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

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Really?

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“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
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Feral wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 3:44 pm
in the comments…

under his eye

Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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KUTradition wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 4:03 pm
Feral wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 3:44 pm
in the comments…

under his eye

Prepare for the same schlock the rubes offered about Melania (which, of course, often comes with a side of dog whistling).
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“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
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“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
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Feral wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 4:20 pm
Every accusation…
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I considered editing it to add exactly that.
“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
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Sadly, she's absolutely right:
'You hate [my son] more than you love your own family. And that's why you're here.' — Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt called out a GOP colleague who complained about missing their grandson's graduation while simultaneously helping to pass a bill, LB574, that combines a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors with a 12-week abortion ban in the state.

“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
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Feral wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 3:44 pm
So, using what Ted Cruz is calling logic here…if the goal was to indoctrinate children by using this person to market products is the ultimate evil, why is NASCAR allowed to proudly market beer when they have young viewers.

Think of the kids Ted!!
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Overlander wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 3:22 pm
Feral wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 3:44 pm
So, using what Ted Cruz is calling logic here…if the goal was to indoctrinate children by using this person to market products is the ultimate evil, why is NASCAR allowed to proudly market beer when they have young viewers.

Think of the kids Ted!!
Yeah, the syllogism there is pretty fucking terrible.
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I’m not saying Trump is a Russian asset.

But the Russians sure seem to think so.

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jfish26 wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 8:51 am I’m not saying Trump is a Russian asset.

But the Russians sure seem to think so.

It's just Russia sending the US media into more of a tizzy by pooping in the pool.
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Reflecting on the utility of the panel, the GOP leader boasted, ahead of the 2016 presidential election, “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable [sic]. But no one would have known any of that had happened, had we not fought.”

House Republicans were not at all pleased that McCarthy had blurted out the truth. There was a rather intense backlash from his ostensible allies, and he soon after was forced to withdraw from consideration as Boehner’s successor. The incident presumably taught GOP members a lesson: If you’re going to launch a congressional investigation for political purposes, don’t give away the game on national television.

It’s a lesson House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer apparently hasn’t learned.

The Kentucky Republican’s hapless crusade against President Joe Biden and his family has, at least so far, failed quite spectacularly, but Comer appeared on Fox News yesterday morning — shortly after 4 a.m. ET — to suggest that his investigations are making a real difference. Echoing McCarthy’s infamous 2015 quote, the Oversight Committee chair encouraged Fox viewers to simply look at the Democratic president’s poll numbers:

You look at the polling, and right now Donald Trump is seven points ahead of Joe Biden and trending upward, Joe Biden’s trending downward. And I believe that the media is looking around, scratching their head, and they’re realizing that the American people are keeping up with our investigation. And they realize there’s something wrong here.


(per NBCNews)
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KUTradition wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 10:42 am
Reflecting on the utility of the panel, the GOP leader boasted, ahead of the 2016 presidential election, “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable [sic]. But no one would have known any of that had happened, had we not fought.”

House Republicans were not at all pleased that McCarthy had blurted out the truth. There was a rather intense backlash from his ostensible allies, and he soon after was forced to withdraw from consideration as Boehner’s successor. The incident presumably taught GOP members a lesson: If you’re going to launch a congressional investigation for political purposes, don’t give away the game on national television.

It’s a lesson House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer apparently hasn’t learned.

The Kentucky Republican’s hapless crusade against President Joe Biden and his family has, at least so far, failed quite spectacularly, but Comer appeared on Fox News yesterday morning — shortly after 4 a.m. ET — to suggest that his investigations are making a real difference. Echoing McCarthy’s infamous 2015 quote, the Oversight Committee chair encouraged Fox viewers to simply look at the Democratic president’s poll numbers:

You look at the polling, and right now Donald Trump is seven points ahead of Joe Biden and trending upward, Joe Biden’s trending downward. And I believe that the media is looking around, scratching their head, and they’re realizing that the American people are keeping up with our investigation. And they realize there’s something wrong here.


(per NBCNews)
High on their own supply.
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Wait, thought the lockdowns were bad?

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jfish26 wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 1:26 pm Wait, thought the lockdowns were bad?

lest we not forget…

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/27/us/s ... ntion.html
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“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
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Because nothing says "Party of blue collar workers" like chapstick costing $100,000 dollars:

“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
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Feral wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 1:58 pm
She's not good with math, either.
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