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Pic Of The Moment: So Let Me Get This Straight (Original Post) EarlG Nov 2023 OP
eMpTy Greene makes yet another ad for Democrats. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #1
Rollin', rollin', rollin'... dchill Nov 2023 #2
So appropriate here. And so appreciated!! Fritz Walter Nov 2023 #12
Appreciated. I wasn't sure how many... dchill Nov 2023 #13
yes, some of us are old enough to remember "Rawhide". niyad Nov 2023 #18
Some of us only go back to The Blues Brothers cactusfractal Nov 2023 #25
Thanks for the earworm! niyad Nov 2023 #17
You're welcome! dchill Nov 2023 #19
You are correct. niyad Nov 2023 #23
This would make excellent satire redqueen Nov 2023 #3
We're doubly robbed! dchill Nov 2023 #14
How could you satirize it ? Minor editing ? It's ridiculous already. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2023 #15
Conservative/Republican leaders CAN'T do anything... Caliman73 Nov 2023 #4
I think it's funny she thinks that channel changer is a smart phone. marble falls Nov 2023 #5
She's got lots of time. No one in Va Ky La or MS asked her to campaign for them underpants Nov 2023 #6
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2023 #7
Hey Marj go pop some more steroids and play with your dumbells Blue Owl Nov 2023 #8
Let her have as much rope as she wants. Talitha Nov 2023 #9
Oh my god, that is priceless PatSeg Nov 2023 #10
I think this might make her the clear leader in the SlobFather VP sweepstakes - he finally has someone NoMoreRepugs Nov 2023 #11
The GOP only does three things: Initech Nov 2023 #16
How the hell do we get such unsuited people in Congress? Rhetorical, it happens, PufPuf23 Nov 2023 #20
She's Irony Deficient n/t aggiesal Nov 2023 #21
More fake outrage. 58Sunliner Nov 2023 #22
I dunno ... Maybe she and The Don could shoot each other on Fifth Avenue? struggle4progress Nov 2023 #24
Is she going to resign in protest? IronLionZion Nov 2023 #26

dchill

(42,660 posts)
2. Rollin', rollin', rollin'...
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 01:47 PM
Nov 2023

"Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them dogies* movin'
Rawhide!"

Fritz Walter

(4,370 posts)
12. So appropriate here. And so appreciated!!
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 04:57 PM
Nov 2023

If I may add a line or six:

Don't try to understand 'em
Just rope and throw and brand 'em
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
My heart's calculatin'
My true love will be waitin'
Be waiting at the end of my ride.

These first three lines SO accurately describe what most Republican candidates — successful or otherwise — think of their constituency: cattle to be “branded” and eventually slaughtered for their own financial gain.

dchill

(42,660 posts)
13. Appreciated. I wasn't sure how many...
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 05:19 PM
Nov 2023

...DUnizens would even get that old 50s TV reference. And I'm all but sure MAGATs like MTG wouldn't. More's the pity.

dchill

(42,660 posts)
19. You're welcome!
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 07:40 PM
Nov 2023

It's not a bad earworm, IMO. Frankie Laine sang it, if I'm not mistaken.

Caliman73

(11,767 posts)
4. Conservative/Republican leaders CAN'T do anything...
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 01:51 PM
Nov 2023

If the leaders of the Conservative movement enacted the laws and policies that they really want to enact, they would see a massive revolt.

They would likely still have maybe 25% support of the population, but Conservative policies are tailored for the wealthiest people. They have a very specific vision of what they want America to look like and it does not include prosperity for the average American.

Either Greene is an idiot, or a liar. Likely both which is lucky for us. She sounds like she bought into the lie that Conservatives have been putting out there since Nixon and Reagan when they made their deal with racists and fundamentalist Christians. They want their pony now, and Conservatives cannot deliver because they never meant to deliver.

underpants

(196,495 posts)
6. She's got lots of time. No one in Va Ky La or MS asked her to campaign for them
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 02:04 PM
Nov 2023

Not one candidate as far as I can tell.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,076 posts)
11. I think this might make her the clear leader in the SlobFather VP sweepstakes - he finally has someone
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 03:38 PM
Nov 2023

who is more ignorant of EVERYTHING than he is.

Initech

(108,783 posts)
16. The GOP only does three things:
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 06:37 PM
Nov 2023

1. Go on talk shows like Sean Hannity, Steve Bannon, and Alex Jones relentlessly, and post about it on social media.

2. Generate content for Fox News.

3. Complain that the other side isn't doing their jobs.

It's the circle of shit and it screws us all!

PufPuf23

(9,852 posts)
20. How the hell do we get such unsuited people in Congress? Rhetorical, it happens,
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 07:49 PM
Nov 2023

There are more GOP trainwrecks but we have a few too.

One would think with all the good and intelligent humans, we could get more politicians that didn't just specialize in breaking stuff and being unfair.

What a sorry species.

If this shit continues, the USA will fail and then stuff will get real ugly, like what we see now elsewhere (and fail to see how our privileged positions contribute to the mess).

IronLionZion

(51,267 posts)
26. Is she going to resign in protest?
Wed Nov 8, 2023, 12:07 AM
Nov 2023

She's not just part of the problem. She is a loud and vocal amplifier of the problem.

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