It's the New Birtherism. The New Silent Majority. They've been conditioned into unwarranted fear & disdain for the rest of America.
Again and again and again they show there's nothing so holy as the Almighty Dollar.I think this article fits in the general theme of this thread. People keep looking for someone to save the GOP from itself. Problem is they are their own worst enemies.
Paul Ryan can’t save the GOP — he is still a huge part of the problem | Salon.com
Liz Cheney's latest comments came in an off-the-record interview with former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Ryan, you'll recall, now sits on the board of Fox News, where one executive told Vanity Fair in 2019, "Paul is embarrassed about Trump and now he has the power to do something about it."
Paul Ryan may have the power to do something about it, but unlike Cheney (who at least voted to impeach Trump) he hasn't. Instead, he's been cashing in at the right-wing network and watched as Tucker Carlson has risen to the top spot by spewing barely diluted white nationalism. Ryan wouldn't even say anything after Trump celebrated Mitt Romney, the man Ryan ran on a presidential ticket with a few short years back, being booed by his hometown crowd. The media-supported myth that Ryan was a serious, responsible lawmaker propped up this malevolent character for far too long.
This is the incentive problem in the so-called conservative movement that no one seems to want to grapple with. A similar, but not identical, incentive structure led the Washington Post to host Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley for a livestream on Tuesday, where the Republican defended raising his fist in solidarity with a mob that would eventually rush the Capitol armed with weapons and in search of his colleagues. He went on to complain that he was being canceled when a Post reporter merely attempted to correct the record about his continued mischaracterization of the election in Pennsylvania, a state that was specifically targeted with misinformation by the Trump campaign. It's why CNN's Don Lemon hosted Pennsylvania's former Republican senator, Rick Santorum, after the conservative pundit baselessly asserted that Native American culture is not American culture.
one of the best moonbeam posts ever. 10/10 would read again.I am looking forward to the day when 70% of Republicans can’t believe Trump is in jail but is.
Thanks! As far as why Republicans are unable to rationally deal with reality, I believe it is due to cowardice. We were all made to feel worthless as children, and that can vary by intensity and degree. The major way in which it happens is that our parents know long before we did the danger of being different.one of the best moonbeam posts ever. 10/10 would read again.
Interesting you are unwilling to make an educated guess on this. Don't think any of the choices apply?Oh. I have no idea. I dont know why people think what they think.
“How many actually believe it? Five, probably, if that, maybe? I don’t know, but it’s in the single, it’s low,” said Kinzinger, a vocal critic of Trump who defied his party to vote for the impeachment of the former president for inciting the deadly U.S. Capitol riot.
It's a lot of evil deplorables folks. These are the same people that in history have become fascists, Nazis, maoists, stalinists, etc...
That's the base of the GQP today. In America.
Get a gun. Stay vigilant.
How do I sound like them? They support overthrowing democracy. They have cult like adoration to an authoritarian fascist demagogue. They do not believe in truthFunny how you manage to sound like them.
Well we now know the majority of gun owners are fine with fascism. If they get in power again, that's it. So let me know the last time fascism was overthrown with hugs and kisses. Gonna need guns.More guns!
Looks like theres a big disconnect between GOP voters and those actually in office-
GOP Rep. Reveals How Many Colleagues Actually Believe Trump’s Election Conspiracies (yahoo.com)
It doesn't look like party is so much as their followers. Which is still bad for them come election time.If the party is willing to go along with the lie to maintain power there is no functional difference if they actually believe it or not. The results are the same.
It doesn't look like party is so much as their followers. Which is still bad for them come election time.
So you're ok with the current efforts by Democrats to stack the courts? And you're ok with Bidens efforts at taxing the rich? I am, because it won't change the wealth of the wealthy to make a difference.Trump gave them what they wanted- tax cuts for the Rich, deregulation, packing the federal bench with ideologues & so forth. And the Base loves him desperately. Even insurrection wasn't enough to peel them off of the Trump train. Lying for Trump is just like lying about everything else. They believe in nothing beyond wealth & power.
So you're ok with the current efforts by Democrats to stack the courts? And you're ok with Bidens efforts at taxing the rich? I am, because it won't change the wealth of the wealthy to make a difference.
Edit and there's a difference between filling vacant spots in scotus and adding additional spots. One is attacking one isn't. Are you smart enough to know the difference?
So you don't know the difference. Got it."Efforts" seem a little pale relative to the actual court stacking that was Garland/Gorsuch.
So you're ok with the current efforts by Democrats to stack the courts? And you're ok with Bidens efforts at taxing the rich? I am, because it won't change the wealth of the wealthy to make a difference.
Edit and there's a difference between filling vacant spots in scotus and adding additional spots. One is attacking one isn't. Are you smart enough to know the difference?
So you don't know the difference. Got it.