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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 02:01 PM Aug 2020

Republicans, how much did you sell your soul for?

Unless Trump has blackmail pictures of a Republican politician screwing a goat, it seems that the price of a Republican soul is this: Any threat to reelection.

Ask yourself this: If you were a Republican holding a seat in the senate, the house, a governorship, or any other position of power, would you sell your soul to hold onto it?

It seems that for the vast majority of Republicans, the answer is "YES."

And it also seems to me that the answer of the vast majority of us here on DU would be "NO FUCKING WAY."

Do we belong to the same species as Republicans? Do they have a missing gene, or a missing conscience, or a missing part of their brain that holds empathy? I really don't know. But I do know that there is something different about them. There is an emptiness, a hollowness that prevents them from relating to basic decency and humanity. And I know that if/when we defeat them, they can never again be allowed to rule anything. Anything at all. Ever.

They have spent decades screwing the middle class, the poor, and the "THEMS." Their time is over. Their greed and hatreds need to be buried. The nightmare of their rule needs to be held up as a warning that they don't care who lives or who dies. Anyone who needs further proof of this, look at their inaction during this pandemic. We have over 150,000 human beings dead due to their indifference. These are not people you want having power over you, your loved ones, your cat, dog, or even your hamster. The entire Republican Party is a diseased enterprise that needs to be ousted, and then held responsible for their criminal rule.

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Republicans, how much did you sell your soul for? (Original Post) Cyrano Aug 2020 OP
Your heroes for Ghosts -Hot ashes for trees. Hot air for a cool breeze Boxerfan Aug 2020 #1
Excellent Post leftieNanner Aug 2020 #2
Pocket change, I hope. Aristus Aug 2020 #3
Russia certainly figured out which political party to exploit. Baked Potato Aug 2020 #4
K&R Excellent posting. alwaysinasnit Aug 2020 #5
A seemingly-lifetime supply of snortable axe-grindings. JHB Aug 2020 #6

Boxerfan

(2,570 posts)
1. Your heroes for Ghosts -Hot ashes for trees. Hot air for a cool breeze
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 02:10 PM
Aug 2020

A walk on part in the War,for a Negro in a cage....

leftieNanner

(16,131 posts)
2. Excellent Post
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 02:10 PM
Aug 2020

Let's hope that some of these R Governors see their careers ended in the next cycle. The way they have treated this Pandemic is beyond unconscionable. Their constituents (the ones who don't die) should hold them accountable. If we can tee up some good Dem challengers, we could see the entire country's politics change.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
4. Russia certainly figured out which political party to exploit.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 02:23 PM
Aug 2020

They figured out the way into American politics is through religion and cash. Republicans fit that bill precisely. The goal is cash and control. Any way to get it is just A OK. Democrats are used by Republicans to hold them back from destroying themselves. Democrats oblige out if self preservation and a will to live a happy life, even without religion and mountains of cash. IMO.

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