I will honestly admit that I have no clue or understanding how any Republican of any intelligence (as if there are any..) could repeat the lies, fantasies, fairy tales and conspiracy theories about the election and keep a straight face. I have also no idea why they glommed on to DT, and stay glued to him like barnacles. It can't be his followers, because they're not all of the Republican party-it's got to be something horribly disgusting or psychedelic in their Kool Aid that renders them incapable of intelligent or conscious thought.
While I despise Liz Cheney for what she's done and stood for in the past, the fact that the GOP is willing to throw her out because she told the truth is just incredible. Anyone who does is cast out like a leper and I'm just beyond words what the GOP has become-a circle jerk of fools.
I'll be interested to know how this turns out. It's one hell of a shit show so far.
That's what I'm afraid of and hopeful for-because as everyone knows, hitting bottom is the only way addicts can recover. The GOP is addicted to DT, and they're gonnna hit witha big bang.
Californians are moving to Texas in droves. They are changing the face of politics in DFW. For the first time in the 14 years we have lived here, Tarrant county flipped to Democrat during the presidential race. There is hope.
My take on all of this is that Trump is fully aware that this is horseshit. He doesn’t care. He will do anything to support his delusional belief that he deserves to be President for Life.
Remember when he ran against Hillary? Said if he lost, the election was rigged.
When I read the entire article in the WaPo yesterday, it read like a complicated spy novel. This account is nicely laid out - thank you!
I would say that I am amazed that millions could swallow this claptrap so easily, but I recall a meeting very similar to the windowless hangar event, in Austin, Texas on the UT campus. This was in the days when the GOP was looking for a candidate and they had found their man: GWB. I was sent to this meeting by my (horrible) boss in her stead, because she was recovering from surgery. Why SHE had been invited is anybody's guess - the meeting was all old, rich, white men in various businesses - oil for the most part - and me, the stand in white woman. The purpose of the meeting was to plot how to take over media and run a campaign for dear old George. At the time, I was younger and living a somewhat sheltered life in my field of education and this entire shady meeting was so appalling, I literally got sick to my stomach. I had to report to my (horrible) boss though and she saw nothing at all wrong about such a meeting. As I recall, the creeps were even smoking cigars...so talk about a "smoke filled back room"...yes, Virginia, there was such a thing. Evidently now they have graduated to hangars.
Who is left in this party with a brain? Liz Cheney. Mitt Romney. Adam Kinzinger. The other few Senators and House members who voted for impeachment.
Everyone left with a grasp on reality, a commitment to the US democracy, and some sense of personal integrity is being killed politically. I use the word “killed“ deliberately, because like the employees and executives at Dominion and Smartmatic, they are being threatened, both personally and professionally.
The Republican Party, under the leadership of a narcissist self-serving criminal and deserved registered sex offender and the spineless saps like Kevin McCarthy who follow him straight into the sewage tank he calls home, is coming unglued. My tentative, speculative prediction from over a year ago is coming true: this political party is becoming an endangered species.
If the FBI is charged with defending this democracy from dangers within—and it is —then they should mop up these subversives rather than wait for corporate/civil law suits. I saw that article yesterday in the Washington Post…too bad Repugs don’t expand their reading beyond assigned Party pamphlets and Faux news casts
I will honestly admit that I have no clue or understanding how any Republican of any intelligence (as if there are any..) could repeat the lies, fantasies, fairy tales and conspiracy theories about the election and keep a straight face. I have also no idea why they glommed on to DT, and stay glued to him like barnacles. It can't be his followers, because they're not all of the Republican party-it's got to be something horribly disgusting or psychedelic in their Kool Aid that renders them incapable of intelligent or conscious thought.
While I despise Liz Cheney for what she's done and stood for in the past, the fact that the GOP is willing to throw her out because she told the truth is just incredible. Anyone who does is cast out like a leper and I'm just beyond words what the GOP has become-a circle jerk of fools.
I'll be interested to know how this turns out. It's one hell of a shit show so far.
Something tells me the shit show is going to get worse before it gets better
That's what I'm afraid of and hopeful for-because as everyone knows, hitting bottom is the only way addicts can recover. The GOP is addicted to DT, and they're gonnna hit witha big bang.
Californians are moving to Texas in droves. They are changing the face of politics in DFW. For the first time in the 14 years we have lived here, Tarrant county flipped to Democrat during the presidential race. There is hope.
I hope so, tho I read an article saying
this wouldn’t be a big help to democrats because of gerrymandering https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/10/texas-population-boom-benefits-politics/
My take on all of this is that Trump is fully aware that this is horseshit. He doesn’t care. He will do anything to support his delusional belief that he deserves to be President for Life.
Remember when he ran against Hillary? Said if he lost, the election was rigged.
Elections are rigged only if he loses.
And this is where we are.
The morons and lunatic fringe have taken over. Permanent minority status, here we come.
When I read the entire article in the WaPo yesterday, it read like a complicated spy novel. This account is nicely laid out - thank you!
I would say that I am amazed that millions could swallow this claptrap so easily, but I recall a meeting very similar to the windowless hangar event, in Austin, Texas on the UT campus. This was in the days when the GOP was looking for a candidate and they had found their man: GWB. I was sent to this meeting by my (horrible) boss in her stead, because she was recovering from surgery. Why SHE had been invited is anybody's guess - the meeting was all old, rich, white men in various businesses - oil for the most part - and me, the stand in white woman. The purpose of the meeting was to plot how to take over media and run a campaign for dear old George. At the time, I was younger and living a somewhat sheltered life in my field of education and this entire shady meeting was so appalling, I literally got sick to my stomach. I had to report to my (horrible) boss though and she saw nothing at all wrong about such a meeting. As I recall, the creeps were even smoking cigars...so talk about a "smoke filled back room"...yes, Virginia, there was such a thing. Evidently now they have graduated to hangars.
I’m getting sick to my stomach just picturing it
Welcome back. Your voice has been missed!
THE DISINTEGRATION of the REPUBLICAN PARTY
Who is left in this party with a brain? Liz Cheney. Mitt Romney. Adam Kinzinger. The other few Senators and House members who voted for impeachment.
Everyone left with a grasp on reality, a commitment to the US democracy, and some sense of personal integrity is being killed politically. I use the word “killed“ deliberately, because like the employees and executives at Dominion and Smartmatic, they are being threatened, both personally and professionally.
The Republican Party, under the leadership of a narcissist self-serving criminal and deserved registered sex offender and the spineless saps like Kevin McCarthy who follow him straight into the sewage tank he calls home, is coming unglued. My tentative, speculative prediction from over a year ago is coming true: this political party is becoming an endangered species.
https://thebulwark.com/the-real-steal-is-coming/
Today there are reports that House members are rebelling against McCarthy’s guidance down the path to perdition.
https://www.rawstory.com/nevertrump-gop-purge/
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/05/11/could-mccarthy-face-a-cheney-backlash-492797
When does the bill come due for these dissembling, bottom-feeding clowns?
It can't happen fast enough.
Thanks, Lucian, for helping drag them out into the sunlight.
Please pass the matches, I want to set those rotten logs they call home ablaze.
Permanently.
If the FBI is charged with defending this democracy from dangers within—and it is —then they should mop up these subversives rather than wait for corporate/civil law suits. I saw that article yesterday in the Washington Post…too bad Repugs don’t expand their reading beyond assigned Party pamphlets and Faux news casts
And the South Carolina legislature has just added firing squad to its arsenal (?) of execution methods . . .