the current administration is pumping the brakes not because they’re trying to stop cancer from being cured, but because they’re dumbasses who have no idea what they’re doing. don’t suggest they’re intelligent enough to actually understand the outcomes of their own choices.
I do not think they are dumbasses. They understand very well that “pumping the brakes” can start negotiations with people who have infinite deep pockets and are willing to let them have a little extra so the infinitely deep pockets stay that way.
Self-enrichment is a powerful motivator.
Like Nixon, when he helped privatize healthcare. Playing Dumb (and a little crazy) has been a schtick for republicans for 60 years. I wish there was a website with all the crazy shit republicans said and did in public, maybe I need to start one…
the current administration is pumping the brakes not because they’re trying to stop cancer from being cured, but because they’re dumbasses who have no idea what they’re doing. don’t suggest they’re intelligent enough to actually understand the outcomes of their own choices.
I do not think they are dumbasses. They understand very well that “pumping the brakes” can start negotiations with people who have infinite deep pockets and are willing to let them have a little extra so the infinitely deep pockets stay that way.
Self-enrichment is a powerful motivator.
Like Nixon, when he helped privatize healthcare. Playing Dumb (and a little crazy) has been a schtick for republicans for 60 years. I wish there was a website with all the crazy shit republicans said and did in public, maybe I need to start one…
But they’re also not completely ignorant either. They’re just greedy, and don’t care about much else.