Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Reince Cycle 0
No self-awareness. No self-awareness whatsoever.
Coddled Yeggs 0
Catherine Rampell notes that, despite their small-government protestations, what Republicans truly want is a nanny state, one that mops their tears, protects them from the real world, and coos over their booboos, all the while keeping them swaddled in their bigotry and prejudice. A snippet:
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They . . . want policymakers to bar transgender Americans from using the public bathroom of their choice, lest those in neighboring bathroom stalls feel vaguely threatened.
They want government to protect religious freedom, yet they also want government to expel holders of select religious beliefs — a policy that couldn’t possibly pass constitutional muster even if you could figure out a way to implement it.
They also want their small, spartan government to round up and deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, quickly and on the cheap, but “in a very humane way, a very nice way.”
Follow the link for more on the liturgy of white-wing whining.
“Strict Constructionists” 0
At Cleveland.com, Thomas Suddes marvels at Republicans’ devotion to the Constitution. An excerpt:
Self-Fulfilling Prophets 0
At the Des Moines Register, Matt Sinovic discusses the “con” in “conservative”; here’s a snippet:
Misdirection Play, the Cost of Culture Wars 0
Charlotte Rampell points out that Republican culture wars are getting expensive. Here’s some examples from her list of culture wars. She makes the “misdirection” in the “plays” quite clear:
Is your state so broke it’s shaving days off the school year? Copy Kansas and implement some draconian antiabortion legislation.
Have the highest uninsured population of any state? Look to Texas and pass even more draconian antiabortion legislation.
Are your constituents unhappy with declining economic opportunities? Check out Indiana, Arkansas and Georgia, among others, and introduce legislation to make it easier to discriminate against gay men and lesbians.
Has your state’s credit been downgraded nine times? Is your governor facing a sex scandal? Have you become the nation’s tragicomic punch line?
Find role models in New Jersey, Alabama and Florida, respectively, and join the crusade against Planned Parenthood.
Follow the link for the expense report.
The Born Again Legacy (Updated) 0
There’s the old story about the professor who was speaking about grammar.
“You realize,” he said, “that two negatives make a positive. However, there is never a case in which two positives make a negative.”
From the back of the hall came an anonymous voice which said,
Right.”
I was raised Southern Baptist back before Southern Baptists went nuts. I know lying hypocrites when I see them.
God knows, I’ve seen enough of them.
Addendum, Later That Same Morning:
The White Identity Anxiety Party
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Tony Norman muses on Congressman Steve King’s attempt to keep Harriet Tubman off the double sawbuck and on King’s claim that racism has nothing to do with it. Here’s a bit:
The prospect of honoring Harriet Tubman, an ex-slave, an early American feminist and symbol of the Underground Railroad movement at the expense of Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson was too much for the Iowa Republican who considers the elevation of any woman or minority evidence of President Barack Obama’s “radical agenda.”
Afterthought:
Maybe it’s a side-effect of Trumpery, but really, they’re not really trying to hide the racism any more. They’ve stopped whistling for the dogs; they are now calling them by name.