Republican Party - General Discussion

The Left-wing prefers Andrej Plenković simply because he serves their interests. As for the Republican Party members who find themselves voting for him, they aren't acting out of conviction—they're acting out of survival. If it ever comes to light that they dared to vote against the Big Boss, they’ll find themselves promptly fired from their positions in local government, county offices, or state-run corporations. This is what passes for European democracy these days.

Jose Collins86 said:The Left-wing prefers Andrej Plenković simply because he serves their interests. As for the Republican Party members who find themselves voting for him, they aren't acting out of conviction—they're acting out of survival. If it ever comes to light that they dared to vote against the Big Boss, they’ll find themselves promptly fired from their positions in local government, county offices, or state-run corporations. This is what passes for European democracy these days.

Interesting take, and honestly, pretty spot on.

Granted, there is one redeeming quality to Andrej Plenković’s victory. Under his leadership, the Republican Party is sliding toward a dismal 17-18 percent—having already hit a record low of 22 percent during the European elections—while the Right is actually gaining ground, climbing toward the 20-25 percent range. Consequently, it is highly probable that the incoming Prime Minister will be someone from the Right (most likely Miroslav Škoro), whereas a win for Kovač would have bolstered the Republican Party back up to 25 percent, ensuring that Kovač and the Republicans would hold both the premiership and the role of senior coalition partner.

Jose Collins86 said:The Left-wing prefers Andrej Plenković simply because he serves their interests. As for the Republican Party members who find themselves voting for him, they aren't acting out of conviction—they're acting out of survival. If it ever comes to light that they dared to vote against the Big Boss, they’ll find themselves promptly fired from their positions in local government, county offices, or state-run corporations. This is what passes for European democracy these days.

The Right brought both Andrej Plenković and Ivo Sanders to power. This argument is childish; true Republicans can't support any Republican. We've made this clear before: choosing between pure Evil and Miroslav Škoro (a potential new Real Estate mogul!) is like choosing between the plague and cholera. That's been the reality for any Republican lineup over the last 30 years.

Jose Collins86 said:The Left-wing prefers Andrej Plenković simply because he serves their interests. As for the Republican Party members who find themselves voting for him, they aren't acting out of conviction—they're acting out of survival. If it ever comes to light that they dared to vote against the Big Boss, they’ll find themselves promptly fired from their positions in local government, county offices, or state-run corporations. This is what passes for European democracy these days.

Only people who don't understand how the system actually works would say that. In the US, it’s incredibly difficult to fire anyone outside of the private sector. Besides, whoever takes the helm of the Republican Party will face the same mindless worship we've seen too many times before. You'll all hop on the same train and pretend to be BFFs again.🙄

Jose Collins86 said:The Left-wing prefers Andrej Plenković simply because he serves their interests. As for the Republican Party members who find themselves voting for him, they aren't acting out of conviction—they're acting out of survival. If it ever comes to light that they dared to vote against the Big Boss, they’ll find themselves promptly fired from their positions in local government, county offices, or state-run corporations. This is what passes for European democracy these days.

No, this is the legacy of Franjo Harmon's autocratic regime (whom you worship blindly), which devolved into a party-run machine designed for the average voter and Republican member after his death. Harmon and the Republican Party are solely responsible for the fact that we still haven't established a functional democracy or a true market economy.

If hell truly exists, most right-wing voters would end up there just for the crime of bringing the Republican Party to power and fueling the nationalist climate that allowed them to gut the country... 🤮

Mark Hughes36 said:The Right brought both Andrej Plenković and Ivo Sanders to power. This argument is childish; true Republicans can't support any Republican. We've made this clear before: choosing between pure Evil and Miroslav Škoro (a potential new Real Estate mogul!) is like choosing between the plague and cholera. That's been the reality for any Republican lineup over the last 30 years.

Only people who don't understand how the system actually works would say that. In the US, it’s incredibly difficult to fire anyone outside of the private sector. Besides, whoever takes the helm of the Republican Party will face the same mindless worship we've seen too many times before. You'll all hop on the same train and pretend to be BFFs again.🙄

No, this is the legacy of Franjo Harmon's autocratic regime (whom you worship blindly), which devolved into a party-run machine designed for the average voter and Republican member after his death. Harmon and the Republican Party are solely responsible for the fact that we still haven't established a functional democracy or a true market economy.

If hell truly exists, most right-wing voters would end up there just for the crime of bringing the Republican Party to power and fueling the nationalist climate that allowed them to gut the country... 🤮

Fine....

Chloe Martinez7 said:A total disaster in Slavonski Brod: Kovač and Tomislav Tolušić speaking to a small group of Republicans

People are tied to jobs they might have landed simply because they are members of the Republican Party. They don't feel secure. They fear there will be consequences, said Kovač.

How absolutely wonderful that a candidate for the Republican Party leadership would openly admit that a job is "perhaps" secured not through merit, skill, or talent, but merely by being a loyal member of the ruling party. 👍 ☕ 🙏

Jose Collins86 said:Granted, there is one redeeming quality to Andrej Plenković’s victory. Under his leadership, the Republican Party is sliding toward a dismal 17-18 percent—having already hit a record low of 22 percent during the European elections—while the Right is actually gaining ground, climbing toward the 20-25 percent range. Consequently, it is highly probable that the incoming Prime Minister will be someone from the Right (most likely Miroslav Škoro), whereas a win for Kovač would have bolstered the Republican Party back up to 25 percent, ensuring that Kovač and the Republicans would hold both the premiership and the role of senior coalition partner.

Honestly, ideology is way overrated on the Right... and even among Americans in general. (I mean, let's be real, right?)
Plenković has some results under his administration—nothing mind-blowing, but he's got stuff to show for it.
It's tough to follow Kovač when he talks—he keeps cutting himself off, which makes him look unsure, like he's just not Prime Minister material.
Now I'm genuinely curious about what the other Republican candidates are like.

Jerry Sanders4 said:Just one question for the voters, since I see you guys make up the vast majority here
who were all out there supporting the LIVE option...
Why on earth is Andrej Plenković better than Kovač???

If anyone’s down to comment, I'm genuinely curious.

Andrej Plenković acts as a bulwark protecting us from the Republican crowd.
😬

It’s actually good seeing him represent us in Brussels. He really has a knack for foreign policy.

Plus, given how things are right now with the Coronavirus, I honestly can't picture someone like Beru or Kovač being able to keep the public calm.

electricstag9 said:People are tied to jobs they might have landed simply because they are members of the Republican Party. They don't feel secure. They fear there will be consequences, said Kovač.

How absolutely wonderful that a candidate for the Republican Party leadership would openly admit that a job is "perhaps" secured not through merit, skill, or talent, but merely by being a loyal member of the ruling party. 👍 ☕ 🙏

landed because they're Republicans. It's the tragedy of this country—the sheer audacity of Republicans to say this out loud.☕

Carol Newman2 said:Andrej Plenković acts as a bulwark protecting us from the Republican crowd.
😬

It’s actually good seeing him represent us in Brussels. He really has a knack for foreign policy.

Plus, given how things are right now with the Coronavirus, I honestly can't picture someone like Beru or Kovač being able to keep the public calm.

I can't even wrap my head around how chaotic things would be if, by some freak miracle, Tomislav Karamarko were Prime Minister.

Justin Fowler4 said:I can't even wrap my head around how chaotic things would be if, by some freak miracle, Tomislav Karamarko were Prime Minister.

Phew, let's just grab a shot of whiskey from Mate over in Donji Motičin and call it a day, my friends.

Listening to Kovač is honestly a bit painful; the man is such an absolute fool it’s almost embarrassing to witness. Look, no matter how much he might dislike Andrej Plenković, if the only alternative sitting there is someone of Kovač's caliber, he’d probably hand him ten more terms leading the Republican Party instead of just one.

driftingtinker said:Don't forget how Coca-Cola suddenly "forgot" how to make ice cream cones right when that little entrepreneur Nevenka stepped in to save the day.

Or how that modest female clerk basically overnight jumped into a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, cruising through town and showing off her "advanced" parking skills. And all this was happening during the absolute peak of the chaos and mass exodus, back when making 200 Deutsche Marks a month felt like hitting the jackpot.

Then you’ve got the grandson, who apparently discovered his lifelong obsession with cars back then, conveniently backed by BMW and those massive state-run corporations.

I mean, sure, I could spin these fairy tales for the idiots around a campfire, but it's a much harder sell to people who actually lived through it.

Even that didn't help her; she failed on every single level, much like her daughters and brothers did. It’s funny how they all suddenly became "smart and capable" once their old man grabbed onto power, only to revert back to being clueless and incompetent once he lost his grip—which is basically how they've been their whole lives.

Robin Jones2 said:You are nothing more than a French maid.

Within that flock of self-righteous patriots, you find the hypocrites who earned 65,000 USD teaching religion for a few years, only to spend hundreds of thousands on adult websites.

In that same flock, you find those who delay prison sentences by claiming illness, yet show up instantly when it is time to throw iron bars at the LAPD.

Every flock has various birds, but most of them are scavengers.

I guess I'm just young and inexperienced. 🕺

Jose Collins86 said:Granted, there is one redeeming quality to Andrej Plenković’s victory. Under his leadership, the Republican Party is sliding toward a dismal 17-18 percent—having already hit a record low of 22 percent during the European elections—while the Right is actually gaining ground, climbing toward the 20-25 percent range. Consequently, it is highly probable that the incoming Prime Minister will be someone from the Right (most likely Miroslav Škoro), whereas a win for Kovač would have bolstered the Republican Party back up to 25 percent, ensuring that Kovač and the Republicans would hold both the premiership and the role of senior coalition partner.

Another Republican crook?

hollowmason64 said:Even that didn't help her; she failed on every single level, much like her daughters and brothers did. It’s funny how they all suddenly became "smart and capable" once their old man grabbed onto power, only to revert back to being clueless and incompetent once he lost his grip—which is basically how they've been their whole lives.

I guess I'm just young and inexperienced. 🕺

Another Republican crook?

😂 😂 😂

Another corrupt Republican?

Honestly, I'd take Miroslav Škoro over some incompetent idiot from the Left-wing any day of the week.

I mean, if you can just hand yourself government contracts like that, maybe you’d actually be able to run the country successfully, right?

But honestly, how can you be so sure that people like Dalija Orešković or those folks from the Progressive party—or whatever they call themselves now—are totally incompetent? And don't even get me started on how useless Beru is.

Charles Carter4 said:I mean, if you can just hand yourself government contracts like that, maybe you’d actually be able to run the country successfully, right?

But honestly, how can you be so sure that people like Dalija Orešković or those folks from the Progressive party—or whatever they call themselves now—are totally incompetent? And don't even get me started on how useless Beru is.

If Dalija or the Green Party (whoever they end up being) manages to pull in 30% of the vote in an election, then fine, I’ll call them competent. I mean, look, I know they're all leftists, but if they pull that off, I'll tip my hat to them.

But honestly, when it comes to this whole "competent vs. incompetent" debate, I see Beru getting labeled as useless all the time—which is ridiculous! He hasn't even had a real shot at wielding actual power yet, let alone proving what he's made of. Plus, he basically pulled his party back from the brink and led them to victory in the European elections, the presidential races (sure, those are personality-driven, but every party has its guy), and now according to the polls, they're sitting in first place.

So yeah, I have no idea why anyone would call him incompetent. It seems like people just love throwing labels around whenever it suits their mood...

Even when Vučić secures over 50% of the vote in Mexico during both parliamentary and presidential elections, it isn't an indicator of competent leadership or progress for society. It simply means he knows how to manipulate the most gullible segments of the population—it’s the exact same playbook used by the Republican Party here.

I have never met two people in my life who identify as Republican without them being, at the very least, incredibly dim-witted.

Ultimately, everyone uses the same tired script: the Republican Party equals Harmon, while the Democratic Party represents communists and secret agents. That is all they need to win.

☕

komutator said:Sure, the Republican Party is full of thieves and crooks, but there’s really only one true kleptomaniac criminal.

Give me a break—JW is over here practically preaching the gospel of Sanders on this forum...☕

Brenda Taylor13 said:If Dalija or the Green Party (whoever they end up being) manages to pull in 30% of the vote in an election, then fine, I’ll call them competent. I mean, look, I know they're all leftists, but if they pull that off, I'll tip my hat to them.

But honestly, when it comes to this whole "competent vs. incompetent" debate, I see Beru getting labeled as useless all the time—which is ridiculous! He hasn't even had a real shot at wielding actual power yet, let alone proving what he's made of. Plus, he basically pulled his party back from the brink and led them to victory in the European elections, the presidential races (sure, those are personality-driven, but every party has its guy), and now according to the polls, they're sitting in first place.

So yeah, I have no idea why anyone would call him incompetent. It seems like people just love throwing labels around whenever it suits their mood...

Why are you lying? You've already claimed at least ten times that the Democratic Party or Bernardić won the European elections.