Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Precedented 0
George B. Dew sees an historical precedent for Florida Governor DeSantis.
It’s King George III.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
This New Gilded Age 0
Michael in Norfolk minces no words in discussing Republicans’ efforts to return our society to a Dickensian dystopia. An excerpt:
Responsible Fiscals 0
Decoding de Code 0
Jamelle Bouie explains what Republicans mean when they say “parents’ rights”:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Louisiana Republicans want to ban history because truth is divisive might open someone’s eyes.
We are a society of stupid.
Doubting Thomas 2
At AL.com, Frances Coleman looks at Justice Clarence Thomas’s acceptance of largess (actually, multiple largesses over multiple decades) from a politically active right-wing moneybags and reminds us that can appearances matter. A snippet:
A judge breaks the rule even if he (or she) does things that don’t affect his decisions, but where a reasonable and well-informed person would believe that his conduct would affect his decisions.
Disenfranchising Dense Demographics 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kevin McDermott argues that, in states where they have control, Republicans are are waging urban warfare, that is, warfare against urbans. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Party of Nope 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Portland Press-Herald points out that it takes two to tango.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
The Offense 0
At the Nashville Tennessean, LeBron Hill argues that Tennessee Republicans decided to expel two young black progressives from the Tennessee House because they didn’t know their place.
Afterthought:
When I was a young ‘un, back in the olden days, growing up under Jim Crow and attending segregated schools, there was a term for this:
They were “being uppity.”
Over a century and a half after the Civil War, the Secesh are still with us, and they are rising again after all these years.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
The “party of law and order” and “states’ rights” is certainly melting down over a state daring to attempt to uphold the law when it comes to Donald Trump. Suddenly, breaking the law is just “something everybody does, so no big deal. Cut the guy some slack!” At the same time, Hunter Biden owning a laptop has become an issue they believe threatens our core principles.
Precedented, Reprise 0
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch looks at Republicans’ reaction to the indictment of Donald Trump and finds an unprecedented precedent. Here’s a small bit from their piece: