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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrilliant Anti- Gaetz Op Ed in Local Conservative paper - Tide turning??
we are, at a place in American history where an idiot from Niceville (local Florida Panhandle town) wearing a gas mask in the chambers of Congress can unwittingly lay waste to potentially life-saving scientific research in batcaves on the other side of the Earth. Is this a Small World or just a stupid one?
Yes, time will inevitably hold Gaetz accountable. Like all Panhandle politicians, his silly, short story will end soon enough. And eventually, he will go the way of all hucksters and be forgotten by the swelling numbers of younger souls who dont know and dont care what sort of snake oil hes selling.
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Tracking the fecal traces of dishonest statements from government propagandists like Gaetz requires a science not unlike the virus-hunting ventures into Asian batcaves. What begins as cuckoo internet conspiracy theory morphs into a tweet from a congressman and soon flutters out onto cable television before erupting from the pursed pie hole of the American president.
But who can spend all day tracking the viral origins of political dishonesty? Whether its novel coronaviruses or noxious lies from bloodsuckers like Matt Bat Boy Gaetz, who has the time or desire to go hunting in either literal or symbolic bat caves all day?
Thats what we pay scientists to do. Until Gaetz lied about it. And the science stopped.
. when Gaetzs diseased dishonesty is allowed to infect public policy, we best beware whats ripening on the vine.
https://www.pnj.com/story/opinion/2020/05/15/marlette-matt-bat-boy-gaetz-spreads-disease-dishonesty/5188990002/
Alliepoo
(2,215 posts)Now THATS a smack down! And a richly deserved one.
oasis
(49,370 posts)the idiocy of his constituency. The House GOP is going to languish in the minority until the end of time.
DEbluedude
(816 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,634 posts)malaise
(268,885 posts)Drum
(9,136 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)economy may have not been a good strategy after all. Who could have known?Maybe it was shitting all over the military, the Navy most recently which is very big in PCola. Couldnt have seen that coming either, right? All I can say is thank god they are as stupid as they are evil or we would be in much greater danger.
writes3000
(4,734 posts)How does he justify this crap? He cant.
erronis
(15,222 posts)So many good points and so well told.
Too bad the subject is a drunken idiot who represents the current (r)epuglicons.
PoliWrangler
(139 posts)Celerity
(43,286 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,319 posts)mtngirl47
(988 posts)Perfect description.
Celerity
(43,286 posts)crickets
(25,960 posts)The condemnation of Gaetz was superb! Gaetz' opponent is Phil Ehr, introduced to DU here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212615986
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,319 posts)Some of those are familiar from JHB's toon posts.
wryter2000
(46,032 posts)That's some mighty fine use of the English language right there.
DemoTex
(25,392 posts)Like Trump would have the slightest clue who Thomas Wolfe was, or know what he wrote.
LisaM
(27,800 posts)"Like most Panhandle politicians, his short, silly story will end soon enough".
I kind of wish the term "Panhandle Politician" would catch on.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)be curious to see how effective it is in its home market. (Yeah, we know he's right, but do the people that live in that district agree?).
Warpy
(111,237 posts)and I fully agree. Voters are going to have to wake up and look at more than what god these jokers claim is on their side.