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What am I missing about Senator Tim Scott? Republicans seemed really excited about him entering the fray, but I'm not feeling it.

I know being one of 7 on that stage can't be easy, in fact, it would be really hard, but his attempt to score points by attacking Haley because $50,000 custom curtains were installed in the embassy when she became Trump's UN Ambassador was incredibly lame. There has to be someone on Scott's team whose head was rolling afterward, because Haley quickly informed him the curtains were ordered during the Obama Admin. And, when she pointed that out, Scott asked her why she didn't "return them".

Pro tip: "Custom" curtains are not returnable, Tim.

It was painful to watch, because if this is the republican junior varsity, I worry about our future, even more.

He's not wrong: The GOP Debate Is Not News

The media continues to treat the Republican primary like it is news. This, in turn, continues to obscure the reality that Trump is the nominee and the threat that represents to democracy and the future of the country.

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:23 am What am I missing about Senator Tim Scott? Republicans seemed really excited about him entering the fray, but I'm not feeling it.

I know being one of 7 on that stage can't be easy, in fact, it would be really hard, but his attempt to score points by attacking Haley because $50,000 custom curtains were installed in the embassy when she became Trump's UN Ambassador was incredibly lame. There has to be someone on Scott's team whose head was rolling afterward, because Haley quickly informed him the curtains were ordered during the Obama Admin. And, when she pointed that out, Scott asked her why she didn't "return them".

Pro tip: "Custom" curtains are not returnable, Tim.

It was painful to watch, because if this is the republican junior varsity, I worry about our future, even more.

I never got that sense.
He comes across extremely unnatural. I don't think political folks understand how anathema that is to voters.

mjl2 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:56 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:23 am What am I missing about Senator Tim Scott? Republicans seemed really excited about him entering the fray, but I'm not feeling it.

I know being one of 7 on that stage can't be easy, in fact, it would be really hard, but his attempt to score points by attacking Haley because $50,000 custom curtains were installed in the embassy when she became Trump's UN Ambassador was incredibly lame. There has to be someone on Scott's team whose head was rolling afterward, because Haley quickly informed him the curtains were ordered during the Obama Admin. And, when she pointed that out, Scott asked her why she didn't "return them".

Pro tip: "Custom" curtains are not returnable, Tim.

It was painful to watch, because if this is the republican junior varsity, I worry about our future, even more.

I never got that sense.
He comes across extremely unnatural. I don't think political folks understand how anathema that is to voters.

I agree, and it only adds to my feeling of, for lack of a better word, "dis-ease", whenever I've watched him.

It adds to the reflex I have whenever I see a Black, gay, or Jewish, republican.

But, that's my problem, not his/theirs.

Thanks to video, I no longer need to feel envy for those who watched the entire debate.

The Lincoln Project: 2nd GOP Debate in 90 Seconds

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:07 pm Thanks to video, I no longer need to feel envy for those who watched the entire debate.

The Lincoln Project: 2nd GOP Debate in 90 Seconds

Glad I didn't waste my time watching the live debates.

I must say, though, it was still 100 times more coherent than anything Brandon or Giggles have said in the past three years.

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:23 pm The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night formalizing business attire as the proper dress code while on the floor of the chamber.

Bad news for Senator Shrek. I don’t think anyone else will be disappointed or impacted in any way.

JKLivin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:10 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:07 pm Thanks to video, I no longer need to feel envy for those who watched the entire debate.

The Lincoln Project: 2nd GOP Debate in 90 Seconds

Glad I didn't waste my time watching the live debates.

I must say, though, it was still 100 times more coherent than anything Brandon or Giggles have said in the past three years.

You say some really stupid shit

RIP Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Thus ends one of the more grotesque and sadly prominent cases of elder abuse.

I would imagine her family wishes her last years were spent somehow else.

The question is, did Tom have Randy in mind when he said this?

"He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors."
Thomas Jefferson

According to The Guardian: It's a Falun Gong influence op:
The principal goal of Epoch Times...is not to generate profit, he says, but to mount a long and broad “influence operation”. And the goal of that influence operation, in turn, is “to foment anti-CCP sentiment”.

Today In: Life out of balance.

I'm flipping thru the channels, see that Liz Cheney is coming up on "State of the Union" with Jake Tapper, and I'm interested, even eager, to hear what she has to say.

#koyaanisqatsi

Researchers found that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe democracy is 'at risk' in the upcoming presidential election — and about a quarter of those surveyed said they think "American patriots may have to resort to violence to save the country."

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/12083734 ... -extremism

I more I see Florida Rep Jared Moskowitz, the more I like him.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz triggers GOP Rep Pete Sessions with "offensive" fact about Donald Trump. Moskowitz brings up the fact that Trump had dinner with white supremacist, Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at his house, and Sessions loses it.