Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Imagine . . . 0
Bret Stephens plays “imagine.” A snippet:
Would conservative pundits and politicians:
(a) Praise President Clinton for abandoning her old habits of secrecy and standing strong on the side of transparency in government?
(b) Call for her impeachment on grounds that she had compromised national security for shamelessly self-serving political reasons?
Imagine, too, that after firing James Comey for insufficient loyalty, President Clinton had asked the deputy director of the FBI how he had voted in the election in an Oval Office meeting. Imagine, in this same connection, that the effort to oust the deputy director was only a warm-up to getting rid of the deputy attorney general, a well-regarded, straight-shooting Democrat who had appointed the special counsel looking into Clinton’s Russia ties.
Follow the link for more imaginings.
Jim Crow 2.0 0
At Above the Law, Elie Mystal argues convincingly and disturbingly that the Republican Party is working to re-establish American apartheid. The most disturbing part of his argument is the “convincingly” bit.\
Here’s an excerpt:
(snip)
We have a word for what Republicans are trying to do: apartheid. That’s what we call it when a racially homogeneous population tries to rule a larger population through rules and laws that prevent the larger population from exercising political power. With this Census trick, Republicans are trying to make it so that many brown people are not even counted.
Do please read the rest.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Will Bunch does the math.
Neglecting Negligence 0
Warning: Language.
Suffer the Children 0
In related news, Will Bunch comments on Republican profiles in courage:
More courageousness at the link.
The Galt and the Lamers 0
Paul Krugman tries to make sense of the Republican rush to enrich those who already have more money than they can use. A snippet (emphasis added):
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
A constituent writes an open letter to his Congressman asking why he refuses to do his job.