Posted on 10/30/2017 4:14:21 AM PDT by Kaslin
As Jeff Flake joins Bob Corker in Americas political gimp box, perhaps our betters in the Grand Old Party should reflect on how two of their own came to this sorry end. Well guys, theres this thing called loyalty, and out in America we kind of expect it. You DC dwellers should investigate that concept in depth, not only in order to improve your characters you guys love babbling about character, right? but to save your useless hides from the electoral accounting thats coming.
Let me break it down in simple terms so you dont have to go get one of your minions to explain the big words. Stop taking sides with the enemy against us or we are going to throw you out of your nice, comfy offices. Clear enough for you?
Lets understand what loyalty is and isnt when it comes to our elected officials. Loyalty is not a requirement for slavish agreement or utter acquiescence those who either dont want to be loyal or wish to excuse it in their favored pols will often try to tell you thats what we normals expect in order to evade the real issue. But that claim is baloney used baloney after having been eaten by a male cow. Debate and argument are vital. Criticize Trumps actions if you feel they deserve criticism; criticize the man if you think he falls short. Ted Cruz does, and we dig him. But you need to be loyal to the people who sent you to Washington. Were not going to tolerate you taking sides with people who hate us.
What is inexcusable are alleged Republicans going onto liberal media outlets to trash the base by sanctimoniously adopting lying liberal narratives about us and then basking in the loving liberal limelight their new liberal buddies temporarily bestow upon them. McCain pioneered that move, though hes kind of the Sideshow Bob of maverickry hell go through a period of liberal love then do something remotely conservative, like run for president, and his lib lovers will turn on him and hell stand there with hurt feelz and a rake mark on his sad face wondering, What happened to all my new friends?
I dont think I can be part of a party like this, Flake essentially says, wiping away a figurative tear. What hes really saying is that our interests and desires should be ignored (as they have been for decades) because we dont meet his high standards. Fair enough, Jeff but why are you now shocked that we decided that you dont meet ours?
Flake is always ready to wag his finger at us normals for any leftist outlet that offers him a mic, but he never seemed to get that digit dancing for Obama. Iran Deal enthusiast Bob Corker tried to do it on Twitter, a hilarious fail on par with Little Marcos pathetic attempt to go slam for slam with Trump during the primary. Rubio at least seemed to learn his lesson; Corker didnt, and when he called on his Tennessee supporters they answered, New phone who dis?
Loyalty is important, but people in the Beltway Bubble just dont seem to get that. Yet in those horrible, backward states that elected these guys, normals kind of expect it. You dont stick your buddy in the back. If you get into a jam in a bar, for example, your pal doesnt start whacking you with a pool cue. Thats just not done. It is, as you might say during a cocktail party on one of Conservative, Inc.s cruises, Bad form, old chap.
I recently had this discussion online in the context of sanctimonious Senator Ben Sasse, who never met a conservative he didnt feel compelled to lecture (I wont link it directly because of my ample swears, but you can review my Twitter timeline if you wish). Sasse, as was observed, always votes our way. Gee thanks, Ben! Thats supposed to be a given, the baseline. Thats not an achievement that should be an assumption. And its not enough. Sasse goes on with Bill Freakin Maher and, when not giggling at Mahers disgusting racial epithets, proceeds to wow his host and the commie crowd with a discussion of how the people who elected him suck. Unacceptable.
We demand loyalty, like it or not. You dont get to cavort with the enemy and still get our votes. Its infuriating, and its intolerable meaning we refuse to tolerate it. Its the liberals approval or ours choose one.
In my Twitter discussion, I observed that those of us who are or were in the military and law enforcement in particular get particularly aggravated when someone purporting to have our backs takes that opportunity to plunge a Ka-Bar in. If the guy in your foxhole starts playing for the other team, youve got problems just ask the loyal heroes crippled looking for that useless waste of meat Bowe Bergdahl. But my measured insights on that issue in the context of Sasse, leavened with appropriate profanity, were dismissed as mere macho posturing. This is wrong. They are neither macho nor posturing, though if Im going to posture, I prefer macho posturing to the wussy alternative we have seen far too often among the weakhearts left jilted by the voters who chose Trump.
No, its not macho to despise those who give aid and comfort to the enemy, who go onto the enemys media to chastise the normals of the conservative base by adopting libelous liberal narratives about our alleged racism, sexism, and overall uncouthness. Simple loyalty to your own side is a base-level expectation of manhood. You stand with your buddies. And its not posturing either. While not betraying your allies might be just another pose among many one might adopt within the DC/NY axis, sticking up for your own side is standard operating procedure among the rest of us.
The loyalty issue is just one component of the massive cultural/political upheaval were all living through. Normals are tired of being deceived, disregarded, and disrespected by those in power. Now were demanding loyalty, not asking for it. And were going to ruthlessly purge everyone who presumes to represent us who actually holds us in contempt, because the feeling is mutual.
It may not be too much to ask but it’s far too much to expect these are rinos let’s not forget that
I bet they did. There are nothing but “progressives” at NPR
I guess that must be why a lot of politicians commit sexual harrassment, rape, etc. - They just don't get the message!
Ol’ Karsick let some of his “oh, gosh” veneer slip during the campaign, when some reporter made the mistake of asking him if he would be interested in the vice presidency. BAM! I thought he was going to throttle the guy.
Forget it. Many of us stopped contributing to their campaigns, the RNC, NRSC, NRCC, etc., long ago and those who fund their campaigns now own the RINOs “lock, stock and barrel.” There is a reason it costs millions to get a job that pays $174,000 per year and it has nothing whatsoever to do with principle.
But only after realizing that GOP voters in Arizona have decided they don't want him to be part of the party.
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