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
― President Keyes, Thursday, August 2, 2018 4:48 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
how about a skeleton
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 August 2018 05:02 (five years ago) link
They have more life experience
I fucking hate all you idiots
― El Tomboto, Friday, 3 August 2018 09:51 (five years ago) link
I come to this thread to learn about what Jeff Flake and Rudy Giuliani are up to, not to read about how some goddamn internet randos feel about BIG IDEAS that were covered to death by my fellow wind instrument players in our AD&D group in 10th fucking grade
― El Tomboto, Friday, 3 August 2018 09:56 (five years ago) link
Oh wait this is the 2020 Speculation thread not the main US politics thread. I’m still mad at everyone though. Except Morbius, he’s just doing his usual Method bullshit.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 3 August 2018 09:59 (five years ago) link
Can we vote for you?
― President Keyes, Friday, 3 August 2018 11:17 (five years ago) link
I look forward to Morbius explaining why this is evil, and just another example of Booker serving his true corporate masters like the might-as-well-be-a-Republican he is.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 3 August 2018 12:06 (five years ago) link
i don't answer cherrypicking strawmen
scuse me i have a Method class
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 August 2018 12:19 (five years ago) link
now i have "method man" stuck in my head, only it's "m-e-t, h-o-d, MORBS"
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 August 2018 12:51 (five years ago) link
Or you could o the Hall & Oates route. m-e-t-h-o-d-o-f modern morbs
― devil's avocado (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 3 August 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
lol Doc
― Οὖτις, Friday, 3 August 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
Cory Booker would rather be seen as unbelievably dumb than as sympathetic to Palestinians https://t.co/dUTeFJNMbR— Rob (@robbryan86) August 3, 2018
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
To be fair his housing policy is >>>>>> Kamala harris’s
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
lmao
https://www.ozy.com/politics-and-power/sen-kamala-harris-cozies-up-to-the-base-but-will-they-believe/88474
https://i.imgur.com/zLxpGHI.png
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
hahaha
― sleeve, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
committed leftist Harry Reid
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
At the same time, the thousands of activists gathered are asking a similar question: Who is Harris? The former San Francisco prosecutor and California’s “top cop” as attorney general who built up a mixed record on criminal justice reform, bank regulation and environmentalism? Or a progressive who combines the pragmatism of Hillary Clinton with the promise of Barack Obama
fucking hell, political writers are the worst on earth
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, August 3, 2018 12:06 PM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i assumed this would link to the palestine story
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
hey that quote got me a harassing email! it'd been a while
https://i.imgur.com/moa41bu.png
owned
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link