Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Literature Goes Live 0
Just as in the boook, Frankenstein fears the monster.
Republican Family Values . . . 0
. . . are a con and a scam, a show for the rubes, as a tinkling cymbal or a sounding brass, signifying nothing.
Kasich’s Moderate Masquerade 0
Remember, in Wingnut World, “moderate” means someone who screws the polity politely, without all that unseemly gloating.
Via C&L.
The Party of Nixon 0
At The Nation, Gary Younge points out that Donald Trump, despite the protestations or the Republican “establishment” (whatever that is) is the heir to half a century of racist Republican tactics since Richard Nixon started the “Southern strategy.” A snippet:
Trump’s rallies are also unburdened by either actual policies or tangible facts. He just says stuff—whatever comes into his head, it seems—and people cheer or laugh, but rarely call him on it. Whether it’s true or consistent really doesn’t matter.
Read it, then read the Rude One’s rude take on Trumpery.
It’s Not Tradition 0
Strict Obstructionism 0
Dick Polman is trying to solve a word search problem.
Surely that passage must be somewhere in Article II, but alas I can’t seem to spot it. I have to assume it’s there because the Republicans seem to believe it’s there, and we all know that the Republicans – in the spirit of the late Antonin Scalia – revere the literal language as crafted by the Founders.
Follow the link to see how he works it out.
Government Is Not a Business 2
Conservatives want to “run the government like a business.”
Their business model of choice invariably seems to be Enron.
Let Wenonah Hauter explain:
Follow the link for the rest.