Republican Hypocrisy category archive
How Unfirm a Foundation 0
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch points out that it’s difficult to take a stand on principles if you don’t have any.
Kick ‘Em When They Are Down 0
LZ Granderson considers Republicans’ oft expressed concern over government spending at the national level. He looks specifically at their campaign to cut destroy the social safety net, including Social Security and Medicare*, and suggests that the would-be cutters are focused on the wrong things. Here’s a bit from his article:
A politician tells constituents what they want to hear. An elected official governs.
(snip)
We spend more on our military than the next nine countries combined spend on theirs. The 2017 tax cuts led to a 44% jump in profits for banks in 2018. And, despite (or because) of global inflation, corporate America booked record profits during 2022 while families struggled to put food on the table.
Our problem is not money. It’s priorities.
Politicians, telling constituents what they want to hear, are setting out to cut the safety net. A safety net that public servants recognize we need.
Of course, it could not possibly be that these would-be cutters are purposefully acting in service to the wealthy for their own benefit. Why, that would be unthinkable.
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*Not to mention the cuts already made over the past four decades to welfare, unemployment compensation, and the like, which have contributed to the increases in homelessness and destitution that today fills the headlines.
Oversight
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Bloomberg’s Julianna Goldman takes a deep look into House Republicans’ efforts to “neuter the independent, nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics.” A snippet:
Follow the link for her reasoning.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
Yet another Republican is charged with (multiple counts of) voter fraud.
Afterthought:
There’s an old saying that, when someone points a finger at someone else, he or she’s pointing four fingers back at him- or herself.
“What’s in a Name” 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini suggests an answer to that question:
Follow the link to review his evidence.
The Party of the New Secesh Prepares To Party Hearty 0
Now that the House of Representatives has (sort of) resolved its stalemate over should be speaker, Michael in Norfolk thinks what will come next will not be pretty.
Aside:
It reminds me of Congress in the 1850s.
The Function of Dysfunction? 0
Even as normal persons might be tempted to point and laugh (“Republicans in disarray!”) at the Republican Party’s inability as of the time of this writing to select a Speaker of the House, Grung_e_Gene argues that their own dysfunction perversely reinforces their narrative. A snippet (emphasis added):
I commend the rest of his post to your attention.
Also, too.
Another Special Election in Georgia 0
A newly elected Republican state legislator won’t even make it into office, in yet another example of Republican family values.
Here’s the lede from the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
You can’t make this stuff up.
