That's running-for-town-council-on-a-dare quality, not I-should-be-president quality.
The Future of the Republican Party
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"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I looked a lot like this when I was unemployed and mid-divorce after a good night's sleep in my broken down car.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Sep 2021, 7:08pmThat's running-for-town-council-on-a-dare quality, not I-should-be-president quality.
Edit: I had a nicer shirt.
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Note: You also are not president.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑30 Sep 2021, 11:19pmI looked a lot like this when I was unemployed and mid-divorce after a good night's sleep in my broken down car.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Sep 2021, 7:08pmThat's running-for-town-council-on-a-dare quality, not I-should-be-president quality.
Edit: I had a nicer shirt.
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Re: The Future of the Republican Party
Only took just over a year to figure this one out, not the sharpest tool in the shed.
https://www.businessinsider.com/rnc-cha ... ks-2021-11
https://www.businessinsider.com/rnc-cha ... ks-2021-11
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ce/620746/
Worthwhile piece by David Brooks on where the American right is going. He doesn't use the word fascist, but it's what he's describing.
Worthwhile piece by David Brooks on where the American right is going. He doesn't use the word fascist, but it's what he's describing.
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Good article although I think it unintentionally (?) damns the author anh his peers. Brooks still admits to agreeing with 1/3rd of what was said at the conference and he acts palsy and normalizing with all involved (they're fun people to have a beer with, honest!) The line about Kristol getting all these fascists tells it all: this is a movement Brooks et al nurtured , developed, and platformed. Maybe a few of them are getting squeamish at the 11th hour, but Brooks and his cretenous ilk birthed this movement and are STILL providing them cover even in ostensibly critical pieces like this one.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Nov 2021, 8:19amhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ce/620746/
Worthwhile piece by David Brooks on where the American right is going. He doesn't use the word fascist, but it's what he's describing.
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I wondered whether this was, in part, an unconscious mea culpa on Brooks' behalf, dragging along some of the "respectable" conservative thinkers along. Brooks knows that these people are his descendants—he recognizes the lines to conservatives in the 00s, 90s, and 80s—but hasn't come all the way to realizing responsibility. I listened to Anne Applebaum's semi-recent book last year and it had a similar confusion, an awareness of a lineal connection but not realizing, let alone accepting responsibility. This is the mourning stage for Reaganites; some will figure out that there's a logical conclusion to what they created decades ago, while other will continue to look the other way.Flex wrote: ↑22 Nov 2021, 2:48pmGood article although I think it unintentionally (?) damns the author anh his peers. Brooks still admits to agreeing with 1/3rd of what was said at the conference and he acts palsy and normalizing with all involved (they're fun people to have a beer with, honest!) The line about Kristol getting all these fascists tells it all: this is a movement Brooks et al nurtured , developed, and platformed. Maybe a few of them are getting squeamish at the 11th hour, but Brooks and his cretenous ilk birthed this movement and are STILL providing them cover even in ostensibly critical pieces like this one.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Nov 2021, 8:19amhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ce/620746/
Worthwhile piece by David Brooks on where the American right is going. He doesn't use the word fascist, but it's what he's describing.
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Rep. Thomas Massie from Kentucky.
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
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Turn that into a family of Muslims and Tucker Carlson's got a week of subject matter to cover.
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I hadn't noticed that, good catch. Did I mention they're from Kentucky?
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Re: The Future of the Republican Party
So true!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 10:09amTurn that into a family of Muslims and Tucker Carlson's got a week of subject matter to cover.
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Re: The Future of the Republican Party
Shit even a family of African Americans would elicit a horrified response from your average racist.
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Somebody needs to photoshop some bib overalls, straw hats & corn cob pipes on this and repost it.
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung