We Lost the Battle for the Republican Party’s Soul Long Ago

[japhy]

It's going to take awhile to get the stupid stain off Arizona.

https://apnews.com/article/politics-mex ... osition_08

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

If she said this (see tweet below) in front of me - I would say these exact words to her face... Fuck off you piece of shit.

How ironic would it be if someone who was in legal possession of a gun because of lax gun laws blew her fucking head off?

[zsn]

Multiple choice quiz:

Rep-elect George Santos has lied early and often in his campaign. The Republicans will

a. Seat him and act like he’s just another fellow scoundrel, able colleagues to Jim Jordan, Darrell Issa et al
b. Tut-tut a little but act like nothing happened
c. Susan Collins will be disappointed
d. McCarthy will pretend like nothing happened until he gets Santos’ vote for Speaker and then dodge the press
e. Nominate him as a candidate for President, because he just cleared the Party’s prerequisites

[KUTradition]

b, c, and d

[jhawks99]

He's on the NY Democrats. They did not do their homework on this guy and now he will be seated.

A) They won't act like he's any kind of scoundral. Just another R vote.
B) No tut-tuting will be done by any R.
C) That's funny, but no.
D) Spot on
E) I don't think this guy gets elected to a second term.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

This fucking moron (MTG) posts/tweets the entire video - thinking people will agree with her and it will draw sympathy for Santos?



https://news.yahoo.com/more-outrageous- ... 01815.html

[twocoach]

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-sho ... -rcna63493

DeSantis burns through Floridians taxpayer money to fund his culture war as if it is money donated to his Presidential campaign fund. He has lost the vast majority of these court cases but it doesn't seem to matter. Republicans rewarded him with a landslide victory, making a mockery of their claims about "concerns for wasteful spending". Add it to the list of hypocrisies.

[zsn]

Attack on Rachel rather than addressing the underlying facts in 5…..4……3……

[twocoach]

Attack on Rachel rather than addressing the underlying facts in 5…..4……3……

Who reports on the facts should be irrelevant of the facts but I agree that the lazy will argue it instead of the actual point. But since there really is no argument that DeSantis' legal cases are costing Florida taxpayers millions, they have to argue something. Same with his stunts in paying to ship immigrants from Texas to New England with Florida tax dollars despite that having zero to do with Florida.

[zsn]

Am I the only one who is enjoying the Republican civil war playing out in the Capitol?

If I was a Democratic Representative I’d make a deal with McCarthy and get him enough votes under the condition that Gym Jordan, Boebert and other crazies get nowhere near a Committee chair.

[jfish26]

Am I the only one who is enjoying the Republican civil war playing out in the Capitol?

If I was a Democratic Representative I’d make a deal with McCarthy and get him enough votes under the condition that Gym Jordan, Boebert and other crazies get nowhere near a Committee chair.

I think it's hilarious.

And I think you're fundamentally spot-on: at some point, the deft play for the Democrats is to broker a deal (which you should not do without extracting a heavy price, including as to severely limiting the Republicans' ability to conduct sham "investigations" etc.).

[Overlander]

Yeah, because if you can’t trust the modern GOP to keep a promise…who can you trust?

[jfish26]

Yeah, because if you can’t trust the modern GOP to keep a promise…who can you trust?

Well you definitely don’t do it on a promise.

[ousdahl]

“McCarthy finds himself in a crisis of his own making”


lulz

[zsn]

The Republican Party is not interested in governing or doing anything to help anyone. Their only goal is to grandstand and “own the libs”. BENGHAZI!!! every day, all day.

The Dems should not agree to an adjournment and continue this humiliation.

[jfish26]

The Republican Party is not interested in governing or doing anything to help anyone. Their only goal is to grandstand and “own the libs”. BENGHAZI!!! every day, all day.

The Dems should not agree to an adjournment and continue this humiliation.

If I understand all of this correctly (huge if), in the case the R crazies get what they want...the result will be that we'll be doing this again and again for the next two years.

Because that is the ticket the Rs need back to popularity. Bang-up work, team.

[NewtonHawk11]

This is absolutely entertaining and humiliating for those that firmly vote consistently R without any thought.

[jhawks99]

What's that thing about a definition of insanity?

[jfish26]

This is absolutely entertaining and humiliating for those that firmly vote consistently R without any thought.

Well yeah.

Because what's happening, now that we're seeing the R civil war in full bloom, is that the not-so-crazy Rs are finally learning, firsthand, what it's like to have to deal with a minority that is irrational, intransigent and simply fucking nuts.

[twocoach]

Membership to the Freedom Caucus when it was formed required opposition to fellow Republican Party member and Speaker John Boehner and any legislation he proposed so it is no surprise that the group is once again accidentally working to tear apart the Republican Party.

On October 30, 2017, Vanity Fair published an interview with Republican former House speaker John Boehner, who said of the Freedom Caucus: "They can't tell you what they're for. They can tell you everything they're against. They're anarchists. They want total chaos. Tear it all down and start over. That's where their mindset is."

Seems that more than 5 years later, nothing has changed. People who stand for nothing and only complain about the stances of others add no value to our society.