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senseandsensibility

(25,356 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:42 PM Apr 20

Okay, that was a pretty good line for a republican

On MSNBC this morning "Republican analyst" Matthew Bartlett said that today's R party is not so much telling voters to "eat cake" as telling them "to watch us eat cake".

He also called trump not the commander in chief but the "decorator in chief". He is predicting dire results in the midterms for his party.

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Okay, that was a pretty good line for a republican (Original Post) senseandsensibility Apr 20 OP
I await dire results, as do 10s of millions of others. CurtEastPoint Apr 20 #1
November can't come soon enough senseandsensibility Apr 20 #4
That's an interesting take on performative politics bucolic_frolic Apr 20 #2
Yes exactly senseandsensibility Apr 20 #3
Oh at one point MSNOW labeled him an MSNOW analyst senseandsensibility Apr 20 #5

bucolic_frolic

(55,569 posts)
2. That's an interesting take on performative politics
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:52 PM
Apr 20

They really don't do anything except make noise, have meetings, and pat themselves and each other on the back.

Nice short summary for the DU theater, too. We could consume more if posters would find the meat and slice it for us. Performative posting.

senseandsensibility

(25,356 posts)
5. Oh at one point MSNOW labeled him an MSNOW analyst
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 05:53 PM
Apr 20

but then went back to "Republican analyst". I kind of hope we see more of him. He was a hoot.

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