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goddamnedfrank10/03/2013 6:28:40 pm PDT

re: #75 HappyWarrior

I think you’re right. I used to think that perhaps the American right was a little different from the European one since unlike theirs, technically ours comes from a democratic tradition while the European right is traditionally tied to monarchical and theocratic interests. You’re right though. There is this idea with the right that only the aristocrats know best.

Both rightist traditions have become schizophrenic, they want the money and influence of wealth and power combined with the veneer of legitimacy afforded by populist angst. They’re protean shapeshifters.

This week I’ve seen this argument run a dozen times:

Insane Person: The House sets the budget and the people popularly elected the House.

Sane Person: The Senate has to approve the budget and more people voted for House Democrats in the last election than House Republican. Republicans only control the House via gerrymandering. Lastly, Boehner is refusing to even allow a House vote on the clean CR, which contains their own budget numbers and is only missing the extortion clause.

IP: This is a republic not a democracy. DERP.

SP: I should explain to you how a republic works, okay (explains how republic works.)

IP: Why does Obama hate America?

And on and on and on. “Obamacare is unpopular.” “Obamacare is a word, all but one provision of the ACA is very popular.” Wash rinse repeat.