Repubs have done that for a long time.

I just meant that if the Dems supported puppies and kittens the Repubs would automatically have to be against it because they aren't supposed to agree on anything these days.

Who else would be? Like I said nothing new about that.

There's always here...

It may be, and I think that was of appropriate intent. If you want the chance of satire hitting home, the target must be able to identify with the character. If you avoid any positive characterization, the point can fly over one's head and just reassure "that's not me."

Or, if you want to leave intended messaging out of it--if the character is completely unlikeable he's less interesting.

Then again, that would have sailed clear over the heads of a significant proportion of the audience and they would simply have revelled in Archie Bunker's reactionary and racist views. :(

I've had more than one acquaintance use Archie Bunker as their Facebook profile picture.

Naa they just don't care as long as the stock market keeps going up.

Ahh the sort of person that would say "You can't put a show like Archie Bunker on the air anymore, nobody would let you."

I've worked it out! Gaetz looks like Jim Carey cosplaying as Max Headroom.

I will never be able to shake that image, now.

They done it. Found a venue. The Riverside Convention Center in Riverside California, located about 25 miles east of Anaheim.
This was the part I liked. Gaetz and Greene said they won’t share where the event will be held until Friday, citing “security concerns.”

Okay, sure.
Right on, Nick! ;)

Is it near a gardening centre? Or a dildo outlet?

Riverside is a pit. Or, at least it was when I lived in SoCal.

Four Insurrections Total Scapegoating.

One of the four kinds of unnatural death:
Homicide
Suicide
Infanticide

Riverside

Its is... look at the photo NYG attached - she's standing right next to a dildo!

:dl:

Likewise. I *knew* he looked familiar

Same with the original here. You were meant to laugh at Alf Garnett and his views but a heck of a lot of Brits were found to be nodding and saying he had a point.

Or Jack Nicholson in The Shining with a touch of Forrest Gump.

The Riverside Area BLM office (the OTHER BLM) is considered the place in Califfornia you DON"T want to be posted to. Even El Centro is better.

Best laid plans. After the Riverside venue cancelled them, Gaetz and Greene got a third venue in Anaheim for tonight. But it sounds like they took the City of Anaheim by surprise. Once the city realized what was planned -- and after local residents complained -- the city cancelled the event (apparently this afternoon). ABC News says (in a report filed less than two hours ago):

The rally protesting the cancellations is scheduled to start about three hours from now, 8 o'clock local time. It's billed as a protest "against communism."

Lousy COMMIES! :mad:

The Anaheim venue is just a couple of blocks from Disneyland. The city council and Disney don't always get along, but in this case maybe they both thought that nazi skin head fascists are 'bad show'?

My bad. The "Protest Communism" rally was scheduled for 5 pm local time not 8 pm. It's already underway! From The Beast posted a few minutes ago.

I haven't been keeping up on this but this is 3 venues that have cancelled Gaetz-MTG ?

After being cancelled by three different venues in California -- Pacific Hills, Riverside and Anaheim -- Gaetz and Greene are appearing before a crowd in front of Riverside City Hall. Greene spoke first:

Like Harry Enfield's 'Loadsamoney'.
Those he was mocking thought it was great.

In other words, the venues that had the right to cancel their performances did, while their freedom to speak and assemble was honored...and all they can think to do is whine about communism instead of celebrating the prevalence of true democracy.

There's another bit that turns up inconsistent among MTG's fans. "They're lying to make people hate Trump" and yet at the same time celebrating each and every one of Trump's own open efforts to mock and alienate people that disagree. They like it that he makes people hate him, but then get mad and cry fake when that leads to dropping poll numbers and massive voter turnout against him.

Not sure Matt Gaetz should be in the business of telling kids they shouldn’t be forced to do things.

This so-called anti-communist stance against anti-racists reminds me of when Rock Against Racism was popular; the Rock Against Communism counter movement was particularly unsavoury.

They're coddled babies grifting other coddled babies.

Around 300 people showed up for the Gaetz/Greene sidewalk rally and Marj is thanking ALL of Southern California? I also notice that 'socialists' has been replaced by 'communists.' Probably Greene's 'team' decided: "Communist sounds better."

Marj and Matt also visited Huntington Beach. Here is a link to video of their 'beach walk.' I wasn't going to post it but, mercifully, it's only 23 seconds long. Twitter video link I finally watched it but gave up when the assembled 'crowd' began to yell, "Free-DOM." :(

That pic brings back memories. Huntington Beach was where we used to hang out when I was in high school.

The Disney company pretty much calls the shots in Anaheim; so now Mickey Mouse is a Commie.

Can I suggest that the vast majority of these onlookers were probably local gawkers who thought it may have been movie stars or someone like that parading on the beach, not this pair of self-promoting twerps. The number of "true followers" would have been a few dozen...not a huge crowd at all.

Also, the whole thing looks HIGHLY staged. Everyone lined up and all. Smile and wave! And where are the two twerps walking TO? The Commie California ocean?

I've seen larger crowds at kindergarten nativity plays.

I think the main purpose of these activities, at least for Marjorie Greene, is fundraising among donors across the US. She has proven to be a prolific fundraiser but, as a former Republican campaign consultant said, she's in a feedback loop. She has to provide ongoing antics in order for the donors to continue sending cash. How much political value is there for a Congress member from Northwest Georgia to go to trouble and expense to appear before 300 people in Southern California? Probably none at all. But the video, the fiery speech, the accusations, that is all undoubtedly done for the entertainment of her many donors.

People also chanted "Pedophile!" during their outdoor event.

I hope there's a good clip of that, with Gaetz's reaction.

I agree, though she is smiling and waving at the - crowd - as though she was The Star greeting the masses at the Oscars, nominated for her winning role in a movie about her.

She seems to lack any self awareness at all.