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Old 08-14-2022, 08:53 AM
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Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
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Old 08-14-2022, 09:07 AM
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Here is a great article by Dana Milbank worth reading IMO, which is also shilling for his new book which I just ordered.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...eception-iraq/
As fine an essay as I've read recently. Cheney the Elder and the Younger: classic Greek tragedy in Wyoming.
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Old 08-14-2022, 09:08 AM
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Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
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Truth. Recent story of the law and the Boebarts illustrates.
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Old 08-14-2022, 11:03 AM
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Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
Frank Wilhoit

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quo....Frank_Wilhoit
During my early student days in Chicago, I used to work part time for a good sized two family owned business. A co-worker also a student told me once that "in this country you don't get put in jail for committing a crime, only if you are dumb enough to get caught". Gives new meaning to what he said reading the punch line from your post.
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Old 08-14-2022, 11:08 AM
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During my early student days in Chicago, I used to work part time for a good sized two family owned business. A co-worker also a student told me once that "in this country you don't get put in jail for committing a crime, only if you are dumb enough to get caught". Gives new meaning to what he said reading the punch line from your post.
Is that anything like the winner gets to write the history.
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Old 08-14-2022, 07:05 PM
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GOP governors rebuke party members’ ‘outrageous rhetoric’ over Trump search
Larry Hogan describes comparisons of the FBI to Nazi Germany’s secret police, made by Florida senator Rick Scott, as dangerous

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...geous-rhetoric

They're not ALL lunatics - just most of them.
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Old 08-15-2022, 08:16 AM
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GOP governors rebuke party members’ ‘outrageous rhetoric’ over Trump search
Larry Hogan describes comparisons of the FBI to Nazi Germany’s secret police, made by Florida senator Rick Scott, as dangerous

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...geous-rhetoric

They're not ALL lunatics - just most of them.
FWIW the MAGAmorons (especially those in this state) don't really consider him a Repub.
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Old 08-15-2022, 05:41 PM
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Longtime GOP insider Cheri Jacobus: America is "not going to recover from Donald Trump"
https://www.salon.com/2022/08/15/lon...-donald-trump/
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Old 08-15-2022, 11:19 PM
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Marsha Blackburn blocks bills that would ensure foreign countries can't interfere with American elections

https://www.rawstory.com/marsha-blac...on-protection/

I can’t decide whether MAGAMorons are really this stupid, or just downright evil.
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Old 08-16-2022, 04:59 AM
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