Current Events > RedState op-ed: Republicans aren't tired of losing yet

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https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/11/08/republicans-werent-tired-of-losing-yet-n2166041

Remember the movie "Groundhog Day?" Starring Bill Murray, it told the story of a newscaster who was stuck in a time loop, waking up to the same song in the same small town, destined to relive the same day over and over.
But while Murray's character would eventually escape his fate, Republicans seem content to voluntarily keep doing the same things over and over, believing that if they just grit their teeth enough, it'll finally be different next time.
Think back to the day after the 2022 election. The GOP was predicted by essentially everyone to have a red wave, but in the end, it was a red trickle. Garnering only a four-seat majority in the House and actually losing ground in the Senate, it was one of the largest underperformances in recent memory when considering the timing and fundamentals at play.
The morning after, I penned a piece entitled "I'm Sick of Losing, I Hope You Are Too." In it, I detailed the stagnant nature of the GOP, including the fact that there's no accountability for the party's leadership. Contrary to my hopes of an enduring wake-up call, though, nothing really changed.
In January of 2023, the incumbent chair easily won re-election to head the RNC, marking her fourth ascent to the position. A few months after that, Donald Trump was indicted in New York, an event that returned most GOP primary voters to their respective corners. All the post-2022 talk about accountability and having a rigorous debate completely evaporated, only to be replaced by memes and an obsession with one 2024 candidate's footwear.
What did that get us? It got us another losing election on Tuesday.
Aside from some state-level contests in Virginia, where Republicans fell short in gaining control of the legislature (it was always a long shot in a blue state) but did largely improve on 2020 margins, it was another disappointing night for the GOP. Republicans lost key races in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey while coming dangerously close to losing the governorship in Mississipi.
The most high-profile loss occurred in Kentucky, though, where Democrat Andy Beshear easily bested Republican Daniel Cameron. Just days prior, Republicans had touted a poll from Emerson showing the race tied. I was less than convinced, delivering this warning instead.

There's more in the article but I don't care to fight highlighter that wants to highlight the entire page.

The GOP spent nearly 50 fucking years tying themselves to the boogeyman of Roe, fundraising using it as the backdrop.

So they finally get their wish and instead of having a plan of how to smartly, succinctly attack abortion access, they just go all in on whole hearted bans, which rallied and galvanized women into voting. As well as, when states left it to the will of the voters to enshrined abortion bans into law, they tried to trick the average voter with confusing language. And when the voters said "No, we want (some) access", they turned around and tried to overturn the will of the voters.

And then galaxy brains like this wonder why Republicans aren't tired of losing yet.

It's because every time they win, they do everything in their power to prolapse their entire anus to the country

I have two suggestions for them:

1. Cope
2. Seethe

Republicans were so preoccupied over whatever or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.

Umbreon posted...

Republicans were so preoccupied over whatever or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.

And they courted extreme elements to make it happen that now, after not stopping to think if they even should actually make the thing happen, they are incapable of separating themselves from these elements

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/08/n-j-republicans-vote-by-mail-fail-00126102

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UnholyMudcrab posted...

I have two suggestions for them:

1. Cope
2. Seethe

3. Collapse

4. Stop existing as a party

Zikten posted...

3. Collapse

4. Stop existing as a party

And lastly, 5. Face accountability for their crimes.

Humble_Novice posted...

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/08/n-j-republicans-vote-by-mail-fail-00126102

PA GOP wants their voters to embrace voting by mail...

After the national GOP and several other state GOP rallied hard against vote by mail, calling it untrustworthy or outright fraudulent.

They made their bed, they can lie in it.