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Defining the 21st Century Republican Party?
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Re: Defining the 21st Century Republican Party?
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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Re: Defining the 21st Century Republican Party?
I have to wonder - does Flynn believe this stuff or is he just performing for the money?
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I also can't decide if he's mentally unstable or just an opportunist trying to make money off unwitting dupes who pay to listen to him tell it's okay to hate.
He won. Period.
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Incoming soon if the GOP gains control in 2022 - more blackmail shenanigans:
GOP leaders, congressional aides and business groups are preparing for a potential "nightmare scenario" next year if House Republicans take back the majority: a debt limit showdown reminiscent of the near-crisis in 2011.
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Forget the money, he was willing to go to jail and was pardoned along with Stone and Manafort by a sus executive office. Does he believe it or is he performing for an overlord? It's all conspiracy until you see how much he's worked "with" foreign interests openly hostile to domestic interests. I honestly have no idea which it is. There are a lot believers and a lot believers doing stupid nonsenscial things.
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The logical thing to do would be to just pass a bill in the lame duck session that eliminates / neuters the debt ceiling. I have a feeling that the Democrats will instead just walk into catastrophe, though.Pyperkub wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:06 pm Incoming soon if the GOP gains control in 2022 - more blackmail shenanigans:
GOP leaders, congressional aides and business groups are preparing for a potential "nightmare scenario" next year if House Republicans take back the majority: a debt limit showdown reminiscent of the near-crisis in 2011.
Black Lives Matter.
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I'm not sure there has to be a clear line.
People can convince themselves of many things. He might believe, say, half of what he says while understanding the "crazier half" as just rhetorical exaggeration that is valuable for getting the core message across. As time goes on, and the crazier stuff resonates with more and more people in an adulatory bubble of fame, he might come to believe more of it too. And so the crazy gets crazier.
And of course the money lubricates this process.
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All the political stunts and rhetoric are harmless, right?
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Sure, simple until the Republicans on the Senate filibuster it.El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:42 pmThe logical thing to do would be to just pass a bill in the lame duck session that eliminates / neuters the debt ceiling. I have a feeling that the Democrats will instead just walk into catastrophe, though.Pyperkub wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:06 pm Incoming soon if the GOP gains control in 2022 - more blackmail shenanigans:
GOP leaders, congressional aides and business groups are preparing for a potential "nightmare scenario" next year if House Republicans take back the majority: a debt limit showdown reminiscent of the near-crisis in 2011.
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Maybe next year, maybe no go
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I mean, should we?
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Re: Defining the 21st Century Republican Party?
I mentioned it in spoiler tags in the hurricane thread, but I do wonder what the sales graph from the DeSantis web store looks like for these items recently. Would absolutely NOT be surprised if there was nary a blip. Just like not even an involuntary eye twitch from DeSantis as he signed the request for FEMA (assuming he had to somehow request it).
or better still, this:
or better still, this:
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So unsurprising (yet still so rage-inducing). Absolutely ZERO accountability - to the press, to consituents...not even lip service. Just "No. Fuckyoufordaringtoask"
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Well that's something. Implicit call for violence. A dash of blatant racism. Awesome stuff.
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*advice*
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That's how You know that He really Wrote it Himself.
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Re: Defining the 21st Century Republican Party?
Well, it's good to see the rats turning on each other. Fuck all of them; McConnell, Trump, and Chao.
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Does he mean Trump appointed Secretary of Transportation Chao? I wonder what Trump knows that President Trump didn't know.
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And yet McConnell will support him if he is the nominee. The entire Republican Party is just a bunch of neutered eunuchs. No one has any balls.LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:31 pmWell, it's good to see the rats turning on each other. Fuck all of them; McConnell, Trump, and Chao.
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This is the amazing thing. Trump will eventually turn on everyone. It's his nature. He's the fat ass scorpion riding on the back of the frog that is all other humanity. But a large number of those frogs will look back, see that they've been stung, then give him 20 bucks for doing so. Just astounding.
He won. Period.
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These things are all true.hepcat wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:34 am This is the amazing thing. Trump will eventually turn on everyone. It's his nature. He's the fat ass scorpion riding on the back of the frog that is all other humanity. But a large number of those frogs will look back, see that they've been stung, then give him 20 bucks for doing so. Just astounding.
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It's true. Perfect analogy. I'll only say that I picture it more like he stings some frog, and there just always seems to be another frog right there in the river ready to help the scorpion as the previous frog begins to drown.hepcat wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:34 am This is the amazing thing. Trump will eventually turn on everyone. It's his nature. He's the fat ass scorpion riding on the back of the frog that is all other humanity. But a large number of those frogs will look back, see that they've been stung, then give him 20 bucks for doing so. Just astounding.
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The scorpion won't sting my face.
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....just out of curiosity, are you under the impression frogs backstroke everywhere?
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To be fair, they all voted in favor of more paper towels.
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Re: Defining the 21st Century Republican Party?
Don't overlook the low cunning that Trump brings to this shit.
His saying McConnell has a "DEATH WISH" can easily be defended as just politics. Saying a politician has a death wish can be defended as meaning they're setting up for electoral failure.
But, yeah. The emphasis and tone. The rage. The racism and implication of treason. It's casual stochastic terrorism, the point of which is to evade responsibility.
His saying McConnell has a "DEATH WISH" can easily be defended as just politics. Saying a politician has a death wish can be defended as meaning they're setting up for electoral failure.
But, yeah. The emphasis and tone. The rage. The racism and implication of treason. It's casual stochastic terrorism, the point of which is to evade responsibility.
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Re: Defining the 21st Century Republican Party?
Defended? Why? What is this, 2012 or something?!
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Because they’re rugged individualists who don’t need no help from the evil gubmint? Or because they personally didn’t need any relief therefore no one does? Or because they figure it’ll pass anyways so this will give them some anti-government cred with the MAGA mouthbreathers?
I’m honestly baffled by that.
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All three of those options sound extremely likely. I vote ‘mix of all three’.