This needed to be shared
1 Like
And now something brief from the other side of the aisle
Democrats politely applaud McCain, a long-time co-worker, coming back from illness
Rosetwitter: “Those fucking democrats, how dare they applaud this monster! How dare Schumer hug him, he’s obviously just some fucking liberal, he must be a monster too.”
Bernie hugs McCain, tells him “welcome back”, and it goes on so long it turns into an awkward happy dance
Rosetwitter: “Yeah, those fucking democrats, Bernie the only true left-winger should have won, this would never happen if he’d have won.”
5 Likes
1 Like
Yeah, that’s correct. McCain killed a shitload of people. He was a soldier, he did his job. If that job is morally acceptable or not is certainly up for discussion, but it’s not a revelation that he killed people in a war.
And if the best you can come up with to criticize him is “Oh, he killed people when he was a soldier”, then maybe take a look at his record, where you’ll find much more relevant and unambiguous things to be angry at him about, than “Dude did his job as a soldier in a war.”
That said, I don’t fault the dems(or independents, or Bernie in his weird in-between position) for applauding McCain for coming back to work, regardless of what he did with that return. They’ve all worked together for years, and what do you expect them to do, boo and jeer at the guy fighting brain cancer just because they know he’s going to make a shitty decision? He’s an asshole who is all talk, no walk, but he’s still a person.
9 Likes
Trump and Scaramucci’s constant berating of their own allies is hilarious and reminds me of when Sear’s CEO implemented Ayn Randian philosophy to business. That led to enormous in fighting where each department in the same store sabotaged each other to boost their own ratings while the entire store failed.
2 Likes
I’ve wondered if that kind of strategy writ large would work on him…
Very much worth a shot.
McCain rushed back from the hospital and flew to DC to keep the whole fucking country in suspense for a week in order to vote down the health care bill at the last possible moment.
So, at least tens of thousands fewer Americans will die from lack of health care in the next few years, but fuck that theatrical bullshit.
If he had stayed home, it would have either not passed without drama, or not be brought to a vote, correct?
Possibilities:
- He really was undecided
- He really wanted to stick it to Trump
- He really hoped to not be the 50th vote
What else do we have?
Did I just read this right. Mitch McConnell instructed Mike Enzy (R-WY) to filibuster the entire debate time? And that is after they set only two hours of debate time for a bill they only unveiled an hour before and that they were immediately voting on afterward. What the fuck is wrong with these people?
McConnell felt obligated by a combination of factors (pride, campaign promises, Trump) to pass at least some health care bill that appeared on some level to repeal the ACA, regardless of whether or not the bill was good. Thanks to the fact that Republicans have never had a coherent idea of what health care in the US should look like (besides “make corporations money”), the bill was awful, so they wanted to pass it in a way that would give opponents as little time as possible to make remarks that could produce soundbites about what dicks Republicans were being, and with as little public input as possible, since that would invariably point out that the bill was awful.
It was far more important to the Republicans to have the political symbol of repealing the ACA than to have the well-being of literally any number of Americans. That’s what’s wrong with these people.
8 Likes
Trump just fired Priebus as White House chief of staff, of course announcing it via twitter.
Or Democracy in general.
Aaaaaaaaaand the Mooch is out. 10 days! NEW LAP RECORD!
1 Like
lol, really?
Alt+Tab
Well he had a good run. Astonishing turnaround time. No chaos at all says Mr. Cheese
Dude missed his child’s birth and got divorced to get this job.
6 Likes
Those seem like required qualifications in order to work for Trump.
2 Likes