Reply #9: Maybe if they stopped worrying about their "brand" [View All]

[Nevernose]

And started doing something... They've had 15 years and haven't done SHIT to make this country one iota better. They've had precisely three pseudo-ideas:

1. Act tough. Tough on crime, drugs, random international enemies, whoever. It doesn't matter, as long as we look tough.
2. Give rich people more money and tell everybody else that eventually the rich people will share.
3. If anyone notices the lies, corruption, hypocrisy, incompetence, or just plain stupidity, find a scapegoat.

They've blamed teachers, and atheists, and Arabs, and Mexicans, and gays, and even red-baited, and fifty different other groups, and now they're almost out of scapegoats. They've done a lot for religious extremists and wealthy bankers, Jack Shit for everybody else, and are now surprised that the only people still voting for them are religious extremists and wealthy bankers? Why don't they surprise me anymore?