Kevin McCarthy's "Commitment to America" - Mark Fiore - Political Cartoons

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California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy recently released his party’s “Commitment to America,” which is of course meant to harken back to Republican victories (falsely) attributed to Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America.” How did McCarthy’s rollout go?

Let’s just say the current leader of House Republicans is no Newt Gingrich. Picture a kid who triple-spaced his term paper and increased the margin widths as much as possible and you’ll have a good idea of the intellectual heft of McCarthy’s Commitment to America.

The vagueness of the Republican platform is likely intentional, in order to have more members sign on. The more fuzzy and abstract the document, the more crazies and slightly-less-crazy Republicans can find common ground. Who isn’t for a strong economy and good stuff like less criming in America? (The 2020 election results and conspiracies about satanic Democratic cabals may cause a tad more division within the party.)

Meanwhile, if things go Republicans’ way in the midterms, Kevin McCarthy wants to use his shiny new “commitment” as a platform to become the next speaker of the House . . . no matter how many white nationalist election-deniers sign on.

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1. Kevin "Joe but stupider" McCarthy is the one who should be committed

His obsession with the Speakership is such, that he'll do anything at this point - like a junky rifling through his mom's jewelry box in order to afford his precious next fix. The nation's well-being be damned.

And for that, he should be committed.

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2. Unlike the Democrats, who serve to help constituents, all Republicans care about is power, that's it

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5. Sad but true.

And the fact that so many of our fellow voters don't see it, is one of the great tragedies of our times.

To most Repug voters, it boils down to "when I was a kid, almost everyone around me was white - and now they're not, and I'm having a sad and a mad!"

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6. Times have changed and those who traditionally voted Republican are voting against their own interests

And the rest of their voting block are the deluded and the bigoted.

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7. But you know, Republicans have a favorite song:

(if only they could get Anita Bryant to sing it...)

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3. This Commitment to America horseshit...

...is the natural progression from tRumpism. More vague bullshit all designed to keep the cult members under their spell. Keep the outrage and victimhood going, because that's ALL the GOP has. THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO GOVERN!!! I realize I am preaching to the choir here so just count this as a venting on my part. After watching the Pakman video with Swalwell's challenger, I'm a little like: "What the fuck?"

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4. No platform, no grasp of the facts, yet the deluded continue to make these races competitive.

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8. they offer nouns and adjectives