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[–] [email protected] 47 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s the Republican Party in general. Specifically because they’ve largely suborned themselves to Trump’s insanity, because they think they can control him and cement themselves into power. If you remember last time, that didn’t work at all.

[–] superduperenigma 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ask McCarthy how things work out when you welcome the crazies into the party and assume you can keep them in line.

And yes, I'm fully aware that McCarthy was one of "the crazies" back when the tea party was considered the extreme part of the GOP.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Richard Pryor had a classic bit about a wino looking down on a junkie. It's actually classic addict behavior for one user to find reasons they are better than their peers.

[–] nutsack 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think it worked a lot. look at the judges they were able to appoint

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I was more talking about the “controlling him” angle, because he was absolutely unmoored from reality on day 1 and never got any better.