That genie has been out of the bottle a looooong time.
Good luck
Yeah they got rid of most of the ones that did terrible racist shit because it makes the ghost of milton freedman’s dick hard and now they’re left with the morons who keep telling on all of them because it makes the base hard.
Stop making race comments
I don’t think I’ve ever heard ‘race’ used as a euphemism for ‘racist’.
Jeez. I thought it was parody, but they really are afraid someone’s about to drop an N-bomb
Well, near a microphone.
That’s because they’ve just had 8 years of saying the quiet parts out loud….
So help us, may their lack of discipline be their undoing
- Too late
- They shouldn’t need to be told
- It’s just getting started
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say they’re not about to stop.
Stop making race comments: the most impossible challenge for the GOP.
Naw. They can switch to sexism.
Switch to?
They’re both, no doubt.
But right now they’re pushing the racism hard. I give it a week and it’ll be pushing the sexism hard.
They are already claiming she shouldn’t be eligible because she has no children of her own, only step children. No guy ever has been told he should be ineligible for office over not having children.
she shouldn’t be eligible because she has no children of her own
By that metric, Trump isn’t qualified because who wants a president that doesn’t have a dog?!?!
That’s patently ridiculous.
Also… wanna bet the originalists are going to shut up about “what the constitution says”?
My entire adult life, it’s felt like Republicans are made in those Coca-Cola Freestyle machines where you can customize the flavor. The base flavor is always pro-big business, American imperialist, anti-women’s rights, anti-intellectual. But then there’s always an extra shot of flavor! Maybe it’s something common, like being especially anti-queer, or rare like McCain having just a little squirt of integrity.
But sometimes it’s weird! With Sarah Palin it was aerial wolf gunning! There was some other guy who was against laws forbidding dog fighting, because he said that because human boxing was allowed, outlawing dogfighting would elevate dogs above humans. And then you’ve got the likes of MTG where you just take ALL the flavors and mix them together.
So yeah, we can expect a steady stream of base flavor repellent Republican behavior, with notes of racism and sexism that will be familiar to anyone who was paying attention during the Obama administration or the Trump vs. Clinton campaign.
Watch them try to go for an intersection high score
Seriously. What about every other non-white person?
Republican hard mode activated
“America is not racist!” said that stupid moron in their convention just a few days ago. I wonder how much was the price for his dignity
Everyone understands that Biden didn’t pick a black woman as his Vice President by coincidence, so Republicans could push the “DEI candidate” message without sounding explicitly racist, simply by attacking Harris as inexperienced. The people they want to reach would come to their desired conclusion. It’s a good thing that the stable geniuses in that party won’t or can’t control their mouths, since many voters who are hostile to the idea of DEI still don’t want to think of themselves as explicitly racist.
It’s funny, I don’t remember a peep from Republicans about DEI for Obama choosing an old white dude as a running mate. It’s almost as if DEI is a stand-in for another word. Maybe media could do their job and posit what that word might be.
Yeah, every VP is a DEI candidate.
When they talk about “balancing the ticket”, they’re looking specifically for diversity. Old to balance young. Southern to balance northern. Experienced to balance inexperienced, etc.
Even when both candidates are white men, they are looking for someone who will bring in voters that the presidential candidate won’t on their own. Dick Cheney was an old white man, but he was chosen to balance Bush Jr’s young age and relative lack of political experience. Even Mike Pence was a DEI hire because he was specifically chosen to appeal to religious evangelical voters who didn’t trust Trump.
You know your NOT RACIST when you have to Remind your Party not to be Racist!
“This should not be about personalities. It should be about policy.
Would be the first time since the mid-90s if he wasn’t lying, delusional or both. Probably both.
And we have a record to compare,” Speaker Mike Johnson told POLITICO
An abysmal record. One that doesn’t compare favorably to the merely insufficient one of the Dems.
That’s technically still a record to compare, though, I guess 🤷
“This should not be about personalities. It should be about policy.”
Just once, I wish that a reporter would have the integrity to just lean in close like LBJ intimidating a staffer, almost touching face to face, and then emit a single peal of pure derisive laughter. Just a single loud, half maniacal high pitched “HH-HAAA!”, close enough that they can feel the wind of it. And then just walk away. No follow-up questions, no segue way or thank you for your time. Just loud laughter and then the end of the interview, without another word.
Who is or are the members of the GOP who are making racial remarks?
I would support kicking them off their political seat.
Posts have been all over the front page of Lemmy with “DEI hire” and stupid shit like that. I’m too lazy to find them for you. The misogyny and racism has been surprisingly blatant.
No, keep it up. Show exactly who you are.
Lmao they let the foxes into the henhouse and are now concerned that the farmer now knows about it and is coming by shortly with his ranch rifle and a few boxes of ammo
I am quite enjoying watching the Republicans hoist themselves on their own petard
Republicans are so fucking petarded!
