Anonymous
02/13/2021 15:49
Subject: Re:The GOP is broken beyond repair
I agree its broken, the Dems don't hate their own constituents and don't always sell them out like the GOP does. Hey, that sweet GOP donor cash is all that matters.
Anonymous
02/13/2021 08:41
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They are not "for" anything except their own power. All they can talk about is how to oppose Biden and his admin. These are not people who should be in the halls of Congress.
Congress people are supposed to work for the good of the nation, not the good of their party. When was the last time you heard anyone from the GOP talk about working "with" the current administration if the administration was under a Democratic president?
They should be discussing how they will work with the Democrats to solve problems, but they have no interest in that. They are just gearing up to oppose, oppose, oppose.
Think about it. Their motivation is to make Democrats look bad. How will that strategy ever allow forward progress?
I agree with this. The GOP is now full of radicals and their main goal is to oppose and cripple the democrats rather than to find compromise and work for the country. They call the democrats the "radical left", yet all the radicals seem to be on the right. the GOP has long stopped being fiscally conservative. The GOP caters to gun toting, white supremasists and support legislation that limits the rights of certain groups of people, while the democrats support legislation that aims to protect the rights of certain people.
I used to be a republican but now my values more closely reflect the views of centrist democrats. The GOP has to really change for me to ever vote for a republican again.
+1. I voted Republican for my entire adult life until Trump. I was slowly drifting left on economics anyway but Trump was the nail in the coffin.
Anonymous
02/13/2021 03:13
Subject: Re:The GOP is broken beyond repair
“Could the 5 to 12 percent “take back their party”? It would be lovely. But I see no indication that is possible. Nor does the base seem ready to accept the 2020 election was legitimate. It has no apparent interest in moving on from the former president or living outside the right-wing media bubble. The minority of Republicans who think otherwise might survive the next round of primaries, but they show no ability to move the 88 to 95 percent of the party out.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/12/stop-trying-save-gop-its-hopeless/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/12/stop-trying-save-gop-its-hopeless/
Anonymous
02/12/2021 22:04
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:They are not "for" anything except their own power. All they can talk about is how to oppose Biden and his admin. These are not people who should be in the halls of Congress.
Congresspeople are supposed to work for the good of the nation, not the good of their party. When was the last time you heard anyone from the GOP talk about working "with" the current administration if the administration was under a Democratic president?
They should be discussing how they will work with the Democrats to solve problems, but they have no interest in that. They are just gearing up to oppose, oppose, oppose.
Think about it. Their motivation is to make Democrats look bad. How will that strategy ever allow forward progress?
Republicans don’t believe that the purpose of
government is to help people. It’s there to protect the wealthy and white.
Anonymous
02/12/2021 22:00
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:In 2008, they lost to a black man by 9 million votes.
In 2012, they lost to a black man by 5 million votes, with 1.2 million libertarian votes left on the table.
In 2016 they lost the popular vote to a woman by 3 million votes, with 6.5 million 3rd party votes left on the table, 80% of which were cast for right of center candidates.
In 2020 they lost to a white guy by 7 million votes.
Looked at it this way, they are reliably 6-9 million votes short of a majority, year after year. It will only get worse. The electoral college obscures the result, but as states tip from red to blue due to changing demographics, it's political death for them.
No. Because through gerrymandering and voter suppression they control most state govt and they are ruthless enacting more voter suppression to be able
To take back the House and maybe Senate. Really all they need to do is get the House and they can nullify next Presidential election.
Democracy eekeed out a win but make no mistake, the GOP are gunning for minority rule.
Anonymous
01/29/2021 12:56
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm telling you: do a secret ballot for the actual impeachment, with the tally of votes to be publicly released in 4-5 years later. I bet you will get a conviction.
The Republicans are too morally weak to do this publicly. Too much pressure within the party from the hard rightwing. They lurch from short-term crisis to short-term crisis. For the good of America, they need to move beyond Trump but no one wants to be first person to take a bold stance.
Give them the cover of a temporary anonymity. We know they hate the Trumps, but feel it necessary to placate the base.
Can they do that? If they can, they definitely should a secret ballot.
Elizabeth de la Vega, a former federal prosecutor, has said that if they don’t actually sit in the chamber during the trial they don’t get to vote. I don’t know if that changes the need for the numbers needed to convict or what. (I looked for the tweet but couldn’t find it; it was from a few days ago).
Anonymous
01/29/2021 12:35
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm telling you: do a secret ballot for the actual impeachment, with the tally of votes to be publicly released in 4-5 years later. I bet you will get a conviction.
The Republicans are too morally weak to do this publicly. Too much pressure within the party from the hard rightwing. They lurch from short-term crisis to short-term crisis. For the good of America, they need to move beyond Trump but no one wants to be first person to take a bold stance.
Give them the cover of a temporary anonymity. We know they hate the Trumps, but feel it necessary to placate the base.
Can they do that? If they can, they definitely should a secret ballot.
No. You either stand up and fight or go along with the crowd. You can not give these people away to have their cake and eat it too.
Anonymous
01/29/2021 12:25
Subject: Re:The GOP is broken beyond repair
NP. But she's a Cheney. And she's so vile that she betrayed her sister for political gain.
It feels weird to 'stand with her'.
Anonymous
01/29/2021 12:20
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:I'm telling you: do a secret ballot for the actual impeachment, with the tally of votes to be publicly released in 4-5 years later. I bet you will get a conviction.
The Republicans are too morally weak to do this publicly. Too much pressure within the party from the hard rightwing. They lurch from short-term crisis to short-term crisis. For the good of America, they need to move beyond Trump but no one wants to be first person to take a bold stance.
Give them the cover of a temporary anonymity. We know they hate the Trumps, but feel it necessary to placate the base.
Can they do that? If they can, they definitely should a secret ballot.
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