George Rebane
Rep Tom McClintock (R-CA4) writes ‘A Nation Without Borders Will Cease to be a Nation’ in the Washington Times. In the piece he gives his usual erudite arguments that support his banner thesis. But this open border travesty is not due to some natural disaster or act of God. The closest he comes to ascribing the cause is to blame the “Biden administration”, a polyglot of faceless, anonymous, and unaccountable minions. The congressman and I have had several talks on how ineffective such responses are in today’s political wars. When the Democrats attack Republicans, they identify their targets by name and pile on them additionally fabricated faults. To the voters this makes the cited problem real, one that is caused by known and dastardly Republicans. It also makes a news story interesting and worth reporting in the vein of ‘let’s you and him fight.’
I have strongly advised our local congressmen (LaMalfa, McClintock, Kiley) in face-to-face conversations to always include names of the Democrat(s) guilty of foisting the latest feckless, foolish, and/or anti-American policy on the country. While I have received mild agreement and no pushback on my recommendation, I have also gotten no traction as is again evident from the above column. If the Republicans want their opposition to Democrats be heard, they need to name names of the guilty bastards who introduce and support the continuous stream of insanities which comprise progressive legislation. Such one-on-one counters make news which people can understand, while word-smithed intellectual repartees will go on to sustain the sound of Republican silence across the land. Engage, dammit!
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36 responses to “Name the bastards!”
That’s a fair point, since the Republicans have no mad-dog equivalent to the Dems (except for Trump). You are right to encourage engagement by name.
Tulsi ‘n Trump.
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George
Since you already seem to know the individuals guilty of ” foisting the latest feckless, foolish, and/or anti-American policy on the country” why don’t you list them here on your blog and also include the specific legislation you are referring to. Also list the specific legislation you consider to be beneficial to your cause that were introduced and successfully passed under Trump. That way we have a slate of factual assumptions you have we can discuss. Why wait for local congressmen LaMalfa, McClintock, Kiley to make those statements?
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PaulE 408pm – You’ve been missing the boat here on the Left’s atrocious policies. I and RR commenters have been doing exactly that for fifteen years. But RR is only a feisty backwater blog. Getting Republican congress critters to go after the evil Dems by name is required for getting national publicity on all the harm they have caused and continue to do daily. For example, have you heard of Newsome’s latest 40+ new butt stupid green initiatives to tank California even further – of course you haven’t.
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Hey look robert francis orurke named one –
Despite losing the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump carried 38% of the Latino vote, a 13 percentage point increase over the level of support that Republican candidates received from that group in the 2018 midterm elections, according to Pew research data.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-blames-biden-more-texas-latinos-voting-gop
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George
As an exaqmple you have never outlined Trumps legislative accomplishments to the best of my recollection and never have you been critical of the 7 trillion deficit during Trumps 4 years in office. If you are trying to make a point of destructive government policies why do you ignore this example of what happened under Trump?
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To the best of my recollection’ now thats rich oh great ponytail of ignorance. LOL
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PaulE 656pm – Paul, you have completely missed the point and purpose of this blog post.
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George
What is the problem with wanting some specifics to support your concerns? Also the question as to whether the conditions you vaguely refer to are universal problems not just from one side of the aisle. The reason I bring up Trumps deficit numbers is because even a casual glance at recent history shows that deficit spending and the resultant increase in debt are a problem with both parties and not to just the evil left as you describe it.
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#sadolman @ 911
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Paul, we go over this regularly and you refuse to remember the reason you refuse to listen to.
Wm. F. Buckley, years ago, noted that Democrats were Socialists, and Republicans were reluctant Socialists. Dems have been throwing caution to the wind for years.
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Name the bastards, done. McClintock, LaMalfa, Kiley, Taylor Green, Bobert, Hawley, and all the cowards who stand behind Trump’s lies.
https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-we-have-to-keep-our-country-gay-reactions/
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The Jan. 6 committee on coups and insurrections has a phone call between someone in the White House and a “picnicking tourist” during the “picnic”. Name the bastards!
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This guy,
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/john-barrasso-trump-declassify-mind-1234599618/
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Name the bastards who pushed the lie financed by the Clinton campaign in ’16 that claimed Trump was Putin’s cockholster, as Colbert put it on national TV.
There are still idiots on the left side of the aisle who believe that whopper.
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Oh Gregory that is such an antique issue. Happened 6 years ago if indeed it really happened, You can do better than that.
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It’s still happening, Punch. The rhetoric continued through the 2020 election with the fake claim before the election that the Hunter laptop was “Russian disinformation”.
You still think there’s a Putin connection to Trump.
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As someone who reeks of rancid russian dressing you would of course want to pretend it never happened but its well documented and clearly falls into your mine full of things you want to ignore. ROFLOL
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The failed former mayor of broken Atlanta might want to look to antifa, crt, the teachers’ unions, blm and in the mirror –
“Well, I think it will be important for all of us who care about the United States of America to call out what we see,” said Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta. “And what we see, again, with this MAGA Republican agenda is an effort to disrupt our democracy. So whether it be through November and beyond November, I think it will always be important to call out any effort there is to destroy, essentially destroy the United States of America.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wh-adviser-keisha-lance-bottoms-says-maga-republicans-want-destroy-united-states-america
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Half of voters in 2016 thought Trump stole the election with Putin’s help, and in 2020 they’re pretending 2020 was fair and open.
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“Happened 6 years ago if indeed it really happened,…”
So, which is it, Paul?
Did it happen 6 yrs ago or did it not happen at all?
Since Paul thinks there is a time limit, maybe he could tell us what the secret time limit is?
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Name the Bastards! Names, we want names.
‘Let the Shout Arise Across the Nation: Stop Sexualizing Our Children!’
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2022/09/24/let-the-shout-arise-across-the-nation-stop-sexualizing-our-children-n2613545
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Who cares Gregory. Your guy Trump is the biggest political loser in modern history and a gift to the Dems. He’ll trash the Repub
party on his way to yet another loss.
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The other half of the country cares, Punch, and Trump isn’t “my guy”, but you know that.
I suspect the House and the Senate are going Red this year.
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If he’s not your guy Gregory why do you defend everything he does? I mean he’s a real nut case and you never speak out against him. This is his latest about declassification:
“There doesn’t have to be a process as I understand it, and, you know, there’s different people saying different things,” Trump told Hannity.
“But as I understand, that doesn’t have to be. If you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying: ‘It’s declassified.’ EVEN BY JUST THINKING ABOUT IT ” Trump said.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-claims-he-could-declassify-documents-thinking-about-doing-it-2022-9
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from Paul – “If he’s not your guy Gregory why do you defend everything he does? I mean he’s a real nut case and you never speak out against him.”
Lying and BS is just about all Paul has left now. He won’t respond to questions about what he posts and he resorts to fabrications.
I guess finding out that he proudly voted for a guy who is demonstrably worse in every regard than Trump has twisted his brain completely loose.
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Its who they are bought and paid for creepy grampa joe spawn –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/green-group-influencing-biden-admin-deep-ties-chinese-government
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‘Remembering Hate Speech’
What we used to know as “hate speech” is now presidentially acceptable speech, and what has followed from it is no surprise.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/09/25/remembering-hate-speech/
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JAN. 6 COMMITTEE MEMBER JAMIE RASKIN CLAIMS HE DOESN’T KNOW WHO RAY EPPS IS
https://news.grabien.com/story-jan-6-committee-member-jamie-raskin-claims-he-doesn-t-know-who-ray-epp
It’s like Robert Mueller testifying he never heard of the Steele Dossier, the same dossier that was the catalyst for his 2 year investigation.
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punch 923p
Paul Emery, or Punchy, your descriptive name, NO!, countering the hallucinations of rabid Trump detractors such as yourself which I have not been afraid to do, is not equivalent to supporting everything Trump says or does, which I have not done.
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So Gregory do you support Trumps contention that he can declassify top secret documents ‘ EVEN BY JUST THINKING ABOUT IT ” ?
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“Republicans have no mad-dog equivalent to the Dems (except for Trump)”
The bar is low for Republicans when it comes to who is not a MAGA mad-dog.
And the bar is low for Republicans when it comes to who qualifies as a Dem mad-dog.
I submit that all candidates who believe Trump’s election was stolen from him qualify as MAGA mad-dogs. And that is a long list.
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Posted by: psul Emery | 26 September 2022 at 08:37 AM
Trump……the force that gives life meaning!
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punchy 839a
Would you support Obama or Biden if they said or did the same thing? What if Obama had a stack of documents with classified markings next to his Presidential Potty on Martha’s Vineyard for light multitasking reading?
I’d refer to the Court rulings on the powers of the Presidency. What do the Supremes say?
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Name the Bastards
Glenn Greenwald Excoriates The Left: ‘Democratic Politics Is About Criminalizing Opposition’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/glenn-greenwald-excoriates-the-left-democratic-politics-is-about-criminalizing-opposition
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UC Berkeley Gave Hundreds Of Thousands To Left-Wing Charity That Has Funded Groups Trying To Empty Prisons
https://dailycaller.com/2022/09/25/uc-berkeley-heising-simons-foundation-empty-prison/
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FBI seizes $86 million in private assets after deceiving magistrate to obtain search warrant
While the FBI had been planning to seize the assets, the affidavit backing up the warrant stated that they would not be doing so.
https://thepostmillennial.com/fbi-seizes-86-million-in-private-assets-after-deceiving-magistrate-to-obtain-search-warrant?
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NYC bail-reform darling Pedro Hernandez sought in shooting outside St. Pat’s
https://nypost.com/2022/09/25/nyc-bail-reform-darling-pedro-hernandez-sought-in-shooting-outside-st-pats/
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JOE BIDEN FALSELY CLAIMS ‘IN 41 STATES PLUS D.C., THE AVERAGE GASOLINE PRICE IS LESS THAN $2.99’
https://news.grabien.com/story-joe-biden-falsely-claims-in-41-states-plus-dc-the-average-gasoline-pri
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Why Are Journalists Hiding These Radical Democrats Who Support Abortion Up Until Birth?
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2022/09/07/why-are-journalists-hiding-these-radical-democrats-who-support
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NPR Roots Against the NFL, Like It’s a Uniquely American Sickness
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2022/09/25/npr-roots-against-nfl-its-uniquely-american-sickness
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Ah, the usual suspects are bastards.
‘List of Shame: All the Media Outlets Pretending Babies Don’t Have Heartbeats at 6 Weeks’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2022/09/23/list-shame-all-media-outlets-pretending-babies-dont-have
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Administrivia – Looks like I struck out eliciting relevant comments with this post. I wanted a discussion on the Republicans’ perpetually lame response to Democrats’ attacks which target Republicans by name. These have always been effective since they have been covered in both conservative and liberal media with the named parties being interviewed to keep the issue in the public eye. The Repubs have for some reason eschewed this tactic to their constant deficit. Apparently no one is interested in discussing this political asymmetry, therefore I’m closing comments on this post.
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