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We Are Well Beyond Hypocrisy

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Posted By: Moritz55, 12/18/2023 11:05:20 AM

The abject narcissism of the insular Left is startling. They apparently believe the American public is amnesiac enough to forget what leftists once did, now that they’re doing the utter opposite. And they assume we are to discount their hypocrisy and self-absorption simply because they self-identify as erudite and moral and assume their opponents are irredeemable and deplorable. The Left is saturating the airwaves with outrage over the current House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry. They allege that formally investigating Joe Biden’s role in the family grifting operation is somehow a poor constitutional precedent, if not out-of-bounds entirely.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Venturer 12/18/2023 12:47:19 PM (No. 1619873)
After their two phony impeachments of Donald Trump that they have the audacity to say this corrupt old man and his family should not be investigated is the thinking of people who believe in supercalifagilisticexpealadocious terms. They are childish morons.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: snakeoil 12/18/2023 5:48:42 PM (No. 1620004)
Dims use thresholds. They are still planning on running Quid Pro Joe for POTUS in 2024. But, if he appears certain to lose they will jump on the impeachment bandwagon like a buzzard on a gut wagon and Old Yeller will be gone.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: felixcat 12/19/2023 6:49:18 AM (No. 1620253)
Nancy Pelosi ignored all the precedents and rules when it came to impeaching/persecuting Donald Trump. No impeachment inquiry, no evidence, nothing. She went and plowed ahead to exact as much political damage as she could - facts be damned and respect for the rule of law. How many times (three I believe) did Donald Trump, Jr testify before Congressional committees about the joke of Russian Collusion? But there's Hunter whining about how everyone is mean to him. BTW - Maria Bartiromo pointed out on her show yesterday that Kevin Morris, the Hollywood attorney and BFF (paid millions of his taxes, etc) to Hunter was standing behind Hunter when he made his woe is me speech last week on the senate side of the Capitol but Morris told Comer's committee that he could not testify as he was out of the country, but there he was standing behind Hunter.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Strike3 12/19/2023 8:42:57 AM (No. 1620332)
Logic, morals and the law do not apply to democrats and haven't for a long time. Republicans have been fighting fire with a squirt gun and it's time to face reality and pull out the fire hose. That would be Donald Trump. Our job is to somehow get him into office, even if it takes some type of Herculean effort, and he will take it from there. If they cry "Insurrection" we need to give them something to cry about.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Zigrid 12/19/2023 11:00:39 AM (No. 1620459)
Just you wait Obama/biden...just you wait...you'll be sorry...but it will be to late..WE'll swamp the election polls and have a real president once again....go MAGA!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Trapper 12/19/2023 11:34:55 AM (No. 1620476)
It IS worse than hypocrisy, but I don’t think Mr. Hanson actually sees it yet. It was on full display during the covid lock-downs. Those in power did all the things WE were prohibited from doing, and got photographed doing them. But they weren’t “caught.” They WANTED us to see them doing them. They were lying to us; we knew it; they knew we knew it; and they WANTED us to see that they knew. That was a big part of the rush they got. That in-your-face, thumb-in-the-eye, “what are you gonna do about it” attitude was not hypocrisy. It was well beyond hypocrisy. It was contempt. And we all saw it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Timber Queen 12/19/2023 2:20:21 PM (No. 1620547)
#6 - I agree, it is a contempt born from hubris of the highest order. Hansen describes them as the "insular Left", but it is far more than being insular, they have totally abandoned God; any and all forms of religion. Much like the ancient Romans, they have set themselves up as gods - as the arbiters of morals, of what is right and wrong. They have smashed the simple Ten Commandments, and replaced them with a never ending number of impossible contradicting DEI Commandments. Instead of fostering a society of equal treatment under the law based upon reason, they prefer unequal treatment under ever-changing dictates based upon emotions. They revel in the resulting confusion. They want to knock us off our "perceived pedestals", much like they take down the statues of our historical heroes. In their confused minds, hardened hearts, and blackened souls they know they serve Satan and they believe his lies. They truly think they are on the winning side and will never give up. We must accept the reality that our battle goes beyond temporal politics. We are in Spiritual Warfare. Our Revolutionary leaders understood this reality in their fight against the British Empire. Those of us who are churched must reach out to the unchurched among our family and friends. During this Holy Season it is a perfect time to once more invite them to our worship services, and invite them again next week, and the week after. Public worship is as important to a country as private prayer is to the individual. We cannot expect God to help us without both. In God We Trust.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: garyhope 12/20/2023 1:14:53 AM (No. 1620802)
#4,...Strike 3,.....Love the SquirtGun analogy. Unfortunately you are correct.
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