WTF is wrong with these people? I'm 63. I hope to live a bit longer. Until I think how the world has changed in 20 years, and how the next 20 may look.
Gail, I have children and grandchildren. The Republicans started losing the Millennials with Dubya Bush. It wasn’t just the wars, it was race and gender issues, and everything else. And they’re just the beginning. I have hope.
What's happened to the GOP is indeed a microcosm of what happened in Germany with the rise of Hitler and the nazis, which is why the neo-nazis and militias in the US proved appealing to Trump; they are a readymade force for carrying out his depraved ambitions. Because they got their tax cuts for the wealthy early on, Romney and Ryan apparently missed the stench that was all around them as they nurtured the illusion that Mitch was the one truly in charge.
Trump, Flynn, Bannon, Stephen Miller, Tuberville, the 'dumb Caucus, et. al. (the uneducated that Trump said he loves) must be stopped. The only control they should be allowed to have is over their own bladders or we are truly doomed.
Thanks for laying this out in a way that none can fail to see the handwriting on the wall.
My sentiments about Romney exactly. Daddy George was a much better man. What happened to Mittens, just another “conservative” crook. In 2012, it seemed to me that his only qualification for president was that he was white and rich. So he’s an iota better than the average republican bear, he’s still white, rich trash.
Your quotes from Hitler’s cult are the same ones I posted on Twitter and FB which they felt were against “community standards.” Thanks for reminding us of what republicans have been spewing on us for decades…
well, this was one of your excellent arguments, Tom. complimenti.
the parallels with the rise of Hitler sure do rhyme. and yeah, Project 2025 might as well have stolen its "strategies" from the Nazis...that's exactly what's so shocking about it. I'd always thought of the Heritage Foundation as being just another group of the useful idiots on the other side. I should have paid closer attention; these guys are as straight-ahead fascists ass, say, DeSantis.
senators worried about death threats? my heart bleeds...or maybe "seeps?" or "trickles a little?"
Very well said Tom. And to all of the sleeping morons out there that say they’re too busy to pay attention to anything but their day to day lives: Wake the Fuck Up!!
This reminds me so much of Milton Mayer's book- They Thought They Were Free, The Germans, 1933-45. Limited in scope as sociological research, still those interviewed repeatedly talked about waking up too late to what was actually happening. As long as the small things of their daily life were still there they did not pay attention to how the ground beneath them was shifting.
It does sound familiar and old; but, watching Putin and Kim Yong Un cozy up and China sniffing around fills me with dread at what new horror is about to be unleashed on our already "boiling" earth. As Blinken said in his recent speech the enemies of democracy are both without and within.
Romney may be leaving because he faces losing re-election; he could be leaving because his wife has a degenerative disease; or, he could be leaving out of the same disgust that was on his face and in his voice when he told George Santos, " You don't belong here."
Well done, TC. Reading this is frightening -- and more. The parallels are too "close" in the past behavior of the GOP,;their present lying, greed, and hatred; and in the plan for 2025. There will be terrible deeds if Trump returns.............. It is difficult to face the truth of where this country is. We are seeing how hard (and life threatening) it is to preserve liberal Democracy.........
And Romney probably doesn’t realize how he has disrespected his father’s memory by indulging in his own outsized ambitions, or how he has contributed to the rise of Trump. When the history is written he will be a sad figure, an example to be avoided.
This is wonderful. And I can't resist adding a couple of things.
One is that McKay Coppins went all in on Rmoney's BS. Which version of Mitt is this? The one who's pro-choice, minimally pro-choice, or anti-choice? Pro-health care or anti-health care? That he now presents himself as a man of principle is akin to Barry Goldwater now being held up as a liberal because he didn't like the theocrats (but he went along with them, too).
Another is this: had Rmoney had an ounce of principle, he would have left the party. Period. He could have gotten Democrats to let him chair a committee where he could have had some fun, and he could have said, I am not voting with you on things I disagree with. End of discussion. He would have been welcome. He would have allied with the likes of Manchin and Sinema, but he also would have split with them on some things, I bet.
And I would favor the Toby Ziegler bet from The West Wing--all the money in my pockets vs. all the money in your pockets--that he isn't running again because he knows he'll lose in the primary.
But I have a couple of indictments to share.
One is that while I admire Stuart Stevens for saying that the republican party has become a disaster and he was wrong to help it, he still thinks Rmoney was a decent candidate for him to try to elect in 2012. Buffalo bagels.
Another is of the DC political media, 99.44% of whom abet treason. In The Washington Post, Dan Balz referred to him as "the highest-achieving Mormon pollitician of his time." Harry Reid might have disagreed. But Reid was never popular with the DC media because he didn't court them and had nothing to do with them. The way they are treating Rmoney today, it is obvious that he has leaked like a sieve to them (an example of this sort of thing: Elizabeth Warren has no use for them, either, and they have done nothing to help her in connection with the attacks against her from the right, but when Pol Potbelly attacked Bob Corker, who sucked up to them, they were hailing Corker as the greatest statesman this side of Gladstone).
The Press Corpse has a lot to answer for. And if they keep it up, they'll be able to give their answers from the other side of the bars in the local jail, before they're shipped off to the "FEMA camps."
I agree completely. But this is a special case because they are now holding a pathological liar up as the savior of the republican party. My friend Sally Denton once wrote a piece about Rmoney seeing himself as "the man on the white horse," which comes out of Mormonism. He does, and I am convinced that he has leaked enough that the media are happy to encourage him.
Well done. Project 2025 must not be allowed to come to fruition.
It is Nazi time redux
WTF is wrong with these people? I'm 63. I hope to live a bit longer. Until I think how the world has changed in 20 years, and how the next 20 may look.
Gail, I have children and grandchildren. The Republicans started losing the Millennials with Dubya Bush. It wasn’t just the wars, it was race and gender issues, and everything else. And they’re just the beginning. I have hope.
Hope that is true in Texas, don't see it so far
❤️❤️❤️
not something I recommend trying...
What's happened to the GOP is indeed a microcosm of what happened in Germany with the rise of Hitler and the nazis, which is why the neo-nazis and militias in the US proved appealing to Trump; they are a readymade force for carrying out his depraved ambitions. Because they got their tax cuts for the wealthy early on, Romney and Ryan apparently missed the stench that was all around them as they nurtured the illusion that Mitch was the one truly in charge.
Trump, Flynn, Bannon, Stephen Miller, Tuberville, the 'dumb Caucus, et. al. (the uneducated that Trump said he loves) must be stopped. The only control they should be allowed to have is over their own bladders or we are truly doomed.
Thanks for laying this out in a way that none can fail to see the handwriting on the wall.
at least a few of those guys lack even THAT control.
TFF's reliance on diapers is well-documented. Adderall can, in fact, become very embarrassing.
My sentiments about Romney exactly. Daddy George was a much better man. What happened to Mittens, just another “conservative” crook. In 2012, it seemed to me that his only qualification for president was that he was white and rich. So he’s an iota better than the average republican bear, he’s still white, rich trash.
Your quotes from Hitler’s cult are the same ones I posted on Twitter and FB which they felt were against “community standards.” Thanks for reminding us of what republicans have been spewing on us for decades…
You know, this all sounds really familiar. This is flat brilliant. Nice work; thank you!
That it does sound familiar is the problem.
I can't love this enough.
Great rehash of the German Nazi years and the pointed parallels with our ongoing experiences, TC. We all need to know and remember these things.
well, this was one of your excellent arguments, Tom. complimenti.
the parallels with the rise of Hitler sure do rhyme. and yeah, Project 2025 might as well have stolen its "strategies" from the Nazis...that's exactly what's so shocking about it. I'd always thought of the Heritage Foundation as being just another group of the useful idiots on the other side. I should have paid closer attention; these guys are as straight-ahead fascists ass, say, DeSantis.
senators worried about death threats? my heart bleeds...or maybe "seeps?" or "trickles a little?"
I fear when history repeats itself this time, it won’t be farce.
Yes.
Chef's kiss Tom. Preach it!
Very well said Tom. And to all of the sleeping morons out there that say they’re too busy to pay attention to anything but their day to day lives: Wake the Fuck Up!!
Holy shit. This should be published far and wide. I’ll share where ever I can.
Go right ahead.
This reminds me so much of Milton Mayer's book- They Thought They Were Free, The Germans, 1933-45. Limited in scope as sociological research, still those interviewed repeatedly talked about waking up too late to what was actually happening. As long as the small things of their daily life were still there they did not pay attention to how the ground beneath them was shifting.
It does sound familiar and old; but, watching Putin and Kim Yong Un cozy up and China sniffing around fills me with dread at what new horror is about to be unleashed on our already "boiling" earth. As Blinken said in his recent speech the enemies of democracy are both without and within.
Romney may be leaving because he faces losing re-election; he could be leaving because his wife has a degenerative disease; or, he could be leaving out of the same disgust that was on his face and in his voice when he told George Santos, " You don't belong here."
George Santos is not the only who doesn't belong in Congress.
Well done, TC. Reading this is frightening -- and more. The parallels are too "close" in the past behavior of the GOP,;their present lying, greed, and hatred; and in the plan for 2025. There will be terrible deeds if Trump returns.............. It is difficult to face the truth of where this country is. We are seeing how hard (and life threatening) it is to preserve liberal Democracy.........
Thank You! I think...
And Romney probably doesn’t realize how he has disrespected his father’s memory by indulging in his own outsized ambitions, or how he has contributed to the rise of Trump. When the history is written he will be a sad figure, an example to be avoided.
This is wonderful. And I can't resist adding a couple of things.
One is that McKay Coppins went all in on Rmoney's BS. Which version of Mitt is this? The one who's pro-choice, minimally pro-choice, or anti-choice? Pro-health care or anti-health care? That he now presents himself as a man of principle is akin to Barry Goldwater now being held up as a liberal because he didn't like the theocrats (but he went along with them, too).
Another is this: had Rmoney had an ounce of principle, he would have left the party. Period. He could have gotten Democrats to let him chair a committee where he could have had some fun, and he could have said, I am not voting with you on things I disagree with. End of discussion. He would have been welcome. He would have allied with the likes of Manchin and Sinema, but he also would have split with them on some things, I bet.
And I would favor the Toby Ziegler bet from The West Wing--all the money in my pockets vs. all the money in your pockets--that he isn't running again because he knows he'll lose in the primary.
But I have a couple of indictments to share.
One is that while I admire Stuart Stevens for saying that the republican party has become a disaster and he was wrong to help it, he still thinks Rmoney was a decent candidate for him to try to elect in 2012. Buffalo bagels.
Another is of the DC political media, 99.44% of whom abet treason. In The Washington Post, Dan Balz referred to him as "the highest-achieving Mormon pollitician of his time." Harry Reid might have disagreed. But Reid was never popular with the DC media because he didn't court them and had nothing to do with them. The way they are treating Rmoney today, it is obvious that he has leaked like a sieve to them (an example of this sort of thing: Elizabeth Warren has no use for them, either, and they have done nothing to help her in connection with the attacks against her from the right, but when Pol Potbelly attacked Bob Corker, who sucked up to them, they were hailing Corker as the greatest statesman this side of Gladstone).
The Press Corpse has a lot to answer for. And if they keep it up, they'll be able to give their answers from the other side of the bars in the local jail, before they're shipped off to the "FEMA camps."
I agree completely. But this is a special case because they are now holding a pathological liar up as the savior of the republican party. My friend Sally Denton once wrote a piece about Rmoney seeing himself as "the man on the white horse," which comes out of Mormonism. He does, and I am convinced that he has leaked enough that the media are happy to encourage him.
applause!
Thank you.