Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Under Cover of Darkness 0
Josh Marshall points out that
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Misdirection Play, Comeyuppance Department, Reprise 2
Dick Polman marvels at the strategies the Trumpettes are using to try to discredit James Comey.
The resident curmudgeon at my local rag opted for Number Three on Polman’s list.
Aside:
Oh, man, when I picked up the paper after getting a cuppa yesterday morning, I wondered to myself, “Is she really crazed enough to go there?” and, by jingo, she is and she did.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Warning: Language.
Ryan’s Derp 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., explores the deep hypocrisy of “thoughtful conservatives.”
Which offers an interesting context to news that House Speaker Paul Ryan was pointedly snubbed last week by a group of eighth-graders. Students from South Orange Middle School in New Jersey were on a field trip to Washington, D.C., when they were offered a chance to take a picture with Ryan, often posited as the most thoughtful of thoughtful conservatives.
Dozens of them declined. The reason, as student Matthew Malespina explained to The Washington Post: Ryan is a man “who puts his party before his country.”
Some observes have huffed that, had this happened to Barack Obama, it would have been called “racist.” Which is laughable, given that Obama spent eight years being snubbed in ways great and small, usually for reasons far less substantive than the one Malespina gave.
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Extra Credit Discussion Question:
Is “thoughtful conservative” an oxymoron? Defend your position.
Do the Math 0
The Portland Press Herald carries a Washington Post story that does the math and the answer to the equation ain’t pretty. A snippet:
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