Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Trumpling Women 0
Warning: Language.
Immunity Impunity
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Bob Egelko explores Donald Trump’s lawyer’s claims that, to paraphrase Richard Nixon, if the President does it, it’s not illegal. A snippet:
“That would mean that if the police were corrupt, you could never investigate the chief of police,” said Hadar Aviram, a professor of constitutional law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. “The law enforcement system is not the private police of the president. It belongs to all of us.”
Republican Family Values 0
Eric Shepherd reminds us to watch what they do, not what they say.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Jay Bookman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution calls out Donald Trump’s hypocrisy on freedom of speech. A nugget:
Both Sides Not 0
Afterthought:
“Republican Family Values” has always been a con and a scam.
Republican politicians make “used car dealer” and “real estate developer” look like honorable professions.
The Art of the Con 0
Shorter Jay Bookman: Believe what they do, not what they say.
Bait-and-Already-Switched 0
Paul Krugman marvels at the swiftness of the switch.
(snip)
Yet even the most cynical among us are startled both by how quickly the bait-and-switch is proceeding and by the contempt Republicans are showing for the public’s intelligence.
In fact, the switch began even before the marks swallowed the bait.
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Tax Evasion 0
At The Bangor Daily News, David Farmer sums up the Republican strategy to tax the poor to enrich the rich:
How to pass bad tax bill: Move fast, lie about impacts, hope for the best.
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