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A changed Republican Party

The transformation of the Republican Party is staggering. For 35 years, beginning in 1980 coherent and productive neoliberal ideas on fiscal policy and enlightened neoconservative thoughts on foreign policy materially influenced the positions and policies of the party. These days are gone.
Professionals used to be staffed. People who went to Davos and Aspen for international economic summits, who previously worked in administrative capacities, members of prestigious think tanks, and now? Eccentric, polemic and crass entrepreneurs and billionaires such as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, agent provocateurs such as Tucker Carlson, Pro-Russian assets such as Tulsi Gabbard, scandalous and widely despised clowns such as Matt Gaetz or once critical politicians who turned into loyalist sycophants such as Marco Rubio.

Professionalism, technocracy, moderation are not on the table. The only upside of these idiosyncratic choices is that they‘ll make the confirmation hearings a chaotic, time consuming liability for the incoming administration.
Carla · 61-69, F
If they have those hearings. There is talk of putting the senate to recess and have his picks scoot through. Im not yet certain how that works, but apparently, it's a thing.
CedricH · M
@Carla I don’t think that‘s likely now with John Thune as Majority Leader.
Carla · 61-69, F
@CedricH i hope that will be the case. I imagine though, like so many others, he very well might cave to pressure.
I see this as a runaway train, and all that comes with that.
CedricH · M
@Carla It‘s certainly possible. He might very well fall into line.
fun4us2b · M
Well said - the GOP is gone and the Dems have completely missed the boat touting Bidens economic performance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Joe_Biden_administration#:~:text=In%20October%202024%2C%2035%25%20of,low%20and%20middle%2Dincome%20Americans.
CedricH · M
@fun4us2b I agree.
Mmiker · 46-50, M
And the haters gonna hate.
Carla · 61-69, F
@Mmiker and that's all you can say? Your party has morphed into a oligarchy. Bent on protecting and enriching themselves at all costs. If you think there is anything more to it than that...what am i saying? You will not put any thought into it. You won't see that you were used. Firing you up about transgender people and immigrants. Telling you tariffs will save us. That's it. That's what he gave you. Well...he is going to give you the visuals of his retribution. That'll be fun for you.
"Haters gonna hate"
This isn't a game. Well...it is if you are a moron. Are you a moron @Mmiker ?
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Carla · 61-69, F
@Mmiker mmkay
Dino11 · M
Trump (45,47) By A Landslide Mandate
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