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The Dandy Highwayman's avatar

I'd add that they're working overtime and downing Adderall in copious quantities just to keep the spin machines going around the clock and reverse the curse.

Too bad they can't quite keep up lol

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publius_x's avatar

Eventually it will swallow its tail. The Fauci emails are the beginning. Kamala's "I didn't visit Europe" was next. They cannot wait for summer recess. It can't come fast enough. For McConnell and his minions too.

The "compromise" infrastructure bill is the attempt to quiet everyone. They just hope that nobody notices that it doesn't do anything for anybody. More bridges and trains to nowhere.

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rtj's avatar

Vanity project earmarks.

Harris is a hot mess. Which was totally forseeable. By, say, at least the legions of potential primary voters who took a hard pass.

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Koshmarov's avatar

She was less liked than Buttigieg, which is saying something. That guy was genetically engineered in a vial at Ft. Detrick as the epitome of a loathsome human.

Kind of weird that the least liked candidate in the Dem primaries turned out to be de facto President because she is VP to a turnip, but the inner workings of the Democratic Party are always a magical mystery tour.

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Koshmarov's avatar

Rereading this comment, I recognize that it could reasonably be interpreted as homophobic, which was not my intent.

Pretty much the only thing I *don't* dislike about Pete B. is the fact that he is gay. That said, I find him using his sexuality as a marketing tactic in his campaigns vaguely nauseating, in the same way that I was disgusted by the "family values" Republicans (and the Tipper Gore Democrats) of the '80s and '90s. It all was -- and still is -- identity politics instead of substantive politics.

BULLETIN FOR POLITICIANS: I, as a voter, do not care who you fuck, how, or when, presuming that the fucking occurring is between mutually consenting adults. Successfully represent my political and economic interests! You'll get my vote!

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rtj's avatar

Agree with you, except for that homophobic never occurred to me. Dems just don't get that not only straight white makes can suck as candidates. Any identity can suck as a candidate.

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Coco McShevitz's avatar

DidnтАЩt seem homophobic to me, criticism for being plastic and fake can be leveled at gay people just as much as straight people.

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Stxbuck's avatar

Kevin Spacey is as bad as Harvey Weinstein when it comes to #metoo behavior, but b/c he is gay, the media has given him a much more lenient treatment.

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Stxbuck's avatar

No doubt-my buddy was the best man ( he is straight) at the wedding of two gay small business owners who were totally pro-Trump.

Fwiw, Trump was the most pro-gay President ever, b/c he truly didnтАЩt give a shit about peopleтАЩs bedrooms. He appointed gay ambassadors w/out a second thought and engaged in exactly zero handwringing over gay marriage.

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Coco McShevitz's avatar

Not to mention his campaign to end criminalization of homosexuality internationally

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Madjack's avatar

America first. Americans first. Pretty simple formulation

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Lucas Corso's avatar

I think it is unfortunate that you even feel the need to apologize. You didnтАЩt write anything that remotely implied homophobia. Buttigieg is terrible, his sexuality has nothing to do with it.

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rtj's avatar

She was engineered on a lab too, but they fucked up the control chip, so it malfunctions and can't be fixed. She may end up POTUS if Joe has to duck out during his term, but she isn't getting elected. The Dems had best have done plans b, c, and d.

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Koshmarov's avatar

I always think the Dems are a visible shitshow, but they're in charge now (if barely), so who is the clown? Me.

I don't agree with all of Angela Nagle's conclusions in this piece, but she makes some very salient points: https://angelanagle.substack.com/p/how-the-libs-owned-us-all

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Bob H's avatar

Yes, Grisha, and the part I most disagree with is this... "Now that the liberal mainstream has broken with neoliberalism "

There is no shift away from neoliberalism...it's just been window-dressing.

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rtj's avatar

By your criteria, I'm a clown too. But I think it's early days. Don't think we'll know much till the midterms. See what, if anything, they manage to get done by then

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Madjack's avatar

As long as elections are fraudulent she can easily get elected.

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rtj's avatar

Dunno. They were totally fraudulent in '16, but they still couldn't get Hillary elected.

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publius_x's avatar

Montel Williams must have broken something before he returned it...

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SimulationCommander's avatar

Not THAT surprising when you remember she's buddies with Obama. Who do you think is really running the country? Obama got the whole gang back together, added some neocons, and has the perfect front man!

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Stxbuck's avatar

Kind of ironic, the party of the woke selected the direct scion of one of the biggest slaveholding families in Jamaica.

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