Democrats Say the Darndest Things!

twig93 · January 30, 2023, 8:54am

https://twitter.com/AftabPureval/status/1619020031941279744?s=20&t=OebNXokyCchLFhqIsv3IIQ

Not sure where to put this, but lots of folks talking about it on Facebook. Apparently even the Bengals are about it and he’s since issued an apology.

It’s not the most egregious thing ever, just kind of cringey at times. While I’m sure he thought it was funny to make fun of Kansas City being “named after a neighboring state”… he doesn’t have a ton of room to talk given that the Cincinnati airport is located in a neighboring state. At least Kansas City is in the same state as their airport.

And the stuff about the paternity test…

twig93 · January 30, 2023, 9:03am

Actual proclamation:

Vorian_Atreides · January 30, 2023, 2:23pm

Meh . . . The thing about such acts is the “fallout” that about to come when they lose.

FWIW, I thought it was a very good game all around. The thing I liked was after the game, Ossai’s teammate stayed by his side and positioned his body between any cameras and him to help give his more privacy.

twig93 · January 30, 2023, 2:44pm

If you look at the comments there was plenty of fallout before the game too.

Although the funniest response I saw was after (and deserved):

Vorian_Atreides · January 30, 2023, 3:02pm

Great reference to WKRP, too!!

twig93 · January 30, 2023, 3:05pm

Yeah I only caught it when I posted it, not when I first saw it because there’s an actual station in Cincinnati called WKRC. But that was a great add.

YankeeTripper · January 30, 2023, 4:00pm

Wrong tread posting or am I missing some Democrat Sports crossover?

twig93 · January 30, 2023, 4:32pm

The original tweet was from the mayor of Cincinnati, who is a Democrat.

YankeeTripper · January 30, 2023, 4:50pm

I knew I had to be missing something.

EimonGnome · January 31, 2023, 1:31am

I just don’t think it makes the grade. Not even the same league as Jewish space lasers.
Do better please.

The_President · January 31, 2023, 3:25am

Gotta keep the thread alive with something…

soyleche · January 31, 2023, 4:48am

It’s been clear for a long while that there just isn’t very much good fodder for this thread.

Ranger · February 17, 2023, 2:49pm

smh

twig93 · February 17, 2023, 2:57pm

Wow. He’s not a politician / political strategist, but that’s pretty cringeworthy.

Ranger · February 17, 2023, 3:03pm

That’s extremely cringeworthy. I’m not sure what he was thinking (obviously not at all) by going there.

It’s probably time to demote him to a different time slot with fewer viewers again.

twig93 · February 17, 2023, 3:08pm

He apologized via Twitter and was not on the show this morning, although apparently that was planned before all of this went down.

Cooke · February 17, 2023, 3:09pm

Impossible to defend Don Lemon on his remarks but at least he apologized profusely afterwards.

twig93 · February 17, 2023, 3:13pm

I mean obviously in terms of looks then he’s correct about 20s, 30s, 40s being a woman’s prime.

It was pretty dang clear that Nikki Haley was talking about workplace competence though, so it was insanely sexist to reduce her to her looks when she’s running for President. He’s helping her out by giving her free airtime and making his side look really really bad. I doubt he meant to do that.

As has been pointed out elsewhere… he is older than Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris is older than Nikki Haley, and Joe Biden & Donald Trump are both a LOT older than Nikki Haley.

twig93 · February 17, 2023, 3:14pm

I only saw the tweet. Was there more? I would not describe the Tweet as “profusely apologetic”… I was actually in the process of looking to see if there was any other apology.

SteveGrondin · February 17, 2023, 3:15pm

Hmm, for some reason I thought Lemon was visiting The View when I posted my original comment.

Doesn’t change the fact that was a serious blunder that reveals a severe bias.