Republicans Aren't Good, Either

posted by gut

Just imagine how much an NFT of Trump's mugshot would go for....

Then he could make money off the dipshit Libs like he has been off the dipshit Pubs over the past few years!

Who thinks that the republicans will vote to give the FBI money for a new building?

They shoud pull a Bribem, I mean Biden:  they get the money if they bring the bribery charges against biden.    :) 

Just finding this one this morning. Thomas Massie was on Junkyard Wars back in the day.

You can’t imagine how shocked I am when reviewing this thread and haven’t found anything about the Ohio speaker of the house and the the head of the Ohio Republican Party getting prisoned for 20 and 5 years respectively.

posted by Devils Advocate

You can’t imagine how shocked I am when reviewing this thread and haven’t found anything about the Ohio speaker of the house and the the head of the Ohio Republican Party getting prisoned for 20 and 5 years respectively

Over the last 30 years, there have been literally THOUSANDS of state and local officials busted for corruption.  Chicago alone has over 1000.  And yet no one in DC - so the conclusion is there is no corruption or grifting in the federal govt?

Also, 4 of the last 10 governors of IL have gone to prison...

posted by Devils Advocate

You can’t imagine how shocked I am when reviewing this thread and haven’t found anything about the Ohio speaker of the house and the the head of the Ohio Republican Party getting prisoned for 20 and 5 years respectively.

Luckily the R's ousted Borges soon after he got the job.  Householder will serve more time than the Bidens, even though they make him look like a piker. 

Further proof that the Republican party is just as corrupt as the Democrats. This is the roll call on the vote to renew FISA:

https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll114.xml

The vote was 212 - 212

But then the Republican SotH (Johnson) cast the deciding vote in favor of it. 

Now the govt can continue to corruptively use FISA against US citizens by breaking off from the Constitution to spy without warrants but also spy on campaign opponents like what was done to Trump. Remember when the Dems lied to that court something like 20 times to spy on Trump?

The people who insist on voting for the Duopoly deserve all of this and more. Good job, fuckasses \o/

Some idiot GOP woman also tried saying she would have voted no, but she had the flu and couldn’t make the vote. Lol gtfo. Get your ass there and vote. 

I would bet the average person in congress would score in the diagnosable range on a psychopathy test.  That’s the result of the fame and perceived power they get - a perfect job for a psychopath or at least sociopath. 

Biden is one as well - at least before he became senile. Trump is certainly a psychopath.

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I would bet the average person in congress would score in the diagnosable range on a psychopathy test.  That’s the result of the fame and perceived power they get - a perfect job for a psychopath or at least sociopath.

Absolutely no question.  There is no way one can lie so frequently and comfortable, or get up on their soapbox and gaslight everyone, grandstanding in interviews and congressional hearings....unless you are a sociopath (and in the case of DC, probably bordering on psychopath for many).

I mean, if you just consider the "influence" and charisma typically needed to get elected to national office, you have to be a master manipulator and skilled in double-speak.  Look at AOC when she started vs. now - she's a polished bullshitter who is ready to shut you down with accusations of one of the -isms if you ask her too tough of a question.

Us commoners would have little hope of even raising $2M table stakes to campaign for the House.  The RNC and DNC have their hooks deep into state, even local in some cases, races.  There are exceptions, like AOC, but you pretty much have to know someone to make the right introductions to get your name out there and some momentum.  Good luck running as an independent with no name recognition - the local paper probably won't even bother to interview you.  Joe the Plumber has no chance of getting his name out there.

When it comes to the ever present war machine, I can't tell much difference between Democrats and Republicans.

$95bil total going to fund the warS.