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Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 09:30 AM Feb 2021

As if we needed more proof of the moral bankruptcy of the Republican party

Do the right thing? What kind of crazy talk is THAT? This is some seriously insane stuff. How many people are listening to this idiot and nodding while saying "that's right"? The republicans have spent decades proving that doing what's right for the country and the people living in it is the furthest thing from their tiny little minds. At least they're saying it out loud and quite clearly at that.

GOP County Chair Blasts Pat Toomey Vote: 'We Did Not Send Him There to Do the Right Thing'

The chair of the Republican Party in Washington County, Pennsylvania has strongly criticized Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) for voting to convict former President Donald Trump.

David Ball told local CBS affiliate KDKA on Monday that state Republicans had sent Toomey to Washington to represent them and argued that he should have toed the party line.

"We did not send him there to vote his conscience. We did not send him there to do the right thing or whatever he said he was doing," Ball said. "We sent him there to represent us."


https://www.newsweek.com/gop-county-chair-blasts-pat-toomey-impeachment-vote-1569478
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As if we needed more proof of the moral bankruptcy of the Republican party (Original Post) Dread Pirate Roberts Feb 2021 OP
Purity . . . Iliyah Feb 2021 #1
Loyalty to TrumpenFuhrer or else??? NoMoreRepugs Feb 2021 #2
Someone needs to read their Constitution localroger Feb 2021 #3
No, I think Mr. Ball doesn't care how his own country is supposed to work. dhol82 Feb 2021 #4
They aren't even pretending anymore Bettie Feb 2021 #5
This has to be part of their brand going forward Dread Pirate Roberts Feb 2021 #6
There It Is colsohlibgal Feb 2021 #7
I live in Washington County spinbaby Feb 2021 #8
We don't shop there anymore. We stay in Allegheny. Tommymac Feb 2021 #9
I don't shop here, either spinbaby Feb 2021 #12
Understood. The sun is out today so good hunting. Tommymac Feb 2021 #13
Edmund Burke is quoted as saying SnowCritter Feb 2021 #10
Qpublicans officially fit the various definitions of evil. Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2021 #11

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. Purity . . .
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 09:46 AM
Feb 2021

No matter what the issue is, stick with the GOP or else. …..

The establishment GOPs created the monster and now they are trying to contain it at the cost of Democracy and the well being of the American people.

localroger

(3,605 posts)
3. Someone needs to read their Constitution
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 10:05 AM
Feb 2021

The whole idea of the Senate is that Senators would be freer to vote their conscience and less tied to the "mob mentality" than representatives who have to report back to their constituents every two years. And the oath that senators took at the start of the impeachment trial specifically says that they will impartially weigh the evidence. Mr. Ball doesn't know how his own country is supposed to work.

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
6. This has to be part of their brand going forward
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 11:19 AM
Feb 2021

Not only the party of insurrection, conspiracy theories and cop killers but if you want somebody to do the right thing...that isn't us.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
7. There It Is
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 11:45 AM
Feb 2021

Flat out admitting it now.

A large swath of the Republicans have a severe lack of empathy, the “Do Unto Others” standard is not any part of their thought process.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
9. We don't shop there anymore. We stay in Allegheny.
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:16 PM
Feb 2021

Washington Co is only a few miles away from us, and the taxes and prices can be a bit cheaper, but I'd rather pay a few more pennies in taxes so We keep a functioning Safety Net in our county.

Sorry Blue folk in Washington Co., I feel for you but until the majority there comes to their senses no soup for you.

spinbaby

(15,073 posts)
12. I don't shop here, either
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 03:09 PM
Feb 2021

Too many unmasked crazies down here. I drive up to the South Hills where it feels a lot safer. Trader Joe’s tomorrow, weather permitting.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
13. Understood. The sun is out today so good hunting.
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 09:41 AM
Feb 2021

We live about 10 minutes away from South Hills Mall, usually 95% of the shoppers there at least try to follow the Covid rules in our experience.

We usually grocery shop on Friday evenings in our local Shop N Save as that is the least crowded time, but last week we had to go during the afternoon, there was one Karen in the store refusing to wear a mask, first one we have seen there in months. Fortunately she was on her way out.

She was middle aged, all barbied up, tall, and really stood out - the sour expression on her face as she was leaving the store without buying anything spoke volumes.

SnowCritter

(808 posts)
10. Edmund Burke is quoted as saying
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:21 PM
Feb 2021

“Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays you instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”

It very much applies in this situation.

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
11. Qpublicans officially fit the various definitions of evil.
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:43 PM
Feb 2021
profoundly immoral and wicked


morally wrong or bad


harmful; detrimental


morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant
:

the opposite or absence of good


Qpublicans no longer think there is any reason for morality, ethics, kindness, decency, love, goodness, conscience, compassion, honesty, integrity, fairness, empathy, etc.

They have fully embraced the dark side, and we have to deal with them as such.

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