The Cognitive Dissonance of the Republicans

[ccp]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/biden-kentucky-infrastructure-wednesday/index.html

1914 Christmas truce  French German troops

fact or fiction or fairy tale (we hear the same stories between Blue and Gray soldiers occurring during the Civil War:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce

McConnell - Biden truce -  this is just so beautiful - political opponents working together in the spirit of bipartisanship.   Getting things done for the people ( more spending more government more regulation and further promoting the Dem socialist agenda ).   

*****sar·cas·tic
/särˈkastik/
Learn to pronounce
adjective
marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.
"sarcastic comments on their failures"

[DougMacG]

"Biden thanked McConnell for working across the aisle on the law."

  - Biden thanked McConnell for abandoning his own party's principles.

[ccp]

cannot republicans keep their differences to themselves and off the left wind headlines!
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/581670-you-fed-me-vern-buchanan-reportedly-cursed-out-kevin-mccarthy-after-ways-and-means-decision/
we never read this about crats who stick together like the "crazy " glue they are

[ccp]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spartz

the only reason I can quickly think of  is she is putting Ukraine above the US or Indiana

her claim : "2 wrongs do not make a right "   

oh my God.

we still have fools in our party ......

Omar, Schiff ?

[ccp]

*A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 15% of Likely Republican Voters support McDaniel for another term as RNC chair. Thirty percent (30%) of GOP voters support businessman Mike Lindell, 20% support attorney Harmeet Dhillon, 15% don’t support any of the three candidates and 21% are undecided.*

the thought of me having to watch this clown as head of RNC
( presumably the commercials will not stop either )

if not a pleasant thought for me.

Lindell is a clown and not a serious person

[ccp]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mccarthy-sees-gop-defections-effort-155157196.html

they are disagreeing keeping Omar off a committee?

My God,

not a good sign.

This should be the "low hanging fruit"

should it not?

[Crafty_Dog]

"the thought of me having to watch this clown as head of RNC ( presumably the commercials will not stop either ) if not a pleasant thought for me. Lindell is a clown and not a serious person"

AMEN!!!


they are disagreeing keeping Omar off a committee? My God, not a good sign. This should be the "low hanging fruit". should it not?"

AMEN!!!

[ccp]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/27/ronna-mcdaniel-clinches-fourth-term-as-rnc-chair/

 

[Crafty_Dog]

What % did Pillow Man get?  Was he a spoiler?

[ccp]

McDaniel easily secured a majority of the 168 votes needed to win, with 111 votes compared to 51 for Dhillon, four for MyPillow founder Mike Lindell and one for former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., who was not a candidate.

stick to your day job Mike......

I appreciate he is on our side,
but not in any leadership role......

[G M]

McDaniel easily secured a majority of the 168 votes needed to win, with 111 votes compared to 51 for Dhillon, four for MyPillow founder Mike Lindell and one for former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., who was not a candidate.

stick to your day job Mike......

I appreciate he is on our side,
but not in any leadership role......

Dhillon is very sharp.

[Crafty_Dog]

Tucker gave Dhillon a goodly amount of air time to make her case, and DeSantis gets props for speaking out for her even though he knew she was likely to lose.

"168 votes needed to win, with 111 votes compared to 51 for Dhillon, four for MyPillow founder Mike Lindell"

Thank you. 

[ccp]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/01/https-www-breitbart-com-politics-2023-03-01-vance-others-introduce-bipartisan-railway-safety-bill-in-aftermath-of-east-palestine-derailment/

[ccp]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/17/poll-democrats-view-mitch-mcconnell-more-favorably-than-republicans/

Imagine if we could do this to Mitch McConnell from the Senate front door once and for all:

watch video at bottom

imagine - patriots doing this to Mitch :

https://www.outkick.com/guitar-center-employee-tosses-guy-out-on-the-sidewalk-after-he-attempts-to-steal-a-guitar/

[G M]

https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1050,quality=100,fit=scale-down/system/media_attachments/files/134/221/946/original/7b0d383ffb37d5d2.jpg

[ccp]

https://www.google.com/search?q=sounds+of+silence&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1001US1001&oq=sounds+of+silence&aqs=chrome..69i57.9315258j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f4d74f35,vid:u9Dg-g7t2l4

remarkable we have such a loser misleading the Senate.......

[G M]

https://www.google.com/search?q=sounds+of+silence&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1001US1001&oq=sounds+of+silence&aqs=chrome..69i57.9315258j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f4d74f35,vid:u9Dg-g7t2l4

remarkable we have such a loser misleading the Senate.......

DC Uniparty. It's not accidental.

[G M]

DC_Draino:

The Coward 20 who voted with Democrats to protect Adam Schiff from censure & fines really don’t want their contact info circulating

https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=852,quality=100,fit=scale-down/system/media_attachments/files/140/425/862/original/0b903feef9468514.jpeg

[Crafty_Dog]

I am unfamiliar with the facts of the Adam Schiff censure vote and would be quite surprised to see Tom McClintock a part of a such scurrilous act should this meme in point of fact be correct and accurate in its description.

While a Californian, I donated to his campaign numerous times despite him being in a different and distant district.  The man has been a very strong and principled conservative.

[ccp]

to be used against us :

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/06/15/why-did-this-republican-vote-against-censuring-adam-schiff-n2624538

next times Dems take control MTG Gaetz JJ and Comer would all be on the hit list.

just saying.....

[Crafty_Dog]

Thank you CCP.

Thus, we see an example of why we need to verify memes that appeal to our emotions.

[G M]

Yes, we must trust that the Dems who have weaponized the feral government against us will respect such things.

to be used against us :

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/06/15/why-did-this-republican-vote-against-censuring-adam-schiff-n2624538

next times Dems take control MTG Gaetz JJ and Comer would all be on the hit list.

just saying.....

[G M]

DC_Draino:

Dear RINOs -
Did you see what conservatives just did to Bud Light & Target?
Over $50 Billion in market cap went *poof* once they crossed the line
What makes you think we won’t do the same for GOP backstabbers in 2024 primaries?
Try us
SCOOP: Will be posting a lengthy investigation tomorrow into how some of the Coward 20 have been bought off by Pro-China interests
Today’s vote to protect Adam Schiff will make more sense once I reveal the $$ trail
These cowards just put a spotlight on themselves

Yes, we must trust that the Dems who have weaponized the feral government against us will respect such things.

to be used against us :

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/06/15/why-did-this-republican-vote-against-censuring-adam-schiff-n2624538

next times Dems take control MTG Gaetz JJ and Comer would all be on the hit list.

just saying.....

[Crafty_Dog]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/motion-to-censure-adam-schiff-defeated-in-bipartisan-vote_5334142.html?utm_source=News&src_src=News&utm_campaign=breaking-2023-06-15-2&src_cmp=breaking-2023-06-15-2&utm_medium=email

[G M]

https://i0.wp.com/politicallyincorrecthumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mitch-mcconnell-no-border-wall-yes-100-billion-ukraine.jpg?w=501&ssl=1

[ccp]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gaetz-slammed-bailing-dems-budget-battle-giving-them-potential-leverage-ousting-speaker

WHY?   

What does this prove other then that Gaetz is a fool?

As Mark Levin pointed out - there is pathway for this to benefit us.

I still have not heard who Gaetz would rather have as speaker .

As far as I can tell Kevin is doing an excellent job.

[DougMacG]

There is a lot of noise in the room right now.  Someone should stand up to spending, we are spending 40% more than we take in.  Have you that anywhere besides here?

Ousting McCarthy is not the answer.

All the "sane" people want business as usual, no drama with budgets and debt limits, but our country is the frog in the bring-to-a-boil water.  I have to extend some respect to the people who scream out, stop this!

[ccp]

you're right

but there is no practical way to get to that goal at this time with the political opposition.

the MSM always blames the Republicans for a shutdown
and start playing the sob story of those who might not get a paycheck (for few days).

so just making noise seems unrealistic and counterproductive at this time.

[ccp]

gaetz and buck should certainly be the ones who are booted

the latter was on enemy media outlets bashing the Rs daily and reports he wants to sell out for swamp job with the likes of CNN

can R's govern?

I don't know anything about the others Mace Rosendale Good Crane Burchett Biggs other then I think they were against McCarthy during the original vote.

MSM having the time of their lives with this

Thanks Matt
who voted with all Democrats - joke on us

[Crafty_Dog]

Hannity had a very strong show last night on all of this.

Newt was ON FIRE against Gaetz.

Apparently, there were a number of bills from Freedom Caucus members (e.g. Chip Roy, who was on the show along with Comer) that were very strong but Gaetz just blew them off.

[ccp]

yes - Newt gave Gaetz a verbal ass kicking!

Did you see Laura interview Gaetz just after she televised Kevin's speech - she kicked his ass too.

I thought she was great - especially since she did not have much time to prepare (hrs?)

[Crafty_Dog]

Let's use the Congress thread for this please.  Dividing it across several threads will be confusing.

[Body-by-Guinness]

… running her mouth again, claiming Biden is better on foreign policy than Trump. Y’all want to chip in w/ me and buy her a set of DNC pompoms?

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4269346-cheney-says-biden-providing-better-leadership-than-trump-on-foreign-policy/

ETA, yet another example:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4269329-cheney-blames-mccarthy-house-speaker-havoc/

[DougMacG]

"President Biden is providing “better leadership” than former President Trump at the international level.". ??

  - A hawk and a daughter of Dick Cheney, and she cannot see Biden's weakness emboldened this and Trump's policies and personna deterred it.

Single issue used to be a pejorative until the issue was hate-Trump.

Weird that she 'teaches' at Univ of Virginia.  I thought she was from Wyoming.

[ccp]

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/10/22/romney-trump-represents-a-failure-of-character-changing-the-psyche-of-our-nation/

there is no question Trump has debased the respect of the office of the Presidency and debased character as a quality one would expect of a President and all our leaders for that matter.

that said he as always ignores the LEFT starting it all
and furthering it too.

and Rinos like him who allowed the LEFT to walk all over us, this nation, for decades making a Trump like asshole more possible.

[Body-by-Guinness]

"President Biden is providing “better leadership” than former President Trump at the international level.". ??

  - A hawk and a daughter of Dick Cheney, and she cannot see Biden's weakness emboldened this and Trump's policies and personna deterred it.

Single issue used to be a pejorative until the issue was hate-Trump.

Weird that she 'teaches' at Univ of Virginia.  I thought she was from Wyoming.

One of the things I have to endure working less than 20 miles outside of DC are their obnoxious “Taxation Without Representation” license plates. Though I’ve succeeded in getting several letters to the editor published in the WaPo, the one topic they consistently ignore me on is how DC is OVER-REPRESENTED in all branches of government. Every freaking senator and representative freaking lives in DC, and when most of ‘em get voted out of office they don’t return to where their putative constituents live, but rather hook up w/ some DC “consulting,” law, lobbying, or whatever firm shilling their connections. And of course the bulk of the Deep State are on the federal dole, while every congressional vote, every hearing, every word uttered on the local news et al occurs with amid the backdrop of DC and all the dysfunction of its citizens and government. Name any other city of 700,000 that has that amount of juice and if you can’t then freaking DC can cry me a river over their rumored lack of representation.

[Body-by-Guinness]

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/10/22/romney-trump-represents-a-failure-of-character-changing-the-psyche-of-our-nation/

there is no question Trump has debased the respect of the office of the Presidency and debased character as a quality one would expect of a President and all our leaders for that matter.

that said he as always ignores the LEFT starting it all
and furthering it too.

and Rinos like him who allowed the LEFT to walk all over us, this nation, for decades making a Trump like asshole more possible.

That is pretty much how I feel about Trump, though I’d add he is a symptom. The disease are all the unelected bureaucrats “interpreting” legislation and making de facto law, the unequal protection under the law meted out by DC courts, the thumb the MSM places on the scale of all political debate, et al. The the powers that be weren’t so blithely unfair and so will to casually embrace all manner of foolishness that would have inspired the Founders to demand a duel Trump would never managed to bring his antics to a national stage.

[Crafty_Dog]

Yes AND quite a bit of what we "know" about Trump is not so-- the lies and calumny and Deep State sedition that have been aimed his way since he first declared are truly frightening in their implications.   Truly extraordinary that he has not folded.

[ccp]

yet some maga heads think this is great , even funny

even Bo Snerdly on radio today : this is getting fun

and Greg Kelly recently complimenting Gaetz for blowing it all up

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/24/rep-mike-johnson-wins-republican-speaker-nomination/

Remember the Wolf of Wallstreet when early into the movie he asks a fellow con artist to sell him his pen
the guy answers do you now have a pen , Dicaprio says no, so the his friend hands it back and says sold!

and the end of the movie when he then asks people in the front row to sell him a pen and they really have no idea how to do it.

I feel like these people cannot sell themselves as speaker

For God's sake get this over with.

We don't need such nonsense now.

 

I am going to bed !

[ccp]

don't let the door slam your derriere on the way out!  OTOH I would like to a spinning back kick to help you leave on the way out!

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/muslim/

To the dustbin of DNC useful tools like McCain, Christie, Cheney, Romney, Kinzinger.  I guess we will have to suffer seeing him on CNN now.

[DougMacG]

There was some day long gone by where I had higher hopes for him (Ken Buck).

CO-4 is an R+13 district in a D+4 state.  We can do better.

Lauren Boebert is in a bit of trouble too in western Colo.

[ccp]

"Lauren Brobert is in a bit of trouble too in western Colo."

She has been both good and bad .

her scene at the movie theater did not help.

I did not like her voting against McCarthy either.

[DougMacG]

"Lauren Boebert is in a bit of trouble too in western Colo."

She has been both good and bad .

her scene at the movie theater did not help.

I did not like her voting against McCarthy either.

Strangely I don't think either Boebert or Marjory Taylor Green voted against McCarthy.  Ken Buck did.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/04/republicans-voted-against-mccarthy-oust/

[ccp]

your correct sir!

https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/03/why-lauren-boebert-voted-to-keep-kevin-mccarthy-as-speaker/71049793007/

[Body-by-Guinness]

This piece mirrors my view as it all too often seems Dem v. Repub battles have more to do with creating pat dramas for public consumption ala Mexican wrestling where masked players act out rote passion plays than anything resembling true political deliberations focused on the Republic’s best interests:

https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/14/the-gop-is-a-fake-opposition-party-with-no-vision-for-the-country/

[DougMacG]

Mitt Romney self defines RINO.

I his own words paraphrased, he will vote for the Democrat for President (If Trump is nominated and he leads by 60%), even though he agrees with Trump on 80% of issues, maybe more, and disagrees with the Democrat on 80% of issues, maybe more.

Do that Mitt and your legacy is $2 trillion a year, 40% over revenues, in excess spending, $34 trillion in debt, tripling of interest rates and  the crippling of the economy.  You join them and you own the Afghan exit debacle, the invasion of Ukraine, you own the funding of Iran and the massacre in Israel.  The fentanyl coming over the border, the human trafficking, the defunding of the police, the carjackings, and the crime in the streets. You support IRS, runaway FBI and deep state over elected government. The weakened military and the demise of women's sports.

You join them.  You own it.  The demise of the country. All of it.  F.U. Mitt.

I don't personally like Trump either and have always preferred his Republican rival, Rubio in 2016 and DeSantis now. But I don't support and won't vote for those things mentioned above.

Other than that, I don't really have an opinion on it.

https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/mitt-romney-trump-vivek-cmc/

[ccp]

" I don't personally like Trump either and have always preferred his Republican rival, Rubio in 2016 and DeSantis now. But I don't support and won't vote for those things mentioned above."

yes I remember that.
you read the Art of the Deal and thought is was pure BS (synonym : "pure Trump")

I didn't love Romney either but he was the pick so I had to vote for him.

As for Trump I voted of course for him 2 x
the first time I was hoping he would change or grow into a Presidential role
as so many of us did
He simply got worse in MHO
praying I don't have to vote for him again

Like so many, other then the blind MAGAs, I am tired of defending the otherwise indefensible nonsense that comes with his package.

It certainly has taken away our image of being the integrity party.

[ccp]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/how-trump-final-nail-mccarthys-speakership-coffin

The more I read the more I am totally sick of him
He refused to support Kevin because he would not expunge from HIS record impeachments?

What a jerk
the impeachments are there etched in stone forever in history
forget about it.

instead we had the fiasco we had

God help us if he is not the next President
and God help us if he is.

He truly is nuts.
"Orange Jesus", as much as I dislike Cheney is exactly correct in its connotation.

I don't give a hoot about Trump
what about us for God's sake!

[Body-by-Guinness]

I take issue with the final point: Republicans aren’t scared, they don’t want the Uniparty house of cards to fall lest it land on them … and their perquisites.

Republicans did nothing about Bill Clinton flying to islands with minors

Republicans did nothing about Hillary Clinton smashing devices

Republicans did nothing about James Comey brazenly lying

Republicans did nothing about Andy McCabe plotting a silent coup against a sitting President

Republicans did nothing about BLM raising $100 million and breaking charitable giving laws

Republicans in Florida did nothing about James Biden’s alleged fraud scheme involving a hospital system

Republicans in Arkansas did nothing about Hunter Biden’s myriad crimes

Republicans have done nothing against ANTIFA and their interstate RICO operations

Republicans have done nothing against Fauci, EcoHealth Alliance, or the other fake scientists who promoted lies about Covid's origins to hide their own culpability

Why would Democrats be afraid of us? They run the country while Republican AGs and DAs quiver in fear and run for the hills.

[Crafty_Dog]

Plenty of merit to some of those accusations, and IMHO some not.

At the moment I am wired wide awake from an 0345 wake up from the wife to defend the chickens from a bobcat, so a seriatim assessment of which are which is not in the cards haha.