There is no explanation. These people aren’t rational. They are the KKK 21st century style.

And please explain to me how wearing a peace shirt makes someone a “street whore”, “ghetto thug”, and whatever else it is that you pull out of your ass?

ahh yes… now I remember, its hard to keep the insults straight…

Its embarrassing, I am registered independant, and used to vote both ways, usually for whomever I was excited for… lately, I spend more time holding my nose and voting for the least loathesome… which is a sad thing to say… But the fact is, I havent voted for a republican in a long time (other than in some local elections) because they have been so coopted by the bigoted elitist elements, and I just can’t stomach thinking that the party of Lincoln has come to this…

Fiscally, I probably agreed more with McCain than I did Obama, but I couldnt stomach the elements of the Repug party that McCain had to have his lips pressed to the ass to…

This is what happens when you cater to bigots — they give you the votes, but then they trash up your party and you’re forced to either denounce them or keep feeding their hatred.

These are also people who are incapable of realistically assessing people. They can’t see class, if the person is the wrong color. Because they can’t tolerate a black family in the White House, they think the rest of the world feels the same, even though the world is full of people of different hues, and when the evidence is clearly on the side of most thinking we got this one right. Or, er, righter.

Those girls are lovely — inside and outside — and their mother is lovely as well. Their father is an inspiration, and that should be clear to even those who disagree with his politics.

It’s like the protesters outside of Letterman calling his child a bastard with no sense of irony. Only some kids are off limits, I suppose.

The flush of embarrassment I feel is not caused by our dignified first family, but at the thought of people thinking these hate-mongers speak for anyone other than bigots and morons.

What needs to happen is that these sorts of people need to be denounced. The rhetoric needs to change to stop encouraging these people to feel welcome in any party that values intelligence and higher principles. Talking heads need to take some responsibility for calling people Nazis and Baby-Killers — no more looking surprised when some loon starts shooting. No more blaming Obama because your governor decided to explore the Appalachian Trail — as Limbaugh has tried to spin it. Oh, no more Limbaugh. Clean house, let some sunlight in, and come back as a viable party with serious contributions to make.

I think a lot of these nuts cultivate a fantasy that they are being victimized, and it makes them feel justified in this sort of thing. As the extreme right casts itself more and more as “victims” of socialists and gays and whatever else they think is out to hurt them, we will likely see more of this scary behavior.

I feel sorry for those who support what the Republican party used to be. You have an epic battle ahead of you to claim what once was. I hope you succeed.

Same here. We need two (or more) viable parties. All we have now is Bad and Crazy. I hate that every time I vote it’s a decision about who pisses me off less.

Is it just me, or have the right-wing screwballs gotten worse – more hateful, more racist, more disgusting?

Maybe what they’re feeling is sheer desperation, as it becomes more obvious that they’re going to stay behind, the more they refuse to change.

*Stepping off soapbox now.*