You've Got Us Beat, GOP

[NanceGreggs]

It would be foolish not to admit that there are certain things that you Republicans do better than Democrats – and when it comes to those certain things, you whup our asses every time. And the events of the past week drove that point home yet again.

We could never beat you Republicans when it comes to responding to an event like Parkland by accusing grief-stricken students of being “crisis actors”, or pawns being manipulated by Democrats in order to further a political agenda.

Honestly, if we culled all of our resources, tapped every think tank, gathered our most respected leaders and asked for their input, we still couldn’t have come up with anything that vile, that low, that lacking in human decency. If we spent twenty-four hours of every day mulling it over for a decade, I doubt we could have created a narrative so astoundingly offensive.

There is no circumstance in which anyone from our side of the aisle would mock the emotional pain of parents who just lost a child, or children who witnessed their schoolmates being gunned-down.

I cannot even imagine a situation which would prompt Democrats to actually send death threats to the survivors of a massacre such as took place in Parkland, in order to silence them – in order to literally threaten their lives in much the same way a crazed gunman had just threatened to take their lives in the halls of their own school, and did take the lives of their teachers and their best friends.

So yes, Republicans, you have beat us yet again. You have stooped lower than we would even consider, no less be willing to go. You have demonstrated a lack of compassion that decent people can’t even fathom. Once more, you have shown yourselves to be heartless deplorables – as if further proof were necessary of just how deplorable you really are.

Oh, and just in case you’re wondering about the other things you do better than Democrats, you also beat the shit out of us when it comes to being racists, bigots, hypocrites, and stupid beyond all imagining.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They have the perfect role model.

[Kath2]

2. LOL

Sadly, yes.

[Rural_Progressive]

11. I don't view him as a role model

that would imply that he's a leader. What I do see is dRump as the logical outcome of decades of destructive, slimy, self-involved, egolomaniacal, and last but not least toxic patriachal behavior on the part of the radical right.

It's as though they spent years dumping a toxic brew into a huge cauldron and finely out popped Trumplethinskin.

Role model no, avatar for what the republican party has become, hell yes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Maybe avatar is a better metaphor.

The GOP made him possible.

[Rural_Progressive]

32. Thanks

I have my moments of clarity

[maxsolomon]

36. He's the Grifter who came and stole the Presidency from under their noses

They're ones that have been conned.

To paraphrase famous grifter Lyle Langley; "Trump is like a mule with a spinning wheel. Damned if he knows how he got it, and damned if he knows what to do with it!"

[fantase56]

3. Nailed it again Nance! nt

[nancy1942]

4. Perfect; as usual.

[yonder]

5. That's one skill-set I don't mind not having. Thanks for the post

[StevieM]

6. I think you meant to say Parkland, not Parkdale. (eom)

[NanceGreggs]

7. Thank you! n/t

[czarjak]

8. Cheating to win...

Doesn’t make you a winner, it makes you a cheater. But, congratulations on that big victory, huh?

[BigmanPigman]

9. YEP! When I listened to Wayne

at the C-PAC this morning (after he was kept off the published agenda and the press was told that the NRA thought it would be in poor tastes if he showed up after the shooting) I listened and posted my summary of what he said. Same old BS talking points. This year they really outdid themselves though. It was a new low, even for them. I think they want to instigate a civil war. They will profit from it of course, but no one will be left to buy their weapons. Not very good planning.

[liberalnarb]

10. Republicans have no conscience.

Right wingers are sociopaths, nothing less.

[Stonepounder]

12. Nance, in real life I sure as hell hope you are making good money on somebody's editorial staff!

Your posts here, be they short or long, are models of how to write an op-ed for a major liberal newspaper or magazine. Bravo!

[FuzzyRabbit]

14. Amen!

[OhNo-Really]

42. so true

[shadowmayor]

15. Yep, that's it!

I am officially tired of winning now! Death threats - I cannot fathom what goes on in the minds of people who would do that?

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. It's as if 30%, more or less, of American adults are irredeemable.

Is that overstating it? I'd willingly stipulate that there is an above-average number sociopaths and psychopaths in their ranks, but it's hard to imagine that literally tens of millions of one's fellow citizens have major psych disorders.

What the hell is it?

[OhNo-Really]

43. emotional maturity skills are not taught in schools

both parents have to work to subsist too exhausted to parent

and generational bigotry

a few of the factors perhaps

[RussBLib]

17. no way I wanna be on that team

Well put NG

[Beartracks]

18. And they are incredibly, powerfully gullible to believe the shit they are spoon-fed. n/t

[ffr]

19. Beautiful. Encore!

[ffr]

20. Oh, and BTW. I'll stand with any of the #neveragain students and take their back.

Some things are just off limits.

Conservatives need to show some common decency.

[Juliusseizure]

21. They said Sandy Hook was fake too

The children now gone 5 years.

These conspiracy theories are repackaged now for every shooting.

The only thing new is you don't know if the the source is a Russian bot.

There are no words sufficient to express my disgust.

[NewJeffCT]

30. On Sandy Hook

Believe it or not, in 2014 the Connecticut state Republican Party nominated a “Sandy Hook Truther” for the Connecticut state Attorney General position, Martha Dean. Thankfully, she lost. But, this was in Connecticut, where Sandy Hook took place and her home town is maybe a one hour drive from Newtown.

As an FYI, several years prior to that, this same woman went through a rather ugly divorce and had a dispute with her now ex-husband. Their teen son had gotten accepted to a prestigious science summer camp and the husband sent him there, but she pulled him out of the science camp and sent him to some teenage guns and hunting camp. She sounds like a real peach.

[dalton99a]

22. Kick

[world wide wally]

23. I hope you post these on Discussionist or Freepers too

They need to read shit like this.

[samplegirl]

24. The Blue Wave

Is coming... in 2018 to at least fight back against Corporations who’s soul purpose is for profit. The tide is coming with young, strong and free thinking individuals that care!

[Gothmog]

25. Great post Nance

[emulatorloo]

26. Those students are so brave. Breaks my heart that these crooks and liars are smearing them

[rock]

27. Because the GOP has nothing to offer

They have to be especially offensive, vile, and low in peddling their emptiness.

[Va Lefty]

28. I knew there was going to be a strong push back against these kids

right wingers absolutely hate it when their "world view" is challenged.

[gademocrat7]

29. Spot on, NanceGreggs

[Initech]

31. I'm still shocked at all the hate on display yesterday.

Well not really - they're just reiterating more of the same. But this week America's gun addiction hit rock bottom, and I've never been more embarrassed to be an American. Good job, GOP!

[Martin Eden]

33. Deplorable is as Deplorable does

Rethugs are dancing with those who brought them to the party.

[TwistOneUp]

34. Well said! Hear here! nt

[TNNurse]

35. In order to "go high, when they go low", really takes no effort at all.

I think they can get no lower, no more despicable, no more heartless and they prove I am wrong.

[Lanius]

37. It's difficult to deal with people who lack empathy and principles. Such people do anything to win.

[BlueJac]

38. Another great post Nance!

[NNadir]

39. You always hit the mark. n/t

[PatrickforO]

40. As always, great rant.

This paragraph, especially, is priceless:

Honestly, if we culled all of our resources, tapped every think tank, gathered our most respected leaders and asked for their input, we still couldn’t have come up with anything that vile, that low, that lacking in human decency. If we spent twenty-four hours of every day mulling it over for a decade, I doubt we could have created a narrative so astoundingly offensive.

I found myself chuckling, not because of anything whatsoever funny about the disgusting actions of these Republicans, but in pleasure at your versatility in conveying a powerful message. Quite right.

[wendyb-NC]

41. Thank you, Nance.

You have great clarity of insight and way with words. You've nailed the GOP ers meme, perfectly

[LittleGirl]

44. I wish I could write

Such clear thoughts like you do. Well done on expressing my thoughts and feelings with such cunning truth. Love ya.

[mgardener]

45. Oh, you forgot.....

Lying. They are the BEST liars!
Unrepentant, serial liars.