{"id":1831,"date":"2025-02-01T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/america-project.org\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2025-02-01T17:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:56:09","slug":"meet-bubba-patriot-the-proud-self-sabotaging-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/america-project.org\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/meet-bubba-patriot-the-proud-self-sabotaging-american\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Bubba Patriot: The Proud, Self-Sabotaging American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bubba Patriot is a <strong>hardworking, God-fearing American<\/strong> who believes in the <strong>Constitution (except the parts he hasn\u2019t read), freedom (but only for people like him), and small government (except when he needs it).<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Core Beliefs &amp; Convictions:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Hates &#8220;Big Government&#8221;<\/strong> but loves Social Security, Medicare, public roads, and police pensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Wants to \u201cDrain the Swamp\u201d<\/strong> by voting for career politicians who\u2019ve spent 40 years looting the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Believes billionaires are \u201cjob creators\u201d<\/strong> and should pay no taxes, even though his own job was outsourced and his town looks like a post-apocalyptic movie set.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Thinks undocumented immigrants are \u201cstealing jobs\u201d<\/strong> but also calls them lazy. Somehow, they\u2019re both.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Believes in \u201cLaw &amp; Order\u201d<\/strong> but cheers when his favorite politicians commit crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Says he loves the Constitution<\/strong> but thinks the First Amendment is just for Christians and the Second Amendment applies to tanks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Calls others \u201csnowflakes\u201d<\/strong> but melts down if someone says \u201cHappy Holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Wants to ban books and history<\/strong> but swears he\u2019s fighting for \u201cfreedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Believes the government is evil and untrustworthy<\/strong> but also that the military should have unlimited power and police should never be questioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Thinks poor people are lazy freeloaders<\/strong> but also complains that wages are too low to survive.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Loves capitalism but hates big corporations<\/strong>\u2014until election season, when he defends billionaires like they\u2019re his cousins.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bubba Patriot\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VtUbb8nIPpw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Voting Record &amp; Life Outcomes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Voted to cut taxes for the ultra-rich<\/strong> but is shocked his roads are crumbling and his hospital shut down.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Votes against universal healthcare<\/strong> while crowdfunding his medical bills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Votes against student debt relief<\/strong> while drowning in his truck loan and medical debt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Votes for politicians who gut public education<\/strong> but wonders why kids are so ignorant these days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cheered when unions were crushed<\/strong> but can\u2019t understand why his wages never go up.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Still believes \u201ctrickle-down\u201d economics will work any day now,<\/strong> despite 40 years of evidence to the contrary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Favorite Sayings:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u201cI pulled myself up by my bootstraps!\u201d<\/em> (He inherited his house and never left his hometown.)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cIf you don\u2019t like it, leave!\u201d<\/em> (Said while demanding to overthrow the government.)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cThis is a Christian nation!\u201d<\/em> (Hasn\u2019t been to church since 2004.)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cWe gotta protect our kids!\u201d<\/em> (But only from books and drag queens, not school shootings.)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cSocialism is evil!\u201d<\/em> (Enjoys public schools, Social Security, Medicaid, and fire departments.)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cDemocrats just want free stuff!\u201d<\/em> (Waits eagerly for his next stimulus check.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Greatest Fear:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>That one day he might realize <strong>he\u2019s been voting against himself his entire life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Bubba Patriot isn\u2019t just a voter\u2014he\u2019s a political strategy. 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