The Three Laws of Republican Hypocrisy

[jimlup]

Republicans are hypocrites to the core. I've found it useful to express their blatant hypocrisy in the form of three laws.


The Three Laws of Republican Political Hypocrisy:

I. Republicans are incapable of reciting the actual facts so they will always distort facts, figures, news reports, and any information in order to callously achieve their own political ends.

II. Republicans will always accuse the opposition of what they are actual doing. If they are unable to do anything due to lack of power, they will accuse the opposition of what they would do if they were in the oppositions position.

III. Republicans seek to further the ignorance of the masses. Their agenda relies heavily on ignorance. There agenda serves the most wealthy and powerful though they never admit this. Simultaneously, they will insist that their actions of service to the elite actually serve the "American people".

It is important to recognize that they will become extremely angry if any of these laws of hypocrisy are pointed out to them. This is because the laws are absolutely true but must not be known to the "ignorant masses". As a result, they will attempt to defend their position with incessant whining along with claims that all who oppose them must necessarily be Un-American. They will resort to ridicule by association and even out right unfounded ridicule.

I submit these to democratic underground as things we all know well. I submit them in order to put them together in one place as a clear set of obvious laws of politics and to aide in the understanding of these laws as we apply them to our agenda of helping actual people and fighting for fairness and true democracy.

I submit these for revision and comment. Thanks!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. There's so many important books that back your claims.

"The Conscience of a Conservative," John Dean
"What's the Matter With Kansas," Tom Frank
"Tempting Faith," David Kuo
"The Authoritarians," Bob Altemeyer
"Crazy for God," Frank Schaeffer

Projection has been perfected by the conservatives/Republicans over the years. But they get away with it by projecting FIRST onto their opponents BEFORE their opponents have a chance to respond. The way they went after John Kerry is a case in point, but there are thousands of examples. Before we had a chance to learn about how Dumbya was derelict in his Air National Guard duty, they went after John Kerry FIRST, attacking his war record--his strongest strength.

Projection is what Rush Limbaugh does best over the years. Assert that others are racist when in fact it is HE who is doing the race-baiting. The others follow suit, with Glen Beck, Hannity, etc.

It is precisely because they--with the help of the mainstream corporate media--are able to get out on an issue FIRST, they seem to always be effective.

Remember the MoveOn.org resolution that Congress issued because the organization went after Petraeus. The majority of Democrats signed on to that resolution. But now that it's Joe Wilson, the Republicans stand their partisan, political ground and show defiance. God, I wish we would do that. Just once!!!

It was a Republican who developed the "end of life" counseling. But the Republicans, knowing full well that this is the case, got out in front of the isssue and projected that it is the DEMOCRATS--rather than the Republicans--who were instituting "death panels." To this day, I'm angry at the Democrats for stripping the provisions from the bill and caving into Republican hypocrisy without fighting back and demanding that they own up to the fact that it was THEM who first established the idea of end of life counseling!!

It's so frustrating how Repukes are able to get away with so much.

[MrScorpio]

2. Excellent post

Rec'd

[samsingh]

3. excellent

[TheKentuckian]

4. Terrific post!

K&R

[HughMoran]

5. A little long for a bumper sticker

...but it encapsulates the hypocrite party nicely.