Another scumbag politician.

[billvon 2,991]

Trump takes over 300 days off to golf while president.  At his resorts, so he makes money on the deal.  GOP: "So?  Lots of people take vacations."

Trump is found by a court of law to have raped a woman he said he never met.  GOP: "She's lying.  Activist judge.  Not technically rape."

Trump stores top secret material in a bathtub inside an unlocked bathroom.  GOP: "There's no proof he meant to do that."

Republicans shut down government due to their incompetence.  GOP: "Well, both sides are incompetent."

Biden goes to the beach on a Sunday.  GOP: "OMG he is UNFIT FOR DUTY!  There is a CRISIS in government and he's DITCHING WORK!"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/video-of-joe-biden-on-the-beach-sparks-outrage-from-republicans/ar-AA1iGJDp

 

[billvon 2,991]

So in Virginia, republicans are mailing revenge porn to thousands of voters, because someone found an explicit image of democratic candidate Susanna Gibson and her husband on line.

Yep, you read that right.  They are mailing revenge porn to voters attack another candidate.

[ryoder 1,590]

The family-values party!

ABC News: Ex-North Dakota lawmaker charged with traveling for sex with minor, receiving child sex abuse images

Holmberg served more than 45 years in the North Dakota Senate until his resignation last year, after local media outlet The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead revealed he exchanged dozens of text messages with a person who was jailed on charges related to child sexual abuse images.

[JerryBaumchen 1,363]

23 minutes ago, ryoder said:

The family-values party!

ABC News: Ex-North Dakota lawmaker charged with traveling for sex with minor, receiving child sex abuse images

Holmberg served more than 45 years in the North Dakota Senate until his resignation last year, after local media outlet The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead revealed he exchanged dozens of text messages with a person who was jailed on charges related to child sexual abuse images.

Hi Robert,

From your link:  If Holmberg is convicted, his decades serving the public “will be forgotten about, and only the negative things will be remembered,” Wardner said.

Maybe he was expecting a statue in the town square.

Jerry Baumchen

[lippy 918]

7 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Maybe he was expecting a statue in the town square.

And the plaque just says 'Stay away from this guy, kids!'

[JerryBaumchen 1,363]

Hi folks,

And, Mitch makes the list again:  Mitch McConnell warned Senate Democrats on Tuesday about issuing subpoenas . . . to conservative members of the Supreme Court, calling such a move “totally inappropriate.” 

McConnell tells Senate Democrats to back off on Supreme Court | The Hill

Talk about being 2-faced.  This, from the guy who refused to even entertain Obama's nominations.

Mitch needs to be put out to pasture in some of that Kentucky blue grass.

Jerry Baumchen

 

[lippy 918]

1 hour ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

And, Mitch makes the list again:  Mitch McConnell warned Senate Democrats on Tuesday about issuing subpoenas . . . to conservative members of the Supreme Court, calling such a move “totally inappropriate.” 

McConnell tells Senate Democrats to back off on Supreme Court | The Hill

Talk about being 2-faced.  This, from the guy who refused to even entertain Obama's nominations.

Mitch needs to be put out to pasture in some of that Kentucky blue grass.

Jerry Baumchen

 

Maybe he was saying "totally inappropriate to not investigate further" but froze mid-statement?

[gowlerk 2,193]

10 hours ago, lippy said:

Maybe he was saying "totally inappropriate to not investigate further" but froze mid-statement?

He is saying the the 9 Justices are "special and untouchable" you know, like Senators.

[Phil1111 1,149]

The new US house speaker Johnson is an evangelical christian and as everyone knows they lead politicians in accepting corruption, lies, fraud and general GOP politicking.

So yesterday the house voted where the issue was expelling Santos.

No surprise the vote was to keep him in power. In Washington new banana trees were sprouting everywhere.

[ryoder 1,590]

6 minutes ago, Phil1111 said:

The new US house speaker Johnson is an evangelical christian and as everyone knows they lead politicians in accepting corruption, lies, fraud and general GOP politicking.

So yesterday the house voted where the issue was expelling Santos.

No surprise the vote was to keep him in power. In Washington new banana trees were sprouting everywhere.

A counterpoint I read yesterday: There have been just 2 expulsions over the past century, and both were after conviction.  Scroll down to the table:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress

So to expell him on indictment rather than conviction, would be unusual.

[Stumpy 284]

Raskin (and, I assume a number of others) voted against expulsion for this very reason and it's a valid point.

Sadly, I think if the shoe was on the other foot the opposite would not be true.

[wmw999 2,447]

4 minutes ago, Stumpy said:

Sadly, I think if the shoe was on the other foot the opposite would not be true

Some animals are more equal than others.

I was reading in our local paper that this was the expected result; the NY GOP delegation is largely in favor of eliminating him — he reflects poorly on them.

Wendy P. 

[Stumpy 284]

There is also that, leaving santos in place probably does more damage to the R's than the D's

[Phil1111 1,149]

21 minutes ago, Stumpy said:

There is also that, leaving santos in place probably does more damage to the R's than the D's

Why because of his skill and experience he might become another presidential contender?

[ryoder 1,590]

28 minutes ago, Stumpy said:

There is also that, leaving santos in place probably does more damage to the R's than the D's

But in a house so closely divided that every vote counts, it would be nice to have a rational person in that seat...unless the D's just take advantage of the fact he is purely a grifter, and just buy his vote.

Edited November 2, 2023 by ryoder

[Stumpy 284]

9 minutes ago, ryoder said:

s, it would be nice to have a rational person in that seat

There are rational R's?

[ryoder 1,590]

13 minutes ago, Stumpy said:

There are rational R's?

Well, fewer and fewer, thanks to the crazies. Just this week, another one threw up his hands and said "The hell with it":

The Hill: Rep. Ken Buck won’t run for reelection, criticizing GOP’s election denialism

His district is the sparsely populated Eastern plains of CO. I usually disagreed with his policies, but at least he had policies, and didn't blindly lap up the MAGA cult's bullshit.

[ryoder 1,590]

There may be hope for Indiana (which I fled many years ago):

AG who went on Fox News just to ’embarrass or burden’ OB/GYN who performed 10-year-old rape victim’s abortion ‘engaged in attorney misconduct,’ Indiana Supreme Court finds

[kallend 2,027]

35 minutes ago, ryoder said:

There may be hope for Indiana (which I fled many years ago):

 

I doubt that.  

And I despise anyone who thinks a 10 year old girl should be forced to carry her rapists child to term and give birth.

[billvon 2,991]

Virginia Delegate Matt Fariss (R-59th District) has been indicted for trying to run over and kill his girlfriend.

From the police:

Fariss was driving south on Route 501 when he crossed the centerline, continued off the northbound side, and hit a woman before driving away. The woman suffered minor injuries.

Let me guess.  According to him it's a WITCH HUNT!

[JoeWeber 2,720]

1 hour ago, billvon said:

Virginia Delegate Matt Fariss (R-59th District) has been indicted for trying to run over and kill his girlfriend.

From the police:

Fariss was driving south on Route 501 when he crossed the centerline, continued off the northbound side, and hit a woman before driving away. The woman suffered minor injuries.

Let me guess.  According to him it's a WITCH HUNT!

I'll guess he was thinking it was a W with a B. Look, at least he wasn't tapping toes with anyone in a Truck Stop shitter. And what about Hunters Laptop?

[kallend 2,027]

Santos, the gift that keeps on giving:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/nyregion/george-santos-ethics-committee.html

[ryoder 1,590]

23 minutes ago, kallend said:

Santos, the gift that keeps on giving:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/nyregion/george-santos-ethics-committee.html

He says he won't seek re-election, but that was his plan all along, since he is expecting the 2024 VP nomination.

[winsor 236]

5 hours ago, ryoder said:

He says he won't seek re-election, but that was his plan all along, since he is expecting the 2024 VP nomination.

I dunno, I’d say he’s at least as qualified as The Donald for the Oval Office.

Then again, so’s my dog.

[JoeWeber 2,720]

8 minutes ago, winsor said:

I dunno, I’d say he’s at least as qualified as The Donald for the Oval Office.

Then again, so’s my dog.

You have a dog? That's just awesome. Do you take him to Yappy Hour?