The Swamp

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:35 pm

When the news about Matt Gaetz broke, my mom once again called to ask if I was okay. She knew about our friendship and didn’t like it. From the very beginning she’d told me to be careful and not to trust him. When he defended me, she raised her eyebrows and told me I’d better not sleep with him (I did not, for the record).

“Yeah, I’m okay,” I replied. “I just don’t really know what to say. I really hope it’s not true.”

“I’m sure it’s true.”

“Jeez, Mom, why??”

“Because it’s always true. Hopefully this time a man actually takes the fall.”

We’ll see.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:10 am Is this the sound of Gaetz being thrown under a bus?

brian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:06 am This morning I asked myself, "where did Matt Gaetz go to college?"

And I thought to myself. "I'll bet almost anything he went to Florida State."

And hit the Google and sure enough...

In 2015, the nonconsensual pornography bill finally passed. Besides Gaetz, the only other no vote in the House came from then-Rep. John Tobia, his former roommate in Tallahassee.

After initially denying reports of an affair, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill on Wednesday afternoon told AL.com that he had “an inappropriate relationship” with a 44-year-old woman and will not make an anticipated run for the U.S. Senate.

“I will obviously not be a candidate for the United States Senate nor will I be seeking any other elected position in 2022, because I think it’s important to me to make sure that I become the man that I have been before and that I am working to put myself in the position to be the leader that I have been before, as a husband, as a father, as a friend and as an elected official,” Merrill said.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:54 pm More Republican Family Values!

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill admits affair, won’t run for U.S. Senate: ‘There’s no excuse’

After initially denying reports of an affair, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill on Wednesday afternoon told AL.com that he had “an inappropriate relationship” with a 44-year-old woman and will not make an anticipated run for the U.S. Senate.

“I will obviously not be a candidate for the United States Senate nor will I be seeking any other elected position in 2022, because I think it’s important to me to make sure that I become the man that I have been before and that I am working to put myself in the position to be the leader that I have been before, as a husband, as a father, as a friend and as an elected official,” Merrill said.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:54 pm More Republican Family Values!

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill admits affair, won’t run for U.S. Senate: ‘There’s no excuse’

He told her they had met for the last time and that he was seeking help from the Lord to stay away from her.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:48 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:54 pm More Republican Family Values!

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill admits affair, won’t run for U.S. Senate: ‘There’s no excuse’

He told her they had met for the last time and that he was seeking help from the Lord to stay away from her.

These fucking people...

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:08 pm Am I understanding correctly that vaccine passports and ID's for sports games tickets are tyranny but ID's for voting is a necessity?

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:08 pm Am I understanding correctly that vaccine passports and ID's for sports games tickets are tyranny but ID's for voting is a necessity?

But while Dean boasts a long history of support for single-payer health insurance coverage and government intervention into lowering domestic drug prices, he has reversed his positions on virtually every major progressive health policy issue since moving to work in the world of corporate influence peddling.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:16 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:24 am

That probe, which continues, is examining whether a land deal Zinke struck with the chairman of oil services giant Halliburton in his hometown of Whitefish, Mont., constituted a conflict of interest.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:06 am David Cameron in Hot Water

brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:50 pm Follow to the very end. Trust me. There's a payoff.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:34 pm Hilarious. I mean, he is a political pundit paid millions to talk about politics 5 nights a week. You can't expect him to know the names of Congresswomen and Presidential appointees who have been in or on the news for years. Especially if they are "foreign sounding" names. And Lemon. That is a tough one to pronounce.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:43 pm Was it Delaware who defined a pundit as "a dipshit with a microphone"? Because I don't remember where I heard it and I want to give proper credit.