What is the future of the Republican Party?

[BigRedBuster]

I faintly remember a party that claimed they were for state’s rights and thought the federal government needs to stay out of state’s business. 
 

 

[commando]

I faintly remember a party that claimed they were for state’s rights and thought the federal government needs to stay out of state’s business. 
 

the "do not comply" crowd says what?

 

[Mierin]

ding ding ding...we have a winner.    your prediction is looking to be accurate.    except it may not take till 2050

I made that prediction after Trump lost the election, and I probably assumed he wouldn't be re-relected, but that didn't mean there weren't still a lot of things going wrong that I didn't see being fixed, e.g. a large portion of the population too stupid to handle the internet and cable news in a way that doesn't lead to them being brainwashed.

I think there's a decent chance we'll be an autocracy by 2029.

 

[funhusker]

I faintly remember a party that claimed they were for state’s rights and thought the federal government needs to stay out of state’s business. 
 

We are trying in Illinois, nothing is going to happen. Strike 1.

We are also trying in New York. That will also go nowhere. Strike 2.

Whichever state tries to uphold laws, you’re next!  But I’m sure it will be strike 3.

unfortunately, they won’t be out…

 

[RedDenver]

Not really.  I do admit she has squawked her way higher to what I thought possible but, no I wouldn’t really consider her a leader in the party.  Thanks for asking though.  

Classic

 

[TGHusker]

Amazing how the GOP has changed.  Talk about COMMON SENSE  - Reagan and Bush had it - Trump never knew it. 

 

[commando]

Amazing how the GOP has changed.  Talk about COMMON SENSE  - Reagan and Bush had it - Trump never knew it. 

trump doesn't have common sense.  he has bulls#!t.  bulls#!t like no one has ever seen before .  many people are saying it.

 

[Mierin]

trump doesn't have common sense.  he has bulls#!t.  bulls#!t like no one has ever seen before .  many people are saying it.

and only care about himself

 

[TGHusker]

and only care about himself

Speaking of:

Trump family continues to enrich themselves after the election.   Of course, Trump fired the head of the Office of Govt Ethics on Monday so he could put his own guy in there  - who will dutifully look the other way. 

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-family-election-cash-bonanza-2f5f8714

On Monday, Trump fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics, an independent agency that oversees ethics issues across the executive branch and had been working closely with the White House vetting nominees that require Senate confirmation. The director, David Huitema, had been appointed by President Joe Biden and was less than two months into a five-year term.

Huitema said that the president appears to have dispensed with the pretense of guardrails in his second term. “Recognizing that these kinds of questions will come up over the next four years, the president just didn’t want an OGE with the independence and status to raise the importance of these issues and insist on adherence to the law,” he said in an interview. “It seems like he’s a lot more casual and kind of brazen this time around.”

 

[Scarlet]

The future is now the present but it's obviously a party of ball gargling debased toadies.  How do you sit in a meeting like this without becoming physically ill?  Even North Korean state media is like " hey, hey slow your roll just a bit there". 

 

[JJ Husker]

The future is now the present but it's obviously a party of ball gargling debased toadies.  How do you sit in a meeting like this without becoming physically ill?  Even North Korean state media is like " hey, hey slow your roll just a bit there". 

OMFG! 

Is it any wonder he is so delusional. Those a$$ kissing sycophants….

 

[Scarlet]

OMFG! 

Is it any wonder he is so delusional. Those a$$ kissing sycophants….

Wait until we are all required to state similar adulations or load up on the next cattle car to the gulags. It's coming at the rate we're going now.

 

[Archy1221]

This is what it coulda been.  We can only dream though.  Sighhhh

 

[teachercd]

OMFG! 

Is it any wonder he is so delusional. Those a$$ kissing sycophants….

This looks like one of my "End of the season banquets"

I like to start off with each player saying great things about me...and then I end it by taking home all the leftover pizza.

 

[JJ Husker]

This is what it coulda been.  We can only dream though.  Sighhhh

I wonder if people understand what has caused this and who has benefited from it. The cause is a combination of spending beyond our means and tax breaks for the rich. Historically the spending was primarily by dems but lately a lot more attributable to Rs. And the tax breaks, well, we all know the Rs have made sure those first and foremost benefit the very rich. The result of the federal debt is a collective higher standard of living for US citizens at the expense of the rest of the world and our own financial solvency. There are some benefits to being the preeminent economy in the world, aka our standard of living. Which BTW Trump policy is changing. Unfortunately the trade off has been the huge national debt and the fact that $105,000 per capita debt has not been equitably distributed amongst all of our citizens. The top 1% and 2% have reaped way more than their fair share of the benefit. Unneeded tax cuts and spending what you don’t have are a bad combination. It’s exponentially worse when all of the benefit gets funneled to the top.

And people wonder why so many feel the corrective action is to increase taxes on the ultra wealthy (those who have benefited the most) and to get spending under control, but not in the dog & pony show way that Trump & Elon has done with DOGE. Can you believe, after all that bulls#!t, government spending is still increasing?