Even the 'moderate' Republicans are awful.

[milestogo]

Today I've seen Asa Hutchison and John Kasich on MSNBC. They are not the worst of the bunch, but they are intolerable.

[Ocelot II]

1. About the best things that can be said about "moderate" Republicans

is that they probably wouldn't steal and sell classified documents or foment insurrection. Being better than TFG is a very, very low bar.

[milestogo]

2. But they will take your rights away

in the name of Christofacism and patriarchy.

[FalloutShelter]

5. Maybe we can all recant the

“ moderate Republican” bullshit.
The Christofascists have taken over.

[cornball 24]

3. AGREE!! Just watched Kasich make an arse out of himself on Velshi.

[wiggs]

18. I remember some of his interviews from when he briefly ran before. Weird dude. not

[yorkster]

4. Agree. Kasich was on with Ali Velshi and Ali gave him

a lot of pushback. I missed Hutchison segment.

At first I thought Ali was giving Kasich too much time, but otoh Kasich was revealed as the aggressive, interrupting
creep that he is. The same simplistic, trickle-down rants we've been hearing for decades.
Why the hell MSNBC has Kasich as a hired pundit is beyond me.

[yardwork]

6. The Republican Party occupies a space somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun.

The Democratic Party is somewhere to the right of Nixon's policies. The "extremist wing" of the Democratic Party dares to suggest that FDR was on the right track.

Such is the state of the United States.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

12. So you are calling Democrats conservatives

Are you sure you are in the right place?

[yardwork]

17. Well, some Democrats are fairly conservative.

We're a big tent. Joe Manchin, for instance, is fairly conservative. But we're lucky to have a Democratic senator in West Virginia.

My point was not to criticize the Democratic Party. I'm a staunch, life-long Democrat. I think Joe Biden is doing a great job, all things considered. I give him an A-, probably the best grade I'd give any president in my lifetime. (Ok, Barack Obama gets an A- too.)

My point is that the whole country has been shifted to the right by Fox News, hate radio, and the right-wing crap on the internet. It's been 50 years of pushing us to the right through propaganda.

We need to elect more Democrats and take back the country. It can be done.

[Beachnutt]

7. Talkover, deflect and blame

first rule of republicans.

[Bettie]

8. Today's "moderates" were yesterday's

far right wingnuts.

Keep that in mind. That Overton window? It's all the way to the edge and ready to topple off.

[Gore1FL]

9. There are no moderate Republicans.

Moderate facism isn't a thing.

[JohnSJ]

10. Yes they are intolerable, however, that is what the Republican Party used to be. The maga cult that

control the Republican Party now are racist, sexist, and bigoted, who want an authoritarian government

[UTUSN]

11. A DUer took issue with my having said all-Repukes/wingnuts-are-the-same.

[TwilightZone]

13. Right, because Mitt Romney and Donald Trump are exactly the same.

Blanket statements are rarely, if ever, accurate, though we sure do throw them around a lot around here.

All lumping them all together does is make us look ignorant. It's also why we often misinterpret how to best counter them on local and state levels or in purple/red-leaning House races.

If they were all the same, there wouldn't be a civil war going on in the party right now. If they're all the same, explain why Reps like Don Bacon (representing a district Biden won) are trying to put together a faction of Republicans to counter the Freedom Caucus, and the FC is freaking out about it.

Stereotypes are silly, regardless of the source. All they do is make it look like we can't comprehend nuance.

[UTUSN]

14. Ah, well, inability to process tone and to know when something is whimsical & team bonding

can be taken for lack of perception, irony, humor, shades/layers of intentions and meanings. And talking down, condescending, and patronizing are off-putting.

*** Not taking it personally, I trust you are applying to all the other posts as well.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Even "moderate" republicans are RWNJs

Most true moderates were voted out in primaries a while back

[hatrack]

16. Yes, compared to ebola, tuberculosis is a "moderately" alarming diagnosis

.

[wiggs]

19. +1. thanks. nt