So Goes 2022

More than 100 Republicans, including some former elected officials, are preparing to release a letter this week threatening to form a third party if the Republican Party does not make certain changes, according to an organizer of the effort. https://t.co/K6ANeMEO7Z

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 11, 2021

But will they mention cancel culture? ‘Cause that’s crucial:

"The actual threat" pic.twitter.com/atL7yu3n9d

— Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) May 12, 2021

Like this?

Such bravery. I wonder if @GOPLeader was hiding under a pile of coats in the House cloakroom. https://t.co/pXjbN1JuSO

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 12, 2021

Let’s get back to that cancel culture stuff, because, you know, that’s bad:

Michigan GOP lawmaker floats bill to register, fine 'fact checkers' https://t.co/1PS6xIvnxF via @detroitnews

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 11, 2021

It’s sort of like watching wrestling: you know it’s fake and you don’t care who wins, because it really doesn’t matter.  And you don’t like the wrestlers anyway.

Vice President Cheney must be a very, very proud father tonight. Chip off the old block. https://t.co/r0yotv1Uuj

— Robert Kelner (@robkelner) May 12, 2021

Um, yeah, she is a "chip off the old block." But that's the problem:

Liz Cheney is a homophobic birther who backstabbed her own sister to get ahead in politics, a field she excelled in solely thanks to money and connections of a war-criminal father who fabricated a terrorist threat and kidnapped, tortured, and jailed countless people w/o charges.

— Dell Cameron (@dellcam) May 12, 2021

Just because she's right about this, doesn't mean she's right; or a hero.

Here's Liz Cheney, dedicated defender of the rule of law, exercising her integrity defending torture.https://t.co/F7ZEiEDzJz

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 12, 2021

Here's Liz Cheney, exercising her integrity by being birther-adjacent.https://t.co/suARcGKfDH

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 12, 2021

 

Stopped clock, and all that.  And Trump is all about “If you’re loyal to me, nothing else matters.”  So, no thanks.

If she leads 100 or more “leaders” out of the GOP and a fight sets up between conservatives and “true conservatives” that’s a real political battle, it’s still WWF to me. Especially if it lasts until 2022.