Posted on 10/06/2023 5:57:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We’ve all seen the Charlie Brown and Lucy cartoons. Lucy always tries to convince Charlie Brown to kick the football promising she won’t yank the ball away. Inevitably, Charlie Brown agrees. He gets a running start, goes into his kicking motion only to have Lucy snatch the ball away and Charlie goes flying flat on his back. Charlie Brown is the loveable, ignorant dupe who gets suckered every time by the mean, dishonest, deceitful Lucy who loves inflicting harm on others -- making her borderline evil. In politics, life imitates cartoons.
This week, Kevin McCarthy, the former Speaker of the House, played the part of Charlie Brown while the Democrats, specifically, Nancy Pelosi played the part of Lucy. Back in January, McCarthy was horse trading for votes to become the next speaker. He was reluctant to agree to the House rule that any congressman could call a vote to oust him.
McCarthy talked to Pelosi, who told him to agree to the rule telling him “I’ll always back you up.” What a sucker. Just like Charlie Brown is always hoodwinked by the dishonest Lucy, McCarthy was duped by the dishonest, deceitful Pelosi. She had no intentions of having his back, especially if pulling her support could help her Dems or harm the Repubs.
In an historic moment in U.S. political history, Speaker McCarthy was voted out when Matt Gaetz (R-FL) called for a vote to do so. Guess who didn’t support McCarthy when he needed the support that was promised him? That’s correct, Pelosi and every single Dem, along with eight Republicans, voted to toss McCarthy. I don’t have strong feelings one way or the other for McCarthy. However, this entire “vote out the speaker” shows the absolute differences between Repubs and Dems. How so?
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Consider the Dems. When told, they goose-step in unison, no deviation allowed whatsoever. They will lie, cheat and steal (In this case they only needed to lie.) to achieve their goal — which is total, 100% control over you, and the country. And they will use any means to achieve that goal, hence the term “the end justifies the means.” For the speaker vote, Hakeem Jeffries, the Dem’s minority leader, commanded how they would vote, and they all obeyed. Not one Dem, not even Pelosi who promised to support McCarthy, dared to disobey their overlord(s).
Think about this — Dems don’t deviate, ever, on anything. Every single Dem obeys the command to support abortions up to the moment of birth. Every Dem repeats the narrative that climate change is real, it’s an existential threat to civilization, and mankind’s only recourse is higher taxes, more government control, and higher fuel costs.
Every Dem spouts the insanity that a man becomes a woman by proclaiming to be one, and we must believe his delusions. Dems tell us they’re tolerant of everyone; and they are, so long as you agree with their nonsense. If any Dem dares to disagree or to think independently, they’re slapped down or ousted from the party — check with Tulsi Gabbard (from Hawaii) or Mesha Mainor (from Atlanta), both former Dems, for proof.
OTOH, Consider the Republicans; they want us to believe they’re conservatives and tell us they’re against big government, make promises to “drain the Swamp,” are fiscally responsible with our tax dollars, and on and on with their conservative talking points. Republicans cannot agree on anything involving core conservative principles. They promise but never deliver, then tell us to wait for the next election, but we must continue voting for them if we ever want the conservatism they avoid at every turn.
Sadly, conservative voters are all Charlie Browns and are endlessly being duped by politicians claiming to be conservatives. Republicans do not know how to win. They control the House yet refuse to use the “power of the purse” to advance their agenda. Control of the House means control of government spending. If Republicans claim they want to balance the budget; then balance the budget. If that means shutting down government agencies, then do it. The fact that they never reduce spending means they’re not serious.
Exactly.
The author is correct, the GOP in Congress are Charlie Browns who believe the Democrats and WE are also Charlie Browns for believing the Republicans.
It’s the RINOs who were fooled this time.
Also RINOs are acting like battered wives. They aren’t angry at the Democrats who backstabbed and abused them, they’re angry at the conservatives who warned them about their perfectly innocent and pure partner.
The difference is that Democrat’s mindset is more totalitarian, while the Republican’s composition is more of an independent nature.
Dems = Harlem Globe Trotters
Reps = Washington Generals
The goal of most Republicans is:
1 - Increase personal wealth
2-10 See #1
11 - Provide the illusion of choice to the masses.
This also is a great explanation of why the 1st action of the acting speaker was to order queen nancy out of her office.
The bottom line to this story is that McCarthy never should have been speaker to begin with.
13 votes to get him there? That was an obvious sign that he was the wrong guy.
mccarthy made a deal with pelosi and the dems
and got screwed
is he new here?
he deserves to lose the speakership for that alone
“mccarthy made a deal with pelosi and the dems
and got screwed”
Forgetting that compromising with bad policy is like adding sewage to your drinking water.
Even Reagan was duped by the Democrats over amnesty.
Voters are all Charlie Browns and are endlessly being duped by politicians.
That works for both sides for one reason they get duped by what a hack says what they will do but never check out their record of what they have done.
Carter
Clinton
Obama
Biden
Republicans are in office for the money. The rats are in office for the money and the power.
It’s why in 2016 I stopped voting in congressional elections.
Article V.
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