Posted on 11/11/2025 1:22:16 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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Democrats are the evil party, but that doesn’t mean they’re stupid. In fact, I often have to remind people that they are evil, not stupid, to explain why they do the things they do. They know what they’re doing, and you should too. It explains why, after more than 6 weeks, they suddenly decided to vote to reopen the government. It wasn’t because they felt people were suffering – you don’t subscribe to a political philosophy responsible for 100 million deaths in the last century if you have concern over suffering – but because it was electoral politics, plain and simple.
What changed the “principled stance” Democrats had been taking? The election happened. That’s it, that’s really all it was. If this had happened before the vote, there was a chance some Democrats, the more radical ones, would have stayed home. Disgusted people don’t generally go out and vote for the people with whom they are disgusted.
But they did vote, and Democrats won the elections they should have won, so the threat is gone. They waited a week because they couldn’t do it immediately, lest they expose themselves as the frauds they are. But a week later has people have already forgotten how short a period of time ago the election was – “was it last week or the week before?” It really is that simple.
Also worthy of note is the fact that none of the 8 Democrats who voted for the “deal” are up next year; they’re either retiring or have 15 political lifetimes between now and when they could next face voters. In other words, they were strategically chosen to cast just enough votes to end the shutdown while,...
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Ya think? Been saying this since Billy C
Evil and stupidity aren’t mutually exclusive.
Just look at Obamacare.
I have been preaching this very thing for close to 20 years now.
This includes rank and file democrats. When an AG who wants to kill his opponent’s family, wins. Yea, our smiling, waving, “Love lives here”, neighbors are evil.
Well… The leaders are pure evil and not stupid.
Those that follow them are pretty goddamn stupid. 50 IQ morons.
You’re right.
I used to disagree with the great Elmore Leonard’s statement in interviews that most criminals are stupid.
More and more I see they are, as well as evil.
Dems helped me reach that conclusion.
My rule is that if I have to vote for a Democrat—I’ll always vote for the corrupt guy.
They are Evil. And they are stupid. They are Democrats.
They are evil all the time. But they are not stupid all the time. Good article.
The left instinctively sides with evil. That is who they are.
Sometimes, both A. and B. can be true.
i.e. Gavin Newsom, and how he dealt with the Palisades fires of January 2025. At least 11K homes were destroyed, with less than 10% of effected homeowners receiving permits to rebuild as of October 2025.
Embrace the power of “And”, Derek.
They are devious and clever to be sure. Still dumb as a post. Don’t be fooled.
You don’t have to pick just one. ;)
That’s because the left wing is of satan.
Obamacare has always been the kletptocratic theft that it was designed to be. It is part of the plan to lead the country to single-payer healthcare for all. It's a feature not a bug that it also funnels backdoor money into democratic campaign funds. That's why it was passed with hardly any Republican support. Here's the 3 R senators, (democrat assistants), who voted for Obamacare...
Olympia Snowe of Maine
Susan Collins of Maine
Scott Brown of Massachusetts
I’m glad the Democrats are evil. In the end, Good always triumphs over Evil.
Since when?
Obamacare was NOT STUPID!!! It was DESTINEDE TO FAIL and bring about SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!!! THINK CLOWARD PIVEN!
I have come to believe that leftism is a form of sociopathy/psychopathy and that a high percentage of leftists are flat out psychopaths/sociopaths.
Look at their behavior and check out the profile of sociopaths/ psychopaths.
The leadership of the democrat party has been handed over to a reprobate mind — and “reprobation” is spiritual psychopathy/sociopathy.
The Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul had these people figured out a long time ago; read Rom. 1:18-32 and II Tim. 3:1-5 for a clinical description of this pathology.
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