US Politics November 2017

this is the "kingfish posts random shit" thread

unfunny krang tweets are policy now, i got it

Hey now, attempts at congealing a biopic form of Cheney is massively relevant in a year where no shortage of Dubya-Era scumfucks are being rehabilitated by panicky media scribes casting about for something

Ashcroft/Rumsfeld (re)evaluative pieces are a-comin’, just wait

are there any genuine attempts being made to rehabilitate those fucks? I haven't seen any.

There were a fair number of "at least Dubya had dignity" tweets/pieces

Particularly right after he came out "bravely" against white supremacy a few weeks back

yeah Dubya's been doing PR for himself over the past year, it's nakedly transparent

The stupid "GWB, amateur painter" profiles were more of a rehabilitation attempt than those tweets/pieces, most of which didn't put forward "I guess GWB wasn't as bad as we thought" but rather "holy shit, I didn't actually think it could be this much worse than GWB"

The best ‘grift’ this morning is having a guy named Weinstein criticize young people for wanting fewer hands in their pockets. Too good.

— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) November 15, 2017

Uh...huh.

In re #RoyMooreChildMolester It is not #McConnell vs #Bannon It is all up to @seanhannity If he says the judge stays, he stays. If he says judge is toast then wait for the smell of burning bread. Sean's 2d most powerful person in the country right now. Ask #Keurig & Watch tonight

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 15, 2017

a guy named Weinstein

Uh...wut?

click the tweet

The stupid "GWB, amateur painter" profiles were more of a rehabilitation attempt than those tweets/pieces, most of which didn't put forward "I guess GWB wasn't as bad as we thought" but rather "holy shit, I didn't actually think it could be this much worse than GWB"

― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP),

otm

alas, deleted

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOsehyNWkAAbdow.jpg

Oh ok, i didn’t know that TP thing was referring to something Adam Weinstein posted

Doug Jones is now beating Roy Moore 51-39, according to a poll run Sunday-Monday by the NRSC.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/15/roy-moore-doug-jones-poll-244937

How long until Moore smears him as a child sex predator?

And now there's this

We can't believe we're doing this, but at least for now AL-SEN--that's ALABAMA--Leans D (Doug Jones). The GOP may find a way out of this mess, but the party--thanks to Roy Moore--is on the verge of blowing what was once a sure thing. More tomorrow in the Crystal Ball.

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) November 15, 2017

YESSSSSS

maybe trump will delete his tweets supporting moore

easy to read that story as the NSRC selectively feeding poll numbers to Politico in order to pressure Moore to drop out, but I'll take it

"holy shit, I didn't actually think it could be this much worse than GWB"

That people feel the need to do a ranking of these shitbirds is still offensive to me, tbqh

Hellscapes, In Order

It's kind of inconceivable to me that Trump would pressure Moore to exit the race. What's Trump going to do, side with FAKE NEWS WaPo over allegations n/l identical to the ones against Trump himself? And for a guy who is essentially the personification of his base, and boosted by his buddy Bannon? Seems more likely that Trump will keep quiet, wait for him to lose, and then tweet about how he supported Luther Strange all along.

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"holy shit, I didn't actually think it could be this much worse than GWB"

one more time: GWB killed a fuckton more people (though it's early days yet)

it's well established that Morbz has problems with math

Has the sand run out of Hannity's hourglass yet?

My read is that the pressure would need to be pretty overwhelming for Moore to drop out. About all I can think of that might persuade him would be if McConnell told Moore flatly that he'll be expelled immediately if he wins and here's a list of the Republican Senators who'll vote to expel him (and it's more than 30).

"holy shit, I didn't actually think it could be this much worse than GWB"

I distinctly remember hearing in 2004 or 2005, "To think we thought his father (i.e., GHW Bush) was evil! We didn't know how good we had it!"

Trying to think of the Chthulhuian monster who will make us mildly sentimental about the Trump era.

"You know, he was brash and he was crude, but he only rarely feasted on the burnt entrails of our youngest children."

it's well established that Morbz has problems with math

I actually was going to raise the point Simon did, but it's well known that Democrats don't think much about dead furriners, and 80% of their objections to Trump are on style/vulgarity. (more like 40% here)

also f u Shakey

Trump hasn't organized the militia movement into his personal version of Hitler's brown shirts or Mussolini's black shirts. Yet. So, there's still considerable room left for devolution.

*hugs*

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Trump hasn't organized the militia movement into his personal version of Hitler's brown shirts or Mussolini's black shirts

too much effort

maybe this really is hell, or at least the outer circles of a hell that's still growing new inner circles. at each stage we vaguely remember memories of better times, and then some people step back a circle and permanently stay there seeing it as an improvement, while others forge on with the new shitty mini-era to form a new circle that's a little bit worse, etc etc. i haven't seen the human centipede but kind of like that

Hmm. What happens if Moore drops out and still wins?

The GOP isn't going to let this go on until Dec. 12. They're not exactly helpless down there.

they're mostly helpless

Holy shit, just saw that Moore lawyer's interview on MSNBC. Maybe they are helpless

things like Trump and Moore are what happens when the nat'l party has lost it's centralized power

Trump hasn't organized the militia movement into his personal version of Hitler's brown shirts or Mussolini's black shirts. Yet.

What do you think ICE is?

not a militia

why is the president yelling at us?

ICE arrest rates are terrible and going up but bear in mind they haven't even reached the peaks of the Obama admin yet

For some reason last week I thought the Alabama election was soon. Holy shit -- the GOPs got two more weeks of this farrago.

They can change the date of the election. While they kick that can, they can get Moore out of the race. And any Republican who isn't a pedophile can beat Jones.

Even Bentley could probably come back, since his affair was with a consenting adult.

The stupid "GWB, amateur painter" profiles were more of a rehabilitation attempt than those tweets/pieces, most of which didn't put forward "I guess GWB wasn't as bad as we thought" but rather "holy shit, I didn't actually think it could be this much worse than GWB"

― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP),

xp his paintings are getting better, and the subjects he paints are soldiers he sent to die, so at least he's being haunted in his dreams

They can change the date of the election.

I'm not aware of the nuances of the Governor's powers in this regard, but I have a hard time believing there would not immediately be federal lawsuits about changing the date of an election just because the party in power suspects it might lose. I mean, that's blatantly unconstitutional.

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No, I think she can do it, because it's a special election.

Whenever I see a picture of Mnuchin and his wife I want to punch everything, but don't, because I am struggling so hard to keep from vomiting.

on top of that, there's absolutely nothing in Moore's history or character that indicates he will step aside under any circumstances. Quite the opposite, in fact.

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xpost The problem is that absentee ballots already went out, so I don't see how you wouldn't be messing with those votes.