mattbk wrote:
Nutella wrote:
mattbk wrote:
Nutella wrote:
Frothing aside it does appear that Cruz gave Boebert a lot of cash. Do you think that was for "services rendered" or because the GOP is no longer the "Party of ideas" but is now the "Party of batshit crazy trolls who spew lies and conspiracy theories in order to trigger the libs"?
The latter.
And that is what I found most disturbing in this revelation. The seniors are helping recruit these extremists that froth up the voters.
The beard growing has been noticeable. Trying to wear flannel as well. Adopting a persona to appeal to "Chad"...
But I think the same is happening on the left. The players are becoming more extremist. Biden got nominated because all the other shit slung at the wall slid off like diarrhea...
But it was still slung, and more ammo/shit is ready to be slung from both sides...
Hey, we agree. The fact that the leaders of the GOP are
recruiting complete lunatics should trouble any real American.
Don't agree on the "Both sides" though. I have not seen any evidence of trolls being recruited to run for office.
Not trolls, but "Wacktivists", to steal a term from Musk. We got Biden due to the extremists offered up. There has to be better, but reasonable candidates are boring. You can claim we voted in the boring guy, but he was far from good candidate. A place holder while the parties hopefully get their shit together. I dont think Mayor Pete could beat DeSantis.
You can't just put up reasonable smart people, they have to have the personality to lead and attract voters. Look at many CEOs, they act as the personalities while a COO can bury their head and work.
The wacko troll "conservatives" are a major reason why Nate Silver says the democrats may overcome the large deficit they face in midterms according to his Deluxe Model. He hasn't been able to factor Roe in yet, so that may sway things as well.
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In the Senate and gubernatorial races, by contrast, individual factors can matter more. And the GOP has nominated — or is poised to nominate — candidates who might significantly underperform a “generic” Republican based on some combination of inexperience, personal scandals or having articulated unpopular conservative positions. This is not a new problem for Republicans: underqualified or fringy candidates have cost them seats in the Senate in other recent cycles.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/...-but-not-the-senate/ We used to do that, not too long ago. Wacky candidates have always been around but they could be controlled by the national party who controlled the purse strings. If they got out of line they were punished. That is not true now. Geatz, Boebert, Greene, Gohmert, etc are able to trigger a flood of money just by acting nuts and spewing lies.
Currently there is no "both sides" when it comes to wackos. The issue is orders of magnitude worse on the right.....
but that does not mean it can't happen. Left wing populism is spreading through Latin America. Left wing populism
could spread like wild fire here in America and be equally as damaging.
I am still hopeful that America will snap out of this nuttiness and embrace intelligence again.