Liz Chaney is no hero. She is a homophobic Reaganite right wing neoconservative. But in this world of impression management, she can posture as a hero.
Cheer Liz Chaney for the Republican Party split and look for the book, Liz Chaney: Profiles in Gutsy Opportunism.
The opportunity that Chaney and her family of advisors can see is how bad the optics are for a candidate who is the subject of criminal charges and civil lawsuits, particularly from the viewpoint of the 40% of voters who are neither R nor D but independent. She is betting on a longer game than are McCarthy, Graham, Stefanik, and the Sedition Caucus.
It is going to be very interesting to see the AG's tack on revising the DOJ's legal position on Trump's collusion with Russia and obstruction of the Mueller enquiry and the subsequent neutering of its final report. An ongoing case building effort to try Trump on both accounts would be an interesting background for 2022 especially if New York can get their tax and fraud case together by then. At the same time Trump will have $400 million to repay to his Russian "benefactors" and probably a $100 million IRS tax charge to fund....with only his political funds to help him as the Deutsche Bank has dropped him like an offending smell. Of course this will fuel the "political process" chants of the trumpite faithful...but the sight of the Orange blimp's businessman image going down in flames is going to make a lot of them think twice about going through the last 4 years again and thereafter perhaps for ever more with his distinctly dictatorial tastes.
With this in mind I wouldn't give Guiliani much hope for help from Trump for his legal costs. I think his old fixer/lawyer will be told to keep his mouth shut, take his medecine and look for rewards if he is a good boy in 2024. I'll be waiting for the book as Guiliani does a Micheal Cohen and shafts his former partner in crime. Guiliani and his book will not be alone out there on the bookshelves vying for media coverage. The French expression "Sauve qui peut.....(save yourself if you can)" seems appropriate.....and I don't think it will be "women and children first" to the lifeboats as this Titanic goes down.
I couldnтАЩt agree more. The democrats are governing responsibly, and competently. They need to keep their focus on doing that, and to keep telling the American people what they are doing and how it helps them (us). The big тАЬifтАЭ here is whether or not the ongoing investigations into the insurrection, state voter suppression legislation (hopefully), and inevitable indictments will make the difference in the midterms.
I agree that Guiliani won't see a dime from Trump, Stuart. He will be like the scores of Trump Organization laborers who got stiffed when his businesses failed. Trump feels loyalty to no one, which is part of his narcissistic personality disorder.
As I wrote, I can't believe I am cheering her on. I know of her beliefs, and they are so very offensive to me. Yet, I cheer her on for her stand against the former president and the current attacks on democracy.
The reality is, Jennifer, that you and I are honest enough to give credit to individuals whose moral values haven't "entirely" dissipated into the sewers of Mar a Pantano.
Sorry folks, I just cannot give Liz Cheney ANY credit for courage. She knows the Trump ship is going down sooner or later and sheтАЩs grabbed a lifeboat. Nothing more. She is still Dick CheneyтАЩs daughter, through and through.
You may be absolutely correct, and she may be Dick Cheney's daughter, but she is a human being and I'd like to look upon her as such in this instance, until the facts prove otherwise.
Anything like a re-play of the the Reagan Presidency would send our democracy - what remains of it - down the drain forever, so it is good to know that there is one important Republican leader apparently willing to sacrifice her political career to save us from the likes of Trump. This means that earlier mass media references to "honest Republicans" based on back room contacts between a few journalists and politicians or other unnamed sources is not mere wishful thinking. However, there are moral values and moral values. I'm not sure ready to write Liz Cheney a clean bill of health, and even her credit-worthiness continues to be suspect. By the way, I love Wyoming.
" . . . apparently willing to sacrifice her political career" sent my brain to the conclusion that she's setting up a run for the presidency with all that corporate money and raking in the right-leaning Independents who left the party of Trump. Now, that's a disturbing thought!
Oh, no. She is calculating that this is the beginning of a wonderful peak in her career. She is sacrificing nothing. She is positioned to be the voice and face of a New Republican Party. Presidential run coming right up.
True. In this case Cheney calling Trump a liar in the press doesn't seem as brave as when Nancy told Trump to his face that all roads lead through him to Putin. Yet MSNBC can't shut up about Liz 's and I don't think Fox spent a lot of time talking about Nancy's bravery.
As in all "long games", the trick is not to be pushed off track and thereby cut off at the knees before you get there. She now needs to organize, get a clear story together that is not just that she's anti-Trump and Jan 6th lucid but what she is "for" too so that she provides the basis for a "Reality-based" Republican Party that would draw a great many existing Republican voters. If this represents half their previous tally, then she will have a lot more elected supporters in states and on the Hill and the trumporcs will have less.........and the Democrats will get on with serving the people throughout the land just as long as they can contain their own similar internal divisions.
Cheney is clear enough. She is in favor of all the awful things her party has been doing, having voted with Trump most of the time, with the exception of denying election results and related lying and mob attacks. That's better than Trump, the way being raped is better than being murdered.
Mussolini, who should be counted as an expert on the subject, said fascism should really have been called corporatism. Cheney and her pals want corporatism. They have been working in that direction for the last 40 years at least. What they don't want, is the randomness of mad oligarchy and personality cult.
I'm reading a book now, "Under the Light of the Italian Moon". I quoted a passage to my husband last night: (paraphrased a bit) "An arrogant man, who wrapped his desire for power in the guise of love of his country, under the rallying cry of moving his country back to greatness. Excellent at using bravado to convince masses of fools and bigots." I asked my husband who he thought this described. He said "Donald Trump". Then I told him it was actually Mussolini. We need to get people to realize that this is what TFG and his minions really represent. I so wish my Italian grandparents were alive today to help me spread this message.
shoot! autocorrect! try again: At the moment, the propaganda and Big Lie are our biggest and most imminent threat. The Dems need to be so "pure" are what keeps us all from having nice things. Just because we are grateful and supportive for her very conservative voice calling out the Big Lie for what it is does not mean we need to like her or lay down with her. It's not all or nothing. it just isn't.
I strongly believe in the positive value of two viable political parties to provide a competitive marketplace of ideas surfacing the best of those to govern us. However, it does require both of those parties to have ideas worthy of the competition. Unfortunately one of our two parties at present seemswoefully short of ideas and the few it advances seem very unworthy of consideration or that competition.
Considering this dilemma, I have concluded it is not my job to fix the badly damaged Republican party. Hence I spend little to no time thinking about how to accomplish this or to whom to look to address the challenge. Rather I will do my best to shape and advance the good ideas of the only viable remaining political party. When another competitor worthy of this competition of ideas arrives on the scene, whatever its heritage or origin, I will judge it's merits then. Until that time, I see little use in troubling myself with concern for the future of an unworthy competitor or its leadership.
Even though George Washington spoke out against having political parties, their presence throughout American history has given a voice to those in opposition to the party in power. But that must be a "loyal" opposition, which the Republican Party ain't. Perhaps we will end up with two major parties, one the centrist Democrats and the other, the more progressively minded ones. Having one party, even if only temporarily, is not good.
That almost closely describes the political party structure in Australia.
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is a social-democratic party. It is a progressive-leaning party with policy positions favoring social welfare and government assistance programs. It was founded by the Australian labor movement and broadly represents the urban working and middle classes.
The Liberal Party of Australia is a party of the center-right that broadly represents businesses, the urban middle classes, and many rural people. Its permanent coalition partner at the national level is the National Party of Australia, formerly known as the Country Party, a somewhat more conservative party that represents rural interests. These two parties are collectively known as the Coalition. In Queensland, and more recently in NSW, the two parties have officially merged to form the Liberal National Party, and in the Northern Territory, the National Party is known as the Country Liberal Party.
It should be noted that at present the Australian Labor Party holds 68 seats in the Australian Parliament, the Liberal Party 67, the Country/National Party 10, and the balance of 6 held by minority party and independent members. The Liberal Party would be similar in their views to moderate Democrats in the U.S. Congress and the Labor Party more similar to Progressive Democrats.
What an enlightened pleasant people the Australians are!
True, however one may encounter other challenges. Witness at present the struggles of Israel to form a governing coalition. Additionally for a plethora of reasons the U.S. is unlikely to see the rise of a viable third or multi-party system. The discussion of why is a bit lengthy for this platform, but I believe it to be the case. It is more likely that the two parties evolve or become non-viable and are replaced by a successor.
There again, one dominant leader, who has probably overstayed his welcome and is currently subject to criminal charges, has been getting in the way. His Likud Party rivals are probably going to have a much easier time in the coalition forming business....if not in solving the fundamental problems that the society faces.
In my opinion, the demise of the Republican Party will be unlike the deaths of the Federalist Party and the Whig Party. While remaining Federalists found a temporary home with the Whigs and most of the Whigs ultimately became Republicans,"reality-based" Republicans like Chaney will not find a home in the Democratic Party. Their alternative is a new "reality based" conservative party, probably something like the Lincoln Project. The Trumpublican Party will gradually shrink into history and share the fate of the "Know Nothings" whom they stupidly strive to emulate. But this will not happen overnight. Until it does, the Democrats must hang in there.
I'm not sure, given their demise due to greed and overpayment of their self-indulgent principals, the Lincoln Project is a great example but the rest of your hopeful argument retains its validity.
We have a choice between upward mobility and the lowest common denominator.
We can be a fiscally responsible economy or we can dump trillions in debt on our children. Trump helped people the Democrats traditionally marginalized and used.
Trump also let his ego destroy his presidency. He is not relevant now. That is reality.
Just read it. To Blow: Cheney here and now is advancing honor, decency, integrity. Look around at the swamp creatures attempting to pull her into the mire. Let's give her support.
Mary Cheney is the other daughter. Liz chose pandering to a base for a Senate run over supporting her sister's long time relationship and gay marriage. Dad Cheney took a position that gay marriage is up to the states, not feds.
Bad people can do good things and when such things could take Republicans who believe the Big Lie from 70% to 60%, well that's not nothing when your country is looking at a fascist takeover. We can take help from where ever we can get it without getting dirtied by the morals of the less than stellar helper.
I read her Republican manifesto in her Op-Ed. She is to the right of Ghengis Khan. Unless they come up with a new platform, how do they expect to win without cheating? Even with all the corporate money.
Endorse "election integrity" and voter suppression/barriers to voting/gerrymandering while opposing HR1/S1 For The People Act. And learn the lessons--cheat without getting caught.
P.S. Mum's the word--don't tell the Republicans! Kidding aside, I'd read that a Republican strategist bemoaned the fact that a large number of Republicans liked hearing how billionaires could be kept out of politics, and this is one of the key elements of HR1/S1.
Good question. Genghis Khan established a huge empire and from what I read it was governed well, people were treated well IF they surrendered and paid up when told. Otherwise... Attila the Hun seemed more like a raider but I have not read much about him. When I was young I was to the right of Genghis Khan and having grown old and seen too much of the world and how it works, I am now to the left of Karl Marx.
I think her op-ed was a laser-focused attempt to write a new platform that will appeal to what might be termed "rational conservatives," though I acknowledge the oxymoron there. Sadly, I think this is a winning formula. The quiet majority of conservatives are sick and tired of the Trump circus and looking for any offramp they can find and Cheney is positioning herself to be that.
If that is a winning formula then USA is destined to remain a shithole country. Progressives and Biden can posture all they want with legislation that would bring America into the 21st century, but can sleep at night knowing it ain't going to happen. Because Americans, admit it or not, including so called moderate Democrats, don't want it to happen because their precious tax dollars might help Black and Brown people.
Not really Profiles in Courage material. Doing the correct thing by not perpetuating a lie, or supporting a dictator wanna-be, or an insurrection is hardly courage although with this group of "republicans" in Congress it must seem that way!
Well put, Claudia. The problem being perhaps that her principles may put her in a position to promote her politics. Still, it is kind of refreshing to see a strong woman standing up against the cabal of wanna-be strongmen.
Whether you agree with her politics or not you have to admit she has a spine which is sorely lacking in supporters of the infantile imbecile and the POS himself.
Jennifer, I consider the entire Cheney family to be pretty heinous. But, Ellie, I wouldn't call her homophobic since her sister is a lesbian, out, married, and with children. Liz is not happy about it but the entire Cheney family has rallied around her (she is also hyper conservative). It was weird to see The Dark Lord standing up against the homophobia of the entire Bush administration when they were in power. But I think it was genuine. That's about the only genuine thing about her.
Liz Chaney : Profiles in Courage.
Never thought I'd be cheering her on .
Liz Chaney is no hero. She is a homophobic Reaganite right wing neoconservative. But in this world of impression management, she can posture as a hero.
Cheer Liz Chaney for the Republican Party split and look for the book, Liz Chaney: Profiles in Gutsy Opportunism.
The opportunity that Chaney and her family of advisors can see is how bad the optics are for a candidate who is the subject of criminal charges and civil lawsuits, particularly from the viewpoint of the 40% of voters who are neither R nor D but independent. She is betting on a longer game than are McCarthy, Graham, Stefanik, and the Sedition Caucus.
It is going to be very interesting to see the AG's tack on revising the DOJ's legal position on Trump's collusion with Russia and obstruction of the Mueller enquiry and the subsequent neutering of its final report. An ongoing case building effort to try Trump on both accounts would be an interesting background for 2022 especially if New York can get their tax and fraud case together by then. At the same time Trump will have $400 million to repay to his Russian "benefactors" and probably a $100 million IRS tax charge to fund....with only his political funds to help him as the Deutsche Bank has dropped him like an offending smell. Of course this will fuel the "political process" chants of the trumpite faithful...but the sight of the Orange blimp's businessman image going down in flames is going to make a lot of them think twice about going through the last 4 years again and thereafter perhaps for ever more with his distinctly dictatorial tastes.
With this in mind I wouldn't give Guiliani much hope for help from Trump for his legal costs. I think his old fixer/lawyer will be told to keep his mouth shut, take his medecine and look for rewards if he is a good boy in 2024. I'll be waiting for the book as Guiliani does a Micheal Cohen and shafts his former partner in crime. Guiliani and his book will not be alone out there on the bookshelves vying for media coverage. The French expression "Sauve qui peut.....(save yourself if you can)" seems appropriate.....and I don't think it will be "women and children first" to the lifeboats as this Titanic goes down.
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I couldnтАЩt agree more. The democrats are governing responsibly, and competently. They need to keep their focus on doing that, and to keep telling the American people what they are doing and how it helps them (us). The big тАЬifтАЭ here is whether or not the ongoing investigations into the insurrection, state voter suppression legislation (hopefully), and inevitable indictments will make the difference in the midterms.
Agreed Stuart, which is why Liz Chaney grabbed a lifeboat first. She comes from a family who know how to survive.
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GiulaniтАЩs penchant for vocal diarrhea should be interesting. Would love to see him turn on Trump, who is not going to life a finger for him.
G already said awhile back that he had the goods (on TFG)
"I'm melting, melting! All my beautiful wickedness -- gone!!"
I agree that Guiliani won't see a dime from Trump, Stuart. He will be like the scores of Trump Organization laborers who got stiffed when his businesses failed. Trump feels loyalty to no one, which is part of his narcissistic personality disorder.
This is exactly what the Republicans don't want us talking about.
I like your thinking, Stuart. Hope you're right.
So do I. ЁЯЩПЁЯП╗
Well said!!!
тАЬSedition CaucusтАЭ. Very good! Democrats should pick up on that label and pound it home.
As I wrote, I can't believe I am cheering her on. I know of her beliefs, and they are so very offensive to me. Yet, I cheer her on for her stand against the former president and the current attacks on democracy.
The reality is, Jennifer, that you and I are honest enough to give credit to individuals whose moral values haven't "entirely" dissipated into the sewers of Mar a Pantano.
Sorry folks, I just cannot give Liz Cheney ANY credit for courage. She knows the Trump ship is going down sooner or later and sheтАЩs grabbed a lifeboat. Nothing more. She is still Dick CheneyтАЩs daughter, through and through.
You may be absolutely correct, and she may be Dick Cheney's daughter, but she is a human being and I'd like to look upon her as such in this instance, until the facts prove otherwise.
Yes she is a fellow human being who I wish no ill will towards. And I abhor her politics. This is why:
http://politicsthatwork.com/voting-record/Liz-Cheney-412732
Anything like a re-play of the the Reagan Presidency would send our democracy - what remains of it - down the drain forever, so it is good to know that there is one important Republican leader apparently willing to sacrifice her political career to save us from the likes of Trump. This means that earlier mass media references to "honest Republicans" based on back room contacts between a few journalists and politicians or other unnamed sources is not mere wishful thinking. However, there are moral values and moral values. I'm not sure ready to write Liz Cheney a clean bill of health, and even her credit-worthiness continues to be suspect. By the way, I love Wyoming.
" . . . apparently willing to sacrifice her political career" sent my brain to the conclusion that she's setting up a run for the presidency with all that corporate money and raking in the right-leaning Independents who left the party of Trump. Now, that's a disturbing thought!
we need to take care of today. and right now she is an ally in the fight for the truth
Oh, no. She is calculating that this is the beginning of a wonderful peak in her career. She is sacrificing nothing. She is positioned to be the voice and face of a New Republican Party. Presidential run coming right up.
With the Republicans it is never what it appears to be.
And for Democrats it is? Politicians lie left, right, and center.
True. In this case Cheney calling Trump a liar in the press doesn't seem as brave as when Nancy told Trump to his face that all roads lead through him to Putin. Yet MSNBC can't shut up about Liz 's and I don't think Fox spent a lot of time talking about Nancy's bravery.
As in all "long games", the trick is not to be pushed off track and thereby cut off at the knees before you get there. She now needs to organize, get a clear story together that is not just that she's anti-Trump and Jan 6th lucid but what she is "for" too so that she provides the basis for a "Reality-based" Republican Party that would draw a great many existing Republican voters. If this represents half their previous tally, then she will have a lot more elected supporters in states and on the Hill and the trumporcs will have less.........and the Democrats will get on with serving the people throughout the land just as long as they can contain their own similar internal divisions.
Cheney is clear enough. She is in favor of all the awful things her party has been doing, having voted with Trump most of the time, with the exception of denying election results and related lying and mob attacks. That's better than Trump, the way being raped is better than being murdered.
Her and her ilk have raped our country, most definitely but her current courage to stand strong may just save our country from fascism. I'll take it.
Mussolini, who should be counted as an expert on the subject, said fascism should really have been called corporatism. Cheney and her pals want corporatism. They have been working in that direction for the last 40 years at least. What they don't want, is the randomness of mad oligarchy and personality cult.
I'm reading a book now, "Under the Light of the Italian Moon". I quoted a passage to my husband last night: (paraphrased a bit) "An arrogant man, who wrapped his desire for power in the guise of love of his country, under the rallying cry of moving his country back to greatness. Excellent at using bravado to convince masses of fools and bigots." I asked my husband who he thought this described. He said "Donald Trump". Then I told him it was actually Mussolini. We need to get people to realize that this is what TFG and his minions really represent. I so wish my Italian grandparents were alive today to help me spread this message.
shoot! autocorrect! try again: At the moment, the propaganda and Big Lie are our biggest and most imminent threat. The Dems need to be so "pure" are what keeps us all from having nice things. Just because we are grateful and supportive for her very conservative voice calling out the Big Lie for what it is does not mean we need to like her or lay down with her. It's not all or nothing. it just isn't.
Spot on!
I strongly believe in the positive value of two viable political parties to provide a competitive marketplace of ideas surfacing the best of those to govern us. However, it does require both of those parties to have ideas worthy of the competition. Unfortunately one of our two parties at present seemswoefully short of ideas and the few it advances seem very unworthy of consideration or that competition.
Considering this dilemma, I have concluded it is not my job to fix the badly damaged Republican party. Hence I spend little to no time thinking about how to accomplish this or to whom to look to address the challenge. Rather I will do my best to shape and advance the good ideas of the only viable remaining political party. When another competitor worthy of this competition of ideas arrives on the scene, whatever its heritage or origin, I will judge it's merits then. Until that time, I see little use in troubling myself with concern for the future of an unworthy competitor or its leadership.
Even though George Washington spoke out against having political parties, their presence throughout American history has given a voice to those in opposition to the party in power. But that must be a "loyal" opposition, which the Republican Party ain't. Perhaps we will end up with two major parties, one the centrist Democrats and the other, the more progressively minded ones. Having one party, even if only temporarily, is not good.
That almost closely describes the political party structure in Australia.
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is a social-democratic party. It is a progressive-leaning party with policy positions favoring social welfare and government assistance programs. It was founded by the Australian labor movement and broadly represents the urban working and middle classes.
The Liberal Party of Australia is a party of the center-right that broadly represents businesses, the urban middle classes, and many rural people. Its permanent coalition partner at the national level is the National Party of Australia, formerly known as the Country Party, a somewhat more conservative party that represents rural interests. These two parties are collectively known as the Coalition. In Queensland, and more recently in NSW, the two parties have officially merged to form the Liberal National Party, and in the Northern Territory, the National Party is known as the Country Liberal Party.
It should be noted that at present the Australian Labor Party holds 68 seats in the Australian Parliament, the Liberal Party 67, the Country/National Party 10, and the balance of 6 held by minority party and independent members. The Liberal Party would be similar in their views to moderate Democrats in the U.S. Congress and the Labor Party more similar to Progressive Democrats.
What an enlightened pleasant people the Australians are!
Oz is largely gun-free, too.
Thanks for the summary of Australian politics, Bruce.
You don't have that problem in a more competitive, multi-party system.
True, however one may encounter other challenges. Witness at present the struggles of Israel to form a governing coalition. Additionally for a plethora of reasons the U.S. is unlikely to see the rise of a viable third or multi-party system. The discussion of why is a bit lengthy for this platform, but I believe it to be the case. It is more likely that the two parties evolve or become non-viable and are replaced by a successor.
There again, one dominant leader, who has probably overstayed his welcome and is currently subject to criminal charges, has been getting in the way. His Likud Party rivals are probably going to have a much easier time in the coalition forming business....if not in solving the fundamental problems that the society faces.
In my opinion, the demise of the Republican Party will be unlike the deaths of the Federalist Party and the Whig Party. While remaining Federalists found a temporary home with the Whigs and most of the Whigs ultimately became Republicans,"reality-based" Republicans like Chaney will not find a home in the Democratic Party. Their alternative is a new "reality based" conservative party, probably something like the Lincoln Project. The Trumpublican Party will gradually shrink into history and share the fate of the "Know Nothings" whom they stupidly strive to emulate. But this will not happen overnight. Until it does, the Democrats must hang in there.
I'm not sure, given their demise due to greed and overpayment of their self-indulgent principals, the Lincoln Project is a great example but the rest of your hopeful argument retains its validity.
I did say "something like" in referring to the Lincoln Project. It had its flaws, but after all, it was composed of Republicans.
"Something like" is a good escape clause; worth remembering, thanks Jacob.
The last part is the key; Democrats seem to think that Will Rodgers' comment about organisation was a compliment.
We have a choice between upward mobility and the lowest common denominator.
We can be a fiscally responsible economy or we can dump trillions in debt on our children. Trump helped people the Democrats traditionally marginalized and used.
Trump also let his ego destroy his presidency. He is not relevant now. That is reality.
Trump helped no one but himself. To believe otherwise is simply a pledge of allegiance to the Big Lie.
Yup, no farther than I can throw her. Charles Blow has a nice column about Liz Cheney in today's (Thu.) NYT.
Just read it. I take back everything good I thought about Liz Cheney.
She could be a useful tool.
Just read it. To Blow: Cheney here and now is advancing honor, decency, integrity. Look around at the swamp creatures attempting to pull her into the mire. Let's give her support.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/opinion/liz-cheney-republicans.html
Here is the link
Great points, and well said, Ellie! Thank you!
Yeah what Ellie sez!
So incredibly sad and nasty:
https://people.com/politics/dick-cheney-gay-daughter-mary-feud-liz-vice/
VP Cheney's only action I approved is when he stood by his lesbian daughter... I thought Liz was that daughter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/11/18/cheney-parents-defend-liz-cheney-in-gay-marriage-feud-with-sister/
Mary Cheney is the other daughter. Liz chose pandering to a base for a Senate run over supporting her sister's long time relationship and gay marriage. Dad Cheney took a position that gay marriage is up to the states, not feds.
When the Cheney who is far to the right of Darth Cheney is the "good one" you know you're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
Bad people can do good things and when such things could take Republicans who believe the Big Lie from 70% to 60%, well that's not nothing when your country is looking at a fascist takeover. We can take help from where ever we can get it without getting dirtied by the morals of the less than stellar helper.
I read her Republican manifesto in her Op-Ed. She is to the right of Ghengis Khan. Unless they come up with a new platform, how do they expect to win without cheating? Even with all the corporate money.
Endorse "election integrity" and voter suppression/barriers to voting/gerrymandering while opposing HR1/S1 For The People Act. And learn the lessons--cheat without getting caught.
P.S. Mum's the word--don't tell the Republicans! Kidding aside, I'd read that a Republican strategist bemoaned the fact that a large number of Republicans liked hearing how billionaires could be kept out of politics, and this is one of the key elements of HR1/S1.
Genghis Khan
I also use Genghis Khan as a marker of rightist extremism. Who's farther right, Genghis or Attila the Hun?
Good question. Genghis Khan established a huge empire and from what I read it was governed well, people were treated well IF they surrendered and paid up when told. Otherwise... Attila the Hun seemed more like a raider but I have not read much about him. When I was young I was to the right of Genghis Khan and having grown old and seen too much of the world and how it works, I am now to the left of Karl Marx.
I think her op-ed was a laser-focused attempt to write a new platform that will appeal to what might be termed "rational conservatives," though I acknowledge the oxymoron there. Sadly, I think this is a winning formula. The quiet majority of conservatives are sick and tired of the Trump circus and looking for any offramp they can find and Cheney is positioning herself to be that.
If that is a winning formula then USA is destined to remain a shithole country. Progressives and Biden can posture all they want with legislation that would bring America into the 21st century, but can sleep at night knowing it ain't going to happen. Because Americans, admit it or not, including so called moderate Democrats, don't want it to happen because their precious tax dollars might help Black and Brown people.
And thus has it always been. We are kidding ourselves if we believe we have ever been anything but a white supremacist ethnostate.
Morning laugh here, thx TC. Defeat the Sedition caucus!
You got that right!
TCinLA, I love it! We definitely are not in Kansas anymore
Not really Profiles in Courage material. Doing the correct thing by not perpetuating a lie, or supporting a dictator wanna-be, or an insurrection is hardly courage although with this group of "republicans" in Congress it must seem that way!
Holding the line is courageous.
I disagree with you.
I don't agree with her politics. I do agree with her principles.
Well put, Claudia. The problem being perhaps that her principles may put her in a position to promote her politics. Still, it is kind of refreshing to see a strong woman standing up against the cabal of wanna-be strongmen.
Whether you agree with her politics or not you have to admit she has a spine which is sorely lacking in supporters of the infantile imbecile and the POS himself.
Jennifer, I consider the entire Cheney family to be pretty heinous. But, Ellie, I wouldn't call her homophobic since her sister is a lesbian, out, married, and with children. Liz is not happy about it but the entire Cheney family has rallied around her (she is also hyper conservative). It was weird to see The Dark Lord standing up against the homophobia of the entire Bush administration when they were in power. But I think it was genuine. That's about the only genuine thing about her.
Linda, she is publicly and politically against same sex marriage, and it has caused a rift between her and Mary. So, thereтАЩs that.
Well dang--I thought she had finally given up that idiotic stance. Poor Mary.
Yes and yes.
Me neither