Well, it seems the coprophagous GOP is backing Trump's election fraud scam. The usual suspects have, apparently, decided that it pays to stick to the ass their heads are already shoved into, and hope for the best. And fuck the United States of America.
Showing posts with label GOP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GOP. Show all posts
Monday, November 9, 2020
The Rats Are Sticking Around
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
We'll Take It, For Now
Tonight, Democrat Doug Jones beat Pedophile Roy Moore in the Alabama senate race. It was a close, but satisfying victory. Do not lose sight of the fact that it was so close. The Republican party is wallowing in hate, fear, and lies, and that isn't going to change any time soon.
Our nation will soon be facing its greatest Constitutional challenge since the Civil War, as the Trump investigations tighten around him. The corrupt Republican party is attacking the investigations and doing all they can to slow the inevitable conclusion. How they react when it comes, and when Trump melts down, will decide the fate of the nation.
Trump, alone, can not stand against the tide of justice, but, for now, he isn't alone; the GOP and its leadership are with him. I think that it is too soon to say if tonight's election results are a trend. If they are, then even the craven Republican party will eventually abandon him.
Donald Trump cares only for himself. He will stop at nothing to prevent his own downfall. If it comes to it, he will throw his own children to the lions in order to save his own skin. It is obvious to me that the recent decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem was calculated to distract from the Russia investigations. It is worse than that, however. I believe that the decision was calculated to increase the odds of terrorist attacks against American targets. Trump cares nothing for human life; he is a man without empathy: a sociopath; his entire career is proof of that. In Trump's mind, dead Americans are merely another tool for his own protection.
The day will come when the president stands alone against the entire weight of American justice. And eventually, justice will triumph, as it always has. The only question is the cost. Trump already seems unstable. What will he do when finally cornered? Trump still holds the nuclear codes. What price will we have to pay?
Our nation will soon be facing its greatest Constitutional challenge since the Civil War, as the Trump investigations tighten around him. The corrupt Republican party is attacking the investigations and doing all they can to slow the inevitable conclusion. How they react when it comes, and when Trump melts down, will decide the fate of the nation.
Trump, alone, can not stand against the tide of justice, but, for now, he isn't alone; the GOP and its leadership are with him. I think that it is too soon to say if tonight's election results are a trend. If they are, then even the craven Republican party will eventually abandon him.
Donald Trump cares only for himself. He will stop at nothing to prevent his own downfall. If it comes to it, he will throw his own children to the lions in order to save his own skin. It is obvious to me that the recent decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem was calculated to distract from the Russia investigations. It is worse than that, however. I believe that the decision was calculated to increase the odds of terrorist attacks against American targets. Trump cares nothing for human life; he is a man without empathy: a sociopath; his entire career is proof of that. In Trump's mind, dead Americans are merely another tool for his own protection.
The day will come when the president stands alone against the entire weight of American justice. And eventually, justice will triumph, as it always has. The only question is the cost. Trump already seems unstable. What will he do when finally cornered? Trump still holds the nuclear codes. What price will we have to pay?
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Pull My Finger
Ted "The immigrant" Cruz took the proverbial mile from Donald Fucking Trump tonight.
Cruz had the opportunity, tonight, to endorse the nominee. He thought better of it.
The speech that Cruz gave tonight was the first speech of the man who wants to control the right wing of the Republican party, whether the party goes along, or not.
Ted Cruz is betting that Donald Fucking Trump will never be president, and that he will be the nominee in 2020. (Campaign slogan for the GOP in 2020: Hindsight.)
(It is only due to neglect on my part that the last post at Paltering Fools, was the one that predicted what happened tonight, but if I had any readers, I bet they'd be impressed by my continuing perspicacity.)
Cruz had the opportunity, tonight, to endorse the nominee. He thought better of it.
The speech that Cruz gave tonight was the first speech of the man who wants to control the right wing of the Republican party, whether the party goes along, or not.
Ted Cruz is betting that Donald Fucking Trump will never be president, and that he will be the nominee in 2020. (Campaign slogan for the GOP in 2020: Hindsight.)
(It is only due to neglect on my part that the last post at Paltering Fools, was the one that predicted what happened tonight, but if I had any readers, I bet they'd be impressed by my continuing perspicacity.)
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
(Don't) Let George Do It
After failing even to enter the Florida primary, among others, George (Maybe if he were the only one running.... Maybe) Pataki left the presidential race today.
The only pro-choice candidate, Pataki never garnered any real support, and was at the 'kid's table' in every debate. His defeat was inevitable, but as a New Yorker who had the distinct privilege of voting against old George when he ran against Mario Cuomo, I'm almost sad that I will never again have another opportunity to vote against him .
Almost sad.
The only pro-choice candidate, Pataki never garnered any real support, and was at the 'kid's table' in every debate. His defeat was inevitable, but as a New Yorker who had the distinct privilege of voting against old George when he ran against Mario Cuomo, I'm almost sad that I will never again have another opportunity to vote against him .
Almost sad.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Baker's Dozen
Today, Senator Lindsey Graham ended his presidential campaign.
A victim of the Republican Party's lurch to extremism, he did rack up a few noteworthy moments during his run. He, correctly, noted that Donald Fucking Trump is an 'idiot' and 'jack-ass' and responded to Trump's giving away Graham's cell-phone number with a cuttingly funny video about methods of phone destruction. Satire is an effective and classy tool to deal with the likes of the evil clown that is Donald Trump. Graham also repudiated Trump's anti-muslim rants on the floor of the Senate, which may have been one of his finest moments.
I said that Graham was a victim of right-wing extremism; he was also a perpetrator. Graham fully participated in the 'Party of No' strategy to deny Obama any political victories. That he failed in that strategy is a matter of fact. That he failed to realize, until too late, what was being nurtured under his nose, is a matter of integrity.
There are now thirteen candidates running for the nomination of the Republican Party. Thirteen. A perfect number to fill a clown-car.
March 16, 2020. Note to readers, if any: I noted above that Graham's calling-out of Trump was one of his finest moments. Anyone reading today (At least one person? Please?) knows that it was his last fine moment, as Lindsey Graham has taken up residence on a shit-front lot in Trump's anal canal.
A victim of the Republican Party's lurch to extremism, he did rack up a few noteworthy moments during his run. He, correctly, noted that Donald Fucking Trump is an 'idiot' and 'jack-ass' and responded to Trump's giving away Graham's cell-phone number with a cuttingly funny video about methods of phone destruction. Satire is an effective and classy tool to deal with the likes of the evil clown that is Donald Trump. Graham also repudiated Trump's anti-muslim rants on the floor of the Senate, which may have been one of his finest moments.
I said that Graham was a victim of right-wing extremism; he was also a perpetrator. Graham fully participated in the 'Party of No' strategy to deny Obama any political victories. That he failed in that strategy is a matter of fact. That he failed to realize, until too late, what was being nurtured under his nose, is a matter of integrity.
There are now thirteen candidates running for the nomination of the Republican Party. Thirteen. A perfect number to fill a clown-car.
March 16, 2020. Note to readers, if any: I noted above that Graham's calling-out of Trump was one of his finest moments. Anyone reading today (At least one person? Please?) knows that it was his last fine moment, as Lindsey Graham has taken up residence on a shit-front lot in Trump's anal canal.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
As Ye Sow....
Since 1980, when Ronald Reagan said that "Government is the problem", nearly two generations of conservatives have been indoctrinated with that cynical, corrupt philosophy which the GOP gladly embraced.
Today, the Republican front-runner is a political neophyte running on a hate-based platform of demagoguery. The speaker of the house recently resigned from both the speakership and congress, apparently in order to prevent further chaos in his party by the extremists. And the Republican base is so distrustful of the party leadership that when they began to, rightly, call Donald Fucking Trump out as a fascist, his poll numbers actually increased.
Although Trump's candidacy may ultimately fizzle out, the divisions within the party will not. If Trump does find that he's gone too far for the party to tolerate and makes an independent run, as he's threatened, no one will be able to put Humpty back together again.
For all of Trump's immense and unjustified ego, he is no politician and has no chance to be president, and he doesn't have the inclination to build any real movement among his supporters. He will gladly leave the smoking remains of the party to return to business.
Ted Cruz, though, is angling for leadership of the extremists. His refusal to attack Trump, and the fact that he is currently number two in the polls, suggests that he is waiting for Trump to self-immolate so he can step in as the true leader of the extreme right.
Cruz may or may not realize that he is too extreme to be elected president, but if he's playing a long game for control of a party of his very own, he couldn't be better placed.
I have no sympathy for the Republican Party or its leadership. They gladly embraced the extremists in order to win elections. The tea party, birthers, racists, science-deniers, and right-wing scum of all pathologies have found a home in the GOP that they could never have had in moderate America.
The fact is that the Republican Party, in terms that they might possibly understand, has sown the wind. Harvest time is near.
Today, the Republican front-runner is a political neophyte running on a hate-based platform of demagoguery. The speaker of the house recently resigned from both the speakership and congress, apparently in order to prevent further chaos in his party by the extremists. And the Republican base is so distrustful of the party leadership that when they began to, rightly, call Donald Fucking Trump out as a fascist, his poll numbers actually increased.
Although Trump's candidacy may ultimately fizzle out, the divisions within the party will not. If Trump does find that he's gone too far for the party to tolerate and makes an independent run, as he's threatened, no one will be able to put Humpty back together again.
For all of Trump's immense and unjustified ego, he is no politician and has no chance to be president, and he doesn't have the inclination to build any real movement among his supporters. He will gladly leave the smoking remains of the party to return to business.
Ted Cruz, though, is angling for leadership of the extremists. His refusal to attack Trump, and the fact that he is currently number two in the polls, suggests that he is waiting for Trump to self-immolate so he can step in as the true leader of the extreme right.
Cruz may or may not realize that he is too extreme to be elected president, but if he's playing a long game for control of a party of his very own, he couldn't be better placed.
I have no sympathy for the Republican Party or its leadership. They gladly embraced the extremists in order to win elections. The tea party, birthers, racists, science-deniers, and right-wing scum of all pathologies have found a home in the GOP that they could never have had in moderate America.
The fact is that the Republican Party, in terms that they might possibly understand, has sown the wind. Harvest time is near.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Fooling Themselves- Again
Eric Cantor lost his primary in a surprise upset to his Tea- Bagger challenger. This came as a surprise to Cantor- and his pollster, who had predicted Cantor in the lead by over 30 points.
The biggest surprise, however, is that Cantor's pollster is the same idiot who projected that Mitt Romney would win key battleground states and the presidency in 2012. He was wrong then, too.
Self delusion is nothing new, people. Shakespeare wrote of the rebels in Henry IV Part II that they embraced "smooth comforts false, worse than true wrongs." Wishful thinking and informational cherry-picking, in other words. So- nothing new.
Here is the difference. If someone lied to me, or was an unreliable source, I would never go back. Conservatives are so well trained, that when they are fed shit, they say "Thank you, sir, may I have another."
That is the only explanation for their rejection of facts and evidence in every realm of knowledge and experience.
Republicans were once a real political party.
The biggest surprise, however, is that Cantor's pollster is the same idiot who projected that Mitt Romney would win key battleground states and the presidency in 2012. He was wrong then, too.
Self delusion is nothing new, people. Shakespeare wrote of the rebels in Henry IV Part II that they embraced "smooth comforts false, worse than true wrongs." Wishful thinking and informational cherry-picking, in other words. So- nothing new.
Here is the difference. If someone lied to me, or was an unreliable source, I would never go back. Conservatives are so well trained, that when they are fed shit, they say "Thank you, sir, may I have another."
That is the only explanation for their rejection of facts and evidence in every realm of knowledge and experience.
Republicans were once a real political party.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Antebellum Musings
Conservatives, especially the Tea Party, have always been enamored of violence.
Too many John Wayne movies I suppose.
The biggest problem with the constant use of the rhetoric of violence is that it allows for no dissent. When the opening lines of your argument vilify your opponent, you've pretty much painted yourself into a frustrating corner. How is it possible to negotiate and cooperate with those who, you claim, pose an existential threat to your way of life? It isn't.
This point of view pretty much defines the right wing in this country and the powers that be in the GOP.
The wing-nuts in politics are not alone. Right wing domestic terrorism is on the rise as well. Tonight, Rachel Maddow discussed this with her usual thoroughness, pointing out that not only does the right wing spin machine dismiss such facts, but forced the suppression of a Homeland Security report on the subject.
For many years I have been thinking that we will have another civil war in this country. I have long thought that in the next hundred years or so, a severe enough shock will set us off.
I still think that, but perhaps a hundred years is optimistic.
I titled this 'Antebellum' for a reason.
Too many John Wayne movies I suppose.
The biggest problem with the constant use of the rhetoric of violence is that it allows for no dissent. When the opening lines of your argument vilify your opponent, you've pretty much painted yourself into a frustrating corner. How is it possible to negotiate and cooperate with those who, you claim, pose an existential threat to your way of life? It isn't.
This point of view pretty much defines the right wing in this country and the powers that be in the GOP.
The wing-nuts in politics are not alone. Right wing domestic terrorism is on the rise as well. Tonight, Rachel Maddow discussed this with her usual thoroughness, pointing out that not only does the right wing spin machine dismiss such facts, but forced the suppression of a Homeland Security report on the subject.
For many years I have been thinking that we will have another civil war in this country. I have long thought that in the next hundred years or so, a severe enough shock will set us off.
I still think that, but perhaps a hundred years is optimistic.
I titled this 'Antebellum' for a reason.
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