Fri Aug 5, 2022, 01:51 PM
Polybius (10,131 posts)
Far-right mayor wins GOP primary for U.S. House seat in Nashville
Source: NBC News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Andy Ogles, a far-right county mayor, won Tennessee’s crowded Republican primary on Thursday in a reconfigured congressional district in left-leaning Nashville that the party is hoping to flip in November. In a warning ahead of the general election, he said, “Liberals, we’re coming for you.” Ogles, the Maury County mayor and onetime leader of the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity’s state chapter, emerged among nine candidates after a hard-fought primary for the state’s 5th Congressional District. The seat drew heavy interest from Republicans after GOP state lawmakers carved Nashville into three districts, leading incumbent Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper to announce his retirement. “We’re at war. This is a political war, a cultural war, and it’s a spiritual war,” Ogles said in his victory speech. “And as we go forward, we’ve got to get back to honoring God and country.” Ogles will face Democratic state Sen. Heidi Campbell in November. The new district favored Donald Trump over Joe Biden by 12 percentage points in 2020. Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/far-right-mayor-wins-gop-primary-nashville-us-house-seat-rcna41691
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Polybius | Aug 5 | OP |
Sky Jewels | Aug 5 | #1 | |
peppertree | Aug 5 | #2 | |
Initech | Aug 5 | #6 | |
peppertree | Aug 5 | #7 | |
LastLiberal in PalmSprings | Aug 5 | #10 | |
peppertree | Aug 5 | #11 | |
LastLiberal in PalmSprings | Saturday | #12 | |
Turbineguy | Aug 5 | #3 | |
The Grand Illuminist | Saturday | #16 | |
not fooled | Aug 5 | #4 | |
Initech | Aug 5 | #5 | |
70sEraVet | Aug 5 | #8 | |
OldBaldy1701E | Saturday | #14 | |
Initech | Saturday | #15 | |
maxrandb | Sunday | #18 | |
paleotn | Aug 5 | #9 | |
dalton99a | Saturday | #13 | |
Bengus81 | Saturday | #17 |
Response to Polybius (Original post)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 02:13 PM
Sky Jewels (797 posts)
1. What a piece of crap.
I hope he goes down in flames.
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Response to Sky Jewels (Reply #1)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 02:20 PM
peppertree (16,738 posts)
2. And when his (long-suffering) wife divorces him, they'll ask her on what grounds.
And she'll say: "He Ogles!"
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Response to peppertree (Reply #2)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 04:48 PM
Initech (92,955 posts)
6. I wonder if his speech sounded better when it was spoken in German?
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Response to Initech (Reply #6)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 07:13 PM
peppertree (16,738 posts)
7. The word 'kampf' would've probably shown up a lot if he did
No idea why...
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Response to peppertree (Reply #7)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 11:20 PM
LastLiberal in PalmSprings (12,158 posts)
10. Hitler would be saying, "This guy scares even me." n/t
Response to LastLiberal in PalmSprings (Reply #10)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 11:54 PM
peppertree (16,738 posts)
11. Sad but true
Today's Republicans (the more extreme ones anyway) have become a lot like Nazis - but without the infrastructure week.
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Response to peppertree (Reply #11)
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 06:58 AM
LastLiberal in PalmSprings (12,158 posts)
12. The GQP also doesn't have really cool uniforms like those that Nazis wore.
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Response to Polybius (Original post)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 02:23 PM
Turbineguy (34,589 posts)
3. We are not at war
We are looking for common ground.
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Response to Turbineguy (Reply #3)
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 01:29 PM
The Grand Illuminist (313 posts)
16. Unfortunately we are, in a sense.
If Democrats don't win in November, it is because it was not treated as such.
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Response to Polybius (Original post)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 02:25 PM
not fooled (5,235 posts)
4. Here, rubes--take Gawd and Country
while the 666koch(s)666 take all the money.
There, I wrote his next campaign speech for him. People falling for this sh*t is why this country is now an oligarchy. ![]() |
Response to Polybius (Original post)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 04:46 PM
Initech (92,955 posts)
5. Oh god another MAGA fuckhead to deal with.
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Response to Polybius (Original post)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 07:43 PM
70sEraVet (1,536 posts)
8. A shame there's not a way to stop what they've done to Nashville.
They have split neighborhoods down the middle, to ensure that the residents will have NO voice.
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Response to 70sEraVet (Reply #8)
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 01:19 PM
OldBaldy1701E (2,640 posts)
14. That guy is a loon.
I love his 'going forward, we have to go back..' line. He is a menace to that state.
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Response to 70sEraVet (Reply #8)
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 01:26 PM
Initech (92,955 posts)
15. Yeah that's what happens when one side goes full fascist / populist.
It’s either their voice or no voice.
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Response to 70sEraVet (Reply #8)
Sun Aug 7, 2022, 07:04 AM
maxrandb (13,164 posts)
18. Well, I have said this before
Nothing will change. The racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy...NONE OF IT!...will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy unprofitable to the corporations, businesses and individuals that fund and enable it.
I am pretty sure that the economic output created by Nashville sustains the entire economy of Tennessee. Find out what corporations and businesses funded Retrumplican candidates, AND STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM. You can't shame these fucksticks. You can't appeal to their "virtues". You can't expect compassion, or fairness from those Retrumplican asspickles. The only thing that gets their attention is if you hit their wallets. |
Response to Polybius (Original post)
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 08:21 PM
paleotn (13,988 posts)
9. Hey, Ogles....
Fuck your gawd and I'm not a citizen of your fascist state.
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Response to Polybius (Original post)
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 05:24 PM
Bengus81 (6,437 posts)
17. He'll be the first Gooper asking for Federal aid if they would have flooding like Kentucky
But when the skies are blue and light winds it's full on MAGA "we're not a nanny State" nonsense.
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