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Ongoing US GOP Debacle Thread: Seditious Republicans march toward authoritarianism

pretty good metaphor for the Right, really. you credit a tiny child for assembling her own costume, going around door to door with the protection of her parents asking for free things and then acting like they did it all on their own
 
ImTheCaptain said:
pretty good metaphor for the Right, really. you credit a tiny child for assembling her own costume, going around door to door with the protection of her parents asking for free things and then acting like they did it all on their own
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Lol yep
 
It's actually a metaphor for capitalism. Give someone a costume and bucket. Let them do the work, give them a few pieces of candy and take the rest.
 
Halloween is a really nice pretty socialist holiday actually. Houses give out candy based on what they can afford, and kids go to doors for candy based on what they “need”. End result, you get to know your neighbors and strengthen your community. Hooray!
 
PhDeac said:
It's actually a metaphor for capitalism. Give someone a costume and bucket. Let them do the work, give them a few pieces of candy and take the rest.
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I liked this one
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Prisons are important pieces in Ohio gerrymandering

Ohio's clever gerrymandering - the act of drawing congressional district lines for political gain - goes beyond chasing like-minded voters.

In some cases it also involves balancing the size of the districts by carefully assigning areas with thousands of adults who have no say at the ballot box.

Ninety-one percent of Ohio's prison inmates are in Republican districts, usually far from where they lived before being imprisoned, according to a cleveland.com analysis based on October prison counts.
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We need a new 3/5 compromise to deal with the prison gerrymandering issue.

I'm only somewhat joking.
 
 
I believe trump is clearly dumb enough to believe the Fox News bullshit, as well as the rube army, but do you think that the people that say this shit, do the “research” and put together the segments really believe it or they know they are full of shit but it cashes the checks?
 
Louis Gossett Jr said:
I believe trump is clearly dumb enough to believe the Fox News bullshit, as well as the rube army, but do you think that the people that say this shit, do the “research” and put together the segments really believe it or they know they are full of shit but it cashes the checks?
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I bet it's a mix. I'm sure the writers, producers and some of the actual journalists know it's mostly bullshit.

'I want to quit': Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was 'an embarrassment'
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/31/media/fox-news-employees-russia-mueller-coverage/index.html

Then I think Hannity actually believes the garbage that comes from his mouth. Tucker is just collecting a paycheck. Laura Inghram is just collecting a paycheck.
 
 
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Newenglanddeac said:
I bet it's a mix. I'm sure the writers, producers and some of the actual journalists know it's mostly bullshit.

'I want to quit': Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was 'an embarrassment'
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/31/media/fox-news-employees-russia-mueller-coverage/index.html

Then I think Hannity actually believes the garbage that comes from his mouth. Tucker is just collecting a paycheck. Laura Inghram is just collecting a paycheck.
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I think you are giving Laura Ingraham far too much credit. She's psychotic.
 
The latest Michael Lewis article about the USDA.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/usda-food-stamps-school-lunch-trump-administration

The best line: “I had this conversation with elected and state officials almost everywhere in the South,” said Salerno. “Them: We hate the government and you suck. Me: My mission alone put $1 billion into your economy this year, so are you sure about that? Me thinking: We are the only reason your shitty state is standing.”
 
This is another good one:

He returned to college and rejoined the Harvard Republican Club. The surface of his life remained unchanged. But a new crackling sound in his head made the political program playing there more difficult to hear. One day he attended a debate between his two most famous professors: Michael Sandel, the philosopher, and Greg Mankiw, the economist who had served as chair of George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers. “Someone got up and asked, ‘If you are a storeowner after Katrina, should you hike up the price of flashlights?’ Greg Mankiw said yes, without hesitation.” Ali remembers thinking: Greg Mankiw is a good guy. But that answer is absolutely wrong. We don’t just have markets. We have values. “I started to think, Ah, man, I’m probably not a Republican.”
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