No longer does policy, character or any other thing matter. 45% of our country supports the Republican no matter what! This is really troubling.
Thinking back to 2008 and 2012 I honestly cannot fault those who thought McCain or Romney was the better choice over Obama. I loved Obama, but his opponents were reasonable people with honest policy disagreements.
Herschel Walker, Kari Lake, Tudor Dixon, Doug Mastriano and many of the current Republican candidates are idiots. I mean they are genuinely unfit for office, but still will likely command 45+% of the vote.
Today’s Republican support appears to have no issues, no memory and nothing good they really stand for. Remember that, in the 2020 presidential election the Republicans did not even adopt a party platform.
Here is an example of what appeals to them. In PA numerous TV ads are appearing against the Senate candidate Lt. Gov. Fetterman. The ads say nothing of substance, but follow this basic script:
“Fetterman is a radical socialist… Fetterman is going to take your guns… Fetterman will teach your children CRT… Fetterman supports Nancy Pelosi and AOC… Fetterman wants your son to use the same bathroom as a girl… Fetterman is a radical leftist Democrat you cannot trust!”
The same similar script, I am sure, is being run against every Democrat everywhere. It is so sad that this stupid type of ad works with so many people. But honestly there are a great number of people who are idiots.
To prove modern Republicans know almost nothing about policy I ask them three basic questions of which they know the answer to none:
1. What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare? Even if they have a general idea of the difference they don’t know how the are funded differently and how they are administered differently.
2. What is the difference between a fiscal year and a calendar year? Yet alone ask them when the federal government’s fiscal year begins and ends.
3. What is the difference between simple interest and compound interest?
Yet the straight white male who is a Republican knows the answer to everything.
Do they honestly believe that POTUS single-handedly controls inflation or the price of gas?
Do they believe President Biden can lower inflation and gas prices, but is choosing not to?
They don’t care about the truth...the just want to bitch and moan. No one bitches and moans more than the straight white male who is a Republican. On the day Biden was inaugurated you could hear them saying “This Biden economy is killing me!”
At some point we are going to have to have a serious discussion about whether America has become to dumb for democracy?