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Nevilledog

(51,259 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:24 PM Nov 2020

Republican Senators turning down national TV interviews...



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Tim Fullerton
@TimFullerton
Republican Senators turning down national TV interviews tells you how embarrassed they really are about all of this, but too cowardly to say it.

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.@chucktodd: "We invited every single Republican senator to appear here on @MeetThePress this morning. They all declined.”
9:12 AM · Nov 15, 2020 from Brooklyn, NY



I'd change embarrassed to complicit.
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Republican Senators turning down national TV interviews... (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP
"They all declined." dchill Nov 2020 #1
Agreed Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #4
Couldn't even face friggin CHUCK TODD? REALLY? mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #2
Profiles in courage. Zoonart Nov 2020 #3
More like sideshots in Stupidity! Resistance1 Nov 2020 #5
Yes. Zoonart Nov 2020 #7
Spineless sycophants Va Lefty Nov 2020 #6
They know what the first question is going to be. JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #8
THIS in it self should tell people that RUMP LOST!! OR bluestarone Nov 2020 #9
simpering cowards llashram Nov 2020 #10
Profiles in Cowardice. spanone Nov 2020 #11
Oh no! Chuck missed a chance to ask his 'Puke guests how Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2020 #12
2020 isn't quite over yet. There's 6 weeks left for Republicans to fuck up... Guilded Lilly Nov 2020 #13
Oh come on - STOP ascribing human motivations like embarassment - imho this is simply Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2020 #14
Chuck Todd is Reportedly CRUSHED Stallion Nov 2020 #15
BINGO ... me too. KPN Nov 2020 #16
Asshat Hutchinson is worth at least a couple of Republican Senators. House of Roberts Nov 2020 #17
That's cause they all know this election was legit. Volaris Nov 2020 #18
They are incapable of embarrassment. SamKnause Nov 2020 #19
Scuttling back under their rocks - GOOD Runningdawg Nov 2020 #20
I'll bet they're all happy now that they're wearing masks... Totally Tunsie Nov 2020 #21
Assumes a minimum of decency and the possibility of shame greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #22

JohnnyRingo

(18,672 posts)
8. They know what the first question is going to be.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:41 PM
Nov 2020

They just don't know the answer yet, or rather don't want to say it aloud.

bluestarone

(17,101 posts)
9. THIS in it self should tell people that RUMP LOST!! OR
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:43 PM
Nov 2020

They would ALL be out there claiming the asshole won? That's the way i look at it!!

llashram

(6,265 posts)
10. simpering cowards
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:47 PM
Nov 2020

I bet they have all had to enter the Oval Office and literally kiss trump's rancid ass and those of trump's 'advisors'.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,509 posts)
12. Oh no! Chuck missed a chance to ask his 'Puke guests how
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:50 PM
Nov 2020

the Democrats are responsible for this mess of a "transition".

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
13. 2020 isn't quite over yet. There's 6 weeks left for Republicans to fuck up...
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:51 PM
Nov 2020

and they will, in aces. What’s to stop their immaturity now? No accountability has become their agenda.

The whole world is watching them revert to troglodytes.

Breathe in breathe out...(with a mask on!) we can make it.
We must.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
14. Oh come on - STOP ascribing human motivations like embarassment - imho this is simply
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:52 PM
Nov 2020

another obstructive maneuver and sign that they have all thrown in with the Cult and the cult leader's refusal to comply with the norms and .... quite possibly.... with the constitution and the law itself. Remains to be seen. IMHO, we are not out of the woods yet.

Dont we know by now they NEVER do anything out of their own individual motivations? Since that is a given, then you have to ask yourself, what are they up to, whats the strategy, what are they trying to accomplish? You will notice they are all too happy to talk to the propagandists, so obviously they are not THAT embarassed.



KPN

(15,671 posts)
16. BINGO ... me too.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 01:04 PM
Nov 2020

They're deploying the ostrich strategy knowing a week from now no-one that matters, i.e., average mis- or uninformed voters, will remember.

Frankly, they also see potential for having their cake and eating it too with the possibility that if they keep quiet about the election, tRump's alternative universe may actually prevail -- in which case they get everything they want and remain on good terms with the emperor to boot.

Don't underestimate these people or this situation. We were all totally and legitimately aghast about treasonous Russia collusion. Many of us were confident that it would be his and their undoing, especially early on. We are early on in the election denial.

So, yeah ... complicit whether their strategy succeeds or not.

House of Roberts

(5,192 posts)
17. Asshat Hutchinson is worth at least a couple of Republican Senators.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 01:27 PM
Nov 2020

Chuck just wanted to pad his side's advantage in messaging.

Volaris

(10,278 posts)
18. That's cause they all know this election was legit.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 01:42 PM
Nov 2020

Lou Dobbs was on the other night bitching about how no elected Republican will go on tv and say the election was rigged.

Lou is just pissed that he and his wrecking crew on fox arent the craziest fuckers in the Republican Party anymore.

SamKnause

(13,113 posts)
19. They are incapable of embarrassment.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 01:59 PM
Nov 2020

They are EVIL and unpatriotic.

There is no point in interviewing them.

They are known liars and proud of it.

They are lower than pond scum.

They are my enemies.

They are enemies of my country.

The are radical fascists !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
21. I'll bet they're all happy now that they're wearing masks...
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 07:05 PM
Nov 2020

They're able to hide their sneers as they try dodging questions in the hallway.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
22. Assumes a minimum of decency and the possibility of shame
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 07:08 PM
Nov 2020

I don't buy either of those conditions for these dipshits.

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