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========== McCarthy is still trying and maybe he will make it - for a while - https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/politics/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-race/index.html https://news.yahoo.com/calmes-kevin-mccarthy-anything-house-110019957.htmlhttps://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html But how long will he last if elected? Not long if he makes any decisions or tries to lead on anything except dialing for dollars in dark campaign money. The most rational GOP member choice for getting things done would be Brian Fitzpatrick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Fitzpatrick_(American_politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_Solvers_Caucus He'd get no votes from the Freischütze-macht-Freiheit caucus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Caucus because their goal is to prevent things from getting done. But they are going to vote against any Speaker as soon as they don't get their way. But Fitzpatrick would get some votes from problem-solving Democrats instead. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html == About political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop ===== comments 49 impact 21678 impactrate 2 negative 0 posted 2022-12-31 ratio 4 react 1953 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1896 title McCarthy is still trying and maybe he will make it - topic gop wordrate 0 words 111 audclicks 1896 commentsimpress 49 epoch Lifetime ID 1841781259499718 impress 11885 matchedlinkclicks 291 matchedotherclicks 1605 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/31/2022 06:12" rcs 100 reach 7851 reactions 43 sharesimpress 8 title "Is there a Speaker in the House?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1841781259499718 ========== Saying one thing and doing the opposite is essential GOP minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop some Republicans believe McCarthy is privately rooting for the omnibus bill to pass, even though he plans to vote against it publicly https://cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/kevin-mccarthy-mitch-mcconnell-collision-course/index.html And while some want to solve the nation's problems, https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html others just want to solve their problem of getting on Fox and connecting with megadonors. McCarthy's good for the latter. So is McConnell. == About political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop ===== comments 23 impact 14623 impactrate 1 negative 0 posted 2022-12-14 ratio 2 react 2031 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2005 title Saying one thing and doing the opposite is essential GOP topic gop wordrate 0 words 72 audclicks 2005 commentsimpress 23 epoch Lifetime ID 1827512164259961 impress 6678 matchedlinkclicks 631 matchedotherclicks 1374 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/14/2022 08:12" rcs 89 reach 4219 reactions 63 sharesimpress 3 title "McCarthy and McConnell on collision course as Congress barrels toward messy finish | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1827512164259961 ========== Republicans are simply out of touch with the values of a significant part of the electorate https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/opinion/republicans-midterms-abortion.html GOP, depending as it does on pro-lifers being single-issue voters that can be captured with that issue, miscalculated how many pro-choice voters are also single-issue - and GOP thought they could sway them into voting against inflation and crime. Or perhaps they added up all their single-issue constituencies - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html pro-lifers, free-fire enthusiasts, election deniers, immigration opponents, QAnons, Christian nationalists, white supremacists, and fascists, to get impressive numbers, but forgot that they were counting many of the same people over and over - so those voters didn't add up to as big a red wave as GOP expected. = About political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop ===== comments 53 impact 14316 impactrate 1 negative 0 posted 2022-12-07 ratio 2 react 1203 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1145 title Republicans are simply out of touch with the values of a topic gop wordrate 0 words 119 audclicks 1145 commentsimpress 53 epoch Lifetime ID 1821699954841182 impress 5617 matchedlinkclicks 276 matchedotherclicks 869 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/07/2022 18:12" rcs 83 reach 3299 reactions 25 sharesimpress 5 title "Opinion | Republicans Did Not Read the Room" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1821699954841182 ========== We must start saying what we are for As in Scott’s release of an 11-point plan early this year, which called for a modest tax increase for many of the lowest-paid Americans, while opening the door for cutting Social Security and Medicare ? It's good to be honest, but there's a reason GOP don't talk about their real agenda - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop If you’re going to make this about assessing blame for losing an election, I don’t know how the NRSC chairman gets off the hook He doesn't, and didn't, and won't. https://apnews.com/article/florida-mitch-mcconnell-congress-3592c4d35d125619d935f09b1d00dc5e McConnell is the money man from the donors to the candidates. And he's not hoping to run for president. https://apnews.com/article/florida-mitch-mcconnell-congress-9f1be1d3635127dbb3e17a3fae1ac86d And he had the votes, just as he said. == More about political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop ===== comments 6 impact 3825 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-15 ratio 1 react 306 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 299 title We must start saying what we are for topic gop wordrate 0 words 125 audclicks 299 commentsimpress 6 epoch Lifetime ID 1804695269874984 impress 428 matchedlinkclicks 242 matchedotherclicks 57 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/15/2022 23:11" rcs 13 reach 319 reactions 6 sharesimpress 1 title "Florida's Scott takes on McConnell in bid for Senate leader" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1804695269874984 ========== Liz Cheney for Speaker? Or Mike Pence? How about Evan McMullin? https://liberalandlovingit.substack.com/p/liz-cheney-for-speaker Why not? They stood up against Trump and personality cult, and for rule of law, when it mattered most. If the Democrats end up a minority in the House, some of them might be willing to support a non-Trumpist from the GOP for Speaker. Anybody can be Speaker. A non-member Speaker can't vote. One might not be able to keep all supporters singing the same tune but maybe could keep them talking to each other. It would force the GOP members to start talking to each other long enough to get their own act together and elect somebody else. No easy task when it's so close to 50-50 that all 435 members have veto power. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Liz Cheney for Speaker? Or Mike Pence? How about Evan topic gop wordrate 0 words 127 epoch Lifetime ID 1801841883493656 impress 22 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/12/2022 07:11" rcs 1 reach 20 reactions 1 title "Liz Cheney for Speaker" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1801841883493656 ========== The tossups NV-1,3,4 were just called for Democrats. At this point, it sounds like McCarthy's best bet is to hope to have one LESS than a majority. Then nobody will bother trying to replace him as (minority) leader. https://foxnews.com/politics/group-staffed-by-ex-trump-officials-working-to-block-mccarthys-speaker-bid #PS1gop ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-12 ratio 14 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title The tossups NV-1,3,4 were just called for Democrats. topic gop wordrate 0 words 39 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1801763716834806 impress 17 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/12/2022 05:11" reach 14 title "Ex-Trump officials working to block McCarthy's speaker bid" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1801763716834806 ========== Republicans are simply out of touch with the values of a significant part of the electorate https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/opinion/republicans-midterms-abortion.html GOP, depending as it does on pro-lifers being single-issue voters that can be captured with that issue, miscalculated how many pro-choice voters are also single-issue - and GOP thought they could sway them into voting against inflation and crime. Or perhaps they added up all their single-issue constituencies - pro-lifers, free-fire enthusiasts, election deniers, immigration opponents, anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, QAnons, Christian nationalists, white supremacists, and fascists, to get impressive numbers, but forgot that they were counting many of the same people over and over - so those voters didn't add up to as big a red wave as GOP expected. = About political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-09 ratio 16 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Republicans are simply out of touch with the values of a topic gop wordrate 0 words 121 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1799887257022452 impress 21 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/09/2022 21:11" reach 16 title "Opinion | Republicans Did Not Read the Room" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1799887257022452 ========== GOP likes to talk about how bad global inflation is, rather than what Congress could actually do about it, that isn't already being done. Aside, or course, from the usual GOP cures for everything - - extending job creator billionaire tax cuts - entitlement reform - privatizing, cutting back, or eliminating social security and medicare Not to mention cracking down on violent crime by trying to release all the political prisoner Jan 6 insurrectionists. All in their service of minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html But all that depends on their taking time out long enough from competing to control the direction of Trumpism and whether to shut down the government and default on its debt. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/20/democrats-republicans-trump-pence-sunday-shows/ The new class of GOP legislators might not agree with all that, but they will soon learn to vote as they are told if they want to get megadonor funding in the next primary. Nothing bipartisan that might look like giving the Democrats a win - Trump, DeSantis, and McCarthy all agree on that. == GOP control of the next House might be even narrower than Democrats' current margin of 5 votes. CA-13 is still not called, with a difference of 860 votes - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/02/just-an-hour-from-silicon-valley-this-tight-race-could-tilt-con#PS1gop CO-3 will get a recount, AK will be decided by ranked choice, and CA-3 and CA-22 also haven't been called. And in the Senate, GA gets a runoff and AK will be decided by ranked choice. == More about political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop ===== impact 4896 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-02 ratio 0 react 204 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 204 title GOP likes to talk about how bad global inflation is, topic gop wordrate 0 words 240 audclicks 204 epoch Lifetime ID 1794291750915336 impress 99 matchedlinkclicks 191 matchedotherclicks 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/02/2022 12:11" reach 72 title "Just an hour from Silicon Valley, this tight race could tilt Congress" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1794291750915336 ========== Believe what the Republicans are saying now? Abortion? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/27/abortion-laws-exceptions-polling/ Even if it's different from what they said during the primaries? They might change their minds again once in office. Anti-semitism? incidents have risen because there is less shame. People feel they can say and do anything https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/10/27/antisemitism-kanye-trump-adidas-jews/ Trump and Trumpists set the example of acting on impulse and ignorance, ignoring laws and precedents they don't like. What do GOP candidates WANT to talk about ? Inflation, taxes, and crime - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/political-ads/ and though they don't have any new clues about reducing inflation and crime - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/opinion/rising-crime-democrats.html they sure know how to reduce taxes for job creator billionaire megadonors! That's inflationary, except in voodoo math. For everybody else, it's entitlement reform - meaning privatize, abolish, or cut back on Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare, and Medicaid. Even if they have to shut down the government and default on its obligations! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/27/republican-midterm-debates-abortion-trump/ And rigged elections to protect minority rule forever! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html At least the GOP is coming out of the closet about what they really believe, instead of the traditional approach of saying one thing in public to the voters and the opposite in private to the megadonors. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop They are counting on their base being used to voting GOP without a second thought, no matter what they say in campaigns or do once in office. == More about political scrapbook at https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/27/republican-midterm-debates-abortion-trump/ ===== comments 269 hideall 1 impact 38958 impactrate 3 negative 1 posted 2022-10-27 ratio 1 react 1747 reactrate 0 shares 25 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1452 title Believe what the Republicans are saying now? topic gop wordrate 0 words 223 audclicks 1452 commentsimpress 269 epoch Lifetime hideallclicksusers 1 ID 1789515298059648 impress 5573 matchedlinkclicks 427 matchedotherclicks 1025 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/27/2022 11:10" rcs 423 reach 3340 reactions 129 sharesimpress 25 title "Opinion | Republicans have shown who they are. Voters should believe them." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1789515298059648 ========== It's good to see that GOP leaders are finally getting SPECIFIC about what they'll do when they gain power. So often they talk one way in private to megadonors, another way to the Trump base in primaries, and a third way to swing voters in the general election - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop But then Rick Scott led the way toward more transparency - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/us/politics/rick-scott.html but was encouraged to shut up about tax increases and benefit cuts for poor people - at least until the election was won. GOP must be feeling more confident now since they are talking louder about tax cuts for job creators - GOP-speak for their megadonors - https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/10/17/republicans-tax-trump-biden/ And more are speaking up about entitlement reform - GOP-speak for privatizing, eliminating, or shrinking Federal social welfare programs - Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare. They will go for any reform that does not increase taxes on their job creators. Privatization might be the best bet, because that presents a profit opportunity for their Wall Street megadonors. Wouldn't any ordinary voter prefer an anonymous Wall Street bureaucrat to an anonymous DC bureaucrat? Especially after the 2008-2009 recession! https://about.bgov.com/news/entitlement-spending-cap-plans-linked-by-gop-to-debt-limit-deal/ And the best part, to get what they want, many GOP House members are can't wait to shut down the government and the global economy - in order to save America! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/18/gop-debt-ceiling-plan-financial-crisis-recession/ The Freischütz-macht-Freiheit Caucus doesn't have to be a majority within House GOP - just enough to block a GOP majority in the whole House, if it tries to be rational or bipartisan. We've seen this movie before - https://www.get-to-sixty.net/ But this time it looks like there will be more crazies and they will be crazier. == More about political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/18/gop-debt-ceiling-plan-financial-crisis-recession/ ===== comments 197 impact 40434 impactrate 3 negative 0 posted 2022-10-20 ratio 2 react 1465 reactrate 0 shares 40 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1228 title It's good to see that GOP leaders are finally getting topic gop wordrate 0 words 276 audclicks 1228 commentsimpress 197 epoch Lifetime ID 1783888135289031 impress 5089 matchedlinkclicks 239 matchedotherclicks 989 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/20/2022 19:10" rcs 307 reach 3595 reactions 70 sharesimpress 40 title "Opinion | Republicans’ secret economic agenda? A global financial crisis." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783888135289031 ========== Honesty is the best policy - there's less to remember that way - but it doesn't work for GOP candidates. They have to say one thing in private to their megadonors - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop and something else in public to the Trump base for the primary - and then something different in public to swing voters in the general. https://www.salon.com/2022/09/24/maga-candidates-scrub-references-to-stolen_partner/ The flip-flop flapped on Mike Lee in his debate with McMullin - https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-evan-mcmullin-campaigns-utah-presidential-5acb6ef3fc32f22cfeeeb575bef6d381 One wonders whether they REALLY believe anything they say. == More about political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop https://www.salon.com/2022/09/24/maga-candidates-scrub-references-to-stolen_partner/ ===== comments 133 impact 12138 impactrate 1 negative 0 posted 2022-10-20 ratio 2 react 1428 reactrate 0 shares 24 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1271 title Honesty is the best policy - there's less to remember that topic gop wordrate 0 words 85 audclicks 1271 commentsimpress 133 epoch Lifetime ID 1783824288628749 impress 5056 matchedlinkclicks 303 matchedotherclicks 968 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/20/2022 16:10" rcs 266 reach 3887 reactions 109 sharesimpress 24 title "MAGA candidates scrub references to stolen election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783824288628749 ========== It's true! Hitler was chosen by God to save Germany and the white race! https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/british-church-worshipped-hitler Putin was chosen by God to save Russia! https://www.christianpost.com/news/vladimir-putin-sent-by-god.html Trump was chosen by God to save America! https://www.salon.com/2019/08/22/evangelicals-told-trump-he-was-chosen-by-god-now-he-says-it-himself/ DeSantis was chosen by God to save America! https://ifapray.org/blog/desantis-says-put-on-the-full-armor-of-god/ More at https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump More about political scrapbook at https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop https://www.salon.com/2019/08/22/evangelicals-told-trump-he-was-chosen-by-god-now-he-says-it-himself/ ===== comments 289 hide 1 impact 18694 impactrate 2 negative 1 posted 2022-10-15 ratio 2 react 4064 reactrate 0 shares 19 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3755 title It's true! topic gop wordrate 0 words 46 audclicks 3755 commentsimpress 289 epoch Lifetime hideclicksusers 1 ID 1779416145736230 impress 11490 matchedlinkclicks 1674 matchedotherclicks 2081 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/15/2022 08:10" rcs 530 reach 9536 reactions 222 sharesimpress 19 title "Evangelicals told Trump he was chosen by God. Now he says it himself" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1779416145736230 ========== What happens if the GOP wins control of Congress in the 2022 election? Who's going to call the shots? Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump Revisionist Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#revisionist Traditional Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Rule-of-Law Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law They won't say what their platform is they don't have one because they can't agree on one. And they won't have a big enough majority to push anything past a Democratic filibuster or a Biden veto anyway. For that matter, they won't even have enough to pass a budget without appeasing the Freedom Caucus, who'd love to shut everything down again. So a GOP Congress will do what it does best - nothing - except actively blocking all Democratic initiatives regardless of merit. People who love to complain about a do-nothing Congress will have two years of bliss. GOP will continue to block judicial nominations until they get Trump or another Trumpist back in the White House in 2024 to send along more minority rule defenders groomed by the Federalist Society. In the time before the next election in 2024, they don't have any method for dealing with inflation except what the Fed is already doing, risking recession They will piously intone about the Federal deficit until you ask them which part of their 2017 billionaire tax relief they'd like to repeal. Where would Reagan - or Eisenhower - or Theodore Roosevelt - or Lincoln fit in? Who's a Republican In Name Only? ================================================== More about political scrapbook here - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html ===== comments 92 impact 15026 impactrate 1 negative 0 posted 2022-10-09 ratio 5 react 634 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 530 title What happens if the GOP wins control of Congress in the topic gop wordrate 0 words 237 audclicks 530 commentsimpress 92 epoch Lifetime ID 1774827259528452 impress 3995 matchedlinkclicks 72 matchedotherclicks 458 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/09/2022 22:10" rcs 135 reach 3187 reactions 31 sharesimpress 12 title "Political Credos" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774827259528452 ========== Another traditional Republican unclear on the concept of the Trumpist Dixiecrat cult of personality. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop If we want the American public to take us seriously, we need to take the first step by nominating candidates they should take seriously. That process goes beyond celebrity or fame. It requires leaders capable of winning elections by articulating a conservative vision for governing. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/opinions/herschel-walker-scandal-georgia-senate-gop-duncan/index.html That's what the megadonors want to hear, in private - tax cuts and deregulation for billionaires, etc. It's not what the Trumpist base cares about or wants to hear about. It's not your grandfather's GOP. Now it's ALL about celebrity and fame rather than governing. Trumpists can all agree on the importance of celebrity and fame. They can't agree on much about governing, so they leave that to the megadonors to prescribe. Trumpism is all about loyalty rather than competence. Nobody ever accused Walker of disloyalty to Trump. Of course, when you run a country that way, you can get in trouble, as Putin discovered in Ukraine. Seeing all this, traditional Republicans are retiring in droves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/07/herschel-walker-abortion-trump-geoff-duncan-georgia-senate-race/ #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Another traditional Republican unclear on the concept of topic gop wordrate 0 words 176 epoch Lifetime ID 1772799476397897 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/07/2022 12:10" reach 12 title "Opinion: The GOP should never have bet on Herschel Walker | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772799476397897 ========== The GOP commitment - to opposition - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/25/house-gop-commitment-to-america-mccarthy/ Like Trump's 2016 platform, it's a list of things to talk about, not of things to do. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop They are not really FOR anything specific that might alienate some of the crazies that will put them in the majority. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/25/commitment-america-gop-midterms-dionne/ The Freefire Caucus is eager to investigate everybody forever. McCarthy should investigate why recent GOP Speakers got tired and quit. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title The GOP commitment - to opposition - topic gop wordrate 0 words 66 epoch Lifetime ID 1762421970768981 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/25/2022 22:09" reach 8 title "Opinion | The GOP’s ‘Commitment’ is to total political warfare" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1762421970768981 ========== Trumpism - and even traditional GOP minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop depend on co-opting single-issue constituencies to protect minority rule. Right-to-lifers, free-fire advocates, anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, anti-Castro, KKK, Nazis... What's next - incels? They'd vote straight GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/incels-rape-murder-study/ But for today it's QAnon - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/23/trump-qanon-song/ The megadonors want their GOP politicians to cultivate all these constituencies to the bare minimum to keep them motivated to go to the polls and vote GOP, while avoiding cultivating them enough to repel independent and swing voters. This is a very delicate dance, and they may have misjudged the patriarchalists, who given one victory on abortion, redouble their demands for more - to repeal everything depending on an imputed right to privacy, much to the alarm of the majority of voters. So for QAnon, his handlers allow him to play QAnon songs and wear QAnon tokens, but not to EXPLICITLY affirm any QAnon delusions, so as not to give Democrats any ammunition to use with persuadable voters. Of course, Trump being Trump, who knows what he might say next on the spur of the moment? That's why the GOP megadonors might eventually decide Trump is too risky an investment - compared to DeSantis, who they might hope knows when to follows the script and stay on message. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/24/desantis-trump-2024/ #PS1gop https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/23/trump-qanon-song/ ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Trumpism - and even traditional GOP minority rule - topic gop wordrate 0 words 209 epoch Lifetime ID 1760691577608687 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/23/2022 21:09" reach 8 title "How a Trump soundtrack became a QAnon phenomenon" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1760691577608687 ========== Minority rule redux - what happens if the party base nominates a candidate with no chance in the general elections? https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/trump-threaten-democracy-nyt-siena-college-poll/index.html Fix the general election and find enough votes? Or go the way of the Whigs - the GOP dissolves into a fascist Trumpist Dixiecrat branch and a traditional conservative branch, that bicker and shrink until a new party can proclaim an intellectually and morally respectable conservative ideology. It's all up to the GOP megadonors - who they choose to fund will make all the difference. They are just out to protect their minority rule, so to that end they can promote or discard candidates as they see fit. #PS1gop ===== impact 11 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-22 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Minority rule redux - what happens if the party base topic gop wordrate 0 words 109 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1759812001029978 impress 9 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/22/2022 19:09" reach 8 title "Two numbers that should worry Republicans about Trump 2024 | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1759812001029978 ========== Why do GOP candidates keep talking about privatizing Social Security and Medicare (and abolishing Medicaid and Obamacare)? After 2008, do any voters really believe that they are better off with anonymous Wall Street bureaucrats running their insurance, versus anonymous DC bureaucrats running their insurance? Any large insurance program is going to pay for a large bureaucracy - to keep costs under control! https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/22/republican-candidates-social-security-medicare-00058158 It's because so many GOP candidates, especially Trumpists, are new to politics and don't understand that GOP success depends on saying one thing to the voters - and doing nothing - and saying the opposite to the megadonors - and doing it. Thus reducing Federal spending is popular with many voters who don't understand that it's code for privatizing or eliminating Social Security and Medicare. But the megadonors understand. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop And that you often say one thing to the GOP base in the primary and the opposite to the rest of the voters in the general election. https://www.axios.com/2022/08/31/republicans-midterms But these confusions and inadvertent admissions are what you expect from inexperienced Reality-TV candidates chosen by a Reality-TV (ex-) president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/22/democrats-election-republican-candidate-meltdown/ #PS1gop ~ ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Why do GOP candidates keep talking about privatizing topic gop wordrate 0 words 180 epoch Lifetime ID 1759669044377607 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/22/2022 15:09" reach 9 title "Opinion | If Democrats win, the GOP candidate meltdown will be why" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1759669044377607 ========== If the GOP retakes the House, they'll do what they always do - reinforce minority rule politically - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html and economically - https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Of course, that's a platform for doing, for the megadonors, not a platform for talking, for the voters - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop But McCarthy has a platform for the voters! https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/house-republicans-midterm-mccarthy/index.html It avoids specifics of course. The hypocrisy is getting to be too much for McConnell, however, who just says America will find out his program AFTER GOP takes over the Senate. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title If the GOP retakes the House, they'll do what they always topic gop wordrate 0 words 80 epoch Lifetime ID 1759658837711961 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/22/2022 14:09" reach 7 title "House Republicans rally around midterm agenda as McCarthy plots path to power" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1759658837711961 ========== Two kinds of Republicans - Trumpists who believe that all you have to do is appeal to the base. Others who believe that you have to appeal to swing voters and independents to get control of Congress. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-presidential-elections-mar-a-lago-election-2020-congress-cfcdf3bccd5bd8c008248b19ab299044 As far as Trump is concerned, every election is about Trump, not about Biden or Democrats except as they oppose him. #PS1gop ===== comments 2 impact 12 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-31 ratio 9 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Two kinds of Republicans - topic gop wordrate 0 words 59 commentsimpress 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1743130286031483 impress 22 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/31/2022 18:08" rcs 2 reach 18 title "Republicans notably silent, split as Trump probe deepens" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1743130286031483 ========== It's true! Hitler was chosen by God to save Germany and the white race! https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/british-church-worshipped-hitler Putin was chosen by God to save Russia! https://www.christianpost.com/news/vladimir-putin-sent-by-god.html Trump was chosen by God to save America! https://www.salon.com/2019/08/22/evangelicals-told-trump-he-was-chosen-by-god-now-he-says-it-himself/ DeSantis was chosen by God to save America! https://ifapray.org/blog/desantis-says-put-on-the-full-armor-of-god/ More at https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump #PS1gop https://www.salon.com/2019/08/22/evangelicals-told-trump-he-was-chosen-by-god-now-he-says-it-himself/ ===== comments 193 hide 1 hideall 1 impact 22759 impactrate 2 negative 2 posted 2022-08-25 ratio 2 react 5551 reactrate 0 shares 18 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5338 title It's true! topic gop wordrate 0 words 41 audclicks 5338 commentsimpress 193 epoch Lifetime hideallclicksusers 1 hideclicksusers 1 ID 1738739589803886 impress 16352 matchedlinkclicks 2084 matchedotherclicks 3254 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/25/2022 20:08" rcs 423 reach 12882 reactions 212 sharesimpress 18 title "Evangelicals told Trump he was chosen by God. Now he says it himself" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1738739589803886 ========== Voting in the Republican primary in August? Some candidates say one thing in public to the voters and something else in private to megadonors. What do they really believe? Are they - Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump Revisionist Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#revisionist Traditional Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Rule-of-Law Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law Where would Reagan - or Eisenhower - or Theodore Roosevelt - or Lincoln fit in? Who's a Republican In Name Only? ================================================== More about political scrapbook here - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html ===== comments 434 impact 22216 impactrate 1 negative 0 posted 2022-07-28 ratio 4 react 3267 reactrate 0 shares 20 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2813 title Voting in the Republican primary in August? topic gop wordrate 0 words 68 audclicks 2813 commentsimpress 434 epoch Lifetime ID 1718803221797523 impress 29248 matchedlinkclicks 461 matchedotherclicks 2352 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/28/2022 08:07" rcs 554 reach 14987 reactions 100 sharesimpress 20 title "Political Credos" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1718803221797523 ========== The South has won the Civil War at last! Soon the Supreme Court will leave everything up to the states- which is all the South wanted in 1860. And 1890. And 1960. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/04/america-house-divided-guns-abortion-lincoln/ The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP has nothing in common with the party of Lincoln - it's diametrically opposed. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title The South has won the Civil War at last! Soon the topic gop wordrate 0 words 51 epoch Lifetime ID 1702803990064113 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/06/2022 21:07" reach 7 title "Opinion | Lincoln’s political party is recklessly testing his wisdom" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702803990064113 ========== GOP senator Susan Collins is a poor judge of GOP character. She thought Trump's first impeachment would teach him a lesson - and it did, that he could get away with anything. Not the lesson she thought. Then she believed Kavanaugh that Roe was settled law. Surprise! The Federalist Society only nominates candidates who will support minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/roe-kavanaugh-collins-notes.html And she has misjudged most GOP legislators if she thinks they are for rule-of-law - they are for minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law #PS1gop https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/roe-kavanaugh-collins-notes.html ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-06-25 ratio 13 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title GOP senator Susan Collins is a poor judge of GOP character. topic gop wordrate 0 words 79 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1694549637556215 impress 14 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/25/2022 09:06" reach 13 title "Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1694549637556215 ========== What's really going on this week? The GOP major donor class hit two home runs this week to protect minority rule. But they don't really care about abortion rights - they can afford to go to Denmark like their forebears. Any rural DA who thinks he can prosecute rich white men the same as poor colored women will have a learning experience at the next primary. And the donor class doesn't really care about gun safety - they can afford private security. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/politics/rick-scott-rescue-america-plan-gop/index.html What they do care about is tax cuts for billionaires and benefit decreases for poor people. That's not a very popular political platform, as Rick Scott discovered when he blurted out the truth - nobody ever got elected on it. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html So they have to campaign on something else - and single-issue voters form several pillars of minority rule. Accommodate those voters on their single issue and they don't care about your real agenda. The two biggest - right-to-life and right-to-shoot. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-06-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title What's really going on this week? topic gop wordrate 0 words 163 epoch Lifetime ID 1694030040941508 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/24/2022 15:06" reach 8 title "Political Credos" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1694030040941508 ========== Voting in the Republican primary in June? What do the candidates really believe? Are they - Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump Revisionist Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#revisionist Traditional Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Rule-of-Law Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law Where would Reagan - or Eisenhower - or Theodore Roosevelt - or Lincoln fit in? Who's a Republican In Name Only? ================================================== More about political scrapbook here - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1gop https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html ===== comments 192 hide 1 hideall 1 impact 16370 impactrate 1 negative 2 posted 2022-05-27 ratio 5 react 3148 reactrate 0 shares 20 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2934 title Voting in the Republican primary in June? topic gop wordrate 0 words 52 audclicks 2934 commentsimpress 192 epoch Lifetime hideallclicksusers 1 hideclicksusers 1 ID 1674293892915123 impress 37700 matchedlinkclicks 529 matchedotherclicks 2405 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/27/2022 21:05" rcs 289 reach 16071 reactions 77 sharesimpress 20 title "Political Credos" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1674293892915123 ========== The GOP doesn't have a clue how to control inflation. They can't fix China's covid policies or undo the damage to Ukraine. So they won't say what they'd do instead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/19/republicans-have-no-plan-to-lower-inflation-prices/ But we know the answer. They'll blame the Democrats when they are out of power and they'll blame the Democrats when they are in power. And the GOP will then quietly get back to the top priority of their major donors, billionaire job creator tax relief. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop #PS1gop https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/19/republicans-have-no-plan-to-lower-inflation-prices/ ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-05-19 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title The GOP doesn't have a clue how to control inflation. topic gop wordrate 0 words 77 epoch Lifetime ID 1668117283532784 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/19/2022 17:05" rcs 1 reach 9 sharesimpress 1 title "Opinion | Psst: Republicans don’t have a plan to fight inflation, either" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1668117283532784 ========== Fantasy politics really started in 1619, https://www.political-scrapbook.net/1619/ and was a staple of Dixiecrat politics https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1665816050429574 from around 1820 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise to around 1970, https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/george-wallace-trump-white-anger/?itid=hp-top-table-main when the Dixiecrats migrated to and eventually took over the Republican Party. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html So did GOP acceptance of voodoo economics lead to GOP acceptance of replacement theory? https://greeleytribune.net/from-voodoo-economics-to-maga-buffalo-mass-shooting/ Not likely - the poison was already fermenting well before Reagan. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-05-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Fantasy politics really started in 1619, topic gop wordrate 0 words 57 epoch Lifetime ID 1667871886890657 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/19/2022 09:05" reach 12 title "From Voodoo Economics To MAGA Buffalo Mass Shooting" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1667871886890657 ========== All in on culture wars! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/10/gop-culture-wars-midterms-biden/ If there's no constitutional right to privacy - then abortion, birth control, same-sex marriage, can all be criminalized. The Franz von Papens who thought they could control Trump then, think they can control the reactionaries now. Now they do whatever Trump says; tomorrow they do whatever the reactionaries say. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-05-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title All in on culture wars! topic gop wordrate 0 words 55 epoch Lifetime ID 1662340510777128 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/11/2022 19:05" reach 11 title "Emboldened by wins, GOP goes all in on the culture wars" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1662340510777128 ========== Pro-life is not the essence of GOP's long-term reactionary judge campaign, led by Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. It's a helpful side influencer for the voter base, but the real goal is reactionary decisions on taxes, deregulation, campaign finance, and voter suppression, to protect the major campaign donors. Same for 2nd Amendment. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html But conservatives who should know better can still be fooled, just like the voter base. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/04/opinions/supreme-court-abortion-conservatives-roe-stewart/index.html #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-05-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Pro-life is not the essence of GOP's long-term reactionary topic gop wordrate 0 words 68 epoch Lifetime ID 1656978301313349 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/04/2022 17:05" reach 15 title "Opinion: Conservatives held our noses and voted for Trump. Reversing Roe would be our reward" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1656978301313349 ========== Voting in the Republican primary in May? What do the candidates really believe? Are they - Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump Revisionist Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#revisionist Traditional Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Rule-of-Law Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law More here - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html #PS1gop =PS1boost ===== comments 90 impact 8019 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-05-02 ratio 6 react 2864 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2765 title Voting in the Republican primary in May? What do the topic gop wordrate 0 words 28 audclicks 2765 commentsimpress 90 epoch Lifetime ID 1655313134813199 impress 35385 matchedlinkclicks 511 matchedotherclicks 2254 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/02/2022 16:05" rcs 140 reach 17719 reactions 41 sharesimpress 9 title "Political Credos" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1655313134813199 ========== The really critical split ahead in American politics is not between Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans will likely win control of Congress, mostly by blaming Biden for inflation due to Putin and covid. But that will force the real issue out of the closet - who ARE The Republicans? How much unity do they really have? The modern Dixiecrat GOP is unified in preserving minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html but to what end? Is GOP a cult of personality? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump A front for the wealthy major political donor class? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Or a force for rule of law? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law Was Donald Trump the exception, or will Joe Biden be the exception?” Lindbergh America-First Republicans that react too late? https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Lindbergh/Germany-and-the-America-First-movement Or defenders of western Enlightenment ideals that react in time? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/29/nato-republicans-trump/ “We now are really seeing the true impact of deep, deep political polarization, where it is better to harm the other side than do what’s right for the country Who will help overcome partisanship? https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/24/politics/utah-democrats-evan-mcmullin-mike-lee/index.html #PS1gop https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/29/nato-republicans-trump/ ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-04-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title The really critical split ahead in American politics is not topic gop wordrate 0 words 157 epoch Lifetime ID 1652873241723855 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/29/2022 08:04" reach 6 title "Inside the Republican drift away from supporting the NATO alliance" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1652873241723855 ========== Rick Scott thinks his brand of traditional conservatism + Trumpism is a mass movement. McConnell knows better - Trumpism in public for the voters, traditional conservatism in private for the donors. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop But Scott isn't shy about his agenda, and Democrats aren't shy about his agenda either. Expect to hear a lot about it from both. But Scott feels entitled to win - he's the richest man in the Senate. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-florida-donald-trump-congress-46e4862dfe2709e0408f56551c999968 #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-03-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Rick Scott thinks his brand of traditional conservatism + topic gop wordrate 0 words 70 epoch Lifetime ID 1631468597197653 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/30/2022 06:03" reach 5 title "GOP's Senate campaign chief won't back down from party fight" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1631468597197653 ========== Did somebody forget that you're not supposed to talk about the real agenda in public to voters? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/11/yes-voters-deserve-know-this-gop-plan-would-raise-taxes-by-1-trillion/ Only in private to major donors! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop And Scott's in charge of the 2022 GOP Senate campaigns! https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/mcconnell-rebukes-scott-over-his-11-point-plan-that-includes-a-tax-hike-on-the-poorest-families-that-will-not-be-a-part-of-the-republican-senate-agenda/ar-AAUtLlY Make it a referendum, not a choice! McConnell says it's not the GOP agenda - but looking at what they tried and accomplished in 2017-2019, it's exactly the agenda they'll enact if they can. As McConnell says, you never get in trouble by keeping your mouth shut. https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/rick-scotts-11-point-plan-to-rescue-america-is-so-insane-its-basically-a-gift-to-the-democrats/Content?oid=31107885 Are any Trumpist voters going to woke up to the writing on the wall? #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-03-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Did somebody forget that you're not supposed to talk about topic gop wordrate 0 words 95 epoch Lifetime ID 1619016471776199 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/12/2022 07:03" reach 6 title "Rick Scott’s ‘11 Point Plan to Rescue America’ is so insane it’s basically a gift to the Democrats" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1619016471776199 ========== What do traditional Republican politicians believe? Besides money is the mother's milk of politics? == PUBLIC GOP credo - for voters !!!! PRIVATE GOP credo - for major donors == Protect voters right to privacy for political donations! !!!! Protect unlimited dark money for political campaigns - to avoid embarrassing the job creator billionaire major political donor class! And to avoid any embarrassing publicity about stealth foreign donors. == Reduce taxes for hardworking American families! !!!! Reduce taxes - to benefit the job creator billionaire major political donor class! == Deregulate - for job growth for hardworking American families! !!!! Deregulate - to benefit the job creator billionaire major political donor class! == Fight hard for states' rights against Federal and judicial overreach! !!!! Protect GOP minority rule by gerrymandering, voter suppression, and enabling legislative overrule of election results. == Crack down on widespread election fraud! !!!! Crack down on widespread Democratic voters! == Entitlement reform to prevent waste and cheating and deficit spending! !!!! Shut down Medicaid first, then Medicare, then Social Security. == IRS crackdown on EIC cheats! !!!! Underfund IRS enforcement - to benefit the job creator billionaire major political donor class! == Right to work for everybody! !!!! Union busting - to benefit the job creator billionaire major political donor class! == End the job-stealing, disease-ridden illegal immigrant invasion at the southern border! !!!! Keep illegal immigration risky and difficult, to provide a steady supply of cheap exploitable labor - to benefit the job creator billionaire major political donor class! == Protect the unborn! !!!! Don't worry, it's only for poor people - the major political donor class can afford to travel anywhere for desired medical services. == Reactionary judges - to protect the unborn and the right to bear arms! !!!! Reactionary judges - to protect the political and economic power of the job creator billionaire major political donor class! Comparison to Trumpism at https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-03-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title What do traditional Republican politicians believe? topic gop wordrate 0 words 320 epoch Lifetime ID 1615971578747355 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/07/2022 20:03" reach 4 title "Political Credos" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1615971578747355 ========== We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half of the American people and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years That's GOP McConnell talking about GOP Scott! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-seniors-doug-ducey-election-2020-e126709accd4405525db65b2d876584f Of course, that is exactly what the actual GOP plan is - but they're only supposed to talk about it in private to donors, not in public to voters just before an election. Scott joins Trump in the Democrats' secret weapon stockpile. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-03-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises topic gop wordrate 0 words 79 epoch Lifetime ID 1615564375454742 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/07/2022 05:03" reach 5 title "Republican 'unforced errors' threaten path to Senate control" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1615564375454742 ========== McConnell and Trump trade more shots - https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/mitch-mcconnell-violent-insurrection/index.html Pence got a lot of positive feedback from GOP leaders and donors - in private - https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/pence-trump-rebuke-response/index.html Most GOP voters side with Pence over Trump - but that can be fixed with enough dark money - https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/electoral-count-act-pence-poll/index.html But how many leaders have the courage to stand up and explicitly and forcefully and publicly say that Trump and Trumpism is the past and GOP needs to find a different future? Not many so far. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-02-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title McConnell and Trump trade more shots - topic gop wordrate 0 words 79 epoch Lifetime ID 1598009030543610 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/09/2022 16:02" reach 7 title "Most Americans and Republicans side with Pence over Trump" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1598009030543610 ========== As freedom comes under attack in our schools it’s imperative that the next generation ensures the advancement of pro-America ideas Freedom under attack in schools? Like a mob of thousands of armed lunatics physically attacking the Capitol? Or like a mob of armed lunatics verbally attacking school boards for allowing the teaching of the truth about American history? First pro-America ideal to advance - the rule of law! First anti-America ideal to denounce - the cult of personality! Pence has done his bit on a couple of occasions but now is reverting to form, trying to revive his Trumpist credentials by repeating Trumpist dogma. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/07/mike-pence-to-take-on-woke-left-in-stanford-speech-but-will-he-talk-about-trump/ Sorry Mr Pence - the violent insurrection is all of a piece with the rest of the Trumpist dogma. That's how cult of personality works. Either you're all in or you're all out. And underneath all the media noise, the quiet underlying goal is protecting minority rule. #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-02-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title As freedom comes under attack in our schools it’s topic gop wordrate 0 words 152 epoch Lifetime ID 1596644870680026 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/07/2022 15:02" reach 10 title "Mike Pence to take on ‘Woke Left’ in Stanford speech, but will he talk about Trump?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1596644870680026 ========== A very exclusive club - traditional conservatives. They no longer have a political party. And they have learned they never had a mass movement. Trump chipped away at their facade and now there's not even a fig leaf left. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/politics/anti-trump-republicans/index.html So in 2022 and 2024, will these few - these happy few - these band of brothers - support Trump or another Trumpist - or the rule of law? With their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor? #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-01-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title A very exclusive club - traditional conservatives. They no topic gop wordrate 0 words 77 epoch Lifetime ID 1589174871427026 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/27/2022 11:01" reach 3 title "Analysis: These are the faces of the anti-Trump Republican Party" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1589174871427026 ========== GOP asks Gingrich to draft a plan - they know they won't get anything useful from Trump. Biden says Name me one thing they’re for but that's easy - support minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html with billionaire tax relief billionaire deregulation billionaire union busting unlimited power for GOP presidents unlimited power for GOP state legislatures and governors reactionary judiciary to support above But that's the PRIVATE platform they tell the major donors. The problem is the PUBLIC platform they tell the voters! Last time they just said whatever Trump says. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-no-new-2020-platform-trump-agenda This time? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/01/20/republican-midterm-plan-education-economy/ #PS1gop ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-01-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title GOP asks Gingrich to draft a plan - they know they won't topic gop wordrate 0 words 90 epoch Lifetime ID 1584686885209158 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/20/2022 20:01" reach 3 title "House GOP plots policy agenda for 2022 midterm elections — with help from architect of 1994 plan" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1584686885209158