That was on my mind too. Libs live in a fantasyland that gets more and more elaborate as they convince themselves that the old days were so much better and it would be great if we could get back to that.
The other day I heard a MNSBC talking head named Elie Mystal actually say something like “We need a strong republican party.” What made it especially galling for me is that Mystal one of their legal experts who is by far the strongest, harshest critic of GOP justices on the supreme court. If he was just a tiny bit more bitter - he’d lose his MSNBC gig forever. Yet he’s such a boneheaded institutionalist - he can’t help but defend a system and a court that’s nearly guaranteed to get more and more reactionary over time.
Mystal - like a typical lib - must make daily efforts to pretend he GOP was good before Trump showed up. Such libs must force away the reality that “good” republicans like the ex-president war criminal Dubya worked hard behind the scenes to put people like Kavanaugh on the court. And - of course - the GOP has wanted to kill Roe for decades.
In their minds, liberals think of themselves as wise parents for Republicans. They think they’re guiding poor lost conservatives into the enlightenment of liberalism.
In practice, liberals act like employees for republicans
That was on my mind too. Libs live in a fantasyland that gets more and more elaborate as they convince themselves that the old days were so much better and it would be great if we could get back to that.
The other day I heard a MNSBC talking head named Elie Mystal actually say something like “We need a strong republican party.” What made it especially galling for me is that Mystal one of their legal experts who is by far the strongest, harshest critic of GOP justices on the supreme court. If he was just a tiny bit more bitter - he’d lose his MSNBC gig forever. Yet he’s such a boneheaded institutionalist - he can’t help but defend a system and a court that’s nearly guaranteed to get more and more reactionary over time.
Mystal - like a typical lib - must make daily efforts to pretend he GOP was good before Trump showed up. Such libs must force away the reality that “good” republicans like the ex-president war criminal Dubya worked hard behind the scenes to put people like Kavanaugh on the court. And - of course - the GOP has wanted to kill Roe for decades.
i didn’t expect to see the rehabilitation of george w bush.
if we’re not all dead, i expect to see the rehabilitation of trump
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Obama say this too?
EDIT: YEP! He was saying this shit in 2016 and probably still says it today, in between making phone calls to crush union efforts
I’ve heard Pelosi say it before, too. They need a strong Republican party to blame for their feigned inability to get us the things we want.
https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/video/2016/03/obama-i-want-an-effective-republican-party
In their minds, liberals think of themselves as wise parents for Republicans. They think they’re guiding poor lost conservatives into the enlightenment of liberalism.
In practice, liberals act like employees for republicans