billvon 2,356 #1 Posted May 20, 2022 So Madison Cawthorne lost his primary, indicating that mainstream republicans do actually have a little sense. Good for them. In his concession speech, though, he revealed what he would have done had been re-elected. "The time for gentile politics as usual has come to an end. It’s time for the rise of the new right, it’s time for dark MAGA to truly take command. We have an enemy to defeat, but we will never be able to defeat them until we defeat the cowardly and weak members of our own party. Their days are numbered. We are coming.” He then made a list of his supporters, all the farthest-right extremists within the GOP - Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump, the NRA, Matt Gaetz and Paul Gosar. “These are honorable men and women who are the type of friends anyone yearns to have. ‘At the beginning of a change the patriot is a rare and hated man.’ These are those rare and hated men/women. There are other National figures who I believe are patriots, but I am on a mission now to expose those who say and promise one thing yet legislate and work towards another, self-profiteering, globalist goal." Taking the most generous interpretation of that - that he mispronounced "gentle" or "genteel" as "gentile" - the idea that he feels that Trump supporters must become "darker" and more violent is indicative of how extremist Trump supporters are becoming. How do you get darker? Kill more cops at your next "legitimate political discourse" event? Pre-emptively pardon everyone in the GOP for any pedophilia or sex crimes? (His strong supporter Matt Gaetz would surely appreciate that.) Water the tree of liberty with the blood of Biden, Harris and Sotomayor? For centuries now the US has been based on the ideas of democracy, representative government and the rule of law - that within that rule of law, a democracy can determine its own course by a vote of the people or its representatives, and even change the laws that constrain them. On Jan 6th we saw a concerted attempt by Trump supporters to destroy that system. And more and more we see the far right ignoring that paradigm in favor of lawlessness, violence, unilateral action and now - literally - darkness. It's going to be an ugly decade. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,362 #2 May 20, 2022 "Concession speech"??? Did he learn nothing from Trump? He was robbed! He won by a landslide! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,329 #3 May 20, 2022 44 minutes ago, billvon said: So Madison Cawthorne lost his primary, indicating that mainstream republicans do actually have a little sense. Good for them... Did they actually demonstrate good sense? Or did the video simply stir up their homophobia? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,362 #4 May 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, wolfriverjoe said: Did they actually demonstrate good sense? Or did the video simply stir up their homophobia? He broke the first rule of GOP Coke & Sex Club: You never talk about GOP Coke & Sex Club. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,241 #5 May 20, 2022 1 hour ago, billvon said: In his concession speech, though, he revealed what he would have done had been re-elected. "The time for gentile politics as usual has come to an end. It’s time for the rise of the new right, it’s time for dark MAGA to truly take command. We have an enemy to defeat, but we will never be able to defeat them until we defeat the cowardly and weak members of our own party. Their days are numbered. We are coming.” It’s all Obama’s fault for being so divisive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,101 #6 May 20, 2022 1 hour ago, jakee said: It’s all Obama’s fault for being so divisive. Well, he was Dark while trying to Make America Great Again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,356 #7 May 20, 2022 26 minutes ago, SkyDekker said: Well, he was Dark while trying to Make America Great Again. If only you knew the powah of the Dark Side! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 896 #8 May 20, 2022 4 hours ago, billvon said: So Madison Cawthorne lost his primary, .... It's going to be an ugly decade. Ron...Ron..??. Jerry made a comment in another thread about SHTF. IMO it won't, but there is certainly those who want it. No I don't mean Jerry. But politicians on the right who don't believe in compromise. Those who believe politics is war by other means. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,611 #9 May 20, 2022 2 hours ago, billvon said: If only you knew the powah of the Dark Side! Unfortunately that is, in fact, quite true. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,265 #10 May 20, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, billvon said: It's going to be an ugly decade. Isn't that the truth. What's really crazy is that the nutters didn't need a majority to make it happen. And now in broad daylight they're comfortable holding their annual seance in Hungary to learn more about co-opting democracy from Victor Orbán. We most certainly do live in interesting times. Edited May 20, 2022 by JoeWeber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,041 #11 May 21, 2022 1 hour ago, JoeWeber said: Isn't that the truth. What's really crazy is that the nutters didn't need a majority to make it happen. And now in broad daylight they're comfortable holding their annual seance in Hungary to learn more about co-opting democracy from Victor Orbán. We most certainly do live in interesting times. Hi Joe, IMO all times are interesting. I think we are living in dangerous times; if not now, then soon. The nutters are getting nuttier by the moment. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,265 #12 May 21, 2022 50 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said: IMO all times are interesting. While you've most certainly earned the right to have an opinion on the passage of time, given that history isn't over yet and the American Borg have only just begun assimilating us, we ought to reserve a bit of judgement. Seems to me that once they have us plugged into our charging ports life won't be that interesting at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites