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grumpyduck

(6,199 posts)
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 12:54 PM Dec 2020

Gohmert, Rubio, Nunes, and their ilk remind me of

kids we had back in grammar and high school who hung out with the bullies.

These kids weren't bullies themselves -- they were more like what is usually referred to as "losers." Not particularly smart or good at anything, no personality to speak of, and certainly not popular. I didn't think about it back then, but I did begin to notice a pattern after a few years. Now looking back at it, it seems they hung out with the bullies for protection and to appear to be cool. I've read about the same pattern occurring in jails and prisons, although I have no clue if that's real or not.

But these guys -- lawmakers in the highest offices in the land -- doing the same? That is fucking galaxy-class disgusting.



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Gohmert, Rubio, Nunes, and their ilk remind me of (Original Post) grumpyduck Dec 2020 OP
Rump was one of zentrum Dec 2020 #1
Look back at the Yearbooks, Arne Dec 2020 #2
Too bad the best cure isn't feasible Loge23 Dec 2020 #3
And sadly, their ilk is a damned big lot. Harker Dec 2020 #4
Middle Age Riot tweeted this the other day: tblue37 Dec 2020 #5
They are called, "Toadies" Bayard Dec 2020 #6

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
1. Rump was one of
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 12:58 PM
Dec 2020

…..the bullies. Wonder what McConnell was. This should all be researched. Not kidding.

Arne

(1,968 posts)
2. Look back at the Yearbooks,
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 01:12 PM
Dec 2020

they can be very revealing.
Those weird class pictures
where you can kind of see the Fascist wanabees.

Loge23

(3,922 posts)
3. Too bad the best cure isn't feasible
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 01:15 PM
Dec 2020

A good punch in the nose is the antidote to a bully.
Even just standing up to them often works.
If only...

Harker

(13,880 posts)
4. And sadly, their ilk is a damned big lot.
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 01:24 PM
Dec 2020

Gaetz, Cruz, McConnell, Graham... ad infinitum.

All emboldened punks.

tblue37

(64,982 posts)
5. Middle Age Riot tweeted this the other day:
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 01:26 PM
Dec 2020

"Marco Rubio is the sniveling sidekick who thinks he's going to rule the playground now that the bully has been kicked out of school."

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