Republican Hypocrisy category archive
What’s in a Name? 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini wants to know.
Mitch McConnell’s Parting Words 0
PoliticalProf decodes de code.
Courting Disaster 0
Seth calls out the con.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Des Moines Register, David Skidmore looks at Republican obstructionism as regards aid to Ukraine and hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
Russian Impulses 0
Joseph D. Bastrimovich looks agog at the groveling.
The Tactic (Updated) 0
Today’s Republican Party does not wish to govern.
It wishes to dictate.
If it cannot dictate, it refuses to govern.
Addendum:
Someone seems to agree.
Double Standards and the Double Dealer 0
Isaac Bailey disagrees with Donald Trump’s and the Trumpettes’ claims that he is a victim of a double standard. Rather, argues Bailey, Trump has benefited from double standards throughout his life.
A snippet (emphasis added):
She’s right. Despite overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing throughout his adult life, only now is Trump being charged or convicted of things such as fraud and being civilly held liable for rape.
Follow the link for context.
The Rule of Flaw 0
At the Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky wonders why the Trumpette’s don’t seem care–indeed, almost seem to relish–the impending indictments and existing judgements against Donald Trump. I commend his piece to your attention.
Here’s a tiny bit:
For decades, conservatives have identified themselves as the champions of “law and order.” It is ironic and perplexing that they could embrace a candidate who shows so little regard of the law.
Republican Family Values 0
“Suffer the children” is a Republican family value.
Aside:
See the comments that Thom mentioned regarding the Heritage Foundation at this link.
As one who trained as an historian specializing in U. S. Southern, it seems to me that the “heritage” that the “Heritage” Foundation claims to represent is little more than unreconstructed white Southerners’ myth of the “Lost Cause” dressed up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
