Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The Bright Side 0
Dick Polman:
He goes on to point out that he’s writing in the morning, and no one knows what today might bring.
Meanwhile, in The Charlotte Observer, Keith Larson marvels at this coarse discourse (emphasis added–more at the link):
“Minced Trump” 0
(Link fixed.)
Solomon Jones writes of his recent interview of Tim Kaine. Not surprisingly, the Trump Tape came up as a topic. Mr. Kaine did not mince words; he minced Trump. Here’s an excerpt; follow the link for the rest.
“No, it’s not. It’s what sexual abusers do, but it’s not what men do.”
I wholeheartedly agree. Talking about grabbing strange women by the genitals without their permission is not locker-room talk. It’s sociopath talk.
Projection 0
Shaun Mullen reacts to the Trump tapes, marveling at the alternate universe of the “Trumpkins,” who are trying to make Trump’s glorification of his license to assault and abuse women, arrogated to himself in his self-anointed role as a “star,” somehow just go away. To my mind, though, this is the best line:
Follow the link for all the other lines.
Full Disclosure:
I have not watched “The Apprentice.” Indeed, the only “reality show” I have ever watched was one episode of “Survivor” because I was visiting my daughter and she liked it. It was so long ago that the Pontiac Aztec, arguably one of the ugliest, stupidest cars ever created, was a thing.
Until this weekend, I would have said that nothing in real life could be as unreal as a “reality” television show.
Clearly I was, as my first boss would have said, “in error.”
Trumpling Women (Updated) 0
Really, now, aside from its having been documented, was anyone at all surprised?
Afterthought:
It will be interesting to see whether this will prove too much for the self-proclaimed “Christians” who have so loudly supported him.
I’m betting it won’t. I expect that they will decide that, whoever the woman in question was, she was a fallen woman, she was asking for it, she was no better than she should be (whatever the hell that means), boys will be boys, and–oh, you can fill in the rest of the blanks.
Addendum, Later That Same Day:
Immunity Impunity, the Poisoning of Flint Dept.
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Unspeakable venality.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Dick Polman continues to decry the disparate treatment.
Well. We know what would happen.
More both sides not at the link.
Chris-Crossed, for Whom the Bridge Tolls Dept. 2
Dick Polman marvels at the disparate treatment.
We all know what would happen. The mainstream media would nail Clinton for the “perception” that a “shadow” had been cast over her campaign. They would assail her for refusing to dump the aide. They would amplify Donald Trump’s inevitable declaration that this episode proved the perfidy of “Crooked Hillary.”
But since Trump is inexplicably permitted to play by banana-republic rules, there will be no such equivalent oucry over the fact that his own transition leader, Chris Christie, was outed yesterday in federal court by a prosecutor who said he was fully aware of the bridge closures while they were happening. It was a milestone moment in the long-running scandal, the first time that a federal official has said such a thing in a formal judicial proceeding, and it flatly contradicted Christie’s long-running lie (which he repeated Sunday on CNN) that he has been exonerated by all the investigations.
More troubled waters at the link.
Republican Family Values 0
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the chutzpah.
It leaves one babbling.
(I guess the bright side is, he stands tall and proud in his hypocrisy.)
Via The Bob and Chez Show Blog.
Trumping History 0
Shorter Mike Pence: Lies come with a sell-by date, don’t they? This one’s old news.
I find this you will pardon the expression deplorable.