You made my point. It's not personal hate. They don't personally hate all of "us". They just "hate" everyone on the other side. They would love Bush if he were a democrat.
We may just be arguing semantics but I see a distinction between hatred of a person compared to hatred of an idealogy. They don't hate Bush.
I'm not sure, but I think they do hate all of us.
Come election day we can count on 47% of the vote the Democrats 47% of the vote the battle is over the remaining 6%. Crap like this does not go over well with that 6%.
The Democrats must know this but they just can't help themselves.
If you can seriously answer that question, "yes," you're either delusionally naive or your definition of hatred is fundamentally different from mine, and the distinction isn't semantic.
I believe you've fallen into the trap of thinking that "other people are just like me." No. Some of them are very different. I wish no liberal harm; I wish them to fail utterly. They don't feel the same way about me. Go over to DU sometime and look at the things they write. I do NOT believe the political is personal. They do. They invented the slogan and popularized it because it summarizes their world view, which is fundamentally more emotional and less rational than ours.
It's common to project your own emotions onto others. They call us "haters" because that's what they are. It's hatred. It's real. Be prepared for the lengths to which it will drive them, which are every bit as far as a vendetta or a blood feud. I know there are some nutjobs on FR who're haters, but they're not the mainstream, even here.