I have often talked about how there is no “GOP” or “Republicans” anymore. The party itself had seceded any claim to being “Republicans” for a while now, especially following the events of 9/11. But they formally gave up the “GOP” part during their party’s convention in 2020, when they turned their party platform into an outright fealty pledge. Since then they have become an out-and-out subsidiary of one Narcissist Donald Trump, which is why this commentator rightly refers to the party I used to be a member of as the Trump Party.
But to even refer to this party as simply the “Trump Party” is a misnomer, because running alongside him are the followers of QAnon, and some of them have infested the halls of government all the way up to Congress.
That’s why, instead of it being the “TOP” (Trump is Our Party) or “GQP”, it really should be called the “TQP” for the Trump/Q Party. That’s really what it has been turned into.
Having said that… I have a few random thoughts for this TQP and their recent antics.
COVID Credit: You demand that your narcissist cult leader get credit for the COVID vaccine rollout, but both you and he refuse to accept the responsibility for the over 500,000 Americans dying because of the vocal opposition to masks and social distancing and the insistence spread among your cult followers, with more than a third of those deaths could have been prevented.
You have to own the statements made by your narcissist cult leader that the virus was supposedly “non-existent”, that it would “magically go away”, and that it was a “Democratic hoax”. All made even as your cult leader was telling Bob Woodward that the virus was just as dangerous as others said it was. You have to own up to the various ways that virus information was being suppressed, as well as the various ways essential medical supplies such as masks and ventilators were not going to where they needed to be. You have to own up to the super-spreader events that risked and cost the lives of thousands just so your messiah can get his ego fellated on a regular basis.
Let’s not forget as well that the first vaccine, from Pfizer, was not made in America, despite the lies from your TQP idiots in the Senate. And even then, your savior and his cronies bungled the initial acquisition of that vaccine as well as the rollout.
Speaking of which, maybe someone in that group should fess up about spreading those text messages and emails that led to the panic hoarding of paper products and food and milk. Someone started the rumor that martial law was about to be declared a year ago. Did you ever try to find out who?
You want “credit” for your so-called savior, TQP? Own up to the 500,000 deaths and the super-spreader events and the lies and the mismanagement first.
Bailout Credit: Speaking about taking credit for something you didn’t do... what the hell are the TQP hypocrites doing trying to take credit for the COVID relief act?
Let’s connect the dots here: the Dems pushed for the COVID relief. They knew it would not get past the TQP in the Senate because they would filibuster it, so they used the same trick the TQP flakes pulled a few years back to get their tax cuts passed. They went with the reconciliation program. It passed the House and the Senate directly along “party” lines and then signed into law by a Democrat.
Not one TQP member voted for the bill. Not a single one.
And yet they want to take credit for a supposed “bipartisan effort” that did not exist?
What sort of drugs are they taking? What delusional doublespeak reality do they come from where voting no for a bill means it’s a “bipartisan effort”?
No means no! It does *not* mean “bipartisan cooperation”!
Consequence, not Cancelled: The TQP snowflakes are whining about so-called “cancel culture” when their loony members, including their lord-and-savior, get banned on Twitter and Facebook and other forms of social media. It has been an ongoing conflict when it comes to social media, with these fascists falsely claiming a “conservative bias” when their lies and violent messages are muted.
Let’s get brutally honest here… if you’re able to bitch on Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax (aka “Buy these books”) about being blocked on Twitter for spreading lies and insurrection, then you’re not being “cancelled.” You’re just a spoiled bitch and held to Twitter’s “terms of service”.
I have seen plenty of people who ended up being banned from TikTok and Twitter and Instagram because they called you flakes names, or because they happen to have breasts and wear a tight sweater or bikini. And all because some Karen claimed a TOS violation that didn’t exist.
You want to know what being “cancelled” really is? Go back to the Dixie Chicks, who were actually cancelled because they spoke harshly about being in the same state as President George W. Bush. They were banned from country music stations, their albums destroyed in public displays of fake patriotism. Even today if you bring up their names, you flakes throw temper tantrums. That is being truly cancelled.
Talk to Colin Kaepernick lately? Yeah, you fascist flakes were really passionate about burning your Nike shoes when they decided to hire him for a few commercials. Even today, he is blackballed from playing football. That is truly being cancelled!
Hear too much from former U.S. Senator and former TV comedian Al Frankin lately? Not since Fox News rode his cancellation out of office and into obscurity.
And to hell with your plea to get my generation – Generation X - involved with this! We remember your cancelling of “The Last Temptation of Christ” and 2 Live Crew and Pepsi and Twisted Sister and Cyndi Lauper and all of the others. We’re not on your side on this, TQP! Never have, never will. Go screw yourselves.
No… what you’re going through is *not* cancellation, but consequence.
“Words have meaning.” Remember that quote? That’s from your patron saint of talk radio, the late Rush Limbaugh. If you spread lies and misinformation and encourage insurrection, then there are consequences. It means you don’t get to do that on that medium anymore. Go find one that will allow it. They’re out there.
Finally...
Voting Suppression: This commentator was not the least surprised that this would come up.
This is political payback, plain and simple.
The TQP failed to get back the House, they lost the Senate, and they lost the White House... and they couldn’t overthrow it. So now they’re going after all our rights to vote so it will never happen again. It’s payback. It’s revenge on the voters who had the audacity to actually vote!
But perhaps the most blatant efforts was here in Georgia, where the governor who campaigned as a Narcissist Trump stooge, had a closed-door signing ceremony complete with a painting of an old slavery-era plantation in the background, and surrounded by pasty-white male legislators, while a black female legislator was arrested and carried out by white police officers for the “crime” of knocking on the door. Yeah, not racist at all... all sarcasm intended.
This isn’t about “security”. It’s about grabbing power and preventing people from voting them out of office. In true spirit of fascism, they want one party in charge of everything. *Their* party.
What this means is simple. It means the Dems and anyone... and I mean any one... who believes in democracy, in bringing change through the ballot box instead of armed insurrections, have to make it their mission in life to use that ballot box to end the careers of those politicians with that fake letter “R” next to their names. Whatever hurdle exists to get there, hop through it. You did it this past November and Georgians did it again this past January. Now you need to keep doing it.
The president in the movie “The American President” said it best... “America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, ‘cause it’ll put up a fight.” Well, here are the combatants. Your friends, your neighbors, your coworkers, your bosses, and even your family members. Ready for the next round? It’s already begun.
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