindering you with the inept inability to draw conclusions on your own. \n\nLet me ask you one question: how much Fox News or Republican based radio do you watch/listen to on a daily basis? I think you and I both know the answer to this.
601453
Republicans can only handle one belief about every topic, and usually they don't even use their own brain.  Someone tells Republicans what to believe and they all say "YES SIR".  This is retarded, and it is not freedom.
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Apparently not. They are so gullible. The people in the White House are well-educated from the finest schools. They are not religious. Karl Rove is just playing Christians for fools. The Republican party is controlled by the very rich, who are using the Christians like pawns to get votes. Reagan said 26 years ago that he would get rid of abortion. He nominated the controlling Supreme Court justices. It hasn't happened, has it?
833879
excellent question, you seem the only one so far that gets it. Good for you  - I'm being to think that these people are so brainwashed they can no longer think objectively
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Yes. This was a real study conducted by several top name Universities around the country. They did in fact prove that most Repubs are far less educated and intellegent than democrats. But hey, no real big shocker there right?\nAnd yes, it is hillarious and also very sad that all the red states are in the mid-west and south. Oh man, why can't all these stupid repubs go to school.
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Republicans are brainwashed, impulsive, and improvident and always have been. Republicans are the little political babies and democrats now need to walk them by the hand and fix all of the domestic and foreign republican MESSES!
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Just look at what's happening right now.  Politicians -- and especially the Republicans right now -- have perfected the evil art of manipulating the emotions of ignorant, uneducated people.  Everything the Republicans do is bad for 99% of the population.  They give tax cuts to millionaires, while the debt rises and the public schools are screwed (and the people you ask about send their kids to public schools).  And how do they get the very people they're screwing to vote for them?...\nThe Republicans get people in Red States riled up about stupid issues.  Gay marriage, for instance. How does gay marriage affect anyone who isn't gay?  It doesn't.  But they manipulate people's emotions, and get them all angry about stupid issues like this, all the time convincing them that the Democrats (who are also sleazy & corrupt, but no where near the level the Republicans are) are crazy liberals who want to burn their bibles and make their kids gay.  It's so obvious -- they always trot out the gay marriage issue around election time!  It's just a big distraction! \nThere's no doubt that the Dems would be better for regular people, but the bad guys have painted them as liberal, weak, communists who think they're smarter than the working class.\nSorry this is such a long answer, but it's a topic that disgusts me greatly.
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We most certainly ARE.  Watch the BBC documentary on Google video "The Century of Self."  It explores the work of Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, and clearly demonstrates that we are, out of necessity, brainwashed.  Were we not, we would succumb to our latent "libidinal forces" and be a lot less likely to support the power elite.