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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:26 PM
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WHAT KIND OF POLITICAL ANIMAL ARE YOU?
It takes no great leap to compare right-wing voters to sheep but is the left simply another pack of animals stampeding to a different beat? While we might envision leftists as enlightened thinkers with a high sense of individuality, a herd mentality permeates ANY human group. For example, if you post a subject line that suggests notions foreign to the mainstream here at DU, it will take very little time for a herd of replies to trample the thread under fierce hooves of leftist logic.

Indeed, blaming other critters of the political jungle is FAR easier than indulging in such harsh self-analysis but first we must identify each target species. Since it is Sunday, let us prey.

For example, where do Republicans get off adopting ANY sensitive and threatened species like the elephant? In fact, elephant herds quickly consume massive tracts of habitat, then move on to devastate new areas, so perhaps this mascot works on some levels.

Very few critters on the planet, however, leave behind less than the Army Ant as it marches mindlessly along and the name is irresistible, so I nominate them for the new Republican mascot.

Individuals of either party aren't off limits, nor or other comparisons like this next iconic personification of Republicanism:

"RESPECT MY AUTHAURITAAH!"



Lately, at Google Images, I've felt like a kid in a candy store, when I search for things like "bush monster" or "bush antichrist." Check it out and post away! Then try explaining the comparison. Let's have a little fun, in light of recent polls and other news. What kind of critter is Russ or Hillary seen as these days?
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:32 PM
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1. I think of mindless Bush followers as lemmings
Following their leader straight off any cliff.
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:35 PM
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2. for this picture I typed in "bush lemmings."
Here's how they look attacking a free-thinking lemming:
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:58 PM
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5. Beautiful! I think I see Bill Frist!
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:06 PM
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7. do you remember when the bushie used playing cards as propaganda imagery?
It was a while back before he lost the game he calls "war on terrorism." Here's a new card game as we now hunt down crooks:
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:17 PM
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9. That would be a great deck of cards idea
all our favorites (sarcasm)
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:41 PM
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11. darn! I can't find ANY of that old terrorist playing card imagery from TV
but here's another low card in the stacked republican deck
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:36 PM
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3. Depends on what is happening politically.
If the Left is showing backbone and the Right is caught in a lie, I am a sweet cuddly puppy dog (ladies, take note).



When I think of any aspect of this administration whatsoever, I become a raging tyrannosaur.



If we prevail in the mid-term elections, I will be a warm beagle with a cold nose.

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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:56 PM
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4. and if you are democrat do you remember?
While we are traditionally the Yellow Dog Democrats, it was Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower who said, "What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:59 PM
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6. I hope to see your warm beagle snoopy after the elections
Its awesome!
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:13 PM
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8. How tall is Feingold again? Ike's ghost wanted to know...

GO RUSS!

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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:22 PM
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10. I don't know - when I met him he didn't seem short
My guess is around 5 ft 10 inches but I could be way off.
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