Quote (Goomshill @ Dec 19 2021 06:28am)

https://www.axios.com/republicans-biden-probes-house-majority-25bc5f7a-269e-44c8-94dc-4700574112ca.html

As I was saying 15 pages earlier, the GOP is going to retaliate tit-for-tat for every escalatory measure by the democrats. As democrats weaponize inquiries more than benghazi, strip committee seats while butthurt over asinine complaints, etc, the Republicans already have ample fodder to work with and are very open and blunt about their plans to repay in kind. Inquiries into the origins of covid, the CDC response and what Fauci has said, inquiries into Hunter Biden and the ukraine money trail, inquiries into the Afghanistan withdrawal, inquiries into the IRS leaks, inquiries into Merrick Garland's parent-terror memo, etc etc

Quote (Goomshill @ Dec 19 2021 03:55pm)

We just had 4 years of republicans in charge and with access to even more tools as their disposal than democrats have right now and they not only neglected to weaponize them, but made it policy even at their expense. As the opposition party in 2022 they're going to be itching to wield the senate as a bludgeon, and if they get the house, well impeachment is guaranteed. All these powers the democrats are wielding right now were available to Republicans who didn't similarly abuse them, but will be available to Republicans again in short order, and they are openly declaring their intention to start wielding them. Was it an empty threat when McConnell told Harry Reid that he'd regret going nuclear? Ask Gorsuch and Kavanaugh

Quote (thundercock @ Dec 19 2021 03:20pm)

I don't think this is something the Democrats should fear. If there was wrongdoing by this administration, it should be punished. If there wasn't, then the Democrats will be fine. If you can win elections based on culture wars, then more power to you. I believe that we always get the government we deserve and if that's what the people want, that's what they should get.

IMO, this is obviously a ploy to create a false equivalence between the Trump administration and all other administrations. Hell, it would not surprise me if the GOP tried to impeach Biden on 3 different occasions just so he could hold the title of "most impeached President" away from Trump.

Quote (Goomshill @ Dec 19 2021 01:34pm)

Culture wars and inquisitions further divide Americans. These escalatory cycles might be largely toothless in formal impacts, but they do lead us even further into the shit swamp.

Quote (Goomshill @ Dec 19 2021 12:55pm)

We just had 4 years of republicans in charge and with access to even more tools as their disposal than democrats have right now and they not only neglected to weaponize them, but made it policy even at their expense. As the opposition party in 2022 they're going to be itching to wield the senate as a bludgeon, and if they get the house, well impeachment is guaranteed. All these powers the democrats are wielding right now were available to Republicans who didn't similarly abuse them, but will be available to Republicans again in short order, and they are openly declaring their intention to start wielding them. Was it an empty threat when McConnell told Harry Reid that he'd regret going nuclear? Ask Gorsuch and Kavanaugh

Quote (thundercock @ Dec 19 2021 05:46pm)

I agree that it's not good for the country but it's not like it's something new because we've had culture wars since we started colonizing America. At the end of the day though, the onus is on the American people to reject culture wars but that's not going to happen. Politicians run on the culture war because it gets them elected. Media stoke the flames of the war because it brings in revenue. People LIKE engaging in the culture war and viewing provocative media. It's simply a flaw in democratic nations but I think it's significantly better than the alternative.

Quote (theCrossbones @ Dec 19 2021 05:48pm)

Supported by the GOP that wasted 10’s of millions on interviewing HRC. Yea they are so innocent. lol

Quote (Goomshill @ Dec 19 2021 04:34pm)

Culture wars and inquisitions further divide Americans. These escalatory cycles might be largely toothless in formal impacts, but they do lead us even further into the shit swamp.

Quote (EndlessSky @ Dec 19 2021 07:26pm)

I want us to go as deep into the shit swamp as possible. These liberals are too stubborn to listen to anything but excruciating pain.

Quote (Skinned @ Dec 19 2021 06:48pm)

I'm biting the pillow in anticipation.