George Will Is No Fucking Hero But I'll Take His Vote
"Let them fight..." - Dr. Ichiro Serizawa
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In the last couple of weeks, the press made a huge deal out of Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. endorsing Donald Trump over Kamala Harris. These are Democrats! And they’re going to vote for Trump?! What a slap in the face to Harris! Big News!!!
The press was far less interested in the growing number of Republicans, many from Trump’s own administration, who said they would either vote for Harris or refuse to vote for Trump. That narrative wasn’t worth nearly as much digital ink.
It caused a bit of a stir when Liz Cheney crossed the aisle, though. Even more of a stir when Dick Cheney said he would. And now George Will, archconservative, has said he would also (barely) support Harris.
It’s funny, though. Two groups of people have been quite upset about all of these Republicans crossing the aisle: MAGAland and the alt-left. The phrase they toss around a lot is “uniparty.” And these Republicans standing against Trump is the “proof” that Democrats and Republicans are all the same.
Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi, for instance, love whining about Republicans who walked away from Trump’s fascism and the left pulling a seat out for them. You see, we hold them up as heroes and leaders of the left.
This may come as a surprise to you. Is Liz Cheney your hero? Is George Will calling the shots for a single Democrat you know?
Nah. The uniparty talking point is just another way of pushing bothsiderism nonsense.
When it comes to talking points, it’s important to pay attention to who’s pushing them just as much as the talking points themselves. You don’t hear much, if anything at all, from the alt-left about Haitians eating cats and dogs in Ohio. That’s not the kind of racism they engage in. Too overt.
But the far right and the alt-left both love that uniparty story. It lets both groups present themselves as “anti-establishment,” fighting the good fight against corruption and greed and bla bla fucking bla. They’re full of shit. Republicans and Democrats are worlds apart. The only actual uniparty is the far right and the alt-left. Both want a country run by white men and an end to that pesky democracy.
As for George Will and the Cheneys and the rest? I’ll take their votes. I’ll let them attack Trump and GOP fascism all day long but no one has forgotten for a second that these are the blood-soaked monsters that gave us the Iraq War and transformed the Republican base into the open sewer filled with morons and bigots that spawned Donald Trump.
These are the Dr. Frankensteins who lost control of their monsters and now they need our help to stop their creation from destroying everything. I’m willing to do that but the enemy of my enemy is not my friend. These assholes will attempt to seize control of the GOP the second Donald Trump is gone and go right back to calling us “baby-killers” and Commies.
A Republican is still a Republican. They are not repentant for what they’ve done to this country. They’re just mad it got out of control. Specifically, THEIR control.
But for now, let them lob grenades at the fascists. MAGAts and the alt-left can cry all they want about uniparty this and uniparty that. I don’t really give a shit. They’re all liars and traitors and their opinions are worthless. The only thing that matters is crushing them and preserving democracy, the very thing both groups are dedicated to killing.
As long as we the people can vote in (relatively) free and fair elections,1 MAGAland and the alt-left lose. And they’ll keep losing because they hate this country and everything about it. They hate the majority of us and what we believe in and how we live our lives. They claim to be the majority but if they were, they wouldn’t need to turn to fascism and the domestic terrorism that goes with it. They would just win elections.
But they can’t so they lie. They cheat. They riot. They plot coups and incite violence because they’re losing. They pretend that people like George Will and the Cheneys are part of the Democratic Party when the truth is that both the alt-left and MAGAland have gone so far to the extreme fringe, they’re an imminent threat to everyone, even hard-right Republicans like George Will.
The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. But I’ll gladly take their vote and smash the Nazis. Not for nothing, leaving a crumbling, smoking husk of a party for George Will to take over again is not exactly a victory for the Never-Trumpers. But, hey, good luck, buddy! Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving group of soulless monsters.
There are 49 days until the 2024 election. Vote blue like your life depends on it. This is America. No kings. No weirdos. Vote Harris and Walz.
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I know Republican-controlled states have seriously rigged their elections even before Trump but theirs is the kind of rigging that can be undone with the rule of law. What MAGAland and the alt-left want is the kind of elections Russia and Hungary have and there is no fixing that without a civil war.
George Will is a GOP dinosaur whose main job at WaPo is talk about baseball and bothsiderism.
George Will wrote a disgusting narrative about the 1619 project. Every time I pick up this book to re-read a portion or get a fact correct, I review George’s condemnation of that book. He is a huge asshole, in my estimation. But event though his remarks always underscore his despicable comments and opinions, I am grateful that he sees the light in this situation.