• paddirn@lemmy.world
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    “We obviously weren’t extreme enough, let’s suggest public executions for women who even do a google search on abortions!”

  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    Ramasmarmy in last night’s debate talked about how the Republican party is a party of losers.

    Then doubled down on the far-right rhetoric and buzzwords.

    Hey bud, Smarmy my dude, you’re what’s losing the Republicans votes.

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      He blamed their loses on women (including the RNC Chairwoman) and “the media”. This party has it’s head so far up it’s own ass.

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    This is the inevitable end of talk radio (now podcasts/YouTubers) angering the base and making them more extreme. Now you have to be extreme to win the primary, then you can’t win in the general

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      The trouble is, it doesn’t matter. There’s been a paradigm shift; in the past a politician had to win an election. Sarah Palin proved you could lose and still find a way to get paid. Someone like Lauren B. will be snapped up as a talking head and have a book movie deal the day she leaves Congress.

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    That’s the whole point of the independent state legislation theory. Republican state legislators can just “correct” the elections whenever the voters don’t choose the right option at the polls.

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    “Poor people lose trust in politicians. That’s a problem for our democracy.”