A view from my favorite Democrat political wonk..
https://www.fitsnews.com/2021/04/29/james-carville-tells-democrats-excessive-wokeness-is-a-problem/
mtierney said:
A view from my favorite Democrat political wonk..
https://www.fitsnews.com/2021/04/29/james-carville-tells-democrats-excessive-wokeness-is-a-problem/
What parts did you particularly favor from that?
I like the bit where he reminds people that we should call the modern Republican party for what it is: a hotbed of foreign-financed traitors and pedophiles, and that we should continue to say that out loud every day. Ain't nothing "woke" about that. Plain and simple language. Financed by foreign oligarchs, traitors to the country, and riddled with pedophiles - that's the modern Republican party.
mtierney said:
A view from my favorite Democrat political wonk..
https://www.fitsnews.com/2021/04/29/james-carville-tells-democrats-excessive-wokeness-is-a-problem/
I don't know how the party ever got by without Carville's brilliant takes like this one:
According to Carville, politically correct phrases like “communities of color” alienate voters of all races …“I don’t know anyone who speaks like that,” Carville said. “I don’t know anyone who lives in a ‘community of color.’ I know lots of white and black and brown people and they all live in … neighborhoods.”
ridski said:
I like the bit where he reminds people that we should call the modern Republican party for what it is: a hotbed of foreign-financed traitors and pedophiles, and that we should continue to say that out loud every day. Ain't nothing "woke" about that. Plain and simple language. Financed by foreign oligarchs, traitors to the country, and riddled with pedophiles - that's the modern Republican party.
Anyone who doubts that this is not a party, but a cult, can explain to me why over 2100 Utahn Republicans last night booed Mitt Romney and called him a “traitor” and a “communist” for not kowtowing to Trump.
ridski said:
ridski said:
I like the bit where he reminds people that we should call the modern Republican party for what it is: a hotbed of foreign-financed traitors and pedophiles, and that we should continue to say that out loud every day. Ain't nothing "woke" about that. Plain and simple language. Financed by foreign oligarchs, traitors to the country, and riddled with pedophiles - that's the modern Republican party.
Anyone who doubts that this is not a party, but a cult, can explain to me why over 2100 Utahn Republicans last night booed Mitt Romney and called him a “traitor” and a “communist” for not kowtowing to Trump.
Hell, they're trying to dump Liz Cheney because she gave Biden a fist bump.
Utah Republican delegates’ vote against censuring Mitt Romney: 798-711.
House Republican vote to keep Liz Cheney the conference chair: 145-61.
DaveSchmidt said:
Utah Republican delegates’ vote against censuring Mitt Romney: 798-711.
House Republican vote to keep Liz Cheney the conference chair: 145-61.
The House vote was in February.
drummerboy said:
Hell, they're trying to dump Liz Cheney because she gave Biden a fist bump.
Right?
ridski said:
drummerboy said:
Hell, they're trying to dump Liz Cheney because she gave Biden a fist bump.
Right?
yeah, it doesn't matter if there's not yet a majority that will dump Cheney, but the numbers for her ejection are significant. And probably growing.
For all the political analysts and number crunchers ...if any are still here, that is.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/us/census-news-republicans-democrats.html
mtierney said:
...if any are still here, that is....
It’s your thread after all.
If Tom Stiglich had the courage of his convictions, he might have chosen a different suit. He didn’t, which may simply reflect the 1 in 4 odds, or possibly some fiber within him that knows what the deal really is.
drummerboy said:
sure is slow around here.
There's not much to debate. The GOP has crossed over to looney land. They have no agenda. They are somehow clinging to the Trump doctrine whose leader is completely delusional.
mtierney - just curious. What voice in the GOP are you most proud of or closely follow? Besides Trump - who do you see leading the party?
Fair question, Jamie. I will try hard to just pick a few — I’ll edit this thread later on...
here goes— just a few...
Senators:
Tim Scott (who has received shameful taunts by Democrats, calling him “Uncle Tim” —
Marco Rubio
John Kennedy (who has a sense of humor)
Chuck Grassley
Tom Cotton
Lindsey Graham
Representatives:
Steve Scalise
Jim Jordan
David Nunes
Kevin McCarthy
jamie said:
mtierney - just curious. What voice in the GOP are you most proud of or closely follow? Besides Trump - who do you see leading the party?
mtierney said:
Fair question, Jamie. I will try hard to just pick a few — I’ll edit this thread later on.
Yes, there is truly an embarrassment of riches to pick from.
DaveSchmidt said:
mtierney said:
...if any are still here, that is....
It’s your thread after all.
If Tom Stiglich had the courage of his convictions, he might have chosen a different suit. He didn’t, which may simply reflect the 1 in 4 odds, or possibly some fiber within him that knows what the deal really is.
At least he didn't call them the Democrat Party.
Donald Trump didn't get the memo that we shouldn't talk about him any more.
From the Desk of Donald J. Trump | Donald J. Trump (donaldjtrump.com)
[Edited to add] This just about sums it up, on several levels.
mtierney said:
Fair question, Jamie. I will try hard to just pick a few — I’ll edit this thread later on...
here goes— just a few...
Senators:
Tim Scott (who has received shameful taunts by Democrats, calling him “Uncle Tim” —
Marco Rubio
John Kennedy (who has a sense of humor)
Chuck Grassley
Tom Cotton
Lindsey Graham
Representatives:
Steve Scalise
Jim Jordan
David Nunes
Kevin McCarthy
John Kennedy and your entire cohort of representatives voted to overturn a free and fair election.
https://ballotpedia.org/Counting_of_electoral_votes_(January_6-7,_2021)
You know how I know it was a free and fair election? Newsmax told me so.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/eric-coomer-dominion-voting-systems/2021/04/30/id/1019671/
mtierney said:
Tim Scott (who has received shameful taunts by Democrats, calling him “Uncle Tim” —
Can you name a prominent democrat who has referred to him as this? Or are you just referring to random twitter users?
jamie said:
mtierney said:
Tim Scott (who has received shameful taunts by Democrats, calling him “Uncle Tim” —
Can you name a prominent democrat who has referred to him as this? Or are you just referring to random twitter users?
No, she can't. But that won't effect her belief that it happened.
mtierney said:
Fair question, Jamie. I will try hard to just pick a few — I’ll edit this thread later on...
here goes— just a few...
Senators:
Tim Scott (who has received shameful taunts by Democrats, calling him “Uncle Tim” —
Marco Rubio
John Kennedy (who has a sense of humor)
Chuck Grassley
Tom Cotton
Lindsey Graham
Representatives:
Steve Scalise
Jim Jordan
David Nunes
Kevin McCarthy
mt, can you tell when someone is lying?
Kennedy is an oddball. I can't figure out if he's dumb or if he knowingly tries to dumb things down to connect to his base.
I wonder what Tim Scott think of this Kennedy remark:
Stephen Whitty Presents - Hometown Movie Stars: The Celebrated Actors Of CHS
May 6, 2024 at 7:00pm
That's kind of funny, because I used to post on a forum called Extreme Politics (on msn.com) around the same time, and I remember starting a thread called The Art of Lying, the Sin of Believing (or something like that) dealing with the Bushies. So we're definitely on the same page.
But yeah, this bifurcation of reality has been a long time coming.