Gary Bauer refers to Liberals by using a derogatory term

[ck4829]

"Gary Bauer's July 13, 2005, "End of Day" e-mail describes the "unprecedented level of consultation" given senate Democrats but says the "libs" still aren't happy. "In a city where no good deed goes unpunished, Senate liberals are demanding to be treated as 'co-presidents.'"
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=17625

I believe 'libs' is usually not shorthand for 'Liberal' but actually means something bad and possibly even derogatory. To back it up I googled 'libs' on DU.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22libs%22+site%3Ademocraticunderground.com

Most of the the time the word 'libs' can be found in the Hate Mail section.

[Cha]

1. Well, I got

"Cons" for him.

[lvx35]

2. It used to just mean libertarians + liberals.

But recently, I've only heard it used in a bad light...But then against "Liberal" itself has become a bad world. "Liberal" is the new "Nigger".

[kodi]

3. "Pancake" Gary needs to read the US Constitution

what's withthat guy? i never say a person without an upper lip before.

[joemurphy]

4. Well, we call them Repukes. Hard to complain about "Libs" n/t

[SeattleVet]

9. Repukes fits them, though...

If you look at the messages over in freeperland, several times a day they have to place "barf alert" messages on their posts. They're probably swimming in the stuff by now.

I have a feeling that it must be all of that spinning that they always do upsetting their delicately balanced (albeit far-to-the-right) constitutions.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. I don't have a problem with it, apparently.

[ck4829]

6. I don't have a problem with it either

It's just that Gary is one of those people who claims to be the incarnation of 'godly' moral values.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. HIM, I have a problem with. The tem "lib" when used by Limpballs always

seems to have a little sneer to it when he says it.

It may be one of the reasons I used it in my screen name, to take the term back from them.

[delete_bush]

8. Guess he decided if you can't beat 'em, join 'em

"I often went to school fearful of a black eye or a bloody nose. There were plenty of thugs at my school that would love to pound me." -- Bauer

I actually like the word, I like the way it rolls off the tongue, easy to spell, you can draw it out for emphasis. I'm a L-i-i-i-i-b, ya gotta problem with that, you twisted little punk?

[kcwayne]

10. That's OK, I refer to Gary Bauer with derogatory terms all the time

Miserable, busy body, uptight dumb fucking weasel usually leads the list.