2007-08-09 00:28:45 · 13 answers · asked by 2012 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The same thing that is considered the 'root' of all evil: MONEY!
Money gives them power, power gives them control, control lets them get laid. Otherwise they would all have to pay for it.
(That's why they hate Bill Clinton so much.... they envy him for getting head from the Republican spy Monica, without paying for it.)
Envy is what drives them and is part of the 'root'.
2007-08-09 00:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
The root of ultra conservatism must be liberalism or ultra liberalism, but is fueled and fanned by people who exploit ignorance and unfairness to breed hate and increase their personal power.
You lose out on a job to a minority who was less qualified because of quotas? Don't try to resolve it by improving the law of the land, that takes too long anyway. Hate the minority, it's much faster, instant gratification.
The more people buy into it, the more following that person gets, the more powerful they feel. The sad thing is, they are not at all concerned with the damages done along the way. Any group, left or right, that uses hate as a primary motivation is just plain counter productive.
2007-08-09 07:55:36 · answer #2 · answered by SteveA8 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
This is just my opinion, but I think it can be traced back to about 30 years ago. At that time, right-wing religious coalitions were no longer satisfied with being on the outside of politics. They were organizing, building a collective voice and looking for power within the political arena. I lived in KY then, the South... Democrat, Bible Belt, pro-labor (union). Jimmy Carter was Southern, Democrat, farmer and Christian; he was "us". The Bible Belt believed they carried Carter to the White House, but they never figured he'd leave his religion at the door of the Oval Office and do a Playboy interview. :-) The South and the Mid-West Bible Belt was deeply angry and felt totally betrayed when he didn't buckle to their agenda.
The right-wing religious coalitions were angry, galvanized and homeless. At the time, the Republican Party was still the Gold(water) Standard of Conservatism (small gov't). The Republicans saw a great opportunity to increase their political base, so they welcomed the religious coalitions and Ronald Reagan happily took up their agenda. Not all Republicans were happy with their new cousins, but they liked the numbers. Goldwater was livid about it! Ironically, he was written off as stubborn (true) and obsolete (false), yet he was one of the few that saw the writing on the wall.
So, jumping to GWB's first term... we have a Republican Party that has traded 'fiscal conservatism' for 'social conservatism', and a 'morality rule' that's grown out of increased pressure from, and bowing to, the right-wing religious influence. This is what's behind Bush... a party with a strong sense of righteousness and intolerance, so his "my way, or the highway" approach fits snugly within the parameters.
2007-08-09 08:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by sagacious_ness 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Radical conservatism...now THERE'S an oxymoron.
2007-08-09 08:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lack of rational and reasonable thought is the common denominator for any "radical" regardless of political persuasion.
2007-08-09 07:33:02 · answer #5 · answered by CHARITY G 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
radical liberalism
2007-08-09 08:17:29 · answer #6 · answered by roadrunner 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Radical Liberlism. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
2007-08-09 07:57:23 · answer #7 · answered by osborne_pkg 5 · 2⤊ 5⤋
Religious hatred of freedom. The religious extremists, as we know from George Bush, hate both America's freedom and America.
2007-08-09 07:32:05 · answer #8 · answered by Holy Cow! 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
it was called the Plymouth colony.... they came over on the Mayflower.
You know, basic first grader stuff....
They were here LONG before asinine degenerates were here.
2007-08-09 07:48:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
you mean square root ?
2007-08-09 07:36:38 · answer #10 · answered by shufly 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋