What I find despicable is these members of Congress will be going home to their families for the Holidays and back to their incredibly privileged lives without fear of getting bombed, and these same people are essentially giving Zelensky the finger. The amount of aid Biden's asking for is the tiniest fraction of our overall budget. And yet the Pro-Life party can't be moved.
What I find despicable is these members of Congress will be going home to their families for the Holidays and back to their incredibly privileged lives without fear of getting bombed, and these same people are essentially giving Zelensky the finger. The amount of aid Biden's asking for is the tiniest fraction of our overall budget. And yet the Pro-Life party can't be moved.
Since World War Two the world has looked to the United States for inspiration and leadership. One would think that, surely, we would lead the world most emphatically in helping Ukraine keep from being subsumed by RussiaтАЩs vile Vladimir Putin.
President John F. Kennedy said, тАЬWe shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the success and survival of libertyтАЭ, to thunderous applause. Stirring, noble words.
The disgust and revulsion I have towards the GOP cannot be understated. My late father is spinning in his grave, he a former GOP committee member. From their actions (or inaction's) towards Ukraine and their fledgling democracy, voting rights, gun violence, climate change and especially women's reproductive rights as evidenced recently by the TX woman's plight. And yet they move forward with sham impeachment hearings and are still focused on Hunter Biden while they foist TFG on Americans as a rational choice for president, whose intent is to bend justice to his will. Mainstream media everyday focuses on Joe Biden's approval ratings as dismal and people are unhappy because gas prices are high. WTF! If you have a roof over your head, food on the table and able to pay your bills on time you aren't suffering.
I feel this so much - the disgust cannot be overstated. As I have watched my (well educated, professional) extended family be consumed by the crazy over the past couple of decades and completely hijacked by 2017, I often wondered what my father's parents would make of it all. Both were Republicans of the greatest generation. I know that if they returned from the hereafter today, they would be appalled and depart again as fast as they could. However, I have to wonder that if they had lived into the era of trumpism, would the constant indoctrination of faux news and the conspiracy theories of most of their children have gotten to them? While I still miss my grandparents almost daily and regard them with a level of respect that I am not sure I have felt for anyone else, I am deeply disheartened to believe that they may have become pod people too. The propaganda machine is insanely powerful.
I've got similar respect for my grandparents who passed in the early 90's. I actually don't know if they were Republicans or Democrats, but the thing that gives me comfort about them in thinking about how'd they'd look at today is that they didn't have hate in their hearts. I never heard a negative thought from either of them towards anyone. Not even of the casual variety you might expect from people of their generation. By birth and circumstance, odds alone would suggest they'd have some casual racism bleed through from time to time. By fighting in the Pacific you'd think my grandfather might have occasionally had some cross words about the Japanese. And yet, nothing. I chalk it up to being inherently kind people as well as fully accepting the kinder and gentler parts of Christianity.
So if your grandparents were anything like mine, perhaps you can get to the conclusion that I have, that they'd have nothing to do with something as hate and grievance filled as Trumpism.
Well, the GOP members are a little worried about their own voters if they don't toe the MAGA line, but otherwise, I am completely in agreement and just as disgusted as you are.
Fuck their voters. Their voters cannot safely operate a toothbrush, let alone make sober, intelligent decisions on foreign policy and addressing the risk that an emboldened Putin presents to Europe.
Trumpism is all about projection. Try to reason with them and they play victim while insisting you're the villain. Their cult leader is an expert at this.
What I find despicable is these members of Congress will be going home to their families for the Holidays and back to their incredibly privileged lives without fear of getting bombed, and these same people are essentially giving Zelensky the finger. The amount of aid Biden's asking for is the tiniest fraction of our overall budget. And yet the Pro-Life party can't be moved.
Since World War Two the world has looked to the United States for inspiration and leadership. One would think that, surely, we would lead the world most emphatically in helping Ukraine keep from being subsumed by RussiaтАЩs vile Vladimir Putin.
President John F. Kennedy said, тАЬWe shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the success and survival of libertyтАЭ, to thunderous applause. Stirring, noble words.
Oops, I forgot, he was a Democrat. Never mind.
The disgust and revulsion I have towards the GOP cannot be understated. My late father is spinning in his grave, he a former GOP committee member. From their actions (or inaction's) towards Ukraine and their fledgling democracy, voting rights, gun violence, climate change and especially women's reproductive rights as evidenced recently by the TX woman's plight. And yet they move forward with sham impeachment hearings and are still focused on Hunter Biden while they foist TFG on Americans as a rational choice for president, whose intent is to bend justice to his will. Mainstream media everyday focuses on Joe Biden's approval ratings as dismal and people are unhappy because gas prices are high. WTF! If you have a roof over your head, food on the table and able to pay your bills on time you aren't suffering.
I feel this so much - the disgust cannot be overstated. As I have watched my (well educated, professional) extended family be consumed by the crazy over the past couple of decades and completely hijacked by 2017, I often wondered what my father's parents would make of it all. Both were Republicans of the greatest generation. I know that if they returned from the hereafter today, they would be appalled and depart again as fast as they could. However, I have to wonder that if they had lived into the era of trumpism, would the constant indoctrination of faux news and the conspiracy theories of most of their children have gotten to them? While I still miss my grandparents almost daily and regard them with a level of respect that I am not sure I have felt for anyone else, I am deeply disheartened to believe that they may have become pod people too. The propaganda machine is insanely powerful.
I've got similar respect for my grandparents who passed in the early 90's. I actually don't know if they were Republicans or Democrats, but the thing that gives me comfort about them in thinking about how'd they'd look at today is that they didn't have hate in their hearts. I never heard a negative thought from either of them towards anyone. Not even of the casual variety you might expect from people of their generation. By birth and circumstance, odds alone would suggest they'd have some casual racism bleed through from time to time. By fighting in the Pacific you'd think my grandfather might have occasionally had some cross words about the Japanese. And yet, nothing. I chalk it up to being inherently kind people as well as fully accepting the kinder and gentler parts of Christianity.
So if your grandparents were anything like mine, perhaps you can get to the conclusion that I have, that they'd have nothing to do with something as hate and grievance filled as Trumpism.
"as well as fully accepting the kinder and gentler parts of Christianity."
So basically, the stuff Jesus says.
It amazes me how many people can claim to belong to a faith named after the guy while choosing to disregard his basic message.
They should now be officially named the GOP (Government of Putin) and end their sham/charade.
Well, the GOP members are a little worried about their own voters if they don't toe the MAGA line, but otherwise, I am completely in agreement and just as disgusted as you are.
Fuck their voters. Their voters cannot safely operate a toothbrush, let alone make sober, intelligent decisions on foreign policy and addressing the risk that an emboldened Putin presents to Europe.
And yet can they even define what socialism is? To paraphrase Tom Nichols, "Words. What do they mean?"
Trumpism is all about projection. Try to reason with them and they play victim while insisting you're the villain. Their cult leader is an expert at this.
You're not responsible for their feelings.