Democratic News Conference on Kavanaugh hearings

[Gothmog]

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

1. Look!

Democrats giving a press conference. Awesome, I adore Mazie " Just shut up and step up."

Thanks, Gothmog.

[Gothmog]

2. Yep

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

3. Kicking

[gratuitous]

4. Amazing!

Senate Democrats holding a press conference, and the media actually giving it coverage! What a concept.

[NurseJackie]

12. Exactly as I expect them to do. When it's appropriate and when it's called for.

All I'm saying is that most smart Democrats (and our Democratic leaders) know that it really serves no good purpose to overreact and get hyperdramatic for EVERY little thing. Such theatrics only make the REAL important stuff seem more or less routine. Nobody want's to be known as a "Chicken Little" screaming that the sky is falling. Nobody wants to get a reputation for crying "wolf!" just to get attention.

I'm very pleased with nearly ALL of our party's leadership, and it just makes me sick whenever I continually see posts that accuse Democrats of "doing nothing" or "saying nothing" or "being lazy" or "being feeble" blah blah blah, etc etc etc.

[sheshe2]

16. Exactly!

Oh and please do not forget the 'spine' thingie. Pisses me off when it is used.

[NurseJackie]

17. Their attitude of "Democrats suck" does not help anything. It's false and it only causes division.

Division and suspicion cause weakness. Weakness benefits the GOP and (by default) it also benefits Russia. All I'm saying is that I do not understand why people continue to intentionally and knowingly do things that benefit our enemies. (And then they BRAG about it... as if their purity is more important that the threats and challenges that face us as a party and as a nation. But hey... at least they have their pride, eh? At least they "sent a message", right? It must be nice to be able to take comfort in such luxury when everyone else is starving or dying.)

The politics of vanity do not benefit us as a party or as a nation. It only benefits the vain. (I'm looking at YOU, Susan Sarandon... and others who shall remain nameless for obvious reasons.)

[Kingofalldems]

5. Kick for the freepers.

[mcar]

6. Well done, Senate Democrats!

[ehrnst]

7. Dem women of color are going to save this country. (nt)

[Cha]

9. IKR!

[Cha]

8. I so Appreciate my Senator Mazie Hirono! Mahalo

Goth!

[George II]

10. She looks so docile and mild mannered, but damn she's one tough woman!

[Cha]

11. But now she's known as a "badass". And, Mazie's been

going through treatment for cancer.

The Quiet Rage Of Mazie Hirono

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Mazie Hirono used to be known as the "good girl" of Hawaii politics.

She was seen as polite, never in-your-face, not a boat-rocker. But now, that view has changed.

As one Hawaii columnist put it, she is a "badass."

"I always was," Hirono said in an interview with NPR. "I just wasn't very noisy about it. I've been a fighter all my life. I just don't look like that."

More..
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/617239314/the-quiet-rage-of-mazie-hirono

[sheshe2]

18. Love this woman, Cha.

[Cha]

19. I saw that, she..

The article says she's the Senate's only immigrant..

She is the Senate's only immigrant and its first female Asian-American, and she had kept a pretty low profile. But she has put herself out there more, doing more media interviews, for example, in hopes it would help her advance causes she cares about.

I'm so proud of her!

[sheshe2]

20. I am so proud of her too, Cha.

[Gothmog]

14. She did a great job at this press conference

[betsuni]

13. K&R

[brer cat]

15. K&R