“My canoe is stuck on a rock or something…” pic.twitter.com/ANPSLvnLyv

— Nature is Amazing 🐧 (@AMAZlNGNATURE) September 21, 2018

This #TXSenateDebate is like watching a young Obama debate a bag of toenails.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 21, 2018

If you believe in the omnipresence of God, how can you claim he’s been removed from the public square, Ted.

My kind of petty: Democrat running for House seat in Arizona gets six of his Republican opponent’s SIBLINGS to be in an advertisement against their brother pic.twitter.com/J4Yz9DpM8M

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) September 21, 2018

SAVAGE. https://t.co/YC1wfG8CbL

— Jamie O’Grady (@JamieOGrady) September 21, 2018

Cruz attempts a smile, failing miserably, as the moderator asks about Trump’s grotesque insults during the 2016 campaign. https://t.co/tRTT2eYEQ5 pic.twitter.com/Cr0a0o9te2

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2018

Cruz very enthusiastically explaining how Trump turned him into a cuck #TexasDebate

— Doremus Jessup (@DoremusJ) September 21, 2018

Christine Ford noticed Sunday morning, even before her name was made public, that Ed Whelan appeared to be seeking information about her. https://t.co/gOMr5N77uS pic.twitter.com/XiXRjCf9BA

— emma brown (@emmersbrown) September 21, 2018

This is huge, if verified. It means the entire GOP was expecting this. https://t.co/b7bPz0EU5O

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2018

Get the facts about Beto’s views on ending the war on drugs. #TeamBeto https://t.co/VDUZMO2KxT

— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans_TX) September 21, 2018

Ted Cruz once again throws up desperate claims about drug policy. Seems to reinforce his position against medicinal marijuana. #HumansAgainstTedCruz

— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) September 21, 2018

This is the only thing on earth that Ted Cruz is good at, Beto is holding his own too.

Ted Cruz is a liar.

I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2018

Good thing Kavanaugh’s mom was an assistant prosecutor for the county then. https://t.co/RkpTKTWhHw

— Anomynous Tweeter-1, LLC (@KagroX) September 21, 2018

The old white men are still listening to themselves talk: Grassley has issued an ultimatum: Dr Ford has until 10pm tonight to “respond” to his demands-or by god he’ll have the vote on Monday.

News from @ChuckGrassley, who says in statement:

“I’m providing a notice of a vote to occur Monday in the event that Dr. Ford’s attorneys don’t respond (by 10 p.m. tonight) or Dr. Ford decides not to testify.”

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 21, 2018

They don’t want her to testify. She’s given them reasonable terms, which they rejected and now are imposing more arbitrary deadlines. https://t.co/tXffUTLVB9

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 21, 2018

“everyone agrees we’re going to protect preexisting conditions,” says Ted Cruz, as the Texas AG is suing to unprotect them

— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) September 21, 2018

re: #11 jaunte

Ted Cruz is a liar.

And a poor one at that.

Hey, Beto.

re: #14 Single-handed sailor

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Hell we have some 240 days or so still left before it get imperative that we seat a justice.

re: #11 jaunte

Ted Cruz is a liar.

Important to note that Ted Cruz showed up in his human form#TxSenateDebate

— Rogue NASA (@RogueNASA) September 21, 2018

This is it. Exactly.

This @AlbertBurneko piece on what *really* motivates Republican politicians is picture … fucking … perfect. https://t.co/KVjtmHjvAj

— Jamie O’Grady (@JamieOGrady) September 21, 2018

Trying to think of someone with a more punchable face. Hmmm. Nope, can’t think of anybody. https://t.co/tRTT2eYEQ5 pic.twitter.com/Po75cm2FvW

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2018

Cruz shamelessly lies that Beto O’Rourke wants to legalize heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, because he once held debates on the issue of legalizing drugs. Repeats the lie after O’Rourke corrects him. https://t.co/tRTT2eYEQ5 pic.twitter.com/KZTaUodkv8

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2018

Here’s what would happen if we were to repeal every word of the ACA:
→Texas’ uninsured rate would spike
→We’d lose protections for pre-existing conditions
→We’d lose bans on lifetime caps and annual caps
→We’d lose the ability of those up to age 26 to stay on a parent’s plan

— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 21, 2018

Ted Cruz would be fine with that.

re: #4 plansbandc

SAVAGE.

My kind of petty: Democrat running for House seat in Arizona gets six of his Republican opponent’s SIBLINGS to be in an advertisement against their brother pic.twitter.com/J4Yz9DpM8M

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) September 21, 2018

— Jamie O’Grady (@JamieOGrady) September 21, 2018

re: #21 Charles Johnson

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Oh a custard pie in the face is more satisfying!

SOROS!!!!!!!!!!

Cruz reciting his hurricane Harvey and mass shooting photo ops.

SOROS!

re: #23 jaunte

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Ted Cruz would be fine with that.

While continuing to pocket a salary and pension courtesy of you the taxpayer.

Cruz is sounding like he is bragging about being a ambulance chaser. He ran to all the disasters in the state. But Beto is the one going places for photo ops. Strange.

Cruz should never use the term ‘photo-op’. The idea coming out of that mouth is enough to impose a ban.

Bingo!

Wait, we’re not playing???

Oh…

The tax bill was written in the margins by lobbyists who saw the legislation before Senators. https://t.co/UwMS54eqhJ

— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 21, 2018

Guess who is going to be upset he was upstaged by the O’Rourke-Cruz debate?

President Trump holds a rally in Springfield, Missouri. Follow live updates: https://t.co/jP4vo5WW3L pic.twitter.com/SJID8aJ8cG

— CNN (@CNN) September 21, 2018

re: #26 Dave In Austin

SOROS!!!!!!!!!!

Everybody DRINK!!!!

Cruz goes on a rant that he’s “fighting for the values of Texas, not George Soros.” SOROS! Drink! https://t.co/tRTT2eYEQ5 pic.twitter.com/yW9aysQaV0

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2018

re: #34 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Guess who is going to be upset he was upstaged by the O’Rourke-Cruz debate?

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Oh, so we’re going to meet Gen Eric Trump Asskissing Republican who is tough on borders despite this being Missouri, great for vets, and will protect the 2nd amendment and isn’t “insert stupid nickname he probably has for McCaskill.”

re: #36 Charles Johnson

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God he’s pathetic. Another guy who is a profound waste of an Ivy League education.

Beto should counter that he’s not fighting for the values of right wing sugar daddies that groom Republican politicians like Cruz to do whatever the hell they want.

Let me know when Rafael’s head does the David Cronenberg thing!

Pretty tragic when you think about it.

Ted Cruz happened when Count Chocula made a horcrux out of Joe McCarthy pic.twitter.com/QYnuVGMXrL

— Mr Toad’s Wild Ride (@goddamnedfrank) September 21, 2018

Ted Cruz has exceptionally throat-punchable voice mannerisms.

“True to Form”

What I like about my opponent? He sure cleans the shit off his face well after giving tRump a rusty trombone.

re: #41 goddamnedfrank

Pretty tragic when you think about it.

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I’ve been saying he’s been Grandpa Munster’s bizarre love child with McCarthy for some time.

re: #42 jaunte

Ted Cruz has exceptionally throat-punchable voice mannerisms.

He may be the only politician that can nearly top Trump in that respect.

re: #40 Joe Bacon 🌹

Let me know when Rafael’s head does the David Cronenberg thing!

Be like Sheldon, Beto!

The Big Bang Theory-Sheldon tries to blow up Leonard’s mind

California is hemorrhaging population. There must be a drink for that.

re: #43 blueraven

“True to Form”

lol, Ted can’t be mad and call that an insult.

What a jackass Ted is

re: #48 wrenchwench

California is hemorrhaging population. There must be a drink for that.

California is a better model for this country than Texas.

re: #48 wrenchwench

He thinks California has “open borders.”

re: #48 wrenchwench

California is hemorrhaging population. There must be a drink for that.

They must be leaving their self driving cars behind.

re: #48 wrenchwench

That’s odd, it goes up every year. We just went over 40,000,000.

Beto out loud, “We are Texans!”. Beto internal, “Except for this asshole”

“California is hemorrhaging population,” so sayeth Rafael from Alberta.

Some numbers:
California census count 2000: 33,871,648
California census count 2010: 37,253,956
California estimated population 2017: 39,536,653

Ted Cruz is a liar.

Why do people think Ted Cruz is a good debater when he just throws a bunch of debunkable right-wing talking points out like a gishgalloper.

MODERATOR: “Say something nice about your opponent”

CRUZ: He really believes in socialism!

What a piece of shit.

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) September 21, 2018

re: #48 wrenchwench

California is hemorrhaging population. There must be a drink for that.

How come housing prices keep going up, then?

re: #50 HappyWarrior

California is a better model for this country than Texas.

The Republican minority in the state legislature is (finally) small enough that they can’t fuck everything up. So the state has big problems to solve, but is now basically governable.

re: #49 b.d.(my doppelganger did it)

lol, Ted can’t be mad and call that an insult.

What a jackass Ted is

Beto didn’t take a hit at Cruz on that “say something positive” Q, but Ted just couldn’t resist when it was his turn.

“True to form” was the perfect rebuttal.

Jesus, this hits a little too close to home.

Man Waiting Until Parents Die Before Doing A Single Thing That Makes Him Happy https://t.co/PPJ4mw0mj9 pic.twitter.com/OEOArUT1GZ

— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 21, 2018

re: #56 jaunte

Why do people think Ted Cruz is a good debater when he just throws a bunch of debunkable right-wing talking points out like a gishgalloper.

Way too may people think Gish galloping is a good way to win a debate.

re: #62 EPR-radar

Way too may people think Gish galloping is a good way to win a debate.

It is, in the sense that it generally makes the audience think the galloper won. That’s why the Right uses it.

re: #57 jaunte

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What did O’Rourke say?

Beto O’Rourke showed an impressive ability to stay positive and upbeat as Ted Cruz got sleazier and sleazier and finally ended up ranting about the dreaded SOROS.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 22, 2018

re: #64 HappyWarrior

He said (paraphrasing) he knew what a sacrifice it was for Cruz to be away from his family so much, working hard for what he thought was best for the country, and he admired that.

“True to form” was the debate winning line by Beto.

Ted’s miss opened him up for Beto’s punch.

re: #66 jaunte

He said (paraphrasing) he knew what a sacrifice it was for Cruz to be away from his family so much, working hard for what he thought was best for the country, and he admired that.

More classy than I would be but that’s a good one.

re: #67 b.d.(my doppelganger did it)

“True to form” was the debate winning line by Beto.

Ted’s miss opened him up for Beto’s punch.

Missed it but it sounds almost like a “There you go again” moment.

Puerto Rico governor asks Trump to consider statehood

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló asked President Trump Wednesday to recognize “that Puerto Rico’s territorial status is discriminatory and allows for the unequal treatment of natural born U.S. citizens.”

In a letter to the president obtained by The Hill and timed to coincide with the anniversary of Hurricane Maria hitting Puerto Rico on Thursday, Rosselló said the island’s territorial status negatively affected recovery efforts post-Maria.

One of my biggest gripes with the current administration (even before María) is that they are more focused about getting statehood than fixing the problems in the Island, and their willing to do anything to achieve it.

re: #4 plansbandc

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Thanksgiving must be a party at their house.

Wow. I’ve never seen anything like that.

Cruz can’t even try not being a dick.

re: #69 HappyWarrior

Missed it but it sounds almost like a “There you go again” moment.

What does Ted Cruz admire in Beto O’Rourke?

Well, Ted can’t think of anything original, so he’ll just go ahead and say “same” and then tack on a dig about “socialism” at the end.

True to form, indeed. #TXSenateDebate #TeamBetopic.twitter.com/c0OD9auLGb

— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 22, 2018

re: #28 cat-tikvah

SOROS!

I never actually listen to any of these idiots, because I just can’t, but do any of them ever pronounce it correctly (Shore-osh), or is it always “Sore-os”?

re: #67 b.d.(my doppelganger did it)

“True to form” was the debate winning line by Beto.

Ted’s miss opened him up for Beto’s punch.

Ted is running scared and shitting his pants.

Devin Nunes said cops, firefighters, and teachers are among the “very, very wealthy people” in California, which is “wiping out the middle class.”https://t.co/q2iTCfY2tk pic.twitter.com/bY0hRJkukf

— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) September 21, 2018

Rich Traitor says what? https://t.co/StiOwX6hpO

— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) September 21, 2018

re: #73 b.d.(my doppelganger did it)

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Seriously red baiting in the 21st century. What a dopehead.

re: #75 blueraven

Ted is running scared and shitting his pants.

He’s going to get nastier

re: #76 Single-handed sailor

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Spoken like a true and tired Russian patriot.

re: #78 b.d.(my doppelganger did it)

He’s going to get nastier

I think Beto is counting on that.

Cruz would be the most unlikable pol in the country if Donald Trump didn’t exist. Cruz must be very grateful.

— glennwsmith (@glennwsmith) September 22, 2018

re: #71 MsJ

My dude and I are laughing our heads off over that ad.

I’ve never seen an own that large in a political ad.

Trump Asks Why Kavanaugh Accuser Didn’t Just Immediately Request Hush Money https://t.co/rfeD31a5Xe pic.twitter.com/aXuzPfOeDr

— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 21, 2018

re: #81 jaunte

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GOP voters sure know how to choose em.

re: #83 teleskiguy

That’s a good one. Reality has gotten so bizarre that The Onion really needs to go into high gear.

For Cruz obnoxious is winning, just like it is for the the old rapey white men who continue to try to bully Dr Ford. I hope that Beto continues to offer a real choice to TX and that in Nov the choice there is Beto.

re: #86 banditqueen

For Cruz obnoxious is winning, just like it is for the the old rapey white men who continue to try to bully Dr Ford. I hope that Beto continues to offer a real choice to TX and that in Nov the choice there is Beto.

I should preface with this statement that I have two Dem senators and likely will a Dem representative but I really like Beto. I love how he’s willing to campaign everywhere, I love his positive message, and I love love that he’s got a great chance to turn Texas blue. He’s proof that values matter.

re: #86 banditqueen

For Cruz obnoxious is winning, just like it is for the the old rapey white men who continue to try to bully Dr Ford. I hope that Beto continues to offer a real choice to TX and that in Nov the choice there is Beto.

WHO WON THE DEBATE?
That was a spirited and intense debate between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke in Dallas.
Who do you think won?
Retweet for Cruz
Favorite for O’Rourke#Fox4Elections #TXSenateDebatehttps://t.co/Rw4s0qUTpU pic.twitter.com/blIm1EfYE2

— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) September 22, 2018

pic.twitter.com/uiJYS2QD6l

— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) September 22, 2018

re: #88 blueraven

That’s not working out for Fox.

FLIP ALERT: In Texas Senate District 19, Republican Pete Flores has won in a surprising upset. This is the 3rd legislative gain made by the GOP in elections in 2018

— USA Election Watch (@electionwatchus) September 19, 2018

Election integrity alert! 350 precincts voted in the Texas Dist. 19 election, which surprisingly FLIPPED RED. Of those, 221 were in blue Bexar county, the 4th largest county in TX. Bexar uses ES&S ivotronic PAPERLESS touchscreen voting machines. @PeteGallegoTX @BetoORourke 1/ https://t.co/Y1fjpCWfFY

— Jennifer Cohn (@jennycohn1) September 19, 2018

re: #91 jaunte

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God I hope this isn’t a harbinger.

Just thinking back on how Cruz went full Dinesh D’Souza tonight, trying to disappear the historical defection of Dixiecrats to the Republican Party and claim that Ds are “the real racists.” He knows that we know it’s an audacious lie. But simply doesn’t care.

— Forrest Wilder (@Forrest4Trees) September 22, 2018

re: #88 blueraven

The result: Cruz loses the fox poll and goes down in the polls, takes TX from red to toss up to blue. Go Beto! (I know it’s football night in in TX—did “Texas values” Cruz demand those nights?)

re: #94 banditqueen

Yes he did. He doesn’t really want to be seen by the voters.

Jimi Hendrix released “All Along the Watchtower” 50 years ago today, 21st September 1968.
Given that this performance features Hendrix with Mitch Mitchell (drums) & Billy Cox (bass), it can be placed in 1970, somewhere between 25th April and 6th September: pic.twitter.com/hYIjEsLIsh

— Music History (@RockWalkLondon) September 21, 2018

re: #94 banditqueen

The result: Cruz loses the fox poll and goes down in the polls, takes TX from red to toss up to blue. Go Beto! (I know it’s football night in in TX—did “Texas values” Cruz demand those nights?)

Beto O’Rourke wants to bring high school football to Texas. They have that in California. //

re: #91 jaunte

Well, here’s hoping Beto’s campaign takes Sarah Kendzior’s advice seriously:

A big turnout will be helpful in combating both domestic voter suppression attempts and foreign interference, as well as being healthy for democracy in its own right. I’m glad to hear of your efforts!

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 15, 2018

A huge turnout is also the only way to make electronic voting machine fuckery harder to get away with.

EXCLUSIVE: Ecuador approved Russian diplomatic post for Julian Assange but abandoned decision after Britain refused to give him diplomatic immunity - document https://t.co/TIfPxE1hCG pic.twitter.com/QgpgzVC32A

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 22, 2018

re: #94 banditqueen

The result: Cruz loses the fox poll and goes down in the polls, takes TX from red to toss up to blue. Go Beto! (I know it’s football night in in TX—did “Texas values” Cruz demand those nights?)

He wanted all the debates on Friday night…only got one.

re: #98 Interesting Times

Well, here’s hoping Beto’s campaign takes Sarah Kendzior’s advice seriously:

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A huge turnout is also the only way to make electronic voting machine fuckery harder to get away with.

Electronic voting tampering probably involves converting a certain percentage not a certain number. There is no safe way to handle machines without paper backup — and it should only be the paper votes that count.

re: #99 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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lol, suck it Julian.

re: #98 Interesting Times

That’s basic grass roots campaigning and team Beto knows that registering and voting are key—the people in all the cities Beto visits are being registered to vote and those who can are going to drive people to the polls on voting day.

re: #103 banditqueen

That’s basic grass roots campaigning and I team Beto knows that registering and voting are key—the people in all the cities Beto visits are being registered to vote and those who can are going to drive people to the polls on voting day.

Good. I hope that helps change what may be one of the most infuriating pie charts ever:

We didn’t vote because it wouldn’t make a difference… -_-

Throughout Hurricane Florence, Duke Energy held out hope that a dam next to its toxic coal ash basin wouldn’t breach. That hope was dashed today. https://t.co/2aUuttakBy @eilperin @brady_dennis @StevenMufson pic.twitter.com/9BfMiq4x7V

— Darryl Fears (@bydarrylfears) September 21, 2018

re: #104 Interesting Times

Good. I hope that helps change what may be one of the most infuriating pie charts ever:

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And then those 66% complain the most about the candidates. You have a right to vote. Exercise it.

re: #7 Charles Johnson

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Holy shit.

That needs to be one of the first questions right out of the gate when Kavanaugh gets questioned, because that is something he cannot erase or take back.

re: #107 Scottish Dragon

Holy shit.

That needs to be one of the first questions right out of the gate when Kavanaugh gets questioned, because that is something he cannot erase or take back.

They were looking to discredit her and they unfortunately have. Read that not as an attack on her obviously but Republican hacks like Whelan that get Republican voters convinced she and not Kavanaugh is the party at fault here.

re: #61 goddamnedfrank

Jesus, this hits a little too close to home.

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I guess I don’t have to worry about that, since my parents have discussed cutting me out of their will for displeasing them.

That phone call was…interesting.

re: #104 Interesting Times

Good. I hope that helps change what may be one of the most infuriating pie charts ever:

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How many Texans can’t vote because they don’t have acceptable id? or because they are afraid to vote or ineligible to vote because they are on probation: latimes.com

If you believe you may be sentenced to prison for voting, that certainly will discourage you.

Ben Carson said at the Values Voters Summit that the Kavanaugh assault allegation is part of a plot by socialists to take over America that dates back more than a century, CNBC reports. https://t.co/BKomiGwrmF

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 21, 2018

Christine Ford noticed Sunday morning, even before her name was made public, that Ed Whelan appeared to be seeking information about her. https://t.co/gOMr5N77uS pic.twitter.com/XiXRjCf9BA

— emma brown (@emmersbrown) September 21, 2018

This may end up being the most important news of this insane day. https://t.co/b7bPz0EU5O

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 22, 2018

Alternative theory, Ford was hypnotized!

Video

How the fuck did a moron like Pirro pass any bar exam?

re: #109 Scottish Dragon

I guess I don’t have to worry about that, since my parents have discussed cutting me out of their will for displeasing them.

That phone call was…interesting.

My parents were very supportive when I came out as gay, but before I did that I considered all scenarios, up to and including ‘what if we never speak to each other again as long as we live?’

Since then, I’ve dropped the casual assumption that parent-child relations are immutable. If it works, great. If it doesn’t, take steps.

Ted Cruz remains a creepy jackass. #TrueToForm

— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) September 22, 2018

re: #105 Single-handed sailor

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And meanwhile, down the road a piece in South Carolina, their “doppelganger” (seems appropriate today) Santee Cooper…

Santee Cooper: Grainger ash pond No. 1 expected to overtop https://t.co/beswLShBMA

— WPDE ABC15 (@wpdeabc15) September 21, 2018

re: #111 Single-handed sailor

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I forgot about the Value Voters Summit aka Social Conservatives air their bizarre grievances about living in the 21st century. What the fuck is that shit? They really want to go with this shit? I’m going to be depressed as fuck if it works though.

Trump says women should report men.

Hold our beer.

First up:

Minnesota Republican state Rep. Jim Knoblach abruptly dropped his re-election bid Friday, after Minnesota Public Radio reported that his grown daughter is accusing him of sexual abuse.

https://t.co/PgQN8el59P

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) September 21, 2018

re: #115 Scottish Dragon

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He really is a swarmy asshole. Little brat who has no idea what socialism actually is. I don’t care that his father fled Castro. Cruz is a moron when it comes to actually understanding what real socialism is.

re: #118 jaunte

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Trump: It’s very sad for him. // Ivanka never reported me.

And frankly from what I know about the older Cruz, he seems like he would have been just fine if a right wing theocracy ruled us and Cuba so I don’t really feel too bad that he had to leave for the only reason he got us stuck with his miserable son.

re: #119 HappyWarrior

He really is a swarmy asshole. Little brat who has no idea what socialism actually is. I don’t care that his father fled Castro. Cruz is a moron when it comes to actually understanding what real socialism is.

He loves to throw around “Bolshevik” and “Menshevik” but he just sees them as useful insults with no intrinsic meaning.

re: #119 HappyWarrior

Alternatively, he’s a smarmy manipulator with zero respect for his voters.

re: #122 Scottish Dragon

He loves to throw around “Bolshevik” and “Menshevik” but he just sees them as useful insults with no intrinsic meaning.

TBH I wish Bernie would stop calling himself a socialist because he really isn’t one.

re: #123 jaunte

Alternatively, he’s a smarmy manipulator with zero respect for his voters.

Can’t it be both? Sorry.

Make a donation to Beto tonight to help beat wormtail. https://t.co/eyiu0Vrd4t

— Brendan Bailey (@Brendan1963) September 22, 2018

I just donated to @BetoORourke and encourage you to do the same if you want to help him beat Ted Cruz #BetoForSenate #BetoForTexas https://t.co/VkyIDfGTT3

— Red (@Redpainter1) September 22, 2018

If and when the full story of the Trump era and the stunningly corrupt GOP that enabled it is known, America is going to be faced with some very hard choices. Because we now see the boundaries of this experiment in democracy.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 22, 2018

I have never felt so cynical about our nation than I have now. And I remember the Iraq War lead up and the hysteria directed at anyone who opposed the war.

“…Ted Cruz is basically the worst on everything we as humans care about *drumroll please* — Cruz opposes net neutrality, denies climate change, voted against fixing student loans, introduced a bill to make it harder to vote, attacked the Voting Rights Act, decried Black Lives Matter, sneakily passed school vouchers, led the charge to deny Texas couples marriage equality, and defended state-sponsored discrimination against LGBTQ people.
humansagainsttedcruz.com

re: #125 HappyWarrior

Can’t it be both? Sorry.

re: #129 jaunte

He is one of the most pathetic politicians I’ve ever seen. A guy who is a beneficiary of liberal immigration policies being a Know Nothing.

re: #4 plansbandc

My kind of petty: Democrat running for House seat in Arizona gets six of his Republican opponent’s SIBLINGS to be in an advertisement against their brother pic.twitter.com/J4Yz9DpM8M

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) September 21, 2018

This would have happened if my late brother Dan (aka “Judas”) had run for public office. As an active Dominionist, he probably considered it but he knew he would be publicly crucified as soon as his personal not-so-secrets came to the attention of his opponent (as they certainly would have).

re: #127 Charles Johnson

As absurd as it sounds, I don’t see how Republicans can be dealt with short of a deliberate deprogramming effort akin to deNazification of Germany after WWII.

The minimalist approach would be to suppress Fox News etc. and hope that things return to normal in time with that concentrated anti-democracy poison removed.

But even this small step seems both impossible to implement and unlikely to be sufficient.

the almighty bunny trinity pic.twitter.com/zzA14VIwTW

— bunnies 🐰 (@bunnyarchive) August 1, 2018

re: #129 jaunte

Even if most of the Nov 6 voters in TX can’t make a list like that, it seems that Beto is able to let people know that things can be better—even just by one or two issues. It’s empowering and inspiring.

I am sending myself insane by seeing old white men dictating who and when a woman should talk to, about what happened to her as a young teen.

This administration and its enabling congresspeople are pure evil. Many are near to going to their maker & I so wish, but very much doubt, they will eventually pay a price for what they do.

WashingtonPost Leader - Democracy dies in Darkness - is happening as we watch & the media enables.

I waited over 20 years to report my sexual abuser.
Because I was 14.
Because it was my hero.
Because it was my priest.
Because I thought I’d be expelled.
Because I feared no one would believe me.
Because I thought suicide was easier than telling 1 person#WhyIDidntReport

— Thomas Roberts (@ThomasARoberts) September 21, 2018

On the Trump/McConnell/Grassley theory, nearly all abusive priests would be absolved: their child victims almost never report them till decades later. https://t.co/tjPN7tdh2P

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 22, 2018

re: #11 jaunte

Ted Cruz is a liar.

They ALL are - but the media enables them without rebuke

BREAKING: Montgomery MD PD Chief Tom Manger confirms will investigate sexual allegations against Brett Kavanaugh if a complaint is filed. ⁦@CNN⁩ ⁦@ChrisCuomo⁩ pic.twitter.com/JDo30ZVPJn

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) September 22, 2018

Garrett Ventry is the Communications Adviser for Grassley and the Senate Judiciary Committee. He is also a Senior Account Executive at CRC Public Relations, which is the firm that did the legwork with Ed Whelan to develop his doppelganger scheme. These. People. Coordinated.

— Aaron Astor (@AstorAaron) September 22, 2018

re: #137 jaunte

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I’m glad to see more men coming forward.

re: #140 jaunte

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They were all prepared to make this guy take the fall for Kavanaugh. Disgusting. Hopefully Kavanaugh just gained a new enemy.

re: #140 jaunte

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The takeaway from this will be that their privacy was violated when Dr. Ford was informed they had looked at her page. New internet regulations will be called for.

I know I’ve been dragging the New York Times a lot lately, so I just want to make clear that I still consider them an essential news source.

But damn. Get your shit together and stop letting the right play you like a violin.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 22, 2018

re: #136 fern01

I am sending myself insane by seeing old white men dictating who and when a woman should talk to, about what happened to her as a young teen.

This administration and its enabling congresspeople are pure evil. Many are near to going to their maker & I so wish, but very much doubt, they will eventually pay a price for what they do.

WashingtonPost Leader - Democracy dies in Darkness - is happening as we watch & the media enables.

The lack of any empathy makes me sick. It was tough for me at that age to disclose to people about my Asperger’s diagnosis that happened that year. I can’t imagine how Ford felt with a sexual assault on her mind. These guys are cowardly assholes and if there’s any justice in the world, their wives, daughters, and grand daughters will all give them the cold shoulder forever. I’m hoping that the grandkids that were probably looking forward to Grandpa Orrin’s retirement know that their grandpa is a disgusting douchebag who is advancing a creep solely for partisan gain and was prepared to let an innocent man take the fall.

Franklin Graham: Attempted rape not a crime. Kavanaugh “respected” his victim by not finishing. pic.twitter.com/4SlmVcFBz9

— Tom Joad (@JohnnyBlkshrt) September 20, 2018

Welcome to evangelical Christianity. What a fraud. https://t.co/FbU1hsXb0p

— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 21, 2018

Colluded, even.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 22, 2018

re: #66 jaunte

He said (paraphrasing) he knew what a sacrifice it was for Cruz to be away from his family so much, working hard for what he thought was best for the country, and he admired that.

Sure isn’t a sacrifice for the family - given how he treats them

“Well, there wasn’t a crime committed.
These are two teenagers and it’s obvious that she said no and he respected it and walked away…
He just flat out says that’s not true. Regardless if it was true, these are two teenagers and she said no and he respected that so I don’t know what the issue is.

m.dailykos.com

New USA Today poll shows not only is Brett Kavanaugh’s historically low support dropping but it is especially bad with women. pic.twitter.com/agwLvPAFG7

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) September 22, 2018

re: #146 jaunte

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I liked Franklin Graham better when his name was Mullah Omar. What a fucking disgusting piece of shit this guy is. I really hope someone decks him in the face and says “Hey I didn’t attempt to kill you, so it’s not a crime fuckface!” Goddamn the Grahams and their history of fake piety.

re: #149 jaunte

m.dailykos.com

Of course, he doesn’t know what the issue is. He wasn’t brought up to respect women either.

Rachel is reading response from Dr Ford to Grassley

re: #125 HappyWarrior

Can’t it be both? Sorry.

Slimy life, Harvard boy
He move in space with minimum grace like a broken toy
K street lights and sweaty nights
When you require oil money desire for tax cut fights
No place for ethics or principled hearts
When profit margins are left to chance
No time to consider but somewhere to start
Don’t even ask, he’s an ooze operator
Ooze operator, ooze operator
Ooze operator
Brownsville to Austin, Dallas to Houston, oil shale
Goldman Sachs and every investment, Ted’s for sale….

re: #150 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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I think there’s going to be a price for this nomination regardless of he gets confirmed or not.

re: #149 jaunte

So, we’ve come to the point where the (R) is short for Rape instead of Republican.

A revolting but completely expected development in this era of the Pussy-grabber in Chief.

re: #154 Scottish Dragon

Slimy life, Harvard Princeton boy
He move in space with minimum grace like a broken toy
K street lights and sweaty nights
When you require oil money desire for tax cut fights
No place for ethics or principled hearts
When profit margins are left to chance
No time to consider but somewhere to start
Don’t even ask, he’s an ooze operator
Ooze operator, ooze operator
Ooze operator
Brownsville to Austin, Dallas to Houston, oil shale
Goldman Sachs and every investment, Ted’s for sale….

Fixed that for you :). He’s a Princeton boy.

NEW: Ford alerted an associate that Whelan looked at her LinkedIn page Sunday morning — before her name was public. Latest details via @eliseviebeck @emmersbrown @costareports: https://t.co/2CrUSazMam

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) September 21, 2018

One way they might have known would be if Kavanaugh told them….. because Dr. Ford’s allegations are true. https://t.co/y4cHvFQl2B

— Andrew L. Seidel (@AndrewLSeidel) September 22, 2018

re: #153 fern01

Rachel is reading response from Dr Ford to Grassley

What did she say?

The Rude Pundit:

Enjoying the Toxic Shit and Coal Water, Carolinas?

…. By the way, just to make this all more disgusting, right now tankers are traversing North Carolina with the pig shit that was sucked out of lagoons that were in danger of spilling over. So you’ve got shit trucks going from shit lagoon to shit lagoon, which seems about an accurate description of where we find ourselves now as a nation.

re: #155 HappyWarrior

I think there’s going to be a price for this nomination regardless of he gets confirmed or not.

It looks like there will be some badly needed housecleaning at Yale Law as part of the fallout from this mess.

re: #157 HappyWarrior

Harvard law, lol

Remember when Trump told us that Mexican immigrants were bringing rape. I guess they thought it was competition. Sorry for being so crass but these guys are really bringing me to the point of furious anger of denying that this was an assault or a crime to do what was done by Kavanaugh to Ford. It was better when they were denying it even happened because at least that sort of implied that they would think the allegations construed a crime. What an evil party the GOP is. What a bunch of immoral cowards they all are.

re: #161 EPR-radar

It looks like there will be some badly needed housecleaning at Yale Law as part of the fallout from this mess.

Good. I wouldn’t want Kavanaugh anywhere near my cousins’ children who are around law clerk age.

re: #162 Scottish Dragon

Harvard law, lol

Ah! My bad.

I love Sade and I hate to defile her work…but that was really kinda fun.

Is there anyway that he can be disbarred? I’m serious as a heart attack.

I missed this one earlier:

Currently outside the media entrance at the #txsen debate: pic.twitter.com/rYT1gmu4oN

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) September 21, 2018

re: #146 jaunte

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She ESCAPED you fuck, he didn’t QUIT.

re: #163 HappyWarrior

Remember when Trump told us that Mexican immigrants were bringing rape. I guess they thought it was competition. Sorry for being so crass but these guys are really bringing me to the point of furious anger of denying that this was an assault or a crime to do what was done by Kavanaugh to Ford. It was better when they were denying it even happened because at least that sort of implied that they would think the allegations construed a crime. What an evil party the GOP is. What a bunch of immoral cowards they all are.

At this point I think the primary Republican motivation for forcing through the Kavanaugh nomination is because he’s accused of attempted rape.

“Take that libtards, we’ve just put a man accused of attempted rape on SCOTUS and you couldn’t do a damn thing about it. Neener, neener, neener!! If it turns out he really did it, well fuck you, you’ll never have the 2/3 majority in the Senate necessary to convict on impeachment.”

Thus diagnosed, the long term plan is obvious. Take the House, presidency and 2/3 of the Senate, and clean out the entire judiciary. For starters.

Kavanaugh, Cohen, Manafort, and Their Pal The President Are All Just Liars - SOME MORE NEWS

I feel like distancing myself from everyone in my life who votes for these monsters but I can’t do that.

Rachel is good - calling out the NYT on their bad reporting - to help the President

re: #170 EPR-radar

At this point I think the primary Republican motivation for forcing through the Kavanaugh nomination is because he’s accused of attempted rape.

“Take that libtards, we’ve just put a man accused of attempted rape on SCOTUS and you couldn’t do a damn thing about it. Neener, neener, neener!! If it turns out he really did it, well fuck you, you’ll never have the 2/3 majority in the Senate necessary to convict on impeachment.”

Thus diagnosed, the long term plan is obvious. Take the House, presidency and 2/3 of the Senate, and clean out the entire judiciary. For starters.

You may well be right. It’s all so infuriating. This is what they’re fucking reduced to. They’er so fucking pathetic that they can’t withdraw Kavanaugh and admit that it was a mistake becaues they know the new SCOTUS term is about to begin and they know that some 4-4 ties won’t be good for them. It’s yet another exercise ins amoral fuckery by the party of fucking assholes.

Goat fucking child molester ghoul in a human skin continues to be a goat fucking child molester ghoul

— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) September 22, 2018

re: #175 Scottish Dragon

2000 Dennis Miller called and wants his “Prius is a small car” joke back.

re: #155 HappyWarrior

I think there’s going to be a price for this nomination regardless of he gets confirmed or not.

I’m not so sure - GOPers seem to get instant forgiveness once a dem is sworn in as President & then the voters go back to voting republican.

re: #175 Scottish Dragon

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Why is he bitching about Prius owners? Does Professor Ford own a Prius? I’m glad Erickson is having a tantrum about Professor Ford today though guys because remember this the next time he deviates from the Trump WH on an issue. The man was and is still a repulsive piece of goat shit who has no respect at all for women.

re: #177 fern01

I’m not so sure - GOPers seem to get instant forgiveness once a dem is sworn in as President & then the voters go back to voting republican.

You’re probably right. It’s all because of white voters sigh. We forgive those assholes even though they’re the ones who fucked up the economy in the 2000’s, were responsible for the downturn in the early 90’s, and oh yeah were full of plenty of shady foreign policy shit in the REagan years too.

re: #174 HappyWarrior

You may well be right. It’s all so infuriating. This is what they’re fucking reduced to. They’er so fucking pathetic that they can’t withdraw Kavanaugh and admit that it was a mistake becaues they know the new SCOTUS term is about to begin and they know that some 4-4 ties won’t be good for them. It’s yet another exercise ins amoral fuckery by the party of fucking assholes.

Consider this: Even if the GOP’s vetting of Kavanaugh was the most half-assed thing imaginable, they had to have known at least about ‘Tits and Clits’ and Kavanaugh being a total party animal for years.

That’s enough by itself to make a sex scandal virtually inevitable, and so that stupid charm offensive and GOP letter were prepared against that possibility.

Now this business I’m seeing upthread about GOP goons knowing about Dr. Ford before she went public are a whole separate category of GOP ratfucking. I surely hope some real journalists are going to get to the bottom of that cesspit.

re: #179 HappyWarrior

You’re probably right. It’s all because of white voters sigh. We forgive those assholes even though they’re the ones who fucked up the economy in the 2000’s, were responsible for the downturn in the early 90’s, and oh yeah were full of plenty of shady foreign policy shit in the REagan years too.

And don’t forget the ongoing disaster in the MidEast all resulting from the invasion of Iraq.

Susan Collins is concerned
.
.
.
.but she’ll still vote the republican way

To women lizards, as a man. Please hear this. I’m sorry. I’m sorry that so many men are assholes. I’m sorry that men mostly white men in this country seemed more bothered by a shoe company having an ad campaign with a football player they disliked than a man who attempted a rape being nominated to SCOTUS. I’m sorry that time and time again we vote Republican even though the rest of the country is bucking that. I’m sorry that we gave this country Trump. I’m sorry for Brett Kavanaugh who were he a man of color would have never been allowed the rapid advancement he made. I’m sorry that HRC was called shrill and whiny while we elected the biggest whiner I’ve ever seen to be our President. If you want to elect nothing but women Presidents till the day I die, please go for it. I’m sure you’ll do better than we have.

re: #181 Hecuba’s daughter

And don’t forget the ongoing disaster in the MidEast all resulting from the invasion of Iraq.

I know. Sorry there’s just so much they’ve fucked.

re: #180 EPR-radar

Consider this: Even if the GOP’s vetting of Kavanaugh was the most half-assed thing imaginable, they had to have known at least about ‘Tits and Clits’ and Kavanaugh being a total party animal for years.

That’s enough by itself to make a sex scandal virtually inevitable, and so that stupid charm offensive and GOP letter were prepared against that possibility.

Now this business I’m seeing upthread about GOP goons knowing about Dr. Ford before she went public are a whole separate category of GOP ratfucking. I surely hope some real journalists are going to get to the bottom of that cesspit.

Yeah I’ve been thinking that Kav’s appointment in 2006 by Dubya was a nice gift for all the years of loyal service to the GOP cause. This guy wasn’t fit to be a judge then and he’s definitely not for SCOTUS now.

re: #183 HappyWarrior

The day that white political hegemony in the US ends cannot possibly come soon enough.

BREAKING: Lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford wants another day to consider terms for testifying before Senate committee. https://t.co/OzWLP2N18v

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 22, 2018

At this point, Dr. Ford should tell the Judiciary Committee to piss off and go do an interview with @Oprah

— alyssa mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) September 22, 2018

re: #186 EPR-radar

The day that white political hegemony in the US ends cannot possibly come soon enough.

Amen to that.

re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Who the fuck is Conway to say that? Yes, Kellyanne, she’s definitely MeToo and there’s a special place in hell for women like you who sell others out. You’re nothing more than a Quisling asshole who cares only about the Republican party getting its way. If a rape victim gets in the way of that, RUN THAT BITCH OVER, WE NEED THAT COURT MAJORITY.

Ted Cruz demands that Kavanaugh accuser testify ‘respectfully’ about her assault during Dallas debatehttps://t.co/Qoe23tiGPj

— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 21, 2018

One more reason to find Ted Cruz disgusting. https://t.co/AXLsY5LyJL

— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) September 22, 2018

re: #183 HappyWarrior

To women lizards, as a man. Please hear this. I’m sorry. I’m sorry that so many men are assholes. I’m sorry that men mostly white men in this country seemed more bothered by a shoe company having an ad campaign with a football player they disliked than a man who attempted a rape being nominated to SCOTUS. I’m sorry that time and time again we vote Republican even though the rest of the country is bucking that. I’m sorry that we gave this country Trump. I’m sorry for Brett Kavanaugh who were he a man of color would have never been allowed the rapid advancement he made. I’m sorry that HRC was called shrill and whiny while we elected the biggest whiner I’ve ever seen to be our President. If you want to elect nothing but women Presidents till the day I die, please go for it. I’m sure you’ll do better than we have.

I find it so sad that you think you have to say this. Most of my working life I earned more money than my husband - one guy I worked with told me he would divorce his wife if she was the higher income earner - and then wondered why our friendship fell apart

My husband smiled and said he much enjoyed the fruits of my labor.

There are some good guys out there - and we have to believe they will eventually overtake the a..holes. The average age of the old white senators is OLD. I will not mourn their passing.

re: #190 jaunte

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Testify “respectfully.” Heidi, please dump this man and never let him near your girls again. Do it for your sake. Do it for their sake. He’s a miserable sexist asshole. What if Dr. Ford were you?

re: #174 HappyWarrior

re: #163 HappyWarrior

Remember when Trump told us that Mexican immigrants were bringing rape. I guess they thought it was competition. Sorry for being so crass but these guys are really bringing me to the point of furious anger of denying that this was an assault or a crime to do what was done by Kavanaugh to Ford. It was better when they were denying it even happened because at least that sort of implied that they would think the allegations construed a crime. What an evil party the GOP is. What a bunch of immoral cowards they all are.

Completely done with being bullied by these despicable deplorable cretinous fools. I love my mom (R.I.P.) my wife and respect any victim stepping up. Family and friends are all on notice. Don’t bring your red hat shit to my address. Should the political tide turn in our favor, I’m all in on total pushback. Run the tea party and Trump people to complete humiliated obscurity. Irrelevance.

re: #191 fern01

I find it so sad that you think you have to say this. Most of my working life I earned more money than my husband - one guy I worked with told me he would divorce his wife if she was the higher income earner - and then wondered why our friendship fell apart

My husband smiled and said he much enjoyed the fruits of my labor.

There are some good guys out there - and we have to believe they will eventually overtake the a..holes. The average age of the old white senators is OLD. I will not mourn their passing.

I’m just so disgusted. Love your husband’s response. I won’t mourn their passing either. I’m just so frustrated because it feels like this fight is one we had so many years ago that we should have won already.

We came to taste forbidden fruits, to boil your seas and burn your world. pic.twitter.com/vkZMTW6S8c

— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) September 19, 2018

re: #193 Unshaken Defiance

Completely done with being bullied by these despicable deplorable cretinous fools. I love my mom (R.I.P.) my wife and respect any victim stepping up. Family and friends are all on notice. Don’t bring your red hat shit to my address. Should the political tide turn in our favor, I’m all in on total pushback. Run the tea party and Trump people to complete humiliated obscurity. irrelevance.

Yep. I hear that.

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And where can I get some decent catnip around here?

re: #197 Eventual Carrion

And where can I get some decent catnip around here?

I’m sorry but Ted Cruz ate all of it.

re: #183 HappyWarrior

To women lizards, as a man. Please hear this. I’m sorry. I’m sorry that so many men are assholes. I’m sorry that men mostly white men in this country seemed more bothered by a shoe company having an ad campaign with a football player they disliked than a man who attempted a rape being nominated to SCOTUS. I’m sorry that time and time again we vote Republican even though the rest of the country is bucking that. I’m sorry that we gave this country Trump. I’m sorry for Brett Kavanaugh who were he a man of color would have never been allowed the rapid advancement he made. I’m sorry that HRC was called shrill and whiny while we elected the biggest whiner I’ve ever seen to be our President. If you want to elect nothing but women Presidents till the day I die, please go for it. I’m sure you’ll do better than we have.

Speaking as a white male, I’ve said many times that white men shouldn’t be allowed to vote—“until we figure out what’s going on”.

re: #185 HappyWarrior

Yeah I’ve been thinking that Kav’s appointment in 2006 by Dubya was a nice gift for all the years of loyal service to the GOP cause. This guy wasn’t fit to be a judge then and he’s definitely not for SCOTUS now.

If he really did organize the Brooks Brothers riot, he should have been in Leavenworth the last 18 years for that alone….

re: #199 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Speaking as a white male, I’ve said many times that white men shouldn’t be allowed to vote—“until we figure out what’s going on”.

I still like RBG’s response to how many women should be on scotus. For years and for the overwhelming majority of our history policy was done nearly exclusively by white men. In the 21st century, we still celebrate milestones for women. We’ve never had a woman Governor here or even major party candidate I believe.

re: #169 Eventual Carrion

She ESCAPED you fuck, he didn’t QUIT.

Well he didn’t hunt her down and drag her back by her hair, like the caveman Graham is.

re: #200 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

If he really did organize the Brooks Brothers riot, he should have been in Leavenworth the last 18 years for that alone….

He’s nothing but an overgrown bro piece of shit who is a Republican operative that is undeserving of a federal or any judgeship. He was someone akin to CCJ or Stone, not a serious person who respects the law.

I will say now that Mitch McConnell LIED when he says he has the votes to get Kavanaugh onto the SC. I do not believe him. I would never say this about Nancy Pelosi - she knows how to count.

re: #201 HappyWarrior

I still like RBG’s response to how many women should be on scotus. For years and for the overwhelming majority of our history policy was done nearly exclusively by white men. In the 21st century, we still celebrate milestones for women. We’ve never had a woman Governor here or even major party candidate I believe.

I was kind of proud of Washington when Christine Gregoire was elected Governor. We had women for Gov. and both Senators—first time ever.

re: #205 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I was kind of proud of Washington when Christine Gregoire was elected Governor. We had women for Gov. and both Senators—first time ever.

Quite an accomplishment.

re: #206 HappyWarrior

Quite an accomplishment.

Just barely. The first time was close enough for a recount, against the egregious Dino Rossi, who will not go away. He’s running now for that asspimple Reichert’s House seat—which he’ll probably win.

So now all the Trump sycophants calling for Rod Rosenstein to be fired believe the New York Times?

I thought the New York Times was fake news?

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) September 21, 2018

Dude, this will never not be weird. Woke Joe Walsh. https://t.co/PCpdmDXHs9

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 22, 2018

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

My only concern with this is the GOP going “there’s already an investigation going on, we don’t need one.”

Good god. Trump’s former communications director got his mistress pregnant, and when he found out, he spiked her drink with mifepristone and aborted her pregnancy without her consent.

Republicans are woman-abusing, sexual psychopaths. https://t.co/CQy7PxaJOR

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) September 22, 2018

re: #208 teleskiguy

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It’s so weird seeing him as a fairly reasonable voice. He’s still an asshole but he’s not afraid to call out the MAGA cult.

Miller allegedly entered a sexual relationship with Doe, who Delgado says in the filing became pregnant. As the filing claims (emphasis theirs):

Shortly thereafter, according to Joe Doe, Mr. Miller visited her at her apartment with a Smoothie beverage.

Unbeknownst to Jane Doe, the Smoothie contained an abortion bill. [sic]

The pill induced an abortion, and Jane Doe wound up in a hospital emergency room, bleeding heavily and nearly went into a coma.

The unborn child died.

Jane Doe herself was hospitalized for two days, the abortion pill possibly reacting with potential street drugs in her system at the time she drank the Smoothie.

Upon leaving the hospital, a rightly enraged Jane Doe contacted the staffers of local politicians with whom Mr. Miller had been in attendance at Rachel’s the night they met.

Mr. Miller then, in a panic, attempted to have Jane Doe sign a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”), presumably in exchange for a sum of money.

Republicans love NDAs and other gagging techniques.

re: #210 jaunte

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Holy fucking shit! Family values FTW!

Re: all this news today - *screams*

On a good note:

The whole party is evil from top to bottom.

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re: #204 fern01

I will say now that Mitch McConnell LIED when he says he has the votes to get Kavanaugh onto the SC. I do not believe him. I would never say this about Nancy Pelosi - she knows how to count.

No doubt in my mind that McConnell will give a pass to one of his rubber stamps, but the other one will vote to put a rapist on the Court.

Assault by drug.

Conservatives: “Nothing worse than being accused of a sex crime, think of poor Brett”

Also Conservatives: “Hey lets accuse this other unrelated guy of this sex crime so it can cast some doubt on the allegations against our guy.”

— Tony DeMarco (@DeMarcoDraws) September 21, 2018

re: #219 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

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What about being the victim? Fuck then and Kavanaugh. Assholes.

re: #215 HappyWarrior

The whole party is evil from top to bottom.

I’m sorry I was ever a registered republican. Deeply sorry.

As I posted last night.

Consider how it plays out.

Kavanaugh gets on the court.

Kavanaugh indicted for attempted rape.

Kavanaugh convicted.

Hogan pardons him.

People lose faith in courts and either refuse to serve on juries or engage in jury nullification in case after case.

re: #221 Unshaken Defiance

I’m sorry I was ever a registered republican. Deeply sorry.

You’re a good person. They conned a lot of good people. You’re no longer with them now. That matters.

Sean Hannity on Rosenstein: “I have a message for the president tonight. Under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody. These actors, tonight, and I have multiple sources confirming this … it is all a set up” pic.twitter.com/xAjHLcfDh3

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) September 22, 2018

Tucker Carlson is also on team caution: he argued that Trump’s enemies might have planted the Rosenstein story to lay a “trap” to bait Trump into a rash decision they could use as grounds for impeachment. https://t.co/Ia36fuBMow

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 22, 2018

re: #223 HappyWarrior

You’re a good person. They conned a lot of good people. You’re no longer with them now. That matters.

And now enough of them have caused trouble for me and people I care for, they have an enemy. All fun and games until they took the children. Then it became a kind of cold war. EDIT-It’s a damn strange place when you can not speak up for both the 1st and 2nd Amendments without an argument from a republican.

re: #224 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Trump is going to be confused here.

re: #225 Unshaken Defiance

And now enough of them have caused trouble for me and people I care for, they have an enemy. All fun and games until they took the children. Then it became a kind of cold war.

I’m proud to count you as an ally and friend.

re: #227 HappyWarrior

I’m proud to count you as an ally and friend.

Thank you. That means a lot.

re: #228 Unshaken Defiance

Thank you. That means a lot.

Course.

re: #226 HappyWarrior

Trump is going to be confused here.

Lumpy is the one who tucks him in every night—his view will prevail. The others just rile him up for his morning rage-tweets.

re: #230 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Lumpy is the one who tucks him in every night—his view will prevail. The others just rile him up for his morning rage-tweets.

True.

re: #224 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Two out of three saying to fire Rosenstein are icky wimmens. No chance trump listens to them.

Russian bots are sending exactly identical WORD FOR WORD pro-Ted Cruz posts at the rate of two a minute. They’ve been doing this for weeks.

Why does Russia think America will be weaker with Ted Cruz in the Senate? Hmm, I wonder.

Vote Beto.#TXSenateDebate pic.twitter.com/uTNSW0O6GY

— JRehling (@JRehling) September 22, 2018

re: #233 jaunte

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Ha typical.

Huh. pic.twitter.com/8NSy3v81gU

— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) September 22, 2018

re: #214 GlutenFreeJesus

Re: all this news today - *screams*

On a good note:

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I reported that ass on the Twitter long form. Twitter never even acknowledged it!

FB Snark Attack-On.

You left out Ellison and Shumer and ole bill bob Clinton now how did that happen. Your selective morals again (sic)

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Sorry Not Sorry we kept it to this century.
-Damn I forgot to be outraged about Alexander Hamilton and a married woman named Maria Reynolds.Then the killer New York Congressman Daniel Sickles. Then OMG on the eve of the 1872 election season, the New York Sun broke the story of an infamous boondoggle involving several business leaders, U.S. congressmen and even the vice president. The scandal took its name from Crédit Mobilier of America, a construction company contracted by the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s during the building of the transcontinental railroad. While it masqueraded as a legitimate business, Crédit Mobilier was actually a front company operated by a cabal of Union Pacific executives.

Cook Political Report moves the TX Senate race to a tossup…
thehill.com
We might have a Dem senator in Alabama and TX.
Thanks Trump.

Even now, I am stunned when so-called Christians seek to malign and marginalize victims of sexual violence to suit their political purposes. If indeed there is a kingdom of God to be inherited, it shall never be yours.

— G O L D I E. (@goldietaylor) September 22, 2018

When’s the last time Fuckface Von Clownstick did two of his Nuremberg rallies in a row?

re: #183 HappyWarrior

To women lizards, as a man. Please hear this. I’m sorry. I’m sorry that so many men are assholes. I’m sorry that men mostly white men in this country seemed more bothered by a shoe company having an ad campaign with a football player they disliked than a man who attempted a rape being nominated to SCOTUS. I’m sorry that time and time again we vote Republican even though the rest of the country is bucking that. I’m sorry that we gave this country Trump. I’m sorry for Brett Kavanaugh who were he a man of color would have never been allowed the rapid advancement he made. I’m sorry that HRC was called shrill and whiny while we elected the biggest whiner I’ve ever seen to be our President. If you want to elect nothing but women Presidents till the day I die, please go for it. I’m sure you’ll do better than we have.

Well, yeah, this. Don’t mean to make light of it but…

I’m not going to apologize for being a heterosexual old white guy, retired (They pay me for not going to work!) who has never sexually assaulted a woman. Did I have some drunken encounters in college? Sure. But there was always a mutual “yes”. I can’t imagine myself forcing myself on a a woman for sex.

I’ve been married to She Who Must Be Obeyed for over a quarter of a century. Before we met, she was the victim of a sexual assault. It has affected our marriage. We have a friend and colleague visiting with us this week and staying in our guest house who was sexually assaulted. It has affected her life.

I cannot tell you how many women I have known who have been accosted and/or raped. It’s a stain on all men that it is written off as “youthful this” or “boys will be boys” or “she said no, but her eyes said yes”. It’s rape and assault.

But that’s not the situation here. Kavanaugh, appears to be a sexual predator, and his membership in a club in college routinely referred to as “Tit and Clit” speaks volumes.

This man has no business being on the SCOTUS. And that’s a dead stop.

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Performing brain surgery on yourself to own the libs

— Mr Toad’s Wild Ride (@goddamnedfrank) September 22, 2018

I was 13 when investigators showed up unannounced at my jr. high & pulled me from class to interrogate me in front of school officials. I was embarrassed & terrified. I had not reported, someone else had for me. Scared, I convinced everyone they had it all wrong. #WhyIDidntReport

— Jess O’Connell (@JessOConnell) September 22, 2018

re: #240 teleskiguy

When’s the last time Fuckface Von Clownstick did two of his Nuremberg rallies in a row?

One of my colleagues here has posted images of the Missouri rally on his WeChat, saying he wanted Chinese people to see how “traditional Americans” support Trump. Apparently, one of his former Chinese students was at the rally and took real-time photos.

“Traditional Americans.” Need I say my colleague is a white man from Texas in his mid-60s?

I wish he had not posted those remarks in public. He’s otherwise a pretty nice guy, albeit occasionally grumpy. Now I doubt his sanity.