the 15 millionth ilx post is coming up in only 14K posts...what if we let bygones be bygones and invite him to the The 200,000th Thread Anticipation, Celebration, & Physical Fights Thread and contain his physical fighting challenges in there
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
he'd get to 51 so fast
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
This is pretty snarky, even by Chotiner standards:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/are-republicans-ready-to-move-on-from-donald-trump
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link
There was really no need to include his own little pissy asides
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
Fitting that "They got my 6" tweet came from Texas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwXkKDiNI4U
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:52 (one year ago) link
There's no need to interview people who speak of themselves in the third person. ("Here's what Jim Rinacci thinks, okay?")
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
― Tracer Hand,
oh there absolutely was -- I wish fucking NYT reporters did it.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
In your initial responses to my questions, you expressed concern that other people would have qualms about Trump. But it seems like you have some qualms, too.Renacci: Well, I do. But, as I said, I have qualms that could be changed with him coming out and just saying, “This isn’t about me. This isn’t about the 2020 election anymore. This isn’t about January 6th. This is about me getting back and changing the country and representing the people.” Do I think there were problems in the 2020 election? Yes, I do. But I also believe in the Constitution, and I believe that the Constitution tells us that once the House and the Senate vote, the election’s over.
Renacci: Well, I do. But, as I said, I have qualms that could be changed with him coming out and just saying, “This isn’t about me. This isn’t about the 2020 election anymore. This isn’t about January 6th. This is about me getting back and changing the country and representing the people.” Do I think there were problems in the 2020 election? Yes, I do. But I also believe in the Constitution, and I believe that the Constitution tells us that once the House and the Senate vote, the election’s over.
what's kind of amazing is that if Trump could somehow force himself to say those things, even though it would be very obvious that he didn't mean any of those things at all, he would win the GOP nomination (and he might anyway, imo). even after everything that has happened. all he has to do is say the things he very obviously doesn't believe, and his base would understand that he was just saying the things he was being forced to say (like when he told the proud boys to stand down and stand by), and he wins. he could even do some bullshit like say "i know that i won the 2020 election, and i know that all of you know that and i am a proud boy for all of you who fought so hard for me, but the time has come to focus on 2024 bla bla bla" and that would be enough, if he actually just focus. but he can't.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 17:10 (one year ago) link
that new yorker convo with Renacci is really funny, though. "congressman, you're a smart guy", lol
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 17:13 (one year ago) link
"Maybe he has a thing against talking in the third person."
Isaac Chotiner is a real one there. I don't understand how he continues to get these interviews, but I'm here for it
― octobeard, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link
I see these two statements repeated constantly:
1. Trump remains, arguably, the most powerful Republican in the country.2. Aside from his most blinkered loyalists, virtually everyone in the party agrees: It’s time to move on from Trump.
Honest question here. Why does #2 not negate #1?
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
here's the key part, nothing to see here
So you would still support him if he won the nomination?I would support him as a Republican, because the Democratic Party has gone so far away from the ideals and principles of where we should be going. Absolutely I would support him if he was the nominee.
I would support him as a Republican, because the Democratic Party has gone so far away from the ideals and principles of where we should be going. Absolutely I would support him if he was the nominee.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:01 (one year ago) link
"everyone in the party" apparently doesn't include the party's voters
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:01 (one year ago) link
2, translated: Trump is kind of a shitty candidate.1, translated: the party's even shittier.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link
to answer Dan's question, obviously a lot of these guys are gonna talk about Jan. 6 and election denial and all the legal problems he has but the real reason is that he's a loser. despite there being generally favorable conditions for Republicans, they've now underperformed in 3 straight elections and a lot of Republicans are starting to suspect it's because Trump is not only motivating a lot of turnout for the Dems (lets face it, there's no reason Joe freakin' Biden should've gotten more votes than any Democrat in history) but also because he's strongarming them into running a lot of genuine weirdos like Dr. Oz and Blake Masters. it's not a stretch to say he's singlehandedly cost them both houses of Congress.
in other words its like saying Aaron Rodgers is the best QB on the Packers' roster, but it's still time to move on, because you aren't winning shit with him anymore.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
Part of is that moving on from Trump, or running against him, means making an enemy of someone who will never shut up and has the blind loyalty of many millions of people
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link
yea Liz Cheney's seat was really safe until she was brave enough to uhhhh point out what we all saw on video
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:14 (one year ago) link
He said You’re Fired on tv and earned about 30 million permanent votes
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:24 (one year ago) link
lol this nerd is going to get booted off mainstream social media again faster than Kanye
yeah I doubt it this time. musk isn't going to kick him off twitter (not that he's using it...yet). meta reinstating him despite everything seems to indicate they feel it's too risky to be anything but totally hands off on this going forward.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles.
― forbidden fruit salad (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
someone who will never shut up and has the blind loyalty of many millions of people
Perhaps just as importantly, someone who will never shut up and has the not-so-blind loyalty of every influential media company which eagerly monetize both his many millions of blindly loyal followers and his many millions of vehement detractors. it's a self-supporting ecosystem.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 19:02 (one year ago) link
sure but it still seems like even FOX doesn't wanna touch the guy anymore. surely that'll change as primaries come up but the guy is just a shell of his former self. he has none of the energy he had in 2016 and if anything has gotten tremendously weirder. feels a bit like the Herschel Walker thing, even the people who support him think it's probably a bad idea to have him on TV right now
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
We all said this in 2016 and look what happened
― Alicia Silver Stone (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPNwJAcMH5U
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 10 February 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
meatball ron there you go so much better
Trump has been mocking DeSantis in casual conversations, calling him “Meatball Ron” and “Shutdown Ron,” a reference to coronavirus closures that Trump’s team believes cast DeSantis as a fake https://t.co/54t0ZE5FWG— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 12, 2023
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 February 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link
I can get behind Meatball Ron, they must have market tested that one.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 February 2023 18:57 (one year ago) link
When you get right down to it we're all just balls of meat
― Auf Der Martini (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 12 February 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
"All we are is balls of meat..." - Kansas
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 February 2023 20:11 (one year ago) link
Classic Trump barb, it scores extra points for being simultaneously dismissive, xenophobic, and body-shaming
― epistantophus, Sunday, 12 February 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_LX4yZjSoA
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 12 February 2023 20:53 (one year ago) link
Meatball Ron is great. Shutdown Ron makes no sense because Florida was famously resistant to federal covid guidelines.
― treeship., Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
lol
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpCXzIoXgB0Q9YM?format=jpg&name=medium
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 February 2023 02:12 (one year ago) link
i read this earlier today, and got hung up on "I told Nikki to follow her heart, not her ambition or belief." what does he mean by that? also imagine someone telling you not to follow your belief
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Thursday, 16 February 2023 02:15 (one year ago) link
His new york bitchiness is his most relatable and endearing trait.
― treeship., Thursday, 16 February 2023 02:17 (one year ago) link
We could have been saved from the last seven years if only E! had given him a talk show in 2015.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 16 February 2023 03:52 (one year ago) link
^the saddest words of tongue or pen
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 16 February 2023 03:53 (one year ago) link
I like this new direction in his tweets, honing his backhanded compliment game.
― Alicia Silver Stone (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 16 February 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
Not a tweet, but a TRUTH!
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 February 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
the universe will only be put right when he comes up with a nickname for her.. Failing Haley, Tricky Nikki, etc.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 February 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
haley's going to go down in flames. the two notable aspects of her campaign so far are that it's explicitly christian nationalist (i know, i know: more visibly so than most candidates) and that she keeps referring to trump as her friend even as he tries to tear her down.
https://t.co/yKuzW16bb6 pic.twitter.com/xdfPPpt0tH— Poli Alert (@polialertcom) February 16, 2023
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Thursday, 16 February 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
and re: questions asked in some doc I will never see, well maybe they should be asking about the Evens and maybe the 2005 tour with The Ex or y'know any of the other cool things Ian & Amy have been up to, do the fucking homeworkat least they're fucking trying...
haley's going to go down in flames. the two notable aspects of her campaign so far are that it's explicitly christian nationalist (i know, i know: more visibly so than most candidates) and that she keeps referring to trump as her friend even as he tries to tear her down. 🐦[https://t.co/yKuzW16bb6🕸 pic.twitter.com/xdfPPpt0tH🕸— Poli Alert (@polialertcom) February 16, 2023🕸]🐦
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Thursday, 16 February 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
Sorry pressed the wrong button on ZING!
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Thursday, 16 February 2023 18:26 (one year ago) link
i finally made it into a tweet!
*celebrates*
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Thursday, 16 February 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
Congrats Karl!
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 February 2023 18:36 (one year ago) link
i hope it goes viral! i know the the low-performing tweets don't get compensated well, but once you make it into the 100M+ territory, that's where you can actually make a great deal of money pretty quickly
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Thursday, 16 February 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
I saw the Evens once
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 February 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link
lol that one about appointing her ambassador hes mad
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 February 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link
wait, whose tweet km?
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 February 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
Oh, I was just goofing on stevie’s post a bit upthread, where part of my ILX post got incorporated into a tweet, sort of. It was a zing disaster, something I’m no stranger to
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Thursday, 16 February 2023 19:07 (one year ago) link
Aging Act refuses to acknowledge their latest hit
The gloves are off pic.twitter.com/5kc4u7llMt— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2023
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 February 2023 20:33 (one year ago) link