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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Like the Peter Principle, but for conservative white guys"
The Good Ol' Boy network.
Im beginning to think we need a new term for white male Republicans whose gender, party, and skin color allows them to drift into positions that hold a lot of power without anyone noticing that theyre very, very stupid. Like the Peter Principle, but for conservative white guys. Gov. Rick Scott of Florida is a fairly clear-cut example of how this works. Every time his name is in a story headline, one thing is absolutely certain: The reader will be forced at some point during the story to shake her head and think, How did his supporters never notice that hes dumber than a bag of corn chips?
Take, for instance, Scott caving in on the Medicaid expansion.
The question here is simple: What did Scott think was going to happen? Did he really think that by posturing around the state promoting dishonest propaganda about the Medicaid expansion, he would get the federal government to say, Hey, just kidding! Florida is totally exempt from all federal legislation! How many seconds was it after the federal government accepted Floridas request to run their own experimental Medicaid that Scott said, Great goblets, Batman! Obama called our bluff! Three seconds? Four seconds? Did he need time to scratch his nuts ponderously before calling a press conference and saying, Just kidding!
No matter, because theres nothing more amusing than someone try to recover his dignity after thinking he was playing Go Fish and discovering instead that the game is poker.
Not the white flag of surrender, no. The puke green flag of a person who just realized for a moment that hes batting out of his league, though I imagine that hell soon be comforting himself by reminding himself that hes a white guy, and that does wonders for convincing others that you arent as stupid as your actions would lead them to believe.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/21/gov-rick-scott-is-batting-way-out-of-his-league/
Take, for instance, Scott caving in on the Medicaid expansion.
Scott, a former healthcare executive, started an advocacy group to fight the health law before being elected governor, and has continued fighting the law ever since. He joined with other Republican governors to oppose the ACAs Medicaid expansion, arguing that it would be too expensive for their states, and took his legal challenge all the way to the Supreme Court.
But this afternoon, the federal government granted Floridas request for a conditional waiver to experiment with privatizing Medicaid in the state, and Scott quickly backed down on opposition to the expansion. He hastily called a press conference to formally announce the new policy this evening.
The question here is simple: What did Scott think was going to happen? Did he really think that by posturing around the state promoting dishonest propaganda about the Medicaid expansion, he would get the federal government to say, Hey, just kidding! Florida is totally exempt from all federal legislation! How many seconds was it after the federal government accepted Floridas request to run their own experimental Medicaid that Scott said, Great goblets, Batman! Obama called our bluff! Three seconds? Four seconds? Did he need time to scratch his nuts ponderously before calling a press conference and saying, Just kidding!
No matter, because theres nothing more amusing than someone try to recover his dignity after thinking he was playing Go Fish and discovering instead that the game is poker.
This is not a white flag of surrender to government-run healthcare, Scott explained. We now have a Supreme Court decision and we have an election that says this is the law of the land.
Not the white flag of surrender, no. The puke green flag of a person who just realized for a moment that hes batting out of his league, though I imagine that hell soon be comforting himself by reminding himself that hes a white guy, and that does wonders for convincing others that you arent as stupid as your actions would lead them to believe.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/21/gov-rick-scott-is-batting-way-out-of-his-league/
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"Like the Peter Principle, but for conservative white guys" (Original Post)
phantom power
Feb 2013
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clarice
(5,504 posts)1. That's a mighty broad brush you're painting with.
Im beginning to think we need a new term for white male Republicans whose gender, party, and skin color allows them to drift into positions that hold a lot of power without anyone noticing that theyre very, very stupid. Like the Peter Principle, but for conservative white guys.