In Reply to: If it was about political victory they wouldn't be toying. posted by Bruinfan4ever on August 31, 2026 at 17:13:31
a couple of years ago, but they didn't. They sat there, patiently chipping away at it, while constantly giving us the impression that they are not mindless ideologues. So we kept thinking that if we put together a better argument and presented a solid rationale, they would surely do the right thing.
Nope.
They're playing games. For whatever reason, they like doing this slowly, bit by bit, instead of all at once (more fun that way? helps bringing Coney Barrett along? 6-3 is better and more reliable than 5-4? Or they're waiting for Trump to expire and all this is intended for the next, more ideologically committed fascist president in the first place? I dunno.) That seems to be Roberts' style anyway. He looooooves the long game and boiling the frog slowly.
We're the frog by the way, at least those of us who are still holding on to hope that the system will somehow snap back to normal if only we can get rid of Trump.