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markodochartaigh

(2,221 posts)
58. Well,
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 01:22 PM
Oct 2024

Trump doesn't have any political positions except to help himself in any way possible. But the reich-wing corporate oiligarchs, evilgelicals, and techbros that support Trump certainly do have political positions, and any Republican at the national level will have to adopt most, if not all, of those positions, willingly or unwillingly.

The only difference between the corporate Republicans, who haven't supported Trump from the beginning, and the maga Republicans is that the corporate Republicans support democracy. At least the gerrymandered, disenfranchised, and suppressed democracy under which they have done so well for half a century. The maga Republicans do not support any real pretense to democracy if they aren't in control.

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Preach it.... They are s root cause of the current fidease JT45242 Oct 2024 #1
Oh please. What the hell is this? It's time to be Machiavellian now, use our heads. brush Oct 2024 #67
Precisely. Like we can B.See Oct 2024 #104
You are absolutely correct Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #89
I agree totally. Raven123 Oct 2024 #2
Cheney is positioning herself to lead the Republican party wnylib Oct 2024 #16
not a chance, she has NO support. WarGamer Oct 2024 #25
She was defeated in Wyoming because of Trump's control wnylib Oct 2024 #38
*Wyoming. WarGamer Oct 2024 #39
Oops. Thanks. I corrected it. wnylib Oct 2024 #62
I've explained it numerous times. WarGamer Oct 2024 #40
Vance, maybe. Gabbard and DeSantis, no. wnylib Oct 2024 #60
you are absolutely right. JohnSJ Oct 2024 #88
Well, markodochartaigh Oct 2024 #58
I have but one recommend to give and I give it with a resounding Fuck, Yeah! Solly Mack Oct 2024 #3
As I have commented many times before on this point, Ocelot II Oct 2024 #4
THIS SunSeeker Oct 2024 #45
While I agree the proverbial gate should be cocked and ready to you know what. n/t Cheezoholic Oct 2024 #49
K&R for Charlie Pierce and perspective! mountain grammy Oct 2024 #5
Go fuck yourself Charles Pierce. This isn't about rehabilitation of anyone, JohnSJ Oct 2024 #6
Agree, the dems are trying their best to get republicans to stand up and do the right thing Bev54 Oct 2024 #27
THIS orangecrush Oct 2024 #33
Thank you! This is all out war. We would not have won WWII if not for a pact we made with the Stalin devil! PortTack Oct 2024 #34
Charles Pierce is as important a voice of displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #69
I got it. We are 30 days from the general election and now is the perfect time to diss the republicans that are JohnSJ Oct 2024 #85
You are so right. It's not that hard to understand. Winning is the thing. brush Oct 2024 #105
I love Charlie Pierce but he is wrong here Blaukraut Oct 2024 #114
Exactly. We're not fucking stupid FrankBooth Oct 2024 #142
We are tryng to win an election JI7 Oct 2024 #7
Exactly. What is he suggesting that VP Harris refuse his endorsement? JohnSJ Oct 2024 #11
but we don't have to sell our soul to do it. tman Oct 2024 #15
What does that even mean ? Why do people act like politics and elections are some personal religion ? JI7 Oct 2024 #21
Sell one's soul Cirsium Oct 2024 #31
This fucked up mentality is what gave us Bush and Cheney in the first place JI7 Oct 2024 #44
He is pointing out that the Cheneys don't have much displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #74
Who thinks it's anything more than that ? The endorsement itself JI7 Oct 2024 #77
The author of the Esquire piece does Cirsium Oct 2024 #81
Thise demanding purity aren't Democrats. They are the trash that helped Bush Cheney win JI7 Oct 2024 #92
That is a problem Cirsium Oct 2024 #108
The lying trash that helped Bush and Cheney win becsuse Gore wasn't Pure enough stent Democrats JI7 Oct 2024 #109
Beg your pardon? Cirsium Oct 2024 #112
My anger is towards those who have a problem with Kamala Harris tryng to win an election JI7 Oct 2024 #113
Tulsi Gabbard? Cirsium Oct 2024 #125
Right Cirsium Oct 2024 #79
You're welcome displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #80
Harris? Cirsium Oct 2024 #76
Yep. This 'selling your soul' talk is straight-up electoral idiocy FrankBooth Oct 2024 #143
Kamala isnt hating on Cheney, so i wont either. nt LexVegas Oct 2024 #8
people can change--if 10% or even 5% of the rethuglicans follow Cheney's lead, we win easily. cadoman Oct 2024 #130
A great column to write in MID-NOVEMBER Prairie Gates Oct 2024 #9
Save it until after the election. We have a common enemy to defeat. We can sort our differences after. Midnight Writer Oct 2024 #10
If Liz Cheney can influence Mz Pip Oct 2024 #12
President Biden on Liz Cheney and her father: highplainsdem Oct 2024 #13
How to lose an election. Let Pierce be your campaign manager. JohnSJ Oct 2024 #14
Good for you, I can live with that. n/t elocs Oct 2024 #17
Yup. Here's 2019 Liz praising Trump and accusing Democrats of murdering babies JHB Oct 2024 #18
This isn't about supporting Liz Cheney for President JI7 Oct 2024 #23
Pierce is a useful idiot, obviously......nt DoBW Oct 2024 #32
Nicole is still a republican/republicon in her heart WhiteTara Oct 2024 #19
If they can bring extra votes kacekwl Oct 2024 #20
Who is suggesting we forget who they are? ShazzieB Oct 2024 #65
Never angrychair Oct 2024 #107
Or his honesty displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #111
I respect your position, but I don't think we're on exactly the same page. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #124
Strange times, strange bedfellows peggysue2 Oct 2024 #22
Best read of the day, thanks! WarGamer Oct 2024 #24
Let me understand this. So because the Democrats are trying to get republicans to vote for Harris/Walz you think that JohnSJ Oct 2024 #86
I agree... but can we flush them all the day after the election? WarGamer Oct 2024 #100
Of course. As bad as this may sound winning is paramount. because the stakes are so high. JohnSJ Oct 2024 #106
It's called using people. Like joining a political party to run for office and the day after losing betsuni Oct 2024 #26
What a great help to Trump! Frances Oct 2024 #28
exaqctly, Pierce is a useful idiot .....nt DoBW Oct 2024 #30
I can't stand Dick Cheney Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #29
Lol. We have 30 days. No time for this ecstatic Oct 2024 #35
The enemy of my enemy evolves Oct 2024 #36
The most salient point here being... Hugin Oct 2024 #37
Politics makes strange bedfellows Charles. Klarkashton Oct 2024 #41
All true. mn9driver Oct 2024 #42
I'm not "rehabbing" Liz Cheney. I'm just glad she gave credibility to the Jan 6th inquiry, and has been an endless Martin68 Oct 2024 #43
Liz was very much part of the effort that created Donald Trump Skittles Oct 2024 #54
Revenge for what? Martin68 Oct 2024 #71
for the way they treated her Skittles Oct 2024 #78
I'm guessing you haven't read her book. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #73
I haven't read Cheney's book, but it was her defense of the Constitution that gained her my respect. Martin68 Oct 2024 #140
If her Daddy or another Puke was subverting Democracy she would be fine with it. Autumn Oct 2024 #138
of course she would Skittles Oct 2024 #144
Oh boo hoo Chuck. Get over yourself. BannonsLiver Oct 2024 #46
K n R. My feelings exactly. n/t JoeOtterbein Oct 2024 #47
our entire country, democracy itself is at stake Takket Oct 2024 #48
Yes Dick lied us into an unneeded war and became a billionaire from it, helped w to cheat his Botany Oct 2024 #50
I hear you. It's an "Enemy of my enemy" thing. We do owe her a debt for standing against Trump. Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #51
That is exactly what it is, nothing more. JohnSJ Oct 2024 #87
We'll call it even because I'm sure she supported and enabled Trump's dumbass in the first place. In It to Win It Oct 2024 #136
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Oct 2024 #52
"A laurel, and hardy handshake" JoseBalow Oct 2024 #53
hey i will wear someones old cast off smelly sweaty shoes if thats the only way samnsara Oct 2024 #55
I don't agree at all with Charles Pierce... orwell Oct 2024 #56
Well stated. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #75
It's "Liz", not Lynn, but Karma13612 Oct 2024 #93
Sorry... orwell Oct 2024 #103
There'll be plenty of time to hate them after the election Seasider Oct 2024 #57
There's plenty of time now. Iggo Oct 2024 #72
I don't give a crap who you hate or how much Seasider Oct 2024 #96
THANK YOU Skittles Oct 2024 #59
Fuckin' A. Iggo Oct 2024 #61
This message was self-deleted by its author brush Oct 2024 #63
Peirce says he knows we now need all hands on deck . . . people Oct 2024 #64
OMG Pierce complainers. What you're saying he should say is literally what he said. pspro Oct 2024 #66
Charles P. Pierce can sit on his high horse all by himself. madaboutharry Oct 2024 #68
It's just that Dick Cheney is, always has been, a displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #91
People evolve. madaboutharry Oct 2024 #98
Two things can be true at the same time. Bleacher Creature Oct 2024 #70
Good post! Kaleva Oct 2024 #99
RSO rso Oct 2024 #82
RSO rso Oct 2024 #83
Thank you for your support Liz and Dick, now go back to your neo-con cave. jalan48 Oct 2024 #84
Charles Pierce can go sit on a hot poker. F**k him. We have an election to win! Tarheel_Dem Oct 2024 #90
I can dig the aisle reach across, within limits Montauk6 Oct 2024 #94
Not the time for this. There are dozens of more important issues to spend Persondem Oct 2024 #95
Totally agree. returnee Oct 2024 #97
It's called a coalition you fucking idiot (Pierce). awesomerwb1 Oct 2024 #101
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Oct 2024 #102
Where in the article does it say Pierce said anything about rejecting either Cheney's vote? Solly Mack Oct 2024 #115
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Oct 2024 #116
Where does it say he said to reject their votes? Answer that. And, Liz Cheney wouldn't reject that because she Solly Mack Oct 2024 #118
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Oct 2024 #119
But you got it wrong both times. Can't you admit it? How hard is it to admit that the man didn't say reject the votes Solly Mack Oct 2024 #120
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Oct 2024 #121
LMAO Thank you! Solly Mack Oct 2024 #122
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Oct 2024 #127
LMAO. Again, thank you! Solly Mack Oct 2024 #128
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Oct 2024 #129
Damn Solly Mack Oct 2024 #131
known you here for years and years bigtree Oct 2024 #133
Stop it. No where in any of your replies does it even remotely suggest that you were in pain or Solly Mack Oct 2024 #134
Liz Cheney, Mike Pence... once in a while they are on the right side and do or say.... IcyPeas Oct 2024 #110
It's the Bootlicking Neo-Con you know vs. the Facist Totalitarian Sino-Russo Nazi you don't know. TheBlackAdder Oct 2024 #117
DURec leftstreet Oct 2024 #123
Liz Cheney protected Ginni Thomas... TommyT139 Oct 2024 #126
TOTALLY Agree! nt Raine Oct 2024 #132
That's great. Let's do all that after the election. In It to Win It Oct 2024 #135
Got that right. Autumn Oct 2024 #137
I know their behavior JustAnotherGen Oct 2024 #139
It's making me sick to be honest. It happens right on this site. mucholderthandirt Oct 2024 #141
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