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ck4829

(36,742 posts)
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 06:32 PM Jan 15

You know... I think I understand why Democrats lost now [View all]

I have seen blaming this person, people throwing out detailed analyses, this group did X, that group did not enough of Y, etc.

But let me lay it out in simple terms I think everyone can grasp:

The political system is essentially one party is expected to have explosive diarrhea and have it EVERYWHERE and the other party is supposed to mop it up and the other party criticized is for not cleaning it up fast enough because party #1 is still having exploding diarrhea everywhere.

* This is murc's Law

* This is why Obama was supposed to resign for 11 people being treated for Ebola vs Trump and his disastrous handling of COVID.

* This is bailing out Republicans.

And what is 2026 going to be about? Cleaning up Republican diarrhea, right? You know I'm right.

And guess what? It's the "way it is". It's just the way things are. Somebody read the above and can't wait to reply with "Oh well, what can you do about it?" So let me just stop you right there.

We saw exactly what people were doing about it... people are getting disengaged. Disinterested.

Tuning out. Washing their hands clean of the diarrhea and walking away.

And I'll be honest... if I was less political, so would I.

There is a solution to this, and it's not left or center... but it is radical. We need to start going after the legitimacy, authority, human resources, skills, intangible factors, material resources, and sanctions of the Republican Party.

I'm done cleaning up Republican diarrhea though.

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