U.S. Politics, November 2022: “I don’t know, you hear the same things I do”

splinter into two parties at this point

GOP vs. The REAL GOP

GOP https://i.imgur.com/aZAbiLr.png
@RealG0P

De Santis is has no sense of humor, which is a big part of Trump's appeal. He ain't funny. Put him on stage in a debate with the big man and he'll look like Jeb!

You know DeSantis is not as well-known as he thinks he is because this did not become a ubiquitous meme:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FeV7CkCXkAMEgzB?format=jpg&name=small

here's something that probably won't happen, buuut

what if, as many are saying ("many are saying"), nevada does end up going blue, and so does arizona, and then the GA runoff goes to Warnock (as seems likely imo). in this scenario, let's also say katie hobbs defeats kari lake and remains governor of arizona.

that would be 51 democratic senators, which means 49 + manchin and sinema. but then, in a very bold and corrupt move, rich people just give sinema a ton of money to do what ben sasse just did - she just resigns and takes some post she's not qualified which pays well and gives her lots of unearned prestige, and they all live forever on in great wealth until they die very happily and comfortably. but *law and order noise* under arizona state law (https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00222.htm), the governor would appoint a replacement to cover for sinema until the next general election (2024). in this scenario, katie hobbs is governor, and in this scenario she is really cool and puts pressure on the national democratic party that her selection will be the 50th vote to codify roe etc etc, or else, and then somehow it actually happens

Kyrsten Sinema: America's Wine Ambassador

I remain convinced (for my sanity decrees it) that the radicalized republicans remain a noisy minority (even if only like 49.9%) and that the bulk of the party remains the 'I vote R because I am an R also what are current events and also don't make me feel bad for being uncomfortable with brown people and the gays' type of lower-impact cretin. I really don't think the type of GOP-er pulling down $500k and living in a suburban mini McMansion, filled with inchoate xenophobia though they may be, has any real interest in the complete dissolution of ordered society. And I can imagine those types responding much more favorably to a genteel Romney-esque bag of wind who will still give them whatever they want than to Ron 'the world is my toilet and I'm gonna fill it' DeSantis.

All just baseless speculation, though. I used to think most people were non-maniacs who did things for discernible reasons so I clearly just live in a total dreamworld.

xp re: sinema

so many of the people in congress are technocratic "let's run the government like a business!" (or worse, "like a start up!"), so they should take their own advice for once and give a leveraged buyout to an employee that completely sucks

There's a lot of right-wing media based in Florida these days and it seems to have an agenda to make DeSantis and the state seem like fun paradise where everyone is happy and not angry like the woke libs. It's like this weird Jimmy Buffet bubble.

yeah, and the thing is, none of those people actually seem happy. like the vibe in FL hasn't been 'happy go lucky, party time" in years. you see these conservativey people out Mike Love-ing it with rum and cokes on the patio and they just have this look on their face like their entire existence requires someone to wind-up, so when they're around other people like them, they're miserable.

shoulda seen the crowd reaction at Napalm Death when Barney yelled "fuck Ron DeSantis"

the second shortest napalm death song

hmm I wonder if I email Barney and company if they'd actually turn that into a song

Need a president with a catchy last name like Booty

Vote for Booty does have a certain ring.

Let's not get into the Mayor Pete argument all over again so soon after the last one

The real Red Wave: When the entire Murdoch empire — Fox News, the N.Y. Post, and the WSJ Opinion section — turns simultaneously on Trump pic.twitter.com/mFY41KqgDp

— Doyle McManus (@DoyleMcManus) November 10, 2022

I can't stress how much MAGA Miamians think the rest of you lot live in a Stalin-era gulag compared to cheeseburgers in paradise down here -- and they've traveled since 2019! They see what they wanna see.

the rest of you lot live in a Stalin-era gulag

only if Stalin is a transgender furry with no pronouns

Boebert's ahead about 800 votes now.

Seems like the Congress will look something like 221 GOP/ 214 Dem.

Koba the Trans.

...It's like this weird Jimmy Buffet bubble.

― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes)

...you see these conservativey people out Mike Love-ing it with rum and cokes

― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal)

...cheeseburgers in paradise down here

― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

Uh-oh, we're back to #onethread about Kokomo vs. Margaritaville.

Some people claim that there's a Biden to blame

But I know I wanna take you to Ocala, Hialeah, perhaps also to Tampa

it looks like what i think of as "the fucked up wisconsin situation" has happened again

So the Democrats won statewide with 51% of the vote and earned 30% of the state house. Can someone explain to me how Wisconsin is a democracy? pic.twitter.com/MuqZMV57UH

— Hayden Clarkin (@the_transit_guy) November 10, 2022

...and will keep happening, mysteriously, until the next re-districting, i guess

is there any state that is more gerrymandered?

This is why I’m so glad Evers won, Michels was absolutely not joking when he said if he was elected a Republican would never lose again

aaand for comparison

Re-election victories for Democratic governors in Wisconsin, 16 years apart. pic.twitter.com/McF95wv1tI

— Dan Shafer (@DanRShafer) November 10, 2022

Still going with DeSanctimonious huh

New: Donald Trump releases a long statement trashing @RonDeSantisFL, calling him “Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor,” hitting him on Covid policy and more; and knocking Fox, WSJ and NYPost for giving him favorable coverage lately. pic.twitter.com/GuHnudCLpV

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 10, 2022

you love to see it

needs a better nickname doesnt even sound like his work tbh

I have not heard him say it and I pray to all the gods that I never hear Trump’s voice again but in my head I can hear the whiny accent he must put on i-mown-ious, just a little slurring/rise in pitch combo.

DeSaintangernis

I think "DeSanctimonious" is where you feel the game is up for Trump. It's been a good run.

How do we think Trump thinks "sanctimonious" is pronounced

"Ron DeSanctimonious" pic.twitter.com/b7jek5597R

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) November 6, 2022

Clinging to that Jeb own like a security blanket

Someone, somewhere needs to be whispering in his ear: "You don't need all the ungrateful RINO's!! They're a bunch of losers.. it's time to start the MAGA Party! You're very own political party, with you in charge! And then you can rub all these pissants' snouts in their own filth! You'll show them all!"

Say this after dinner, when he's eating ice cream in the TV Room

Maybe we can trick Trump into accidentally becoming a socialist out of rebellion against Ronnie

People forget he ran from President in 1999:

On the issues, Trump labeled himself "very conservative," but described his views on healthcare as "quite liberal" and "getting much more liberal", explaining "I believe in universal health care. I believe in whatever it takes to make people well and better... It's an entitlement to this country if we're going to have a great country."

Ran *FOR* - sorta

He always put together half-assed campaigns and aborted prior to 2016, which is why so many of us thought he wasn't serious

he was prob going to do the same thing that time but he caught fire

Didn't DeSanctimonious used to play keyboards in the original E Street Band?

He always put together half-assed campaigns and aborted prior to 2016

Well, thanks to his judges, he doesn't have the right to do this anymore.

what's great is that Trump never backs off these beefs unless you come to grovel, kneel, and kiss his ring (as Cruz was more than happy to do).. so we can expect an endless stream of DeSantis bashing for the next 16 months at least, which will force DeSantis to respond; and then it's a rumble in the jungle

Sure sounds like Trump is admitting to rigging the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election for DeSantis https://t.co/5ArLtujDsr

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 11, 2022

I doubt it. Trump has never done anything for anyone else. Plus he would have bragged about it at the time.

Remarkable: this will be the first midterm the party in power hasn't lost a *single* state legislative chamber since 1934. https://t.co/vg3kM7DVfW

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) November 11, 2022

The path for Republicans to win the Senate is getting... awfully thin, as Democrats post strong showings in mail ballots tonight in Arizona and Nevada.

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 11, 2022

Time to break out the heart attack gun at the Supreme Court

looks like boebert’s going to win unfortunately

if it really is a low single figures gop majority then its easy to imagine illness and death among reps (as well as unruliness in the gop) making a bif difference this congress.

This tweet is still live.

Kanye. Elon. Trump.

— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) October 7, 2022

i'm surprised there aren't verified fake political accounts yet. maybe there are but they're not funny in the same way, who knows

update: ok there are definitely political ones, haha