Oddly enough, I had thought we would win, but now I'm even more confident.
Part of the problem with Biden not being willing to call republicans the treasonous lunatics they are is that that is the world he comes from, but also that is how he campaigned in 2020--that he could build bridges. He did build some. But I think he did believe at …
Oddly enough, I had thought we would win, but now I'm even more confident.
Part of the problem with Biden not being willing to call republicans the treasonous lunatics they are is that that is the world he comes from, but also that is how he campaigned in 2020--that he could build bridges. He did build some. But I think he did believe at some level that it was possible to cure the republican party. It's not. We have needed treason prosecutions, and might have had them if Merrick Garland were alive.
Will Harris go in that direction? I doubt it. But consider this: Bret Stephens claimed to be a never-Trumper and now says he won't vote for her, but it's ok because he lives in New York anyway. Charlie Sykes, who claimed to be a never-Trumper, proved he is one by calling him out. It's a reminder that those who remain republican are as racist, sexist, and traitorous as ever. Every. Last. One. Of. Them.
Your analysis of President Biden -- and other Democrats of his generation -- is exactly right. Despite the evidence, which has been out in plain sight for several decades now, they can't accept that the venerable two-party system -- where the two parties had different priorities but were both committed (more or less) to democracy -- is gone gone gone. The question now is about what *principles* you're loyal to, not what *party*. It should be a no-brainer. It is a no-brainer -- and those who hesitate will wind up on the ash heap of history.
Agreed, but with an asterisk. Biden campaigned on the idea that he could reach across the aisle, and it would make sense for him to cite examples where that succeeded--just as his campaign let everybody know it when republicans claimed credit for what they didn't do, which unfortunately didn't get enough attention thanks to Nepo Baby Sulzberger, Maggie Judith Miller Haberman, and the rest of The New York Times non-journalists involved in election "coverage."
I’m glad you brought up Mitt, Michael. What the fuck is up with him anyhow? While he’s rich beyond measure he’s been paying 5K a day for personal security for himself and his family. He knows that the threat he feels isn’t coming from democrats but is located in the maggot base of the repugnantkin party that ran him for president. While to me any Mormon is a strange duck, Mitt did pretty good in Massachusetts and rescuing the Salt Lake City Olympics, unlike the orange turd he’s not a traitor, even flybait says he won’t vote for him and he’s close to spineless.
I think people tend to forget that in 2012, political experts--real ones--said he ran the most dishonest presidential campaign they had ever seen. And the photo of him dining with Pol Potbelly while sucking up in hopes of getting secretary of state is a classic.
Another thing about him that struck me. I loved The West Wing. When Bartlet won reelection, he asked Toby, who had just given him his victory speech, for "the other speech." Toby said he didn't write one. Bartlet said he knew better, and Toby gave it to him. Well, in 2012, Rmoney supposedly didn't prepare a concession speech because he couldn't conceive of losing to Obama. I have the funny feeling I know what colored his judgment on that one.
I guess there is less there there than I had thought. He seemed to be the last sane member of the repugnantkin party. He did vote to impeach the orange turd, twice, which is why I thought he had a backbone in there somewhere. He can’t possibly think he’s going to live forever, so why not live his life with dignity, instead of just keeping quiet and keeping his head down when half or more of the country feels that we are in a battle for our souls. I was a republican in the John McCain vein, there is absolutely nothing that the repugnantkin party espouses that I in any way agree with, I’m happy to vote with the democrats, they care about the nation like I do, and I’m not alone.
When Rove and the other GOP tricksters started their whisper campaign against McCain in SC because he'd beaten their guy Bush in Iowa and NH, I knew then that the GOP was on the moral and ethical skids. And it's been plummeting to new lows ever since then.
2012 was when they decided to go totally rogue. The Rove crew had revived the onslaught of dirty tricks, and the tea party had stymied Obama but they decided that the end justified the means. It has been deliberate and calculated. Putin may have courted chump, but so did repubs.
The timing coincides with what Jane Mayer documents in DARK MONEY: the plutocrats and the fascist wannabes were shocked into action in 2009 by Obama's election and 2010 brought the Tea Party wave. Crashing the economy during the Bush II administration, not to mention screwing up the Middle East worse than it already was screwed up by going after Saddam Hussein, wasn't enough for them.
Frankly, I am willing to trace it to 1964, and I'm willing to go back to Herbert Hoover demanding after the 1932 election that FDR renounce anything he intended to change when he became president.
Don’t forget the Coup of 1933. Rich dudes (including Prescott Bush) planned to kick FDR to the curb. Guess a review of our history is necessary. Wait, there is an historian on substack…
BRet Stephen’s never fails to be an idiot. Wonder why? Must be his core…. Note to Dems, find another place for Garland. Prosecutions may be useless with this SC.
I've been trying to figure out if he turned out this way from being married to Pamela Paul, or if she turned out that way from being married to Bret Stephens. I think the answer was yes.
Oddly enough, I had thought we would win, but now I'm even more confident.
Part of the problem with Biden not being willing to call republicans the treasonous lunatics they are is that that is the world he comes from, but also that is how he campaigned in 2020--that he could build bridges. He did build some. But I think he did believe at some level that it was possible to cure the republican party. It's not. We have needed treason prosecutions, and might have had them if Merrick Garland were alive.
Will Harris go in that direction? I doubt it. But consider this: Bret Stephens claimed to be a never-Trumper and now says he won't vote for her, but it's ok because he lives in New York anyway. Charlie Sykes, who claimed to be a never-Trumper, proved he is one by calling him out. It's a reminder that those who remain republican are as racist, sexist, and traitorous as ever. Every. Last. One. Of. Them.
Yes, you too, Mitt Rmoney.
Your analysis of President Biden -- and other Democrats of his generation -- is exactly right. Despite the evidence, which has been out in plain sight for several decades now, they can't accept that the venerable two-party system -- where the two parties had different priorities but were both committed (more or less) to democracy -- is gone gone gone. The question now is about what *principles* you're loyal to, not what *party*. It should be a no-brainer. It is a no-brainer -- and those who hesitate will wind up on the ash heap of history.
Agreed, but with an asterisk. Biden campaigned on the idea that he could reach across the aisle, and it would make sense for him to cite examples where that succeeded--just as his campaign let everybody know it when republicans claimed credit for what they didn't do, which unfortunately didn't get enough attention thanks to Nepo Baby Sulzberger, Maggie Judith Miller Haberman, and the rest of The New York Times non-journalists involved in election "coverage."
“Across the aisle” is a joke these days. When chump said he was going to be a president for all the people, I expected a lightening strike.
The magas are irredeemable and should be quarantined socially because they represent a severe malignancy in the body politic.
They pretty much are in my world.
I’m glad you brought up Mitt, Michael. What the fuck is up with him anyhow? While he’s rich beyond measure he’s been paying 5K a day for personal security for himself and his family. He knows that the threat he feels isn’t coming from democrats but is located in the maggot base of the repugnantkin party that ran him for president. While to me any Mormon is a strange duck, Mitt did pretty good in Massachusetts and rescuing the Salt Lake City Olympics, unlike the orange turd he’s not a traitor, even flybait says he won’t vote for him and he’s close to spineless.
I think people tend to forget that in 2012, political experts--real ones--said he ran the most dishonest presidential campaign they had ever seen. And the photo of him dining with Pol Potbelly while sucking up in hopes of getting secretary of state is a classic.
Another thing about him that struck me. I loved The West Wing. When Bartlet won reelection, he asked Toby, who had just given him his victory speech, for "the other speech." Toby said he didn't write one. Bartlet said he knew better, and Toby gave it to him. Well, in 2012, Rmoney supposedly didn't prepare a concession speech because he couldn't conceive of losing to Obama. I have the funny feeling I know what colored his judgment on that one.
I guess there is less there there than I had thought. He seemed to be the last sane member of the repugnantkin party. He did vote to impeach the orange turd, twice, which is why I thought he had a backbone in there somewhere. He can’t possibly think he’s going to live forever, so why not live his life with dignity, instead of just keeping quiet and keeping his head down when half or more of the country feels that we are in a battle for our souls. I was a republican in the John McCain vein, there is absolutely nothing that the repugnantkin party espouses that I in any way agree with, I’m happy to vote with the democrats, they care about the nation like I do, and I’m not alone.
When Rove and the other GOP tricksters started their whisper campaign against McCain in SC because he'd beaten their guy Bush in Iowa and NH, I knew then that the GOP was on the moral and ethical skids. And it's been plummeting to new lows ever since then.
2012 was when they decided to go totally rogue. The Rove crew had revived the onslaught of dirty tricks, and the tea party had stymied Obama but they decided that the end justified the means. It has been deliberate and calculated. Putin may have courted chump, but so did repubs.
The timing coincides with what Jane Mayer documents in DARK MONEY: the plutocrats and the fascist wannabes were shocked into action in 2009 by Obama's election and 2010 brought the Tea Party wave. Crashing the economy during the Bush II administration, not to mention screwing up the Middle East worse than it already was screwed up by going after Saddam Hussein, wasn't enough for them.
Glad she remembers it as I do. Wonder how Rupert managed to pull a fast one on the whole country. Money, money, money
Frankly, I am willing to trace it to 1964, and I'm willing to go back to Herbert Hoover demanding after the 1932 election that FDR renounce anything he intended to change when he became president.
Don’t forget the Coup of 1933. Rich dudes (including Prescott Bush) planned to kick FDR to the curb. Guess a review of our history is necessary. Wait, there is an historian on substack…
Another non-substack type, Sally Denton, did a book on FDR, The Plots Against the President.
Thank you. Hope she mentioned the Coup. I had never heard of it til a few years ago.
BRet Stephen’s never fails to be an idiot. Wonder why? Must be his core…. Note to Dems, find another place for Garland. Prosecutions may be useless with this SC.
I've been trying to figure out if he turned out this way from being married to Pamela Paul, or if she turned out that way from being married to Bret Stephens. I think the answer was yes.
Birds of a feather…