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kpete

(72,904 posts)
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:32 PM Oct 2023

THIS. Dear Media: Say it. The Republican Party is broken, not "American politics."

And if you keep misrepresenting this critical fact, preferring mindless bothsides-ism, American politics will indeed break, along with America’s democracy. And your cowardice will be responsible.

if "American politics" were broken, we'd have seen things like this happen when Democrats controlled the House

but we didn't

what's broken, very specifically, is the Republican Party




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THIS. Dear Media: Say it. The Republican Party is broken, not "American politics." (Original Post) kpete Oct 2023 OP
K&R betsuni Oct 2023 #1
Amen! chillfactor Oct 2023 #2
Norm Ornstein said this in 2012, and was virtually blacklisted from the media... JHB Oct 2023 #3
I'm gonna guess that clip was from The Five on Fox. progressoid Oct 2023 #4

JHB

(38,337 posts)
3. Norm Ornstein said this in 2012, and was virtually blacklisted from the media...
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:57 PM
Oct 2023

...despite having been a talking-head show regular for years.

Liberals were saying even earlier, right from when the descent began, but were consigned to media non-existence.

progressoid

(53,379 posts)
4. I'm gonna guess that clip was from The Five on Fox.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:06 PM
Oct 2023

I think I heard the irritating laugh of Greg Gutfeld in the background.

Sadly, I suspect they didn't give her much airtime and probably mocked her with some childish remarks at the end.

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