Here's What Happened Among Republicans a Few Hours After Jeff Flake's Speech

Charley Pierce.

You would have thought that Senator Jeff Flake would have basked a little longer in the applause he got for scarpering out of the Senate before he got around to the business of emptying his words of any significant meaning they ever had. Instead, Flake—along with fellow brave truth-tellers Bob Corker, Ben Sasse and, significantly, John McCain—joined with every other Republican (including Mike Pence, The Great Tiebreaker) to arrange for the screwing of countless Americans and their families.

..And So.. it FUCKING--> Goes.. with dens of weasels possessed of neither integrity nor (any capability whatsoever, of: shame).

We ARE the bloody Ferenghi-out-of-->The Eloi of "Time Machine" infamy, thus becoming:
perhaps the Final Scourge of all mammalian Life on this over-Populated, trashed [and maybe Pissed-Off, however That works]
ONLY domicile of which we have any knowledge.

Only Boobus Muricanus could thrive within today's diet of pure-mental-shit as the only dish served up by the Executive shit-Chefs.

To Do List:
Passport.. Passport.. Passport.. Passport..

There's too much unsaid in this thread.

There's no contradiction between pointing out that a couple of GOP senators decrying Trump's tone isn't good enough - since they vote to stuff that Trump wants 90+% of the time - and being among a group of people that decry's Trump's tone - while also decrying his policies.

Monsters appoint monsters, and appointed monsters create and implement monstrous policies. One can decry monsters and also decry monstrous policies. But decrying monsters because they're saying things out loud that one agrees with but doesn't want to say out loud (c.f. Atwater) and then voting for their policies isn't going to get kudos from me.

Some people think that Flake and Corker and McCain and W should be applauded for their speeches. That's fine. I don't - not yet.

Deeds are needed now.

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #421,052 by Ashton 10/26/17 3:24:32 PM 10/26/17 3:24:32 PM Reply	Here's What Happened Among Republicans a Few Hours After Jeff Flake's Speech Charley Pierce. You would have thought that Senator Jeff Flake would have basked a little longer in the applause he got for scarpering out of the Senate before he got around to the business of emptying his words of any significant meaning they ever had. Instead, Flake—along with fellow brave truth-tellers Bob Corker, Ben Sasse and, significantly, John McCain—joined with every other Republican (including Mike Pence, The Great Tiebreaker) to arrange for the screwing of countless Americans and their families. ..And So.. it FUCKING--> Goes.. with dens of weasels possessed of neither integrity nor (any capability whatsoever, of: shame). We ARE the bloody Ferenghi-out-of-->The Eloi of "Time Machine" infamy, thus becoming: perhaps the Final Scourge of all mammalian Life on this over-Populated, trashed [and maybe Pissed-Off, however That works] ONLY domicile of which we have any knowledge. Only Boobus Muricanus could thrive within today's diet of pure-mental-shit as the only dish served up by the Executive shit-Chefs. To Do List: Passport.. Passport.. Passport.. Passport..
Post #421,053 by mmoffitt 10/26/17 3:37:11 PM 10/26/17 3:37:11 PM Reply	"But banking lobbyists argued that the rule would unleash a flood of class-action lawsuits..." And why, pray tell, would that be? Couldn't be that there's been a "flood of unethical, fraudulent activity" perpetrated by the vaunted residents of the pissy little island between the Hudson and East Rivers, could it? I mean, I MEAN, the unmitigated gall of these bastards and their stooges in the Senate: "You can't do this to us BECAUSE we're so damned guilty!" bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #421,058 by Ashton 10/26/17 4:37:35 PM 10/26/17 4:37:35 PM Reply	the Horror is the fact that the Corruption is involuted, thus when you apply [n!] re Lie#1, Lie#2 ... Lie (n+1) So Soon ya gets so far from Lie#1 that the hippocampus rebels: Clearly the Bannon-formula for scatter-shots-per-minute, daily. Goebbels would be so Proud of his AI-enabled Successors here in Weimar II, The Dethpicabelth.
Post #421,057 by a6l6e6x 10/26/17 4:24:49 PM 10/26/17 4:24:49 PM Reply	The attack is on Trump's character, not his agenda. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #421,059 by Another Scott 10/26/17 5:17:24 PM 10/26/17 5:17:24 PM Reply	Bingo.
Post #421,060 by boxley 10/26/17 9:32:09 PM 10/26/17 9:32:09 PM Reply	his character doesnt matter, his agenda is whats important. Or so I was told repeatedly "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #421,063 by Another Scott 10/26/17 9:45:52 PM 10/26/17 9:45:52 PM Reply	"People are policy." Both matter because character guides policy. HTH.
Post #421,064 by boxley 10/26/17 9:53:49 PM 10/26/17 9:53:49 PM Reply	obviously you disagree with Patricia Ireland then "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #421,065 by Another Scott 10/26/17 10:06:55 PM 10/26/17 10:06:55 PM Reply	Linky, please. There's too much unsaid in this thread. There's no contradiction between pointing out that a couple of GOP senators decrying Trump's tone isn't good enough - since they vote to stuff that Trump wants 90+% of the time - and being among a group of people that decry's Trump's tone - while also decrying his policies. Monsters appoint monsters, and appointed monsters create and implement monstrous policies. One can decry monsters and also decry monstrous policies. But decrying monsters because they're saying things out loud that one agrees with but doesn't want to say out loud (c.f. Atwater) and then voting for their policies isn't going to get kudos from me. Some people think that Flake and Corker and McCain and W should be applauded for their speeches. That's fine. I don't - not yet. Deeds are needed now. HTH. Cheers, Scott.
Post #421,067 by boxley 10/26/17 10:20:24 PM 10/26/17 10:20:24 PM Reply	on your points in this post of yours I mostly agree "People are policy." Both matter because character guides policy. HTH Is not the story whe Bill Clinton was president. Many people like Patricia Ireland took the position that his character didnt matter, because his policies were what they agreed with. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #421,077 by Another Scott 10/27/17 7:40:59 AM 10/27/17 7:40:59 AM Reply	I'm sorry that Bill killed your dog and insulted your mother. Bothsiderism isn't persuasive. And Bill hasn't been President for nearly 17 years now... :-/ Cheers, Scott.
Post #421,081 by boxley 10/27/17 10:04:20 AM 10/27/17 10:04:20 AM Reply	sorry it took 17 years to decide character is important also, you will figure it out eventually :-) "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #421,088 by Ashton 10/27/17 4:49:44 PM 10/27/17 4:49:44 PM Reply	Logic Error 666: all-inclusive pettifogging ;^>
Post #421,066 by drook 10/26/17 10:14:57 PM 10/27/17 10:42:45 AM Reply	By whom? I'm pretty sure most everyone here was saying that his character is shit and that his policies - to the extent that he actually articulated any - were also shit. -- Drew Edited by drook Oct. 27, 2017, 10:42:45 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #421,072 by CRConrad 10/27/17 2:58:06 AM 10/27/17 8:33:27 AM Reply	No, we're not. His policies were. Edit: I meant "his policies WERE also shit", no apostrophe. Edited by CRConrad Oct. 27, 2017, 08:33:27 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #421,073 by drook 10/27/17 2:59:34 AM 10/27/17 2:59:34 AM Reply	Pretty sure I was talking about Trump -- Drew
Post #421,076 by Another Scott 10/27/17 7:36:48 AM 10/27/17 7:36:48 AM Reply	I think CRC is saying we're not all in the same Box, so to speak. >;-p
Post #421,079 by mmoffitt 10/27/17 9:02:19 AM 10/27/17 9:02:19 AM Reply	Boo. Hiss. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #421,089 by Ashton 10/27/17 4:52:25 PM 10/27/17 4:52:25 PM Reply	Box-ing is now an intramural sport ..next to arm-rasslin?
Post #421,084 by drook 10/27/17 10:43:10 AM 10/27/17 10:43:10 AM Reply	I have no idea what your talking about -- Drew
Post #421,085 by a6l6e6x 10/27/17 12:10:50 PM 10/27/17 12:10:50 PM Reply	Here it is in a picture. Charlotte Observer: Kevin Sears: "GOP, We are family!" Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #421,090 by Ashton 10/27/17 5:05:13 PM 10/27/17 5:05:13 PM Reply	[in Colbert's mincing send-up voice, natch]: "We'll be looking into a Mr. Siers' associations with the Fake Media.." Otherwise: E l e g a n t er, 😈

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