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Saturday, March 24, 2018

The Lower Depths, Part 734

Just to remind us what the Republican party has become, a couple of posts. First, from the shining tower of conservative intellect (?), Laura Ingraham:

“The GOP just cannot get its act together,” Ingraham lamented. “My friends — I hate to say this — but as I see it right now tonight, the wall is never going to happen. If the Republicans lose the [2018] midterms, the Democrats will never fund [the wall], and we’ll be reliant on Paul Ryan’s sensors and a few drones and replacement fencing to protect America.”

"Protect America"? From what? Does she think a wall is going to keep out domestic terrorists?

Commenter Stogiebear came up with this image, which I think catches the essence of Ingraham and the rest of the GOP under the leadership (such as it is) of Donald Trump:

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And of course, there's the inimitable Ann Coulter, who will say anything as long as a) she's getting paid, and b) it's offensive.





Note how she's trying to link immigrants to deaths from opioid overdoses -- let it be noted that opioids are a completely domestic phenomenon, resting squarely on the shoulders of pharmaceutical companies and compliant doctors.

They're not even using dog whistles any more.


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