"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

Patton Oswalt:

Everyone who's tweeting, "I'm bored" -- this is SUPPOSED TO BE BORING. POLITICS SHOULD BE BORING, COMPETENT PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF SHIT SO YOU CAN LIVE YOUR LIFE. IT SHOULDN'T GOBBLE UP ALL THE OXYGEN IN EXISTENCE. The fuck is wrong with everyone?

shut up and say "Pretty fly for a white guy," Patton

RIP fly memes, 10:17pm–10:47pm EDT

Wish Ilhan (and pretty much everyone who posts online) would proofread.

oh, how fast memes do.....................................................................................fly

https://i.ibb.co/DR4xDb6/121090043-10158895947589433-2076813707138232610-o.jpg

A version of Oswalt from 538: "Americans Relieved To Hear People Evade Giving Honest Answers In Calm Voices."

help me

The Biden transition team is considering John Kerry and John Podesta as possible climate czars: https://t.co/PDltaoIHCl

— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) October 7, 2020

Hard for that not to read as big "fuck you" to Al Gore

So. Old.

The Fly 😂#VPDebate #flygate pic.twitter.com/zYYbHR8i3i

— Jack©️ (@Jackasaurus3) October 8, 2020

"joe biden is not going to ban fracking. that is a fact"

- kamala harris, earlier tonight

hey, i believe them

Blew through the moderator SEVEN TIMES just now.

Pence is lying constantly, not just in general, but about what Harris said literal seconds previous. It remains complete electoral malpractice that this is not corrected by the moderator.

Blew through the moderator three times, has now cut in to Harris and has taken up her entire time, without the moderator saying a word.

Pence continued to roll the moderator btw. Look forward to her givng a post-game interview, like Chris Wallace, saying she didn't expect it so couldn't possibly react.

Susan Page of USA Today criticized for hosting off-the-record event honoring Trump appointees

oh.

"joe biden is not going to ban fracking. that is a fact"

- kamala harris, earlier tonight

hey, i believe them

― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 October 2020 bookmarkflaglink

Tfw nothing matters

Kamala Harris wants this video of her saying "There is no question I'm in favor of banning fracking." off the internet.

Please don’t share this pic.twitter.com/Pm47ttbLvN

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 8, 2020

can we all just agree this format is spent and move on? (not talking about the US itself...... OR AM I)

why not subject each candidate to a series of three tough interviews with a journalist? you could have one hosted by fox, another hosted by msnbc, and another by pbs.

Unfortunately the last three UK Prime Ministers all ducked out of debates and/or interviews easily and still won.

As long as it gets an audience it will surely stay..

Whenever I hear the opening bit of "this was sponsored by the non-partison commission of such and such" I'm wondering what their angle is

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-he-wont-participate-virtual-2nd-presidential-debate/

"We'll pass on this sad excuse to bail out Joe Biden and do a rally instead."

ffs

The full quote is quite something:

President Trump won the first debate despite a terrible and biased moderator in Chris Wallace, and everybody knows it. For the swamp creatures at the Presidential Debate Commission to now rush to Joe Biden’s defense by unilaterally canceling an in-person debate is pathetic. That’s not what debates are about or how they’re done. Here are the facts: President Trump will have posted multiple negative tests prior to the debate, so there is no need for this unilateral declaration. The safety of all involved can easily be achieved without canceling a chance for voters to see both candidates go head to head. We’ll pass on this sad excuse to bail out Joe Biden and do a rally instead.

bocck bok bok bok

the swamp creatures at the Presidential Debate Commission

this is the only fact in the statement

Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) October 8, 2020

– Darius the Great

good use of the long 's' to indicate where his head's at

Close friends get to call him Mike Lee / Providing it's with prospefity

Some people call me Mike Lee / cos I speak of the prospefity of love

Good morning!

What is "rank democracy"?

lol stevie that song has bizarrely been in my head this week

1. Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things). quotations ▼
rank treason
rank nonsense
2. Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. quotations ▼
rank grass
rank weeds
3. Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. quotations ▼
4. Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
rank land
(Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)
5. Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
6. Having a very strong and bad taste or odor. quotations ▼
Synonyms: stinky, smelly, pong (UK)
Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?
7. Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence). quotations ▼
Synonyms: complete, utter
I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.
8. (informal) Gross, disgusting.
9. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
10. (obsolete) Inflamed with venereal appetite; ruttish.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Webster's defines rank as "complete or total," so "rank democracy" is...democracy.

Swamp creatures that run debates
Swamp creatures that run debates
They're far too concerned with the COVID rates

smelly, gross democracy, ew

You can have a republic without democracy, amirite.

Swamp creature, I know your momma's grieving,
Swamp creature, but tonight we get even, yeah!

A visual allegory of democracy according to the GOP:

https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/1/8/184a196e-8604-49d2-a66a-6f7c0eafd5de.jpg?1592517973

What is "rank democracy"?

― clemenza,

Smelly democracy.

I think he means people ranking things in polls, i.e. ILM. So OTM, I guess.

POO Democracy

Debates Motel pic.twitter.com/40lpMsDU6l

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 8, 2020

1 Leonard's Cohen's "Democracy"
2 Chinese Democracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16YOPmmZbs

lol stevie that song has bizarrely been in my head this week

The Joker or the Top Cat theme?

Some of those that run de-bates
Are the same that raise tax rates
Some of those that run de-bates
Are the same that raise tax rates

Song shoulda been called Bullshit Parade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSSbB5eUKnY

the Top Cat theme! you can see why i'm amazed