Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The Voter Fraud Fraud, Facts Are What People Think Dept. 0
In the light of the previous federal executive’s loss in the recent national election, a number of Republican legislators are proposing bills to gut out the vote. One of their justifications* can be loosely paraphrased as “well, lots of persons think that something was wrong, so we must act.”
At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Howard Kirtz has a suggestion for them. Here’s a bit of his article (emphasis added).
Here is another solution: tell the voters of Georgia the truth! There was no fraud in the recent elections, so there is nothing to fix. If there is a perception problem, tell the voters the truth. That will fix the perception problem. If the legislators do not think that will fix the problem, then they have no faith in their own ability to persuade. They should retire from the political arena and let those who can speak the truth in a convincing way lead the state.
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*The “justifications,” of course, are just for show; gutting out the vote is the goal, not an unintentional side effect. Said “justifications” make your local used car dealers claims about that used Yugo that’s been on the lot for two decades look truthful.
Cancel Culture, Republican Style, If One Standard Is Good Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Tyler Broker calls out the two-facedness. A nugget:
(Inadvertently posted for a short time yesterday, then rescheduled for today, when I wished it to post.)
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
E. J. Montini suggests that Arizona’s Congressman Paul Gosar’s actions belie his words.
The Rule of Lawless, Nuremberg Dept. 0
The Trumpettes’ “I was just following orders” defense doesn’t look like it’s going to fly.
Afterthought:
We are a society of stupid.
All the News that Fits, Q Who? Dept. 0
David dissects Tucker Carlson’s gaslighting about QAnon (Warning: Short ad at the end).
All the News that Fits 0
E. J. Montini calls out the con.
Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
Clarence Page exposes the con. A nugget:
Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu comments on Iowa legistors’ attempts to keep information from the New York Times’ 1619 Project out of public schools. She finds that effort particularly disheartening because the project was led by a black woman from Iowa.
A snippet:
One more time, heaven forbid that American students learn what life was really like in ye olde South.
The Vice of the Turtle 0
Meanwhile, Republicans decide that they just can’t bring themselves to uncross the Rubicon that they crossed five years ago..
In the Face of the Evidence in Their Face 0
Seth sums it up.
Unity, Republican Style 0
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing which would replace the American dream with an American nightmare.
Image via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.
The Circular Forgetting Squad 0
Ramesh Ponnuru takes a look at Republicans’ arguments against the impeachment trial of the previous federal executive. One of them is particular well-rounded, circular even.
Follow the link for the others.
Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
Republicans clutch their pearls and look for their fainting couches because Neera Tanden had the unmitigated gall to have an opinion and (the horror!) express it.