But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns... Don’t bother, they’re here. Yes indeed. The clowns are here, and they are easily able without even breaking a sweat to put those clowns I saw under an actual Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey bigtop when my grandmother took me to a real circus when I was five, to total shame.
Wow. I just plugged George Santos into a Google search. The internet is exploding with "revelations" about his fabricated bio. A con man revealed. Many are blaming the Dems for not making this public info well ahead of the election. Good point. But a political party of any integrity would at least slightly vet a candidate before supporting him. Oops I said integrity in reference to the GQP. How silly. Of course, to TC's point...they don't care! Santos could be an ax murderer - but if he could win they would embrace him. Is it really the job of the opposing party to uncover such bullshit? It's normal to do basic oppo research...sure...but....
Let's lay some blame where it really lies - now that we have established that the GQP would endorse a dolphin from Mars if they thought it could win and vote with it's flipper.
The blame lies in a news system that is caught up in repeating itself with not enough hard core investigative journalism. It echoes the scoops of others instead of hitting the streets and the bars and the meetings where people know the truth. There ARE some really good "reporters". Just not enough of them. Need some Ida Tarbell now!
My only hope is that the "Santos lesson" will have editors screaming at their staff: "Why didn't you know about this? It could have been Pulitizer reporting! You have been asleep at your desks!" "I want the full story and the back story of who backed this faker by tomorrow morning!"
Right on, Bill A. Let's hope editors wise up and do the work! The NYT "background" stories on "How Trump did....x, y, z" are the equivalent of People Magazine (I'm afraid I may tar some honest revelations with a broad brush, but you get the point, I hope.) How fake can you be?
I see the Walker thing as very different...the info on HIM was always right out there for the world to see. this Santos thing...lying about EVERYTHING and no one catching on until six weeks after election day...it just doesn't seem even POSSIBLE at this point in time. maybe nobody thought it (he) was important enough? but it turns out he's one of a tiny majority. votes.
"fucking pathetic," to quote one of my old therapists.
It's pointed out in the Times article that he lost pretty decisively in 2020 -14 points - and that he district was considered solid Democratic up to the redistricting this year.
What is really scary to me is that this is now true: "Santos could be an ax murderer - but if he could win they would embrace him." Republicans have sold their souls.
MaryPat, America elected DJT to the presidency wasn't that a sell...and the big tent of ghouls in the House!
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Santos - Why the hell is this info coming out now? NYTIMES dropped
the ball on their home turf! Where were their investigative reporters?As for the Dems in NYS, what the heck!? Were they all asleep? Ashamed to say, my sister and her
I’d rather see self servers like Manchin and Sinema take a hit than Cheney. and Kinzinger. we Liberals need not think we are holier than thou because someone is more conservative!
thing is, I have no idea what "centrist" means. anybody I can think of who described himself/herself (I lost a point on my English Regents, compromising a perfect score, and the mistake was subject/verb agreement, so I have trouble using "they") as "centrist." I even (now, at any rate) have a problem with "liberal," since "classic Liberalism" sounds a lot like Libertarianism and I'll shoot myself before identifying myself as possibly having anything in common with the Ayn Rand incel creeps who call themselves "Libertarians." this is why I call myself a "Social Democrat," although Tom says it's a "New York thing." it probably is, but I've been a New York thing since 1949 so why deny my heritage?
seriously, though...everyone I can think of who identifies as "centrist" looks to me like what was once called a "Rockefeller Republican." and for the record, I was raised to HATE Rockefeller lest it seems like I'm endorsing anything Republican.
funny...I was just thinking about exactly that and I was just about ready to come to the same conclusion but stopped myself when I got the distinct feeling that today's "centrists" might well be a little bit to the RIGHT of the "Rockefeller Republicans." a little bit.
my own familial loathing of Rocky was his long-declared (and, alas, successful, even if he wasn't there anymore) mission to end free tuition at CUNY. quite enough, in my family.
Please correct your spelling of Kinzinger on the Jan 6 Committee. You spelled it the same as Henry's last name--Kissinger. (I know it's easy to do, unless you're on the spectrum, like I am, which makes these sorts of things jump out at you.) To edit: just click on the 3 dots 4th from the heart that you click on.
Doubt if spellcheck new Kizinger snd Kissinger. I remember standing at the back of a news conference at San Clemente when a reporter asked Henry what he would like to be called as he was given a second duty. His response; Your Eminence 😊. Perk of being a standby copilot on Marine One.
What the holy hell was wrong with the Dems in New York. This turd makes the evil jokers in Texas sound like the best of the crop. I donated my arse off for the midterms. You politicos had better get your Schitt together, my political funds have pretty much evaporated.
What makes this piece all the more important is what the special committee did today. I applaud them referring these people to the DOJ. But it would be far better if they simply ordered the arrest of every republican in Congress, and I wouldn't mind seeing the two republicans on the committee as part of it, since both of them helped make it all possible as well. Today the committee dealt with symptoms. The disease still racks the body politic.
True, but I think we have to give Cheny and Kinzinger reduced sentences for good behavior. They have both taken it on the chin standing up to the Insurrectionists.
Given that both of them voted against the Electoral count Reform Act - which would solve the problem they have been dealing with on the committee, I'm no longer optimistic on any conservative who remains in the party.
yeah, there's always THAT. as I might have mentioned before, during the really intense hearings, a good friend of mine said that he thought he could actually vote for Liz Cheney. after a friendly "fuck you," I enumerated the many reasons not to do so. after a few deep breaths, he agreed.
it really WAS...he's the kind of friend you say that kind of thing to...first roommate, songwriting partner...THAT kind of thing. he's probably reading this.
"Yes, but: The bill passed 229-203, but just nine Republicans voted for the bill, including Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), the other Republican on the Jan. 6 committee."
I found it hard to believe they wouldn't. It would go against what they've been saying and doing for a year and a half. And they wouldn't have anything to gain.
I know that. I could have said that more clearly. However, the speaker controls the sergeant at arms, and if anybody thinks if he becomes speaker that #KremlinKevin, the Bakersfield Benedict Arnold without the courage and known servicers of Lev Parnas's financial and sexual desires, won't do what his treasonous caucus tells him ....
it's funny that this prick is representing Northeast Queens AND the North Shore because about a week ago, my friend declared that people in Bayside (very much Northeast Queens) like to pretend they're from...(drumroll)...the NORTH SHORE. I objected that the guys I knew from Bayside when I was growing up were some of the great freaks (think the positive, late '60s usage) of all time. he pointed out that things might have changed since then and of course, he's right. for the record, I've known quite a few proud North Shore assholes and they're among the worst people I've ever been exposed to. my good-for-nothing sister has aspired to be one of their number for about thirty years and all she does with her friends is have lunch (I'm not sure about the compulsive spin classes being maintained now that she's 70), during which the only topics of conversation are the last cruise and the vast amounts of money they spend on their long-grown children.
but, detest them as I may, I'm not sure they deserve Mr. Santos. still, you have to sort of admire the swollen balls he'd need to lie about EVERYTHING. obviously, he knew a little more about the stupidity and incompetence of NY Democrats that, say, I do. but I'm also the worst liar I know, so I assume that ANYBODY who lies will eventually get caught. good thing I'm not in politics.
having said that, I'll immediately admit to trying to lie in the last paragraph. Santos and the people he's representing pretty much deserve each other.
and vis-a-vis Don Jr. (who, it seems increasingly clear, is in danger of not making it to anything like his biblical span) and his bullshit: how can the Repubs be delivering what we "need" (I sure as shit don't WANT it) WITHOUT the necessary folks in Washington? but let's remember that his reputation in private school and college was entirely based on his tendency to piss in other people's beds (look it up). and--oh YEAH--HATING on his dad.
how did your circus encounter turn out? I went to the same circus when I was four or five and fell asleep. I guess clowns bore me.
NYT's Maggie Haberman said tonight on CNN that Trump is weakened but not nearly dead. He is energized by a fight and this is like background noise to him! He loves being in the center ring, no matter what miserable behaviours got him there!
I am bone- tired of this self-absorbed man taking up so much of our oxygen.
TC---only time for a brief one. What a zinger of a post. Dissecting a creep if there ever were one. And the whole GOP is turning into a zoo (right!) and bunch of creeps who would have been hiding in the corners in the past. Let us hope that today at 1 pm EST was the beginning of the end for some of these people---and hope the list of "referred" folks becomes longer, and the DOJ is developing its own "select" list.
Wow. I just plugged George Santos into a Google search. The internet is exploding with "revelations" about his fabricated bio. A con man revealed. Many are blaming the Dems for not making this public info well ahead of the election. Good point. But a political party of any integrity would at least slightly vet a candidate before supporting him. Oops I said integrity in reference to the GQP. How silly. Of course, to TC's point...they don't care! Santos could be an ax murderer - but if he could win they would embrace him. Is it really the job of the opposing party to uncover such bullshit? It's normal to do basic oppo research...sure...but....
Let's lay some blame where it really lies - now that we have established that the GQP would endorse a dolphin from Mars if they thought it could win and vote with it's flipper.
The blame lies in a news system that is caught up in repeating itself with not enough hard core investigative journalism. It echoes the scoops of others instead of hitting the streets and the bars and the meetings where people know the truth. There ARE some really good "reporters". Just not enough of them. Need some Ida Tarbell now!
My only hope is that the "Santos lesson" will have editors screaming at their staff: "Why didn't you know about this? It could have been Pulitizer reporting! You have been asleep at your desks!" "I want the full story and the back story of who backed this faker by tomorrow morning!"
Yes!
Right on, Bill A. Let's hope editors wise up and do the work! The NYT "background" stories on "How Trump did....x, y, z" are the equivalent of People Magazine (I'm afraid I may tar some honest revelations with a broad brush, but you get the point, I hope.) How fake can you be?
Could say the same for Herschel Walker, but at least he wasn’t elected. But it was stupid close.
I see the Walker thing as very different...the info on HIM was always right out there for the world to see. this Santos thing...lying about EVERYTHING and no one catching on until six weeks after election day...it just doesn't seem even POSSIBLE at this point in time. maybe nobody thought it (he) was important enough? but it turns out he's one of a tiny majority. votes.
"fucking pathetic," to quote one of my old therapists.
It's pointed out in the Times article that he lost pretty decisively in 2020 -14 points - and that he district was considered solid Democratic up to the redistricting this year.
Gosh, David, I had a couple of therapists who said that to me.
I'm a lot less patient with the therapists who DON'T say it.
Me, too. They are no longer with me. I get bored with "positive affirmations" really fast.
Good point about Walker. But maybe there was so much focus on the Warnock/Walker race and other election shit shows, Santos was not on anyone’s radar.
But Rupert is blathering support at 90decibels, no matter the depth of the slime
What is really scary to me is that this is now true: "Santos could be an ax murderer - but if he could win they would embrace him." Republicans have sold their souls.
MaryPat, America elected DJT to the presidency wasn't that a sell...and the big tent of ghouls in the House!
I have been looking to for you. Christmas Eve is just a few hours away. You are the smile in this neighborhood; the humor; the support; the caring; the thoughtful and THE NURSE. Thank you for being here. You are 'joy' personified, and I wish you bushels of it in the new year. Cheers, MaryPat.
Oh. Fern! You are my Santa Claus! What a gift you have brought me! Thank You! And you are the heart of this community. Wishing you bushels of love as well as joy in the coming new year. Hugs, Fern!!
'....and there is she is. I wish I could say in the flesh. To a year of learning, patience, care, love, support, solidarity, strategy, democracy and good health, MaryPat!
💞💞💞💞💞
Santos - Why the hell is this info coming out now? NYTIMES dropped
the ball on their home turf! Where were their investigative reporters?As for the Dems in NYS, what the heck!? Were they all asleep? Ashamed to say, my sister and her
family were. None voted. I was
speechless. And yes, the clowns
are putting on their makeup and
dusting off their costumes. Going
to cram themselves into that little
car and drive it right up onto the
House floor January 3. 2 years of
nothing but shite is what they will
unload.
Creativity as evil as we can imagine, and way beyond. They passed what I could imagine long ago, and I had a great imagination….
I’d rather see self servers like Manchin and Sinema take a hit than Cheney. and Kinzinger. we Liberals need not think we are holier than thou because someone is more conservative!
It’s not conservative that I object to, it’s the corruption of conservatism that sometimes makes me feel holier than…
True, Bur we “liberals” must also not go overboard. Centrist might be better for all.
thing is, I have no idea what "centrist" means. anybody I can think of who described himself/herself (I lost a point on my English Regents, compromising a perfect score, and the mistake was subject/verb agreement, so I have trouble using "they") as "centrist." I even (now, at any rate) have a problem with "liberal," since "classic Liberalism" sounds a lot like Libertarianism and I'll shoot myself before identifying myself as possibly having anything in common with the Ayn Rand incel creeps who call themselves "Libertarians." this is why I call myself a "Social Democrat," although Tom says it's a "New York thing." it probably is, but I've been a New York thing since 1949 so why deny my heritage?
seriously, though...everyone I can think of who identifies as "centrist" looks to me like what was once called a "Rockefeller Republican." and for the record, I was raised to HATE Rockefeller lest it seems like I'm endorsing anything Republican.
A good description of how far right American politics have been pulled. "Rockefeller Republican" is now "centrist."
funny...I was just thinking about exactly that and I was just about ready to come to the same conclusion but stopped myself when I got the distinct feeling that today's "centrists" might well be a little bit to the RIGHT of the "Rockefeller Republicans." a little bit.
my own familial loathing of Rocky was his long-declared (and, alas, successful, even if he wasn't there anymore) mission to end free tuition at CUNY. quite enough, in my family.
Much more detail than I was thinking. I just meant somewhere between Nazis and wackos😵💫
Please correct your spelling of Kinzinger on the Jan 6 Committee. You spelled it the same as Henry's last name--Kissinger. (I know it's easy to do, unless you're on the spectrum, like I am, which makes these sorts of things jump out at you.) To edit: just click on the 3 dots 4th from the heart that you click on.
Roger That. Thanks
Probably a case of your AI spellcheck getting ahead of itself as usual.
Damn spellchecks!
Doubt if spellcheck new Kizinger snd Kissinger. I remember standing at the back of a news conference at San Clemente when a reporter asked Henry what he would like to be called as he was given a second duty. His response; Your Eminence 😊. Perk of being a standby copilot on Marine One.
Were you on the crew that flew Nixon into "retirement" in August 74?
You're welcome.
What the holy hell was wrong with the Dems in New York. This turd makes the evil jokers in Texas sound like the best of the crop. I donated my arse off for the midterms. You politicos had better get your Schitt together, my political funds have pretty much evaporated.
What makes this piece all the more important is what the special committee did today. I applaud them referring these people to the DOJ. But it would be far better if they simply ordered the arrest of every republican in Congress, and I wouldn't mind seeing the two republicans on the committee as part of it, since both of them helped make it all possible as well. Today the committee dealt with symptoms. The disease still racks the body politic.
True, but I think we have to give Cheny and Kinzinger reduced sentences for good behavior. They have both taken it on the chin standing up to the Insurrectionists.
Maybe probation instead. :)
Given that both of them voted against the Electoral count Reform Act - which would solve the problem they have been dealing with on the committee, I'm no longer optimistic on any conservative who remains in the party.
yeah, there's always THAT. as I might have mentioned before, during the really intense hearings, a good friend of mine said that he thought he could actually vote for Liz Cheney. after a friendly "fuck you," I enumerated the many reasons not to do so. after a few deep breaths, he agreed.
She is her daddy’s spawn
exactly.
“A friendly fuck you”🤣
it really WAS...he's the kind of friend you say that kind of thing to...first roommate, songwriting partner...THAT kind of thing. he's probably reading this.
According to Axios:
"Yes, but: The bill passed 229-203, but just nine Republicans voted for the bill, including Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), the other Republican on the Jan. 6 committee."
If they did I am glad - I had seen other sources that said they didn't.
I found it hard to believe they wouldn't. It would go against what they've been saying and doing for a year and a half. And they wouldn't have anything to gain.
that was just me, heaving a sigh of relief.
The January 6th Committee does not have the authority to "order the arrest" of anybody.
I know that. I could have said that more clearly. However, the speaker controls the sergeant at arms, and if anybody thinks if he becomes speaker that #KremlinKevin, the Bakersfield Benedict Arnold without the courage and known servicers of Lev Parnas's financial and sexual desires, won't do what his treasonous caucus tells him ....
No one here believes that they have that authority. They just assume they don't need to add /s for that here.
What does "/s" mean?
"off snark" - playing on the computer command
Thanks for the clarification -- I am 75 years old and have trouble keeping up with the latest. By the way, I enjoy your writing immensely.
Flatter will get you everywhere, Gary. :-)
Clowns have always scared the crap out of me. Seems my lifelong fear of clowns is justified.
Clowns are not my favorites either.
Something about those big red mouths. Then, of course, Stephen
Kings' Pennywise. That did it for me. 😄
it's funny that this prick is representing Northeast Queens AND the North Shore because about a week ago, my friend declared that people in Bayside (very much Northeast Queens) like to pretend they're from...(drumroll)...the NORTH SHORE. I objected that the guys I knew from Bayside when I was growing up were some of the great freaks (think the positive, late '60s usage) of all time. he pointed out that things might have changed since then and of course, he's right. for the record, I've known quite a few proud North Shore assholes and they're among the worst people I've ever been exposed to. my good-for-nothing sister has aspired to be one of their number for about thirty years and all she does with her friends is have lunch (I'm not sure about the compulsive spin classes being maintained now that she's 70), during which the only topics of conversation are the last cruise and the vast amounts of money they spend on their long-grown children.
but, detest them as I may, I'm not sure they deserve Mr. Santos. still, you have to sort of admire the swollen balls he'd need to lie about EVERYTHING. obviously, he knew a little more about the stupidity and incompetence of NY Democrats that, say, I do. but I'm also the worst liar I know, so I assume that ANYBODY who lies will eventually get caught. good thing I'm not in politics.
having said that, I'll immediately admit to trying to lie in the last paragraph. Santos and the people he's representing pretty much deserve each other.
and vis-a-vis Don Jr. (who, it seems increasingly clear, is in danger of not making it to anything like his biblical span) and his bullshit: how can the Repubs be delivering what we "need" (I sure as shit don't WANT it) WITHOUT the necessary folks in Washington? but let's remember that his reputation in private school and college was entirely based on his tendency to piss in other people's beds (look it up). and--oh YEAH--HATING on his dad.
how did your circus encounter turn out? I went to the same circus when I was four or five and fell asleep. I guess clowns bore me.
I thought the circus was pretty interesting. But when they got rid of the tents and did them inside, THAT is when it got boring.
that might explain why I fell asleep...it was in the old Madison Square Garden.
Very different from the Big Top. With the tents, you're out in it, the smell of the animals, all the 'back stage" is there to be seen.
Ringling Brothers was the best.
I know...I'm sorry to have just missed that era. but to compensate, I watch "Trapeze" whenever it's on, being a huge Burt Lancaster fan.
NYT's Maggie Haberman said tonight on CNN that Trump is weakened but not nearly dead. He is energized by a fight and this is like background noise to him! He loves being in the center ring, no matter what miserable behaviours got him there!
I am bone- tired of this self-absorbed man taking up so much of our oxygen.
TC---only time for a brief one. What a zinger of a post. Dissecting a creep if there ever were one. And the whole GOP is turning into a zoo (right!) and bunch of creeps who would have been hiding in the corners in the past. Let us hope that today at 1 pm EST was the beginning of the end for some of these people---and hope the list of "referred" folks becomes longer, and the DOJ is developing its own "select" list.
Sizzlin’, TC, sizzlin’.
🗽
I do not know who was asleep at the wheel when Santos was running, but its a shame this wasn't discovered prior to the election. Sheesh!!!