Us Vs. Them

Compare and contrast:

Today, while shaking hands with the crowd at an event in Ohio, our President, Barack Obama, consoled a woman whose sister lost her life due to a) colon cancer, and b) not being able to afford healthcare.  She thanked the President for passing Obamacare, an act that will prevent situations arising like that of the woman's sister in the future.

Yesterday, while particpating in the obligatory Fourth of July parade, one of their guys, Rep. Bill Young of Florida, when asked why he doesn't support an increase to $10 in the minimum wage (keep in mind that this would be, if you could get a minimum wage job at forty hours per week--good luck!--$20,800 a year, hardly in the Warren Buffett stratosphere), told the questioner to "Get a job."  (Note: the questioner did have a job--probably just a piss poor paid one.)

Can someone please explain to me how republicans--in this supposedly Christian nation, in the supposed faiths that are supposed to look out for the least of their brothers--even get so much as one vote? 

And how is it that someone like Rep. Young could pee on George Washington's grave, post it on Youtube, and still get at least 35% of the vote in any given election?

It's enough to make a grown man cry.

Peace,
emaycee