U-S-A! U-S-A! (and I was tempted to make a snarky remark about Walmart, but kudos to the worker who was trying to resolve the issue as near as I could tell…I’m wondering, though, about how the video camera just happened to be present, but I don’t think that changes the substance of what happened - more here)…
Latino woman needs medicine, says "excuse me" @WalMart to get it. White woman tells her to leave America then calls another woman "nigger" pic.twitter.com/l7j5YBTlWP
…and K.O. tries valiantly once again to connect the dots in the unbelievably sordid mess of Russia and the “Gropenfuhrer”…
…and as we know, Generalissimo Trump will conjure up all kinds of dog-whistle language to his base of sheep-like followers, but when held to account for this nonsense – cue the sound of crickets…
Donald Trump bashed Obama for never saying 'radical Islamic terrorism.'
…and I thought David Pakman has some interesting observations on the potential fallout of impeaching President Tiny-Handed Egomaniac…
…and even though he’s bleeped here, I still think Billy Joe and the guys hit the nail on the head (primarily with the first two clips in mind, and this too – not Schumer I mean).
Update 5/26/17: And with the prior video very much in mind, please allow me to congratulate voters in Montana who just sent to Congress a guy who may end up being guilty of assaulting a reporter (here).
…and oh yeah, about the “Gropenfuhrer” and the tapes…
…and Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich reminds us about the greatest obscenities in this administration of idiots, crooks and overall bottom-feeders…
Trump's new budget is yet another part of his unnecessary cruelty. Here's why: pic.twitter.com/KUBvi9IMXw
…and it looks like Big Orange Cheetoh has decided to lawyer up, as they say – with the same guy who lost when Number 45 decided to sue the New York Times (yep, there’s a reason why John Oliver calls this “stupid Watergate”…and could Trey Gowdy be more of a shill than he already is?)…
…and I’m not sure exactly what happened to Nearly-Silent Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, but somehow he did the right thing, as Chris Hayes tells us…
…and RIP jazz drummer extraordinaire Mickey Roker.
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And yes, we get the connection (here and here)....and seriously? (here).
I know John Oliver is making points with humor in the following clip, and good for him, but to me, the numbers that really matter are the composition of Congress – how many Repugs vs. Dems. I think it really gives us an idea of the mountain we have to climb to take control next year and start holding the Trumpsters to account, including Big Orange Cheetoh himself. The “party of Lincoln” is going to make some sweet-sounding noise from time to time about making sure Number 45 faces the proverbial music, but as long as they have that 30-percent utter bedrock of fools and sycophants to rely on (talking about the voters), I honestly don’t believe much will happen (love to be wrong).
Another thing to keep in mind is that, for the most part, the criminals of Watergate were amateurs. Yes, people like Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Carter Page and the like have tripped over their own feet in the media, but I don’t think they’re troubled by questions of legality vs. illegality. They basically don’t care (and neither does their boss, of course). And so far, they’ve been able to skirt the law enough to have a good laugh over it, proving that (again, up to now), they know what to do and what not to do to avoid ending up breaking rocks wearing an orange jump suit. In other words, the Repugs have had over 40 years to craft their schemes of using government to their own nefarious ends on behalf of the “pay no price, bear no burden” bunch in this country, and it shows. With each progressive scandal (Iran-Contra, Iraq War-Halliburton, the housing bubble that burst and cratered our economy, etc.), they’ve learned more and more about what they can get away with, particularly when the vast majority of the voters of this country are preoccupied with “values” issues and whatever nonsense the right-wing echo chamber tells them to pay attention to instead of, you know, verifiable truth and reality that actually impacts their lives.
In other words, what we’re watching isn’t a movie – more like a bad reality TV show starring the tiny-handed egomaniac-in-chief. Though I would love to see this happen, I’m not holding my breath waiting for the proverbial smoking gun proving that, yes, Putin paid off Trump and his pals, and a memo somewhere in an embassy where Julian Assange is hiding out proves that, in order to bail Trump out of some failed real estate and casino deals, Number 45, Rex Tillerson et al agreed to commit treason to let Putin engage in any foreign policy exercise he wanted, putting the lives of our service people, diplomats and other members of our foreign service in jeopardy. And yes, that Trump documented that he fired former FBI Director James Comey (and as I asked earlier, I wonder how dumb HE feels now?) and the U.S. attorneys general because they were getting a little too close to financial shenanigans with Trump and, say, Wilbur Ross and a certain Russian bank.
So, no – though these people are what they are, I honestly don’t think they’re stoo-pid enough to let themselves be trapped like that (again, love to be wrong). The only thing these cretins understand is the loss of power. And I’m afraid that the only way that that’s going to happen is for EVERY REPUBLICAN to lose in EVERY ELECTION.
People like Kyle K., who I basically respect, say we’re paying too much attention to the Russia stuff and not enough attention to the scorched earth tactics of the Trumpsters in an effort to turn this country once and for all into a third-world kleptocratic state. And yes, I have no doubt that this cabal of idiots and crooks given power primarily by clueless meat sacks in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are playing our corporate media in an effort to keep us distracted still further, which the Republican Party has crafted perversely into a science of sorts. However, I think it is incumbent on us to pay attention to both of these activities, regardless of how heavy a lift that is at times.
So, with that admittedly long-winded prelude out of the way (NSFW)…
…and I really hadn’t paid a lot of attention to the tragic death of Seth Rich, but fortunately, Keith Olbermann did – yep, truly no bottom for these people; sorry to bring this up and I seriously hope I’m not causing more pain for his family and friends, but I’m just trying to do what I can to try and set things straight…
…and oh yeah, don’t look for much help from what passes for our entertainment on this either, as Bill Maher points out (NSFW also I think, and Nail. Hammer. Head. at the very end)…
…and I don’t know what else I can do to lend support to the brave folks of Manchester in the U.K. who were recently victimized by a deadly terrorist attack (here) – I gladly offer prayers and this link to donations, and this tune by RT meant to make fun of the stupidity of terrorism (I can only hope that the coward responsible for this atrocity receives what he deserves in the afterlife).
...also, I think Thom Hartmann makes a lot of good points about Democrats, but I honestly don’t care if #44 wants to give a speech for $400 G’s – the last minute of this is the true takeaway…the biggest battle we have to fight in this country is over the quality of the information we receive from our media as far as I’m concerned…
...and Lawrence O'Donnell talks to Ana Marie Cox and Josh Barro about a Twitter "intervention" for President Tiny-Handed Egomaniac that apparently didn't go so well (I thought Ana Marie Cox's comments in particular were spot-on, though that doesn't make me feel better either…also, I thought O’Donnell’s contract was already renewed, but apparently it wasn’t yet – to do something about that, please click here)...
...and Rachel Maddow talks with Devlin Barrett of the WaPo about the latest on Number 45 and Russia, which is apparently reaching further and further into his inner circle...
…and I know this is a little past the news cycle, but you can consider this to be my response (courtesy of Kyle K.) to Huckleberry “Long Overdue” Graham here (NSFW – particularly liked Kyle’s bit of shade at the end)…
..and my, how the weak-minded forget (or, more likely, choose to be willfully stupid)…
Republicans think Democrats are hysterical for wanting to impeach Trump.
Seth Meyers recaps yet another awful week for the “Gropenfuhrer,” though Number 45 was strangely prescient, but not in the way he imagined (anyone who supported Fergus Laing should be made to wear a T-shirt saying “I’m too stoo-pid to be trusted to cast a vote”)…
...and with the drip-drip-drip of incriminating stuff concerning President Big Orange Cheetoh that has turned into a gusher, it’s easy to forget the role played by his veep, and Rachel Maddow commendably reminds us why that’s a mistake…
…and of all of the bad things that Generalissimo Trump has done, I would say that reminding anyone with a pulse about the oozing meat sack of human sanctimony that is Joe Lieberman once more rates pretty highly on the list (here)…
…and I think we should all be recognized for the product of our efforts, though in the case of departed former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, that’s about as damning an indictment as you can get, as Chris Hayes reminds us…
…and potty-mouth Kyle puts wage theft of minimum-wage workers in this country in the truly awful context it deserves (NSFW)…
…and like many of you I’m sure, I’m still mourning the loss of Chris Cornell – here is a great cover tune he sang on a Jimi Hendrix tribute album from some years back.
You would think that Kevin McCarthy would have learned to keep his mouth shut after this, but luckily for us, he didn’t…
…and Dem U.S. House Rep Al Green of Texas “went there” on impeachment of Generalissimo Trump (I understand Kyle’s point about the other issues – and I don’t give a crap what Jimmy Dore would do – but the issue of Trump and Russia is momentous enough to require the treatment on display here by Rep. Green…NSFW)…
…and the “Gropenfuhrer”’s Education Secretary is plunging full speed ahead in her campaign to dismantle public education in this country – luckily, that won’t be personally affecting us for much longer, though we still intend to fight this cabal of idiots and crooks on this issue and all others anyway…
…and Dem VA Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Perriello has always impressed me going back to his days in the U.S. House, and I think he’s spot-on again here…
…and there’s so much to memorialize upon the passing of former Fix News propagandist-in-chief Roger Ailes, but K.O. gives us a single appropriate remembrance here – I’m sure other videos appearing in “tribute” will appear, and I’ll watch for them too (more here)…
…and RIP Chris Cornell – please find a way to reach out somehow if you think you need help, people.
…and David Pakman digs a little deeper into the “Comey memo” where Generalissimo Trump told him to drop the Russia investigation (yep, imprisoning reporters is the stuff of two-bit dictators, which is what the “Gropenfurer” is when all is said and done, let’s not forget…and no, I realize Obama wasn’t innocent totally on this either, though he did make up for that somewhat by commuting Chelsea Manning's sentence)…
…and regarding President Tiny-Handed Clueless Egomaniac, I guess you could say that it’s all fun and games until somebody volunteers to remove offending signage from an apartment building by paying for it out of his own pocket…
…and I am sooo glad somebody FINALLY called out this scumbag Frelinghuysen in New Jersey for this (nice job by Kyle K. – NSFW…”Democrat” political organizations, huh? I’m REALLY going to have fun watching this scumbag lose next year…and I agree with Kyle on his reverse example – wrong regardless of your politics)…
…and I’m going to let you in on a supposedly grand musical plan I had for this year that I totally f’d up – this being the 50th anniversary of perhaps the greatest year in popular music (well, for boomers anyway), I had intended to put up certain tunes from that year based on the date they were released…well, as I said, I blew it on at least one date this year, so now I plan to do that in a totally un-chronological order, kind of how I happen to recall them instead – here is the first one from “Surrealistic Pillow” by the Jefferson Airplane.
(And in response to the Lyin’ Ryan pic, I think The Rude One said it best here...Fergus Laing should be in manacles and dragged kicking and screaming from An Oval Office at this point...oh, and, by the way...)
…and as Rachel Maddow reports, I didn’t know there was some kind of a Saudi connection to Putin and Trump, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised (and by the way, I don’t feel “afraid” about this, though, like you I’m sure, I’m genuinely pissed off)…
…and yeah, karma sure is a bitch, isn’t it, President Tiny-Handed Impulse-Control-Issue-Child Egomaniac?...
Remember all the times Trump criticized Hillary for mishandling classified info?
...and hey everybody, Trump was cleared of any financial ties to Russia - by a RUSSIAN ACCOUNTING FIRM!!! (ROFLMAO - here)...
…and the “Gropenfuhrer” is on the hook for so many obstruction of justice charges at this point that it’s truly hard to count them all, though, to his credit, K.O. attempts to corral some of that here…
…and with all of this stuff going on, I’ve had this song in my head a bit, so here it is.
Good for Joy Reid for spotlighting the ongoing battle here against voter suppression and the effort to secure the vote for people of color and traditional Democratic constituencies (having Ari Berman and Greg Palast on this panel among others tells you that this is a serious discussion)…
…and yeah, I would tend to agree with what Fareed Zakaria says here, but I think we’re a little past the point of flowery, well-worded and well-stated arguments; at a minimum, Generalissimo Trump needs to be impeached, convicted, and removed from office, and you’re either part of that process or you aren’t…
The Republican party is turning into "a platform to support the ego, appetites, and interests of one man and his family." -- @FareedZakariapic.twitter.com/oT0vfhJY6k
…and with the prior clip in mind, it’s time once more for “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 5/17/11, in which the late Arlen Specter and others are cornered by the Teahadists at town hall events in 2010, in supposedly “spontaneous” town hall outbursts that were orchestrated by “astroturf” outfits, and how, in response, when the Repugs got a taste of their own proverbial medicine, our corporate media paid almost no notice then as now…the Repugs are going to keep coming back with this garbage over and over until they’re voted out of office…
…and this may be the lowest of the low-hanging fruit, but it looks like BIllo is crying to Glenn Beck about George Soros – how the mighty have fallen indeed (if my employer had to pay out $13 million to settle sexual harassment claims against me, not only would I be fired, but I’d be prosecuted also, which I would deserve – NSFW)…
…and I’m pretty sure he’s coming to the W.F. Center with Bonnie Raitt on July 9th – have to put this up for the month and also to remind me that summer is around the corner, at long last.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 11, 2017
…and leave it to the Trumps to be too dumb to keep their mouths shut on Russia (another reason why I pretty much hate golf)…
...and Happy Mother's Day (always hesitated about this one, but not this year - a song notable because, if for no other reason, the funniest math professor of all time finds a way to rhyme “duck-billed platypus”).
I’m going to try and catch up with Keith Olbermann’s great “Resistance” commentaries – here, he discusses testimony of former FBI Director James Comey confirming coordination with 2 different investigations into the Trump/Russia garbage (likely grand juries), an admission that probably got Comey fired by our ruling cabal…
…and this actually precedes the prior clip (yep, about Michael Flynn’s clearance and how it supposedly was Obama’s fault – “that’s the end of that subject”…yeah, sure…and oh yeah, any reason why Jill Stein gets a pass on all of this?)…
…and moving up chronologically a bit on this stuff, Sam Seder tells us that the regime of Fergus Laing, in addition to not knowing what they’re doing, also has no clue about how to manage the proverbial optics on the issues, holding court with possibly the last remaining member of the last presidential administration in which the chief executive resigned in disgrace…
…and this guy needs to work on his presentation skills a bit, but he’s onto a typically ridiculous story from the administration of the “Gropenfuhrer,” one in which HHS Secretary Tom Price tried to get a reporter arrested for asking a question (and coming from the Trumpsters, this should surprise absolutely no one – NSFW)…
…and I thoroughly agree with Bill Maher’s disgust over those on our side who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for HRC; yeah, maybe he’s treading on well-worn ground at this point, but he’s right…Maher’s imperfect on a lot of issues to be sure, but he was absolutely spot-on to warn us (NSFW)…
…and gosh, it looks like this brave mom in North Carolina just won’t let her daughter “die quickly,” as Alan Grayson once characterized the GOP’s alleged health care plan…
'I'm not willing to let my kid die' — this mother was kicked out of her rep's office after questioning his Trumpcare vote pic.twitter.com/UGQM8Dexat
K.O. issues a plea for help, which I think is entirely called for (and not to pat myself on the back or anything, but I DID WARN YOU, people)…
…and I thought Rachel Maddow did a great job here of laying out here exactly why she thinks incoming FBI director Andrew McCabe is thoroughly compromised (author Tim Weiner appeared later in the show, an accomplished national intelligence writer to be sure, and he defended McCabe a bit, but I still side with Maddow)…
…and it looks like the “Trumpettes” are trying to spin their way out of this for their boss, but they just keep sinking, which is only what they deserve (and when you’ve lost Joe Scar, it’s time to say “oops” and get out – can’t think of a word for the irony of them saying this for real crimes that will eventually be proved when we said it repeatedly last year for the Hillary Clinton “access” and Email nonsense)…
Trump's press surrogates keep trying REALLY HARD to make all talk about this Russia investigation go away pic.twitter.com/RdddojPJ4L
...and I think Oregon Dem Sen. Ron Wyden shows the determination that we ALL need to have to find out exactly what the hell it is that went on with this crooked cabal of idiots...
...and yeah, I would say that Lavrov pretty much "trolled" us also (NSFW)...
…and with everything going on with the “Gropenfuhrer,” I have to tell you the treatment Number 45 received from the Bucks County Courier Times yesterday.
The banner story on the front page had to do with whether or not gun sellers do better under “pro-gun” presidents or “anti-gun” presidents (shocker: it’s anti-gun!). Most of the rest of the first page was taken up with a story on pollution in Bucks County.
Oh, and waaay down in the bottom right corner of the front page was a itsy bitsy, teenie weenie little text box with an AP story about the fact that – oh, by the way – the sitting president of the U.S. just fired the FBI director conducting an investigation of that president in the matter of his all-but-confirmed personal involvement in collaborating with a foreign power in an effort to win a presidential election.
Cenk and Ana of TYT weigh in on the firing of former FBI director James Comey (and yeah, that's a pretty damn ridiculous excuse even for Generalissimo Trump)...
…and former Hillary Clinton campaign senior adviser Karen Finney tells Chris Hayes how the Trumpsters used prior AG quotes (lifted from her campaign’s “oppo” stuff) in the letter firing Comey (wonder how Comey feels about helping the Trumpsters last fall now - also hilarious that Big Orange Cheetoh apparently sent his bodyguard to an FBI building to "serve" Comey, as opposed to lackey Reince Priebus, with a letter firing him, but Comey was on the "left coast" instead)...
…and Sen. Al Franken weighs in here also (“no man or woman is above the law,” aside from being entirely correct, is also an echo to Nixonian times of course – and after the “Gropenfuhrer” is charged and prosecuted, Jeff Sessions should be also)…
…and yeah, I think K.O. gives this matter the seriousness it truly deserves (I know the videos are out of order again - I'll catch up eventually)…
...and I would say that people are paying attention (here)...
“Freedom is a gift from God” – those words reek like garbage coming out of the mouth of President Big Orange Cheetoh – still happy, all you numbskulls who thought Hillary was the female anti-Christ…
…and I think it’s fair to say that we’ll be revisiting the Sally Yates hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday for a little while, but first, here is the clip of her emasculation of Ted Cruz – one for the ages…
…and K.O. recounts this as well as other moments, mustering all of the outrage that I believe is required…
…and I know I’m behind a bit on some stuff, and I’ll try to get to it now, such as the woman protestor actually looking at jail time for laughing at Jeff Sessions – if Sessions doesn’t deserve to be laughed at, I don’t know who does…
…and here’s another one, and that’s Seth Meyers weighing in on the latest garbage with the “Gropenfuhrer,” including the wall/baller fence/whatever…
…and anyone who supported the so-called ACHA had better be prepared for a bunch of ads pretty much like this…
…and Rachel Maddow tells us that the Repugs who supported Trump-Scam-Care (including Martha McSally) are having a hard time trying to sell “access” to “health care” as opposed to actual, bona fide – you know – HEALTH INSURANCE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT (and yes, Rod Blum is nothing but a stinking liar) – and kudos to Dems like Sean Patrick Maloney for standing up in place of these cowards…
…and aside from being an accomplished music producer (U2), this guy knows how to craft a pretty cool piece of music like this.
I think it’s pretty obvious what Mr.-Puppy-Dog-Eyes-With-The-Shiv is at this point, but it bears repeating anyway, along with all of the other antics in that cabal of Republican frauds in the U.S. House…
…and we were having a little fun I guess in the prior clip, but this is truly awful – John Faso should be run out of New York (and/or maybe Washington, DC) on a rail…
…and speaking of human tragedy, Kyle K. tells us that Flint, MI residents have to pay for fouled water (NSFW…what country am I living in again?)…
…and oh yeah, about the “Gropenfuhrer” and his clan (though I guess I could spell that with a “K”), K.O. tells our fourth estate once more to do its effing job (and kudos to give a well-deserved shot to Philadelphia’s conservative newspaper of record in the process)…
…and speaking of health care, happy National Nurses Week to everyone for whom that honored title applies.
...and you'd better get used to this, all you House Repug idiots who voted for that travesty yesterday - these are protesters outside the office of that turd Fred Upton, a guy who flipped to a "yes" at the last minute...
…and even though the “Gropenfuhrer” lies like the rest of us breathe, it’s still important to hold him to account on this issue in particular…
‘I will protect Medicare and Medicaid’ – President Trump, who just cut over $800 billion from Medicaid pic.twitter.com/JquGPNfQkq
…as well as hold to account the rest of the Repug caucus behind this disgusting turn of events (and it figures that they didn’t even know what was in the legislation they voted for)…
Republicans didn't even bother to read their own health care bill before passing it pic.twitter.com/uQaMsSROPc
…and Xeni Jardin and Dan Savage talk to Chris Hayes about what the Repugs did on this issue, as well as their ongoing attacks against the LGBTQ community (Jardin’s commentary is particularly powerful, for good reason)…
…oh, and we really did a good job of “supporting the troops” with this Trumpian garbage, didn’t we?...
Yeah, those soulless life forms in the U.S. House did it all right – one great response is here (of course, Dem Rep. Espaillat got gaveled for speaking truth to kleptocracy)…
…and I’m going out of order again with K.O.’s great commentaries – this is his most recent one in response to today’s utterly awful vote by the U.S. House, all to give President Tiny-Handed Clueless Egomaniac a “victory”…
…and Rachel Maddow tells us that the U.S. Senate Repugs have apparently settled on a strategy on Generalissimo Trump and his ties to Russia, and that is to claim that the so-called Christopher Steele dossier is wrong, when in reality, it’s been proven to be right over and over again…yep, when all else fails, just deny reality once more (also, when it comes to Michael Flynn, it’s nothing but the sounds of proverbial silence)…
…and happy birthday to Mike Dirnt of Green Day (yeah, we’re all “still breathing,” despite the Dickensian-era workhouse conditions the “party of Lincoln” would impose on us if they could – and speaking of health care, all the best to Dirnt’s wife in her continued recovery).
(“Bri-Fi” has problems on other issues to be sure, but credit where it’s due...those clowns in his party are going to try and inflict "Trumpcare" on us again with a vote tomorrow - to fight back, click here.)
And with that in mind, all the very best to Jimmy Kimmel and his brave little boy (here)…
Jimmy Kimmel gave a passionate defense of Obamacare after his newborn's open-heart surgery pic.twitter.com/oMkTRRaByn
…and Sam Seder tells us about the budget deal where Number 45 lost "bigly" (and Mo Brooks is lucky that other stupider life forms reside in the U.S. House so he's not the dumbest of all - re, people who "deserve" health care and those who supposedly don't)...
...and K.O. brings the heat again against the "Gropenfuhrer," and in particular his war against free speech...
…and Rachel Maddow talks with historian Michael Beschloss in a similar vein, echoing Generalissimo Trump’s infatuation with dictators…
…and you have to crank the volume for this a bit…sorry that I couldn’t hear the question from the lady in the audience about Social Security, so I can’t really comment on it one way or the other…PA's senatorial mistake Scott Wagner starts haranguing the guy with the camera at about 4:50 before he finally loses it…didn’t know that exercising free speech rights was considered “trespassing” – yeah, “unhinged” is one way to describe PA’s Trumpian candidate for governor (here...more here)…
…and if you like this tune, I should note that the band is coming to the Mann Music Center in these parts on July 31st.
…and Rachel Maddow talks to Gina McCarthy, former EPA head under Obama (sorry I didn’t have much to say about last weekend’s climate march – wonder if those clueless meat sacks in Harrisburg who cheered Generalissimo Trump give a fig about this stuff? I wonder if they realize that their hero might end up enacting policies that may ULTIMATELY KILL THEM)…
...and another "Foxy" bites the dust, and that would be Bill Shine (Chris Hayes talks to Gabriel Sherman, who broke the story)...
...and while we're discussing the Formerly Roger Ailes BS Factory, I give you “This Day In Doomsy History” once more (more or less – a little early this time) from 5/09/09…more "quote cropping" to try and make Dems look bad of course...
…and I give you a typically crass worldview from the “Trumpsters” on display once more here – the ironic thing I guess is that Ross is probably telling the truth 100 percent (and funny how this Ross-related item seemed to disappear)…put me in enough of a cynical mood to hear this great song.
Rachel Maddow interviews Vladimir Kara-Murza, vice chairman of Open Russia (to me, this man is the definition of guts and bravery – of course, this is another casualty of life under election-stealer Vlad Putin…an update is here)…
…and I agree with Kyle K.’s analysis of this exchange between Bill Maher and Elizabeth Warren recently (NSFW – and I think his comment about the anti-establishment candidate was spot-on, and I hope he’s right at the very end)…
Update: I know Kyle has a point in criticizing Maher for attacking the voters, but I just happened to see some polling data on the GA-06 U.S. House Race between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel, and apparently it’s a virtual tie.
How the hell could this have happened? Is it because Jon Ossoff suddenly forgot how to run a good campaign and present himself as a candidate who could make a difference? Or that, somehow, Karen Handel found a way to actually address core issues important to the voters of that district?
I’m sure the answer to all of these questions is No. It’s probably because the district is being inundated with negative ads against Ossoff and the typical dog whistles from the right that work a majority of pretty-much-low-information voters into a lather. And of course, the response goes out to donations all over the place to try and outspend people who seem to be able to drop a grand like I would drop a $20 bill (thank you once more, High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR, For Citizens United!).
Given that, how is Maher wrong?
I should note that I have no data to back up my argument. I admit that I’m saying this based on past experience, and as always, I’d love to be incorrect on this.
But I don’t think I am. And unfortunately, that makes Maher exactly right.
Update 5/5/17: Concerning GA-06, though, this definitely is good news.
...and I have to tell you that this absolutely knocked me out - of course, the last time someone in this country proposed something like this, he was roundly ridiculed...
…and I’m kind of in the mood for something mellow – hope you are too.
