OPINION: When will Republican voters wake up to their own oppression?

[Scott]

 

 

When will Republican voters figure out how badly they’re getting screwed by Republican politicians?

 

— Desperate workers struggle with soaring rents (courtesy of Republican-donor hedge funds);
— lack of healthcare (12 GOP-controlled states still refuse to expand Medicaid for under-$15,000/year workers) is literally killing Americans;
— wages have flatlined since Reagan declared war on workers in 1981 while the merely rich have become the morbidly rich;
— Americans pay 10 times as much as Canadians for some drugs because Republicans block any effort to bring competition to that marketplace;
— at the same time Trump and his GOP buddies in the House and Senate borrowed $1.7 trillion to fund a tax giveaway to his billionaire buddies, student debt passed the $1.7 trillion mark…

 

Yet somehow the “conservative” base voters never seem to figure it out.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/gop-voters-2659070034/

[ozimoron]

Kevin McCarthy’s debacle underscores the GOP’s deeper troubles

 

The “Make America Great Again” movement has turned the GOP into one big grievance party with no real solutions to Americans’ problems.

 

The Republican Party has become a nationalist-populist party that has fallen short in elections and has failed to pass any major legislation based on its new principles, which remain incoherent and illusive. To be frank, this new movement started during the Tea Party days and, emboldened by MAGA, has led to severe problems within the GOP that have crippled the party electorally and within its own ranks.

 

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3800276-kevin-mccarthys-debacle-underscores-the-gops-deeper-troubles/

[ozimoron]

House GOP's Top Priority If They Ever Get a Speaker? Protect Wealthy Tax Dodgers

 

"In their first legislative vote, Republicans will vote to repeal $9 out of every $10 in new IRS funding," said Americans for Tax Fairness. "All to protect their rich tax cheat friends from paying taxes they owe."

 

Republicans began their control of the 118th Congress Tuesday with a narrow majority that failed six times to elect a speaker but had in hand "hit-the-ground-running" plans to pass legislation that critics say will "protect wealthy and corporate tax cheats" by rescinding tens of billions of dollars in new Internal Revenue Service funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.

 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/irs

[Credo]

Most of my family are staunch conservatives.  They are from rural areas and are accustomed to being very independent and for neighbors to help neighbors.  They rely on one another much more than they do on the government.  They are pretty accepting of differences, but that does not extend to anyone outside their community.  Most are compassionate, caring people.

 

The difference starts to become stark with those that are Trump cultists.  They generally are a lot less compassionate or caring.  They are judgmental and consider their 'community' to only include other Trump followers. 

 

I totally don't understand their mentality.  They have no trouble getting food stamps, welfare and SSI payments, but don't want anyone else to get it.  They are entitled, others are not. 

[Scott]

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[OneMoreFarang]

If more Americans would be educated and if more of them would use their brain and if more of them wouldn't be so fanatic religious, then things might be different.

But as long as they only believe and don't care about facts and are too stupid or lazy to inform themselves not much will change.

Personally I don't really care about the USA. They deserve their politicians. But the rest of the world is suffering because of them.

[OneMoreFarang]

 

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I think woke is a bad sickness. But the crazy ignorant right wing MAGA crowd is even worse. 

There is enough room for centrists between those extremes. But unfortunately, the divided press and society brings people to the extremes and not together.

That is obviously sad because they could live happily together.

[KhunLA]

Probably about the same time the 'others' will ...

... never

[riclag]

Who is Thom Hartmann the author of this article from Rawstory ,besides being the Talkers Magazine 9th most important radio talk show host in America .

Rawstory pc,

“Will investigations of Hunter Biden’s laptop or the FBI be enough for Republicans to re-energize their base and gain control of all of Congress and the White House by 2024”?

 Depends on if the court of public opinion is swayed enough! Imop

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/thom-hartmann-view-from-the-left-093753

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Hartmann

 

 

[ozimoron]

41 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Probably about the same time the 'others' will ...

... never

Do you dispute any of the list of their "achievements"? Do you think they are good for most people?

[Tug]

Well to put it simply they aren’t the brightest bunch

[thaibeachlovers]

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

If more Americans would be educated and if more of them would use their brain and if more of them wouldn't be so fanatic religious, then things might be different.

But as long as they only believe and don't care about facts and are too stupid or lazy to inform themselves not much will change.

Personally I don't really care about the USA. They deserve their politicians. But the rest of the world is suffering because of them.

Given the alternative, I'm not even remotely surprised that so many reject entirely the Democrat vision. When the Democrats stop with the leftist agenda they might gain converts from the right of center voters.

IMO they look at California, and say "no <deleted> way I'm voting for that <deleted>".

[Scott]

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[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Given the alternative, I'm not even remotely surprised that so many reject entirely the Democrat vision. When the Democrats stop with the leftist agenda they might gain converts from the right of center voters.

IMO they look at California, and say "no <deleted> way I'm voting for that <deleted>".

Nonsense.

 

Democrat Left Agenda, is right of anything you’re used to in NZ or UK.

 

The Democrat Affordable Care Act (Tagged Obama Care) is hugely popular, and just one example of the public wanting more social programs.

 

As stated above, many Republican voters are very pleased to receive Government support but object to others receiving it.

[Tug]

5 hours ago, riclag said:

Who is Thom Hartmann the author of this article from Rawstory ,besides being the Talkers Magazine 9th most important radio talk show host in America .

Rawstory pc,

“Will investigations of Hunter Biden’s laptop or the FBI be enough for Republicans to re-energize their base and gain control of all of Congress and the White House by 2024”?

 Depends on if the court of public opinion is swayed enough! Imop

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/thom-hartmann-view-from-the-left-093753

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Hartmann

 

 

I don’t think so they will see an obviously decent man (Joe Biden) who has allready lost one wife one daughter One son recently to brain cancer so here the republicans are attacking the last surviving son who managed to recover from drug addiction .most folks will see it for what it is an attempt to slander a decent person and president through his last surviving son despicable is what it is I suspect most will see it that way 

[Eric Loh]

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Got any other credible source than from Ronald Kessler's book that even the Secret Service didn't respond. By the way, Ronald was working for a conservative online publication Newsmax.

 

I believed the GOP House candidates got 14% of the black votes. Not exactly record numbers as you try very hard to allege. 

[robblok]

Just one question im a NOOB.

 

How do the republican block new drugs and make competition hard. I mean that would be really stupid to do and affect loads of people. Also unblocking would not cost taxpayer money but save it. So this point really confuses me. 

 

Anyone care to explain this to me or is it a lie (not looking to troll)

 

I can understand other stuff as it costs money to taxpayer.. but this one i cannot.

[mikebike]

8 minutes ago, robblok said:

Just one question im a NOOB.

 

How do the republican block new drugs and make competition hard. I mean that would be really stupid to do and affect loads of people. Also unblocking would not cost taxpayer money but save it. So this point really confuses me. 

 

Anyone care to explain this to me or is it a lie (not looking to troll)

 

I can understand other stuff as it costs money to taxpayer.. but this one i cannot.

Members of Congress of both parties do not work for the "people", they work for their donors. Their donors are significantly invested in, or actually are, pharmaceutical companies. The issue is NOT saving money for taxpayers, it is losing money for their donors.

[Dcheech]

39 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

So, nothing about the sniffing and touching? Too much video evidence I guess.

That is the best attempt to divert attention and sidetrack that you have?! Wow basically bankrupt. Why not Hunters Laptop from Hell? At least it was fun. 

  

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

An "obviously decent man"?!?  One who swims naked in front of female Secret Service agents, has a strange habit of sniffing women's hair, and is generally 'physically inappropriate' (to put it charitably) with females in general?

 

I for one am happy that genuine opinion polls show Hispanic and Black voters waking up to THEIR oppression by the Democratic Party and turning to the GOP in record numbers. 

It’s all the kind of stuff you can find in those rightwing echo chambers.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

53 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

So, nothing about the sniffing and touching? Too much video evidence I guess.

 

As for getting 14% of the Black vote, that is a record for the GOP and moving in the right direction. Also nothing about Hispanic voters? They voted GOP 33%, also a record.  Seems like a natural fit since both groups tend to be socially conservative.  

Regardless of race, when people vote for a party and that party wins an election the voters have reasonable expectation that the party they voted for will govern.

 

Keep a straight face while you tell me this farce isn’t losing the Republicans support.

[Eric Loh]

59 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

So, nothing about the sniffing and touching? Too much video evidence I guess.

 

As for getting 14% of the Black vote, that is a record for the GOP and moving in the right direction. Also nothing about Hispanic voters? They voted GOP 33%, also a record.  Seems like a natural fit since both groups tend to be socially conservative.  

Desperate much about nothing. If you have video evidence, post them. 

 

Natural fit is your attempt at hyperbole. The current GOP's social conservatism is all about support for gun rights and restrictions on abortion. Unpopular amongst the blacks and hispanic.  

[ozimoron]

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

Got any other credible source than from Ronald Kessler's book that even the Secret Service didn't respond. By the way, Ronald was working for a conservative online publication Newsmax.

 

I believed the GOP House candidates got 14% of the black votes. Not exactly record numbers as you try very hard to allege. 

The far right are impervious to conflicts of interest. A critical thinker would dismiss anything he said just based on his employment with Newsmax.

[Hanaguma]

28 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Regardless of race, when people vote for a party and that party wins an election the voters have reasonable expectation that the party they voted for will govern.

 

Keep a straight face while you tell me this farce isn’t losing the Republicans support.

Nope, on this point you are 100% correct.  It is a sh!tshow and an embarrassment.

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, Hanaguma said:

Nope, on this point you are 100% correct.  It is a sh!tshow and an embarrassment.

Lauren Boebert claimed that the Republicans weren't dysfunctional.

[Phoenix Rising]

45 minutes ago, Dcheech said:

That is the best attempt to divert attention and sidetrack that you have?! Wow basically bankrupt. Why not Hunters Laptop from Hell? At least it was fun. 

  

Easy pal, don fluster him. If we're lucky he'll soon start ranting about Pizzagate and Jewish Space Lasers.

[Hanaguma]

6 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Lauren Boebert claimed that the Republicans weren't dysfunctional.

She is wrong.  It is ridiculous for the party to air its dirty laundry in public like this. The Democrats are at least more disciplined.  I wasnt a fan of Speaker Pelosi by any means, but she would have had heads rolling on the floor before allowing this to happen. 

[Longwood50]

14 hours ago, Scott said:

Desperate workers struggle with soaring rents (courtesy of Republican-donor hedge funds);
— lack of healthcare (12 GOP-controlled states still refuse to expand Medicaid for under-$15,000/year workers) is literally killing Americans;

You have an administration that is not Republican that has controlled the White House, Senate, and House for the past two years as inflation skyrocketed.  Blaming Republicans is a total misrepresentation of the facts.  
 

In terms of the expansion of Medicaid or for that matter anything else, does it never dawn on liberals that spending money no matter how noble to person thinks the cause is, CREATES INFLATION that robs everyone.  The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.  You can not run multi-trillion dollar deficits and spend your way to prosperity. 
 

What should be the objective is to enhance the economy to provide good paying jobs so people can afford their own healthcare and not placing the burden of their care on those already working and paying the freight.  

This is a chart of the inflation rate.  Please note when INFLATION RAGED causing everything including housing prices and rents to skyrocket. 

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, Longwood50 said:

You have an administration that is not Republican that has controlled the White House, Senate, and House for the past two years as inflation skyrocketed.  Blaming Republicans is a total misrepresentation of the facts.  
 

In terms of the expansion of Medicaid or for that matter anything else, does it never dawn on liberals that spending money no matter how noble to person thinks the cause is, CREATES INFLATION that robs everyone.  The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.  You can not run multi-trillion dollar deficits and spend your way to prosperity. 
 

What should be the objective is to enhance the economy to provide good paying jobs so people can afford their own healthcare and not placing the burden of their care on those already working and paying the freight.  

This is a chart of the inflation rate.  Please note when INFLATION RAGED causing everything including housing prices and rents to skyrocket. 

Does spending money that generates inflation also apply to Trump's $2.5 trillion gift to the rich? Or is that trickle down economics?

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Quite the upgrade from the p***y grabber, don't you think?

He forgets Trump:

 

from 2017 to 2021, has been accused of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment, including non-consensual kissing or groping, by at least 25 women since the 1970s