The thread for stupidity from GQP politicians who don't have their own thread - Page 3

carlitos · 6th January 2022, 11:21 AM

One of the more prominent Q-Nuts who went to a rally in Dallas just passed from Covid. On the bright side, the host of the "Re-Awaken America" event has clarified: Clark has denied the anthrax rumors and insisted in an interview with The Daily Beast: “There was not anthrax through the fog machines!”

Originally Posted by from twitter

Doug Kuzma from frog news network who attended Clay Clark’s event in Dallas and was amongst those who claimed they were sick from an Anthrax attack. Had been admitted to the hospital and was ventilated as his lungs were not responding to treatment, has passed away from Covid.

Originally Posted by daily beast

Kuzma, who hosted a program on the far-right “Frog News Network” and called his listeners “froganites,” had come down with COVID-19 after attending the right-wing “ReAwaken America Tour” gathering held in Texas in mid-December. Friends of Kuzma told The Daily Beast that Kuzma had fallen ill following the event and was later admitted to the hospital, causing many of his loyal allies to lose touch with him.

Resume · 6th January 2022, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by carlitos

One of the more prominent Q-Nuts who went to a rally in Dallas just passed from Covid. On the bright side, the host of the "Re-Awaken America" event has clarified: Clark has denied the anthrax rumors and insisted in an interview with The Daily Beast: “There was not anthrax through the fog machines!”

Yeah, and he said this.

Quote:

Kuzma reported that he was feeling ill, but claimed it was just his chronic bronchitis flaring up again. On December 15 he posted on Facebook that he had a fever and said it was time to call the doctor.

Someone commented that he should get a COVID test anyway, but Kuzma responded: “No way.” When the commenter said it was better to be “safe than sorry,” Kuzma once again lashed out, writing: “You must have lost your mind, so they can kill me, and try and give me the jab. I’ll die at the house before I go to the hospital.”

Well, he was wrong about that, among other things.

shemp · 6th January 2022, 11:47 AM

How unfortunate.

Horatius · 6th January 2022, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

Not those on here; they never get tired of it.

There are parts of my job I'm tired of, and put off as long as I can, but I still end up doing them, because it's my job.

I wonder how often these guys see a really stupid comment, and just go, "**** it, it's Friday, I'll make up a ******** excuse for that Monday."

Because I do that all the time. Just said it today, in fact. There's no way I'm spending Friday working on one of the cases that makes me feel tired just looking at it.

shemp · 9th January 2022, 01:46 PM

A lawmaker in Indiana walked back comments saying teachers should be 'impartial' when teaching students about Nazism

Quote:

An Indiana state senator walked back comments he made saying teachers should be "impartial" when teaching about Nazism.

State Sen. Scott Baldwin was criticized for the comments he made during a committee hearing on Wednesday about a proposed bill that would limit how schools can discuss concepts like race. The bill is part of a wave of legislation proposed by conservative lawmakers largely in response to concerns over critical race theory.

Quote:

"I'm not discrediting, as a person, Marxism, Nazism, fascism," he said. "I have no problem with the education system providing instruction on the existence of those isms. I believe that we've gone too far when we take a position on those isms."

"We need to be impartial," he continued. "We need to be the purveyors of reason. We just provide the facts. The kids formulate their own viewpoints."

Guess we revealed a bit too much about ourself, huh guy? Meanwhile, you don't want teachers teaching the facts about racism in the U.S.

Stacyhs · 9th January 2022, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by shemp

A lawmaker in Indiana walked back comments saying teachers should be 'impartial' when teaching students about Nazism

Guess we revealed a bit too much about ourself, huh guy? Meanwhile, you don't want teachers teaching the facts about racism in the U.S.

Words fail me. I literally cannot think of the words to express my disgust at what Baldwin said.

slyjoe · 13th January 2022, 03:52 PM

GOP Senate candidate Herschel walker says he has a dry mist cure for COVID. On a Glenn Beck podcast:

Quote:

“Do you know right now, I have something that [you can bring] into a building, that will clean you of COVID, as you walk through this, this dry mist?” Walker asks.

Beck, processing this information, squints. Walker interprets this as an invitation to proceed.

“As you walk through the door, it will kill any COVID on your body,” he continues. He leans in and adds, “EPA-, FDA-approved.”

“When you leave—it will kill the virus as you leave, this here product,” Walker says. He adds that he has a second unspecified miracle product, a “spray” possibly indicated for use after the dry mist treatment.

“They don’t want to talk about that. They don’t want to hear about that,” Walker says. “And I’m serious.”

Walker is also accused of killing two women, but was endorsed by Mitch McConnell anyway.

https://news.yahoo.com/republican-se...180000224.html

RecoveringYuppy · 13th January 2022, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by slyjoe

Walker is also accused of killing two women, but was endorsed by Mitch McConnell anyway.

Citation????

slyjoe · 13th January 2022, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by RecoveringYuppy

Citation????

Sorry - I misunderstood. He is facing allegations of threatening to kill two women. Near the end of the article i linked.

shemp · 13th January 2022, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by slyjoe

Sorry - I misunderstood. He is facing allegations of threatening to kill two women. Near the end of the article i linked.

Hey, no big deal, we can throw around fake news as well as the other side can!

carlitos · 13th January 2022, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by slyjoe

Sorry - I misunderstood. He is facing allegations of threatening to kill two women. Near the end of the article i linked.

Whoa. Yeah, I did a triple-take on your post there. Thanks for clarifying.

Norman Alexander · 13th January 2022, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

Words fail me. I literally cannot think of the words to express my disgust at what Baldwin said.

I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back?

dasmiller · 13th January 2022, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back?

Sure, but there were very fine people on both sides.

Norman Alexander · 13th January 2022, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by slyjoe

GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker ... is also accused of [threatening to kill] two women, but was endorsed by Mitch McConnell anyway.

https://news.yahoo.com/republican-se...180000224.html

Mitch, apparently, had concerns about this guy, but endorsed him anyway. I wonder if Mitch had ulterior motives (well...he always does

) because Walker is "of a darker hue"?

Stacyhs · 13th January 2022, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back?

According to GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville, we were fighting to “free Europe of socialism."

" I tell people, my dad fought 76 years ago in Europe to free Europe of socialism."

As the Nazis were fascists, not socialists, I guess we weren't. Silly me.

Trebuchet · 13th January 2022, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

According to GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville, we were fighting to “free Europe of socialism."

" I tell people, my dad fought 76 years ago in Europe to free Europe of socialism."

As the Nazis were fascists, not socialists, I guess we weren't. Silly me.

National Socialists!

TragicMonkey · 14th January 2022, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

According to GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville, we were fighting to “free Europe of socialism."

" I tell people, my dad fought 76 years ago in Europe to free Europe of socialism."

As the Nazis were fascists, not socialists, I guess we weren't. Silly me.

Perhaps his dad fought on the Axis side.

JoeMorgue · 14th January 2022, 06:34 AM

//Insert cliched generic "Hey my Dad died in a concentration camp.... he fell out of one of the guard towers" joke here//

TurkeysGhost · 14th January 2022, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back?

Plenty of Americans were fascists and Nazi sympathizers, right up until the outbreak of war made it a bit gauche.

Donal · 14th January 2022, 07:41 AM

Patriotic Americans like Fred Koch, who was selling oil refinement technology to the Nazis and then the Soviets.

Segnosaur · 14th January 2022, 07:44 AM

This might be a bit... embarrassing.

But then again, its a republican, which means they have no shame....

From: Insider
An old video has surfaced of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul telling an auditorium of students that he would occasionally spread misinformation, calling it a "great tactic."...Paul then described how he and some classmates would spread misinformation to students they viewed as competitors and send them down the wrong path during exam prep...."That's my advice, misinformation works," Paul said.

(A representative for Rand Paul used the "he was only joking" defense. Despite the fact that his rhetoric seems rather detailed/extensive for a "joke".)

JoeMorgue · 14th January 2022, 07:46 AM

Again they've been wanting to say the quiet part out loud for a long time.

Donal · 14th January 2022, 08:04 AM

How would that be embarrassing? Do any Republicans look like they are capable of shame or self-awareness?

JoeMorgue · 14th January 2022, 08:13 AM

A Democrat won a US House seat this week with 79 percent of the vote. Her GOP opponent has not conceded.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/...-not-conceded/

The Don · 14th January 2022, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

A Democrat won a US House seat this week with 79 percent of the vote. Her GOP opponent has not conceded.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/...-not-conceded/

Unfortunately that's pay-walled to me.

Is the lack of concession down to a mere administrative error or discourtesy, or is the Republican alleging that voter fraud was responsible for her victory ?

JoeMorgue · 14th January 2022, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by The Don

Unfortunately that's pay-walled to me.

Is the lack of concession down to a mere administrative error or discourtesy, or is the Republican alleging that voter fraud was responsible for her victory ?

Oops sorry meant to post an alternative link.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...alism-n1287423

It's that general "denialism" is now the default Republican method of losing an election. It's going to be the think they always do.

ZiprHead · 14th January 2022, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Segnosaur

This might be a bit... embarrassing.

But then again, its a republican, which means they have no shame....

From: Insider
An old video has surfaced of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul telling an auditorium of students that he would occasionally spread misinformation, calling it a "great tactic."...Paul then described how he and some classmates would spread misinformation to students they viewed as competitors and send them down the wrong path during exam prep...."That's my advice, misinformation works," Paul said.

(A representative for Rand Paul used the "he was only joking" defense. Despite the fact that his rhetoric seems rather detailed/extensive for a "joke".)

Such a nice upstanding man.

I'm still rooting for his neighbor.

Stacyhs · 14th January 2022, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Oops sorry meant to post an alternative link.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...alism-n1287423

It's that general "denialism" is now the default Republican method of losing an election. It's going to be the think they always do.

Can't get that either without deleting my adblocker. Can you please c & p the most relevant parts?

kevbo · 14th January 2022, 02:53 PM

Quoted from - Salon on MSNBC

... "Mariner filed a lawsuit before polls had even closed, alleging problems with ballots in Palm Beach and Broward counties."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...uit/ar-AASNbKi

Apparently, the new normal for Republican election practices. Taking a page from Donnie.

Stacyhs · 14th January 2022, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by kevbo

Quoted from - Salon on MSNBC

... "Mariner filed a lawsuit before polls had even closed, alleging problems with ballots in Palm Beach and Broward counties."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...uit/ar-AASNbKi

Apparently, the new normal for Republican election practices. Taking a page from Donnie.

I wouldn't be surprised if they start claiming any day now that the 2022 and 2024 elections were, not will be, rigged.

kevbo · 14th January 2022, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

I wouldn't be surprised if they start claiming any day now that the 2022 and 2024 elections were, not will be, rigged.

This would appear to be most of the basis for all of the voter suppression legislation in red states. Just like Donnie, start early so that the lies have time to set in. "Of course the elections were stolen! Why else would we need these Republican Voter Integrity Bills? We have to stop the Communist Democrats." or some other such nonsense.

Makes me crazy just trying to keep with it. Which is, probably, also part of the plan. "Those crazy democrats!"

carlitos · 14th January 2022, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Plenty of Americans were fascists and Nazi sympathizers, right up until the outbreak of war made it a bit gauche.

Nazis were droite; USSR and commies were gauche.

shemp · 14th January 2022, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

I wouldn't be surprised if they start claiming any day now that the 2022 and 2024 elections were, not will be, rigged.

In their eyes, any election a Democrat wins is rigged. Hell, any election in which a Democrat is allowed to vote is rigged.

Paul2 · 14th January 2022, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by shemp

In their eyes, any election a Democrat wins is rigged. Hell, any election in which a Democrat is allowed to vote is rigged.

I wonder if even registering as a Democrat isn’t rigged?

Darat · 15th January 2022, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Plenty of Americans were fascists and Nazi sympathizers, right up until the outbreak of war made it a bit gauche.

And long after the war had started.

Mojo · 15th January 2022, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back?

Was that before or after the War Against Christmas?

SteveAitch · 15th January 2022, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Mojo

Was that before or after the War Against Christmas?

I think it was even before the War Against Drugs!

Armitage72 · 15th January 2022, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by slyjoe

GOP Senate candidate Herschel walker says he has a dry mist cure for COVID. On a Glenn Beck podcast:

Quote:

“As you walk through the door, it will kill any COVID on your body,” he continues. He leans in and adds, “EPA-, FDA-approved.”

The EPA and FDA wouldn't approve a single product. Products that kill microorganisms in or on living humans and animals are regulated as drugs by the FDA. Products that kill microorganisms anywhere other than living people and animals are regulated as pesticides by the EPA. Completely different regulations and requirements. It's similar to how products applied to unprocessed produce are regulated by the EPA and products applied to processed produce are regulated by the FDA.
In any case, I'm sure he wouldn't mind providing the EPA Registration Number or the FDA National Drug Code so people can research this product for themselves. Right?.

Regnad Kcin · 15th January 2022, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by Armitage72

The EPA and FDA wouldn't approve a single product. Products that kill microorganisms in or on living humans and animals are regulated as drugs by the FDA. Products that kill microorganisms anywhere other than living people and animals are regulated as pesticides by the EPA. Completely different regulations and requirements. It's similar to how products applied to unprocessed produce are regulated by the EPA and products applied to processed produce are regulated by the FDA.
In any case, I'm sure he wouldn't mind providing the EPA Registration Number or the FDA National Drug Code so people can research this product for themselves. Right?.

Why do you hate football?

Gord_in_Toronto · 15th January 2022, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by Armitage72

The EPA and FDA wouldn't approve a single product. Products that kill microorganisms in or on living humans and animals are regulated as drugs by the FDA. Products that kill microorganisms anywhere other than living people and animals are regulated as pesticides by the EPA. Completely different regulations and requirements. It's similar to how products applied to unprocessed produce are regulated by the EPA and products applied to processed produce are regulated by the FDA.
In any case, I'm sure he wouldn't mind providing the EPA Registration Number or the FDA National Drug Code so people can research this product for themselves. Right?.

Oh dear me.

Glenn Beck said he didn’t need the vaccine – now he’s very sick with COVID and taking ivermectin

https://www.salon.com/2022/01/13/gle...ectin_partner/

Whatsamatter? "Dr" Herschel Walker's dry mist cure did not work? I'd ask for your money back.

6th January 2022, 11:21 AM	#81
carlitos "más divertido" Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA! USA! Posts: 24,384	One of the more prominent Q-Nuts who went to a rally in Dallas just passed from Covid. On the bright side, the host of the "Re-Awaken America" event has clarified: Clark has denied the anthrax rumors and insisted in an interview with The Daily Beast: “There was not anthrax through the fog machines!” Originally Posted by from twitter Doug Kuzma from frog news network who attended Clay Clark’s event in Dallas and was amongst those who claimed they were sick from an Anthrax attack. Had been admitted to the hospital and was ventilated as his lungs were not responding to treatment, has passed away from Covid. Originally Posted by daily beast Kuzma, who hosted a program on the far-right “Frog News Network” and called his listeners “froganites,” had come down with COVID-19 after attending the right-wing “ReAwaken America Tour” gathering held in Texas in mid-December. Friends of Kuzma told The Daily Beast that Kuzma had fallen ill following the event and was later admitted to the hospital, causing many of his loyal allies to lose touch with him.
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6th January 2022, 11:35 AM	#82
Resume Troublesome Passenger Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 21,600	Originally Posted by carlitos One of the more prominent Q-Nuts who went to a rally in Dallas just passed from Covid. On the bright side, the host of the "Re-Awaken America" event has clarified: Clark has denied the anthrax rumors and insisted in an interview with The Daily Beast: “There was not anthrax through the fog machines!” Yeah, and he said this. Quote: Kuzma reported that he was feeling ill, but claimed it was just his chronic bronchitis flaring up again. On December 15 he posted on Facebook that he had a fever and said it was time to call the doctor. Someone commented that he should get a COVID test anyway, but Kuzma responded: “No way.” When the commenter said it was better to be “safe than sorry,” Kuzma once again lashed out, writing: “You must have lost your mind, so they can kill me, and try and give me the jab. I’ll die at the house before I go to the hospital.” Well, he was wrong about that, among other things.
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6th January 2022, 11:47 AM	#83
shemp a flimsy character...perfidious and despised Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Where the Old Man of the Mountain used to stand Posts: 55,222	How unfortunate.
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6th January 2022, 08:57 PM	#84
Horatius NWO Kitty Wrangler Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 29,685	Originally Posted by Stacyhs Not those on here; they never get tired of it. There are parts of my job I'm tired of, and put off as long as I can, but I still end up doing them, because it's my job. I wonder how often these guys see a really stupid comment, and just go, "** it, it's Friday, I'll make up a ****** excuse for that Monday." Because I do that all the time. Just said it today, in fact. There's no way I'm spending Friday working on one of the cases that makes me feel tired just looking at it.
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9th January 2022, 01:46 PM	#85
shemp a flimsy character...perfidious and despised Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Where the Old Man of the Mountain used to stand Posts: 55,222	A lawmaker in Indiana walked back comments saying teachers should be 'impartial' when teaching students about Nazism Quote: An Indiana state senator walked back comments he made saying teachers should be "impartial" when teaching about Nazism. State Sen. Scott Baldwin was criticized for the comments he made during a committee hearing on Wednesday about a proposed bill that would limit how schools can discuss concepts like race. The bill is part of a wave of legislation proposed by conservative lawmakers largely in response to concerns over critical race theory. Quote: "I'm not discrediting, as a person, Marxism, Nazism, fascism," he said. "I have no problem with the education system providing instruction on the existence of those isms. I believe that we've gone too far when we take a position on those isms." "We need to be impartial," he continued. "We need to be the purveyors of reason. We just provide the facts. The kids formulate their own viewpoints." Guess we revealed a bit too much about ourself, huh guy? Meanwhile, you don't want teachers teaching the facts about racism in the U.S.
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9th January 2022, 02:10 PM	#86
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 30,300	Originally Posted by shemp A lawmaker in Indiana walked back comments saying teachers should be 'impartial' when teaching students about Nazism Guess we revealed a bit too much about ourself, huh guy? Meanwhile, you don't want teachers teaching the facts about racism in the U.S. Words fail me. I literally cannot think of the words to express my disgust at what Baldwin said.

13th January 2022, 03:52 PM	#87
slyjoe Illuminator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Near Harmonica Virgins, AZ Posts: 3,499	GOP Senate candidate Herschel walker says he has a dry mist cure for COVID. On a Glenn Beck podcast: Quote: “Do you know right now, I have something that [you can bring] into a building, that will clean you of COVID, as you walk through this, this dry mist?” Walker asks. Beck, processing this information, squints. Walker interprets this as an invitation to proceed. “As you walk through the door, it will kill any COVID on your body,” he continues. He leans in and adds, “EPA-, FDA-approved.” “When you leave—it will kill the virus as you leave, this here product,” Walker says. He adds that he has a second unspecified miracle product, a “spray” possibly indicated for use after the dry mist treatment. “They don’t want to talk about that. They don’t want to hear about that,” Walker says. “And I’m serious.” Walker is also accused of killing two women, but was endorsed by Mitch McConnell anyway. https://news.yahoo.com/republican-se...180000224.html
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13th January 2022, 03:58 PM	#88
RecoveringYuppy Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 14,185	Originally Posted by slyjoe Walker is also accused of killing two women, but was endorsed by Mitch McConnell anyway. Citation????

13th January 2022, 04:03 PM	#89
slyjoe Illuminator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Near Harmonica Virgins, AZ Posts: 3,499	Originally Posted by RecoveringYuppy Citation???? Sorry - I misunderstood. He is facing allegations of threatening to kill two women. Near the end of the article i linked.
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13th January 2022, 04:12 PM	#90
shemp a flimsy character...perfidious and despised Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Where the Old Man of the Mountain used to stand Posts: 55,222	Originally Posted by slyjoe Sorry - I misunderstood. He is facing allegations of threatening to kill two women. Near the end of the article i linked. Hey, no big deal, we can throw around fake news as well as the other side can!
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13th January 2022, 04:18 PM	#91
carlitos "más divertido" Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA! USA! Posts: 24,384	Originally Posted by slyjoe Sorry - I misunderstood. He is facing allegations of threatening to kill two women. Near the end of the article i linked. Whoa. Yeah, I did a triple-take on your post there. Thanks for clarifying.

13th January 2022, 05:30 PM	#92
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 14,963	Originally Posted by Stacyhs Words fail me. I literally cannot think of the words to express my disgust at what Baldwin said. I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back?
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13th January 2022, 05:34 PM	#93
dasmiller Just the right amount of cowbell Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Well past Hither, looking for Yon Posts: 6,668	Originally Posted by Norman Alexander I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back? Sure, but there were very fine people on both sides.
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13th January 2022, 05:36 PM	#94
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 14,963	Originally Posted by slyjoe GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker ... is also accused of [threatening to kill] two women, but was endorsed by Mitch McConnell anyway. https://news.yahoo.com/republican-se...180000224.html Mitch, apparently, had concerns about this guy, but endorsed him anyway. I wonder if Mitch had ulterior motives (well...he always does ) because Walker is "of a darker hue"?
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13th January 2022, 06:02 PM	#95
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 30,300	Originally Posted by Norman Alexander I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back? According to GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville, we were fighting to “free Europe of socialism." " I tell people, my dad fought 76 years ago in Europe to free Europe of socialism." As the Nazis were fascists, not socialists, I guess we weren't. Silly me.

13th January 2022, 06:24 PM	#96
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 36,519	Originally Posted by Stacyhs According to GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville, we were fighting to “free Europe of socialism." " I tell people, my dad fought 76 years ago in Europe to free Europe of socialism." As the Nazis were fascists, not socialists, I guess we weren't. Silly me. National Socialists!
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14th January 2022, 06:13 AM	#97
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 66,007	Originally Posted by Stacyhs According to GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville, we were fighting to “free Europe of socialism." " I tell people, my dad fought 76 years ago in Europe to free Europe of socialism." As the Nazis were fascists, not socialists, I guess we weren't. Silly me. Perhaps his dad fought on the Axis side.
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14th January 2022, 06:34 AM	#98
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14th January 2022, 06:39 AM	#99
TurkeysGhost Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 31,583	Originally Posted by Norman Alexander I mean... Wasn't there a war against Nazis a few years back? Plenty of Americans were fascists and Nazi sympathizers, right up until the outbreak of war made it a bit gauche.
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14th January 2022, 07:41 AM	#100
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14th January 2022, 07:44 AM	#101
Segnosaur Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 19,893	This might be a bit... embarrassing. But then again, its a republican, which means they have no shame.... From: Insider An old video has surfaced of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul telling an auditorium of students that he would occasionally spread misinformation, calling it a "great tactic."...Paul then described how he and some classmates would spread misinformation to students they viewed as competitors and send them down the wrong path during exam prep...."That's my advice, misinformation works," Paul said. (A representative for Rand Paul used the "he was only joking" defense. Despite the fact that his rhetoric seems rather detailed/extensive for a "joke".)
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14th January 2022, 07:46 AM	#102
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 44,081	Again they've been wanting to say the quiet part out loud for a long time.
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14th January 2022, 08:04 AM	#103
Donal Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,628	How would that be embarrassing? Do any Republicans look like they are capable of shame or self-awareness?
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14th January 2022, 08:13 AM	#104
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 44,081	A Democrat won a US House seat this week with 79 percent of the vote. Her GOP opponent has not conceded. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/...-not-conceded/
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14th January 2022, 08:32 AM	#105
The Don Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sir Fynwy Posts: 36,611	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue A Democrat won a US House seat this week with 79 percent of the vote. Her GOP opponent has not conceded. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/...-not-conceded/ Unfortunately that's pay-walled to me. Is the lack of concession down to a mere administrative error or discourtesy, or is the Republican alleging that voter fraud was responsible for her victory ?

14th January 2022, 08:34 AM	#106
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 44,081	Originally Posted by The Don Unfortunately that's pay-walled to me. Is the lack of concession down to a mere administrative error or discourtesy, or is the Republican alleging that voter fraud was responsible for her victory ? Oops sorry meant to post an alternative link. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...alism-n1287423 It's that general "denialism" is now the default Republican method of losing an election. It's going to be the think they always do.
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14th January 2022, 02:19 PM	#107
ZiprHead Muse Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sag-Nasty Posts: 927	Originally Posted by Segnosaur This might be a bit... embarrassing. But then again, its a republican, which means they have no shame.... From: Insider An old video has surfaced of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul telling an auditorium of students that he would occasionally spread misinformation, calling it a "great tactic."...Paul then described how he and some classmates would spread misinformation to students they viewed as competitors and send them down the wrong path during exam prep...."That's my advice, misinformation works," Paul said. (A representative for Rand Paul used the "he was only joking" defense. Despite the fact that his rhetoric seems rather detailed/extensive for a "joke".) Such a nice upstanding man. I'm still rooting for his neighbor.
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14th January 2022, 02:44 PM	#108
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 30,300	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue Oops sorry meant to post an alternative link. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...alism-n1287423 It's that general "denialism" is now the default Republican method of losing an election. It's going to be the think they always do. Can't get that either without deleting my adblocker. Can you please c & p the most relevant parts?

14th January 2022, 02:53 PM	#109
kevbo Critical Thinker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rogue Valley, Oregon Posts: 376	Quoted from - Salon on MSNBC ... "Mariner filed a lawsuit before polls had even closed, alleging problems with ballots in Palm Beach and Broward counties." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...uit/ar-AASNbKi Apparently, the new normal for Republican election practices. Taking a page from Donnie.

14th January 2022, 02:57 PM	#110
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 30,300	Originally Posted by kevbo Quoted from - Salon on MSNBC ... "Mariner filed a lawsuit before polls had even closed, alleging problems with ballots in Palm Beach and Broward counties." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...uit/ar-AASNbKi Apparently, the new normal for Republican election practices. Taking a page from Donnie. I wouldn't be surprised if they start claiming any day now that the 2022 and 2024 elections were, not will be, rigged.

14th January 2022, 03:05 PM	#111
kevbo Critical Thinker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rogue Valley, Oregon Posts: 376	Originally Posted by Stacyhs I wouldn't be surprised if they start claiming any day now that the 2022 and 2024 elections were, not will be, rigged. This would appear to be most of the basis for all of the voter suppression legislation in red states. Just like Donnie, start early so that the lies have time to set in. "Of course the elections were stolen! Why else would we need these Republican Voter Integrity Bills? We have to stop the Communist Democrats." or some other such nonsense. Makes me crazy just trying to keep with it. Which is, probably, also part of the plan. "Those crazy democrats!"
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14th January 2022, 03:22 PM	#112
carlitos "más divertido" Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA! USA! Posts: 24,384	Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey Plenty of Americans were fascists and Nazi sympathizers, right up until the outbreak of war made it a bit gauche. Nazis were droite; USSR and commies were gauche.

14th January 2022, 04:50 PM	#113
shemp a flimsy character...perfidious and despised Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Where the Old Man of the Mountain used to stand Posts: 55,222	Originally Posted by Stacyhs I wouldn't be surprised if they start claiming any day now that the 2022 and 2024 elections were, not will be, rigged. In their eyes, any election a Democrat wins is rigged. Hell, any election in which a Democrat is allowed to vote is rigged.
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14th January 2022, 06:06 PM	#114
Paul2 Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,792	Originally Posted by shemp In their eyes, any election a Democrat wins is rigged. Hell, any election in which a Democrat is allowed to vote is rigged. I wonder if even registering as a Democrat isn’t rigged?
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15th January 2022, 06:59 AM	#115
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 109,587	Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey Plenty of Americans were fascists and Nazi sympathizers, right up until the outbreak of war made it a bit gauche. And long after the war had started.
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