well, unlike some of you apparently, my opinions and meta-opinions about democratic politics are not filtered through my opinion of morbs. it's honestly sad how none of you can just ignore him or keep his name out of your mouth when commenting on other shit. but this is the same shit we went through in the 2016 primary, so whatever
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
it's honestly sad how none of you can just ignore him or keep his name out of your mouth when commenting on other shit.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― brimstead, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
here's how I feel about Harris' tweet (which Morbz posted, for the record): 1) in general, a program addressing renter's financial burdens strike me as a good thing, 2) a jobs requirement for such a hypothetical program seems unnecessary, but whatever, baby steps, 3) the details of any such program would inevitably change during the legislative process so best not to get hung up on it anyway, BUT 4) the whole reason for posting things like this isn't to actually get bills passed but to stake out ideological territory, in which case the jobs thing seems like an unnecessary self-inflicted wound (the right's not gonna be on board for anything like this, nor give her credit for a jobs requirement, so why bother) BUT 5) this is one tweet that will be forgotten within a week, I'm not gonna lend it too much time or thought, it isn't worth it.
the end
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
addendum: using such a minor thing as a weapon to (further) tar one of the only women of color in a significant position of power in this country as being insufficiently leftist *really* irritates me, she'll never be good enough for some people (mysogynists, racists, idiots like Morbz etc.)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cNsmt2YZXA
for u, Shakes
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
ok lol
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
what does this even have to do with morbs? the issue at hand is whether dems should run on the WJC-esque cooptation of right-wing "deservingness" of social services. there's a real, serious, substantive difference between a paradigm that says everyone should have access to these things, and one that says only some people deserve access to them. harris's statement was years past its sell-by date and it is not unreasonable to expect a dem to at least remember that huge swaths of the population have no chance of getting a "full-time job." if you're running for office in 2018, an awareness of that reality should be informing your platform and your public statements. it reads like a freudian slip.
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
a Freudian slip seems accurate to me
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
thinking of it as "whatever, baby steps" and being okay with proposals that only benefit people who are comparatively well off already, is how we end up with clintonian "middle class" obsession and never actually doing anything about structural poverty.anyway it's bad politics in 2018. "medicare for all" fires people up because of the "all." if it was "medicare for people with full time jobs who meet the qualifications listed on form D-6..." nobody would give a shit.
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
otm
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link
haha yeah I don't disagree
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
Yup. And Gillibrand seems to be the one who gets this the most.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
I didn't have a full time job for 6 of the last 17 weeks; i should be grateful i had shelter (and cancer medicine)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
"The Love Candidate" just voted in favor of the $717bn military spending budget
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 August 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
Isnt that the movie that stopped mike myers?
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 2 August 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
the Strangelove candidate
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 August 2018 02:21 (five years ago) link
I thought Louis Abolafia was dead
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 August 2018 02:36 (five years ago) link
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:35 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
in his defense, he never specified what he loved
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 August 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
charter schools
― President Keyes, Thursday, 2 August 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
Responses to the HuffPo piece about Soros et al. being butthurt with Gillibrand over how she handled the Franken thing have been awesome. https://splinternews.com/liberal-donors-are-snubbing-kristen-gillibrand-1828041390http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/08/assassination-al-franken-coward-kirsten-gillibrand-absolutely-nobody-else-contd
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 2 August 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
I'm seeing people with "Al Franken 2020 Anyway" bumper stickers
― President Keyes, Thursday, 2 August 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
I’m so glad we don’t drive
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 2 August 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
Gillibrand's endorsements are the one thing holding her lefty cred back
Sen. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND endorses GRETCHEN WHITMER for governor. pic.twitter.com/dApnVpbirr— Daniel Strauss (@DanielStrauss4) August 2, 2018
(The lefty favorite is Abdul El-Sayed.)
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
that sucks even worse than her endorsing Cuomo over Nixon, at least in that case you could make the argument Nixon isn't "qualified" (whatever the fuck that means/is worth) but El-Sayed certainly seems to be the real deal.
at least she didn't endorse the guy who murdered all those puppies!
― evol j, Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
What is El-Sayed's appeal? What makes him better than Whitmer? A cursory search turns up no evidence of evil on her part. They both seem fine, and I can understand Gillibrand endorsing another woman.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
god I just looked at a recent poll and El-Sayed isn't even beating the puppy-murderer. blue, red, doesn't matter, there are a lot of dumb motherfuckers in this country.
― evol j, Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/02/could-abdul-el-sayed-be-the-real-deal
Chucklebee's son is running for gov of Michigan?
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
From that Current Affairs link:
I am limitlessly suspicious of Shiny Young Political Wunderkind types. Frankly, I don’t really trust anyone who runs for political office, and think that the desire to be elected should itself disqualify a person from holding public office. (I prefer the idea of randomly selecting our representatives, so that we’d end up with fewer people who harbor the mad delusion that they are competent to hold power over others.)
Now I want the author to have the job, because this is literally my core position w/r/t electoral politics, and has been since high school.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
so that we’d end up with fewer people who harbor the mad delusion that they are competent to hold power over others
this seems like a foolish assumption at best
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
cuz I'd say the vast majority of ppl harbor that delusion
tbh i distrust ppl who want to run businesses way way more than i distrust ppl who want to hold public office
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
I like NJR generally but since he's (I assume) his own editor he lets a dopey line or two slip through on occasion
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
lol J.D. otm
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
it's like, yeah we should be skeptical and critical of politicians, but the "i don't trust anyone who wants to have power" line strikes me as kinda libertarian-y
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link
Power’s great, who wouldn’t want it
― devops mom (silby), Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
The next president should be a tree
― President Keyes, Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
Frankly, I don’t really trust anyone who runs for political office, and think that the desire to be elected should itself disqualify a person from holding public office.
this is literally Douglas Adams, who people on the internet seem to frequently forget was a satirist
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
And satire is always flippant, empty jokes with no real truth or meaning behind it.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 2 August 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
I see what you did there
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 August 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
my distrust of Gillibrand comes from the gun-lovin' centrist she was when appointed to the Senate. what year does she change back?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 August 2018 22:58 (five years ago) link
Her views on revolvers were evolving.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 2 August 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, August 2, 2018 4:27 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
satire is always meant to convey meaning, but is not to be taken literally. unless of course you ate irish babies for breakfast this morning under the orders of jonathan swift.
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 August 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
they were delicious
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 August 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
― President Keyes
if you were the president what kind of tree would you be?
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Friday, 3 August 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
Pretty sure Americans would vote for the tallest money tree without thinking much about it
― Karl Malone, Friday, 3 August 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
my distrust of Gillibrand comes from the gun-lovin' centrist she was when appointed to the Senate.
jfc, that was almost 10 years ago. Her voting record since entering the senate has been very anti-NRA and Sandy Hook was a pretty hard/permanent reset for her on the issue.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 August 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link
Gillibrand's endorsements don't seem to be strategic outside of the Cuomo one. She endorsed Kelda Roys in WI, who's polling at less than 5% in the dem primary poll for gov.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 August 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
God forbid a novice politician should appropriately represent the wishes of her constituents
Xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 3 August 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
This identifies her as a pol who knows which side her bread is buttered on. So, the best approach is to keep buttering her bread on the side you agree with.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 3 August 2018 02:37 (five years ago) link