Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body in Congress? Oh you mean Marjorie!

[jimmyjazz 45880]

Welcome, Speaker Jeffries.

[tx 3 putt 76868]

 

[Welshy 907]

37 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

It's sort of like in Saving Private Ryan when they blew up the bunker and the Marine? yells don't shoot let em burn.   Let em burn, unless they give you something you want.  

Saving Private Fury?

[Macanudo 12974]

More like Shaving Private Furries.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33859]

 

 

[South Austin 52446]

Gary Peterson is the Pulitzer-caliber journalist we need in these times.

[atomheartbevo 89624]

2 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

So when this fails, is there anything to stop Margy from initiating the motion to vacate again, and again, and again?  

I'm assuming she's close to losing her committee assignments:

• House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
  • Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce
  • Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation
• House Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement
  • Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability
• House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic

[Brisketexan 105057]

Create a “Committee of three-toed losers who love losing and then losing some more.” And make her vice chair. And leave the chairmanship vacant.

[qwertyu1234 496]

This would be very embarrassing for her, if you know, she actually could experience shame.

[YGIFS 19449]

She's spent most of her adult life as a three-toed, spit-roasted, imbecilic, hate-fueled Mongoloid Cunt.  I think she can probably swing a few committee demotions.  

[Pescado_Rojo 19413]

13 hours ago, qwertyu1234 said:

This would be very embarrassing for her, if you know, she actually could experience shame.

Let's not forget this woman's rise in the alt-right began with her following around and heckling school shooting survivors. 

[bolverk 29652]

“I’m thrilled with the whole thing. Even the booing from both sides — I fully expected it.”

 

Fresh Off Defeat in Speaker Fight, Greene Relishes the Chaos She Wrought
The hard-right congresswoman from Georgia failed spectacularly in her bid to depose Speaker Mike Johnson. But for a figure who sees her power in creating chaos, the loss was the point.

As Republicans and Democrats booed her loudly Wednesday when she called a snap vote on the House floor to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, paused briefly to narrate the drama to viewers back home.

“This is the uniparty, for the American people watching,” Ms. Greene sneered, peering over her glasses at her colleagues like a disappointed schoolteacher.

Ms. Greene went on to take her shot at Mr. Johnson and miss, an outcome that she knew was a certainty. The vote to kill her attempt to remove him was an overwhelming 359 to 43 — with all but 39 Democrats joining Republicans to block her and rescue the G.O.P. speaker.

The move buoyed Mr. Johnson, confirming his status as the leader of an unlikely bipartisan governing coalition in the House that Ms. Greene considers the ultimate enemy. And it isolated Ms. Greene on Capitol Hill, putting her back where she was when she arrived in Washington three years ago: a provocateur and subject of derision who appears to revel in causing huge headaches for her colleagues.

“Hopefully, this is the end of the personality politics and the frivolous character assassination that has defined the 118th Congress,” Mr. Johnson said after the vote.

The word “hopefully” was doing a lot of work.

If Ms. Greene’s goals in Congress were to chair a powerful committee or to build up political capital to drive major policy initiatives — or if she had to worry about drawing a political challenger — this all would constitute a major problem for her. But those have never been the incentives that have driven the gentle lady from Georgia, whose congressional career has been defined by delighting her base and stoking anger on the right more than legislative achievement or political pragmatism.

Spoiler

Ms. Greene hails from a blood-red district where 68 percent of voters supported former President Donald J. Trump in 2020, allowing her to operate with relative impunity in Congress, without fear of a challenge from the right or left. She has further insulated herself politically by donating vast sums to electing Republicans to the House, quietly backing her colleagues even as she picks fights many of them would rather avoid.

So even as it became clear over the last week that she would fail in her quest to depose the speaker, Ms. Greene saw an upside in insisting on the exercise. A vote would offer concrete proof that Mr. Johnson had made himself beholden to the Democrats — a dynamic that has been clear for months as he has partnered with them to pass a host of major bills, including one to send aid to Ukraine — and that many Republicans were going along with what she regarded as a betrayal of the party’s principles.

“I’m thrilled with the whole thing,” Ms. Greene said in an interview on Thursday, sounding upbeat after her spectacular defeat. “Even the booing from both sides — I fully expected it.”

Even if Ms. Greene felt defeated or isolated, she would be exceedingly unlikely to acknowledge it. Her power derives in large part from her irrepressible attitude and her Trumpian instinct to double down rather than retreat in the face of failure.

On Wednesday evening, center-leaning Republicans tried to create as much distance from her as they could, fearful that association with her theatrics would alienate voters in their districts turned off by the seemingly endless chaos in the House.

“All she wants is attention,” said Representative Carlos Gimenez, Republican of Florida. “Today, we shut her down. Our entire conference said, ‘Enough is enough — we don’t need to hear from her anymore.’”

Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York, referred repeatedly to Ms. Greene as “Moscow Marjorie” as she dangled her threat to oust the speaker. “Moscow Marjorie has clearly gone off the deep end,” he said on Wednesday.

But if Ms. Greene is now on an island in her party, she hasn’t been there long, and there’s likely a rescue boat en route to bring her back to the mainland. Shortly after arriving in Congress in 2021, she was stripped of her committee assignments by Democrats — 11 Republicans voted with them — and was treated like a pariah by many in Washington. But over the past two years, Ms. Greene has been elevated by her party’s leaders, valued as a top adviser by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, leaned on as a helpful fund-raiser by vulnerable Republicans and publicly hailed as a dream teammate by center-leaning lawmakers in her party.

“Marjorie Taylor Greene, she is so kind,” Representative Jen Kiggans, a vulnerable Republican from Virginia, said at an event last year before the ouster attempt. “She has been very nice to me.” Of Ms. Greene and other bomb throwers in her party, she said, “I have nothing bad or, you know, different to say about any of these people. They’re on my team, right? They are my teammates. We all want the same things.”

Mr. Trump, who had privately prodded Ms. Greene to move on rather than pursue her vendetta against the speaker and maneuvered to save Mr. Johnson, made it clear she remains on his good side despite ignoring his advice. He waited until the House had turned back her ouster attempt on Wednesday night to post a message on social media urging Republicans to block it. And before he praised Mr. Johnson, he wrote: “I absolutely love Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s got Spirit, she’s got Fight, and I believe she’ll be around, and on our side, for a long time to come.”

If that’s what abandonment by her party looks like, who needs an embrace?

“He’s not mad at me at all,” Ms. Greene said Thursday of the former president. “I talked to him plenty. He’s proud of me.”

Democrats, for their part, aren’t willing to let Republicans run away from Ms. Greene, the most famous Republican in the House, so quickly.

Missy Cotter Smasal, a Democrat challenging Ms. Kiggans in coastal Virginia, said that “when voters hear her comments calling Marjorie Taylor Greene a teammate, they are astounded and disgusted.”

Even though Ms. Kiggans voted to kill Ms. Greene’s effort on Wednesday night, Ms. Smasal moved quickly to try to use the mutiny attempt as a cudgel against her G.O.P. opponent.

“Jen Kiggans in office enables the chaos of Marjorie Taylor Greene,” she said on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Ms. Kiggans did not respond to a request for comment.

Justin Chermol, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said: “When the Republicans lose their majority in November, it will be because the so-called moderates let Marjorie Taylor Greene be their party mascot.”

And Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, wasted little time in sending out a fund-raising email detailing how Ms. Greene “threatened to throw Congress further into chaos, crisis and confusion.”

Ms. Greene laughed off the idea that her actions would help elect Democrats this fall — the argument that everyone from Mr. Trump to Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, had used as they tried to discourage her from moving to oust the speaker.

“Republicans will turn out in droves for Trump,” she said. Using an acronym for “Republican in name only,” she continued, “Then they’re going to move down and see that RINO Republican they’ve elected time and time again — who didn’t impeach Biden, who didn’t do anything on the border — they’re going to see that guy and they’re going to cuss him under their breath and skip his name.”

Ms. Greene said Thursday that she didn’t care much whether she was isolated or not.

“If I’m on an island,” she said, “I’m doing exactly what I came here for.”

“I’m very comfortable ebbing and flowing with my party,” she added. “I can be their biggest cheerleader, supporter, defender, donor. I’ve given something like half a million to the National Republican Campaign Committee. I am a team player.”

Over the past two election cycles, Ms. Greene has sent a total of $725,000 to the party’s campaign arm, according to the nonpartisan campaign finance research group Open Secrets, a vast sum for a rank-and-file member like Ms. Greene.

In 2023, Ms. Greene gave the maximum contribution in more than a dozen vulnerable House Republican races, including to colleagues who represent districts President Biden won in 2020, such as Representatives David Schweikert of Arizona and Mike Garcia of California.

On Thursday morning, Ms. Greene made it clear she wasn’t finished tormenting Mr. Johnson just yet.

“Speaker Johnson is the Uniparty Speaker of the House!” she crowed on social media.

 

[Dnaguy 11916]

6 minutes ago, bolverk said:

“I’m thrilled with the whole thing. Even the booing from both sides — I fully expected it.”

 

Fresh Off Defeat in Speaker Fight, Greene Relishes the Chaos She Wrought
The hard-right congresswoman from Georgia failed spectacularly in her bid to depose Speaker Mike Johnson. But for a figure who sees her power in creating chaos, the loss was the point.

As Republicans and Democrats booed her loudly Wednesday when she called a snap vote on the House floor to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, paused briefly to narrate the drama to viewers back home.

“This is the uniparty, for the American people watching,” Ms. Greene sneered, peering over her glasses at her colleagues like a disappointed schoolteacher.

Ms. Greene went on to take her shot at Mr. Johnson and miss, an outcome that she knew was a certainty. The vote to kill her attempt to remove him was an overwhelming 359 to 43 — with all but 39 Democrats joining Republicans to block her and rescue the G.O.P. speaker.

The move buoyed Mr. Johnson, confirming his status as the leader of an unlikely bipartisan governing coalition in the House that Ms. Greene considers the ultimate enemy. And it isolated Ms. Greene on Capitol Hill, putting her back where she was when she arrived in Washington three years ago: a provocateur and subject of derision who appears to revel in causing huge headaches for her colleagues.

“Hopefully, this is the end of the personality politics and the frivolous character assassination that has defined the 118th Congress,” Mr. Johnson said after the vote.

The word “hopefully” was doing a lot of work.

If Ms. Greene’s goals in Congress were to chair a powerful committee or to build up political capital to drive major policy initiatives — or if she had to worry about drawing a political challenger — this all would constitute a major problem for her. But those have never been the incentives that have driven the gentle lady from Georgia, whose congressional career has been defined by delighting her base and stoking anger on the right more than legislative achievement or political pragmatism.

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Ms. Greene hails from a blood-red district where 68 percent of voters supported former President Donald J. Trump in 2020, allowing her to operate with relative impunity in Congress, without fear of a challenge from the right or left. She has further insulated herself politically by donating vast sums to electing Republicans to the House, quietly backing her colleagues even as she picks fights many of them would rather avoid.

So even as it became clear over the last week that she would fail in her quest to depose the speaker, Ms. Greene saw an upside in insisting on the exercise. A vote would offer concrete proof that Mr. Johnson had made himself beholden to the Democrats — a dynamic that has been clear for months as he has partnered with them to pass a host of major bills, including one to send aid to Ukraine — and that many Republicans were going along with what she regarded as a betrayal of the party’s principles.

“I’m thrilled with the whole thing,” Ms. Greene said in an interview on Thursday, sounding upbeat after her spectacular defeat. “Even the booing from both sides — I fully expected it.”

Even if Ms. Greene felt defeated or isolated, she would be exceedingly unlikely to acknowledge it. Her power derives in large part from her irrepressible attitude and her Trumpian instinct to double down rather than retreat in the face of failure.

On Wednesday evening, center-leaning Republicans tried to create as much distance from her as they could, fearful that association with her theatrics would alienate voters in their districts turned off by the seemingly endless chaos in the House.

“All she wants is attention,” said Representative Carlos Gimenez, Republican of Florida. “Today, we shut her down. Our entire conference said, ‘Enough is enough — we don’t need to hear from her anymore.’”

Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York, referred repeatedly to Ms. Greene as “Moscow Marjorie” as she dangled her threat to oust the speaker. “Moscow Marjorie has clearly gone off the deep end,” he said on Wednesday.

But if Ms. Greene is now on an island in her party, she hasn’t been there long, and there’s likely a rescue boat en route to bring her back to the mainland. Shortly after arriving in Congress in 2021, she was stripped of her committee assignments by Democrats — 11 Republicans voted with them — and was treated like a pariah by many in Washington. But over the past two years, Ms. Greene has been elevated by her party’s leaders, valued as a top adviser by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, leaned on as a helpful fund-raiser by vulnerable Republicans and publicly hailed as a dream teammate by center-leaning lawmakers in her party.

“Marjorie Taylor Greene, she is so kind,” Representative Jen Kiggans, a vulnerable Republican from Virginia, said at an event last year before the ouster attempt. “She has been very nice to me.” Of Ms. Greene and other bomb throwers in her party, she said, “I have nothing bad or, you know, different to say about any of these people. They’re on my team, right? They are my teammates. We all want the same things.”

Mr. Trump, who had privately prodded Ms. Greene to move on rather than pursue her vendetta against the speaker and maneuvered to save Mr. Johnson, made it clear she remains on his good side despite ignoring his advice. He waited until the House had turned back her ouster attempt on Wednesday night to post a message on social media urging Republicans to block it. And before he praised Mr. Johnson, he wrote: “I absolutely love Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s got Spirit, she’s got Fight, and I believe she’ll be around, and on our side, for a long time to come.”

If that’s what abandonment by her party looks like, who needs an embrace?

“He’s not mad at me at all,” Ms. Greene said Thursday of the former president. “I talked to him plenty. He’s proud of me.”

Democrats, for their part, aren’t willing to let Republicans run away from Ms. Greene, the most famous Republican in the House, so quickly.

Missy Cotter Smasal, a Democrat challenging Ms. Kiggans in coastal Virginia, said that “when voters hear her comments calling Marjorie Taylor Greene a teammate, they are astounded and disgusted.”

Even though Ms. Kiggans voted to kill Ms. Greene’s effort on Wednesday night, Ms. Smasal moved quickly to try to use the mutiny attempt as a cudgel against her G.O.P. opponent.

“Jen Kiggans in office enables the chaos of Marjorie Taylor Greene,” she said on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Ms. Kiggans did not respond to a request for comment.

Justin Chermol, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said: “When the Republicans lose their majority in November, it will be because the so-called moderates let Marjorie Taylor Greene be their party mascot.”

And Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, wasted little time in sending out a fund-raising email detailing how Ms. Greene “threatened to throw Congress further into chaos, crisis and confusion.”

Ms. Greene laughed off the idea that her actions would help elect Democrats this fall — the argument that everyone from Mr. Trump to Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, had used as they tried to discourage her from moving to oust the speaker.

“Republicans will turn out in droves for Trump,” she said. Using an acronym for “Republican in name only,” she continued, “Then they’re going to move down and see that RINO Republican they’ve elected time and time again — who didn’t impeach Biden, who didn’t do anything on the border — they’re going to see that guy and they’re going to cuss him under their breath and skip his name.”

Ms. Greene said Thursday that she didn’t care much whether she was isolated or not.

“If I’m on an island,” she said, “I’m doing exactly what I came here for.”

“I’m very comfortable ebbing and flowing with my party,” she added. “I can be their biggest cheerleader, supporter, defender, donor. I’ve given something like half a million to the National Republican Campaign Committee. I am a team player.”

Over the past two election cycles, Ms. Greene has sent a total of $725,000 to the party’s campaign arm, according to the nonpartisan campaign finance research group Open Secrets, a vast sum for a rank-and-file member like Ms. Greene.

In 2023, Ms. Greene gave the maximum contribution in more than a dozen vulnerable House Republican races, including to colleagues who represent districts President Biden won in 2020, such as Representatives David Schweikert of Arizona and Mike Garcia of California.

On Thursday morning, Ms. Greene made it clear she wasn’t finished tormenting Mr. Johnson just yet.

“Speaker Johnson is the Uniparty Speaker of the House!” she crowed on social media.

 

[MrBig 5370]

Can we change the thread title to - MTG - Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body? I swear this was stolen right from Surly

 

[Pancho 44693]

The Souf Dallas came out in Crockett lol

[DigglerontheHoof 21175]

4 hours ago, MrBig said:

Can we change the thread title to - MTG - Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body? I swear this was stolen right from Surly

 

[MrBig 5370]

This little smirk by Jamie Raskin absolutely kills me while James Comer is like, “a what now?” 

[Dnaguy 11916]

12 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Point of order:

Does it qualify as a “catfight” if one of the participants has a bleach blonde bad built butch body?

 

[HenryJames 66035]

[DigglerontheHoof 21175]

8 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

Point of order:

Does it qualify as a “catfight” if one of the participants has a bleach blonde bad built butch body?

 

[AnTiM 1666]

I recall a time or two in Great Britain when an argument broke out in Parliament and the protagonists would just try to beat the everlivin' shit outta one another.  Maybe that is what is needed here.

[Pancho 44693]

Had to change it lol

[Js1 85269]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Of course she did. It’s a cunt off for a couple of attention whores and Boobs doesn’t want to share the spotlight 

[YGIFS 19449]

Well, I just googled ‘a cunt off’, And my morning had just taken a weird turn.  

[GW Hayduke 1953]

We know the GOP are trash, but Dems shouldn't stoop to their level. 

[NorthLoop 14180]

3 minutes ago, GW Hayduke said:

We know the GOP are trash, but Dems shouldn't stoop to their level. 

Sometimes you have to get into the mud to drown a pig. 

[Dnaguy 11916]

17 minutes ago, GW Hayduke said:

We know the GOP are trash, but Dems shouldn't stoop to their level. 

Nah bro.

We got into this mess b/c we took the high road.

Knuck if you buck.

 

[Js1 85269]

99% of the time, this board is like “the GOP is running circles around the Dems, they play too nice and too cordial”

Now it’s “don’t stoop to their level”

That level IS the level of American political discourse, fueled by an electorate that gets their news from memes and TikTok

[Aqua Buddha 14582]

2 hours ago, Pancho said:

The Souf Dallas came out in Crockett lol

If they threw down, I'd put my entire life savings on Crockett.

[Superhero 8827]

 

[Aqua Buddha 14582]

2 hours ago, MrBig said:

This little smirk by Jamie Raskin absolutely kills me while James Comer is like, “a what now?” 

That really is the best part.  Raskin is dying and Comer is like "Do wut?"

[Tigersnake 670]

I got two gotdamn things to say:

1) I get that, in daily life, we should all try to allow our better angels to mostly run the show. However, in a situation like being in a committee hearing with MTG----or any other of these bad faith treasonous disrespectful pieces of shit--I'm glad there are people to stand up to their bullshit. This song by the late great Kenny Rogers comes to mind:

2) Met her last weekend. Jasmine Crockett is absolute smoke and I'm glad she's there to stop and lock the door

[HenryJames 66035]

She looks like Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler.

[cactusflinthead 27598]

7 hours ago, MrBig said:

swear this was stolen right from Surly

First thing I thought when I saw it yesterday. Headlines that reminded me of the surl.

[Biff Tannen 45663]

30 minutes ago, Js1 said:

99% of the time, this board is like “the GOP is running circles around the Dems, they play too nice and too cordial”

Now it’s “don’t stoop to their level”

That level IS the level of American political discourse, fueled by an electorate that gets their news from memes and TikTok

This. It’s embarrassing, but this is where we are. We have to embrace it to destroy them and then maybe we can get back some semblance of sanity. 

[Dnaguy 11916]

23 minutes ago, Tigersnake said:

I got two gotdamn things to say:

1) I get that, in daily life, we should all try to allow our better angels to mostly run the show. However, in a situation like being in a committee hearing with MTG----or any other of these bad faith treasonous disrespectful pieces of shit--I'm glad there are people to stand up to their bullshit. This song by the late great Kenny Rogers comes to mind:

2) Met her last weekend. Jasmine Crockett is absolute smoke and I'm glad she's there to stop and lock the door

 

Considering the clown show that this GQP committee is, I believe this version of the song is more apt:

 

[atomheartbevo 89624]

7 hours ago, MrBig said:

Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body?

 

It's fucking stunning how the GQP has turned into such a complete clown show.  It's like every week they try to find a new way to debase themselves and show how unfit they are to govern.

['stache 21793]

My general disposition is to take the high road, but these elections are being decided by large groups of “undecided” or “centrist” voters (i.e. morons) who keep falling for right wing low road bullshit. It’s a political necessity at this point if there’s any chance to save the democracy. It’s a truly sad commentary on our country but the unfortunate reality.

Edited May 17 by 'stache

[jimmyjazz 45880]

27 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

That really is the best part.  Raskin is dying and Comer is like "Do wut?"

I really want Raskin to post on surly.  He's hilarious.  That look on his face when Comer was all "wut?" was perfect.

Crockett and AOC went off.  "Baby girl" was beautiful.  Who was the woman trying to get them to stand down?

[Bojack 2073]

12 minutes ago, Tigersnake said:

I got two gotdamn things to say:

1) I get that, in daily life, we should all try to allow our better angels to mostly run the show. However, in a situation like being in a committee hearing with MTG----or any other of these bad faith treasonous disrespectful pieces of shit--I'm glad there are people to stand up to their bullshit. This song by the late great Kenny Rogers comes to mind:

2) Met her last weekend. Jasmine Crockett is absolute smoke and I'm glad she's there to stop and lock the door

I hate the way song casts Tommy as the victim rather than Becky. The Gatlin boys should have suffered far more serious consequences than a mere ass whooping. Also, the uncle narrator guy is fucking useless, sitting on a barstool, knowing what he knows and just watching. Needs to be a verse added, "I helped bury bodies cuz he was my brother's son." All the blows should have been for Becky. 

[hookemATL 11701]

1 hour ago, YGIFS said:

Well, I just googled ‘a cunt off’, And my morning had just taken a weird turn.  

That’s when I knew Billy Mayes was on his way off. Then he did that infomercial for Taint Tape and died shortly after. RIP king. 

[Dnaguy 11916]

5 minutes ago, Bojack said:

I hate the way song casts Tommy as the victim rather than Becky. The Gatlin boys should have suffered far more serious consequences than a mere ass whooping. Also, the uncle narrator guy is fucking useless, sitting on a barstool, knowing what he knows and just watching. Needs to be a verse added, "I helped bury bodies cuz he was my brother's son." All the blows should have been for Becky. 

You don't know what Becky was wearing.

 

[ducks]

[Bojack 2073]

1 minute ago, Dnaguy said:

You don't know what Becky was wearing.

 

[ducks]

I hadn't thought about that. The dress might have been torn when she put it on.

[Aqua Buddha 14582]

29 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I really want Raskin to post on surly.  He's hilarious.  That look on his face when Comer was all "wut?" was perfect.

Crockett and AOC went off.  "Baby girl" was beautiful.  Who was the woman trying to get them to stand down?

AOC was also a bartender in Queens.  I also wouldn't fuck with anyone from Souf Dallas named Jasmine.  She prolly been in a 2am fight at a Waffle House at some point.

[jimmyjazz 45880]

1 minute ago, Aqua Buddha said:

I also wouldn't fuck with anyone from Souf Dallas named Jasmine. 

When she turned away and smirked after Comer got all flustered at her B^6 insult I lost it.

[PhillyD 1257]

1 hour ago, GW Hayduke said:

We know the GOP are trash, but Dems shouldn't stoop to their level. 

 

1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

Sometimes you have to get into the mud to drown a pig. 

 

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

99% of the time, this board is like “the GOP is running circles around the Dems, they play too nice and too cordial”

Now it’s “don’t stoop to their level”

That level IS the level of American political discourse, fueled by an electorate that gets their news from memes and TikTok

 

47 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

This. It’s embarrassing, but this is where we are. We have to embrace it to destroy them and then maybe we can get back some semblance of sanity. 

 

40 minutes ago, 'stache said:

My general disposition is to take the high road, but these elections are being decided by large groups of “undecided” or “centrist” voters (i.e. morons) who keep falling for right wing low road bullshit. It’s a political necessity at this point if there’s any chance to save the democracy. It’s a truly sad commentary on our country but the unfortunate reality.

I was following all of this last night and laughing my ass off but there did come a point where I thought of all of the above.  I don't think it is possible with MTG in the room.  Her, and people like her, drag everyone down to their level.  In one of the clips, it seemed to dawn on one member of Congress that the American people deserve better and apologized.  Of all people, it was Boobert so of course I don't think it was sincere.  I've also heard it said people get the government they deserve and then I get depressed at how fucked up a civilization we have become since winning WW2.

There was several million dollars in taxpayer salaries who are supposed to lead in that room but instead they were showing their ass to everyone.  I guess because I was laughing at it, I must also be part of the problem.  I have no idea how we get out of it. 

[jimmyjazz 45880]

Sometimes the choice is "laugh or cry".  

[RomaVicta 29900]

Or get a baseball bat.

[softlynow 1812]

9 minutes ago, PhillyD said:

 

 

 

 

I was following all of this last night and laughing my ass off but there did come a point where I thought of all of the above.  I don't think it is possible with MTG in the room.  Her, and people like her, drag everyone down to their level.  In one of the clips, it seemed to dawn on one member of Congress that the American people deserve better and apologized.  Of all people, it was Boobert so of course I don't think it was sincere.  I've also heard it said people get the government they deserve and then I get depressed at how fucked up a civilization we have become since winning WW2.

There was several million dollars in taxpayer salaries who are supposed to lead in that room but instead they were showing their ass to everyone.  I guess because I was laughing at it, I must also be part of the problem.  I have no idea how we get out of it. 

We get out of it by winning. This isn't a PG-13 movie where the good guys prevail by sticking to their virtues, like Batman not killing or Jack Ryan refusing to dance the Potomac Two-Step. This shit is NC-17 if we need it to be. They pull a knife, you pull a gun. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of them to the morgue.

America was never that pure anyway. Stop pissing yourself about the good ole days. Leave that delusional shit to morons like Harrison Butker.

[Brisketexan 105057]

Sometimes the choice is "laugh or cry".  

The choice is “raise the black flag and start splitting throats.” The MTG’s of this world need to be attacked. Brutally, mercilessly, and relentlessly. She needs to be hated, mocked, and taunted in every aspect of her life, at every waking moment, driving her to insanity or suicide.
They don’t follow rules and norms. We shouldn’t either. It’s stupid to box under Marquess of Queensberry rules when your opponent is swinging a folding chair. The better move is to metaphorically swing a nail-studded baseball bat back at her, and anyone who supports her. And slash her tires. And burn her house down. And salt her fields. Do not stop until she is crushed and defeated. Then keep going and desecrate the corpse.
These are the rules now. Play by them.