Republican Hypocrisy category archive
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:
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.
