So now that the horse is waaaayyyyyyy outta the barn...

[SaveOurDemocracy]

... Repuke guvs are scramblin' to look like they REALLY did have a plan, just something went wrong. Looking at You Florida and Texas!

Fuckers costing lives.

[RockRaven]

1. There's gonna be a quarter million dead Americans by election day, and a large fraction

-- like perhaps half -- will be because Repukes decided to indulge the Dotard's personal vanity rather than do right by their citizens. It is beyond sick and fucked up.

[Demonaut]

2. and that might a low estimate

[2naSalit]

6. I think it could be more like 350K

But I'm sure we'll hit a quarter mil by early September looking at infection numbers this week.

[Dirty Socialist]

3. They DID have a plan

Save what's left of the economy at all costs.

This coming from the "Pro Life Party"

[smirkymonkey]

10. Fat lot of good that did.

They are making things even worse. And I predict things will continue to go downhill from here. The republicans have always been very short-sighted. They never play the long game. And it's going to come back to bite them in the ass.

[Mersky]

4. Yeah, they're putting on a real show in Dallas* today

Last edited Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:09 AM - Edit history (1)

LOL. The physical comedy of it - was like slow-mo unloading of a clown car.



Working title of the show:

“How we didn’t @! up the virus response in Texas in order to please the guy who let putin get away with murdering US soldiers.” Coronavirus Task Force Update.

___
Every few minutes the camera panned to another part of the table revealing a new guest appearance.

First I thought, oh they are worried: VP Pants is up there seated six feet from the governor.

Then, zooms out and good grief - there’s Dr. birx - beaming about what serious planning went into Texas opening early. Bleh, it was gross - mother will have words with him later about sitting so close to a female sycophant.

Next, omg, here’s were it got silly: ben carson was there, too! Hahaha: I could actually see his eyes were wide open as he yammered about hand washing technique.

Then, when I thought the table couldn’t get any longer, there’s the guy all the way at the end who doesn’t deserve to be re-elected: it’s cornyn! Good golly, they are scared.

Was a giant CYA session that required like 40 linear feet of table space.

___
It was equally funny as it was infuriating. They botched the planning and execution of dealing with virus, and deserve to lose their positions of power. I’ve had it with this bunch of terrible people.

* Eta correction: Not sure why I thought it was in Houston, but the thing was actually held in Dallas. It did say Southwest Medical Center on the backdrop behind some of the table.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

5. Exactly! Great description. All the ass-kissing had them going in circles.

And have ya heard ... Wearing a MASK is a good idea so you don't kill granny!

I was sitting there wondering if there has ever been 3 more insipid people gathered in one room than pence, birx, and carson ... then they threw in cornyn.

Slo-mo clown car. Perfection!!

[Mersky]

8. It was an experience to document, and you provided an excellent lead-in space for such :)

Oh, man, are they broken or what? It was pathetic.


I saw them, what they were doing after the fact. Terrible, awful people up there pretending they’ve behaved well over the course of the pandemic. And, I just have to laugh at the continued abuse.

Is helpful to know I’m not the only one who found the whole scene absurd.

[malaise]

7. Was today the first time mother's boy wore a mask

as he deplaned?

I did laugh. Mr I am not wearing a mask even thought it was mandatory at the Mayo Clinic.
They are all guilty of criminal negligence

[Mersky]

11. Missed that moment, however

There was a gratuitous display of masks on the table at the CYA session in Houston. Pants’s mask looked pretty limp compared to the breathable American flag? abbott had next to him.

Won’t bring back the people who’ve already succumbed to their malfeasance, but I’m all for them taking precautions seriously... even if it is four months late.

[malaise]

13. No one in the choir wore a mask and not one of them was social distancing

Expect more Covid-19 in Texas

[Mersky]

14. Ugh. Of course.

Complete with a maskless choir. Gotta ‘show’ their faith by passing the plate full of virus particles.


___
Wear a dang mask, Texas.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

12. I *think* dense was wearing a mask, as he walked into the room, for the 1st annual...

...'getting the band back together' covid19 task force event the other day. HOWEVER, he ripped it off his face so fast, before he even hit the stage, I can't be 100% sure.

skeered of Donnie dumbshit.

[Thekaspervote]

9. And those screaming about having to wear a mask...when their loved one is ill, will be the FIRST

To scream that the government didn’t do enough to protect them!!


Take some responsibility all you “maskholes!!!”