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NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 08:20 AM Aug 2022

I'll give Republicans credit for one thing ...

... they know how stupid the average Republican voter is.

"The January 6th insurrection was a normal tourist day."

"The 2020 election was stolen, despite a complete lack of evidence thereof."

"The FBI raid on Mara-Lago was about nothing more than a 'document dispute'."

The PTB in the GOP know that these kinds of soundbytes will be swallowed whole by their constituents, washed down with a hefty swig of Kool-Aid, and driven home with a few carefully-crafted statements about "the deep state", "political persecution", and "Hunter Biden's laptop".

When it comes to the GOP, you can't fault them for not knowing exactly how pathetically easy it is to manipulate their "base" - the low-IQers, the hopelessly gullible, the proudly ill-informed, and the dumbest people on the planet.

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I'll give Republicans credit for one thing ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs Aug 2022 OP
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #1
Ummmmmmmmmmmm ....... Lovie777 Aug 2022 #2
You.... Willto Aug 2022 #7
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of ANY people whathehell Aug 2022 #18
Now admitting they're Nazis and terrorists? IngridsLittleAngel Aug 2022 #3
Dumber than a box samplegirl Aug 2022 #4
There's a reason Republicans hate and continue wanting to defund public education. CousinIT Aug 2022 #5
You left out Soros. Surely, he is in the middle of this! Frustratedlady Aug 2022 #6
Spot on, as always. niyad Aug 2022 #8
What is PTB? Marthe48 Aug 2022 #9
Powers that Be. n/t NanceGreggs Aug 2022 #10
oh, duh Marthe48 Aug 2022 #12
Powers that be. ❤ littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #11
thank you Marthe48 Aug 2022 #13
YW. ❤ littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #14
Powers That Be. 2naSalit Aug 2022 #15
"Proudly ill-informed" Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2022 #16
Just more buzzwords for the ignorati. Marcuse Aug 2022 #17
Which is it: are they stupid, or gullible, or brainwashed? FakeNoose Aug 2022 #19
Precisely why republicans are bad for the republic and democracy Ohioboy Aug 2022 #20
Sadly I just moved to a rural state. Oldtimeralso Aug 2022 #21
He's a carnival huckster who Torchlight Aug 2022 #22

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
1. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 08:24 AM
Aug 2022

When an indictment comes, the details in that indictment will put this all to rest for 80% of the country. Even the MAGAs in congress will admit it's a crime.

Lovie777

(12,278 posts)
2. Ummmmmmmmmmmm .......
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 08:28 AM
Aug 2022

"Even the MAGAs in congress will admit it's a crime"

I have very little faith with this comment.

Also, now we know why GQP hates education.

Willto

(292 posts)
7. You....
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 08:53 AM
Aug 2022

....have far greater faith in the MAGA's in congress being willing to admit such a harsh unfavorable truth about their orange Jesus than I do. My experience with them is that they would deny gravity existed if it suited their purposes.

CousinIT

(9,247 posts)
5. There's a reason Republicans hate and continue wanting to defund public education.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 08:38 AM
Aug 2022

Civics, critical thinking, logic, basic literacy, US government...all subjects GOP voters flunked or were never taught.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
19. Which is it: are they stupid, or gullible, or brainwashed?
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 10:23 AM
Aug 2022


One could make a case for all three of these possibilities.

Ohioboy

(3,243 posts)
20. Precisely why republicans are bad for the republic and democracy
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 10:26 AM
Aug 2022

Our system requires truth, informed voters, and honest officials. Today's republicans are too willing to smother the truth, misinform their voters, and support con men like Trump.

Oldtimeralso

(1,937 posts)
21. Sadly I just moved to a rural state.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 10:37 AM
Aug 2022

Where the trumpanziees don't want STEM or common core education, they want to censor library books. Their preachers are the source of the word of God. The new christalabain doesn't want critical thinking. OMG.🙈🙉🙊

Torchlight

(3,341 posts)
22. He's a carnival huckster who
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 11:28 AM
Aug 2022

convinces his lowest common denominators he's on their side.

They spend the afternoon shelling out a week's pay to him, and in return, walk away with a little stuffed pony and a participation sticker for their blind loyalty.

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