[Cardfan1]

Let me say that Mr. Gibson was dead wrong in his assessment of the purpose of my thread. There are two questions that have baffled me for quite some time. One, what is the appeal of the disgraced former president to his base of support? After talking to a lot of people I finally determined the answer to that one. But the other one that has baffled me for many years is "why do conservatives hate liberals so much"? Even during the last election, I saw signs in neighboring yards that indicated their disdain for liberals.("Make liberals cry again") . I would bet $100 that at least one of my three conservative buddies that post in this forum have a bumper sticker or a yard sign with that phrase. I've never seen a sign saying " Make conservatives cry again."  Conservatives have always had nothing but toxic venom running through their veins for liberals and I've really never understood why. So many great things about this country have resulted because progressives courageously took bold action in the face of stubborn and often bigoted opposition. Civil rights, voting rights, environmental protections, social security, and the list goes on and on and on. Again, I think it comes down to conservatives being p!ssed because they think guys like me want to take their stuff (including their glocks and their gods) away from them.  I've never known a liberal who wanted something a conservative has. I would have little use for anything a conservative finds of value.

Let me again say that I like these three right-wingers that post on here frequently. I'm sure they are fine , loving people with fine loving families and fine, loving friends.  The fact remains, it doesn't take someone with a college education to see they despise people who think like the three or four liberal folks who post in this forum. One of my music buddies hasn't minced words about how much he despises liberals.  So, Mr Gibson, contrary to what you stated, my purpose in trying to get an answer to my question had nothing to do with trying to get an angry response from a conservative poster. Hell, all I would have to do is start reciting the alphabet and that would be enough to get an angry retort from a conservative because they hate everything we say or do.  They want to make us cry...again.

I think the political forum is just fine. I enjoy it for the entertainment value .  And entertainment , I think, is primarily why any of us are members of an internet message board. I'm not sure that anything really gets accomplished, however. The ones who post here are really passionate and set in their views and nothing or no one is going to change anyone's opinion. One of my three right wing cyber ninja friends  once said I was sick and needed help. Still to this day I can't even fathom what I said to prompt that remark.     I appreciate that we are given the latitude to say the things we say in this forum. We are all adults with passionate views and opinions that sometimes get heated.  That's how it is in the real world. If   you can't take a little heat in a politically-themed forum, then maybe you should stick to non-political discussions.  What makes this forum interesting(and entertaining) are the characters who post here.  Hoot, TRT, Jet,  on the right  and  Cardsfan, Vector, Outsider, and myself  on the other end of the political spectrum leave very little room for middle ground. Diametrically opposed views makes for some good fireworks.  No big surprise here but I disagree with Mr Gibson about this thread. It asks a very legitimate question and one that I've wanted conservatives to answer for a long time.   I think the responses we've seen prove that my premise about conservatives  detesting  liberals is valid.  Heck, the topic even prompted a couple of non-regulars to chime in their thoughts.  Good stuff, folks.

Great Post!  I tried to like twice, but then it unliked.  
I watched another message board lose tons of members after suspensions and the closure of the political board.  I lost interest in the site after that.  I have to be keeping BGRs views up because I love the back and forth.  I'm never changing any of these jokers and they ain't changing me, but as I've said before I like to the tit for tat.  I imagine most everybody on here does.  

Drinking liberal tears, liberal snowflakes, stick it to the libs:  tell me again how liberals are making this up.   Of course, the comedy of all of this is much of that has come back to bite right in the keister.  The tears of melting snowflakes are coming from the other side.   So much so they invaded the Capitol. 

Sometimes I believe the conservative Universe creates this fable that there are just a handful of liberals all across the nation like little pockets that they need to stomp out.  Over half the nation is left-leaning.  Even in Red states and counties, 30% of their population is left-leaning. 

Our nation is full of Americans first, the wish for pain on others is unpatriotic.