When Democrats Aren't Railing Against "Otherizing" and Ginning Up a "Climate of Fear" and an "Us Vs. Them" Mentality, They're Giddily Profiting From It

Hatred, the "us vs. them" mentality, fear-mongering, injecting populist thumb-in-the-eye emotionalism into what should be, ideally, reasoned discussion....

Welcome to the Democrats' fundraising offices.

Despite the Democrats’ references to “smears” and “truth,” there is, as always, no reference to any actual issue, and zero factual content. The appeal is strictly us against them, and the emotion that drives Democrats to contribute, and to vote, is hate.

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It is not in the cards for Republicans to become as mean-spirited as Democrats, but it is essential, I think, for Republicans to understand the game the Democrats are playing and realize that the endless flow of hate spewed out by the Democratic Party poisons the public’s perception of all of the good Republicans try to do in Washington and around the country.

posted by Ace at 01:44 PM

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