Imposing taxes on imports? Doesn't sound like a proponent of the free market to me.
To be fair, this is one of the main schisms in the Republican Party: the base never cared about free-market conservative orthodoxy, and now they don't have to put up with it in order to punish their social-justice opponents.
I will enjoy the inevitable implosion of the Ryan speakership, whenever it happens, more than any other Washington event. That he was not permanently marked as a fraud years ago is a collective shame.
Imposing taxes on imports? Doesn't sound like a proponent of the free market to me.
To be fair, this is one of the main schisms in the Republican Party: the base never cared about free-market conservative orthodoxy, and now they don't have to put up with it in order to punish their social-justice opponents.
They do adhere closely to a certain Adam Smith viewpoint though, just not from Wealth of Nations, but rather the Theory of Moral Sentiments:
A true party-man hates and despises candour...
And Trump seems to follow this one:
Men of no more than ordinary discernment never rate any person higher than he appears to rate himself.
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I will enjoy the inevitable implosion of the Ryan speakership, whenever it happens, more than any other Washington event. That he was not permanently marked as a fraud years ago is a collective shame.
I mean, his drubbing by Biden basically torpedoed his Pres chances, otherwise he would have been part of the clown car this past year.
I will enjoy the inevitable implosion of the Ryan speakership, whenever it happens, more than any other Washington event. That he was not permanently marked as a fraud years ago is a collective shame.
Honestly, I need to read more contemporaneous accounts of past periods in the Congress because it seems like we are in a period of uniquely horrible leadership but that could just be recency bias. I mean, I know there have always been stupid back benchers, but they're back benchers so who cares? But leadership? It always seemed that they, you know, cared about good governance. It might line their own pocket along the way, but the math added up.
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Our local rep, Darrin LaHood, is refusing town halls. He's going to "several small private functions" instead, and says he's met with constituents a ton. Again, in small, private spaces.
Our local rep, Darrin LaHood, is refusing town halls. He's going to "several small private functions" instead, and says he's met with constituents a ton. Again, in small, private safe spaces.
Is the GOP really at a point of dysfunction they can control the House, Senate and WH and not be able to pass a damn thing?
If they pass something they'll maybe be accountable. Nobody wants that.
Add to that that there is a non-trivial number of Republicans for whom doing nothing is exactly what they want, and it's no wonder our legislative system has been frozen regardless of who sits in the big chair.
Their mantra has been "obstruct and destroy" for so long they forgot how to craft laws that actually create things. Hell, the executive branch gave it their best shot and it was overturned in 72 hours.
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Is the GOP really at a point of dysfunction they can control the House, Senate and WH and not be able to pass a damn thing?
If they pass something they'll maybe be accountable. Nobody wants that.
yeah
they've been winding up their base on bad policy for years, but they know that implementing it would be a disaster at such a scale that the base might actually notice and think they're responsible (and the donor class definitely would and they arguably still matter more anyway), so now they're trying to find a way to avoid responsibility for not getting anything done
and the crazy thing is that a lot of them don't even realize this, like that guy who said something to the effect of "if we don't repeal Obamacare, or if we do and just replace it with a watered-down version of itself, then what were we doing all this time? just playing politics?"
Is the GOP really at a point of dysfunction they can control the House, Senate and WH and not be able to pass a damn thing?
Do you want them passing things?
Accountability is how to force them from power, because otherwise they can keep distracting their base with dog whistles and demonizing the liberals who keep blocking them. For the Democrats to win is almost out of their hands at this point and all down to how far the GOP is willing to go.
Yeah, all that talk about impeaching Obama sure has been hurting the Republicans, we better do everything we can to be sure we don't ignite some real grassroots excitement at our elected officials taking the battle to its popularly-desired conclusion!
That article is empty of actual content, it's just trolling you.
So...it's written by politico?
Yeah, and what little content there is makes sense. Rallying at impeachment now would just make certain that the republicans would deny the efforts you need to produce the evidence.
Little known fact, all GOP districts are actually 100% republican and every single person in them hates the ACA. Nice of Trump to point that out for everyone.
(If this were actually true we'd be winning a lot more elections)
I just don't think he knows how the government is supposed to work, like, for serious. This is why he also gets angry when the legal system shoots him down or he doesn't just get to do what he wants. He actually doesn't know.
liberals seeing other liberals protesting and making noise in republican districts will also hopefully produce more democrat support in the areas, as people realise they arent alone and actually turn out to vote. Thats my hope anyway. Not enough to turn the districts but at least make republican hegemony feel less assured. And on a smaller level it will show republicans that democrats are their neighbors, people who live in areas they live too, and not tentacle monsters from the abyss sent to destroy them.
and the same small group of people follow him around to all of his speeches and clap for him on cue because they just like him so much.
not because they're paid staff, heavens no.
On topic: Good to see that some people with decision-making power are not completely sequestered from reality and/or the disapproval of those they represent, however much they may wish to be.
liberals seeing other liberals protesting and making noise in republican districts will also hopefully produce more democrat support in the areas, as people realise they arent alone and actually turn out to vote. Thats my hope anyway. Not enough to turn the districts but at least make republican hegemony feel less assured. And on a smaller level it will show republicans that democrats are their neighbors, people who live in areas they live too, and not tentacle monsters from the abyss sent to destroy them.
The current GOP strategy depends on that, it's like an occupying army spreading itself over a whole lot of territory. If they encounter something unexpected, they don't have the strength to hold on.
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To be fair, this is one of the main schisms in the Republican Party: the base never cared about free-market conservative orthodoxy, and now they don't have to put up with it in order to punish their social-justice opponents.
They do adhere closely to a certain Adam Smith viewpoint though, just not from Wealth of Nations, but rather the Theory of Moral Sentiments:
And Trump seems to follow this one:
~ Buckaroo Banzai
I mean, his drubbing by Biden basically torpedoed his Pres chances, otherwise he would have been part of the clown car this past year.
Honestly, I need to read more contemporaneous accounts of past periods in the Congress because it seems like we are in a period of uniquely horrible leadership but that could just be recency bias. I mean, I know there have always been stupid back benchers, but they're back benchers so who cares? But leadership? It always seemed that they, you know, cared about good governance. It might line their own pocket along the way, but the math added up.
Who is suing one of the people he paid hush money to, to get that money back, by the way.
Although like you said, contamporaneous accounts of how effective Hastert actually was would be more comparable.
Because everything ever is on fire? And then there's the treason.
Way to show courage, Grassley.
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If they pass something they'll maybe be accountable. Nobody wants that.
Do you want them passing things?
Add to that that there is a non-trivial number of Republicans for whom doing nothing is exactly what they want, and it's no wonder our legislative system has been frozen regardless of who sits in the big chair.
yeah
they've been winding up their base on bad policy for years, but they know that implementing it would be a disaster at such a scale that the base might actually notice and think they're responsible (and the donor class definitely would and they arguably still matter more anyway), so now they're trying to find a way to avoid responsibility for not getting anything done
and the crazy thing is that a lot of them don't even realize this, like that guy who said something to the effect of "if we don't repeal Obamacare, or if we do and just replace it with a watered-down version of itself, then what were we doing all this time? just playing politics?"
They seem pretty content to let that month deadline from the insurers wrt the ACA markets go whizzing by.
I have zero doubt it is so they can claim that Obamacare was such a failure that the insurers all withdrew voluntarily.
He's having 8 this week, so I wonder if he'll be paying attention.
Accountability is how to force them from power, because otherwise they can keep distracting their base with dog whistles and demonizing the liberals who keep blocking them. For the Democrats to win is almost out of their hands at this point and all down to how far the GOP is willing to go.
Yeah, all that talk about impeaching Obama sure has been hurting the Republicans, we better do everything we can to be sure we don't ignite some real grassroots excitement at our elected officials taking the battle to its popularly-desired conclusion!
So...it's written by politico?
Yeah, and what little content there is makes sense. Rallying at impeachment now would just make certain that the republicans would deny the efforts you need to produce the evidence.
To which all I can think is, yeah, they probably are planned to some degree. That's how protests work.
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(If this were actually true we'd be winning a lot more elections)
I just don't think he knows how the government is supposed to work, like, for serious. This is why he also gets angry when the legal system shoots him down or he doesn't just get to do what he wants. He actually doesn't know.
No, people just spontaneously spend time at aircraft hangars with bunting.
not because they're paid staff, heavens no.
On topic: Good to see that some people with decision-making power are not completely sequestered from reality and/or the disapproval of those they represent, however much they may wish to be.
The current GOP strategy depends on that, it's like an occupying army spreading itself over a whole lot of territory. If they encounter something unexpected, they don't have the strength to hold on.
It actually doesn't look like they're much different than any other congress, going by recent history.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/actually-trumps-congress-isnt-off-to-a-slower-start-than-normal/
I think we all need to remember that it's only been like a month. It feels like it's been forever but it really hasn't been that long.