What happened to the Republican party?

[konradv]

The democrats forced censorship of thier crimes as part of the democrat, "cheat, steal, and lie election campaign,"

https://www.reuters.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-biden-administration-pressured-meta-censor-covid-19-content-2024-08-27/

Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 content​

What does that have to do with the 2020 election?!

#DISTRACTION

 

[IM2]

We've gone far past "doesn't like". Partisans convince themselves that the other side is "pure evil'. They completely flip out. And then the losers work feverishly to block everything the winner tries to do. They completely forget that we're all on the same side, that we're all Americans.

The reality here is that one side is actually evil. But we have been bothsidered so much by a media scared to call it out because of accusations of bias. Democrats did try working with trump. Repubicans blocked Obama and Biden.

Yes. Ranked choice voting would help a great deal. It would also tone down the divisive fear monger and let other parties get some real feedback on voter preferences.

I say make elections publicly financed. That way all candidates can run without worrying about money.

I'm pretty sure you don't understand how I'm thinking. Most partisans don't. I just doesn't fit in their worldview.

You have made your thinking pretty clear. You reduced a societal problem down to my personal circumstance. That pretty much tells the story.

Well, sorry. But we don't get to just "restructure" society. That's not what government is for, and trying to use it for that creates the kind of frantic division and fear that we're now living through. People don't much like being "restructured".

This nation has ways been divided. This is not something that is new. People don't like one small group decideing what society wil be. So then changes must occur, and that is restructuring. It has to happen or hell will break loose because the people who have not been the ones giving a chance are tired of the obtuse natiure of that one group. So it is up to government to create policies that shape soiciety to be fair and equal.

'm calling flat out bullshit on that. Dems are just as divisive as Republicans.

Not really. It considers what you think is divisive. I don't think equal opportunity for everyone is divisive.

 

[IM2]

What does that have to do with the 2020 election?!

#DISTRACTION

Nothing.

 

[elektra]

What does that have to do with the 2020 election?!

#DISTRACTION

What does censoring information about Hunter Biden as well as Covid before the election have to do with the election.

Gee, you got me stumped mr brain

 

[elektra]

Nothing.

What does censoring information about Hunter Biden as well as Covid before the election have to do with the election.

Gee, you got me stumped im2-fragile

 

[dblack]

The reality here is that one side is actually evil.

LOL - of course.

OK. Have it your way. I guess we'll go down fighting, sort of.

 

[Slyhunter]

Yes. That's the premise of the modern liberal. I prefer freedom.

Yes, but now Republicans are doing the same thing in response.

Bullshit. I'm not talking about lock step agreement. But we shouldn't end every fucking election with half the county in denial, chanting "Not my President". We need someone that half the country doesn't hate right out of the gate.

I'm not really interested in your personal circumstances. As voters, as citizens, I think we have a responsibility to look past our personal welfare and vote for leadership that will be good for the country as a whole. The back and forth partisan shit is killing us.

Again, you're a true believer. But neither party's candidate seems to have any intention of uniting the country. They just want to score points for their side.

You're right, but Trump isn't really a Republican. He is a CEO used to getting bit projects done. Bringing in other rich folks to finance the project, construction crews, stupid rules and regulations, etc. I think he is who we need because he can form compromises that we can live with between Democrats and Republicans like Abortion, either states rights or 16 weeks. II believe he'll get the wall built and use the Democrat's app to prequalify all immigrant applicants. He is who we need to get things done.

 

[SeaMajor7]

The Republican Party had come to be to save America from the slaver Democrats.
Now, it's up to the Republican Party to save America from the Communist Democrats.
Fucking Democrats.

 

[elektra]

The reality here is that one side is actually evil.

im2-fragil
You have not the IQ to figure out what is or is not, evil.

 

[HeyNorm]

Trump says he'll pay for IVF when he's elected.

So?

 

[konradv]

What does censoring information about Hunter Biden as well as Covid before the election have to do with the election.

Gee, you got me stumped mr brain

The cite said the Biden administration pressured Zuckerberg. How could that have been before the election?!

#TIMEWARP

 

[Billiejeens]

billiejeans is a perfect example of todays "conservative"
One that supports leftism.

I don't
I don't support fantasy either.

 

[Billiejeens]

The reality here is that one side is actually evil. But we have been bothsidered so much by a media scared to call it out because of accusations of bias. Democrats did try working with trump. Repubicans blocked Obama and Biden.



I say make elections publicly financed. That way all candidates can run without worrying about money.


You have made your thinking pretty clear. You reduced a societal problem down to my personal circumstance. That pretty much tells the story.


This nation has ways been divided. This is not something that is new. People don't like one small group decideing what society wil be. So then changes must occur, and that is restructuring. It has to happen or hell will break loose because the people who have not been the ones giving a chance are tired of the obtuse natiure of that one group. So it is up to government to create policies that shape soiciety to be fair and equal.


Not really. It considers what you think is divisive. I don't think equal opportunity for everyone is divisive.

You're insane.
That's a fact.

 

[elektra]

The cite said the Biden administration pressured Zuckerberg. How could that have been before the election?!

#TIMEWARP

Great point, if you ignore the two year election campaign and the censorship before the campaign.

Good job, brilliant. I will tell everyone

 

[Stann]

Trump's GOP shows its extremism could be a problem in November​

If former President Trump and his fellow Republicans lose in November, weeks like this might be to blame.
Why it matters: Trump is beloved by the Republican Party's MAGA base. But the far-right stamp he's put on the GOP is bursting into view in ways that are giving even some Republicans pause — and could complicate their push for the swing voters they'll need in November.

• By week's end, Trump's GOP was tied to calling frozen embryos children, appeals to kill democracy, and giving Vladimir Putin a pass on targeting his enemies.
• It's all giving Democrats another chance to cast MAGA Republicans as extremists bent on destroying rights and traditions that most Americans support.

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/trump-gop-extreme-maga-ivf-cpac-putin

The movement to the far right by the former GOP, now POT, is well documented and well understood. As is the cost the party has paid as MAGAist candidates have been largely rejected for their allegiance to the extremism of trumpery. It's a big part of the reason what was supposed to be the congressional Red Wave in the last election cycle completely fizzled.

Far more difficult to explain than their radicalization, which actually began in the 80's, is their choice of a current leader. He does not possess conservative bona fides. Or any coherent political philosophy for that matter. Yet he has galvanized support like no other figure in US history around his boorish personality.

As a consequence, the party has morphed in to one working on a national ban on abortions, virtually unrestricted gun ownership of any kind of gun, is in denial of the scientifically proven affect of burning fossil fuels which releases billions of tons of CO2 in to the atmosphere, support for voter suppression laws, turning back the clock on gay rights, centralized power in the hands of the executive, the right of the minority to rule, etc.

It didn't use to be this way. Repubs from Eisenhower to McCain were reasonable men who sought compromise rather than confrontation. Their impulse when addressing a national problem was, "how can we fix this?" "We" meaning both Repubs and Dems. The first impulse of MAGAists is to ask, "how can we blame this on Dems and then obstruct anything they want to do to address the problem."

It was destroyed by trump . What else would you expect from trump he destroys everyone and everything. No surprise there.

 

[konradv]

Great point, if you ignore the two year election campaign and the censorship before the campaign.

Good job, brilliant. I will tell everyone

But it wasn’t the Biden administration, liar!

#MAGALIES

 

[SweetSue92]

The rank & file became convinced that talk radio rhetoric, MAGA "news" sources and from-Mom's-basement conspiracy websites were "The Truth", simply because they agreed with what was said.

Then they allowed those voices to create an entirely separate, self-contained informational ecosystem that made its own reality as it went. And they went right along with it, hook, line and sinker.

Then they fell for the most obvious con man in the history of the country simply because he was a flamboyant, shameless celebrity who was willing to pretend he likes them, and attacked those they hate.

Now they're in danger in handing the keys to the Left, and if they do, they'll play the victim, as usual.

You should own it, Mac. When you vote for Makala, and she wins, you should be glad your kids will never buy a house and your 401K is half its value.

Hey, at least Trump won't be blistering your butthole anymore. You can comfort yourself with that, right?

 

[SweetSue92]

But it wasn’t the Biden administration, liar!

#MAGALIES

I'm at the point where.....bring it. Let Lamaka win, let her go ahead with her food price fixing and bring on the bread lines.

It will split the nation, and I don't care anymore.

I hope those good vibes fill your stomach.

 

[konradv]

I'm at the point where.....bring it. Let Lamaka win, let her go ahead with her food price fixing and bring on the bread lines.

It will split the nation, and I don't care anymore.

I hope those good vibes fill your stomach.

But Trump doesn’t turn your stomach?!

#GETREAL

 

[SweetSue92]

But Trump doesn’t turn your stomach?!

#GETREAL

I am a tiny woman and I'm apparently more of a man than you are.

Proven.