Although it’s not a new trend, 2023 thus far has undoubtedly been a prolific one for GOP fear mongering fake controversies into existence.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1467753
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1467753
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"Here’s the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz. I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz." – former U.S. Senator (MN) Al Franken
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First they came for the cars, and I didn’t say anything. I ride the bus. Next they came for the gas stoves, and I didn’t say anything. I have an induction range. Then they came for the fans, but all the sports went to pay-per-view and there were no more fans.
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Imagine the stupidity, anger, and gullibility of those who listen to constant Republican culture wars. It’s a new target every day. Like lemmings, these fools ignore how GOP policies actively harm them and go down the rabbit hole whining about Mr Potatohead, Barbie, whatever.
There is no cure for stupid.
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SWINE: Senators Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything. H/T: Al Capp.
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They live in a fantasy world, where it’s back to the 1950s, Leave it to Beaver-style. The Defeated Former president* is a strong, reliable leader, and those Negroes are getting mighty uppity! I wish I could live in such a Paradise. But I am a realist.
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It’s not just those items. Basically anything can be rigidly categorized into a bipolar ideological construct. Unless it had an overtly ideological theme, movies and TV 50 years ago were generally not parsed for its ideological meaning. But now, anything goes. I think March of the Penguins was the archetype of this kind of pigeonholing. I just thought it was about penguins in Antarctica, but apparently, it’s some kind of allegory about the superiority of conservatism.
But also the car you drive, your zip code, clothes, where you shop, and on and on, all are subject to the right wing’s secret decoder ring, as if they were living as adepts of a gnostic religion.
Basically, the right-wing mentality searches relentlessly for raw material to ignite conflict over. They crave ceaseless conflict like addicts.
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If we had a functioning press in this country that wasn’t owned by divisive oligarchs, these useless twats would be called out for the ass clowns they are until their shame made them crawl back under their rocks. That’s what I think is most hilarious about this call to go back to another time, in the 50s and 60s, every one of these fools, Jordan, Cruz, Boobert, MTG would have been eviscerated by the press as complete morons not to be taken seriously. And yet, here we are.
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What about straws? Maybe that was some other election cycle.
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Nah, if they actually lived in the 1950s, they’d be parroting Robert Welch by saying that Eisenhower was a conscious agent of the communist conspiracy along with General Marshall and the joint chiefs of staff.
They’d be organizing petition drives against fluoridation and bemoaning the top marginal income tax rate of 93 percent. They’d be saying, "if only we could bring back the golden age of William McKinley!
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I forgot about Mr. Potatohead, the tuberous menace. Weren’t the Teletubbies groomers, or something?
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Lightbulbs; you forgot lightbulbs.
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I think it was just the purple one, as his antenna/hat was an upside down triangle. HORRORS.
And why are the Goopers so bunched up about making appliances more efficient? I don’t know about anyone else, but I’d like my gas stove to not leak. I’d also like my ceiling fans (which reduce my air conditioning use) to be more efficient (and to make less noise as well).
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Are they divisive oligarchs, or amoral capitalists in pursuit of profits driven by race horse politics, “both sides” narratives, and false equivalence controversies? Not that it matters, because the result is the same regardless of motivation.
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I have a gas stove. My house has 2 ceiling fans in separate rooms. I don’t drink alcohol and i wouldn’t kiss Cruz’s ass or any other part of his anatomy. And for Ms Boebert’s information, I’m not the meat eater I used to be. I’m not vegan or completely vegitarian but I just don’t need to see roasts outta my oven 3 times a day.
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GOOglE keeps PuTTing potaTo linKs in my nEws feed. If trip out of My window Or plAne blows up…
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Hey, Margie, if you can station yourself in everybody’s bedroom to make sure they don’t have any unauthorized sexy time, Joe Biden can take up residence in my kitchen.
Actually, having learned that Bud Lite was the drink of the maga set, I now have even more reasons to avoid it. And speaking of beer, isn’t “Carnival” Cruz’s “all American Shiner beer” owned by a Mexico company?
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More like James Buchanan, if you know what I mean.
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Can someone please convince them that air and
water are “woke” and part of the “Demonrat” agenda,
so we can all finally move on?
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I need to see 5 roasts coming out of your oven and sent to me. thanks. 
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