What is the future of the Republican Party?

funhusker said:
This clip is from months ago.  He has since at least said he is retiring at the end of his term.
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And good for him.  I totally get it, the idea that some people love their job and have that "ambition" and all that.  That is great, it really is, but there clearly comes a time when you just can't do it anymore.

Some of these guys are clearly getting up in the morning, getting help with getting dressed, pumped full of drugs, all to just try and keep them from acting like Bernie from the documentary Weekend at Bernies.

I played an early round of golf yesterday, had some beers and a shot at the turn.  Then out to lunch with my friends and then a quick Bday party.  I was home by 4:30PM and was wiped out.  I was in bed by 9.  

I can't imagine what these guys do just to make it through a regular day.

 
Not that there was any doubt left but just to add to the body of evidence that the GOP is now a full fledged authoritarian party, here's the ridiculous and fascistic argument being put forth at the Supreme Court.



 
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Scarlet said:
Not that there was any doubt left but just to add to the body of evidence that the GOP is now a full fledged authoritarian party, here's the ridiculous and fascistic argument being put forth at the Supreme Court.
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And, that ex President has a hand picked court to hear the argument.

I'm holding out some hope that these arguments are so absurdly ridiculous that even the right wing court realizes it and rules against it.

But, I question my sanity for holding out that hope.

 
Meanwhile, one time VP candidate, Kristie, kill the dog, Noem is banned in 20% of her state for linking tribal leaders with the drug cartels.

She has gone full MAGA

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-is-now-barred-from-entering-nearly-20-of-her-state-report-says/ar-BB1mgFjA?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=be8922a379e34e36bfc98ba7b55f8ab8&ei=30

The governor has now been barred from land belonging to the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe, adding to her previous bans from the reservations of the Oglala, Rosebud, Cheyenne River, and Standing Rock Sioux tribes, per the report.

The moves mean Noem will be refused entry to the reservations of six out of the state's nine Native American tribes.

It follows her controversial remarks linking drug cartels and tribal leaders.

"We've got some tribal leaders that I believe are personally benefiting from the cartels being there, and that's why they attack me every day," Noem said at a forum, per the AP.

"But I'm going to fight for the people who actually live in those situations, who call me and text me every day and say, 'Please, dear governor, please come help us in Pine Ridge. We are scared,'" she added.

Tribes have slammed Noem's comments, with Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out, saying: "How dare the Governor allege that Sioux Tribal Councils do not care about their communities or their children, and, worse, that they are involved in nefarious activities?" the AP previously reported.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chairwoman Janet Alkire added: "Governor Kristi Noem's wild and irresponsible attempt to connect tribal leaders and parents with Mexican drug cartels is a sad reflection of her fear-based politics that do nothing to bring people together to solve problems."

Noem's strained relationship with the tribes predates her governorship, beginning with her support for antiprotest legislation following the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock in 2016.

Subsequent clashes over COVID-19 checkpoints exacerbated tensions between the governor and local tribes.
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It’s weird and stupid for her to say, another reason she is horrible for that job and worse than the idiot who held it before her.    The strange thing for Hogan is this may actually help him in Maryland if voters know Trump hates him. 

 
BigRedBuster said:
The future is here.   :laughpound
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I honestly don't understand what the Republicans who didn't put a stop to this when they could were thinking. I mean, maybe fear of revenge was in mind, but there were multiple times they could have easily banded together and prevented that possibility, including by impeaching him in 2021. Let's just say Trump becomes president and then we're a dictatorship by 2028... who in the GOP since 2016 will be better off with that than they would have otherwise been? Maybe like 2-3 people in his inner circle. No one else. So even if Trump wins, the other leaders in the GOP will not win. They had the power to stop this but f#&%ed up at every single turn.

Now let's say he doesn't win. They are going to have s#!t for money for their campaigns because of Trump owning the RNC, from presidential elections all the way downstream. There is no way he is going to do anything that doesn't help him personally, and he's not smart enough to realize some of these lesser elections could help him personally.

 
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