Republican Hypocrisy category archive
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:
The Rule of Lawless 0
Susan Young, opinion editor of the Bangor Daily News, calls out the vacuous–nay, hypocritical and logic-free–rationale* of those Republicans who refuse to take action against the wave of gun violence. A snippet:
“We’re not going to fix it,” Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, said when asked about the shooting on Monday. “Criminals are going to be criminals.”
By that rationale, we shouldn’t have any laws at all.
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*To refer to it with a common slang term of a scatological nature would be to insult bovines.
I grew up on a farm.
Bulls are smarter than this.
Decoding de Code 0
Thom parses the new Republican motto.
Martial Aids 0
The Rude One sums up the latest from the party of the portable phallus. (Warning: Language.)
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet another hate-full twit.
Decoding de Code: “Parents’ Rights” 0
Michael in Norfolk clarifies the concept.
Follow the link for the complete clarification.
“But the Emails” 0
There may indeed be such a thing as karma.
Dropping the Mask? 0
Writing at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Solomon Jones argues that Republicans’ attempts to shield Donald Trump from legitimate legal investigations reveals an ugly truth.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Will Bunch sums up the evidence for Jim Crow redux.
Freedom of Screech 0
David points out that “projection is the name of the game.”
The White-Washing 0
Why am I not surprised?
. . . which is, natch, exactly what the New Secesh want: to pretend–and to teach the children–that the past never happened.
Full story at the link.