Is there really a difference between any of these GQP wing-nuts?
McCarthy was a Trump, boot-licking sycophant, election denying , J6th flip-flopping man of little, to no conviction, who apparently couldn’t keep his bunch of petulant five-year old’s in line.
Johnson, is the a true believer. A religiously fanatical wing-nut, through and through, who is the perfect example of why abortion should be legal in the US.
Is there really any difference between any one of them? McCarthy wrote checks he couldn’t cash and was despised by everyone; democrats and republicans alike. You couldn’t trust him.
Johnson? Well I’ve actually never heard of him before, but from what I know today, he may be the saving grace for democrats in 24’.
More reasons suburban moms and pro-choice advocates need to get out the vote. Personally, as far as republican speakers go, it doesn’t matter.
Bottom line: the entire caucus is a shit show of the most ignorant and obtuse religious zealots ever assembled before Congress, and any one of them is bad news.
So pick your poison, because each offers only death; some quicker than others, but all a slow, painful death to democracy by a thousand cuts.
I know we’ve all said this before, but this election is a game changer. So vote and make sure every unregistered person you know, gets registered and does their civic duty.
Otherwise, this nation will truly get what it deserves; good and hard.....:)
“That’s nice”, we have a person who is such a delusional Christo-fascist that he believes being homosexual is a choice. That kind of thinking belongs in the third century not in the 21st century. Vote blue.
Mike Johnson is very dangerous and represents the very worst of the GOP. Election denier (the legal advisor for many of Trump’s cases that lost, but still...), anti-gay, anti-abortion, believes Covid was a hoax and that Jan 6 was a peaceful demonstration. He’s a smooth talker but as dangerous as a rattlesnake. 2024 MUST be a game-changer for the Democrats, or our country is toast.
I guess that my innate pessimism/cynicism is going to show through, but while Mike Johnson is not exactly who I expected to become the Speaker, someone like him is who I thought the Republicans would select. Even if all of the Republicans aren't fire-breathing, MAGA-loving clowns, those who aren't are in fear of those who are, and they clearly do not have the courage to stand up to the MAGA crowd. Johnson is just a more soft-spoken version of Jim Jordan and/or Matt Gaetz. Their beliefs are pretty much the same.
Republicans elected a toxic Speaker who is as oily as a grifter and much more dangerous. For me, he imperils our Democracy far more than Kevin McCarthy because he is more intelligent. Plus he has little experience in governance although lots in propaganda. Gonzo Gaetz is calling him Maga Mike on Fox, gleeful that a Christian nationalist, anti-choice, anti-gender equality Speaker has been elected by the bozo caucus. How this all plays out against the wars, housing crisis, blossoming medical care crisis and other societal ills which have ballooned since the millennium is unknown. Joe Biden is viewed as an shriveled, failed wizard who has been unable to cure all of society's ills, reestablish the economic equity destroyed by the Bush tax cuts together with the Iraq war, and average people air their grievances daily. We are unhappy, unhealthy country -- politically, socially, emotionally and practically. Individual thinking has given way to "likes" and "followers". You know that's true when the words of Taylor Swift can register more voters than those of the Vice President of the United States. So is Maga Mike just another insurrectionist raised up? Or is he a better face of MAGA to sell in the next election? My fear is that we will have gridlock next November 9. Or worse. But truth: the American Century ended in 2016. For those of us brought up to believe in America it is heartbreaking.
I watched Johnson’s acceptance speech. My thoughts, this guy will appeal to the religious (Christian) segment of our country. And he is preaching, a preacher. Disgust is sitting in the pit of my stomach. I know this type well, we all do and learned to run, run fast and far away from them. The destruction, while holding a Bible and smiling, will be massive. That light of hope I have been holding, flickered, dimmed more yesterday. I have often been accused of asking too many questions, for as long as I can remember. It came from curiosity and a desire to understand. Even if I did not agree, I have always felt compelled to ask questions. Now, I know I could ask every question I could think of and would never get a true answer or never understand the severing of their hearts, their contempt for the teachings of their “savior”.
Steve, I have thought a great deal about your earlier post asking on is it to late. My first reaction was we are not heading towards being late, towards destruction, but have arrived. Because that seemed extreme, I decided to hold, to read, to listen and to think. Yesterday, I came back to my original thoughts. It is not finished, but this country and its people are already changed. It will take years and years to undo this damage. Will the American people come to the point of enough? After the display yesterday, I realized not soon enough. Can Democrats fight this and prevail? I am just not sure. It would take a massive change of strategy, of thinking of being willing to lead in a curated way, that they seem not to do. And how do you fight against God, which we will be assaulted with daily. God is the new GOP running mate.
Hope I am wrong about all of this. As I type this, there is a squirrel about 10’ from me, just staring at me. I image he is thinking what the hell is her problem!
It’s very hard to keep fighting these a-holes, when they keep finding a way to pretend defeat is victory. This feels so desperately 1938. It also feels bloody hopeless.
Nailed: why I woke with and can’t shake a sense of dread. I’d read enough after Johnson attained the speakership to be upset. It must’ve played in my subconscious overnight. Coffee, toast, kitty-care and love hadn’t brought me ‘round. Jay Kuo and you, Steve Schmidt, did. And that’s before I read another of the Speaker’s (and his spouse’s) hate of so many.
Yes, vote him and every MAGA adherent out. Work to ensure it. I’d prefer to feel less fear than I do now.
Johnson proclaims that “your race, creed, and sex are who you are”. Creed? HE equates one’s CHOICE of “creed” with race and sex, neither of which is a choice? His contempt and lack of understanding of the complexities are obvious, but he’s certain he’s RIGHT. Protecting the rights of the “right” race, creed, and sex - as defined by him - will exclude anyone who doesn’t fit his definition. We’ll have no rights. Here we go.
MAGAs who aren't powerful, aren't wealthy and depend on government for assistance, be it Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food assistance, WIC, housing assistance - will all be surprised when their "dear leader" takes it all away. It will be too late to finally admit how wrong they are. Of course, they still might just blame it on someone else. I've never seen people who can completely deny reality like MAGA morons. That really amazes me. Foolish people.
You know, as I read this article Johnson wrote, all I see is the future 'breaking news' story that he was caught doing "lewd acts" with some guy in a men's bathroom. Remember Senator Craig from Idaho?
It seems trite at this point to be disgusted by the antics of what was the Republic Party. There is no bottom to how low they will go. We finally checked out and moved to South America... like Israel and the surrounding areas just fucked another generation whose earliest memories will be the slaughter and response -- the United States will not be able to scrub the Trump stain for a generation or more.
Is there really a difference between any of these GQP wing-nuts?
McCarthy was a Trump, boot-licking sycophant, election denying , J6th flip-flopping man of little, to no conviction, who apparently couldn’t keep his bunch of petulant five-year old’s in line.
Johnson, is the a true believer. A religiously fanatical wing-nut, through and through, who is the perfect example of why abortion should be legal in the US.
Is there really any difference between any one of them? McCarthy wrote checks he couldn’t cash and was despised by everyone; democrats and republicans alike. You couldn’t trust him.
Johnson? Well I’ve actually never heard of him before, but from what I know today, he may be the saving grace for democrats in 24’.
More reasons suburban moms and pro-choice advocates need to get out the vote. Personally, as far as republican speakers go, it doesn’t matter.
Bottom line: the entire caucus is a shit show of the most ignorant and obtuse religious zealots ever assembled before Congress, and any one of them is bad news.
So pick your poison, because each offers only death; some quicker than others, but all a slow, painful death to democracy by a thousand cuts.
I know we’ve all said this before, but this election is a game changer. So vote and make sure every unregistered person you know, gets registered and does their civic duty.
Otherwise, this nation will truly get what it deserves; good and hard.....:)
“That’s nice”, we have a person who is such a delusional Christo-fascist that he believes being homosexual is a choice. That kind of thinking belongs in the third century not in the 21st century. Vote blue.
I am just sad today…sick and tired of what has happened to the America I thought existed.
Mike Johnson is very dangerous and represents the very worst of the GOP. Election denier (the legal advisor for many of Trump’s cases that lost, but still...), anti-gay, anti-abortion, believes Covid was a hoax and that Jan 6 was a peaceful demonstration. He’s a smooth talker but as dangerous as a rattlesnake. 2024 MUST be a game-changer for the Democrats, or our country is toast.
I guess that my innate pessimism/cynicism is going to show through, but while Mike Johnson is not exactly who I expected to become the Speaker, someone like him is who I thought the Republicans would select. Even if all of the Republicans aren't fire-breathing, MAGA-loving clowns, those who aren't are in fear of those who are, and they clearly do not have the courage to stand up to the MAGA crowd. Johnson is just a more soft-spoken version of Jim Jordan and/or Matt Gaetz. Their beliefs are pretty much the same.
Republicans elected a toxic Speaker who is as oily as a grifter and much more dangerous. For me, he imperils our Democracy far more than Kevin McCarthy because he is more intelligent. Plus he has little experience in governance although lots in propaganda. Gonzo Gaetz is calling him Maga Mike on Fox, gleeful that a Christian nationalist, anti-choice, anti-gender equality Speaker has been elected by the bozo caucus. How this all plays out against the wars, housing crisis, blossoming medical care crisis and other societal ills which have ballooned since the millennium is unknown. Joe Biden is viewed as an shriveled, failed wizard who has been unable to cure all of society's ills, reestablish the economic equity destroyed by the Bush tax cuts together with the Iraq war, and average people air their grievances daily. We are unhappy, unhealthy country -- politically, socially, emotionally and practically. Individual thinking has given way to "likes" and "followers". You know that's true when the words of Taylor Swift can register more voters than those of the Vice President of the United States. So is Maga Mike just another insurrectionist raised up? Or is he a better face of MAGA to sell in the next election? My fear is that we will have gridlock next November 9. Or worse. But truth: the American Century ended in 2016. For those of us brought up to believe in America it is heartbreaking.
I watched Johnson’s acceptance speech. My thoughts, this guy will appeal to the religious (Christian) segment of our country. And he is preaching, a preacher. Disgust is sitting in the pit of my stomach. I know this type well, we all do and learned to run, run fast and far away from them. The destruction, while holding a Bible and smiling, will be massive. That light of hope I have been holding, flickered, dimmed more yesterday. I have often been accused of asking too many questions, for as long as I can remember. It came from curiosity and a desire to understand. Even if I did not agree, I have always felt compelled to ask questions. Now, I know I could ask every question I could think of and would never get a true answer or never understand the severing of their hearts, their contempt for the teachings of their “savior”.
Steve, I have thought a great deal about your earlier post asking on is it to late. My first reaction was we are not heading towards being late, towards destruction, but have arrived. Because that seemed extreme, I decided to hold, to read, to listen and to think. Yesterday, I came back to my original thoughts. It is not finished, but this country and its people are already changed. It will take years and years to undo this damage. Will the American people come to the point of enough? After the display yesterday, I realized not soon enough. Can Democrats fight this and prevail? I am just not sure. It would take a massive change of strategy, of thinking of being willing to lead in a curated way, that they seem not to do. And how do you fight against God, which we will be assaulted with daily. God is the new GOP running mate.
Hope I am wrong about all of this. As I type this, there is a squirrel about 10’ from me, just staring at me. I image he is thinking what the hell is her problem!
Thank you Steve for your words.
It’s very hard to keep fighting these a-holes, when they keep finding a way to pretend defeat is victory. This feels so desperately 1938. It also feels bloody hopeless.
Nailed: why I woke with and can’t shake a sense of dread. I’d read enough after Johnson attained the speakership to be upset. It must’ve played in my subconscious overnight. Coffee, toast, kitty-care and love hadn’t brought me ‘round. Jay Kuo and you, Steve Schmidt, did. And that’s before I read another of the Speaker’s (and his spouse’s) hate of so many.
Yes, vote him and every MAGA adherent out. Work to ensure it. I’d prefer to feel less fear than I do now.
Johnson proclaims that “your race, creed, and sex are who you are”. Creed? HE equates one’s CHOICE of “creed” with race and sex, neither of which is a choice? His contempt and lack of understanding of the complexities are obvious, but he’s certain he’s RIGHT. Protecting the rights of the “right” race, creed, and sex - as defined by him - will exclude anyone who doesn’t fit his definition. We’ll have no rights. Here we go.
MAGAs who aren't powerful, aren't wealthy and depend on government for assistance, be it Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food assistance, WIC, housing assistance - will all be surprised when their "dear leader" takes it all away. It will be too late to finally admit how wrong they are. Of course, they still might just blame it on someone else. I've never seen people who can completely deny reality like MAGA morons. That really amazes me. Foolish people.
You know, as I read this article Johnson wrote, all I see is the future 'breaking news' story that he was caught doing "lewd acts" with some guy in a men's bathroom. Remember Senator Craig from Idaho?
Strong, well written, and cogent commentary. So accurate and true-- I want to vomit.
It seems trite at this point to be disgusted by the antics of what was the Republic Party. There is no bottom to how low they will go. We finally checked out and moved to South America... like Israel and the surrounding areas just fucked another generation whose earliest memories will be the slaughter and response -- the United States will not be able to scrub the Trump stain for a generation or more.
Exactly right..as always. Just vote.
Such a sad day! We have to vote these people out ! Hopefully they can be prevented from causing too much damage in the coming year!