People that you've never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows -- US Politics September 2020

Very sorry for denigrating chickens’ livers in my above post, not my thing but iirc my grandma enjoyed them on the reg

The thing this really tells us about collins is that (as we know) she’s always been a pandering front-runner fair-weather bullshit peddler who believes in nothing (as we know) and isn’t about to change just because she’s losing (thank fucking god for that)

The entire population of republican senators are sharts in human form

You have to be some kind of loser to lose a race in Massachusetts with the last name Kennedy. Fuck that lightweight.

The gasbag Buttegieg fanboy on my Facebook friend list is very upset about Kennedy's loss

I'm restraining myself from going onto his page and making fun of him but it's very hard

The entire population of republican senators are sharts in human form

I dunno, sharts are short lived and usually only end up making a mess for the sharter.

Clearly you've never seen Shartnado.

or witnessed a middle schooler have to do the mile run after sharting on the way out to the track

Even a man who is pure in heart
And says his prayers by night
May let out a shart when the Poopbane blooms
And the autumn Moon is bright.

The Susan Collins article is a) from July and b) doesn't include the (made-up) quote in that tweet.

mold a new reality
closer to the shart

shart! shart!
let it all out!
these are the shorts I can do without
come on
i'll do the laundry with you
come on

(sorry)

(more of a shart-positive perspective)

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-boat-parade-trump-carlos-gavidia-1529086

Our big ‘boaters’ can’t stop themselves from committing felonies, they’re just too beautiful.

you might say they're gonna go down with the ship

The Commission on Presidential Debates on Wednesday announced the four moderators for this year’s presidential and vice-presidential debates.

“Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace will moderate the first debate, which is scheduled for Sept. 29 at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page will moderate the vice-presidential debate, which will take place at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Oct. 7.

The second presidential debate, which will take the form of a town hall meeting, will be moderated by CSPAN senior executive producer and political editor Steve Scully. The debate is scheduled for Oct. 15 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.

The third and final presidential debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent and “Weekend Today” co-anchor Kristen Welker. It is scheduled for Oct. 22 at Belmont University in Nashville.

i just realized that i have zero memory of the 2016 debate between tim kaine and pence. makes sense

it was the one where pence kept crinkling his face and shaking his head while smiling sadly at kaine's certain eternal perdition iirc

heheh, yeah that sounds about right.

harris v pence may be interesting, just because it will be an opportunity for harris to point out the trillions of terrible things the trump administration has done, without trump himself being there to interrupt and distract.

The only VP debate I remember is 2004 because John Edwards's sliminess oozed through the screen.

i remember joe biden vs paul ryan, 2012, because biden kicked his ass and it felt good

The only time Biden's rancid Insta-Guffaw worked spectacularly as a weapon.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbrbetWRy01rg2rf7o1_500.gif

That is, I don't doubt, the first time anyone had laughed at Mr. Serious Budget Guy, privately or public, in his life.

Never discount the likelihood of a sexual humiliation fetish.

I think was Bentsen-Quayle that put the veep debates on the map. Since then we've come to expect "I knew Jack Kennedy" zingers, though we rarely get them.

Cheney's "I'm the President of the Senate and I've never even met you before tonight" to Edwards was an attempt at that--a lie, but an attempt.

Don't forget the 1984 Veep debate though:

Geraldine A. Ferraro's campaign manager said today that off- color remarks by Vice President Bush and others in his campaign ''have gone beyond decency.'' The aide asked for an immediate apology.

The remarks by the campaign manager, John Sasso, were the sharpest reaction thus far from Mrs. Ferraro's campaign staff to the Vice President's use of a locker-room vulgarity in a private conversation with a longshoreman while campaigning Friday in Elizabeth, N.J.

Mr. Bush's remark, which was picked up by a television microphone, was that ''we tried to kick a little ass last night'' in the Vice-Presidential debate Thursday. Mr. Bush has sought to pass the comment off as an ''old Texas football'' expression.

1984. god, that quote reads like something out of the gilded age now.

a locker-room vulgarity in a private conversation with a longshoreman

Never discount the likelihood of a sexual humiliation fetish.

would be a good thread title honestly

Small President Humiliation

Lol at the idea of apologizing for that quote

whoa https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/biden-staggering-monthly-cash-haul-407712

On the day of the debate, for example, Bush’s press secretary said Ferraro was “too bitchy,” for voters, while Bush’s wife, Barbara, also got in the mix.

From the New York Times:

Mrs. Bush, while bantering with reporters on Monday, characterized Mrs. Ferraro as a ”four-million-dollar - I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.” Mrs. Bush later apologized and said she had not meant to suggest Mrs. Ferraro was ”a witch.”

As much as it pains me to say it, well played Mrs. Bush.

Clinton outspent Trump too, don't seek comfort there imo xps

don't seek comfort there imo xps

I would rather Biden raised more money than trump

ok

Political types know that when a voter gives even a few dollars to a campaign that voter starts to feel much more invested in the success of the candidate and is almost 100% certain to cast their vote for them, too. It'd be nice to read he got 70 million $2 donations, but reality doesn't work like that.

hmm, a debate moderated by a woman of color. if Trumps actually makes it to the third debate, I definitely predict that's the one where he admonishes the mod for asking such a nasty question and then storms off stage.

cool

BREAKING: The Trump administration has put Fatou #Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) and one of her top aids, on the sanctions list historically reserved for war criminals and international terrorists.https://t.co/iUaeH4Hxmm pic.twitter.com/PXdguvRq5L

— Michel Paradis (@MDParadis) September 2, 2020

...? wtf

i don't recall hearing anything about trump and the icc - is this just an early shot fired by trump because he assumes he'll be pursued by the ICC after his administration ends?

the guy’s foreign policy chops are just outstanding, just bold move after bold move, it’s just like Scott Adams was telling us all along

but trump talking about low-flow toilets or tweeting "covfefe" gets lots more attention

Don't forget the soup cans. Probably a closet Warhol fan.

she's investigating possible war crimes in afghanistan

you might say they're gonna go down with the ship

they won't put their hands up and surrender
there will be no white flag above their door

part of the reason i posted that biden donations thing (forgot to finish the thought because brain is mush) is to point out that he has more money than he needs, and if anyone on this thread is looking for someone to donate to then:

1. it's probably too close to the election for a donation to jessica scarane (delaware primary for us senate vs. a melt) to make a difference, but

2. if you can afford it, send a few dollars to this https://www.futurenow.org/givesmart/. these are vetted candidates running against republicans (no primaries of democratic incumbents) running in races where the campaign budget is low (so $10 helps) and the state context is such that an extra vote in the statehouse is worth a lot. basically there is no better place to donate right now imo.

also i donated last night and 1/8 of the candidates has already phoned me to say thanks so it's very sweet.

You could also donate it to people who actually need it unlike some politician who will fuck you over to stay in office for a few more years.

https://www.nationalbailout.org/