Oddbean

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 "They confirm what many have long suspected but the Republican Party has kept secret behind closed doors, and for the first time they confirm a very dark threat to the rule of law in our Republic.

With this book, Romney has broken faith, and ranks, and the party’s deep pathologies and treachery to our constitution are being laid bare."

#Romney #Republicans #democracy #corruption 
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 About his own fellow Republicans, Romney now says,

“A very large portion of my party really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.” 

Kuo adds,

"The truth is a welcome disinfectant today, even if the rot has been allowed to fester for years. We need to better understand the depth of Republican hypocrisy, cowardice, and fear in order to safeguard against its effects and call it out clearly. "

#Romney #Republicans #democracy #corruption 
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 @f884fa2b they seem to believe that the second amendment gives them the right to do whatever they want, and the first amendment gives them the right to tell you to do whatever they want.

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 @cce97266 Yes. Well-stated.

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 @f884fa2b That's probably why Romney only voted for trump's policies 75% of the time. 😡 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/

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 @c6233d8e A point that should definitely be made even as one applauds what he's saying here.

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 @f884fa2b 
With this book Romney is making more money & further profiting from his affiliation with the GOP

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 @ba0f552d Undoubtedly making money. Profiting from his affiliation with the GOP I'm less sure about. I think he will be made a pariah very quickly now — even more than he has been up to now.

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 @f884fa2b I am ... skeptical about this line of thinking. What will this book accomplish? I call this genre "concern trolling." If it's not reputation laundering, then I'm not sure what else it is.

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 @7b4cefd3 How is Romney's book concern trolling?