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It took me until Louie Gohmert to realize that a basic understanding of politics and policy, versus the ability to get elected, are two non-intersecting sets.

Yep.

Yes. The GOP aren't a political party, they're a club of nazi pedosadists. Pedophilia is who they are, and what they do.

Look for who benefits. Sad is too small a word.

You know, really makes sense when you consider that nut job GOP guy in the wheel chair when he talked about the GOP Freak Offs on a podcast

Yes. It was. They will stop at nothing, and cover up anything, in order to prop up whomever they have to, in order to ensure that the rich will continue to get richer and the white will continue to hold the degree of power they have since America was first colonized.

Money and no soul.

That is exactly what I keep asking myself: “I know we disagree on stuff, but is this really what you wanted, republicans who dedicated your lives to serving the public interest? Really? Is this really something you genuinely think makes your country better?”

Unfortunately, yes, for many I think it is the reason they went into politics. Because it's not just one. If the big cover-up works, then all the smaller ones stand a better chance.

Power corrupts, etc. etc.

It's gross.

They entered politics to make life easier for the wealthy and as burdensome and horrible as possible for the disadvantaged, this is just a bonus.

It truly makes you wonder what the hell is on the other side of this madness.

Tbf it's not covering up for some single pedophile rapist. It's many.

By letting Trump walk from the Jan 6 impeachment the GOP declared they are about nothing except holding on to power. Your question was answered 4 1/2 years ago.

They hire them too.

Well, there must have been at least one. Otherwise, how do we know about this?

Those people are scared. For the exact reasons you just described. They put a lot of work into their careers and they are scared to lose their jobs, end up in jail or worse. That's why my grandparents didn't do anything against the Nazis.

Exactly. I would think a lot of journalists dream of being the next woodward or bernstein. This is their moment and yet crickets.

At some point it stops becoming about telling truth to power and becomes about clinging to whatever you can get your mitts on. Be honest with yourself. The employment world is in a bit of a shit place right now. Starting over, finding a more supportive employer isn't in the cards for anyone.

It’s utterly depressing how pathetically spineless everyone is. There are no adults in any of the rooms.

A lot of people have already gone first, and second, and third. Colbert, 60 Minutes, more major new anchors than you can even count anymore, various other major figures in basically every journalistic organization in the country. Now they're all fired, or removed in other ways.

This whole fiasco illustrates that money is THE only motive for choice. What a tragic discovery/realization 🙁

I was morbidly fascinated by Tim Miller's "Why We Did It," a breakdown of the various reasons his GOP associates went all in for Trump, with a dismantling of each reason. (Miller bailed early, unable to justify himself anymore. HIS reason was "for the thrill of winning," until it wasn't.)

I don’t want to be the one to tag onto something that is legitimately unconnected and absolutely needed saying by referencing fandom stuff… But if there was ever a thing real life Wil said that deserved a “you don’t deserve to wear that uniform” gif — this is it.

Because they all slowly become jobs rather than vocations and people get comfortable with their situation. The old adage about the older you get, the more conservative you become is unfortunately true in a lot of situations.

I was sorting of thinking about this the other day, when he's dead, the excuses that will come out as to why they didn't speak out over the coverups, or challenge him when he has said something mind-numbingly stupid, or stand up to him when he has bullied are going to be pretty interesting.

There's still some respectable journalism.

I think for the them they look at as a reasonable sacrifice for their greater good, which happens to be power, wealth, and deregulation (also: control over women's bodies, humiliation of minorities, white nationalism, oligarchy, fascism, guns, and environmental destruction)

You’re thinking of a “leaker.” Whistleblowers go through official channels. Those reports often come out much later…or are suppressed by partisan hacks.

Power is a weird thing. The most moral person can turn to the biggest piece of shit. We are seeing that play out on a larger scale than normal.

Single?

No. He's got goodies to hand out. (VOTUS gave that to him.) But anyway, that's why. That plus they have no boundaries, scruples, or moral constraints.

They want power & money. Sidling up to the orange pedophile is a lazy way to get all that, because it's a cult.

Hell is empty and the devils are all here. They are protecting all the pedophile rapists in the global elite who prey on the vulnerable and toss them aside when done.

Oh no! I hadn't heard anything about that. Don't do it--ESCAPE! Stay as far away from Trump as possible...

It is our own little Maple Maga shit show.

Nailed it

Seems like it. What came before, deceit. Now they're doing what they wanted all along.

$$$$$ that is why Repugnicans run for office.

as I'm sure you know wil they went into politics to feather their own nests and Trump is still the best way for them to do that

yep. and all the money & power they can grab with their slimey paws. “<gop>… -- has been converted into a cover-up operation to protect a single pedophile rapist. Is that why these Republicans went into politics? Really?”

but Wil, he was on TV!

People say money and power, but - over what? Everything worth having will be broken, there's nothing worth buying. Even Zuck's Hawaiian compound is just a big safe room.

The “moral majority” founded by Jerry Falwell was always a lie.

Oh they still are. Just the morals are fascist.

They went into politics to control others and to extract societal wealth to further their own self-interests.

Could be, actually

Sadly, I think this is the reason that they went into politics. Unfettered power and money. That's what they wanted.

"a single pedophile rapist": oh, my naïve sweet summer child if only it were a single digit.

They went into politics because no one wants to talk politics let alone participate in it. So the door's left open for shills and crooks who want to participate in the money laundering scheme where they bilk us all. It's rare to find someone who really wants to serve the public...

Republicans go into politics for fame and/or fortune and in some case because they were too incompetent for the family business so were “encouraged” to pursue politics. Since they have no pricples or core values it’s really easy for them to hypocritically shift from position to position.

Yes. They're bad people. Some of them were temporarily shaken when he threatened their personal safety, but they remembered they're in this to rule the rest of us like conquered subjects and loot from us and got over it.

Have you noticed how many of them are CONVICTED pedophiles? Now think about the fact only 2 or 3% of pedos get caught and think about why they'd really to protect one.

The GOP has become a racially motivated terrorist organization that views the electorate as a threat to their power. Everything they do is in furtherance of supporting a white supremacist agenda.

Well, I think they intended diversity. The organization seemed to be about covering up a variety of crimes by a variety of people, but they seem quite focused on one now.

The brainwashing worked. Anything is ok as long as it fucks the Libs. Somehow common human decency has been deemed weak. The truly sad part is that the majority of them probably still think it is all for the greater good and that they, are in fact, the good guys in all of this.

Stay in power, at all costs. It's sick.