Former SOD William Cohen (R) just shamed all the silent GOP senators like no other Repub has done

[mtnsnake]

He was on CNN a few minutes ago, and he went up one side of those cowards and down the other for not coming out to publicly recognize Joe Biden as the winner of the election. Among many other things, he said Trump is defying the 10th Amendment to the Constitution at this very moment, and how all those republican senators who love to quote the Constitution all the time are saying nothing when Trump is defying it right now. He also used a great WWII analogy how we had our soldiers risking their lives and limbs in a war against fascism to preserve our democracy, and here we have all these GOP senators who are scared to death.....not because they might lose their life or one of their limbs in a war but because they are petrified that Trump or some lunatic might say bad things about them or that they might risk their re-election. He was awesome.

[sheshe2]

1. K&RECOMMEND.

[IcyPeas]

32. **** HERE IS THE CLIP ****

He also managed to say happy birthday to Biden.

He also said the media should stop covering Trump and only cover Biden after he is sworn in.

Link to tweet

?s=19

[cwydro]

40. I agree they should stop covering the buffoon.

The media is enjoying itself way too much.

[MerryBlooms]

41. Rec. Thank you for the clip.

[sheshe2]

43. Thank you, 😊

[crickets]

49. Thanks for posting the link, IcyPeas. Well worth the listen. nt

[LisaM]

50. I saw that.

I agree a million percent. Turn off the cameras when he's finally gone.

[colorado_ufo]

56. Awesome and inspiring!

It is so uplifting to hear a voice like that!

[StarryNite]

2. Wow!

Hopefully what he said will shake more trump humping Senators out of their stupor.

[cilla4progress]

18. Do they watch

CNN?

[elleng]

3. 10th Amendment

'The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.'

[malaise]

4. Saw him

Had to look twice

[grumpyduck]

5. He didn't shame them.

They don't give a flying fuck.

[msongs]

6. can't shame people with no positive morals nt

[TNNurse]

7. I agree they have no shame.

[Silent3]

8. Doesn't mean shit until the NON-former Republicans do it.

It's disgusting that merely wanting to cling to their offices, and not wanting to face a primary challenger (oh, boo, hoo!) is enough to by so much craven self-serving silence.

[mtnsnake]

9. His words were powerful enough that it just might mean shit to who it matters the most

Hopefully it might anyway. This wasn't anything like what Romney and Sasse said. This was cutting right to the hearts of those cowards in the GOP.

[Boomerproud]

33. Accent on "former".

Will accomplish nothing.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Yup. People like Schmidt and Cohen and Kasich have

Nothing to lose. And you can tell.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

10. Good. Good.

Yes.

[TeamPooka]

11. I have met/spoken with Sec Cohen several times over the last 20 years and found him an honorable man

He's smart and quite funny too.

[mtnsnake]

13. That is cool! nt

[thenelm1]

12. To this day he is the only Repub I ever voted for. (Though only once.)

Admittedly it was years ago when he was a member of the House from Maine at the time I turned 18. His performance during the Watergate hearings was impressive, even to a political neophyte like me back then. (Plus he was a local guy. His family owned a popular bakery in Bangor, ME. Every family gathering included bulkie rolls from that bakery. They were to die for.)

He doesn't say much nowadays unfortunately, and though probably still a pubbie, his views were always what today would be considered as conservative/moderate Democratic. He was in Clinton's cabinet as Defense Secretary for some part of that admin's 8 years. Republicans of that sort have been long gone from public office (and discourse) for 20 plus years.

[mtnsnake]

14. Very interesting post. Now I'm gonna have to find out what bulkie rolls are though!

[thenelm1]

20. Fresh out of the oven they were devine.

It's been years and I'm not even sure that is what the actual name of them was, but it's what we always called them. I can taste them even now.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Me 2 :)

[panader0]

34. Bulkie rolls--I had to look them up too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulkie_roll

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. Thanks! Just started baking bread during pandemic

but have only tried french bread; rolls.

I want to know more. So curious on what makes some so soft vs hard and crusty.

It says on your link that bullies are similar to Kaiser.

When I lived in Nola there was one company that made the bread for all the poboys. Used to watch them deliver everywhere. Perfectly crusty yet soft inside.

Do you bake bread?

[panader0]

39. No, even though my handle is panader0 (baker in Spanish)

It was a nickname given to me by my Mexican fellow bricklayers, as my last name is Baker.

[thenelm1]

57. Nice find, but the accompanying photo looks like a typical sandwich roll found

in every supermarket I've ever seen in my state. I did notice that the wiki site said it was a New England thing. Can't say as I've ever had the need to look for them elsewhere.

Most of that type of roll that I've seen from supermarket sources are blah. I did try to avoid adding the ethnic aspect, but it would not surprise me that if one could find a true Jewish family bakery one might find something similar to the bakery I remember from years ago. Maybe. The ones I remember were on a whole different level. (I think this might be it - http://www.brickovenbangorrye.com/ - the location looks about right and I seem to remember the "The Bangor Rye Bakery" name. No idea if the quality is still the same.)

[Chili]

30. he won me over during the Iran-contra hearings

When he published one of his early books, I bought it and read it and liked him even more - learned a lot about how the House and Senate work. Used to work. His mentor when he was a rookie in the House was Barbara Jordan - he loved her dearly.

[Lonestarblue]

15. Perhaps Republicans aren't truly afraid of Trump, but actually love what he is doing.

He is weakening our democratic norms and guardrails to the point where breaking the law is just ignored, along with partisan misbehavior. A third of the people who voted for Trump believe the election was stolen—and they will hate Democrats even more. Republicans never seem to pay a price with their voters for their lies and cheating. The next election could be just as chaotic as this one with constant lawsuits and challenges, and the one after that as Republicans solidify their redistricting plans and retake the House through gerrymandering. Donald Trump has shown them the way to take the presidency, too, by simply contesting everything and calling on all those judges McConnell put on the federal courts to change election results. In a close election, they truly could get away with stealing the election, and Republicans will try it because they have no morals and no love for democracy. They want total control.

[JudyM]

16. Bleak forecast. But you're right, trump's conflicts of int. and other corruption are in plain view

and may well get away with most of it. We need McConnell in jail.

[True Blue American]

54. You put your

Finger on the truth with that post. Everyone who stays silent is as craven as Trump is. Starting with McConnell and going right on down the line. They love what Trump is doing. This Country means nothing to them. Only unbridled power. So are the voters who keep electing them.

Anyone could watch Lindsey and see what a butt licking piece of slime he is. Yet the voted him back in.

[videohead5]

17. He was Bill Clinton's

Secretary of defense.

[oasis]

19. Stand up guy.

[pansypoo53219]

21. the moron hasn't been able to accept REALITY since his 'election'. he can't FAKE news his way out

this time.

FAKE PRESIDENT.

[LovingA2andMI]

22. Former Senator Cohen was EXCELLENT...

In his Shaming. The State's Rights Republicans are just as fake as their "Leaders' Hair". That being Dump's hair.

Senator Cohen was a true hero is calling out their SHAME!

[Rural_Progressive]

23. Took awhile to find out that in the situation SOD

stands for Secretary of Defense.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. There's a certain honesty and major passion we are seeng with anti-trump-Republicans

that seems so real to me. Kasich was like that the other night too. Miss that.

[Cha]

27. Yeah, "no shame" as some are saying But..

William Cohen Still Let the World Know What Sniveling Treasonous Cowards they are.

Hopefully it Will Come Back to Haunt them someday.

[mtnsnake]

36. "William Cohen Still Let the World Know What Sniveling Treasonous Cowards they are."

Ain't that the truth!! With the background William Cohen has, his words really do matter. Ya gotta love how he doesn't parse his words.

[UTUSN]

28. Excellent summary!

[argyl]

29. Their precious careers. Fuck them.

[IcyPeas]

31. **** HERE IS THE CLIP ****

Link to tweet

?s=19

[mtnsnake]

35. Thank you for posting that to this thread, IcyPeas!

The clip is worth watching in its entirety. One of the parts I liked the most that I forgot to mention in my post was toward the latter part of the clip where he said, come Jan 21 he wishes that the media would stop covering Trump and instead cover Joe Biden and the enormous challenge that he has. He went on to elaborate. Very cool man.

on edit: I didn't notice until just now that you posted it up above as well. Not enough coffee yet. Thanks again!

[Piasladic]

45. really good clip

Thanks for it.

[Illumination]

37. What a GREAT patriot!...

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[zentrum]

42. Danger here.

When I hear a Republican conservative invoke state's rights a a good ole Republican principle, I hear voter suppression, school segregation and all the rest of their ugly record. It was used as dog whistle in the past.

Voting rights should be universal and Federal and sacrosanct across the country.

[Hotler]

44. They're are not afraid. It is all about hate for the left.

They support the orange one because he's their tool to hurt or own us. It is all about hurting and owning democrats and liberals.

[Hotler]

46. Have the press stop covering the orange one. What a novel idea.

[BobTheSubgenius]

47. Hopefully, he has emboldened more Rs to start talking this way.

How do we see the end of this very dangerous nonsense coming? Like a dam bursting? A slow walk gradually gathering fellow travelers along the way? The vast majority saying nothing at all, and just going about the business of working towards a new administration without acknowledging that they are doing that?

[IsItJustMe]

48. Perhaps many of these silent Republicans will be primaryed by people who ask the question

Where the hell were you when our democracy was being flushed down the drain?

[IronLionZion]

51. They don't make Republicans like they used to

Even for northeast moderates

[flying_wahini]

52. Expect Nothing from the KGOP. McConnell has them well trained.

The only way the wall will break is if McConnell dropped dead or
McConnell unleashes them on Trump.

[byronius]

53. Jeez, that was beautiful.

I used to be able to talk to Republicans like they were Americans.

Not so much after 12/12/00.

[Evolve Dammit]

55. Bill Cohen is an honorable man. Rebublican with a conscience and dedication to our country.