Why do Republicans really seem terrible?
The party of hypocrisy - eg had only one 9/11 commission but ten Benghazi commissions, or eg cared about deficits only when Democratic president is in power
Gerrymandering (REDMAP)
Threatened US default over debt ceiling
Wanted to gut ethics committee as soon as they could
Refused to hold a vote on a supreme court justice indefinitely as long as a Democrat president nominated him/her
Told CBO not to calculate cost of repealing Obamacare
Want to roll back civil rights of gays
Want to roll back environmental protections
Want to make coal and fossil fuels win over clean energy, are angry about investment in green energy
Want to roll back privacy and net neutrality
Want to use taxpayer money to expand the army already past ridiculous levels
Are angry about universal healthcare even though rest of the developed world has it and has cheaper better outcomes
What is the explanation for why they seem to be against everything that a person would normally consider good?
I realize they say they want personal freedom and smaller government. But then they want to expand the army, keep increasing fossil fuel subsidies, etc.
And when someone is incompetent, they seem applaud it... they seem to be against college education, teaching evolution, skeptical of global warming to the end, etc. and (with some exceptions) are ok with Donald Trump's blundering and appointments of people to agencies who have explicitly said in the past they want those agencies eliminated.
Why? Am I really being partisan and Democrats break just as many rules? I just don't see it. Both parties have their problems but Democrats seem to at least care about competence and fairness while Republicans honestly seem to find new rules to break all the time, on top of everything I mentioned above. And then when the Democrats follow suit they get upset.
The party of hypocrisy - eg had only one 9/11 commission but ten Benghazi commissions, or eg cared about deficits only when Democratic president is in power
Gerrymandering (REDMAP)
Threatened US default over debt ceiling
Wanted to gut ethics committee as soon as they could
Refused to hold a vote on a supreme court justice indefinitely as long as a Democrat president nominated him/her
Told CBO not to calculate cost of repealing Obamacare
Want to roll back civil rights of gays
Want to roll back environmental protections
Want to make coal and fossil fuels win over clean energy, are angry about investment in green energy
Want to roll back privacy and net neutrality
Want to use taxpayer money to expand the army already past ridiculous levels
Are angry about universal healthcare even though rest of the developed world has it and has cheaper better outcomes
What is the explanation for why they seem to be against everything that a person would normally consider good?
I realize they say they want personal freedom and smaller government. But then they want to expand the army, keep increasing fossil fuel subsidies, etc.
And when someone is incompetent, they seem applaud it... they seem to be against college education, teaching evolution, skeptical of global warming to the end, etc. and (with some exceptions) are ok with Donald Trump's blundering and appointments of people to agencies who have explicitly said in the past they want those agencies eliminated.
Why? Am I really being partisan and Democrats break just as many rules? I just don't see it. Both parties have their problems but Democrats seem to at least care about competence and fairness while Republicans honestly seem to find new rules to break all the time, on top of everything I mentioned above. And then when the Democrats follow suit they get upset.