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Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 28 Dec 2021, 7:49pm
by Flex
Dr. Medulla wrote:
28 Dec 2021, 11:48am
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 83188.html

We can laugh and mock, but it speaks to a rejection of fundamental democratic principles that are becoming dogma on the right.
the only hope is probably that the virus will wipe out just enough of these people that they won't be able to have the numbers to enact their fascist plans.

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 29 Dec 2021, 4:22am
by Low Down Low
Dr. Medulla wrote:
28 Dec 2021, 11:48am
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 83188.html

We can laugh and mock, but it speaks to a rejection of fundamental democratic principles that are becoming dogma on the right.
I guess if you believe deep down that the first rule of politics decrees the odds should be stacked in favour of the wealthiest and most powerful, then this is how it would seem to you. What happened in Georgia would have been a particular affront. Half of those people probably shouldn't even be allowed to vote!

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 29 Dec 2021, 4:24am
by Low Down Low
Flex wrote:
28 Dec 2021, 7:49pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
28 Dec 2021, 11:48am
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 83188.html

We can laugh and mock, but it speaks to a rejection of fundamental democratic principles that are becoming dogma on the right.
the only hope is probably that the virus will wipe out just enough of these people that they won't be able to have the numbers to enact their fascist plans.
Might end up somewhat compensating for the declining birth rate, but that would be something at least.

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 29 Dec 2021, 4:44am
by Low Down Low
Double post!

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 14 Jan 2022, 8:39pm
by Sparky
You can't make this stuff up. Clearly not the sharpest tools in the shed.

https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol ... kin-2022-1

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 14 Jan 2022, 8:48pm
by Dr. Medulla
Sparky wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 8:39pm
You can't make this stuff up. Clearly not the sharpest tools in the shed.

https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol ... kin-2022-1
I guess it's suggestive that they sincerely believed they didn't do anything wrong, morally or criminally. But it's also suggestive that they really had no fucking idea what they were doing, that this was romantic adventurism. Which is to say, a bunch of fucking dupes sold a bag of patriot beans.

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 14 Jan 2022, 8:59pm
by Sparky
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 8:48pm
Sparky wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 8:39pm
You can't make this stuff up. Clearly not the sharpest tools in the shed.

https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol ... kin-2022-1
I guess it's suggestive that they sincerely believed they didn't do anything wrong, morally or criminally. But it's also suggestive that they really had no fucking idea what they were doing, that this was romantic adventurism. Which is to say, a bunch of fucking dupes sold a bag of patriot beans.
My favorite quote from the article: :lol:

"The officers quickly got on the phone and said, yeah, just give us your name, your address, your social, you know, and we'll tie up those loose ends,"

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 20 Jan 2022, 3:23pm
by revbob

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 20 Jan 2022, 4:56pm
by Sparky
revbob wrote:
20 Jan 2022, 3:23pm
2:57 question to Matt Gaetz regarding re-enacting the January 6 events is priceless. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 20 Jan 2022, 5:26pm
by revbob
Sparky wrote:
20 Jan 2022, 4:56pm
revbob wrote:
20 Jan 2022, 3:23pm
2:57 question to Matt Gaetz regarding re-enacting the January 6 events is priceless. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yeah for sure.

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 26 Jan 2022, 6:04pm
by Sparky
Caller says what everybody has been thinking regarding MTG.


Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 29 Jan 2022, 12:26pm
by Dr. Medulla
More of a "Past of the Republican Party" entry. Eisenhower said to a friend of California Senator William Knowland, a frothing and jingoistic anti-Communist: "Knowland has no foreign policy, except to develop high blood pressure whenever he mentions 'Red China.' In his case, there seems to be no final answer to the question, 'How stupid can you get?'"

(Knowland blew his head off in '74, $1M in gambling debt to mobsters.)

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 30 Jan 2022, 11:45am
by Silent Majority
Dr. Medulla wrote:
29 Jan 2022, 12:26pm
More of a "Past of the Republican Party" entry. Eisenhower said to a friend of California Senator William Knowland, a frothing and jingoistic a lotnti-Communist: "Knowland has no foreign policy, except to develop high blood pressure whenever he mentions 'Red China.' In his case, there seems to be no final answer to the question, 'How stupid can you get?'"

(Knowland blew his head off in '74, $1M in gambling debt to mobsters.)
Ah, great post.

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 18 Feb 2022, 2:20pm
by Kimmelweck

Re: The Future of the Republican Party

Posted: 18 Feb 2022, 3:11pm
by revbob
Kimmelweck wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 2:20pm
Excellent