Discussion: The REPUBLICAN Party - - - - - Part 20

[Teelie]

Whoever runs against him should easily win. But being Alabama, I imagine it will be closer than it should be.

 

[Marvolo]

Guess who is going to give it the old college try again.

Roy Moore to run again for US Senate seat in Alabama - CNNPolitics

Maybe round 2 will reveal more skeletons in his closet.

 

[Sithborg]

Whoever runs against him should easily win. But being Alabama, I imagine it will be closer than it should be.

Yeah, there is a disturbingly strong chance that he wins the primary. I do wonder if any political calculus has changed in Alabama.

 

[Lighthouse]

LOL! After all the horrible shirt the Trump administration and Republican party put Jeff Sessions through, thoroughly throwing him under the bus, NOW they want him to run for Senate to get his old seat back. If I were him I'd flip them off with my Keebler Elf finger and tell them to shove it.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

LOL! After all the horrible **** the Trump administration and Republican party put Jeff Sessions through, thoroughly throwing him under the bus, NOW they want him to run for Senate to get his old seat back. If I were him I'd flip them off with my Keebler Elf finger and tell them to shove it.

Doesn't compare to what Sessions has put this country through.

 

[Sithborg]

The crazy thing is, I'm not sure Sessions could win the primary.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The crazy thing is, I'm not sure Sessions could win the primary.

That is a very good point.

 

[Lighthouse]

Doesn't compare to what Sessions has put this country through.

I'm not defending Sessions at all. He's a horrible, racist old piece of garbage. I'm just saying that if I was him, I wouldn't feel like I owed the Republicans or Trump a goddamn thing.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I'm not defending Sessions at all. He's a horrible, racist old piece of garbage. I'm just saying that if I was him, I wouldn't feel like I owed the Republicans or Trump a goddamn thing.

It is not a question of owing, though considering his lifestyle is do to their investment in his racism, he probably does own them quite a bit.

 

[Lighthouse]

Modern America.

After GOP Lawmakers Flee State, ‘Possible Militia Threat’ Shuts Down Oregon Capitol

 

[CaptainWagner]

Modern America.

After GOP Lawmakers Flee State, ‘Possible Militia Threat’ Shuts Down Oregon Capitol

That Boquist idiot should be thrown in jail for threatening officers, along with everyone involved in the militia threat. But they won't be, because if there's anything we love, it's letting violent right-wingers escape any consequences for their actions. (Also see: The Bundy Family and company)

It's insane that this level of political subversion is happening in Oregon and not getting more attention. The DNC is truly awful at exposing what their opponents are doing.

 

[Teelie]

And yet we're supposed to believe it is the Democrats who are stalling and grinding government to a halt.

 

[Lighthouse]

Republicans continue to get away with everything because Democratic lawmakers are spineless cowards.

 

[moviedoors]

Modern America.

After GOP Lawmakers Flee State, ‘Possible Militia Threat’ Shuts Down Oregon Capitol

This is a truly terrifying story. A good bill shut down by right wing terrorists with the tacit support of the Republicans.

And they are getting away with it. This gets worse before it gets better.

 

[Lighthouse]

This story has really, really depressed me. Oregon Democrats have a supermajority, and caved to GOP terrorists. This will embolden other states to do the same thing. Our planet is heading for extinction, and this now shows that democracy is completely broken. Voting out ALL Republicans is impossible.

 

[Teelie]

Republicans all over the country are abusing their position and will continue to brazenly do so. There needs to be a new party to replace Republicans because they aren't a functioning party anymore.

 

[Sithborg]

So, it looks like Kris Kobach is looking to run for Senate in Kansas next year.

 

[Marvolo]

Well I agree with him about one thing. Our constitution snd sovereignty are at risk...from his party and Russia.

The man cant even spell his own name.

Kobach appears to launch Kansas Senate bid by misspelling own name on federal form

 

[Sithborg]

This is Pence's type of guy.

Robert Foster, Mississippi gubernatorial candidate, denies female reporter access - CNNPolitics

 

[Holiday]

Mike Pence likes guys who respect their wives and marriage? Anyone who is or has been married or has experience with a serious relationship will understand what that politician is talking about in how being alone with someone of the opposite sex for a significant amount of time could start unnecessary rumors. Especially in the "me too" era.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Wow... That was like some kind of reactionary/sexist/ignorant/Christian Taliban Like conservative bullshirt combo breaker.

But I honestly expect no less at this juncture.

Extra points for implying that what Me Too is really about drummed up/false allegations. That's the cherry on top.

 

[Holiday]

The "me too" era is about people and men in particular having more awareness of these type of situations. He could have just as easily agreed to this, then while alone with this woman made some sexual advance or remark toward her and she would have no proof of it.

You're not married are you?

 

[Teelie]

I prefer to look at it this way: He is so incapable of controlling his own urges and has so little restraint he cannot trust himself to be around a female human without another man there to keep him in check.

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, it reduces any interaction between a man and a woman as sexual. It is amazingly sexist. If you can't trust yourself in those situations, then do you really have respect for your wife?

 

[Holiday]

Here's a CNN interview with both people involved. As he says there, he and his wife vowed to each other out of respect that they would not be alone in the same room with another person of the opposite sex during the marriage. That's a mutual agreement between his wife and himself, not just his rule. People may disagree with that but it's not their marriage.

His issue is not with being able to control his own urges. It's with the perception of him being alone with a woman for an extended period of time. "People's perception is their reality" as some say.