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Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:27 am
by Millennie Al
From that article:
Sarah Longwell, the group’s executive director, said in a news release. “It’s unconscionable that a former U.S. president would call a tyrant like Putin ‘smart’ as he attacks innocent people.”
She should learn what the word "smart" means. It does not reflect how nice someone is. It's perfectly possible to commit any atrocity while being smart if it gets you what you want and you don't care about the effects on others.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:47 am
by Al Capone Junior
Vertigowooyay wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:03 am
McConnell would "absolutely" support Son Of Sam if he's 2024 GOP Presidential nominee, because Mitch McConnell has no spine, soul, ethics or morals.
Mitch "captain misery" McConnell would enthusiastically support Hitler with Satan as his running mate and Stalin and Mao as secretaries of defense and state. And still claim to have the self-evident moral high ground.
Oh, that's right, reasonable ppl don't do things like that. Only the unstable a..holes that mitch and the NRA make sure have continued access to assault rifles and handguns.
Mods: Removed a part that was too violent, see Rule 2
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:12 pm
by Stranger Mouse
Colbert gives some employee feedback on CBS hiring Mick Mulvaney
Excoriating
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/ ... PFMaQoc3IA
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:42 pm
by dyqik
For those that are keeping up:
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 1:18 pm
by Stranger Mouse
The future of the Republicans does not apparently include Madison Cawthorn
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... s-congress
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 1:59 pm
by dyqik
But may include Dr Oz. For maximum grifting.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:16 am
by Allo V Psycho
Very interesting article in the Atlantic, which describes a newsletter by Michael Podhorzer. Sadly the original does not seem to be on line.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... er/661377/
I've modified the Atlantic text in a couple of places to improve my own understanding.
PODHORZER DEFINES MODERN red and blue America as the states in which each party has usually held unified control of the governorship and state legislature in recent years
There are 25 red states, 17 blue states, and 11 purple states, where state-government control has typically been divided.
[blue states] contribute 48 percent and the red …35 percent [of GDP]
The gross domestic product per person and the median household income are now both more than 25 percent greater in the blue section than in the red, according to Podhorzer’s calculations. The share of kids in poverty is more than 20 percent lower in the blue section than red, and the share of working households with incomes below the poverty line is nearly 40 percent lower. Health outcomes are diverging too. Gun deaths are almost twice as high per capita in the red places as in the blue, as is the maternal mortality rate. The COVID vaccination rate is about 20 percent higher in the blue section, and the per capita COVID death rate is about 20 percent higher in the red. Life expectancy is nearly three years greater in the blue (80.1 years) than the red (77.4) states. (On most of these measures, the purple states, fittingly, fall somewhere in between.)
Per capita spending on elementary and secondary education is almost 50 percent higher in the blue states compared with red. All of the blue states have expanded access to Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, while about 60 percent of the total red-nation population lives in states that have refused to do so. All of the blue states have set a minimum wage higher than the federal level of $7.25, while only about one-third of the red-state residents live in places that have done so. [Blue states] have a much higher share of unionized workers than the [red states]. No state in the blue section has a law on the books banning abortion before fetal viability, while almost all of the red states are poised to restrict abortion rights if the Republican-appointed Supreme Court majority, as expected, overturns Roe v. Wade. Almost all of the red states have also passed “stand your ground” laws backed by the National Rifle Association, which provide a legal defense for those who use weapons against a perceived threat, while none of the blue states have done so.
It points out that in the 20th C, red and blue states came closer together by these metrics. Now they are moving apart again . The 'again' refers to the fact that the 'red' and 'blue' states correspond well with slave owning and non-slave owning states at the founding of the US. These only managed to come together by an uneasy compromise. At first, they converged, and were most focused on internal matters. Then the red states started attempting to impose their views on the blue states, leading to the Civil War.
The flurry of socially conservative laws that red states have passed since 2021, on issues such as abortion; classroom discussions of race, gender, and sexual orientation; and LGBTQ rights, is widening this split. No Democratic-controlled state has passed any of those measures.
… the growing separation means that after the period of fading distinctions, bedrock differences dating back to the country’s founding are resurfacing. And one crucial element of that …is the return of … “one-party rule” in the red nation.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:28 am
by TopBadger
So basically, states that vote for regressive policies end up regressing on multiple measures... unfathomable, isn't it?
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:59 pm
by basementer
There are 25 red states, 17 blue states, and 11 purple states, where state-government control has typically been divided.
That doesn't add up to fifty. Is the discrepancy explained elsewhere in the article?
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 6:44 pm
by dyqik
basementer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:59 pm
There are 25 red states, 17 blue states, and 11 purple states, where state-government control has typically been divided.
That doesn't add up to fifty. Is the discrepancy explained elsewhere in the article?
It also doesn't account for places like Massachusetts, with a veto proof D majority in both chambers of the state house, and a R governor who just signed one of the more aggressive pro-abortion executive orders, preventing any cooperation with abortion prosecutions in other states.
The next governor will be the D attorney general of MA, as even before the primary, she's polling at >50% statewide, with another D in second place.
But technically we have split government.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:22 pm
by Little waster
basementer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:59 pm
There are 25 red states, 17 blue states, and 11 purple states, where state-government control has typically been divided.
That doesn't add up to fifty. Is the discrepancy explained elsewhere in the article?
53.
50 states + Puerto Rico, DC and Guam?
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:31 pm
by monkey
Little waster wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:22 pm
basementer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:59 pm
There are 25 red states, 17 blue states, and 11 purple states, where state-government control has typically been divided.
That doesn't add up to fifty. Is the discrepancy explained elsewhere in the article?
53.
50 states + Puerto Rico, DC and Guam?
The article says 8 purple states. Think someone must've done a typo.
No one cares what the territories or DC think.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:01 pm
by Stranger Mouse
Something which you may classify as light relief or a horror movie or both.
You may actually want to vote for Liz Cheney after this which I think is the point. I know.
https://twitter.com/accountablegop/stat ... 3WrX02VSSQ
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:23 pm
by WFJ
I want to hear more from the guy warning us about what all the major internets are up to.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:37 pm
by Stranger Mouse
WFJ wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:23 pm
I want to hear more from the guy warning us about what all the major internets are up to.
He must know all the necessary hashtags
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:32 pm
by Al Capone Junior
Him and the a..hole current gov of tx both prove that being in a wheelchair doesn't preclude you from being a horrible person
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:06 pm
by JQH
The scary thing is, they make Liz Cheney look like a moderate.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:40 pm
by Al Capone Junior
JQH wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:06 pm
The scary thing is, they make Liz Cheney look like a moderate.
It is disturbing that I'm actually a fan of Liz at this point. And Mit.
Humorously, during the 2nd Obama election, there was an annoying Mormon guy in my unit in the army that claimed he was best buddies with Mit. We got some Obama rainbow bumper stickers and put them on his car.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:42 pm
by Stranger Mouse
Al Capone Junior wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:40 pm
JQH wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:06 pm
The scary thing is, they make Liz Cheney look like a moderate.
It is disturbing that I'm actually a fan of Liz at this point. And Mit.
Humorously, during the 2nd Obama election, there was an annoying Mormon guy in my unit in the army that claimed he was best buddies with Mit. We got some Obama rainbow bumper stickers and put them on his car.
What about this woman who talks about shooting her grandkids to save them?
https://twitter.com/mollyjongfast/statu ... xWzPub0rFg
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:57 pm
by Boustrophedon
Should we merge this with the What's next for Boris thread, they read the same.
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:52 am
by Al Capone Junior
She's not already elected?
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:24 am
by Little waster
Standing unopposed AFAIK
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:48 pm
by Stranger Mouse
Possibly the most excoriating Onion article I have ever read and the most brilliant
https://www.theonion.com/republicans-ex ... 1849345165
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:50 pm
by Gfamily
Don't know about the future, but the current GOP seems intent on reducing your expectations.
https://twitter.com/Sky_Lee_1/status/15 ... 1570096128
The 50 people involved were flown from Florida to Martha's Vineyard by the GOP Governor
Re: The future of the US Republican party
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:00 pm
by dyqik
Reports here are that they were flown from Texas to MV, using Florida taxpayers money.