The Swamp

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:30 pm

So when is someone going to ask him who these Republicans are that are having orgies and doing coke?

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:02 pm

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 4:30 pm So about an hour ago, a candidate in the provincial election (in June), came by with his family...

Turns out to be one of the biggest nerds in my high school class. A smart nerd, but man...

Had a nice conversation with him and his family all the while thinking that, well... he was a nerd in high school. I know it's wrong, and I may vote for him, but, what a nerd.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 6:25 pm First rule of Orgy club is you don’t talk about Orgy club

[+] spoiler

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:12 pm I feel sorry for anyone living in Ohio having to live with seeing these ads...from JD Vance:

not sure how his Mom being an alcoholic, getting addicted to pain killers, and then getting busted stealing pills from the hospital she worked at is Mexico's fault (yes, I read his stupid book)

And not to be outdone...Josh Mandel...
"I was in the Marines! I can't be racist!".

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:17 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:12 pm I feel sorry for anyone living in Ohio having to live with seeing these ads...from JD Vance:

not sure how his Mom being an alcoholic, getting addicted to pain killers, and then getting busted stealing pills from the hospital she worked at is Mexico's fault (yes, I read his stupid book)

And not to be outdone...Josh Mandel...
"I was in the Marines! I can't be racist!".

By 2028 the N word will be in usage in these ads.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:44 pmOTOH, Republican's were touting themselves as "Reagan Republicans" for 40 years, so maybe it isn't that unprecedented.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:44 pm How batshit to list "Pro-Trump" in the ad? I mean, it makes sense for his target audience, but a candidate stating one of their 3 platform points as supporting a former President is just nutty. OTOH, Republican's were touting themselves as "Reagan Republicans" for 40 years, so maybe it isn't that unprecedented.

Mr. Mandel’s sharpest political pivot came after the 2016 presidential race. He had endorsed Marco Rubio, then fell in behind Mr. Trump after he captured the nomination, though he privately expressed doubts about Mr. Trump’s credibility and business acumen and sometimes gave excuses when asked to stump for him, according to friends and former Trump campaign aides.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:56 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:44 pm How batshit to list "Pro-Trump" in the ad? I mean, it makes sense for his target audience, but a candidate stating one of their 3 platform points as supporting a former President is just nutty. OTOH, Republican's were touting themselves as "Reagan Republicans" for 40 years, so maybe it isn't that unprecedented.

Especially since Mandel wasn't a Trump supporter initially:

How Josh Mandel, Son of Suburban Ohio, Became a Right-Wing Warrior

Mr. Mandel’s sharpest political pivot came after the 2016 presidential race. He had endorsed Marco Rubio, then fell in behind Mr. Trump after he captured the nomination, though he privately expressed doubts about Mr. Trump’s credibility and business acumen and sometimes gave excuses when asked to stump for him, according to friends and former Trump campaign aides.

And notice he just says 'Pro-God'...conveniently not mentioning that he is Jewish?

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 4:17 pm I didn’t really know much about Josh Mandel. After reading his Wikipedia entry he seems like a real piece of work.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 4:22 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 4:17 pm I didn’t really know much about Josh Mandel. After reading his Wikipedia entry he seems like a real piece of work.

The Pod Save guys were talking about how horrible JD Vance is and said somehow Mandel is worse, but didn't explain.

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:39 pm You know, just when I think nothing that these crypto-fascists do could surprise me (was thinking earlier about the Four Seasons press conference), something like this happens.

Like L-Ja, said - you'd think this was performance art, or some kind of satire.

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:39 pm

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:39 pm You know, just when I think nothing that these crypto-fascists do could surprise me (was thinking earlier about the Four Seasons press conference), something like this happens.

Like L-Ja, said - you'd think this was performance art, or some kind of satire.

That’s not a thing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady’s security detail.

The two men — Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36 — were taken into custody as more than a dozen FBI agents charged into a luxury apartment building in Southeast Washington on Wednesday evening.

Prosecutors allege Taherzadeh and Ali had falsely claimed to work for the Department of Homeland Security and work on a special task force investigating gang and violence connected to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. They allege the two posed as law enforcement officers to integrate with actual federal agents…