Almost every week, Republicans join a competition to see who can say the most outlandish things, and in the process, they push the envelope on just how nutty InsaniTEA can become. I trust that you will believe it, when I tell you that last week was no exception.
1. There’s a reason Rand Paul has become completely irrelevant.
The fact that Rand Paul was once touted as the savior of the Republican Party does not speak well of either of them. But just to drive the point home that Paul is definitely not suited to play the role of level-headed grown up in the room, the Kentucky libertarian got a little hysterical this week about Bernie Sanders.
Just a tad.
The word “socialist” can do that to right-wing libertarian types—sending them into paroxysms of wild-eyed terror. On a conservative South Carolina radio show, Paul suggested that a Bernie Sanders presidency might set off “mass genocide.” In his view, that’s what happens when you try socialism. Apparently, he has never heard of Scandinavia, where genocide really hasn’t been a thing.
“It amazes me and it actually kind of scares me,” Paul told radio host Vince Coakley. “I think it’s not an accident of history that most of the times when socialism has been tried that attendant with that has been mass genocide of people or any of those who object to it. Stalin killed tens of millions of people. Mao killed tens of millions of people. Pol Pot killed tens of millions of people.”
Granted, Paul is not the only Republican who is confused about Sanders’ use of the word socialism, and certainly not the only one using ridiculous rhetoric to scare people to death. Texas state Rep. Jason Villalba,
Villalba compared him to Hitler on Tuesday, later backing off, and going the other way to Stalin.a
So clearly, we can expect a lot more of this nonsense.
This past week, the former staffers of Rand Paul, who are also former staffers of his father, were on trial and Ron Paul was testifying. But in addition to waxing stupid over Bernie Sanders, Paul tried to, in his own inane way, divert attention from the trial. In the process, he managed to make himself even more irrelevant.
This is just one of the absurdities of right wing America. To be sure, there are more than five, but publishing space is limited. Read about the other four enumerated in Alternet.
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1> What really scares me is that these men and woman don't know the difference between Socialism, Communism and Fascism. please buy the supposed well-educated people a dictionary and teach them to read.
2> The Donald is the Greatest Deal Maker and no one should question him. He'll hire the best and pay them the most to cheat the American people like he does in all his dealings.
3> Still the 'Huckster". Definition~.
VERB ~ NORTH AMERICAN
promote or sell (something, typically a product of questionable value).
4> Take away her TV job and make her hustle waiting tables. She wouldn't last a week.
5> Settlers and immigrants are 2 different things??? Get Ann a dictionary too.
You're very sharp today, Patty. Excellent observations.
agreed!
Thank you. These poor excuses for human beings are really getting on my nerves.
1. Paul: This is what happens when the stupid and uneducated start to believe their own fear mongering press releases. Rand Paul is really looking spooked there, but that may be not only due to communist leaders of the past haunting him for calling them socialists, or Pol Pot for accusing him of killing more than the entire population of Cambodia with his own special brand of agrarian socialism, but also due to the ghost of the future: the prosecution coming after the son when they're done with the father. Now there's something to be scared of, Rand. That may actually happen!
2. Wow, that Trump! A universal healthcare system that is not socialism. How could it be with Trump himself cutting all these "great deals" with health care providers and hospitals. Yeah, right.
3. Huckabee: I couldn't be bothered to spend any more time on the insane/racist/misogynistic/… tweet that hit the top three this week.
4: Tantaros: She and her visitor Watters made it very clear why they oppose restaurant workers get living wages: it would deprive the rich of their joy to have people groveling at their feet for a tip, they'll no longer have the opportunity to be condescending to them and show off to the waitresses with a big tip. Makes you feel really sorry for those rich people, doesn't it?
5. Coulter: Who?
1. I am old enough to have seen the word "Socialist" get trashed. to the point where it was thought to mean the same thing as "fascist" AND "communist." And Communist meant only "godless, atheistic Communist" – you know, like in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Tail Gunner Joe fomented a lot of that, but the whole country kind of went insane along with him. Rand is not old enough to remember that, but Ron is, and probably brought him up to it. No, Rand, you have it wrong. Communism is what the apostles practiced in the Book of Acts. It didn't last very long, and hasn't been seen since, because in order for it to work everyone involved must be in and stay in an advanced state of spirituality and that's about as easy to achieve as finding teeth in hens. Socialism is what they have in Scandinavia, where they also have a lot of personal liberty. Fascism is what you are worried about. Worry about it in the party you caucus with, because that's where it is.
2. It's impossible to argue with Trump because he doesn't have a clue how to argue. And I'm afraid it's too late for him to get schooled by a high school debate team.
3. I'm sure a lot of knuckle draggers thought it was screamingly funny.
4. My proudest achievement of my life was organizing a fund raiser for the Girl Scout troop I was leading which involved them apprenticing as waitresses for one day and left them swearing, to a woman, thay they would never stiff a waitress as long as they lived. I might add Jesse Watters doesn't really care about the opportuniy to make an impression with a big tip. He cares about the ability to make a contemptuous impression with no tip.
5. Ann Coulter. OMG. Talk about not getting it.
I think the reason no one can argue with Trump is because he tested at the genius IQ level and thinks he's the brightest bulb on the tree. What he isn't smart enough to know is that IQ is only an intelligence test score that is obtained by dividing … mental age by his chronological age and multiplying the result by 100 IQ. He was tested in his early years like we all were. He probably doesn't test as high now because he refuses to learn anymore.
Hey, Huckleberry –
How much do you trust your own damn son – the one that tortured and hanged a dog to death at Scout camp – with your Labrador?
http://www.newsweek.com/sons-past-could-come-back-bite-huckabee-94351
http://jezebel.com/that-time-mike-huckabees-loser-son-allegedly-tortured-a-1702327150
http://www.snopes.com/politics/politicians/huckabeedog.asp
rand·y
[ˈrandē]
ADJECTIVE
informal
sexually aroused or excited.
SCOTTISH
archaic
(of a person) having a rude, aggressive manner.
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1. Rand Paul needs to bow out of the GOP/TP nomination race before he becomes even more irrelevant.
2. Donald Trump: On Democracy Now!
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2015
David Cay Johnston: 21 Questions for Trump on Kickbacks, Busting Unions, the Mob & Corporate Welfare
Donald is not who or what you think he is. "He’s not at all who he appears to be." One glaring fact is that he has not been properly vetted."
"To talk more about Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, we are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump off and on for 27 years."
Text & VIDEO:
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/8/19/david_cay_johnston_21_questions_for?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=5b2982d86e-Daily_Digest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-5b2982d86e-191305865
"21 Questions for Donald Trump." Nothing has appeared. And that’s because, in this country, politics reporters cover the horse race, and they do not vet the candidates the way they should. And Trump, if vetted properly, would quickly disappear from the polls."
21 Questions For Donald Trump
http://www.nationalmemo.com/21-questions-for-donald-trump/
3. Huckabee: He needs to drop out and fade away as quickly as he can from the public eye. Useless.
4. Andrea Tantaros: Andrea needs to quit her day job and try working for a change instead of foaming and mouthing off.
5. Ann Coulter: Pitiful woman. Ann is only in this role just to make money.
Rand Paul, son of idiot and named for idiot, I sincerely hope this Presidential bids knocks him out of the job as Ky. Senator, I have been embarrassed since his election.
Huckabee: Short for Huckster, tries to play to his audience and forgets that the rest of the country is listening to his bigotry, prejudice and misogyny.(sp) wish this site had spellcheck, I know tht is wrong. Senioritis.
Tantoros: She works for Faux news, nuff said.
Coulter: I am not sure she is a real person, perhaps she is an android, programmed by Fox.