Cognitive Dissonance and the Right Wing Echo Chamber

Cognitive Dissonance and the Right Wing Echo Chamber

Ever since Obamacare was ruled constitutional, the right wing has been all over the place with it's message(s). Used to the the right wing dictated what would lead during any news cycle. Now what they lead with is a whine of confusion.

We now have the the sequester battle, and it's all just one big Ball of Confusion, but remember, not to take things out of context. FOX News was stunned over the 2012 election and they simply imbecilic on the SCOTUS ruling on Obamacare. In 2010 after the Tea Party shot it's load, the GOP took the kooks in with open arms only to find out it's now the tail waging the dog. They GOP has been in disarray since GW Bush, and their last hurrah was 2010.

What the GOP needs now is a new message that resonates with the electorate outside of the whacko base, and real leaders who see a big tent and not a meeting of a clan. Instead what they are left with is alarmist hysteria and demagogues.

What will happen after the sequester goes into effect and the right wing base gets angrier and screeches even louder as what they say is no big deal turns out to be a big deal for 1014? I predict the GOP will suffer only slightly but will become more fragmented. Since GW Bush the GOP has had a difficult time connecting with the people and reality.

2014 can't come soon enough. Cognitive dissonance in a party message has been hilariously entertaining for the past 4 years,

Indeed.

And perhaps rather than a new message the GOP could simply return to its original – and sane – message from 45 years ago, before the advent of social conservatives, fiscal extremists, and Christian fundamentalists.
 
The Democrats were never the party of the KKK. White Conservative Christians in the Democratic party are who you speak of and since they held seats longer than most (inbred political families) they held seats longer and rose to powerful Chairmanship/Leadership roles.

They supported the Democratic party.

“Why would Democrats skip over their own history from 1848 to 1900?” Barton asked. “Perhaps because it’s not the kind of civil rights history they want to talk about – perhaps because it is not the kind of civil rights history they want to have on their website.”

KKK's 1st targets were Republicans

Civil Rights was a term that was later championed by the Democratic party. Party's change with membership. The Slave Holding Crackers, their dumb-as-dirt fellow Southerners who didn't hold slaves, but held a hatred for them all stayed in the party of Presidents Madison/Jefferson/Jackson. The Democratic party of that time was conservative.

Racism and Jim Crow were conservative vales and it were Liberals in both major parties who championed civil rights. Not Democrats versus Republicans, but Conservatives versus Liberals

but we digress
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btw, wnd is the website?

You not only digress, but you are totally wrong. Anyone who thinks that racism was just a Southern thing, doesn't know enough to put up an argument about civil rights and who supported it. The only differences between the Southern States and the Northern States were the Jim Crow laws. Those laws were passed and enforced by the Democrat machine that ran the South like a fiefdom for just about a century.

The Democrat party in the Northern States was just as racist, but they did not have the machine that they had in the South. All one has to do is to look back at the racial unrest in Northern cities, as Blacks moved into the workforce during WWII. Unions went on strike in Philadelphia in an attempt to keep Blacks out of good jobs. Philadelphia was not as isolated incidence.

The military was segregated, and the military was not a Southern oganization. Unions were segregated, and unions were not Southern organizations. Racism was alive and well throughout the United States, and manifested itself in many forms.

The fact that many racists, in both the North and the South, were fiscal conservatives does not mean that racism was a conservative value.
 
Civil Rights was a term that was later championed by the Democratic party. Party's change with membership. The Slave Holding Crackers, their dumb-as-dirt fellow Southerners who didn't hold slaves, but held a hatred for them all stayed in the party of Presidents Madison/Jefferson/Jackson. The Democratic party of that time was conservative.

Racism and Jim Crow were conservative vales and it were Liberals in both major parties who championed civil rights. Not Democrats versus Republicans, but Conservatives versus Liberalis

^^ Yada, yada.

The KKK voted for the Democratic party en masse.
The racists ran from one party to the other.

you can be an ignorant fool and take important things out of context. It only makes your posts as ignorant and out of context as the site you linked to - wnd

That is bullshit! A few racists changed party, but the majority stayed in the Democrat party. That was true in both the North and the South. They just learned to go under the radar and operate on the edges of the party.

Blacks endorsed the Democrat Party in the early 70s, and have been stalwart supporters for over 40 years, and a large number of them are worse off today than they were when they started. Racism in the Democrat party is alive and well.
 
The worst recovery from a recession since The Great Depression is what Barack Obama will have as his legacy, Wry. His lack of understanding of economics in general and the Private Sector in particular have led to four years of lackluster recovery with us teetering on the verge of yet another recession.

That's your opinion. Others believe there are more causes for the effect you blame solely on Obama. The clash of ideology, the world wide economy, the economic and foreign policy legacy of the Bush Administration are only a few.

The fact that you believe it, does not make it a fact. We went into recession in 2007, and we started the recovery in June of 2009. Before any of Obama's economic rescue ever took place. His policies have continually killed off a normal recovery. Four years later, and we are still bumping along the bottom, and now he is looking for another excuse for why it fails to grow. Four years from now, you will still be attempting to rationalize a reason not to put the blame on him, where it belongs.
 
Duhhhhh...we hate government employee union thugs bastages! They are overpaid!

Duhhh...sequestration is going to furlow hundreds of thousands of unionized government DoD employees! Bad Obama! Bad!



That is "right wing" doublethink.
 
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WTF are all you lib kooks whining about, NOW?

Christ, Obama wants, and planned sequestration, Woodward exposed it.....And it looks as though he's going to get it, so, WTF are you pissing and moaning about?

Oh, that's right, you're fuckin' lib kooks.....neeeeever miiiiiiiind.

Obama never wanted the sequester to happen. The GOP wants it to go through.

The GOP sponsored the sequester law in the US House and then passed it. Most everyone at the time agreed it was a trigger mechanism meant to keep people sane,.

Instead the GOP became unhinged after the 2012 election and is now ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater

No, the GOP wants spending cuts. Obama's tried his best to avoid making those cuts, first in 2011 and then recently a few weeks ago when he raised taxes on the rich with no cuts. Now that he's staring the sequestration in the face, he's blathering about a balanced, sensible approach every five minutes, because that's what he does. He essentially doesn't lead and make decisions when there is time for reason and compromise, and then at the 11th hour he complains about Republicans driving a hard bargain when all hell is about to break lose.
 
The conservative agenda that puts God and family values above the rights of criminals and lazy welfare leeches are not principles that will be abandoned. Conservatives are true patriots and always will be. Only liberals sell out to the highest bidder.

Who told you that libs put the rights of criminals and welfare leeches above the rights of everyone else, including family rights and religioius rights? Why would you believe such nonsense?

How many times have we seen liberals marching outside a prison protesting the execution of a convicted murderer? How many abortion clinics have they demanded be closed? How many times have liberals sided with welfare leeched over hard working Americans? Liberals support unions that forbid firing lazy and non productive employees. Liberals never support the rights of American business owners. Liberals believe only workers and consumers have rights but what about the rights of businesses to make a profit? The list is endless of the un American beliefs of liberals and is more proof of the conservative's undying patriotism.

Where is the liberal defense for the murderers now that I have called you out? I have exposed you libs for what you are.
 
Who told you that libs put the rights of criminals and welfare leeches above the rights of everyone else, including family rights and religioius rights? Why would you believe such nonsense?

How many times have we seen liberals marching outside a prison protesting the execution of a convicted murderer? How many abortion clinics have they demanded be closed? How many times have liberals sided with welfare leeched over hard working Americans? Liberals support unions that forbid firing lazy and non productive employees. Liberals never support the rights of American business owners. Liberals believe only workers and consumers have rights but what about the rights of businesses to make a profit? The list is endless of the un American beliefs of liberals and is more proof of the conservative's undying patriotism.

Where is the liberal defense for the murderers now that I have called you out? I have exposed you libs for what you are.

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They supported the Democratic party.



KKK's 1st targets were Republicans

Civil Rights was a term that was later championed by the Democratic party. Party's change with membership. The Slave Holding Crackers, their dumb-as-dirt fellow Southerners who didn't hold slaves, but held a hatred for them all stayed in the party of Presidents Madison/Jefferson/Jackson. The Democratic party of that time was conservative.

Racism and Jim Crow were conservative vales and it were Liberals in both major parties who championed civil rights. Not Democrats versus Republicans, but Conservatives versus Liberals

but we digress
:cool:

btw, wnd is the website?

You not only digress, but you are totally wrong. Anyone who thinks that racism was just a Southern thing, doesn't know enough to put up an argument about civil rights and who supported it. The only differences between the Southern States and the Northern States were the Jim Crow laws. Those laws were passed and enforced by the Democrat machine that ran the South like a fiefdom for just about a century.

The Democrat party in the Northern States was just as racist, but they did not have the machine that they had in the South. All one has to do is to look back at the racial unrest in Northern cities, as Blacks moved into the workforce during WWII. Unions went on strike in Philadelphia in an attempt to keep Blacks out of good jobs. Philadelphia was not as isolated incidence.

The military was segregated, and the military was not a Southern oganization. Unions were segregated, and unions were not Southern organizations. Racism was alive and well throughout the United States, and manifested itself in many forms.

The fact that many racists, in both the North and the South, were fiscal conservatives does not mean that racism was a conservative value.

The Democrats in every state had a machine. No one said racism was only a Southern thing, but twas the South that fought a Civil War in order too keep other human beings in chains.

White Southern Christian Conservatives ran the Democratic machines in southern states.
 
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Blacks endorsed the Democrat Party in the early 70s, and have been stalwart supporters for over 40 years, and a large number of them are worse off today than they were when they started.

:thewave:

blacks are worse off now than they were before the civil rights act? right. okay. :cuckoo:

:rofl:
 
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WTF are all you lib kooks whining about, NOW?

Christ, Obama wants, and planned sequestration, Woodward exposed it.....And it looks as though he's going to get it, so, WTF are you pissing and moaning about?

Oh, that's right, you're fuckin' lib kooks.....neeeeever miiiiiiiind.

Obama never wanted the sequester to happen. The GOP wants it to go through.

The GOP sponsored the sequester law in the US House and then passed it. Most everyone at the time agreed it was a trigger mechanism meant to keep people sane,.

Instead the GOP became unhinged after the 2012 election and is now ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater

No, the GOP wants spending cuts. Obama's tried his best to avoid making those cuts, first in 2011 and then recently a few weeks ago when he raised taxes on the rich with no cuts. Now that he's staring the sequestration in the face, he's blathering about a balanced, sensible approach every five minutes, because that's what he does. He essentially doesn't lead and make decisions when there is time for reason and compromise, and then at the 11th hour he complains about Republicans driving a hard bargain when all hell is about to break lose.

:lame2:
 
WTF are all you lib kooks whining about, NOW?

Christ, Obama wants, and planned sequestration, Woodward exposed it.....And it looks as though he's going to get it, so, WTF are you pissing and moaning about?

Oh, that's right, you're fuckin' lib kooks.....neeeeever miiiiiiiind.

Obama never wanted the sequester to happen. The GOP wants it to go through.

The GOP sponsored the sequester law in the US House and then passed it. Most everyone at the time agreed it was a trigger mechanism meant to keep people sane,.

Instead the GOP became unhinged after the 2012 election and is now ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater

No, the GOP wants spending cuts. Obama's tried his best to avoid making those cuts, first in 2011 and then recently a few weeks ago when he raised taxes on the rich with no cuts. Now that he's staring the sequestration in the face, he's blathering about a balanced, sensible approach every five minutes, because that's what he does. He essentially doesn't lead and make decisions when there is time for reason and compromise, and then at the 11th hour he complains about Republicans driving a hard bargain when all hell is about to break lose.

The GOP wants reckless, unwarranted, and irresponsible spending cuts.
 
Duhhhhh...we hate government employee union thugs bastages! They are overpaid!

Duhhh...sequestration is going to furlow hundreds of thousands of unionized government DoD employees! Bad Obama! Bad!



That is "right wing" doublethink.

No, that is your "wrong wing" think. I am a right winger and I don't hate unions or union members in the government, or in the private sector. I was a union member for many years, and several of those years, I was a union official.

However, that does not mean I endorse union thuggery, or unions ripping off the public through a criminal conspiracy with their friends in the Democrat party.

BTW, although just about all segments of the DOD civilian workforce is unionized, most DOD employees choose not to join those unions.
 
:cuckoo:
Blacks endorsed the Democrat Party in the early 70s, and have been stalwart supporters for over 40 years, and a large number of them are worse off today than they were when they started.

:thewave:

blacks are worse off now than they were before the civil rights act? right. okay. :cuckoo:

:rofl:

Yeah, those reservations called "projects" are just so nice, and the drug gangs that run them are so comforting to the honest residents who just want to live. Single mothers and kids without fathers are just so well cared for by the state. And, the millions of Blacks in the state and federal prisons give thanks every day for the gift of the Democrat party.

BTW, did the words "a large number" just fall through the cracks of your misguided logic, or did you just decide to ignore it so that you could come back with your idiotic response.
 
The conservative agenda that puts God and family values above the rights of criminals and lazy welfare leeches are not principles that will be abandoned. Conservatives are true patriots and always will be. Only liberals sell out to the highest bidder.

Who told you that libs put the rights of criminals and welfare leeches above the rights of everyone else, including family rights and religioius rights? Why would you believe such nonsense?

How many times have we seen liberals marching outside a prison protesting the execution of a convicted murderer? How many abortion clinics have they demanded be closed? How many times have liberals sided with welfare leeched over hard working Americans? Liberals support unions that forbid firing lazy and non productive employees. Liberals never support the rights of American business owners. Liberals believe only workers and consumers have rights but what about the rights of businesses to make a profit? The list is endless of the un American beliefs of liberals and is more proof of the conservative's undying patriotism.

Businesses and CEOs are making record profits. They are doing just fine. And if you go after the "welfare leeches" half of the conservative base would be affected. Have you ever been to the deep red south?
 
WTF are all you lib kooks whining about, NOW?

Christ, Obama wants, and planned sequestration, Woodward exposed it.....And it looks as though he's going to get it, so, WTF are you pissing and moaning about?

Oh, that's right, you're fuckin' lib kooks.....neeeeever miiiiiiiind.

Obama never wanted the sequester to happen. The GOP wants it to go through.

The GOP sponsored the sequester law in the US House and then passed it. Most everyone at the time agreed it was a trigger mechanism meant to keep people sane,.

Instead the GOP became unhinged after the 2012 election and is now ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater

Obama's as confused about the sequester as he is about most things to do with economics. Here he is first threatening to veto any attempts to change the sequester back in 2011...

Obama in 2011 threatens veto any bills to stop his sequester (Video) : Fire Andrea Mitchell!

But then in the 2012 Presidential debates with Mitt Romney, Barack Obama declared that sequestration was Congress' idea and that it "would never happen". Of course Barry seems to have forgotten that sequestration was HIS idea...something which according to veteran reporter Bob Woodward was an idea floated by the Obama White House during the battle over raising the debt ceiling. Gee, think someone was lying through his teeth trying to carry a bunch of swing States that depend on Defense Department spending?

So now fast forward to 2013 and as the date for sequestration looms, suddenly Barry thinks sequestration is the worst thing EVER!

GOP leaders slam Obama sequester speech - Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com

Yet as the clock was ticking down to this what compromises was the President making with Republicans? The GOP gave Obama his tax increases in the so called "fiscal cliff" compromise...$43 dollars in taxes for every $1 in spending cuts. Barry continually runs off at the mouth about a "balanced approach" to cutting the deficit but when push comes to shove he's NEVER willing to make cuts. You got your tax increases, Mr. President! So when do you provide the "balance" to those tax increases and make some REAL cuts?
 
Listen to Obama's speech and see that he isn't even attempting to craft a deal with the other side. He's campaigning against them...accusing them of refusing to even consider closing tax loopholes when the fact is the GOP has said they are willing to do EXACTLY that if they get REAL spending cuts in return. He's accusing the GOP of trying to hurt first responders and the Middle Class when all the GOP is doing is proposing the very BALANCE that Barack Obama continually calls for.

You wonder why we have grid lock and hyper partisanship in Washington right now? It's pretty simple...we've got a President who's more interested in scoring political points than in fixing the problems that the country faces.
 
Businesses and CEOs are making record profits. They are doing just fine. And if you go after the "welfare leeches" half of the conservative base would be affected. Have you ever been to the deep red south?

I've lived in the deep red South for 15 years. Where are these "conservative welfare leeches?" I've never met one. I have seen plenty of blacks and Hispanics using food stamps, on the other hand.
 

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