# The Republican hypocrisy thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535 "2019-12-08T00:23:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/1 "2019-12-08T00:23:15Z")
I just can’t stand it anymore. In my opinion banana Republicans are massive, blatant, in your face hypocrites. Perhaps my memory is faulty, but it seemed like in years past they would at least try to hide it a bit but now they don’t even bother. So I would like a thread to do nothing much but document instances of their hypocrisy. I’m not really looking for debate, just a place collect the worst of it. I’ve been thinking about starting this thread for awhile, but [this](https://www.mediaite.com/politics/re...stmas-in-1998/) finally pushed me over the edge. I just can’t fathom, I mean I really can’t wrap my head around it at all, how someone could take a position that is 180 degrees from a previous position and keep a straight face or have any self respect at all. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/2 "2019-12-08T00:27:34Z")
It’s OK When a Republican Does It. Pretty much sums it up. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/3 "2019-12-08T00:34:08Z")
Your link is dead (so it goes). But the most glaring example today is Newt complaining about the impeachment being at Christmas time when the articles against Clinton were passed as he (Clinton) was lighting the national tree. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/4 "2019-12-08T00:45:12Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > {…} So I would like a thread to do nothing much but document instances of their hypocrisy. {…} > [@E-DUB](#): > > Your link is dead (so it goes). {…} This ‘document’ thingy? Might want to work on that. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/5 "2019-12-08T01:04:54Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Your link is dead (so it goes). But the most glaring example today is Newt complaining about the impeachment being at Christmas time when the articles against Clinton were passed as he (Clinton) was lighting the national tree. Weird. It worked just 30 min ago. Oh well. What I was trying to link to was exactly that, Newt complaining about impeaching at Christmas time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/6 "2019-12-08T01:07:49Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > I just can’t fathom, I mean I really can’t wrap my head around it at all, how someone could take a position that is 180 degrees from a previous position and keep a straight face or have any self respect at all. Republicans don’t base their opinions on facts, they just believe what their leaders tell them to believe. If they’re told to believe something else tomorrow then tomorrow they’ll believe something else. They have a great deal of their identity invested in their support of their leaders and would rather embarrass themselves trying to convince others that 2+2=5 than admit to backing bad people. Once you understand this you’ll understand their behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/7 "2019-12-08T01:10:02Z")
[Lindsey Graham](https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article230483449.html), January 16, 1999 > [@](#): > > You don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this constitutional republic if this body determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role,” the politician said. “Impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/8 "2019-12-08T01:28:24Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > [Lindsey Graham](https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article230483449.html), January 16, 1999 Remember when [he voted against aid for New Jersey but demanded help](https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/politics/lindsey-graham-flooding-federal-aid/index.html) for his state? And he couldn’t remember voting against aid. > [@](#): > > en. Lindsey Graham is asking for federal aid for his home state of South Carolina as it battles raging floods, but he voted to oppose similar help for New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2013. > “Let’s just get through this thing, and whatever it costs, it costs,” Graham told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” on Monday of the devastating floods in his home state. > Graham was among the Republican senators who opposed a federal aid package in January 2013 to assist states hit by Hurricane Sandy, but now he doesn’t remember why. > > “I’m all for helping the people in New Jersey. I don’t really remember me voting that way,” Graham said. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/9 "2019-12-08T01:36:20Z")
Remember when the pussygrabber bragged about assaulting women? [http://https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1019156](http://https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1019156) He wanted the _death penalty_ for five kids who’d been railroaded. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/10 "2019-12-08T03:23:00Z")
Duncan Hunter’s resignation letter says he will resign “after the holidays”. As a Republican, shouldn’t he have said “after Christmas”? > **[Duncan Hunter says he'll resign after holidays following guilty plea over...](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/06/politics/duncan-hunter-to-resign/)** > > Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California announced on Friday that he'll resign from Congress following the holiday season, news that comes after the congressman pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/11 "2019-12-08T07:24:28Z")
What, this thread had been up for several hours already and hasn’t blown up to 250000 posts already? Why not? At the risk of threadshitting, I suspect this thread will not gain too much traction. There’s just way too too much Repub hypocrisy going on to ever keep a running catalog of. Even the fact checkers who give out WaPo’s Pinocchios have said they can’t keep up with it. Now here’s an idea for a thread: Let’s all post instances of elected Repubs NOT being hypocritical. Sure, you can find occasional instances of this. That’s the point: It will be just common enough, but just uncommon enough, for such a thread to be manageable and to stay interesting. It’s all gaslighting. The Republicans are gaslighting all the way down! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/12 "2019-12-08T07:58:32Z")
Republicans are strict constructionists where the 2nd Amendment is concerned. Article II, Section 4, not so much. I think Nancy should reconstitute HUAC, and bring half the administration before it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/13 "2019-12-08T13:53:28Z")
Republicans aren’t really hypocrites because they don’t actually mean anything they say. All that matters to them is holding onto power at all costs, so they will do whatever it takes. They don’t care if you catch them contradicting themselves or if you catch them in a lie because whatever they said served its purpose at the moment and now they’re on to the next tactic in maintaining minority hold on power. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/14 "2019-12-08T13:55:20Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/15 "2019-12-08T17:19:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s OK When a Republican Does It. > Pretty much sums it up. Yes, you got it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/16 "2019-12-08T17:20:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Duncan Hunter’s resignation letter says he will resign “after the holidays”. As a Republican, shouldn’t he have said “after Christmas”? > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/06/politics/duncan-hunter-to-resign/](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/06/politics/duncan-hunter-to-resign/) He’s waging a War On Christmas. The fucker SHOULD be in jail. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/17 "2019-12-08T17:22:05Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What, this thread had been up for several hours already and hasn’t blown up to 250000 posts already? Why not? > > At the risk of threadshitting, I suspect this thread will not gain too much traction. There’s **just way too too much** Repub hypocrisy going on to ever keep a running catalog of. Even the fact checkers who give out WaPo’s Pinocchios have said they **can’t keep up** with it… > It’s all gaslighting. The Republicans are gaslighting all the way down! Exactly. No one can keep up with it all. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/18 "2019-12-08T17:26:50Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > It’s all gaslighting. The Republicans are gaslighting all the way down! Yep. We’re well past hypocrisy. This should be the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/19 "2019-12-08T23:53:03Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Yep. We’re well past hypocrisy. This should be the thread title. Suppose I was a hypocritical, power-lusting, pussy-grabbing traitor-thug. Suppose I was a Republican. But I repeat myself. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535/20 "2019-12-09T01:30:19Z")
As was said earlier in this thread, it’s not hypocrisy; it’s collective gas lighting. The Republican party knows they’re hypocritical; they’re not even hiding it. The fact that they’re not attempting to hide it is what makes this GOP different from, say, the GOP of the Newt Gingrich era. The idea that they can say whatever the fuck they want, is a way of saying that they can _do_ whatever they want. And they mean that sincerely: it’s their America, not yours. It’s their constitution, their law, their power. Not yours. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535.md?page=2)