What is the future of the Republican Party?

[Archy1221]

18 hours ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

At this point, America is getting the politicians it deserves.

 

If Conservative voters want to be in brainless, moronic, live in an alternate reality and vote for these people, they deserve the poverty plaguing their district and towns. We get the politicians we deserve.

Mask mandates are insane, as born out by the scientific literature.   

[ZRod]

1 hour ago, TGHusker said:

"But the BLM Riots"  -   notice how he compares.  Justice isn't to be countered by what happens with other situations.  The 'whataboutism' of the GOP is getting to be very tiresome. 

 

Who just walked in and was prosecuted???

[TGHusker]

2 hours ago, ZRod said:

Who just walked in and was prosecuted???

I'm not following you - what do you mean?

 

[ZRod]

6 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

I'm not following you - what do you mean?

 

I quoted the wrong post. I meant to quote the Twitter clip of Ronny D saying people just walked into the capitol and were prosecuted for standing there.

[TGHusker]

6 minutes ago, ZRod said:

I quoted the wrong post. I meant to quote the Twitter clip of Ronny D saying people just walked into the capitol and were prosecuted for standing there.

Gotcha 

[Dr. Strangelove]

7 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

Mask mandates are insane, as born out by the scientific literature.   

I was honestly referring to the systemic poverty that plagues the south and the extreme crime rates in red states. 

[Archy1221]

6 minutes ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

I was honestly referring to the systemic poverty that plagues the south and the extreme crime rates in red states. 

You aren’t referring to the systemic poverty rates in Neighborhoods of Chicago, LA, Compton, Brooklyn, Houston, DC, Philly, STL, Cleveland, Cincinnati and the extreme crime rates within?  

[suh_fan93]

[Guy Chamberlin]

On 9/8/2023 at 5:37 PM, suh_fan93 said:

 

He's been doing that for roughly 40 years. 

[BigRedBuster]

52 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

He's been doing that for roughly 40 years. 

And people actually believe he’s a great business man. 

[Dr. Strangelove]

On 9/10/2023 at 11:25 AM, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

He's been doing that for roughly 40 years. 

This is somehow the Democrats fault. 

 

Trump was not some sort of lying, criminal con-man pre-2016. 

[suh_fan93]

The conspiracy theorist lawmaker was given the boot from a touring production of “Beetlejuice” in Denver on Sunday for being disruptive, according to multiple reports.

 

The Denver Post said three theatergoers complained that Boebert and her companion were vaping, singing, recording the performance and causing a disturbance at the Buell Theatre.

 

The newspaper said they were warned during intermission, asked to leave during the second act, and initially refused to do so, which led to police being called to the scene.

 

 

“It’s true, I did thoroughly enjoy the AMAZING Beetlejuice at the Buell Theatre and I plead guilty to laughing and singing too loud!” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Everyone should go see it if you get the chance this week and please let me know how it ends!”

 

The Colorado Sun said Boebert’s campaign denied that she was vaping, but admitted she took a photo in violation of house rules.
 

“She appreciates the Buell Theatre’s strict enforcement of their no photos policy and only wishes the Biden Administration could uphold our border laws as thoroughly and vigorously,” Drew Sexton, Boebert’s campaign manager, told the outlet.

 

An incident report obtained by the Sun says those removed from the theater ― who are not named in the report ― were argumentative, said, “Do you know who I am?” and threatened to call the mayor.

 

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

On 9/11/2023 at 11:43 AM, Dr. Strangelove said:

This is somehow the Democrats fault. 

 

Trump was not some sort of lying, criminal con-man pre-2016. 

 

There is one man who is most responsible for the election of Donald Trump.

 

Mark Burnett.

 

By the early 2000s, Trump Enterprises had so many breach of contract lawsuits against it that almost no bank in the world would loan it money. Trump had already squandered his $400 million inheritance on doomed vanity projects. By Trump's own admission, they were forced to work mostly with Russian and Eastern European interests, trading on the Trump name to oligarchs for America credibility. 

 

Mark Burnett was wildly successful as the producer of Survivor, and cast Donald Trump as the star of The Apprentice. Trump was famous and camera-savvy, and got to play America's most popular boss on TV. It was a win/win for both parties, and allowed Trump to burnish his star despite the glaring failures of his real world business interests. The highly scripted character they created for him is the man Americans thought they were electing. Trump's production deal with NBC also made him rich in a way he wasn't before The Apprentice. 

 

In 2015 there was an entirely believable storyline that Donald Trump had planned a short run in the GOP primaries to use as leverage in a salary dispute with NBC after Donald found out Christina Aguilera was making more money than he was on The Voice. 

[Scarlet]

It's not like we didn't already know about Putin's support of MAGA and vica versa but just to reiterate

 

Putin also showing his love for Musk after Musk sided with Russia by blocked Starlink satellites during a Ukrainian raid.  

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/policy/international/4200236-putin-calls-musk-an-outstanding-person-after-starlink-revelations/amp/

 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin called SpaceX founder Elon Musk an “outstanding person,” days after Musk acknowledged he blocked off internet access from his Starlink satellites during a Ukrainian raid last year.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

There is one man who is most responsible for the election of Donald Trump.

 

Mark Burnett.

 

By the early 2000s, Trump Enterprises had so many breach of contract lawsuits against it that almost no bank in the world would loan it money. Trump had already squandered his $400 million inheritance on doomed vanity projects. By Trump's own admission, they were forced to work mostly with Russian and Eastern European interests, trading on the Trump name to oligarchs for America credibility. 

 

Mark Burnett was wildly successful as the producer of Survivor, and cast Donald Trump as the star of The Apprentice. Trump was famous and camera-savvy, and got to play America's most popular boss on TV. It was a win/win for both parties, and allowed Trump to burnish his star despite the glaring failures of his real world business interests. The highly scripted character they created for him is the man Americans thought they were electing. Trump's production deal with NBC also made him rich in a way he wasn't before The Apprentice. 

 

In 2015 there was an entirely believable storyline that Donald Trump had planned a short run in the GOP primaries to use as leverage in a salary dispute with NBC after Donald found out Christina Aguilera was making more money than he was on The Voice. 

I think this is very fair, and I completely agree that if there's one person most responsible for projecting Trump as a respectable and smart businesses man, it's Mark Burnett.

 

But I do push back on anybody who wants to shift blame away from the millions of American voters who still cast votes for him. They are adults who can hear him say "grab em by the pu&&y" and make a choice. Those voters made a bad choice - it was OBVIOUS by the time the 2016 rolled around - and because huge swaths of the American public are stupid, we had a legitimate attempt at a treasonous attempt at undermining democracy. 

 

We absolutely should not let those voters off the hook for so easily being duped. They're a danger to the country for being unable to see the consequences of their choices and their continued support of anti-Democratic and authorian candidates. Just because they happen to be a large portion of the public does not change this.