tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post1580037794446221989..comments2024-03-29T05:00:41.967-05:00Comments on driftglass: The Reneglicansdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-59503260893503949752022-01-26T12:26:47.378-06:002022-01-26T12:26:47.378-06:00All the so-called never Trumpers and so-called ex-...All the so-called never Trumpers and so-called ex-republicans are "holisitically bad at being both never Trumpers and ex-republicans."<br /><br />Just about all current republicans including never's and ex's, (for I believe all the never's and ex's are just republicans in waiting), are not credible with anything they say or write. So, I turn off the sound when any of them start yapping their gaping maw's on the idiot box.<br /><br />Great work Driftglass.<br /><br />pagan in reposenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-63844556527931090432022-01-26T08:01:44.247-06:002022-01-26T08:01:44.247-06:00I am sick, sick, sick, sick of hearing about how b...I am <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/5/2062435/-Some-Further-Thoughts-About-Democratic-Messaging" rel="nofollow">sick, sick, sick, sick</a> of hearing about how bad Democrats are at "messaging." <br /><br />There's nothing wrong with the Democratic "message" of solidarity, compassion, investment, and accountability for giant, wealthy, powerful corporations and industries for the harm they cause cause to the public, workers, consumers and the environment.<br /><br />The problem is that the Both Sides™ media can't "balance" that message with the Republican message of selfishness, cruelty, ignorance, religious fanaticism, belligerence, and full corporate/industrial <i>ownership</i> of the nation and everything in it. <br /><br />Because Republicans are so self-evidently awful that their perfidy, malevolence and bad faith are not even newsworthy anymore, that's the only way the Both Sides™ "news" media can "report" on things. Just look at all the pearl-clutching over Biden's speech criticizing Republicans for being against voting rights and "for" absolutely nothing. When Republicans say bad [untrue] things about Democrats, it's "good politics" and "effective messaging"; when Democrats say bad [true] things about Republicans, it's "partisan" and "divisive." <br /><br />Republican "policies," to the extent they still have any, are thoroughly appalling, designed to hurt far more people than they help, but the Both Sides™ media can't "report" that nor can they "report" on Democratic policies that actually help people because Republicans don't have any that they can point to for "balance." Since Republicans <i>can't</i> be given credit for their policy achievements but have to be given credit for <i>something</i>, the only thing the Both Sides™ media can give them credit for is "messaging." <br /><br />So, Democrats have policy, Republicans have "messaging." See? Balance! Both Sides™!GrafZeppelin127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72217999355431444522022-01-24T18:22:45.450-06:002022-01-24T18:22:45.450-06:00What is this "holisitically bad at politics&q...What is this "holisitically bad at politics" meme? It's like Wilson and Nichols are collaborating to get trending. I think Tom Nichols is holistically bad at being honest with himself about his historically bad takes about politics so I could care less what he thinks.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387363847506609360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-2026170552500957352022-01-24T17:53:46.332-06:002022-01-24T17:53:46.332-06:00Are they saying Democrats are horrible at lying an...Are they saying Democrats are horrible at lying and need to learn how to lie better like republicans?Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.com