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Were they really that good, though? I'm not particularly intelligent and it has been obvious for years, and mindbogglingly obvious for the last ten.
I hate to say bit, but yes, they were very good. There's a fine line to walk when turning a functional democracy into a totalitarian fascist state. It was obvious to roughly half the population, but the other half bought the lie. It's not easy to keep that many people hoodwinked when there's a nearly equal number screaming the obvious. They did just enough, but didn't go far enough to tip the scales against them. Until now anyway.
I really really hope that this is the "new generation" of Republicans (the Vances, the Johnsons, the Hegseths) that could have taken it to the finish line that their predecessors (like McConnell) have spent their lives patiently moving the pieces to only to lose it all because these greedy idiots are speed-running the last mile and tipping the scales. Fingers crossed.
It worked so yeah. It's like bad music, people like it so how bad truly is it(really bad but still liked)
Yeah good point. Moderately okay at the grift. Though they did manage to grift their intended audience.