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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 12:42 PM Aug 2021

I can't pretend to understand the endgame of Republicans like Greene and Boebert [View all]

Race to the bottom? You bet.

Pandering to Trump's Q / MAGAt base? Ditto.

But this incessant ramping up of the rhetoric, becoming more loathsome as each day passes...

You have Republicans who pull out the can of crazy whenever there is a vote, or a major headline issue, but Green and Boebert are both so starved for attention that they yell "FIRE IN THE HOLE" on the quietest days.

My career background is in Marketing. I am familiar...sadly...with the "No such thing as bad publicity" thing.

They're not alone...Madison Cawthorn seems to be reaching for the same brass ring as Greene and Boebert.

So what is their endgame?

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You called it--attention starved. Just like the Con. Any attention is better than no attention. CrispyQ Aug 2021 #1
This.... JuJuChen Aug 2021 #2
Grift. Power. Tadpole Raisin Aug 2021 #3
They fundraise off their outrageous rhetoric. tblue37 Aug 2021 #4
Searching for markets that need extreme behaviors from a Congressperson for empedocles Aug 2021 #7
Monetizing Outrage modrepub Aug 2021 #5
Play the game, for as long as it lasts. No endgame. Earth-shine Aug 2021 #6
endgame pamdb Aug 2021 #8
No end game they are there specifically to create chaos Bev54 Aug 2021 #9
No endgame. Just a game to be played by them. nt OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #10
Their endgame is to get wealthy. Nothing else. Autumn Aug 2021 #11
The money people make off the MAGA idiots is unreal Johonny Aug 2021 #12
It's ALL grifting. 100%. themaguffin Aug 2021 #13
Trying to make as much money as they can? mcar Aug 2021 #14
A dictatorship Mysterian Aug 2021 #15
fundraising MissMillie Aug 2021 #16
"I'll do anything for attention" struggle4progress Aug 2021 #17
"The outrage industry." That's been the hot mass market since "The Morton Downey Jr. Show" PSPS Aug 2021 #18
No endgame. It's the pathological approval- and attention-seeking of the monumentally insecure. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #19
Tantrums are fun. cbabe Aug 2021 #20
Fund-raising grifters who love attention. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #21
They have no endgame ibegurpard Aug 2021 #22
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