Obama Planning to invade Texas and turn WalMarts into FEMA Camps

Of the 32% of Republicans who think that Obama is trying to take over Texas, how many of them do you think voted in the last election? My guess is just about all of them. And the 28% who think that Obama might be trying to take over Texas? Yeah, I'd guess that just about all of them voted too.

That's the genius of the Republican Party. The more radical and extreme they get, the more motivated their voters. If you can convince the stupids that Obama is a dictator, that Sharia law is underway at Walmart, that Obamacare means death panels, and that liberals are going to force everyone to get gay-married, it really motivates the radical extreme paranoid cowards that populate the GOP.

Radical? Extreme? Paranoid? Cowards? Does that offend you alanleroy? So how would you describe the 60% of GOP voters who say that Obama either is trying or might be trying to take over Texas?

Radical Extreme cowards like War Hero and 3 decade congressman John McCain...or former Governor of 'Liberal' Massachusetts Mitt Romney. Those were the party standard bearers for the last two Presidential Cycles. Middle of the road, Centrists with along history of public service. Not Extremists. Not Cowards. Not Paranoids.

Oh crap. I was going to let the Republicans here defend themselves. Maybe Forkush can provide them with the % of Democrat Voters that felt the same way on the "Government' Take Over of Texas question....They did ask Democrats the same question to be fair....right? I bet those commie extremists would WANT the 'Government' to take over just about everything if you phrased the question right. Now carry on with the mudslinging.

And as to why the Democrats got so abused in the mid-term elections just maybe it has more to do with their RECORD LOW favorability rating than Republican gerrymandering.

https://www.gallup.com/poll/179345/democratic-party-favorable-rating-falls-record-low.aspx

Ya think?

Of course my favorite quote from the gallop poll analysis is "The GOP currently has an image advantage over the Democratic Party; still, neither party is held in particularly high regard. This is yet another sign of Americans' dissatisfaction with their political system." How strange that a party filled with extremist, paranoid cowards had an 'image advantage' over the Democrats. Boy that Democrat image must have been lower than a radical paranoid coward.. That's pretty damn low.

Here's where most of us are. Dissatisfied with both parties. And especially dissatisfied with their constant barrage of negative politics rather than working together for the benefit of the people. That just ain't happening. It's never going to happen with political operatives labeling the other team 'pathetic, inbred, paranoid, extremist cowards'.

Do you really believe that poll in any way represents the makeup of......anyone? Do you really think that 32% of all republicans think that? And that another 28% think maybe?
That's just crazy Fork. I used to think more of you.

Actually, I think that 32% of Republicans who plan to vote in the primaries SAY that the government is trying to take over Texas. I was a little more precise in my first post than my second.

And yeah, Republican primary voters tend to be crazier than their brethren. And yeah, some Republicans who think they are being clever sometimes say things they don't believe, because they think it will piss off liberals. But that's another subject.

As far as PPP being accurate, they were the most accurate in the last presidential election. In the midterms they were only slightly above average; Nate Silver gave them a B-, and he said their polls had a slight Republican bias. But yeah, they're pretty reliable.

Oh, and this poll has a margin of error of +/-3.7%. So maybe only half of Republican primary voters say the government is trying to take over Texas, or think they might be. Do I believe that? Absolutely! And do I think such people are radical, extreme, paranoid, and cowardly. Of course!

Thanks for asking.

Actually, the GOP has become considerably more radicalized over the last seven years. Ever hear of the Tea Party? Or Ted Cruz? And the 2012 Republican primaries were a direct reflection of Romney's money.

But way back in in his 2000 run, the honorable John McCain referred to Jerry Falwell as an "agent of intolerance." By 2008, the considerably less honorable John McCain had seen the error of his ways, and chose to honor Falwell by speaking at Liberty University. That was cowardice on a whole other level, huh? And McCain felt the need to go far right before the Tea Party, right?

But I'm equal opportunity when it comes to identifying cowards. Hillary Clinton and John Kerry voting to authorize the idiot to go to war in Iraq? Cowardly. Your refusal to discuss the considerably more radicalized CURRENT crop of potential GOP candidates? Cowardly.

But everyone can see why you are doing it.

Because I'm waiting to see who Republicans ACTUALLY nominate before I pass judgment on them? Since I can't vote in their primary maybe that's WHY. And since 1/2 the Democrat Candidates is admitted Radical Extremist Socialist Bernie Sanders you've got no room to talk. Anyone can run for President. Getting nominated by a major party is something else entirely.

Actually, Bernie is with President Ronald Reagan when it comes to citizenship for illegals, banning assault rifles, and separation of church and state. And I'm pretty sure Bernie would be happy with Reagan era tax rates, and I know he would like to see the buying power of the minimum wage increased to what it was under Reagan. Oh, and he opposed the repeal of Glass-Steagall, he wants to reign in the NSA, and he opposed the Iraq War.

I can understand how some of those stands might seem radical to a right-winger.

Next thing you know Forkush is going to argue that a person who characterizes himself as a 'socialist' and has a picture of Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist Party presidential candidate of the early 20th century hanging in his office is a new 'Centrist'. Oh wait a minute...he already did. You can't make this shit up. I do think those Democrat Presidential debates will be interesting with Bernie in there. At least he has no fear of press interviews unlike the other Democrat. Clearly the most 'radical liberal' member of congress...and does forkush label him as an 'Extremist'.....Nope. He reserves those words for men like John McCain. In his fantasy world, John McCain is an Extremist and Sanders is a Centrist. I think most people can see right through that.

Ooh, scarrrry word alert: socialist. Of course the turn of the century socialists that Bernie and I admire advocated things like workers rights, child labor laws, a federal income tax, women's suffrage, civil rights, social security, national health insurance, unemployment insurance, safe food and drug laws, and higher education for the non-wealthy. Yeah, no wonder right-winger like you think that's radical.

On the other hand, the last Republican president wanted to privatize Social Security and to change the US Constitution to make gay marriage illegal. The current leader in the Republican presidential polls wants to change the Constitution to eliminate birthright citizenship and doesn't believe in the right of citizens to peaceably assemble. All of the potential Republican candidates would all be opposed to Reagan when it comes to gun safety, immigration reform, and any kind of tax increases to strengthen Social Security. A few of them would insist that our judges and lawmakers use Christian principles to make decisions, and good luck finding any of them who would say that they believe in the separation of church and state - again like Reagan.

Oh, but Bernie admires the guy who wanted child labor laws in 1900. Radical!

I think forkies really lost it this time. You're calling OTHERS extremist? Good God.