Republican Hypocrisy category archive
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.
Willful Blindness and the Republican Thought Police 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Solomon D. Stevens argues forcefully that we should not blind ourselves to our country’s faults, as the Republican Thought Police would have us do. I cannot say that I agree with everything he says, but I do think his piece is worth the few minutes it will take to read it. Here’s a snippet, one which I think we are seeing being validated in real time:
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
Robert Reich takes exception to a comment by noted fifth columnist Tucker Carlson:
Well, I’m sorry, Tucker. You’re wrong.
Real leadership is the opposite of thuggery.
Follow the link for the evidence.
The Fifth Columnists 0
The Pittsburgh Post’s Gazette’s Gene Collier finds Republicans’ refusal to assist Ukraine to resist Putin’s aggression to be–er–somewhat problematic. Here’s a bit of what he has to say:
It was Johnson who scuttled the bi-partisan border deal Republicans have been screaming about for decades, which he did at the urging of Trump, who has to run for president on something other than 91 felony charges. Trump was doubtless behind Johnson’s Ukraine walkout as well, which happened just as Putin opponent Alexei Navalny was turning up dead in a Russian prison.
Another Fifth Columinst 0
Dick Polman looks at Tucker Carlson’s Russian impulses and finds a parallel from the past.
Republican Thought Police 0
At the Des Moines Register, a history professor argues against a bill currently being advanced in Iowa to whitewash–I use that term advisedly–the teaching of American history in primary and secondary schools.
Republican Thought Police 0
It turns out that Florida Governor DeSantis lacks the courage of his conniptions.
He’s now trying to backpedal from the book banning furor that he fomented.
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini points out that, despite the Baloney Served up by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Kari Lake is a divider, not a uniter.
Precedented 0
Mona Charen reminds of what Mark Twain said, that history does not repeat itself, but it often echoes.
She’s hearing an echo right now.
