I think he really means it:
By the way, Saudi Arabia, they don’t live under the same kind of law that we do. They live under the law that they see fit to live under there. We have that right here, too. And that’s why there’s such an injustice here.
Yeah, they live under the theocratic law that their King sees fit to impose on everyone else. Just think, America could have a state religion and finally do something about them gays, you know, just like it says in the Constitution!! A tiny group of nutjobs could impose their fundamentalism on 300 million Americans What could possibly go wrong?
It’s a street in San Francisco.
Doesn’t seem like a good move to me.
Sure, you’d get all the Democrats who mistakenly think you’re Cesar Chavez, Jr., or get the nostalgia vote.
But you’d be voted down by all the people who’d mistake you for Hugo Chavez. Or think you were Hugo Chavez Jr., or something.
a35362
June 11, 2014, 2:37pm
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Shayna:
No, what this means is that Democrats finally got their act together and up off their asses and voted Cantor out. You don’t register with a political party in Virginia and there was a big push to get Democrats out to vote for Brat.
Cooter Has A Plan To Unseat Eric Cantor. It’s So Crazy It Just Might Work.
And work it did. Everyone’s talking about what a win this was for the tea party when in reality it was a huge victory for the Democrats. We may very well shock the nation again when we take this seat in November, which will happen if Cantor runs as a write-in candidate and he and Brat split the Republican votes.
I picture Shayna pacing, rubbing her hands together making plans, while lightning crackles outside the window…
What Kobal said, but also some of these guys just LOVE the Founding Fathers.
They may not actually know much ABOUT them, or accept their religious beliefs, but they LOVE them.
Ludovic
June 11, 2014, 2:44pm
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CalMeacham:
Doesn’t seem like a good move to me.
Sure, you’d get all the Democrats who mistakenly think you’re Cesar Chavez, Jr., or get the nostalgia vote.
But you’d be voted down by all the people who’d mistake you for Hugo Chavez. Or think you were Hugo Chavez Jr., or something.
But they’d also get the folks who picture him as Cesar Romero.
flight
June 11, 2014, 2:53pm
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I hate these obnoxious little labels, but I think you have finally found a circumstance where it is perfectly appropriate. Though Tealiban fits better here.
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I think he missed a bet by not renaming himself Cesar Salad. I could go for one of those right about now.
silenus
June 11, 2014, 3:21pm
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No, I don’t think I’ll ever be over Macho Grande.
CalMeacham:
Doesn’t seem like a good move to me.
Sure, you’d get all the Democrats who mistakenly think you’re Cesar Chavez, Jr., or get the nostalgia vote.
But you’d be voted down by all the people who’d mistake you for Hugo Chavez. Or think you were Hugo Chavez Jr., or something.
Stewart or Colbert last night (night before?) had a screen shot of his homepage. Full of picture of a crowd holding signs supporting Chavez.
That was Stewart, Monday night.
Steve_MB:
It might take you hours, but it only takes the rest of us a minute or two to come up with a whole list of clever labels: Teanut Gallery, Teabrains, Teanile/Teanility…
Robot_Arm:
Teanderthals
Teaglodytes, Teaboners… they just write themselves. “Hours”, pshaw!
Now, getting back on track:
Eric Cantor’s Pollster Blames Democrats For Stunning Loss
Less than a week before Cantor’s upset loss, the pollster, John McLaughlin, released a survey indicating Cantor had a 62% to 28% lead over his Republican opponent, Dave Brat. Brat would go on to win by 11% — a huge, 45-point shift that was far outside the poll’s margin of error.
In an interview with the National Journal after Tuesday’s election, McLaughlin accused Democrats, especially “Dukes of Hazard” actor Ben Jones, of meddling in the race…
Er… nope :
If Democrats showed up in large numbers to vote against Cantor, turnout should have spiked highest from 2012 in Democratic-leaning areas, with Cantor seeing an especially large drop-off in support. In fact, turnout rose slightly more in counties that voted more heavily for Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election…
Maybe Mr. McLaughlin will have better luck “unskewing” his resume before he goes looking for a new job more suited to his talents.
John Johnston , running for the Indiana House, says of the poor:
“For almost three generations people, in some cases, have been given handouts. They have been ‘enabled’ so much that their paradigm in life is simply being given the stuff of life, however meager. What you see is a setting for a life of misery is life to them never-the-less. No one has the guts to just let them wither and die . No one who wants votes is willing to call a spade a spade. As long as the Dems can get their votes the enabling will continue. The Republicans need their votes and dare not cut the fiscal tether. It is really a political Catch-22. The voters are the ones in charge. however when only 10-11 percent show up to vote, not much will change. People simply are not hurting enough, or simply happy enough that they will do nothing. consequently the dole continues.”
He’s backtracking as fast as his little legs will carry him, of course.
Why do we mock them?Why do you not?
Oklahoma Republican congressional candidate totally fine with executing homosexuals by stoning.
ElvisL1ves:
John Johnston , running for the Indiana House, says of the poor:He’s backtracking as fast as his little legs will carry him, of course.
This part was nice too:
I know the saying predates the slur, but in this context, it’s about as tone deaf as it’s possible to be.
Shayna is taking credit on behalf of Democrats in this thread . So either it’s not a stupid idea or it’s a twofer.
Morgyn
June 11, 2014, 4:39pm
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ElvisL1ves:
John Johnston , running for the Indiana House, says of the poor:
“For almost three generations people, in some cases, have been given handouts. They have been ‘enabled’ so much that their paradigm in life is simply being given the stuff of life, however meager. What you see is a setting for a life of misery is life to them never-the-less. No one has the guts to just let them wither and die. No one who wants votes is willing to call a spade a spade. As long as the Dems can get their votes the enabling will continue. The Republicans need their votes and dare not cut the fiscal tether. It is really a political Catch-22.** The voters are the ones in charge.** however when only 10-11 percent show up to vote, not much will change. People simply are not hurting enough, or simply happy enough that they will do nothing. consequently the dole continues.”
He’s backtracking as fast as his little legs will carry him, of course.
(emphasis added)
Aren’t the voters *supposed *to be in charge? He says that like it’s a bad thing!
I wasn’t aware that Shayna was a professional pollster who commands $75k fees. If I had, I certainly would have held her to the same standard as Mr McLaughlin.
