Propaganda, RPA Style
(using misleading information to influence public opinion or behavior)
Feb 28, 2025
Just a short note to voice my ongoing displeasure with the Republican Party of Arkansas (RPA). These charlatans act like those of us who supported them in the past are still fooled by their lies about conservative values. All this while they pass legislation that says they’re not any kind of Republican I’ve ever known.
I won’t go into chapter and verse here. Suffice it to say that any party that would weaken the best FOIA law in the nation just because Queen Sarah doesn’t like us to know who travels with her on the government dime or how much security she brings with her – after the fact, by the way, always after the fact – isn’t working in the public’s best interest. And, demonstrating the independence of the legislative branches, she then gets her pet Pro Tem to ramrod the “FOIA for Thee But Not for Me” bill through.
The same party machine thwarted the will of the people by throwing out – illegally, by the way – the results of the 2024 State Convention, by removing Saline County when all they had were complaints against its Executive Board, and removing the duly elected 2nd District Chair because she would not participate in or condone unethical actions by the RPA Chair.
And now, in 2025, during the legislative session, RPA puts out this document (snippet below) showing what great people Republican legislators are by presenting a partial (or “curated,” if you’re a lib) list of the laws they’ve passed.
They talk about protecting Arkansas families, and growing the economy, and strengthening public safety – all talking points no one will argue with and which make them look genuinely empathetic to the plight of the little people.
What they didn’t put in this note are the laws passed to limit the public’s ability to change law through referendum/initiative, making it not only difficult, but near impossible to accomplish. The 2024 Convention showed us the elected officials don’t want to share power with smelly Wal-Mart shoppers, and this year’s legislation proves it.
Oh, and the laws that would make it hard for us to change the law, and all the other onerous, freedom-limiting laws passed so far were authored by the man who is running for Secretary of State, Senator (term-limited, thank God) Kim Hammer, who will benefit from these laws.
But don’t worry, at CPAC, Her Majesty was advised by Donald Trump that paper ballots were the only way to fly. He said they’re cheaper (8% of the cost of machines) and more accurate. You know she’ll jump on pushing paper ballots faster than she’ll buy a $19,000 podium.
And they say any “R” is better than a “D.”
Talk to you next time I get mad…
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So good! Yes RPA Mention the bills they didn’t pass like taking fluoride out of the water supply, baby Olivia act, access to homeopathic medicine through licensing those kinds of doctors, doing away with income tax, paper ballots and hand counts. Saying you’re Reoublican isn’t the measure of the candidate. voting for less taxes/ government and more liberty for arkansans is. Luckily I believe trump will expose these frauds for what they are. With that and proof of the stolen election we can prosecute the thieves who are stealing our country out from under us, remove them from office, overturn what they’ve done the last 4 years, get them out of office and get back to allowing the people to rule. We are not RED Arkansas!
I agree with everything you’ve written here. Arkansas may have all “Republican” constitutional officers, making us “RED”, however so many Democrats put an “R” after their name to get elected that the corruption is the same as when the “D”s had control. If the majority of our elected officials were Republican we wouldn’t have weakened FOIA nor done any of the other reprehensible things the Sanders (and Hutchinson) administrations have done. Thanks for the note.
I have always been a conservative. I was once a conservative Democrat. Then for most of my adult life I was a conservative Optional. Now I am a conservative Republican. I have always believed in the people’s right to be heard and have input into their government including citizens petitions. Authoritarians, whether Democrat or Republican want to take away the people’s right to be heard and have input. Authoritarians are not conservatives, they are liberals. Liberals are always fishing around on the outskirts for new ways to increase their power and weaken the structure of our Republic. Taking away the people’s ability to petition is something you would expect in a country leaning Communist. This is one of the worst things Republicans have ever done.
Al, I totally agree. We spent so much time being ruled by the Democrats that it seems the only way we know how to govern is by fiat the way Democrats do. RPA says it’s for the people, but look what they’ve done to “the People” in the last two years, from an RPA Chair who doesn’t know and doesn’t follow the RPA rules to a sovereign (in her own mind) governor who thinks what she does should be “behind the curtain” when it comes to citizen transparency. Behind the curtain went out with OZ. Now (soon to be ex) Senator Kim Hammer decides to fund his own little Gestapo in the Secretary of State’s office in preparation for when the Queen places another drone in office. We should have known better, but we didn’t. It seems the apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree.