I am certainly not the first to make the observation encapsulated in the title of this post. If a Republican accuses a Democrat, or Democrats generally, of certain behaviors, it is almost a given that said Republican is doing those things. I thought I’d pass the latest one along, as it is happening in our neighboring state:
Vivek Ramaswarmy found election fraud! But it was in the most unlikely place – on the nomination papers his own staff submitted to local authorities in Rhode Island. The Daily Beast had bombshell reporting showing that numerous dead voters were listed on paperwork submitted to confirm that Vivek could make it onto the Republican Presidential Primary.
Ramaswarmy, besides being a typical Republican in this respect, is emblematic of another trend among Republican politicians. Trump epitomizes it, but he didn’t start it. Ramaswarmy is a con artist from first to last. It’s how he made his fortune, and it’s how he’s running his campaign.
There was a time, believe it or not, which was not so very long ago, that a con artist, including a clone of Donald Trump, would have had little success as a politician. But the brains of a substantial number of voters have been pulverized by Fox News, and they are now ready to believe anything. The internet isn’t helping, as people drift from somewhat decent information sources (e.g., newspapers and Uncle Walter type newscasts) to conspiracy sites that tell them what Fox has trained them to believe they want to hear.
UPDATE: I sort of have comments working again. You can leave a comment and the site will show that there is a comment on the post. However, the comments don’t appear under the post. You have to click the link in the footer below the post that says you can read the comments at the “RSS feed”. I’m going to put this update on the next few posts I write, just to let people know. Assuming, of course, that anyone is reading this.
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