Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
Doing the very thing they were railing against an instant ago. . . .
Misdirection Play, McConnell’s Mendacity Dept. 0
Chris Hayes interviews Bernie Sanders about Republicans’ telling corporations to stay out of politics after their support of the Citizens United ruling.
On the same issue, PoliticalProf has a suggestion.
Video via C&L.
Nor Any Drop To Drink . . . . 0
Chris Appleton comments on Georgia’s now (anti-)voting law. An excerpt:
What we did on that day will now be illegal if these new election rules stay in place.
Disunited States 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear mulls over Republicans’ “culture war” strategy, first wielded with effectiveness by Richard Nixon, and the implications of said strategy. Here’s a bit; the entire article is well-worth the three or four minutes it will take for you to read it (emphasis added).
“We’re the Victims Here” 0
David discusses what’s behind the right-wing notion of “cancel culture.”
“Freedom for Me, but Not for Thee” 0
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Jamelle Bouie is less than optimistic.
Boebert Is the New Gohmert, No Self-Awareness Dept. 0
Warning: Short ad at the end.
Three Parts Suppression, One Part Kabuki? 0
At the Washington Monthly, David Atkins suggests there is a second element to Republican voter suppression attempts such as the recent law passed in Georgia. He suggests that, in addition to wanting to suppress likely Democratic votes, Republicans feel constrained by Trump’s “Big Lie” to show the Trumpettes in their base that they are taking real action against the mythic fraud which Trump continues to allege.
I think his theory is worth a look.
(Spellink era correxted.)
