Has been obvious with McConnell for some time. People must stop thinking we have two competing parties. It is a Uniparty that is controlled by the Federal Reserve and Oligarchs. Only after the inevitable collapse can we hope to rebuild the Republic.
I think it was Rush who explained how Mcturtle would enrich himself by getting enough republicans to go along with dem sponsored bills. He just picked ones that he controlled and gave just enough votes to get passage. He said the same thing, being the minority is much more lucrative.
This also perfectly describes Fox News and every shill on there who whines about Democrats, repeats their talking points and bitches there is nothing you can do about it.
As a non-American I have noticed a couple of things.
First, there is a kind of uniparty in the US but the parties are not interchangeable. The Democrat Party is obviously the "main" party. That has all the real bad guys and is sponsored by all the usual suspects. The Republican Party is intended to be a minority party. It contains the "rebels" and the "white supremacists" and supports big business - at least those are the rumours.
The idea of separating Congress into two parts is to minimise its effectiveness. All the best elections make sure that neither party wins both houses. All wins are to be marginal and the Republican Party has just enough RINOs to make sure that all the required Democrat bills get enough votes.
So, the Dems can win and do nothing during their term except enrich themselves. When questioned they can point out the slim margins and all the Republicans that stopped them from making their promised improvements. Take the plight of African Americans in inner city areas, for instance.
The Dems promise them the world to get the votes; do nothing while in office; blame it on the GOP; make the same promises next time. If they ever improved something they would need to dream up some new ideas.
That can't feed them forever. Eventually, people will quit supporting continuous losses, and eventually, the Democrats will screw things up so bad that they couldn't continue gaining wealth. I guess the answer is for MAGA to keep taking over the party.
Paul Ryan is exhibit A
Every other RINO is exhibit B
I'll never forget his soul stirring speech right before the 2012 election when he was VP candidate.
And he's just a RINO POS.
All RINOs are just dems in drag. They are all the same party all doing the same crooked crap. They just live in Red districts so they pretend to be like that. If they happened to live in a blue district they would be like those people.
Very few real conservatives right now, but there are some.
A lot longer than that my fren. For many years it's all been uniparty with the appearance of two - all a show made for public consumption. Ike saw it, and then JFK after him. I don't think there has been two real parties since the Civil War days when members' verbal insults would literally erupt in a beat down on the floor of the the House. I would have paid to see that. It has been a uniparty system ever since the progressive movement entered the American political landscape in the late 19th Century.
The broken record that I am says: we do not need republicans or democrats. We need constitutional men and women of integrity who are very carefully watched by those who elected them and who are poised to drag their sorry asses back home when they go astray. This is what nationallibertyalliance.org teaches. There is a path back to this but dammit, the people have to give a crap and I don't see many interested. It's the people's rightful duty.
Wow looking at it this way makes so much sense. Consultant class drives politics. The more the DNC and GOP make the more money to toss around to the consultants. I can see how fundraising is so much more lucrative when your message is we need to throw those in power out and do what I say I am going to do (which they wont).
That’s like saying the Washington Generals like losing to the Harlem Globetrotters. They don’t like it, it is their job, losing while pretending to fight is scripted for them. The old RINO Republican Party’s role was to give us the illusion of choice while our rights were being eroded.
Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse identified this at least as early as 2017. McTurtle is especially adept working in the minority. In fact he is more powerful in the minority.
Musk got distracted and had to commit to Tesla's annual conference where he promised 20 million Teslas, leaving out that electric cars are a bridge to nowhere and are meant to destroy our freedoms and our ability to travel freely.
My father, may he rest in peace, was in the oil business for over 50 years. Oil is sustainable.
Vibrant economies are built on affordable energy and that's exactly what oil provides. This is why China is not held to account on the sustainability crap and we are.
Electric cars are so cool (except when they burst into flames 🔥). They can turn on and off remotely. They can also watch you, brake, accelerate, steer, etc without your consent.
Yes, and I really like that ""Self Repo"" option, it's just too cool....
And then there's the Self Drive Racing Option, with spectacular Crash at the end, very sweet option....
The fact that when it drives itself creates a chance that it will injure or kill some people should just be ignored, it's not like there's no such thing as Life Insurance....
There was no NEED for an Alternative, it was all just garbage piled on top of other garbage, the entire time....
We already had/have Medicare/Medicaide, and all sorts of Health Insurance, and to Lower the costs, they should have been forced to Compete against each other, Obamacare did the exact opposite, and only solidified their Conglomerate Monopoly....
I'm really not interested in debating the merits of Obamacare, but what did stick out to me is that you mentioned two things only available to people 65+
I specifically mentioned those because it seems he was trying to make Health Insurance in general just like those, but he did it in such a way that it turned into a huge useless mess, and when that happened, the Buy Insurance or be Penalized Side of it kicks in....
So people were struggling to find decent Health Insurance, at Affordable Prices, and still are, but it cannot be found....
There is no possible way to Afford Decent Health Insurance if you're making over $20,000 per year, it's just not going to happen....
Has been obvious with McConnell for some time. People must stop thinking we have two competing parties. It is a Uniparty that is controlled by the Federal Reserve and Oligarchs. Only after the inevitable collapse can we hope to rebuild the Republic.
Democrats make money off making changes.
Republicans make money by "defending" against those changes. But with the way money works, they make more by losing than winning.
They make money cutting deals so the dems legislation passes.
That's what makes Matt Gaets and that crew a bit of a surprise, they actually seem to be DOING something that the RINOs would normally not do...
Makes perfect sense. Politicians work this as a get rich program.
Yeah, we've seen that play book for 30 years. Remember Contract for America?
This is why Rush said McConnell preferred being the minority leader.
I think it was Rush who explained how Mcturtle would enrich himself by getting enough republicans to go along with dem sponsored bills. He just picked ones that he controlled and gave just enough votes to get passage. He said the same thing, being the minority is much more lucrative.
Emerald is a gem.....lol
Kek!
But, not a diamond!
This also perfectly describes Fox News and every shill on there who whines about Democrats, repeats their talking points and bitches there is nothing you can do about it.
This is why I have a no donation policy. No to all politics and all charity. Keep my giving and favors local where I can track it.
When I contribute it's in things like working the elections or being a precinct captain where my time and honesty are the donation.
As soon as $ go out the door it's in Satan's hands.
As a non-American I have noticed a couple of things.
First, there is a kind of uniparty in the US but the parties are not interchangeable. The Democrat Party is obviously the "main" party. That has all the real bad guys and is sponsored by all the usual suspects. The Republican Party is intended to be a minority party. It contains the "rebels" and the "white supremacists" and supports big business - at least those are the rumours.
The idea of separating Congress into two parts is to minimise its effectiveness. All the best elections make sure that neither party wins both houses. All wins are to be marginal and the Republican Party has just enough RINOs to make sure that all the required Democrat bills get enough votes.
So, the Dems can win and do nothing during their term except enrich themselves. When questioned they can point out the slim margins and all the Republicans that stopped them from making their promised improvements. Take the plight of African Americans in inner city areas, for instance.
The Dems promise them the world to get the votes; do nothing while in office; blame it on the GOP; make the same promises next time. If they ever improved something they would need to dream up some new ideas.
It's worked for years!
If they fixed the problems, then the lobbyist and other money would dry-up.
That can't feed them forever. Eventually, people will quit supporting continuous losses, and eventually, the Democrats will screw things up so bad that they couldn't continue gaining wealth. I guess the answer is for MAGA to keep taking over the party.
Paul Ryan is exhibit A Every other RINO is exhibit B
I'll never forget his soul stirring speech right before the 2012 election when he was VP candidate.
And he's just a RINO POS.
All RINOs are just dems in drag. They are all the same party all doing the same crooked crap. They just live in Red districts so they pretend to be like that. If they happened to live in a blue district they would be like those people.
Very few real conservatives right now, but there are some.
Like Labour in the UK.
Has she not realised that they are two sides of the same entity.
The left is just one jaw of the vise working against and with the other vise jaw.
I think she knows but is trying to awaken the sleeping normies.
This has been the GOP MO since at least during Barry's first term.
A lot longer than that my fren. For many years it's all been uniparty with the appearance of two - all a show made for public consumption. Ike saw it, and then JFK after him. I don't think there has been two real parties since the Civil War days when members' verbal insults would literally erupt in a beat down on the floor of the the House. I would have paid to see that. It has been a uniparty system ever since the progressive movement entered the American political landscape in the late 19th Century.
Violence in Congress Before the Civil War: From Canings and Stabbings to Murder
Two sides of the same coin.
agree, 2,000%
The broken record that I am says: we do not need republicans or democrats. We need constitutional men and women of integrity who are very carefully watched by those who elected them and who are poised to drag their sorry asses back home when they go astray. This is what nationallibertyalliance.org teaches. There is a path back to this but dammit, the people have to give a crap and I don't see many interested. It's the people's rightful duty.
That's an Old Politician Slime Ball trick. Promise to do everything to get elected, then do nothing when elected.
Wow looking at it this way makes so much sense. Consultant class drives politics. The more the DNC and GOP make the more money to toss around to the consultants. I can see how fundraising is so much more lucrative when your message is we need to throw those in power out and do what I say I am going to do (which they wont).
This is exactly why we use the term "Uniparty". It's an illusion of choice.
Exactly. "Conservatives" have not conserved a single thing except universal disdain for themselves.
That’s like saying the Washington Generals like losing to the Harlem Globetrotters. They don’t like it, it is their job, losing while pretending to fight is scripted for them. The old RINO Republican Party’s role was to give us the illusion of choice while our rights were being eroded.
Makes sense.
That’s the way it’s been in California for decades. There’s an agreement between the parties
IPOT said it well, "Conservatives are largely made up of people who play defense when they have the ball."
Plus at the end of the day they're serving the same masters as the democrats.
Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse identified this at least as early as 2017. McTurtle is especially adept working in the minority. In fact he is more powerful in the minority.
Grifters Only Party
If by "GOP" you mean RINO, then yes.
But if by "GOP" you mean MAGA, then definitely not.
https://twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1631656736351219712
Gee, you don't think they do the same thing about the January 6 footage, do you?
Musk got distracted and had to commit to Tesla's annual conference where he promised 20 million Teslas, leaving out that electric cars are a bridge to nowhere and are meant to destroy our freedoms and our ability to travel freely.
My father, may he rest in peace, was in the oil business for over 50 years. Oil is sustainable.
Vibrant economies are built on affordable energy and that's exactly what oil provides. This is why China is not held to account on the sustainability crap and we are.
Yep, and don’t forget coal. China is burnin that stuff up faster than a Shaolin monk burns candles.
Electric cars are so cool (except when they burst into flames 🔥). They can turn on and off remotely. They can also watch you, brake, accelerate, steer, etc without your consent.
Yes, and I really like that ""Self Repo"" option, it's just too cool....
And then there's the Self Drive Racing Option, with spectacular Crash at the end, very sweet option....
The fact that when it drives itself creates a chance that it will injure or kill some people should just be ignored, it's not like there's no such thing as Life Insurance....
Came here to say this. So much talk about a replacement that was so much better than Obamacare and then crickets when they gained power.
They did try repealing it again, but without even presenting their alternative.
There was no NEED for an Alternative, it was all just garbage piled on top of other garbage, the entire time....
We already had/have Medicare/Medicaide, and all sorts of Health Insurance, and to Lower the costs, they should have been forced to Compete against each other, Obamacare did the exact opposite, and only solidified their Conglomerate Monopoly....
I'm really not interested in debating the merits of Obamacare, but what did stick out to me is that you mentioned two things only available to people 65+
I specifically mentioned those because it seems he was trying to make Health Insurance in general just like those, but he did it in such a way that it turned into a huge useless mess, and when that happened, the Buy Insurance or be Penalized Side of it kicks in....
So people were struggling to find decent Health Insurance, at Affordable Prices, and still are, but it cannot be found....
There is no possible way to Afford Decent Health Insurance if you're making over $20,000 per year, it's just not going to happen....