Why did they surrender their Constitutional responsibilities to please a felon? It’s not complicated or novel. They are weak men and women with a desperate need to be accepted.
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I'm done seeking to buy American-made until corporate America and MAGA turn against POTUS Musk and Puppet Trump. They put them there, they can clean up the mess.
The Republican party was always about power. They had plenty of money, but needed to cobble together disparate groups unhappy with modern life & government and then make them vote against their own economic interests. In other words, the GOP tapped the most cohesive group there is: stupid people.
I keep hearing this sick joke that is bound to pop up on late night talk shows: a drug abuser, an alcohol abuser and a child abuser walk into the Capitol…
They are banking on the fact that most people don’t remember that generation. I remember my grandfather’s missing fingers he earned in WWII. Vice President Bone Spurs knows nothing of service but he is surrounded by people who will support his tough talk.
"The most zealous Christians and the most ruthless capitalists are natural allies and partners!" has never been believable. I'm offended anyone would think I'm that dumb & gullible.
Republicanism is fundamentally deceptive. It's a work. Maybe sometime it wasn't, but if so, barely in my lifetime
It was all a lie. Do you remember when a Republican White House attacked a country using lies to justify the crazy behavior?
This whole Trump situation has been coming for a long time.
while people like you were pontificating/relying on what you thought your country was, trumpey/musky joined the 'thinkers' Thiel, etc. and now that they're in charge, they'll rob the USA blind while the 'thinkers' ponder.... the 'thinkers' got taken by the con men, again
Back in the 90’s, I had a male co-worker who was gay & he told me he spent years working the “married man circuit” at his church. He said “the pillars of the community have dirty little secrets.” Many are life long gays & their wives don’t know. We have to stop the GOP & Musk. Name them.
They went from "Free Love" and abortion rights to cocooned and Gordon Gekko greed is good to Seig H**l! in their lifetimes. If the Baby Boomers were driving a car we'd all be ready dead.
Early Boomer here! My absolute last Republican vote was for the last ethical Republican, John McCain. My goal now is to out live the corrupt First Felon.
And the young Groypers? Who are they? There are so many Boomers out here that are not shitting the bed. These Boomers were assholes when they were young. We had lots of them just like every generation has.
I sorta disagree; we have the final republican generation... they are now fascists and they care nothing for the People.
The republicans seem to want the People to become the slaves of the 1%.
Along with Rick’s iconic #ETTD your book title, “It Was All a Lie”will forever stand out as a testament to the true nature of this moment in American political history, if not, God forbid, as an epitaph for the entire American experiment.
The upside is that their own families will have to endure and live with the results of their inactions and cowardice. As they watch their country and democracy get taken away in real time.
I always think of my young grandchildren and the disastrous legacy the republicans r leaving. I particularly single out Joni Ernst and Susan Collins. My dog has more backbone!
And, tragically, we have weak D's in Congress at this critical moment. One thing D Senators could have done is not show up for the final vote on the unqualified and unfit Cabinet nominees. Empty chairs. Need more impactful- even dramatic- protests that will grab media attention.
I know you guys always get pissed hearing this but of course it was a lie! I saw through their bullshit and where their rhetoric was heading when I was in high school over 20 years ago
Simple fact, they are scared of VP Trump, President Musk and MAGA voters primarying them and tweating about them. They only are there for power, money and ego. Don't ever put country first.
The sent corporations to China, causing the Financial Meltdown. Now they're bending over backwards to bring jobs back... to an economy at full employment.
Still, it would be scary… Especially if other family members (children, etc) are being threatened. And we know the MAGA crazies are very capable of violence… especially since all the crazy January 6-ers are out of jail now. 🥺😬
Agree. I imagine Occasio-Cortez, Fauci, Pelosi, Clinton, the National Butterfly Center, Biden, Harris, members of local school boards, etc., can all give these Republicans advice on dealing with family death/grape threats while continuing to serve the public.
The Republican party was always about power. They had plenty of money, but needed to cobble together disparate groups unhappy with modern life & government and then make them vote against their own economic interests. In other words, the GOP tapped the most cohesive group there is: stupid people.
They see submitting to the criminal's will as the only way to keep their power and position. They have sold out any principles they once had, and the American people.
Mitch is against Trump, and Mitch holds the purse strings for campaigning.
Maga is such a small segment of US society and I don't see how Mitch McConnell can't get his senate to put a stop to all this. @therickwilson.bsky.social
The irony is these are people of means that can live lives of great comfort if the got booted out, so it's the power that they crave and their giving that power away to a madman.
Or rather, a desperate need not to be outed if they step out of line. Kompromat has a way of influencing their need to comply, thanks to the in-depth research of Bannon’s Govt Accountability Institute (aka Cambridge Analytica 2.0).
Typical American naivete to believe there ever was some sort of exceptionalism. Neither republicans, nor democrats, nor "Americans" in general are like that. They never were and never will. What you will find is an important segment of the population, now out of power, in favor of Ukraine.
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It was all a lie.
He’d be what you call a traditional conservative.
I am reminded of this quote:
“Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.”
-Dean Rusk
Thanks for fighting the good fight.
Republicanism is fundamentally deceptive. It's a work. Maybe sometime it wasn't, but if so, barely in my lifetime
This whole Trump situation has been coming for a long time.
The republicans seem to want the People to become the slaves of the 1%.
But we fight on…
Yes it was.
they have been on this slippery slope of racism, and authoritarianism, for many years.
Maga is such a small segment of US society and I don't see how Mitch McConnell can't get his senate to put a stop to all this. @therickwilson.bsky.social
Look how fast that happened with Cawthorn…