Except Dems have always been the party of fiscal responsibility too.
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When conservatives say "fiscal responsibility" they mean cutting social spending so they can inflict as much harm on poor people as possible. If you look at everything they say through that lens, it all makes sense.
This. It's more like the dems have been trying to unfuck things for ~~years~~ decades while Rs have continuously fucked it up. Spent gods fortune on war, shitting on civil rights and human progress, ect. All for what?
Soon to be the Uncle in Prison party.
Also, I’m suspicious this is really Bill Maher…
I'm suspicious this is really Bill Maher
It's from page 106 of "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You", Maher's 2024 book.
Sorry, but fuck Bill Maher. He's a fucking groomer.
(That article doesn't include the part where one of the little girls tells Maher that Sofia Vergara's character's husband is much older than her and he says to them, "nothing wrong with that.")
Do you believe in separating the art from the artist?
When did this become about art? I'm not seeing any art here.
It's not. I just asked if you believed in the concept. Let's say you really liked a painting, then found out the painter was a murderer.
Do you still like the painting?
If it were me, the answer is yes. Similarly, I think Bill Maher is an idiot, but I like the analogy.
Do I still like the painting? Maybe. Do I ever want to see it or another painting from that painter again? Maybe not. In the case of murder, the circumstances would be relevant. In the case of grooming children, the circumstances are not relevant. There are no extenuating circumstances which makes grooming children acceptable.
If John Wayne Gacy painted the most beautiful clown paintings ever, I still wouldn't be interested in looking at them, just like I'm not interested in watching Woody Allen or Roman Polanski films.
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Bill Maher is a boomer. But this is some broken clock high level thinking.
Agreed. It definitely has 'the person you hate the most made a good point' vibes.
This reads like something one of his writers came up with.
he's been creeping on kids lately, which is just natural progression i guess. a true libertarian
I've never heard the GoP called the "Daddy Party".
Who the fuck is calling them that?
Bill Maher, and the shitlibs agreeing with him that the Republicans used to be respectable.
the Republicans used to be respectable
It’s been about 120 years. Make the Republican Party great again!
To be fair, old school Republicans from 30-40 years ago would be losing their shit at how much the current party has been cozying up to Russia and the Saudi's which is where a very large chunk of the modern corruption comes from.
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Man the dumbfucks in this comment section. Maher hit this one out of the park and you whining cunts can't even acknowledge the obvious win. Doesn't mean you like anything else he's done, fuck's sake.
Oh right Democrats totally haven't sold out to corporate either. There's free healthcare, student loans are forgiven, abortion rights are guaranteed, and they are definitely not funding a Genocide.
But at least we're featuring hardcore Zionist Bill Maher
What outcome are you even pushing for here? I am, of course, giving you a massive benefit of the doubt and assume you aren't just being paid to cynically beat the Gaza drum because the GOP have no other ideas with which to attack Harris.
Every day of their life they're pushing for more dead Palestinians, the crueller the better, and for trump to be president.
Where can I sign up to get paid for debunking this propaganda?
The post isn't even a meme it's just one of the most hardcore Zionist TV hosts circlejerking about how his party supposedly never does anything wrong.
It's because people are obsessed with taking away the accomplishments of people they don't like, musicians, inventors, this latest generation and a half thinks once you've done a bad your contributions to society are nullified and it's stupid, by God it's stupid.
Almost everyone of any significance in the world is problematic somehow and to someone, we can't just ignore their contributions and pretend only people we like provide worth and value.
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Lol. Girl read a history book. I’m not even American and can tell you that the Republicans were never the party of fiscal responsibility and security. Stop listening to that cunt Bill Maher. Imagine being so moronic that you think that Maher is right.
I always see it as giving people who call themselves Republicans an 'out'. Like saying "I get why you're voting that way, but it just isn't true anymore" but we all know it never was and they're morons, but if you just call them a moron, they double down
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Why do we have to gender this shit? Fuck the republicans. I honestly hope that party dies. But I am also worried what's going to happen afterward because it will be one viable party. And I am seeing shades of republicans in some of the memes that get spread around. None of these people are your friends. Its best to think of them like a reptile would.
There will never* be only one viable party. If the Republican party fails, either a third party will become a big competitor to the Democrats or the Democratic party will split. This won't be the first time a party goes away if they do. We've had this happen several times in US history.
*There may be only one large viable party for a short time while things organize around whatever comes next, but it won't be significant.
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We are in the third level of repost now. Congrats
What a terrible fucking analogy.
I can get why it seems like that. But from a lived reality, I get it tbh.
mmm yes the double job single mom party that wasted 20+ billion tax dollars on genocide.
And the deadbeat dad party that practices treason on a daily basis, even when in office.
spoiler
We really gonna humanize the two most monopolistic, corporate shilling parties on the planet.Yall out here in the comments section acting like this is a celebrity contest.
Democrats bad!!!
- totally not a GOP shill
Youre a fucking idiot if you think thats what this guy was saying, or that the democrats are somehow above criticism when they're a bunch of war criminals. And yea, im stating for the record that the republicans are objectively worse in every way, but that doesnt mean you should worship the other side unconditionally.
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Life must seem so simple when you can delude yourself that everyone who disagrees with you is a republican
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Maher is an outspoken supporter of the Palestinian genocide, so this post checks out.
Liberals really have abandoned all tether to reality, lmao.
What's with American Liberals and having to imagine everything through the lens of mommy and daddy and not this party is full of millionaire genocide supporters and this party is full of billionaire genocide supporters!
I don't think I've ever seen something "portrayed through the lens of mommy and daddy" until now. What the fuck are you talking about?
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