• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    Coward GOP

    They’re not cowards. They got elected to inflate the Pentagon budget. It’s what they’re in Congress to do.

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      They’re cowards because they say differently in private when they discuss these issues and then parrot talking points in public practice. They know that what they’re doing is wrong but they are too cowardly to take a stand for their own privately expressed principles.

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        That’s not being a coward, that’s being a liar.

        They’re not afraid of doing the right thing; they just don’t have any desire to, and they know they have to lie to get the public to go along with it.

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        they say differently in private when they discuss these issues and then parrot talking points in public practice

        The congressperson is the ultimate Improv Comedian. They’re always out doing the Yes-And for their audience. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve spoken with a Congressman who nods and agrees with me on everything, then turns to someone who is my polar opposite and nods and agrees with them, too.

        They know that what they’re doing is wrong

        You think a bunch of white nationalists and imperial hawks think bombing Iran was a mistake? Dems and GOPers alike have been chaffing at the bit to bomb Iran since the Carter administration. Trump is delivering them their hearts’ deepest desire. The only thing Congress wanted more than War with Iran are War with Cuba and War with China. That’s been the joke of the last four months. It’s Congresscritters running around insisting “Trump is fighting the war WRONG!” then losing their shit at the first wiff of surrender.

        If anything, these people think we didn’t go hard enough. They’re absolutely turgid at the thought of the ceasefire breaking, because it gives them an opportunity to go on the Sunday Morning shows and scream “Death to Iran! They broke the ceasefire and must be obliterated!”