George Takei for the win

[Norbert]

Link to tweet

[Rebl2]

1. How about

this. Mehmet, go back to Turkey. You are a citizen of Turkey and have voted in recent years in Turkish elections. Either give up your citizenship there or here. You should not be allowed to run for a senate seat here and then go to Turkey and vote there too, especially if you are a senator.

[colorado_ufo]

2. Gee, a possible conflict of interest here?

[KS Toronado]

3. Amen

Why in the hell do reQublicOns keep going after TV personalities & football players
with no political experience thinking they can lead our Government?

Shame we don't have minimum requirements for Congress Members, most jobs do. Like so many years of
public service in your home state, mayor, county commissioner, etc.

Congress Members should not be an "On the Job Training" position.

[MagickMuffin]

5. The money that back these "Candidates" will tell them how to vote

Why hell they'll even write the bills they want passed, all they have to do is present them to Congress.


They don't require knowledge of anything.



Easypeasy!

[eppur_se_muova]

7. "We don't need someone who can think. We need someone with enough digits to hold a pen."

“We don’t need someone who can think. We need someone with enough digits to hold a pen.”

— Grover Norquist

[mahina]

6. Because they're way ahead on name recognition

And it matters.

[KS Toronado]

8. Yes that has a lot to do with it

name recognition gave us Reagan, been downhill ever since for the working class.

[mahina]

18. True

I’m pretty sure it’s the wingers behind the trashing of Joe Biden night and day. As if there’s some perfect candidate. He’s the best we got for the moment by a long mile run for my part anyways I think he’s doing a heck of a good job particular considering the multiple nosedives he pulled us out of. God bless him

[HubertHeaver]

15. Actors and athletes...They do what they are told.

Actors, such as ol'Rot-gut ( hyphenated to defeat autocorrect) will slavishly follow a script. Athletes do what coach tells them. Good Republicans, every one of them.

[Ferrets are Cool]

16. Let's don't paint with TOO broad a brush

Al Franken was a great entertainer AND Senator. It can be done.

[yellowdogintexas]

17. Which is exactly why term limits are a very bad idea.

The late Speaker of the House Jim Wright was asked about term limits. He was emphatically opposed to the idea.

His points: It takes at least 1 full term to know what to do. Finding your way around the Capitol, hiring a good staff, learning the process of preparing legislation, the appropriate Rules of Order in the Senate and House are all new and can be intimidating.

Most House members accomplish this about halfway through a second term.

He asked us how we felt about the potential of the Congress to essentially be newbies.

We have term limits already: they are called elections.

[mahina]

19. Exactly! It leaves the lobbyist in control because they have the institutional knowledge

If we want to get rid of a candidate we will do it at the election.

They’re just solving the wrong problem I’m trying to use the fig leaf of make believe fairness.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[rubbersole]

9. My older brother lives in PA.

They are not fond of Jersey folks. When a family from Trenton moved in two houses away (he lives in Chester), the hand wringing and "there goes the neighborhood" talk was the only topic for weeks. Like they might steal their Eagles front doormat or something.

[wnylib]

10. Poor NJ. Both PA and NY give them a hard time.

[Joinfortmill]

11. Lol

[wnylib]

12. At least his name is appropriate.

The phony wizard hiding behind curtains, smoke, and mirrors, neither "great" nor "wonderful."

[dchill]

13. The self-own of Mehmet Oz.

It's a gift.

[robleb]

14. Excellent

Thank you George - for a laugh and for the truth.

[twodogsbarking]

20. I know enough about NJ to not make fun of NJ.