Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
âThey didnât stand up to Trumpâ: how the Republican party descended into disarray An interesting article on the path to chaos for the GOP.
McCarthy’s nemesis was Matt Gaetz, a Florida congressman egged on by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who hosts an influential podcast (Gaetz was a guest on it a day after McCarthy’s demise). Critics say Gaetz is taking advantage of an era in which, instead of working their way up the ranks one committee at a time, politicians can build their brand, “go viral” and raise money by flaunting their extremism in the rightwing media ecosystem.
Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review magazine, wrote: “Republican backbenchers used to be people such as Jack Kemp and Paul Ryan, who became something by promoting ideas that they carefully developed, sincerely believed, and persuaded their colleagues to embrace. Now, the emphasis is on becoming a micro-celebrity via constant outrage.”
It sounds like the path that our own conservatives have taken. The people with ability have walked away. joined other parties or just given up. It leads to a vacuum where those who shout the loudest are heard.
But where do ideas come from when the only people left are functional morons ?
So here is the chaos coalition. Voting next for Gym Jordan, a man who is a J6 conspirator. A terrorist. A Himmler to Trumps Hitler
However in the land of the blind a one eyed man is king and compared to many of his coleagues Jordan is almost sentient.
The GOP embraced trump and decent people left. They lost young people and have a declining base that believes in fairy tales.
Its worrying for the US and also for the wider world.
McCarthy’s nemesis was Matt Gaetz, a Florida congressman egged on by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who hosts an influential podcast (Gaetz was a guest on it a day after McCarthy’s demise). Critics say Gaetz is taking advantage of an era in which, instead of working their way up the ranks one committee at a time, politicians can build their brand, “go viral” and raise money by flaunting their extremism in the rightwing media ecosystem.
Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review magazine, wrote: “Republican backbenchers used to be people such as Jack Kemp and Paul Ryan, who became something by promoting ideas that they carefully developed, sincerely believed, and persuaded their colleagues to embrace. Now, the emphasis is on becoming a micro-celebrity via constant outrage.”
It sounds like the path that our own conservatives have taken. The people with ability have walked away. joined other parties or just given up. It leads to a vacuum where those who shout the loudest are heard.
But where do ideas come from when the only people left are functional morons ?
So here is the chaos coalition. Voting next for Gym Jordan, a man who is a J6 conspirator. A terrorist. A Himmler to Trumps Hitler
However in the land of the blind a one eyed man is king and compared to many of his coleagues Jordan is almost sentient.
The GOP embraced trump and decent people left. They lost young people and have a declining base that believes in fairy tales.
Its worrying for the US and also for the wider world.
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