Republicans Say the Darndest Things!

[twig93]

I’m sorry that my disagreement with Herschel Walker upset you.

[Whiskey]

I look forward to your next post of a Republican Lie as a fact.

[twig93]

If you honestly thought that the purpose of my post was to present 87,000 IRS agents as a fact with some sort of intent to deceive then you seriously need to work on your reading comprehension.

[Whiskey]

More just how casually you drop it into another of your ridiculously unnecessary high school math problems, as it was something that you accept as fact without any critical thinking. If not for believing that as a fact, the rest of your post had no reason to exist.

But, this was already too much of my Saturday…

[The_President]

The 87k is Hannity level nonsense. I don’t think you meant go there, but it’s a good example of how people repeat what fox promotes while never watching fox news.

[SteveWhite]

Herschel Walker Delivers Unhinged Transphobic Speech the Day After LGBTQ...

(some snips)

Some gun-loving Republicans offered their typical thoughts and prayers after the 34th mass shooting in the U.S. this year; others just carried on with the kind of homophobic rhetoric that fuels hate crimes like this. Herschel Walker, who’s currently campaigning for a December 6 runoff election in Georgia against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D), went ahead with his wildly bigoted stump speech on Sunday in Carrollton, without acknowledging the shooting at all.

“But they been telling you they don’t know the definition of a woman either. So think about that either. They don’t know the definition of a woman. But I’m going to tell you the definition of a woman. Because it written in my great book. It said ‘a man and a woman.’ And there’s a difference between the two of them. So that’s the reason men shouldn’t be in women’s sport—here’s a difference.”

Then, on Monday morning, Politico reporter Natalie Allison shared a new ad from the campaign featuring Walker alongside Riley Gaines, a former University of Kentucky swimmer who competed against trans swimmer Lia Thomas and fought the NCAA’s trans-inclusive policies. Gaines doesn’t name Thomas in the ad, but says, “My senior year, I was forced to compete against a biological male.”

Walker, a former football player, responds, “That’s unfair and wrong,” and later adds, “Warnock is afraid to stand up for female athletes.”

Walker has previously campaigned with Gaines—it was at a September rally with her that Walker suggested trans kids may not go to heaven, because “Jesus may not recognize [them].”

[SteveWhite]

From Heather Cox Richardson “Letters from an American” Nov 21, 2022

First the background (it and the later quote both from the Nov 21 letter)

Two big stories landed over the weekend.

The first harks back to the furor last May when the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health —the decision overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized abortion rights as a constitutional right—was leaked to Politico before it was released. At the time, Chief Justice John Roberts called the leak a “singular and egregious breach of…trust” and ordered an investigation to find the leaker. In late October, Justice Samuel Alito told the Heritage Foundation that the leak was a “grave betrayal of trust by somebody, and it was a shock” that had made the court’s right-wing majority “targets for assassination.”

Then the new development:

The leak of a Supreme Court decision is shocking and potentially illegal, but even more shocking than the revelation that there have been two major leaks from the court—both of right-wing opinions authored by Alito—was the story the reporters unraveled of the degree to which evangelical activists worked to become close to the justices, especially through participation in the court’s historical society, as well as religious events, a plan Schenck called “Operation Higher Court.” Their goal was to influence the justices quietly, and it appears to have been at least somewhat successful: in July, Peggy Nienaber, the executive director of Liberty Counsel’s D.C. ministry, who worked with Schenck, was caught on a hot mic saying she prayed with certain Supreme Court justices.

On Sunday, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) wrote to Chief Justice John Roberts to say that if the court is not going to investigate the breaches, lawmakers will.

The other big story mentioned at the start of the first quote was about Trump family dealings with foreign governments, not just foreign nationals.

[ArthurItas]

A seminal moment in the campaign: this erection is about the people

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1595241072971481089?t=O72tohhfOGbD6sfQcT3ODA&s=19

[AcademicActuary]

I can imagine what Lindsay Graham is thinking when he says that.

[Whiskey]

Remember when people actually claimed that Republicans would all turn on Walker and not vote for him just because his constant lies, disgustingness and lack of any moral compass?
Looks like instead, all republican senators are supporting his election. Not one has spoken out against him.

Republicans party has zero integrity and they are proud of it.

[PatientZombie]

@Whiskey

Remember when people actually claimed that Republicans would all turn on trump and not vote for him just because his constant lies, disgustingness and lack of any moral compass?
Looks like instead, all republican senators are supporting his election. Not one has spoken out against him.

Republicans party has zero integrity and they are proud of it.

you can fill in many other names without changing a word

[AcademicActuary]

Republican doctrine since 1966:

The Eleventh Commandment (Ronald Reagan) - Wikipedia

Does not seem to apply to Trump who is able to say anything about anybody who does not display complete devotion to him.

[SteveWhite]

From a letter to the editor published in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning. First, the not so interesting part that clearly fits into this thread.

I found it most peculiar that Speaker-in-waiting McCarthy’s first comments on gaining control of the House were, “We have fired Nancy Pelosi.”

Then the writer’s last paragraph, which I enjoyed more.

No matter. Nancy Pelosi will forever be recognized as the first female speaker, just as McCarthy will be known as the first invertebrate to hold the speaker’s gavel. To each their own.

[Whiskey]

@AcademicActuary

Republican doctrine since 1966:

The Eleventh Commandment (Ronald Reagan) - Wikipedia

Party over Country.
That has been the Republican party for years, yet people still vote for them.

And people (even on this board) still worship Reagan and fail to acknowledge the damage he has done to this country during his lifetime and his lasting legacy that is still doing damage.

[SteveWhite]

Per MSNBC:

This week on Facebook, however, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a different kind of vow: “Next year, Republicans will start every day of Congress with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. No exceptions.”
Some on the right celebrated and promoted the GOP leader’s promise, as if it represented some kind of conservative cultural shift on Capitol Hill.

However There was, however, a small problem, which Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of Colorado highlighted via Twitter yesterday:
Yes, McCarthy’s vow that Republicans will start every day of Congress with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance — without exceptions — isn’t wrong so much as it’s unnecessary.
If you were to go to Capitol Hill any day in which members are in session, you’d hear a daily invocation and the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on the floor. It’s not just tradition: It’s literally a written rule of the U.S. House of Representatives.

[Maphistos_Sidekick]

Gotta love the GOP. Create an eleventh commandment, and ditch the second commandment.

[SredniVashtar]

I said earlier that I thought he might lose his erection, which still seems likely.

[Maphistos_Sidekick]

Now that abortions are hard to come by in Georgia, perhaps it’s a good thing that he’s losing his erection.

[SteveWhite]

Herschel Walker, running for U.S. Senate in Georgia, still gets tax break on...

Questionable if not illegal

[Nick_Papagiorgio]

@twig93

The additional funds raised (both directly and indirectly) will probably more than cover the expense of the additional agents. Maybe not all 87,000 but at least some of them.

Lotta small businesses are not going to like this stuff. Not saying they’re right and they probably already vote Republican anyway, but it’s going to be a lot of audits on non publicly owned businesses to recover this money. Going to put an additional burden on every business, even the ones who are paying their fair share.