The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult

Hank Kingsley · January 30, 2019

Brisketexan · January 30, 2019

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

HR 1 - support voting rights for everyone, shine a light on billionaire donors, crack down on lobbyists' influence and protect our elections from foreign interference - "Rewriting the rules to benefit Democrats"

Voter ID laws and voter roll purges - make it harder for not-white people to vote - "protecting our democracy and the sanctity of your vote"

If you'd like a snapshot of today's GOP, that contrast is as good as any.

GSU&UT · January 30, 2019

Holy shit McConnell, why are you allowed to even draw breath on this earth let alone hold the authority to continue to hurt Americans?

JimmyJames · January 30, 2019

Turtles are way more evil than I thought.

Disney lied. Democracy died.

JimmyJames · January 30, 2019

5 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

Holy shit McConnell, why are you allowed to even draw breath on this earth let alone hold the authority to continue to hurt Americans?

Benedict Mitch is gonna read this post, cash a check from a putin, do a line of coke, print this post out on paper cut from a redwood tree, and then wipe his ass with it, all done with a big smirk on his face.

Biff Tannen · January 30, 2019

Kentuckians should tar and feather him

Lurch · January 30, 2019

Party over country

Chad Fuck · January 30, 2019

8 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Kentuckians should tar and feather him

But instead, they'll re-elect him.

elfenix · January 30, 2019

On 1/24/2019 at 6:20 PM, David Dennison said:

The highest federal income tax bracket of 37% only applies to every dollar earned over $500,000.

The income tax is not preventing people from accumulating wealth.

add FICA on top of that. and realize that, whatever the accounting of it, the economic burden is borne mostly by employees (in particular by employees who are price takers). that 20 or 25% jumps to 35-40% of a person's economic income on a marginal basis.

Edited January 30, 2019 by elfenix

Hugo Stiglitz · January 30, 2019

January 30, 2019 3:28 pm

Fox News has hired former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) as a contributor on both the news channel and Fox Business, the network announced on Wednesday. According to Fox’s statement, Gowdy will provide “political and legal analysis.”

Fox hired former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) for a similar contributing role after he resigned in 2017.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trey-gowdy-fox-news-contributor-hired

Edited January 30, 2019 by Hugo Stiglitz

SubliminalHorn · January 30, 2019

Ol Turtle McConnell was railing today against making Election Day a federal holiday. Always so weird that it’s republicans that are always the ones trying to make voting more difficult

JimmyJames · January 31, 2019

6 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Kentuckians should tar and feather him

While there are much more far worse forms of torture, when it comes to ultimate humiliation, its hard to beat tar and feathering someone.

Normally I oppose it. But when it comes to a guy like Benedict Mitch though, who is actively using his great power to seriously undermine his country, I’m at least willing to consider an exception, just for him.

The dems should make that part of their platform or at least propose it for a vote at the convention. Should Benedict Mitch be tarred and feathered?

Aye or nay.

I regret to say I would vote aye.

SmokeyTheBear · January 31, 2019

1 hour ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Ol Turtle McConnell was railing today against making Election Day a federal holiday. Always so weird that it’s republicans that are always the ones trying to make voting more difficult

I'd really love to hear the counter argument to making election day a holiday. From anyone.

Otherwise, this just fits their anti-American strategy of controlling the vote. There are no "both-sides" on this.

JimmyJames · January 31, 2019

13 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

I'd really love to hear the counter argument to making election day a holiday. From anyone.

Otherwise, this just fits their anti-American strategy of controlling the vote. There are no "both-sides" on this.

There aren’t any. The fact that Cocaine MItch even tried to defend it with his week bullshit just shows how far that guy is gone.

Look the Republican Party is completely broken and corrupt. Trump brought it all to fore. It’s a criminal enterprise that is actively undermining the country and democracy. Sure there are plenty of ignorant people who support it who have no idea that is happening. I talk to them every day. They aren’t bad people but they really have no fucking clue what the party is nowadays. They’ve got their own problems to deal with.

But make not mistake the leaders of the party like trump, Benedict mitch, walker, Ryan, and the rest of their ilk, know exactly what they are doing but are simply justifying it by securing their supporters bank accounts and to accomplish that, by keeping America white. It’s apartheid in its early stages. And it must be stopped.

This isn’t some fly by night campaign that started lasted week. It’s been going on for quite a while. Trump has certainly caused uncertainty for all involved but like always they are trying to take advantage anyway.

The GOP is now the last enemy of the republic. Our only hope is the youngs dont support it and are growing in voting power. Hopefully they take over before it becomes too late.

Nivek · January 31, 2019

Oh...it gets better. They've come out swinging, and doubled down on their position. Because, of course, this is exactly where we are as a country.

Why is the left so intolerant?

Hugo Stiglitz · January 31, 2019

Yeah, I don’t see how this ends without a civil war or uprising at some point. Might not be anytime soon but the seeds of a revolution are being planted. It would be nice if it could be avoided but when the people in power refuse to acknowledge the voices of the majority of the population, bad shit happens.

Edited January 31, 2019 by Hugo Stiglitz

CO Horn · January 31, 2019

30 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

I'd really love to hear the counter argument to making election day a holiday. From anyone.

Otherwise, this just fits their anti-American strategy of controlling the vote. There are no "both-sides" on this.

I’ll bite. There are currently 10 Federal Holidays. Of these only 6 do most companies close. I don’t think many businesses would close if they made Election Day a National Holiday. Not saying I’m against it, just don’t see the point.

Nivek · January 31, 2019

Remember when some people on this board were upset because that longtime Republican county judge was voted out in Harris County. Because I do.
But he's a good man.....

I know a few who were upset by it. I really liked the explanation about how dumb the left is to push out experienced people in favor of some dipshit who never held a job. I really enjoyed how oblivious they were.

Hugo Stiglitz · January 31, 2019

3 minutes ago, CO Horn said:

I’ll bite. There are currently 10 Federal Holidays. Of these only 6 do most companies close. I don’t think many businesses would close if they made Election Day a National Holiday. Not saying I’m against it, just don’t see the point.

How about we move Election Day to the Fourth of July?

JimmyJames · January 31, 2019

3 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Yeah, I don’t see how this ends without a civil war or uprising at some point. Might not be anytime soon but the seeds of a revolution are being planted. It would be nice if it could be avoided but when the people in power refuse to acknowledge the voices of the majority of the population, bad shit happens.

And here is where I disagree with you again. In my opinion, it wont ever come to that. At this point in time, the voting power of the millenials, gen x, and the boomers is pretty much equal. With whatever the next generation is actually having a voice. This will be the first time in a very long time that the boomers haven’t held ultimate sway and control. They will finally be outnumbered. Thank God.

The republicans are going to be annihilated in the next election and hopefully, that will be the end of this shit.

Hugo Stiglitz · January 31, 2019

1 minute ago, JimmyJames said:

And here is where I disagree with you again. In my opinion, it wont ever come to that. At this point in time, the voting power of the millenials, gen x, and the boomers is pretty much equal. With whatever the next generation is actually having a voice. This will be the first time in a very long time that the boomers haven’t held ultimate sway and control. They will finally be outnumbered. Thank God.

The republicans are going to be annihilated in the next election and hopefully, that will be the end of this shit.

I hope you’re right but we actually fought a Civil War once over this type shit and it still never went away.

JimmyJames · January 31, 2019

2 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I hope you’re right but we actually fought a Civil War once over this type shit and it still never went away.

Of course the civil war never went away. Doesn’t mean it will be repeated though. I guess we shall see. I’m putting my money on no.

Hugo Stiglitz · January 31, 2019

Over the next 10 years, do you see the United States becoming more or less polarized?

JimmyJames · January 31, 2019

2 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Over the next 10 years, do you see the United States becoming more or less polarized?

Less. Because (1) I’m an optimist, and (2) because people will eventualy come to realize that the political post they are arguing against on the internet is probably not an opinion from a real person, but rather a fake argument from a fake person’s account.

At least I’ve come to realize that so far. So I just troll on.

SubliminalHorn · January 31, 2019

21 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

How about we move Election Day to the Fourth of July?

And ruin a good BBQ?! No time for that voting bullshit

Hugo Stiglitz · January 31, 2019

5 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

Less. Because (1) I’m an optimist, and (2) because people will eventualy come to realize that the political post they are arguing against on the internet is probably not an opinion from a real person, but rather a fake argument from a fake person’s account.

At least I’ve come to realize that so far. So I just troll on.

If we get hacked again in 2020 and Trump wins, the women’s march of 2017 will be an Arab Spring.

Lurch · January 31, 2019

I’ll bite. There are currently 10 Federal Holidays. Of these only 6 do most companies close. I don’t think many businesses would close if they made Election Day a National Holiday. Not saying I’m against it, just don’t see the point.

STRONG disagree. The social pressure alone will close just about any franchise or public business. You’d have to be an idiot to let your business be seen to side against improving democracy.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see some states take it up and start the snowball downhill.

UpperWestside · January 31, 2019

1 hour ago, JimmyJames said:

While there are much more far worse forms of torture, when it comes to ultimate humiliation, its hard to beat tar and feathering someone.

Normally I oppose it. But when it comes to a guy like Benedict Mitch though, who is actively using his great power to seriously undermine his country, I’m at least willing to consider an exception, just for him.

The dems should make that part of their platform or at least propose it for a vote at the convention. Should Benedict Mitch be tarred and feathered?

Aye or nay.

I regret to say I would vote aye.

Fuck that guy. He is just the ultimate personification of the evil that is that party. I hope when his day of reckoning comes that he is sentenced to spend eternity listening to his own damn voice on a loop that repeats every damn awful thing he has ever uttered.

Edited January 31, 2019 by UpperWestside

ChickenSandwich · January 31, 2019

Evil. Lol.

Virgina says hold my beer

UpperWestside · January 31, 2019

1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I hope you’re right but we actually fought a Civil War once over this type shit and it still never went away.

There is a long list of reasons why this will not end in another civil war. Take a look at the average American. Despite the bitching we hear most Americans have it fairly good. A comfortable nation is not going to rise up. Young people will not give up their IPADS and phones to go wage war.

Old people are too concerned about all the meds they take and are in no shape to form the elderly version of the embarrassing Texas National Guard.

Edited January 31, 2019 by UpperWestside

CooterBrown · January 31, 2019

If Election Day was a holiday, voter participation would probably drop. Many would see it as a long weekend with only burning Monday as a PTO day. Maybe if there was a way to confirm you used that day for voting, then it’d probably be really successful in getting out the vote. Go vote at 7am and spend the rest of the day fucking off.

Hugo Stiglitz · January 31, 2019

3 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

If Election Day was a holiday, voter participation would probably drop.

If this were true, Republicans would be all for it.

yaqdum · January 31, 2019

1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Over the next 10 years, do you see the United States becoming more or less polarized?

less, and i don't want to explain it.

Hank Kingsley · January 31, 2019

GOP doesn't give a shit about separating families that legally seek asylum at the border, but they will write a STRONGLY WORDED LETTER to the FBI because a privileged, white criminal wasn't arrested in a more respectful way.

Most people that hear "the Republican Party are traitors" probably chuckle and kind of dismiss it as partisan bloviating. America being under attack by the GOP is the actual reality. This isn't old school politics where Ds and Rs fuck with each other to pass some bill. The endless cruelty, bad faith, gaslighting, and lies from the GOP are nothing I've seen before in an American political party. They stopped playing games aimed at hurting a political opponent. They've focused their attack on actual civilians. Separating families, government shutdowns, voter suppression, racism, nationalism. They are promoting and encouraging support of their complete amorality. Time for everyone to wake up.

retread · January 31, 2019

All the hatred and evil bubbles down from the top like the chocolate fountain at Golden Corral. Once the R base showed their approval for Cheeto's actions, it was game on for the whole GOP.

Jack Straw · January 31, 2019

4 minutes ago, retread said:

All the hatred and evil bubbles down from the top like the chocolate fountain at Golden Corral. Once the R base showed their approval for Cheeto's actions, it was game on for the whole GOP.

Indeed. Trump has given Republicans - the leaders and the voters - permission to openly and publicly be the utter shitbags that they’ve always been but have done a good job of disguising for the past few decades.

Hank Kingsley · January 31, 2019

Once news hit that families were being separated at the border, Trump/GOP could have apologized and ended the separation policy right away. Their supporters would have noddingly approved, as what kind of person WANTS families separated? That's crazy. Kick'em out of the country, sure, but as a whole family unit.

But the Trump administration kept separating families because - as it's been said many times on this board - the cruelty is the point. And the fervent GOP voters have to swallow that amorality because of their politicians. Trump, Graham, McConnell and company aren't just targeting liberals. They're forcing their own supporters to give up decency.

Brandywine · January 31, 2019

I agree, if Election Day was a holiday you’d have even more people NOT VOTE than don’t vote now.

UpperWestside · January 31, 2019

57 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

GOP doesn't give a shit about separating families that legally seek asylum at the border, but they will write a STRONGLY WORDED LETTER to the FBI because a privileged, white criminal wasn't arrested in a more respectful way.

Most people that hear "the Republican Party are traitors" probably chuckle and kind of dismiss it as partisan bloviating. America being under attack by the GOP is the actual reality. This isn't old school politics where Ds and Rs fuck with each other to pass some bill. The endless cruelty, bad faith, gaslighting, and lies from the GOP are nothing I've seen before in an American political party. They stopped playing games aimed at hurting a political opponent. They've focused their attack on actual civilians. Separating families, government shutdowns, voter suppression, racism, nationalism. They are promoting and encouraging support of their complete amorality. Time for everyone to wake up.

Amen to all of that. They have to be stopped. The Americans still left who care about this country have to stop them. Point blank we have to all come together and rebuke this hideous ideology based in racism and good old days bullshit.

And just fuck Lindsey Graham. Flake is leading the cowardly lion brigade while this attention whore and power hungry assclown is sucking every dick in sight including the one belonging to the grifter king.

Js1 · January 31, 2019

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

If Election Day was a holiday, voter participation would probably drop. Many would see it as a long weekend with only burning Monday as a PTO day. Maybe if there was a way to confirm you used that day for voting, then it’d probably be really successful in getting out the vote. Go vote at 7am and spend the rest of the day fucking off.

Too hungover to vote

Huckleberry · January 31, 2019

Someone should suggest to the GOP they move Election Day to a Saturday. Tell them that most of the people who work on Saturdays vote Democrat.

Watch their opinion on changing something about Election Day reverse instantly.

gmr548 · January 31, 2019

3 hours ago, CO Horn said:

I’ll bite. There are currently 10 Federal Holidays. Of these only 6 do most companies close. I don’t think many businesses would close if they made Election Day a National Holiday. Not saying I’m against it, just don’t see the point.

Making it easier for the millions of Americans employed by the various arms of federal, state, and local governments to vote while establishing the cultural norm that would likely lead to some participation in the private sector? In general, when it comes to measures of expanding access to the vote, a pretty compelling argument should have to be made NOT to do it.

atomheartbevo · January 31, 2019

4 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

There is a long list of reasons why this will not end in another civil war. Take a look at the average American. Despite the bitching we hear most Americans have it fairly good. A comfortable nation is not going to rise up. Young people will not give up their IPADS and phones to go wage war.

Old people are too concerned about all the meds they take and are in no shape to form the elderly version of the embarrassing Texas National Guard.

We elected a black Muslim, atheist, Marxist, Socialist, Communist, Kenyan from Chicago named Barrack Hussein Obama. Twice. Including beating a Vietnam POW hero.

And somehow there was no civil war, even though Rascal managed to increase the range on their mobility scooters.

Hugo Stiglitz · January 31, 2019

The thing is, most of America liked Obama.

The conflict arises when an unpopular minority tries to break the system to maintain control over the population.

The population usually revolts in some form, not necessarily war.

Bookman · January 31, 2019

If there's a Civil War I guess it'd be old people v. everyone else.

Bookman · January 31, 2019

I don't think Election Day should be a holiday, but I do think we should extend early voting and have it available seven days a week.

Pancho · January 31, 2019

atomheartbevo · January 31, 2019

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dems-gain-gop-state-lawmakers-switch-sides-because-trump-extremism-n965256

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Democrats' gains in state legislatures didn't end with last November's elections.

Over the past two months, as lawmakers were sworn in and this year's statehouse sessions got underway, Republicans in California, Kansas and New Jersey switched their party affiliations to become Democrats.

They cited various reasons, but the party-switchers have one thing in common: They say the GOP under President Donald Trump has become too extreme.

"The Republican Party, for all of its statements of having a big tent, continues to limit the tent," said Kansas state Sen. Barbara Bollier, of Mission Hills, one of the switchers. "Those of us who were moderates are clearly not welcome."

Bollier was one of four moderate Republicans from the Kansas City suburbs to switch parties.

The latest party-flip came this week in New Jersey. Republican state Sen. Dawn Marie Addiego, who represented a suburban Philadelphia district in southern New Jersey for nearly a decade, left the GOP, the minority party in both houses of the Legislature.

She cited the desire to "be a part of the discussion" in the Democratic majority but also hinted that the national Republican Party is no longer recognizable.

"My core values that originally drew me to the Republican Party have not changed, but the party which once echoed the vision of Ronald Reagan no longer exists," she said in a statement announcing the change.

Hugo Stiglitz · January 31, 2019

31 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dems-gain-gop-state-lawmakers-switch-sides-because-trump-extremism-n965256

SuingToGetAMessageBoard? · January 31, 2019

They also throw the word suburban in there twice, which gives you another big clue as to why they switched parties.

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