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Post by crimsonandclover on Feb 5, 2020 0:04:41 GMT -6
We may need to institute a limit on how many times this GIF can be posted per thread or I already know it's going to get out of control  |
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Post by bunnyfungo on Feb 5, 2020 0:09:08 GMT -6
Ew. My homeschool group just emailed me to remind me about the special election primary to fill Sean Duffy’s old seat and to tell me exactly which republican to vote for. ::unsubscribe:: That’s presumptuous and gross. A good reminder of why I’m trying out a new secular group I found across the border in MN. Yuck. Unsubscribe for sure. ETA: that reminds me of when my friend wore an Obama Mama t-shirt in ‘08 to a playground in suburban Georgia and got an email from a parent at her daughters preschool saying she was surprised and didn’t know she was “that kind of person”. 😮 Maybe I should wear my “Free Mom Hugs” shirt with a rainbow heart every time I go to a meetup to weed out the assholes. Too bad I’m no longer the size I was in 2008 to wear my Obama shirt 😔 |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2020 4:55:05 GMT -6
I’ll have the UO that I wish Nancy hadn’t done the paper rip. It was a childish move when she has stayed classy through the impeachment. I get the desire to, it just gives Rs something to focus on. I can go either way. I generally like the go high road approach and Pelosi usually takes it. I feel she must have been really pissed to have done it so I trust her judgment on that. I have to vent when there are shenanigans in my work meetings - can’t imagine having to stay silent and be right behind someone lying about what I do for a living for that long. Lol. I think it is annoying that it’s all anyone will talk about but let’s be real, if she didn’t do that it would be have been how presidential he sounded and how he had a decent night. When in reality he somehow managed to not sound like he was having a stroke, didn’t rage yell, and lied for 90 minutes straight. So if the narrative is her ripping the papers or kissing his ass and ignoring all the lies, I’m down with the spectacle. And I’ll lol for days at all those pieces of crap clutching their pearls about it when they don’t say shit about T’s boorish behavior. Same as his little dance routine during the national anthem. They don’t say boo about it but Obama salutes with a coffee cup and they want to impeach him. It doesn’t matter what Dems do, they will always find a way to be hypocrites. Yes! Exactly this. My guess is it was a strategic move to control the narrative other than an emotional act. Also, hi!!! |
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Post by cakewench on Feb 5, 2020 5:41:12 GMT -6
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Post by ladybrienne on Feb 5, 2020 5:44:20 GMT -6
I’ll have the UO that I wish Nancy hadn’t done the paper rip. It was a childish move when she has stayed classy through the impeachment. I get the desire to, it just gives Rs something to focus on. Most likely the speech was written or partially written by Stephen Miller, a known white nationalist. I’d rip it to shreds too. |
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Post by roloma on Feb 5, 2020 6:17:51 GMT -6
I know that ripping the speech comes across childish or petty but I give exactly zero fucks about that. The human piece of garbage refused to shake her hand, lied for an hour and a half, made a mockery of the highest civilian honor the president awards, not to mention all of the other bananas and downright harmful shit he said last night and does regularly. He ripped families apart and put them in actual fucking cages then had the nerve to brag about lowering the border crossings. Yeah, because it is actually currently safer for these folks to stay in their horrible home countries rather than come to the US.
So, uh, he’s lucky she didn’t punch him in his ugly face. And I would stand up and applaud if she did. The time for being kind and civil is over. He doesn’t deserve it. Sorry, not sorry in the least.
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Post by catspajamas on Feb 5, 2020 7:59:15 GMT -6
I'm already battling with relatives on social media re: the Nancy Pelosi speech thing. Sigh. I try not to engage w/ family on this stuff (particularly MH's family) but if someone's going to call Pelosi divisive and lacking in class, I have to ask if today is Opposite Day, right? I mean, I have to. lol
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Post by justbecause on Feb 5, 2020 7:59:38 GMT -6
My H wanted to know if that was the worst recipient of the medal of freedom
Apparently Bill Cosby got it in 2002.
Woof.
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Post by greykitty on Feb 5, 2020 8:12:48 GMT -6
I think Pelosi made a rare misstep with tearing the speech. I understand the emotion, but I don't think it was a good strategic move.
And hopefully not an UO, but I don't care. Those who failed to stand for Charles McGee should be ashamed of themselves. Not only was this shameful in itself, it also does not help the Democratic Party in a year where every vote counts.
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Post by cakewench on Feb 5, 2020 8:26:22 GMT -6
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Post by jaygee on Feb 5, 2020 8:30:12 GMT -6
I think Pelosi made a rare misstep with tearing the speech. I understand the emotion, but I don't think it was a good strategic move. And hopefully not an UO, but I don't care. Those who failed to stand for Charles McGee should be ashamed of themselves. Not only was this shameful in itself, it also does not help the Democratic Party in a year where every vote counts. I completely agree on the Charles McGee standing. That I am supremely annoyed about. |
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Post by willow on Feb 5, 2020 8:31:49 GMT -6
I'm not trying to be a complete ass with Rush. But he has done a lot of really shitty things and to place him along other Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients pisses me off. I honestly don't feel bad about thinking shitty things about him. Sure no one should have to suffer through cancer BUT....even if we JUST consider the laundry list of flat out disgustingly racist things he's said over the years, that alone to me is enough for me to say "Ok, sorry for your family that they have to watch you suffer but fuck you for eternity." |
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Post by catspajamas on Feb 5, 2020 8:39:44 GMT -6
greykitty, I get what you are saying and I'm seeing that sentiment a lot today. But I think it's okay for her, and all of us, to act on emotion once in a while, especially in the face of what he and the GOP do all the damn time. Today, of all days - when he is going to get acquitted on obstructing Congress after months of literally doing exactly that - openly refusing to provide a single document, defying every subpoena and demanding everyone else do the same - and abusing his power, which he openly admits to... I do not care. Dems take the high road every damn time and look where we are. I'm generally glad about that but once in a while it's like, enough is enough.
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 5, 2020 8:50:08 GMT -6
I honestly dont care that Nancy ripped the speech, it kept the narrative away from the speech and the media isn't out there parroting the 'good' things he said. Was it petty? absolutely. At some point you have to bite back. We (she) has had so much shit dumped on us since the beginning that a torn piece of paper is the least of this parties worries.
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Post by greykitty on Feb 5, 2020 8:52:51 GMT -6
catspajamas , no, truly I empathize with Pelosi a lot and think she shows rare political acumen 99.9% of the time. I kind of wish she hadn't been on camera, but I can't get too upset with her. I am sorry it's providing a lot of talk this morning. On the other hand, the more I think of McGee, the more I wouldn't mind a direct censure or something from the House leadership. That was truly shameful, to the point I'm honestly thinking of looking up that bunch's opponents and throwing them some money. I'd call their offices, but they're not my representatives. Maybe I'll call anyway. ETA - just called Tlaib's Detroit and DC offices - you just get the option of leaving a voicemail. Maybe that's reasonable, not sure. When I call my Congressman or either of my US Senators, I've always gotten a human being, so I was a little surprised. ETA - did get a nice young man at Congresswoman Omar's DC office. He took my name, number and zip code. I did make it clear I was a registered Democrat in another district and who my rep is. Next will be Rep Pocan's office. ETA - just because I'm on a roll, did get a nice young woman in Congressman Pocan's office. Again, made it clear not my representative but she said she'd pass my opinion along.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 5, 2020 8:57:56 GMT -6
Today would be Trayvon Martin’s 25th birthday
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Post by stepho on Feb 5, 2020 9:24:51 GMT -6
Great thread I stumbled upon this morning. Worth the read.
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Post by elle on Feb 5, 2020 9:26:58 GMT -6
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Post by LaRo422 on Feb 5, 2020 9:32:46 GMT -6
Today would be Trayvon Martin’s 25th birthday This literally made my stomach turn 😔 |
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Post by jaygee on Feb 5, 2020 9:39:24 GMT -6
Today would be Trayvon Martin’s 25th birthday This literally made my stomach turn 😔 I honestly don’t know how his family is able to cope. I saw a picture of his mom and dad with Kobe and started bawling for both situations. |
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Post by starbuck on Feb 5, 2020 9:45:31 GMT -6
OMG someone just texted me a Breitbart article. I can't.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 5, 2020 9:47:30 GMT -6
OMG someone just texted me a Breitbart article. I can't. UNSUBSCRIBE |
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Post by punker1212 on Feb 5, 2020 9:51:15 GMT -6
Today would be Trayvon Martin’s 25th birthday Jaw drop. Did not know all of this. |
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Post by jaygee on Feb 5, 2020 9:58:35 GMT -6
Welp. It looks like she played his game well.
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Post by elle on Feb 5, 2020 10:07:14 GMT -6
Today would be Trayvon Martin’s 25th birthday It's just so awful. The injustice of it all. |
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Post by starbuck on Feb 5, 2020 10:07:43 GMT -6
OMG someone just texted me a Breitbart article. I can't. UNSUBSCRIBE It's the same libertarian from the other day. And it's family. So I just responded calmly with like eleventy things that make POC nervous about Trump and he could basically not refute a single one other than to say "well I think this one thing is nuanced." IDK. I am trying. (Ah, I should add the article he sent was Van Jones saying how T is making a difference in black communities because jobs and the other commentators were very WTF and the article essentially said lefties are so anti-T they won't even acknowledge the good he has done.) |
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 5, 2020 10:09:06 GMT -6
Fred Guttenberg was handcuffed and escorted from the SOTU last night. He was detained for 2 hours until Pelosi's office intervened.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 5, 2020 10:22:43 GMT -6
Fred Guttenberg was handcuffed and escorted from the SOTU last night. He was detained for 2 hours until Pelosi's office intervened.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 5, 2020 10:23:26 GMT -6
It's the same libertarian from the other day. And it's family. So I just responded calmly with like eleventy things that make POC nervous about Trump and he could basically not refute a single one other than to say "well I think this one thing is nuanced." IDK. I am trying. (Ah, I should add the article he sent was Van Jones saying how T is making a difference in black communities because jobs and the other commentators were very WTF and the article essentially said lefties are so anti-T they won't even acknowledge the good he has done.) Van Jones has jumped the shark. Your good people for trying. |
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Post by ladybrienne on Feb 5, 2020 10:24:37 GMT -6
OMG someone just texted me a Breitbart article. I can't. the fucccccccck |
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