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We've said it many times over the years, and it predates Drumpf... When the notion of "shame" left the political arena (almost exclusively, but not entirely, on the right side of the aisle) this type of shit was the logical endpoint.
The tipping point was probably Palin, but the deeper roots were from the right wing media faction that really began picking up steam in the mid- to late-90s.
The tipping point was probably Palin, but the deeper roots were from the right wing media faction that really began picking up steam in the mid- to late-90s.
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Holy shit, the thread of sitcom names erases all the bad caused by the internet. That is amazing stuff. And referring to Boebert as "Granny GrabbinSchwantz" has me dying. Can't wait to tell my father that name.
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OMG. I missed that thread.
The Inbredables.
Comedy gold in that thread.
The Inbredables.
Comedy gold in that thread.
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Yea, added the link after my initial post and it was simultaneously bottom paged.
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I'm snickering.
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Of course, you know the spin - east coast Harvard elites (including a Jew!) yadda yadda.
Just read about this guy - Next GOP Nominee For Governor of North Carolina
There was the time he called school shooting survivors “media prosti-tots” for advocating for gun-control policies. The meme mocking a Harvey Weinstein accuser, and the other meme mocking actresses for wearing “whore dresses to protest sexual harassment.” The prediction that rising acceptance of homosexuality would lead to pedophilia and “the END of civilization as we know it”; the talk of arresting transgender people for their bathroom choice; the use of antisemitic tropes; the Facebook posts calling Hillary Clinton a “heifer” and Michelle Obama a man.
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Yeah, he's a real piece of work. Just crazy. And the GOP loves him because he's black, so he proves that they can't be racist.Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:40 am Just read about this guy - Next GOP Nominee For Governor of North Carolina
There was the time he called school shooting survivors “media prosti-tots” for advocating for gun-control policies. The meme mocking a Harvey Weinstein accuser, and the other meme mocking actresses for wearing “whore dresses to protest sexual harassment.” The prediction that rising acceptance of homosexuality would lead to pedophilia and “the END of civilization as we know it”; the talk of arresting transgender people for their bathroom choice; the use of antisemitic tropes; the Facebook posts calling Hillary Clinton a “heifer” and Michelle Obama a man.
Totally Kafkaesque
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I think.
Last I checked, he's allegedly trailing Scary Keri Lake though. (Rasmussen)
Like.... WTF on that. He must be running a shit campaign.
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What will happen is with her out of the race, name recognition for him will jump quite a bit. He's likely "losing" in polls right now simply due to this name rec issue. Lots and lots of folks aren't paying ANY attention to a Senate race in Jan-March. Really, the vast majority of voters won't tune in until the end of summer.
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I think polls are worthless. Only people even older than me participate in them.Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:50 pmI think.
Last I checked, he's allegedly trailing Scary Keri Lake though. (Rasmussen)
Like.... WTF on that. He must be running a shit campaign.
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I genuinely hope that whenever Sinema is out in public someone yells at her that she could have protected the right to vote for Black Americans, yet chose not to. Fuck her straight to Hell.
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Or a majority of the fine people of Arizona are paranoid angry white Christians. It's the Occam's Razor approach to political analysis. Remove the preconceptions of what you think people (even friends and neighbours) should be like and you will never be surprised when they act like Austrians in the late 30's.Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:50 pmI think.
Last I checked, he's allegedly trailing Scary Keri Lake though. (Rasmussen)
Like.... WTF on that. He must be running a shit campaign.
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Polls are useless. Too much information available to people so ill let sancsrlos fill in the rest as that’s his twitter thing. Lo e when he goes on a tear.
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There are people older than you?
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Fuck Ruben Gallego for being polite to that piece of shit.Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:50 pmI think.
Last I checked, he's allegedly trailing Scary Keri Lake though. (Rasmussen)
Like.... WTF on that. He must be running a shit campaign.
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The link in his first tweet is 404'd, so Michael fixed it himself.
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Jeebus, North Carolina. This woman also won her primary.
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That Mark Robinson dude is like (Uncle Ruckus + Samuel L. Jackson's character from Django Unchained + Kanye West) x 1,000.
Holy shit, man.
Holy shit, man.
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this is a national trend at this point -- extreme candidates win GOP primaries more often than not because the base wants that extremism. it's been heading that way for years.
probably not the best general election strategy overall, but still incredibly scary
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This would seem like the easiest winning strategy for Dems. Put screenshots of this guy’s FB posts denying the Holocaust on giant billboards with a red background and stick them around the Research Triangle. Then do the same with his anti-Black posts and put them in Black neighborhoods in Charlotte and Wilmington. And then end it by saying if you don’t vote then this guy will be in charge. It’s not that hard.
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Yet, it could end up being too difficult for them to do.L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:08 am This would seem like the easiest winning strategy for Dems. Put screenshots of this guy’s FB posts denying the Holocaust on giant billboards with a red background and stick them around the Research Triangle. Then do the same with his anti-Black posts and put them in Black neighborhoods in Charlotte and Wilmington. And then end it by saying if you don’t vote then this guy will be in charge. It’s not that hard.
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FFS, there are cities in red states where people have to transfer buses to get to their polling station.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:19 amYet, it could end up being too difficult for them to do.L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:08 am This would seem like the easiest winning strategy for Dems. Put screenshots of this guy’s FB posts denying the Holocaust on giant billboards with a red background and stick them around the Research Triangle. Then do the same with his anti-Black posts and put them in Black neighborhoods in Charlotte and Wilmington. And then end it by saying if you don’t vote then this guy will be in charge. It’s not that hard.
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To be clear, I was talking about the strategists.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:23 amFFS, there are cities in red states where people have to transfer buses to get to their polling station.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:19 amYet, it could end up being too difficult for them to do.L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:08 am This would seem like the easiest winning strategy for Dems. Put screenshots of this guy’s FB posts denying the Holocaust on giant billboards with a red background and stick them around the Research Triangle. Then do the same with his anti-Black posts and put them in Black neighborhoods in Charlotte and Wilmington. And then end it by saying if you don’t vote then this guy will be in charge. It’s not that hard.
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I don't know why Aaron Rupar splits this into 5 videos (there's a few more tweets in not linking), but what Nancy Mace did here is simply disgusting.
I would not have been able to do what George Stephanopoulos did in keeping his composure.
Watching that back and forth reminded me of this Bill Burr skit:
I would not have been able to do what George Stephanopoulos did in keeping his composure.
Watching that back and forth reminded me of this Bill Burr skit:
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You have a real hard-on for that guy.
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How can this be read any other way than a US Senator saying an ally will stop intentionally starving civilians if they get what they want?
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Yeah, this is nuts. So many people have lost their minds over October 7 and the reprisals.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Gotta love how Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) dropped a huge giant "Fuck You" to Boebert on his way out the door.
Boebert slams Buck’s decision as ‘weak sauce,’ says she won’t run in special election
Boebert slams Buck’s decision as ‘weak sauce,’ says she won’t run in special election
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-Colo.) decision to resign early “weak sauce” but said she would not be resigning to run in the special election to fill his seat.
Boebert represents the state’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes the Western Slope and much of southern Colorado. She announced late last year, however, that she would run for Buck’s seat, which is the 4th District in eastern Colorado, after Buck announced he would not seek reelection.
But Buck moved up his retirement, saying Tuesday he plans to leave Congress at the end of next week. The decision triggers a special election this summer to fill out the remainder of his term and threatens Boebert’s chances of being elected to his seat.
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So they're going to have a special election in the summer AND the normally scheduled election in November?
And boo fucking hoo.
ETA: Just read the linked article. That's chef's kiss good.
And boo fucking hoo.
ETA: Just read the linked article. That's chef's kiss good.
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I think so.
A similar thing happened to McCain's seat in AZ. Had he stepped down honorably once his cancer wasn't going away, it would've triggered a special election.
Instead, he stuck around, died after the cutoff date for a special election, allowed the Republican governor Doug Ducey to appoint John Kyl to serve out his term, and kept the Republicans from ceding control of the Senate.
I'd have to double check the timeline, but yea. He could've fucked Trump over and didn't. Maverick.
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And then when Kyl stepped aside, Ducey appointed Martha McSally, who had previously lost the OTHER senate seat to Sinema.
And then McSally lost to Mark Kelly.
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So now we’re focused on the evils of Tik Tok? Fortunately, there are aren't any more important issues ongoing in our country, right? Right?
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I mean, the critiques are fair, but they were also equally fair 4 or 5 years ago. And back then, Tik Tok wasn't nearly the behemoth it is today.
Totally Kafkaesque
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Seems similar to the attacks on Twitter before Musk destroyed it. Any large messaging platform that they can't buy or influence enough is a threat (which also relates to the importance of local media in another thread)
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That's a different conversation though. TikTok is run out of Singapore by a Chinese national.EdRomero wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:00 amSeems similar to the attacks on Twitter before Musk destroyed it. Any large messaging platform that they can't buy or influence enough is a threat (which also relates to the importance of local media in another thread)
The irony though is if they're so concerned about bad actors shaping public opinion, they need to look in the fuckin mirror.
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