Republicans have made it impossible to “Jump the shark*”

[Cyrano]

Last edited Fri Jun 5, 2015, 02:37 PM - Edit history (1)

I’m not talking about a TV series “straying irreparably from its original premise.” I’m talking about a country that’s strayed from reality. Want proof that the Republicans can’t “Jump the shark?”

O Rick Santorum is again running for prez despite THAT Google entry

O Donald Trump’s “hair” and Sarah Palin’s “show”

O Rick Perry’s “Intelligent” glasses and his “impending?” indictments

O Ted Cruz not being universally shunned after his Joe Biden “joke”

O Ben Carson comparing Obama to Hitler

O Mike Huckabee who lies awake worrying who’s doing what to whom

O Bobby Jindal who doesn’t get that his party hates people who aren't white

O Jeb Bush hoping everyone will forget who Terry Schiavo was

O Chris “I knew nothing about any of it” Christie

O Fox “news,” the cable propaganda subsidiary of the GOP

Give. Me. A. Fucking. Break. The GOP has managed to redefine insane. It’s impossible to cover the full range of Republicans who have “Jumped the shark.” But it just doesn’t seem to matter to approximately half of those who (are permitted to) vote in this country.

There’s an acronymn about Republicans that’s been used for years, and it has morphed into a “TRUTH.” ITSOIYAR” (It’s okay if you are a Republican.) Do you suppose it’s possible that “The good ‘ole USofA" is FUBAR.

*(Jumping the shark is an idiom created by Jon Hein that was used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality, signaled by a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which the writers use some type of gimmick in an attempt to keep viewers' interest, which is taken as a sign of desperation, and is seen by viewers to be the point at which the show strayed irreparably from its original premise. The phrase is based on a scene from a fifth-season episode of the sitcom Happy Days when the character Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water-skis.) -- Wikipedia

[brooklynite]

1. Has it occurred to you that 95% of the public are paying no attention to the election...

...much less the antics of specific Republican candidates?

[Cyrano]

3. Yeah, that's occurred to me

And it only highlights how much "Amurca" deserves to go the way of every other empire that ever "ruled the world." Political/corporate corruption has become the norm. The so-called "American Public," especially the part that never bothers to vote, are responsible for it.

At present, I believe that our "sweet land of liberty" is gone (if it ever existed) and ain't coming back. Nor does it deserve to.

And if I sound a little bitter, it's because I've read enough about our founding fathers, Lincoln, FDR, and so many others like them, that I have every right to be bitter. I see what could have been. And will now, never be.

[retrowire]

2. its called...

money heals all wounds.

[Javaman]

4. naa, the repubs are permanently poised over the shark in a state of perpetual jump. nt

[olddots]

5. you are very , very correct .

the repukians have redefined dumbth .