Iran's take on GOP Treason Letter

[Jackie22]

Thank you, SeaBreeze, a very enlightening article....here is another about Mr. Cotton and the college thesis he wrote...

[h=1]Tom Cotton, sociopath, believes we should be led by male elites like him[/h]Daily Kos
Tom Cotton, sociopath, believes we should be led by male elites like him
by EyesBright

The dead eyes, the lack of personality, his lack of judgement when it comes to how others will view his actions, an utter lack of empathy for other human beings and an overweening ambition that developed early - all point to Tom Cotton as a man to be watched very carefully.
Even though, at age 37, he's the youngest senator in Washington, Red State calls him "the most powerful man in Washington."

An in depth, well researched article in the September, 2014 edition of The Atlantic traces Cotton from a childhood where he didn't speak until he was three years old and had a long lasting, severe speech impediment, through his college years and his thesis that sought to prove that only extremely ambitious males should rule, all the way to his nascent political career and important votes that reveal a troubling mind set.

Cotton's college thesis reveals his scorn for average Americans.

Cotton insists that the Founders were wise not to put too much faith in democracy, because people are inherently selfish, narrow-minded, and impulsive. He defends the idea that the country must be led by a class of intellectually superior officeholders whose ambition sets them above other men... he derides the Federalists’ modern critics as mushy-headed and naive.

“Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings,” Cotton wrote. “Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through a process of self-selection since politics is a dirty business that discourages all but the most ambitious.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/the-making-of-a-conservative-superstar/380307/
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And, yet, his ambition to be part of that "dirty business" was clearly evident from early on to local king makers.

From the time he was a teenager, Cotton has been nurtured and groomed by conservative institutions—scholars, think tanks, media, and advocacy groups—to be the face of their political crusade.
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/the-making-of-a-conservative-superstar/380307/​

It's not surprising that they seized on a young Tom Cotton. His is a brand of conservativism that is more heartless than most, a fanatical elitism that sees his views as uber superior in a way that few do (or would admit to).


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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/...we-should-be-lead-by-male-elites?detail=email

 

[QuickSilver]

All sorts of scary people being promoted by those wishing to destroy our democracy. One has to wonder how these people settle on their views. I know many of them use Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged as their bible. It's required reading for Paul Ryan's staff. Ayn Rand was a sociopath and her books reflect that mindset.

 

[Rocky]

All sorts of scary people being promoted by those wishing to destroy our democracy. One has to wonder how these people settle on their views. I know many of them use Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged as their bible. It's required reading for Paul Ryan's staff. Ayn Rand was a sociopath and her books reflect that mindset.

Good statement. Ayn Rand and her narcissism and that of her followers. Then, too, the republicans and their corporate sponsors are extremely adept at the "divide and conquer" amongst the masses that I learned about in my first sociology and psychology courses. That has been true throughout history and it's being used "in spades" these days. And, unfortunately, people who have been divided and conquered do not see that they have been manipulated.

 

[QuickSilver]

Good statement. Ayn Rand and her narcissism and that of her followers. Then, too, the republicans and their corporate sponsors are extremely adept at the "divide and conquer" amongst the masses that I learned about in my first sociology and psychology courses. That has been true throughout history and it's being used "in spades" these days. And, unfortunately, people who have been divided and conquered do not see that they have been manipulated.

Absolutely.. that has been part of the strategy. This is why the Religious Right was courted and brought into politics. Republicans use social issues that people feel strongly about to act as a bait and switch. Things like Guns, abortion, gay rights are wedge issues that deflect from the true agenda of Corporate supremacy and wealth redistribution to the top. There are so many people that vote based on their religious beliefs when in reality these issues are of little concern to the Plutocracy. All they need is the election of willing puppets to pass their agenda. To secure this, social issues are the bait... and wealth redistribution is the switch.

 

[AZ Jim]

You know Germany in the 30's was sleeping when Adolf Hitler began turning his radical ideas into cultivating followers and look how that turned out.

 

[BobF]

And today we have the far left ignoring our Constitution and insisting we should all follow their way and rhen blame the Republicans for all the problems we have with 18 trillion dollars of debt, which were mostly created by our far left folks who added 11 Trillion of debt in the last 8 years. Oh yes, we do have problems these days but they were not created by the right or far right folks at all.