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Sure, the The Grammy Awards are tonight, but it is also the day that Born To Run The Numbers unveils their First Annual (Lindsey) Grahammy Awards, recognizing the greatest moments in Republican Hypocrisy in the past year:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2021/03/btrtn-presents-lindsey-grahammy-awards.html
Excerpts: "Good evening, ladies and gentleman! Live from Born To Run The Numbers.com, we are awarding our first ever Grahammy Awards, the coveted statuettes that symbolize the most epic moments in Republican hypocrisy in the past year. The Grahammy Awards are named, of course, for South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, a man who has sacrificed the tiny, tattered remnants of his reputation in order to live the life of perfect sycophancy as principal primping poodle for Donald Trump. Graham has dedicated the later years of his life to a full embrace of the hypocritical oath, and executes it with such an utter lack of shame that we marvel that so much moral corruption could be crammed into such an unimposing wee burrowing creature...
"Our next category is 'Greatest Hypocrisy in a Leading Role,' and there is no one on earth who is more deserving of this accolade than Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. What distinguishes Mitch McConnell from Lindsey Graham is his demand to be taken seriously. Graham seems aware that he is a weak, frightened fool, reminding us of Peter Lorres 'Ugarte' character in Casablanca, who asks Humphrey Bogarts Rick if he despises him. Rick pauses and says, 'If I gave you any thought, I probably would. McConnell, though, leans into his hypocrisy with a sturdy sense of purpose and resolve, and usually takes the time to find some thin reed of explanation for why the thing that he said today is not the polar opposite of what he said yesterday...
"Ok, ok, the crowd is stirring! You can feel the tension in the air! It is time for the Grand Grahammy for the year, the singular crowning moment of Republican hypocrisy...
niyad
(113,027 posts)reggieandlee
(778 posts)What's with the keyboard? Sounds good!
niyad
(113,027 posts)or spilled my drink. Something along those lines.
niyad
(113,027 posts)or spilled my drink. Something along those lines.
reggieandlee
(778 posts)ah, got it! Thanks very much!!
niyad
(113,027 posts)Blue Owl
(50,238 posts)liberalmediaaddict
(766 posts)The hat trick he pulled on Trumps 2nd impeachment proves yet again he has zero credibility.
But that sordid hypocrisy still did not match what Mitch McConnell achieved with a head-spinning quintuple flip-flop executed in three short weeks in January and February of 2021. It began when the House passed its second impeachment of Donald Trump on January 13. McConnell falsely declared that it was impossible to begin a Senate iimpeachment trial until after Trump had left office. Then, after January 20th, McConnell took the position that the Senate had no standing to conduct an impeachment trial because Trump was no longer in office! What an implausible, impeccable pirouette! Talk about gall Mitch McConnell has a pair of gall stones!"