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B.See

(1,292 posts) Thu Apr 25, 2024, 02:20 AM Apr 25

GOP Has Gone rancid--And it Isn't Fair Decent People Have to Keep Cleaning Up After Them

GOP has gone rancid—and it isn't fair decent people have to keep cleaning up after them - Rawstory

By words and actions, Republicans have proven they are not serious people, and most definitely do not love or care for our country. We have learned without any doubt during the past decade that there is no line they won’t cross, rule they won’t break, or lie they won’t tell to further their dirty causes, which have absolutely nothing to do with making America great.

They are incapable of good governance, and have settled into mob rule. The Republican-led House of Representatives is a complete and nasty joke, where members literally elbow and hiss at each other, and that is both true and terribly, terribly sad.

With help from our inept Justice Department and a bought-off Conservative Supreme Court, Republicans are making a mockery of the notion that our nation is protected by the rule of law. They know, better than anybody that this simply is not true.

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GOP Has Gone rancid--And it Isn't Fair Decent People Have to Keep Cleaning Up After Them (Original Post) B.See Apr 25 OP

K&R Think. Again. Apr 25 #1

It almost seems that we are ruled by another law DFW Apr 25 #2

I'm going to blow my credibility by making a sci-fi reference... Hugin Apr 25 #6

I think Republicans would be shocked at how many Democrats own guns. Elessar Zappa Apr 25 #8

The Golden Rule justaprogressive Apr 25 #3

They are incapable of good governance PatSeg Apr 25 #4

a third of the country votes for them. lindysalsagal Apr 25 #5

Actually it's more sinister and reprehensible than B.See Apr 25 #7

Sure looks like those who thought Roberts was interested in BlueKota Apr 25 #9

They were wrong as all hell. But then again I've been WARNING that the SCOTUS/Conservative arm of the fascist reich B.See Apr 25 #10

Think. Again.

(8,422 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to B.See (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 03:54 AM

Apr 25

It's time to stop giving any republican the benefit of the doubt.

They are not "misguided" with different opinions but good intentions of governing for the country's well-being as they see it.

They are simply out to hurt people for their own gain and must be kept away from power.

DFW

(54,443 posts)

2. It almost seems that we are ruled by another law

Reply to B.See (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 07:12 AM

Apr 25

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Darwin’s law: survival of the fittest. Kill or be killed, and they have most of the guns.

Hugin

(33,207 posts)

6. I'm going to blow my credibility by making a sci-fi reference...

Reply to DFW (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 10:25 AM

Apr 25

I could never watch or read sci-fi stories where an alternate universe of a “kill or be killed” civilization achieves interstellar travel. It would never happen. It is always a race to the bottom and the theory of them taking the advanced technology from a civilization that has it is laughable. They would be smashed like a bug at the first indication that they were going to make the attempt.

Yeah, I’m that guy who yells that there is no sound in a vacuum from the back of a theater.

Elessar Zappa

(14,063 posts)

8. I think Republicans would be shocked at how many Democrats own guns.

Reply to DFW (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 05:12 PM

Apr 25

I don’t have a gun or hunt anymore but I used to be in a local hunting club. I’d say 50% or maybe even more of us were Democrats. This is in New Mexico, I can’t speak for anywhere else.

justaprogressive

(2,234 posts)

3. The Golden Rule

Reply to B.See (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 10:15 AM

Apr 25

...Becomes the ONLY rule.

(Those who have the gold, make the rules.)

PatSeg

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4. They are incapable of good governance

Reply to B.See (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 10:19 AM

Apr 25

Some of them are capable, but unwilling.

It is all a reality TV gig for them and they are putting on a show for the cameras. Sometimes it feels like it is a competition to see who can be the most ridiculous and outrageous.

lindysalsagal

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5. a third of the country votes for them.

Reply to B.See (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 10:23 AM

Apr 25

B.See

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7. Actually it's more sinister and reprehensible than

Reply to B.See (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 05:05 PM

Apr 25

All the above. Theirs is a mean spirited malice based upon misinformation fueled and concocted by a wealthy deep state

(the REAL deep state. Not the mythical 'deep state' the fascist right like to PROJECT upon the left).

This allows the GOP to escape accountability for their inaction and lack of policymaking on behalf of even their own constituency.

They've got their devotees so bamboozled that they can repeatedly fuck over the country, drive us into recession (10 of the last 11, under a GOP administratiin), engage in so-called trickle-down (voodoo) economics that only enriches THEM,

after which Democrats have to clean up their shit. They get away with doing it because their hate driven voters are so busy looking at some demonized "other."

BlueKota

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9. Sure looks like those who thought Roberts was interested in

Reply to B.See (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 05:26 PM

Apr 25

his legacy and wouldn't bow to Trump were wrong. There maybe a few Republicans left in office, who care about we the people, but you could probably count them on one hand.

They certainly aren't on the Supreme Court. I will say Barrett did surprise me a little, but we will see, if she's willing to do the right thing or not.

B.See

(1,292 posts)

10. They were wrong as all hell. But then again I've been WARNING that the SCOTUS/Conservative arm of the fascist reich

Reply to BlueKota (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 06:07 PM

Apr 25

were a bunch of unprincipled scoundrels hell bent on 'interpreting' law (i.e. twisting, distorting, bending, skewing, and generally fabricating it out of thin air) to the benefit of Trump and his MAGA arsonists.

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