George Rebane
[This article, sans update, was published here in the 25oct23 issue of The Union.]
Recently I attended a luncheon sponsored by a local Republican club that featured as speaker one of the party’s eight candidates for US Senate. She gave a barnburner talk outlining all the familiar iniquities of the Democrats both in Sacramento and Washington. Specifically, she reprised the Democrats’ work in
- Always raising taxes;
- Issuing more stifling regulations;
- Mismanaging the economy;
- Indoctrinating Neo-Marxism in the media, education, and entertainment;
- Watering down critical curricula in our schools – dumbing down students;
- Rewarding criminals and punishing victims;
- Promoting trans-gendering in schools, denying parental rights to raise their children;
- Maintaining wide open borders for illegal alien entry;
- Projecting foreign policy weakness, inviting bad actors to make war;
- Etc, etc.
The problem with her enthusiastic rhetoric was that her Republican audience knew all that stuff, and most could have given that speech themselves. What was sorely missing, and has been missing for years at such gatherings, is recognition of the dire straits the party is in, and what would be required for its resurgence in California.
Recounting the above list yet one more time is nothing but imitating a long-playing echo chamber which might be of interest to those conservatives who don’t pay attention to what is going on in the country and the world. The problem is that most of those folks don’t show up at such luncheons and meetings.
So, the Republican Party, irrelevant statewide and nationally chaotic, continues to ignore the fact that it can right none of the liberal and woke wrongs without first regaining its stature as a recognized can-do political force in the country. Endlessly repeating and pointing out the passing signposts to socialism has done nothing to change the direction of the country, and doing the same thing over and over again only confirms the definition of ignorance.
If Republicans are not putting their energies into planning and making progress on the party’s road to resurgence, then the rest of it will only be an ongoing stream of empty rhetoric growing weaker with the passing years.
[27oct23 update] An added thought. Given how other states are adopting our public policy insanities, California’s cancer has been aggressively metastasizing across the land. The reason is clear and hangs on ‘other people’s money’ that can best be understood in light of what Garrett Hardin (q.v.) taught us about the behavior of commons (more here and here). California has been very successful in taxing ‘the rich’, regulating the bejeezus out of everyone, and getting the feds to pony up every time we get our tit in a wringer, that it seems like a good idea for the folks in Ohio and Nebraska to copy. As our snowballing national debt attests, with everyone piling on, this commons awaits its inevitable fate.
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376 responses to “The Reprobate Republicans (updated 27oct23)”
Oh I get it. You refuse to say whether you read the indictments or not. Great way to avoid a meaningful discussion.
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It’s impossible to have an meaningful conversation with you, Punch. You don’t have the knack for it.
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So, what’s your favorite Pearls character, Punch? You strike me as a Rat fan.
Or Zeeba, perhaps?
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Barry did you happen to read Trumps indictments and if so what is your opinion as to their validity?
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Here’s a start:
https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf
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So it’s “In Prosecutors We Trust” now, Paul?
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The choice to indict is political. And yes, I read the document indictment.
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So Barry are you contending that the indictment has no substance.
Of course a trial will decide guilt or innocence but you are saying there should be no trial.
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What am saying is that there should have been no indictments. Period. These a blatantly political prosecutions of the leading candidate for president of the USA. If you can’t see that, you aren’t looking.
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But… but Barry! The indictments!
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Barry
I see it as a legitimate trial to determine guilt or innocence. What evidence do you have that this was part of some huge conspiracy to get Trump? All I hear is that this is your opinion with no facts to back it up. I assume you also believe the election was stolen which of course has no factual basis.
Direct quote from Attorney General Barr
“Our mission is to investigate and prosecute actual fraud,” Barr responded. “The fact is, we have looked at the major claims your people are making, and they are bullshit.”
“The reason you are in this position is that you wheeled out a clown show, and no quality lawyers who would otherwise be willing to help will get anywhere near it.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/596750-barr-says-he-told-trump-that-election-fraud-claims-were-bulls/
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It’s a good thing the “little guy” has someone standing up for him politically!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/wall-street-execs-spielberg-dark-money-groups-quietly-back-democrat-running-for-pennsylvania-supreme-court/ar-AA1jyrdl?cvid=74454f4ee0414db28b8f8ef74a786f3f&ei=17
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I already gave you the evidence supporting my conclusions. Repeatedly. I also provided evidence of cheating. Wisconsin illegally and Pennsylvania unconstitutionally changed their elections procedures prior to the 2020 election. Fact – ruled upon by the courts. If you cannot see that Trump’s indictments are nothing more than Soviet-style show trials designed to punish and scare anyone who takes on the system, you need to read Gulag Archipelago. One day, the government will come after you.
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Also. Bill Barr’s opinion on anything is an opinion equal to mine. It is not fact. Citing articles of others’ opinions does not make you right. I am an individual with my own opinions supported by facts and scholarly research. News articles are not facts.
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Ha!
“One day, the government will come after you.”
Totalitarian govts always need a supply of stooges, useful idiots and cheerleaders to post BS about how wonderful it is to live under the thumb of Our Dear Leader.
Paul fills the bill in spades.
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Who was damaged by Trump allegedly over valuing his properties? Nobody was damaged but the twisted legal theory is that if Trump’s values were lower when he applied for the loans, the bank would have charged a higher interest so the banks were actually damaged. This contorted way of legal thinking by trying to find any reason to prosecute exposes anyone to prosecution by the government. “Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.” Berea Head of KGB under Stalin. These trump precautions are no different. If you cannot see that Paul then you are hypnotized
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Barry
So you are saying it’s ok for Trump to intentionally lie about his property values. I’m amazed that you would support such a person for President. I remember when character was a major issue brought up by the Republicans when Clinton ran for President against Bush. It’s not that way today.
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“So you are saying it’s …”
Followed by misstatements of fact.
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Posted by: Gregory | 08 November 2023 at 10:43 AM
“So you are saying it’s …”
Followed by misstatements of fact.
It’s PunchyBots default response…..now with almost lifelike Self Righteous Indignance™ included at no cost to you.
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Gregory
Are you saying it’s a “misstatements of fact” that character was a major issue brought up by the Repubs when Clinton ran for President against Bush in ’92 ?
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Mar-a-Lago is only worth $18 million? Lol. Good luck with that. It is more like half a billion. $18 million wouldn’t get you in the door to buy the tennis courts. Only show trials come up with crazy facts to support political convictions.
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Also, I am not a Republican. I am a free agent. https://www.sierrathread.com/thread/local-residents-find-hope-in-rfk-jr
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Punchy, it’s a clear mischaracterization of anything Barry P stated.
Why make stuff like that up?
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I was just noting that “character” was a major campaign issue for the Republicans in the Bush-Clinton election but not at all an issue pertaining to Trump, who is a self proclaimed pussy grabber, with 25 woman accusing him of sexual assault and now facing 92 criminal indictments.
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links
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/amy-dorris-donald-trump-women-who-accuse-sexual-misconduct
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/amy-dorris-donald-trump-women-who-accuse-sexual-misconduct
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Posted by: Uncle Punchy | 09 November 2023 at 08:34 AM
I was just noting that “character” was a major campaign issue for the Republicans in the Bush-Clinton election but not at all an issue pertaining to Trump, who is a self proclaimed pussy grabber, with 25 woman accusing him of sexual assault and now facing 92 criminal indictments.
I was just noting that “character” was a major campaign issue for the
RepublicansDemocrats in theBush-ClintonTrump-Biden election but not at all an issue pertaining toTrumpBiden…..Fixed that for you.
You should probably go whine about it over at Nevada City’s fattest little pirate (The Dread Pirate Individual Juan’s) website…/nobodyhere cares.
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Brave words from fishole who is ashamed to use his real name on this blog.
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Posted by: Uncle Punchy| 09 November 2023 at 09:28 AM?
I am indeed fortunate to have Nevada City’s “stalwart man about town” to guide me in these matters.
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I feel bad for you fishole that you don’t have the courage to stand behind your convictions by using your real name.
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Posted by: The man known as psul | 09 November 2023 at 10:12 AM
I feel bad for you fishole that you don’t have the courage to stand behind your convictions by using your real name.
….and I feel bad for you thinking that posting with your name is equivalent to charging ashore at Omaha Beach during WWII.
Sergeant Punchy….so brave!
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Make that Lt. Punchy.
Sergeants work for a living.
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At least I have the integrity put my name on my statements and defend them in contrast to a hitt and run man like you fishole.
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Posted by: Putz Emery | 09 November 2023 at 03:05 PM
Well I wouldn’t call what you do here “defending” and I wouldn’t call “integrity” a feature of your character. Mostly you repeat “questions” that have been asked and answered literally dozens of times, whine for links you admit to not reading, and just crap up the threads in general.
Why don’t you go hang out at Keachies or jeffies where your LARPing as “serious thinker” might not be so laughable.
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Fish holes, fish holes,
Rolly polly fish holes.
Fish holes, fish holes
Eat them up, yumm!
inspired by Barnes & Barnes.
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“At least I have the integrity put my name on my statements and defend them”
That is so laughable – I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve asked Paul to “defend” his statements and he comes back with a ‘whatabout’ or just goes silent.
Total loser.
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Scott, can you defend your opinion that the election was stolen and Biden is not our legitimate president
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Wow….it only took an hour and thirteen minutes to validate Scott’s last post.
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f-hole (as in violins) 7:06 – Yep – and I don’t even have to pay him extra!
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Posted by: Barry Pruett | 08 November 2023 at 11:24 AM
Thanks for the link to your blog. I see you got the county to pay your fees re: “Judge Orders Nevada County to Pay over $85,000 after County Illegally Withheld Election Records”
What I am wondering is what does Amy Young think she is going to accomplish with this paper chase?
The only link I could find that mentions Amy Young is on the Nevada County Tea Party site.
Is Amy a wannabe Cyber Ninja?
Isn’t the Tea Party all about being overtaxed?
And yet, what does Amy do besides wasting taxpayer dollars???
ROTFLMAO
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/implications-of-making-ballot-images-and-cast-vote-records-public/
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The bipartisan policy organization is wrong. They don’t understand California law and they don’t understand California election like either or the public records act. Amy didn’t waste taxpayer dollars; Natalie Adona and Kitt Elliott waste of taxpayer dollars by not providing public records to the public. It’s a problem that will continue but we’re going to resolve it.
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I contend Scott is the “total loser” by defending Trump, the biggest political loser in modern history and supporting Trumps belief that Biden is not our legitimate President and the election was stolen from Trump.
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Then I am a total loser too! Lol. Our elections are a joke and not secure at all. Zero security. Voter registration rolls are crap and maintained. Nobody knows who is voting. Machines are incapable of counting ballots while keeping accurate logs. Total mess. Yet Paul and Hanging Chad blissfully ignore reality and logic and call that intelligence. 🤣
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Barry
Why then did none of the investigations into the elections reveal any of what you contend are facts the election was rigged? Here’s a quote from Trumps Attorney General Bill Barr:
“Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said on Thursday that he told former President Trump that his claims about widespread election fraud were “bullshit.”
In an op-ed posted in The Wall Street Journal, Barr recalled confronting Trump about the 2020 election after the then-president and his allies repeatedly claimed President Biden’s win was tainted by voter fraud.
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Lt. Punchy 947a,
How many times have you thrown the Barr quote around here?
Do you know where your donkey is?
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“President Biden’s win was tainted by voter fraud.”
-Lt. Punchy 947a
Yes, it was. Thanks for finally noticing.
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How many times have you ignored it Gregory. He is Trumps own Attorney General and he reaffirms the fact that the election was not “stolen” as Trump, the liar. contends.
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It’s Barr’s opinion. I am not required to accept it at face value.
Had this piece run before the inauguration, there really would have been an insurrection on Jan 6 ’21:
https://time.com/magazine/us/5936018/february-15th-2021-vol-197-no-5-u-s/
That’s how the election was rigged.
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It’s his professional opinion Gregory as Trumps Attorney General at the time of the election. What factual information do you have to challenge his ruling?
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An offhand comment isn’t a “ruling”, Lt. Punchy.
There were a number of lawsuits contesting the election before the inauguration. And a confession telling all what actually happened just afterwards:
https://time.com/magazine/us/5936018/february-15th-2021-vol-197-no-5-u-s/
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Here’s a cleaner link to the article in Time:
https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/
The Secret 2020 election campaign… what say you Lt. Punchy?
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