To amuse myself and take the pulse of the public, such as it is, I sometimes enter stock phrases into Google to find the most popular responses. Today I typed in the following, and got these responses, which I submit without further commentary (except that I think it explains a lot about the state of our contemporary political discourse).
1. Why do Republicans _____
hate obama
hate obamacare
hate unions
hate poor people
use winner-take-all primaries
hate women so much
hate obama so much
hate science
call it the democrat party
oppose obamacare
2. Why do Democrats ________
have a donkey
hate republicans
support abortion
hate guns
like ron paul
use a donkey
hate the military
lie
hate reagan
support obamacare
3. Why are Democrats ____________
donkeys
so stupid
blue
against voter ID
so hateful
called liberals
pro choice
for abortion
so dumb
bad
4. Why are Republicans ______
so stupid
attacking women
elephants
against obamacare
so evil
so hateful
against gay marriage
against birth control
against unions
called gop
5. Why do liberals ____________
hate america
think they are smarter
hate christians
hate guns
6. Why do conservatives _____
hate obama
hate gays
hate obamacare
deny global warming
