The Future of the Republican Party

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Feb 2023, 7:25am
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01 Feb 2023, 10:31pm
This is...something. :twitch:

Kimmel loses any credibility (to the degree that he had any) to be a critic of politics by validating these assholes in any way. Putting them on the air to interview them, even in a mocking way, does normalize them.
Yep. Just like Fallon did with Trump.
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Sounds about right:

New School Curriculum Just 6 Straight Hours Of Staring Slack-Jawed At American Flag

https://www.theonion.com/new-school-cur ... 1847102813
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Kimmelweck wrote:
06 Feb 2023, 10:01pm
Sounds about right:

New School Curriculum Just 6 Straight Hours Of Staring Slack-Jawed At American Flag

https://www.theonion.com/new-school-cur ... 1847102813
Lol
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gkbill wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 12:43pm
Hello,

She shouldn't go there.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-huckab ... 38695.html
One of the things that strikes me about the right—I'm more familiar with the Canadian context—is that they aren't very good anymore at speaking to the non-converted. They just aren't all that adept at persuasion. You either buy into my grievance or you're part of the elitist conspiracy against goodness. So they're abandoning that middle zone of citizens who could be persuaded, but don't speak that language of zealotry. The parallels to the late 60s, early 70s keep coming back to me, with leftist radicals wholly unable to speak to the middle, so sure in their righteous anger and oblivious to how they sounded to most.
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gkbill wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 12:43pm
Hello,

She shouldn't go there.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-huckab ... 38695.html
Yeah, Sarah Huckleberry Sanders and her band of nutsacks wouldn't know crazy if they tripped over it.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 1:37pm
gkbill wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 12:43pm
Hello,

She shouldn't go there.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-huckab ... 38695.html
One of the things that strikes me about the right—I'm more familiar with the Canadian context—is that they aren't very good anymore at speaking to the non-converted. They just aren't all that adept at persuasion. You either buy into my grievance or you're part of the elitist conspiracy against goodness. So they're abandoning that middle zone of citizens who could be persuaded, but don't speak that language of zealotry. The parallels to the late 60s, early 70s keep coming back to me, with leftist radicals wholly unable to speak to the middle, so sure in their righteous anger and oblivious to how they sounded to most.
I think it's impossible to overstate the influence qanon has had on the entire party and its media apparatus. Trying to watch Fox news as a normal person is almost like watching something being spoken in an alien language. These people have all constructed an alternate universe with main characters, villains and plots that bear no meaningful relationship to reality. The bizarreness guarantees, I guess, a loyal following but there's a hard limit to how attractive such an obviously deranged worldview can be. The suburban white middle class is basically fine with or supportive of racism and bigotry, but they don't want any of it to come off too weird or uncouth. So Republicans are losing ground in areas they really "should" play well in because of the weirdoization of the Right.

Addendum: and trump is obviously exhibit A but it's not like DeSantis isn't an extremely bizarre, cruel weirdo either. The problem is the mainstream media is going to be so intent on making any non-trump republican seem "normal" that they'll basically run interference for what an unseemly lunatic DeSantis is.
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Flex wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 3:35pm
Addendum: and trump is obviously exhibit A but it's not like DeSantis isn't an extremely bizarre, cruel weirdo either. The problem is the mainstream media is going to be so intent on making any non-trump republican seem "normal" that they'll basically run interference for what an unseemly lunatic DeSantis is.
That's a legitimate fear, that should DeSantis get the nomination the narrative will be of turning a page and repudiating Trump, rather than "improving" on Trump's grievance politics. Because, of course, to a spectacle-driven media, if DeSantis doesn't engage in tantrums on Twitter, it must prove he's distinct from Trump.
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Sparky wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 2:49pm
gkbill wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 12:43pm
Hello,

She shouldn't go there.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-huckab ... 38695.html
Yeah, Sarah Huckleberry Sanders and her band of nutsacks wouldn't know crazy if they tripped over it.
Also, her brother lynched a stray dog.
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JennyB wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 4:02pm
Sparky wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 2:49pm
gkbill wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 12:43pm
Hello,

She shouldn't go there.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-huckab ... 38695.html
Yeah, Sarah Huckleberry Sanders and her band of nutsacks wouldn't know crazy if they tripped over it.
Also, her brother lynched a stray dog.
WTF? I hadn't heard that, what a POS, sickening. :evil:
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Sparky wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 5:49pm
JennyB wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 4:02pm
Sparky wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 2:49pm
gkbill wrote:
08 Feb 2023, 12:43pm
Hello,

She shouldn't go there.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-huckab ... 38695.html
Yeah, Sarah Huckleberry Sanders and her band of nutsacks wouldn't know crazy if they tripped over it.
Also, her brother lynched a stray dog.
WTF? I hadn't heard that, what a POS, sickening. :evil:
Yep.
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Hello,

I wasn't sure where to submit this. This is the funniest Republican I've heard in a long time.

Here's a tease: "Really, who lies about playing college volleyball? Who does that? If you’re gonna lie, at least make it about something big, like you actually won the 2020 presidential election."

https://twitter.com/HowardMortman/statu ... 30548.html

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gkbill wrote:
09 Feb 2023, 9:09pm
Hello,

I wasn't sure where to submit this. This is the funniest Republican I've heard in a long time.

Here's a tease: "Really, who lies about playing college volleyball? Who does that? If you’re gonna lie, at least make it about something big, like you actually won the 2020 presidential election."

https://twitter.com/HowardMortman/statu ... 30548.html
That was good, thanks. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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revbob wrote:
11 Feb 2023, 10:57am
Something in the water?

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02 ... r-nazi/amp
They've finally embraced that lefty nonsense of postmodernism that there is no such thing as truth.
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