And the media and "serious" journalists are going to let Republicans do it because "OMG, if we call them out in the lying, people are going to call us "bias" and liberal"
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But will the press let them get away with it? (Narrator: "yes.")
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Exactly. Every single time, reporters should ask about the hypocrisy, with examples... but they won't. They'll look at them all doe-eyed and fascinated with their moral stand while questioning why Democrats are pulling 10% of the shenanigans they just pulled.
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That's the playbook. Deficits are only a thing when Democrats are in charge, trying to spend money on those who Republicans deem unworthy.
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Deficits are a made up problem, period, and Democrats need to start saying that.
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Will be fascinating to see how much of the media let them get away with it without pointing to the GoP record
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Well if past behavior is any indication...
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Also, after Trump leaves they’ll go right back to moral preening, demanding decorum and bemoaning the slightest personal flaws in Dems.
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They are already doing that... just not to Trump
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.... and this is different from when, how? Republicans are in permanent opposition, even when they are in power, at least in the sense that they don't believe in government, as a conduit for good works. They believe in it as a mechanism for "victory", defined as $$$ and



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And so when they're in charge, they're in "opposition" to the principles of good governance, hiding their power beneath a cloak of cultural persecution and animosity towards Democrats, and when they have the slightest opposition, they adopt whatever is necessary to hamstring Ds
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but what is most important is the image of themselves as besieged warriors, never in charge, always fighting against the dominant scourge. They're waving the bloody shirt that is wet from the gouges they've made in the body politic.
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Of course. Just like how the next Democratic President will be called "undignified" if she or he shows up on TV wearing a tan suit, as though 4 AM incoherent tweeting, Toilet Paper-Walking, Porn Star-Screwing Donald Trump never happened.
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By losing the House they've only become stronger.pic.twitter.com/sPWn6q53mX
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If I hear one conservative fiscal responsibility I would keep a white glove in my pocket to slap them in the face. Never should they utter those words with any credibility again. Ever!
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Did you really expect anything different?
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Press better not let them get away with that.
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It killed me when McCarthy said Rs will always stand for personal freedom over government control!!! Jeez, like government mandated childbirth is not their goal.
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