Newest attempted power grab by Ohio Republicans

[Dill]

(05-13-2023, 06:29 PM)pally Wrote: It is frustrating to see Republicans accuse Democrats for the things they do themselves.  Then you see it amplified by the right-wing media.  And all of a sudden it becomes lore. Then Republicans laugh all the way to the ballot box

Yeah, the projection is systematic and intentional. 

Hannity, Ingraham, Tucker et al. know what they have to do to reverse the polarity when
Trump breaks the law or otherwise publicly embarrasses the party.

If Dems want to investigate Trump's foreign connections and abuse of office,
Then the MAGA Repubs have to find Biden foreign connections and abuse of office
--which the MSM then "suppresses" (because no evidence) to protect him.

If Biden turns in a box of classified documents he found at his residence, then that is
equivalent to Trump's deliberate theft of such and refusal to return them. Thus making
the raid on Mar a Lago to regain documents Trump denied he had into evidence of 
a double standard. "Both sides do it" but only one is assaulted by the FBI. HYPOCRISY!!

To save Trump, they have to undermine the FBI as "weaponized" by Biden, making it
another great "deep state" danger to Trump, nevermind that Trump constantly and 
publicly ordered his AG's to do his bidding, attacking friends and protecting enemies.
He fired good civil servants in the DoD and replaced them with yes men more loyal to him
than the law. His own DOJ threatened mass resignation to stop his appt. of Gates. 
So we need a DURHAM INVESTIGATION to even the scales--until that comes up empty.

You want to send all those Trump campaign officials to jail for colluding with Russians and
lying to the FBI? Well what about the Hunter Biden laptop?!? MILLIONs from Russia
and China!!  Again, the FBI is protecting Trump, witholding material documents and a 
whistleblower which would bring the Biden castle crashing down!!

30 women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct from rape to groping--but what
about Clinton? As if Dems would have elected him despite the Lewinsky affair, which
was certainly inappropriate but at least consensual. 

There are moments when the system is rocked and disoriented--like when Trump orchestrated
1/6 or when Fox settled the Dominion Suit and fires Tucker, but it is usually able to recover
within a month. "Why didn't Pelosi expand the Capitol police if she knew there was danger!"
"Why won't the FBI tell us how many of their agents were among the rioters?" "Why send
Capitol rioters to prison but not BLM protestors--they are the REAL insurrectionists!--Double standard!!"  
"Fox has moved to 'the left'!" "Tucker was fired for speaking truth to power!" etc. 

"You claim FOX acts like the GOP's own messaging system, but the whole MSM is like that
for the Dems" (as if political wannabees know they can speak to Biden as he watches CNN everyday
and maybe even be selected for WH positions, like Rachel Maddow and Anderson Cooper text Biden every evening). 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cable-cabinet/2022/01/09/96fac488-6fe6-11ec-b9fc-b394d592a7a6_story.html

The basic elements of this system have been in place since the late 90s, when the narrative was
developed that the failure of so many Clinton investigations to pan out meant one standard
for the Clintons and another for the rest of us, because they used their party connections
to hide their wrongdoing and that of their "elite" friends. Unfounded accusations against Dem leaders 
have became impervious to correction over 20 years. MSM reporting of GOP wrongdoing, especially
Trump's, is at the same time immediately discounted as "fake news." Self-censorship is at the
heart of the system now. MAGA viewers always already know Dems are "lying"--so why tune
into the Capitol hearings to watch everyone from Trump's AG to his legal counsel assuring him
the election had not been stolen?