Midterm voters rejected MAGA chaos. So the GOP doubled down on crazy.

[homersapien 11,373]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/23/maga-trump-republicans-midterm-voters-newsletter/

 

Voters in 2022 rebelled against Republican extremism, compulsive lying, chaos, hysteria and nihilism. House Democrats did quite well by historical standards; Senate Democrats actually added to their majority. And nearly all election deniers in swing states running for governor, attorney general or secretary of state lost.

What has happened since? House Republicans have cycled through speakers, tried to shut down the government several times and brought the United States to the brink of default. They spent months on bogus impeachment investigations and harassed local district attorneys prosecuting defeated former president Donald Trump. They also demanded, and then nixed, a border-control measure. To top it off, they refused even a vote on vital aid for Ukraine. It sure doesn’t appear as though they learned their lesson.

Some House Republicans are destructive, bordering on nihilistic, because they are following Trump’s lead. And sure enough, Republican primary voters are on the verge of handing the nomination to a man who threatens courts and the FBI, spews fascist “pure” blood language, vows to unleash the Justice Department on his enemies (“I am your vengeance!”) and sabotages bipartisanship when it suits his interests. He still refuses to admit he lost in 2020 — a sign he would not accept defeat this year, either. In a textbook case of toxic narcissism, Trump mentions the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny only in connection with his own (self-inflicted) legal problems.

He brags about removing the protection of abortion rights, which upended the lives of millions of women, their families and the medical community. He wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act with no replacement in sight. He wants to split NATO. Chaos, chaos and more chaos.

To top it off, he will be running while sitting through at least one criminal trial — and possibly two. Should he be convicted in one or more and then elected, we will have leaped into a constitutional dumpster fire in which either the will of the voters or the judgment of juries in criminal cases might be sacrificed to satisfy the other. If he loses in November, we can expect a rerun of Jan. 6, 2021. Violence and chaos.

Even Republicans acknowledge the former president’s destructive impulses. Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley regularly calls Trump out for bringing on chaos. She also declared, “An unhinged president is an unsafe president.” Her audiences understand exactly what she means.

Trump’s maelstrom has yet to reach its apex. He will likely decompose further as his financial situation craters and his criminal cases go from bad to worse. With every temper tantrum on courtroom steps, flurry of insane posts on social media and outburst at a judge, he will remind voters of what they hate — and what they have to fear should he return to the White House.

President Biden gets harangued constantly about his age, but no one seriously thinks he is impulsive, destructive, chaotic, plundering, violent or bent on dismantling our constitutional system. We need not worry that he will try to pardon himself and hundreds of insurrectionists. We know he declines to interfere with the Justice Department, abides by court rulings and respects the military’s apolitical role. He is trying to bolster the international order, not upend it. With age and solid character come stability, calm, competence and, occasionally, wisdom. That is the real contrast between the two.

 

[Mikey 16,600]

4 minutes ago, homersapien said:

With age and solid character come stability, calm, competence and, occasionally, wisdom.

In Biden's case, dementia has come with age.

[homersapien 11,373]

Just now, Mikey said:

In Biden's case, dementia has come with age.

Thanks for you professional assessment Doctor. (Presumably you are a doctor, right?)

[Mikey 16,600]

2 hours ago, homersapien said:

Thanks for you professional assessment Doctor. (Presumably you are a doctor, right?)

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" ~~~Bob Dylan

[aubiefifty 16,791]

2 minutes ago, Mikey said:

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" ~~~Bob Dylan

we disagree but what a come back......grins

[jj3jordan 2,053]

3 hours ago, homersapien said:

Thanks for you professional assessment Doctor. (Presumably you are a doctor, right?)

As much as you are a psychoanalyst.

Dr.

[homersapien 11,373]

15 hours ago, jj3jordan said:

As much as you are a psychoanalyst.

Dr.

You don't need a psychoanalyst to explain Trump's pathologies.

Edited February 24 by homersapien

[jj3jordan 2,053]

3 minutes ago, homersapien said:

You don't need a psychoanalyst to explain Trump's pathologies.

Of course not..we have you.

[homersapien 11,373]

16 hours ago, Mikey said:

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" ~~~Bob Dylan

That's the ultimate perversion of Bob Dylan's lyrics. 

But considering how you folks have perverted - and continue to pervert - actual conservatism, it doesn't surprise me.

[homersapien 11,373]

1 minute ago, jj3jordan said:

Of course not..we have you.

Someone has to present the truth to you. 

You're welcome.

[jj3jordan 2,053]

Just now, homersapien said:

Someone has to present the truth to you. 

You're welcome.

Someone will but it won't be you.

[homersapien 11,373]

19 hours ago, Mikey said:

In Biden's case, dementia has come with age.

Well, let's talk about performance.

How's Biden doing on the economy, for example?

How about foreign affairs?

 

[homersapien 11,373]

1 minute ago, jj3jordan said:

Someone will but it won't be you.

Doesn't matter, you won't be receptive anyway. 

(Show me a cultist who is.)

[homersapien 11,373]

1 hour ago, homersapien said:

Well, let's talk about performance.

How's Biden doing on the economy, for example?

How about foreign affairs?

 

Anyone?

 

[I_M4_AU 7,833]

I will say this about foreign affairs; Biden has gotten us in another proxy war where there is no clear objective other than a defensive war.   The Middle East erupts under his watch and he is on the fence as this is an election year.  Biden is a weak leader and that is why Putin wants him in for another 4 years and a Chinese spy balloon was seen over the Colorado the other day.

There should be no questions about his performance in foreign affairs.

[homersapien 11,373]

Anyone who is not a crazy cultist?

[I_M4_AU 7,833]

Like only the narrative will suffice for homer.  He is the cultist.

[jj3jordan 2,053]

4 hours ago, homersapien said:

Anyone?

 

Have you been to the store lately?

[jj3jordan 2,053]

4 hours ago, I_M4_AU said:

I will say this about foreign affairs; Biden has gotten us in another proxy war where there is no clear objective other than a defensive war.   The Middle East erupts under his watch and he is on the fence as this is an election year.  Biden is a weak leader and that is why Putin wants him in for another 4 years and a Chinese spy balloon was seen over the Colorado the other day.

There should be no questions about his performance in foreign affairs.

And if some goat humpers decide to attack us over there they have plenty of weapons and equipment thanks to Joe.

[jj3jordan 2,053]

6 hours ago, homersapien said:

Doesn't matter, you won't be receptive anyway. 

(Show me a cultist who is.)

Not receptive to you, an amateur. Look in the mirror and you will see a cultist. 

[I_M4_AU 7,833]

1 hour ago, jj3jordan said:

And if some goat humpers decide to attack us over there they have plenty of weapons and equipment thanks to Joe.

Unfortunately, we have a lot of goat herders here in Michigan Joe wants to placate.  

[I_M4_AU 7,833]

Biden’s foreign policy respected around the world:

 

 

[AUFAN78 3,895]

14 hours ago, homersapien said:

Well, let's talk about performance.

How's Biden doing on the economy, for example?

How about foreign affairs?

 

Here is a good article for you homey:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/24/the_lasting_damage_of_bidenonmics_150552.html

[SaltyTiger 7,803]

20 hours ago, homersapien said:

Anyone who is not a crazy cultist?

Guess if you are an old man with a little money in the markets you have done ok lately. 
 

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4429279-biden-is-out-cartering-carters-failed-economy/

“President Biden must hope that America has forgotten former President Reagan’s famous question about the economy. The reason? Because economically, Americans fare worse and worse under Biden. This is not the product of exaggeration; instead, it’s the product of inflation and expectation. “

 

[homersapien 11,373]

Shouldn't you guys be out looking for a job?  I hear it's easy to find one lately.