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    1 year ago

    Yep, but the hypocrisy literally does not matter to him, or to Republican voters.

    We need to come to grips with the fact that a large segment of the population - thank goodness not the majority, but still large - is so mentally broken that they simply do not care about reality anymore, in any way. They’re tired of losing every long-term societal battle, from letting black people sit at lunch counters to being called out for homophobia, and they’ve decided that if they can’t have their way, democratically (small-d), the problem is with democracy, not with themselves.

    Yes, McCarthy flip-flopped, but Republicans like that. They haven’t got a single ounce of shame, and they don’t care about integrity, honesty, or reality itself. It’s now all about whatever can allow them to keep their stranglehold on society for a little longer.

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      I’ve been saying this for years.

      There is exactly one party that cares about hypocrisy.

      And it ain’t the Republicans.

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      The thing to remember about most Republicans (and Republican politicians especially) is that any arguments they throw out in pursuit of a particular goal only apply to that goal.

      Impeachment of Trump was bad, so they said the Speaker didn’t have the power, that impeachment should be only for extreme situations, that high crimes and misdemeanors means you have to break the law to be impeached, that Democrats were on a mission to impeach Trump since he was elected.

      But now, impeachment of Biden is good, so the Speaker clearly has the power to initiate an inquiry, that vague, shady insinuations with no hard evidence is sufficient to impeach, that they’re definitely not on a witch-hunt to impeach Biden despite investigating him from the moment they got their majority and moving forward to impeach with zero actual evidence.

      You can point out their hypocrisy and they won’t defend themselves. Some of them might even try to convince you the situation is somehow different, but most don’t care. They set their sights on a goal and backfill an argument to justify it.

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      Can’t remember who I saw lay it out like this, but I think it’s broadly correct: Republicans like the hypocrisy precisely because it is another way to show power. You are beholden to things that you believe or that you have evidence for, I do and say whatever the fuck I want and you can do nothing about it. Changing the party line and ethos the way other people change socks doesn’t matter if your world view isn’t based on consistent underlying principles, but on demonstrating power and superiority. When you view the world and politics like that, being right or wrong in a debate is just showmanship and aesthetics rather than substance.

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    Just like how Mitch “Big Pause” McConnell said that you can’t nominate a Supreme Court Justice during an election year for Obama and then put a fucking Handsmaid on the court in 2020.

    Republicans have zero principles and no shame. Attempting to criticize them for these is futile because they don’t care.

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      Just like how Mitch “Big Pause” McConnell said that you can’t nominate a Supreme Court Justice during an election year for Obama and then put a fucking Handsmaid on the court in 2020.

      Mitch “Big Paws” McConnell.

      I also recommend against searching “Mitch McConnell rule 34”.

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          Cypher agitprop campaign but it’s a turtle yiffy Mitch McConnell acting out scenes from r/boredandignored. His old turtle looking ass just standing there in a 4 panel with no clue as to what’s going on.

          Does any one know an artist who does commissions?

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      Let’s not adopt Trump’s affectation of insulting someone in their name by attacking their body during a discussion of their actions.

      I think it is not a good change to the language.

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      The GQP and ilk have no shame or principles, but it always helpful to spread the word about their duplicity. There are plenty of persuadable people outside of the GQP.

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      I read his little memo about why they could with Trump and it was the most mental gymnastics I’ve seen.

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    It doesn’t matter, their goal is to get what they want. They will do anything to get it. Blatant lies are just part of the job.

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      If he wasn’t lying, I’d honestly think the freedom caucus is right and McCarthy isn’t a Republican after all.

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      McCarthy has what he wants, he is just trying to hang on to it. Anything he does is to just not get voted out as Speaker. I don’t believe he has any longer term plans than that. Which makes him so dangerous. The Chaos Caucus basically gets whatever they want.

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    Surprise, surprise!

    Once again Democrats bend over backwards to be as fair as possible. Too fair, in fact. And then Republicans just throw that out the window when they gain power.

    I’m actually more pissed off at the Democrats and their endless naivete, because I know that Republicans will stop at nothing to fuck over their opponents that I entirely expect them to pull stunts like this. How the fuck have Democrats not learned this? Republicans have been pulling shit like this for literally decades now.

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    “That’s different”

    “How?”

    “I don’t have to explain myself to you!”

    …it’s that easy

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    “Hypocrite in a party that flaunts hypocrisy and the very concept of truth displays hypocrisy is stunning continuation of course. More at 11.”

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    If they didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.

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    After months of overpromising and under delivering (understatement) they move to the next step despite producing zero evidence. Glad they have their priorities in order.

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    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made clear to Breitbart News on Friday that if House Republicans move forward with an impeachment inquiry into Democrat President Joe Biden, the move would come not as an announcement from him or anyone else, but from a formal vote on the floor of the House. From Breitbart on September 1 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/01/mccarthy-details-impeachment-inquiry-process-if-we-move-forward-would-occur-vote-house-floor/

    Here’s McCarthy’s full letter to Pelosi about the importance of a vote on impeachment: https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy/status/1179778155340603392

  • OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one
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    It’s very Putin-esque to sully the reputation of every institution and democratic process that could inhibit your power… by shamelessly abusing those institutions and processes so much that ordinary people associate them with shameless, partisan abuse.