I think it was his lack of decorum that kept him out of their game. No virtue signalling privileges there. Starting wars? No problem. Racist shit? Total deal breaker.
The Bushes inherited their wealth. I hope you're not implying that the Clintons didn't grift for theirs?
Have you ever heard Joe Biden tell a Black man "You ain't black!" on a live broadcast?
The fact that Biden was able to get away with this shit and win office during the Year of the Woke is astonishing, frankly -- even without delving into his long, long history of similar remarks.
When you look at the reaction Sen. Scott got to his speech, maybe not so astonishing. All these liberal empaths going on-line to hurl racial slurs at the elected U.S. Senator from South Carolina was sort of stunning. Are these people even listening to themselves? I began reading the comments section to K. Parker's column on the speech in WaPo and had to stop; these people are so ignorant --- yes, yes, yes, Sen. Scott IS a racist. I don't even know how to process it.
Oh yeah. The DC game is all about maintaining politesse while you do illegal, immoral shit behind the curtain with a nudge and a wink and maybe a little favor in the direction of your fellow "operators."
Exactly. As long as it appears polite on the surface, that's all that matters. It's a middle class and especially an upper middle class performance art.
I think it was his lack of decorum that kept him out of their game. No virtue signalling privileges there. Starting wars? No problem. Racist shit? Total deal breaker.
The Bushes inherited their wealth. I hope you're not implying that the Clintons didn't grift for theirs?
Racist shit? Have you ever heard Joe Biden describe Barack Obama?
Have you ever heard Joe Biden tell a Black man "You ain't black!" on a live broadcast?
The fact that Biden was able to get away with this shit and win office during the Year of the Woke is astonishing, frankly -- even without delving into his long, long history of similar remarks.
Oh, I forgot. He "has a stutter." I'm ableist.
When you look at the reaction Sen. Scott got to his speech, maybe not so astonishing. All these liberal empaths going on-line to hurl racial slurs at the elected U.S. Senator from South Carolina was sort of stunning. Are these people even listening to themselves? I began reading the comments section to K. Parker's column on the speech in WaPo and had to stop; these people are so ignorant --- yes, yes, yes, Sen. Scott IS a racist. I don't even know how to process it.
"Are these people even listening to themselves?"
...no?
Love, love, love affluent white people hectoring people of color about how they are failing to conform with the tenets of critical race theory.
(that was sarcasm, I don't actually love it, but the utter lack of self-awareness is very funny)
"Without white progressives like me to supervise them, ethnic minorities are helpless and easily exploited."
https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/may-2021/stop-this-fascist-gaslighting/
Have you heard that Kamala Harris is the direct descendant of one of the biggest slaveholding plantation families in Jamaica? Of course not....
You bet. And the Clintons were probably even worse. Superpredators brought to heel, Obama should be bringing Bill his coffee, etc, etc.
Oh yeah. The DC game is all about maintaining politesse while you do illegal, immoral shit behind the curtain with a nudge and a wink and maybe a little favor in the direction of your fellow "operators."
Exactly. As long as it appears polite on the surface, that's all that matters. It's a middle class and especially an upper middle class performance art.
Grisha: which is precisely why DJT pissed them off so badly.
I am implying they all grifted for theirs, including Prescott.
I had hoped you were. But assumptions are dngerous in this day and age.
Kind of like the Sacklers and Oxycontin...Daddy Sackler sold barbs and amphs to housewives as elixirs. Literally a snake oil salesman.
Nuts don't fall far from the daddy tree...