In one of the comments on my last diary entry here, KISS the GOP, I ended with this line:
"Somebody must stop them from using their sleazy tactics to steal yet another election!"
So, someone asked me "
tell us how we should do that" and "
what you are doing about it?"
And so my response is that I am doing what I can, writing diaries here, and articles on other web sites, to try and raise awareness. Of course, writing these things here is somewhat akin to preaching to the choir, now isn't it?
Tell us how we should do that. My answer starts with:
We must all counter the GOP's tactics of using Lies, Innuendo, Misdirection, and more, to throw dirt at a Democratic candidate. I do this as often as I can.
What you are doing about it?
What we all must do: Put pressure on the DEMs and their leaders to step out and face down the lies, every time they are put out there by any member of the scumbag GOP!
For example, this business with Hillary's email. It's a non-starter, plain and simple. And we all know it is. But the DEM leaders don't tell the world that this is simply a Republican misdirection, by putting complete lies out there to muddy the waters, to take away Hillary's momentum.
More than that, the GOP's scumbag tactics work every time! They did it to John Kerry, a Viet Nam war hero; by the time they were done, you'd have thought he had been a deserter!
So as one simple person, I raise my voice, on the web, to urge others to do the same.
Read on, below the pretzel-like logic of the GOP!
Last night (August 28, 2015 on HBO), Bill Maher had Dana Rohrabacher, (R) from California, on the ropes regarding abortion and Planned Parenthood. But like a good little Republican, he just kept spewing the party line, unable to break out of his spell-bound deer-in-the-headlights look, and agree that what the GOP says is absurd! His face told a more honest story than his words; he was caught and didn't know how to get out of it. Faced with absolute facts, he did as the Republicans all do these days, he "doubled down" until out of exasperation, Bill went forward with the show.
It got really nuts when Rohrabacher started talking about selling body parts of the babies who had been aborted. Body parts indeed! When asked about whether he believes a woman who had been raped, and became pregnant, should have the right to abort the child, he never even considered the woman, but kept to the party line: Abortion Bad! Selling Baby body parts Bad! Planned Parenthood Bad!
Facts Bad! At least, for the Republicans.
It's really sad to see these so-called representatives of the people, who simply do not have a clue. What amazes me is that this guy is from California, and has held his seat in the House for so many years. I wonder if, after last night's performance, he could win another term, given his views on women and abortion.
Before that, Bill's first guest was former PA Senator Rick Santorum (R), who came armed with his so-called percentages of scientists who do not agree that we are destroying the very air we breathe. These Republicans must swear to read from the same quote book and refuse to give in, even in the face of overwhelming logic and truth. As Bill Maher said, again last night, the GOP simply doesn't want to deal with Facts!
And the Clown Car continues to roll along, with all the clowns joining Trump in dissing Mexicans, Immigrants, Women, Climate, Truth, Honesty, and just plain people, all being tossed under the Clown Car in the name of vying to become POTUS.
So allow me to ask in return: what are you going to do about the Republicans' Nazi-like, Big Lies approach?