At first, the Fox-GOP partnership was a boon to GOP candidates, but what the authors call “outsourcing voter mobilization” has drawbacks.
The GOP also outsourced voter mobilization to the NRA and white Christian evangelicals.
Outsourcing voter mobilization to white Christian evangelicals forced GOP to adopt extreme positions on abortion.
All they care about is money and getting more of it.
So they made a bargain: We’ll get rid of gun control and abortion, and you deliver votes for our economic policies.
It's not even a leap from there to: "You must die to save the 'economy' in a pandemic." It's the GOP way.
The GOP will defend Trump and Barr because—for the most part—Trump and Barr are doing exactly what they're supposed to do.
By "meaningful" I don't mean no cheating. We've had voter suppression for hundreds of years. (Let me refer you to African American history, if you have doubts.)
Proof: The GOP lost the midterms by 8 points and most elections since 2016.
What can you personally do? See terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
The elected GOP officials beholden to Fox, the NRA, and the evangelicals fell in line.
Some GOP members bolted.
(I know it was all a lie, so I'll be curious to see what a GOP insider adds.)
Expect more Twitter Book Reports.
I think of conservative as "dislikes change and prefers status quo."
But the authors looked at Europe. . .
After the industrial revolution, the GOP became the party business tycoons and factory owners, and were anti-labor unions.
So I got used to the authors' definition.
Our outrage feeds the beast.
(Of course we should try to understand what's happening and look for solutions.)
I wrote about outrage here:
See the next Tweet . . .
I'll add the source
I think that's the tactic of accusing your opponent of what you do. The "You're the Puppet" technique.
It's not projection, which is subconscious. "You're the puppet" is a deliberate fascist technique.