What does a BIDEN Presidency look like?

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The Larch

Quote from: garbon on March 24, 2022, 05:54:29 AMTed Cruz asking if he can Dolezal. :rolleyes:

It's fun that even other Republicans basically accuse him of showboating for the tv cameras.  :lol:

Sheilbh

Quote from: The Larch on March 24, 2022, 06:15:19 AMIt's fun that even other Republicans basically accuse him of showboating for the tv cameras.  :lol:
I do kind of enjoy how much even other Republican arseholes hate Ted Cruz. It makes you wonder just how much of an awful person he must be to deal with :lol:

I don't think I've ever heard anyone with anything positive to say about him on a personal level.
Let's bomb Russia!

The Minsky Moment

I knew him casually before he was famous, friend of friend of a friend kind of thing.  At the time, I thought he was a put-on artist, intentionally saying provocative things just to see how people react.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Berkut on March 23, 2022, 08:31:42 PMSomeone on facebook said it was like watching Beavis and Butthead interview Einstein.

It's astonishing to consider that Lindsay Graham allegedly practiced law for 10 years.  He acted exactly like someone who has no idea how to question a witness and is trying to take cues from old Law and Order episodes.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Razgovory

I will note a conflict in complaining that Jackson is too soft on sexual offenders while simultaneously complaining how unfairly Kavanaugh was treated.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

Dick Durbin symbolizes how inept and neutered the Democrats in Congress really are.  You're going to bitch about people running over their time allotment, wandering off topic, and turning this hearing into a monkey shitfight at the zoo?  You're the Committee Chair. ENFORCE THE RULES. KILL MICS.

Fucking Democrats STILL thing the GOP is playing by the same rules of governance. Unfucking real.

Enjoy Trump's return to Der Weiß Haus, you sackless cunts.

The Minsky Moment

I'm going to try to be charitable and assume that he was going with the theory that you opponent is busy making a complete ass of himself in public, it's best not to interfere.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

CountDeMoney

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on March 24, 2022, 10:15:01 AMI'm going to try to be charitable and assume that he was going with the theory that you opponent is busy making a complete ass of himself in public, it's best not to interfere.

Unfortunately, that energizes the base and wins elections. Or have you not been paying attention?

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 24, 2022, 10:34:15 AMUnfortunately, that energizes the base and wins elections. Or have you not been paying attention?

It works both ways.
Every now and then some GOP pollster will pose the question why African-American voters break so strong for the Democrats when their policy viewpoints are more moderate than what their voting behavior would suggest.
Episodes like this provide a useful demonstration.  The next GOTV Black community leaders will be reminding folks about the old-timey Klan whisperer show the GOP Senators put on this past week.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

crazy canuck

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on March 24, 2022, 09:22:31 AM
Quote from: Berkut on March 23, 2022, 08:31:42 PMSomeone on facebook said it was like watching Beavis and Butthead interview Einstein.

It's astonishing to consider that Lindsay Graham allegedly practiced law for 10 years.  He acted exactly like someone who has no idea how to question a witness and is trying to take cues from old Law and Order episodes.

Lindsay Graham is playing to his base of right wing evangelicals.  There is no other explanation why someone who knows anything about the law would ask these questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-48-HpxE3A

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: crazy canuck on March 24, 2022, 11:10:54 AMLindsay Graham is playing to his base of right wing evangelicals.  There is no other explanation why someone who knows anything about the law would ask these questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-48-HpxE3A

If that's so, he didn't dumb it down anywhere near enough.  I don't think the holy rollers were on the edge of their seats waiting for the climactic moment when the statutory text of 8 USC 1225(b)(1)(A) would be revealed.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

The Brain

Wait, let me get this straight... US politics is a shitshow?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

crazy canuck

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on March 24, 2022, 11:15:05 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 24, 2022, 11:10:54 AMLindsay Graham is playing to his base of right wing evangelicals.  There is no other explanation why someone who knows anything about the law would ask these questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-48-HpxE3A

If that's so, he didn't dumb it down anywhere near enough.  I don't think the holy rollers were on the edge of their seats waiting for the climactic moment when the statutory text of 8 USC 1225(b)(1)(A) would be revealed.

I agree, they had already climaxed when he asked about the strength of her faith and how many times she went to church.

CountDeMoney

They certainly played up the Qanon angle.  Apparently Judge Jackson has a soft spot for child pornographers, which dovetails quite nicely into the whole Satantic-worshipping-cabal-of-kiddie-fuckers theme that 1 out of 4 GOP voters believe.

If only she were a binge-drinking date rapist that likes to cry about beer.  Oh, and white.

crazy canuck

Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 24, 2022, 12:42:38 PMThey certainly played up the Qanon angle.  Apparently Judge Jackson has a soft spot for child pornographers, which dovetails quite nicely into the whole Satantic-worshipping-cabal-of-kiddie-fuckers theme that 1 out of 4 GOP voters believe.

If only she were a binge-drinking date rapist that likes to cry about beer.  Oh, and white.

Apparently she is also the judge who put the guy who attacked the pizza place (aka where the cabal was hiding out) behind bars.  So you can see the concern the Qanoners have...