The only problem is that there seems to be a critical mass of sociopaths who not just lead the Ghastly Obstructionist Party but also are well placed further down the chute. The overtly deranged ones, such as Greene and Gaetz, will likely get their comeuppance (when is the latter going to be indicted for child sex trafficking?!?!) sooner …
The only problem is that there seems to be a critical mass of sociopaths who not just lead the Ghastly Obstructionist Party but also are well placed further down the chute. The overtly deranged ones, such as Greene and Gaetz, will likely get their comeuppance (when is the latter going to be indicted for child sex trafficking?!?!) sooner or later but the ones at the top, whose lust for power is matched only by their utter lack of empathy, will not permit any change of their trajectory. And they have the sociopaths running the religious-fascism movements snuggled up to them in ways that mean that entire communities who are led by their "pastors" (such an apt term as it means a person who oversees sheep) will blindly and willingly go along with the demand that they "believe, don't think." My only consolation is that the megachurch movement seems to be declining, especially among the young, but there are still enough of these [expletives deleted] to do irreparable harm to the rest of us.
In fact, the Republicans and especially fanatical Republicans are in a distinct minority. There are enough of them to do irreparable harm, as they already have done. It is up to the majority to fight back (while we still can) and squelch the extremists that seek to destroy America. That is our patriotic duty!
The Republican Party and its supporters/believers are like a cancer on society. If we don't eradicate this cancer, it can overcome and "kill" us all.
Time is running it out so it is critical to get every Democrat, especially those in Congress to understand this. The time has come to pull out all the stops and put the future of America ahead of personal political ambitions. We can praise Cheney and Kinzinger for their willingness to put the country first, but I wonder why we cut some Democrats slack when they cautiously calculate their political fortunes at every turn. I'm not just talking about Sinema and Manchin.
Sorry for the long response Linda to your very relevant comment.
Don, thank you for this. You're correct, we need to pull out all the stops, and realize that we have the numbers to win if we refuse to sit down and accept defeat. In spite of all their destruction, lies, and dishonor, the Republicans are a minority party.
The only problem is that there seems to be a critical mass of sociopaths who not just lead the Ghastly Obstructionist Party but also are well placed further down the chute. The overtly deranged ones, such as Greene and Gaetz, will likely get their comeuppance (when is the latter going to be indicted for child sex trafficking?!?!) sooner or later but the ones at the top, whose lust for power is matched only by their utter lack of empathy, will not permit any change of their trajectory. And they have the sociopaths running the religious-fascism movements snuggled up to them in ways that mean that entire communities who are led by their "pastors" (such an apt term as it means a person who oversees sheep) will blindly and willingly go along with the demand that they "believe, don't think." My only consolation is that the megachurch movement seems to be declining, especially among the young, but there are still enough of these [expletives deleted] to do irreparable harm to the rest of us.
In fact, the Republicans and especially fanatical Republicans are in a distinct minority. There are enough of them to do irreparable harm, as they already have done. It is up to the majority to fight back (while we still can) and squelch the extremists that seek to destroy America. That is our patriotic duty!
The Republican Party and its supporters/believers are like a cancer on society. If we don't eradicate this cancer, it can overcome and "kill" us all.
Time is running it out so it is critical to get every Democrat, especially those in Congress to understand this. The time has come to pull out all the stops and put the future of America ahead of personal political ambitions. We can praise Cheney and Kinzinger for their willingness to put the country first, but I wonder why we cut some Democrats slack when they cautiously calculate their political fortunes at every turn. I'm not just talking about Sinema and Manchin.
Sorry for the long response Linda to your very relevant comment.
Don, thank you for this. You're correct, we need to pull out all the stops, and realize that we have the numbers to win if we refuse to sit down and accept defeat. In spite of all their destruction, lies, and dishonor, the Republicans are a minority party.