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WTabsoluteF for?!
And the fascists keep marching along for their furher. >

For some he is their leader, for others he is their king, and I bet for a select few he is their god.
In the back of my mind, when thinking about them, I hear the Nine Inch Nails Song Head Like A Hole.
"Bow down before the one you serve
You're going to get what you deserve" >

Those lyrics are from Head Like A Hole, still a NIN song though >

Yea I had to correct that after re-reading my response.  It flipped on me for some reason. >

Happens to all of us, NIN rules though anyway >

it's an anti American fascist cult. >

Which is why it pisses me off that they call themselves patriots >

It’s a tactic of the Confederacy, mainly the Neo confederates.  The State’s Rights people portray themselves as the true patriots, fighting against the tyranny of the Federal government.  
Lincoln said, he doesn’t know if God is on his side, but he hopes that he is on God’s side.  
The conservatives have convinced (deluded) themselves that God is on their side, and that they’re the true patriots, so they can justify all of their actions.  
So they don’t view January 6th as an insurrection, and if they do, then they justify it as necessary. >

Remember how slavishly defensive the Republicans were of Dubya Bush?  How any criticism was giving aid and comfort to the terrorists who hate us and want to kill us because of our freedoms? How they groomed children to literally pray for him ("Jesus Camp")?
Now he's persona non grata, but the sentiment has moved on though the man was discarded.  The entire Republican Party is a tongue searching for a boot. >

He was persona non grata the second his presidency ended. Remember that he was literally the most unpopular president since polling began. He got out of office and vanished from the GOP. McCain's platform was already 99% of Bush's. If W had been on the stage with him he would've lost even faster.
And since then there hasn't been an opportunity for him to come back, even if he wanted to. >

100% of Donald Trumps say loyalty doesn't mean shit. >

The article's title said another way... "65 percent of Republicans have apparently lost their fucking minds" >

I'm pretty sure the percentage is much higher than that and it should have been evident several years ago! >

And 95% of them will vote for Donald Trump again in 2024. >

My FIL tried to convince me Nixon has honorable because he was showing loyalty to his underlings by trying to cover for them, and the underlings were showing loyalty to him by doing what they did... These folks WANT these guys to be like mob families, so long as it's on their team. They will unironically call the democrats "the Biden crime family" while simultaneously bending over backward to find some positive adjective to attribute to their sides blatant crimes. >

Over 50% of Republicans still think Trump won in 2020. There is no such thing as a Republican that's not an extremist. Even if the particular Republican you're voting for gives lip service to moderate views, does that really matter when the entire party is goose stepping in unison behind Donald Trump? Every Republican voter is complicit. >

It’s worse than that. It’s not that they think T won. It’s that they don’t care if he lost. I think this is important huge distinction so we better understand why facts and lack of evidence don’t matter and why you can’t argue with them. They don’t actually care if T won or lost in free fair election. This is why it’s so difficult to counter… they just don’t care. More fundamentally, the reason they don’t care is decades in the making, making it even harder to move away and forward. T is a con man but also the perfect willing con man arriving at perfect time of disinformation, disaffection, and manufactured outrage, all designed over decades to divide us. >

I think many of them actually do think Trump won. They are so deep in MAGA and have a cult like following for the guy they genuinely can’t see why he didn’t get like 80% of the vote. >

There are 3 types of Republicans:

Duped rubes
Amoral assholes duping the rubes
Immoral assholes benefiting from the duping of rubes

The difference is academic. >

There's other categories, like duped rubes who think they're going to benefit from duping the other rubes. >

A rube by any other name etc etc >

Ridiculous. Loyalty to any politician is misplaced be it Republican or Democrat. But it's especially misplaced to an actual fucking con man. >


I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls . . . There must be decency and respect.

– John Adams >

"Thomas Jefferson is a bastard brat of a Scotch peddler." 
— John Adams >

“Why don’t you suck on Deez… Deez nuts! Haha got ‘em!”

John Adams >

What a silly thing for them to think, loyalty to Trump is never returned. >

It's so surreal to see so many people so quickly sort of prostrate themselves before a game show host. Like 8 years ago this dude was just a TV celebrity with a Twitter habit. >

Fucking dorks >

The party of "rugged independence" demands fealty to a con man and wanna-be dictator.  
As a general supporter of the democratic party, I was once told by a strong GOP supporter that I "love Obama."  WTFF???  I don't love any particular politician.  Hopefully, their policies and beliefs align with mine.  The ones that do are the ones I vote for.  Other than that, I want them to do their jobs and let me do mine.  Fox propaganda has indoctrinated their viewers to have such a skewed outlook that they are divorced from realty and their own freedom of thought. >

"Rugged independence" is all you have left once you give the party everything they demand. You take care of them, and they leave you survive on your own without help. >

Immoral, un-Christian and anti-American. Unreal. >

JFC they really are a cult aren’t they. >

Actual principled Republicans are extinct: Trump's cult of personality is all they are, at this point... >

Principled Republicans went extinct in the 1960's when they began the southern (racist) strategy that they continue to use to this day.  Any pretense of "principles" was just window dressing.  Their real core principles are racism, fascism.  Trump just made it "ok" to say their deeply held ideas out loud.  Hate is their most cherished virtue. >

Well. That’s alarming. >

Not really - 70+ million voted for the idiot. They want to keep their cult alive otherwise what do they have in life other than him and/or people like him: racists, fascists, domestic terrorists, hateful human beings, you have heard and see them - they need their leaders that keep this alive and well >

Yep if he does tomorrow they might go to others but it would fall apart. >

The 65% are the proverbial sheep. >

I note that conservatives are often the sort to complain about "sheeple" needing to wake up ... >

Loyalty to a man is more important than loyalty to the country. 
Said in terms of “A Few Good Men”, it’s 
Unit
Corps
Trump
God
Country
/s >

That's not good news for santis >

65 percent of the stupid. >

And they wonder why trump is still in charge. You dont owe anyone fucking loyalty. This isnt the middle ages anymore. You can think for yourself and do research and disagree with people who vote like you on legitimate grounds. And you should never simply follow any leader without holding them accountable and double checking their words/actions. >

Among the straight white male voters, the number is more like 90%... >

So they really are as dumb as I thought. >

65% of Republicans confirm GOP is a cult. >

Loyalty to a man who distances himself from his supporters at every opportunity he gets >

Put the criminal in prison >

Then they will die their noble deaths for a pile of Cheetos drenched in blood. >

God he has a stupid face; and an even dumber brain. >

It's well established that 2/3 of the country are idiots.
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Luckily, only half of them are Republicans. /s >

Integrity should matter more...loyal to a fascist $wamp monster...we are the choices we make. >

And what percent of Dems/Independents consider that an instant disqualifier?  
Now you see the problem GOP faces. 
Tots and pears. >

Yes. The silver lining is that is down from about 75%?
I think it will be interesting to see how it plays out when he goes head to head with another Florida MAGA heavyweight >

Republicans love authoritarians >

Disgraceful >

The man is Charles Manson. >

fealty to your fuhrer is always important. >

So many broken brains... >

80% want GOP candidates to have policies similar to this walking bag of diarrhea. So when you see these fuckers condemn "bad behavior" or whatever else, know that that's a crock of shit. >

Ahh. Ye Olde Fealty to the Conman >

They're so brain dead >

Losers, all. >

Look at that face. >

Just a bunch of weak minded zombies still in love with their criminal cult leader. Actually feel kind of sorry for them. Reminder to all, inbreeding is not a good thing... >

Loyalty to their dictator wannabe.
Jokesters all of them.
They have no platform but "control" and delete SS and helpful "social programs" that they themselves use and complain about!
And they think that will win them supporters?
I guess there will always be sore losers and idiots to spread their lies and chivalry!
Shitheads comes to mind! >

The party of sheep >

As a non-American I find it baffling that people still support this man after everything that we now know about him. He’s just a terrible human being. >

Anybody who paid attention knew he was a carnival barker and a cartoon character in 2016 but he still won the nomination and the Presidency. >

65% of republicans don’t care about the constitution. >

Important? It’s everything! Their savior is always right. This is a CULT, not politics. >

This party is screwed for the presidency. Sure that figure is just a poll, and it's probably not that high but if even 15 percent of republicans are dead set against voting for anyone but Trump, the primaries and resulting fallout in the general should be epic. >

Because he’s the only thing the party has lol. If Trump didn’t win in 2016 then the republicans would have imploded. >

And the religious right would be in the history books rather than an ongoing menace to everyone that doesn't want to live under their religious laws.
The 2016 election fucked the 21st century for America. >

Yeah, a little bit. But I have hope. >

Santos and Trump that sounds about right for the Republican Party he’s just one great man right next to another great man it’ll probably have their bus put on top of the White House >

Is there really that many dumb rednecks in America? >

Yes >

Let’s see how long that lasts now that Fox isn’t going to be hyping him up for the next two years. >

Nobody can admit when they are wrong now days. They just double down. >

It's rampant narcissism.  They are freaking out because collectively they know they are seen.  They know the more enlightened and intelligent of us are on to them and all of their cruel, dominating tactics.  We are their worse nightmare.  There is nothing else they can do but act the way they are.  They are mentally ill disordered personalities that lack the hearts and minds to mitigate their ugliness. The real dilemma is  people of conscience recognizing that action must be taken and what that action needs to be to avoid these horrible people from starting a 4th Reich or some other horrific nonsense. >

Stop saying the MAGA contingent of Republicans isn't still their vast majority. >

The MAGA base is not even 12% of the voting base. >

No idea what you're basing that on. The vast majority of Republicans are supportive of the main tenets of MAGA - that the 2020 election was stolen and that they like Donald Trump. That's basically it. >

Reality, I based it on reality.
Most republicans do not support Trump but prefer to not vocalize it.
If they did, he would be the front runner and not DeSantis. >

Yeah, but how does this compare to previous years?  Is this percentage up, down or steady? >

“The Speakership debate PROVES the right aren’t the ones who just fall in line!”