Republican Hypocrisy category archive
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Joel Mathis takes a withering look at the hypocrisy of Josh Hawley’s response to Durham’s bull. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
“You can’t interfere in a presidential election,” he said, “without consequences.”
Josh Hawley said that.
Josh Hawley. The same Josh Hawley who on Jan. 6, 2021, led Senate Republican efforts to block the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory, based on little more than Trump’s empty and baseless lies about the election.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Karen Dolan of the Institute for Policy Studies argues that Republicans have a fluid definition of “decorum.”
Apparently, in Republicanese, a “breach of decorum” is “stuff we don’t like.” Here’s a bit from her article:
And it’s an apparently flexible definition — Tennessee lawmakers refused to punish a colleague who was credibly accused of commiting child sexual abuse and another who was charged with domestic violence. Not even the member who allegedly urinated on another’s office chair was expelled for “breaking decorum.”
Cancellation Nation 0
David explains how it’s right-wing snowflakes that are doing the cancelling in our culture.
Republican Family Values 0
Sam and his crew discuss Republicans’ reactions to the verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s civil suit against Donald Trump.
Much like “responsible gun owner,” “Republican family values” is an oxymoron.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
F. T. Rea is taken aback by aghast at Republicans who would assert that history isn’t.
Here’s a bit from his post:
Gutting Out the Vote 0
A caller talks with Sam about voter suppression shenanigans in Texas:
Oh! And speaking of Texas . . . .
The Crash the Economy Dummies 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier has some questions about today’s Republican Party:
Follow the link for his answer. (Hint: He is less than sanguine.)
Aside:
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing willing to sacrifice the honor and integrity of the nation on the altar of faction.
Standoff 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, David P. Barash offers a perspective on the current impasse between those would preserve the full faith and credit of the United States of Americaand those who would destroy said full faith and credit for short-term political gain.
Aside:
Yeah, I know my wording is–er–less than dispassionate, but, really, that’s what it boils down to.
Fact-Checking the Graham Cracker 0
David suggests that the Graham Cracker needs to get out of his propaganda bubble and deal with facts.
(Like that’s going to happen.)