PEOPLE WHO CAN FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF
From Jeff Teidrich:
now let’s have a rundown of all the people who need to fuck off.
Jonathan Chait can fuck straight off.
yes, Jon, Kamala understands the assignment: it’s to do exactly the opposite of whatever worhtless “centrist” advice you dole out.
Kevin McCarthy can fuck off.
I’m pretty sure that Bernie Sanders is the Bernie Sanders of Congress, but whatever, Kev. you do you.
Chris Cillizza can fuck way off.
why? what’s weird about Tim Walz? I just wrote a thousand words explaining why Tim Walz is the most normal person in the galaxy. I guarantee you that Chris has been sitting on this line for a week, and was going to use it no matter who Kamala picked. that’s how being a hack works.
the New York Times can fuck ALL the way off.
the Times can’t let a day go by without pissing in the cornflakes.
in fact, the New York Times can fuck all the way off until it enters a state of permanent fuckoffittude.
pray tell, New York Times, why does Kamala need to “redefine” herself? she’s massively popular within the Democratic Party right now. can the media please stop obsessing about this mythical “center”?
how come the media never lectures Republicans about the need to embrace the center?
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People who think Jews are going to object because Walz will be VP not Shapiro have not been listening to Jews or reading the Jewish press. Walz has plenty of credibility with Jews for the exact same reasons so many other groups like him: he's a man who extends himself to help other people, especially when they need it. Imagine Mr Rogers with rural skills and a coach's ability to inspire.
Walz' views on Israel are the same as those of Harris, Shapiro, and all the other serious contenders for the VP slot.
Also: Shapiro, like Mark Kelly, may be too ambitious to be a good fit for the role of Vice President, which is still a backup singer kind of job, not soloist.
Walz is terrific!
I wrote this in response to a Robert Reich post on a similar topic, and it bears repeating here as it addresses a chronic topic in our public life:
“At some point, the national press was co-opted by neoliberalism as the editorial staff and principal reporters (and, in broadcast, the producers ) became “professionalized” in that they are upper middle class graduates of journalism schools and have brought with them their class prejudices against working people. These journos think that merely being against racism is sufficient to be liberal. They are suspicious of unions and contemptuous of public support for struggling families. They have bought into the neolib mindset that public expenditure crowds out private investment and does not have any multiplier effect in the economy. So it’s not surprising that they paint as out-of-touch a governor who builds up a surplus so that the state can afford to give schoolchildren breakfast. The horror!”