"Something about the Republican Party attracted and elevated so many men & women who are ambitious

[tblue37]

To no purpose. "

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Something about the Republican Party attracted and elevated so many men & women who are ambitious to no purpose. They are the political version of wanting to be famous for being famous. They stand for nothing but election.

[Wounded Bear]

1. It tends to be about raw power for them...nt

[Arne]

2. They train them.

That's what The Young Republicans is all about.
Real assholes, and proud of it.

[JI7]

3. Hatred and Greed . The 'southern strategy' made the party dependent

on some of the worst scumbags to win.

And then you had demographic changes which made this strategy less effective.

[Enterstageleft]

4. They're only famous because they are famous...

just like the Kardashians.

No talent attention mongers!

[betsuni]

10. At least Kim Kardashian was a big Hillary Clinton fan, voted for her, and she and two

of her sisters voted for Biden this time too. When Kardashians look smarter than Republicans and third party voters...

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Groomed for the Party's National Stage.

Can you imagine such a significant collection of low intelligence and reality denying people who are Republicans in Congress?

[Progressive Jones]

6. They're in it for all the get rich quick schemes, combined with

the corny "patriotic" trappings and religiosity (phony morality) as a cover.
They're all lazy fucks, except for the campaigning, who don't want a real job.
They have no real interest in helping out this nation.

[Earthshine2]

7. "It is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." -- Lucifer, Paradise Lost, John Milton

This is exactly what Milton meant in allegory.

For many personality types, they can go further in the Fox news world than that of CNN. Think Michele Malken or Kimerbly Guilfoyle.

Could Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, or the comically stupid Louie Gohmert make it big as Democrats? Certainly not.

I learned the quote not from reading Milton, but from watching the original Star Trek episode Space Seed. (The one with Kahn, who uses this quote to explain his own motivations.)

[Quixote1818]

8. They know GOPers are the only ones stupid enough to fall for their snake oil. nt

[Kablooie]

9. If I was someone who wanted pure power, I'd run as a Republican.

They are the party that is open to believing pure bullshit and that's catnip for Authoritarians.

They have discarded all values and philosophies in favor of pandering to the worst of human desires in order to gain power.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. They stand for white power, white

male power, to be precise.