At the height of the Watergate scandal, as Richard Nixon prepared to resign, the then-president still had a handful of unyielding Republican allies. One of them, Rep. Earl Landgrebe of Indiana, was asked about his perspective the day before Nixon left the White House in disgrace.
“Don’t confuse me with the facts,” the then-congressman told reporters. “I’ve got a closed mind.”
This seems to be precisely the mind-set of Jim Jordan, and the majority of today's prominent republicans, and the main qualification for acceptance to their ranks.
The comments came to mind again yesterday watching House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on “Meet the Press.” NBC News reported:
The Ohio congressman, who’s more frequently seen on media outlets aligned with Republican politics, will lead his party’s new panel on the “weaponization” of federal powers, and he was eager to make the case that his initiative has merit. Jordan noted, for example, the FBI “raided the home of a former president 91 days before an election.”
First, it wasn’t a “raid.” Second, the search was executed at a glorified country club, not a house. Third, it was ahead of an election in which Trump wasn’t on the ballot.
But as the “Meet the Press” host was quick to remind his guest, the contextual details matter, too.
“There was nine months between the initial action. ... the [National] Archives requested documents before they even turned it over to the Justice Department,” Todd explained. “The subpoena was issued 60 days before they actually executed a subpoena."
No precept or claim is more suspect or more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
Jordan has the same problem as most Republicans: They cannot complete a whole sentence without telling a lie.
This is steadily becoming more and more obvious. It is slowly beginning to sink even into the minds of some of Trump's sycophants. There are two types of Trump supporters: 1. badly disinformed dupes of Trump lies, 2. Knowingly corrupt participants hoping to get a lucrative piece of the action.
No precept or claim is more suspect or more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
I think it's remarkable that people hate Democrats so much, they'd rather vote for the lying GOP fuckups we have. That's incredible. There are a lot of idiot/asshole/ignorant/insane GOP voters, no doubt.
Religion is for people whose existential fear is greater than their common sense.
