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friendly_iconoclast's JournalTrumpheimer's Disease and Sgt. Shultz Syndrome will spread rapidly throughout the GOP
Trumpheimer's Disease-
Causes the victim to 'forget' that they supported Trump. The most obvious recent case is John Cornyn:
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/10/18/cornyn-defended-trump-for-siphoning-pentagon-budget-to-pay-for-border-wall-but-now-claims-he-was-against-it/
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn, trying to distance himself from President Donald Trump as Election Day looms, now says he opposed siphoning off billions from the Pentagon in order to build the border wall, a claim that directly contradicts multiple statements defending that budget maneuver.
In February, for instance, he argued that congressional Democrats had left Trump no choice by refusing to authorize wall funding.
“I believe border security is part of national security. So I support the efforts to accomplish that secure border,” Cornyn told reporters on Feb. 20, when asked about Trump’s recent move to siphon another $3.8 billion from the Pentagon’s budget. “The president’s left with a bad hand and has to play the best hand he can.”
But Friday, 18 days before voters decide whether to give him a fourth term or replace him with Democrat MJ Hegar, Cornyn met with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board and insisted otherwise...
Sergeant Schultz Syndrome- I'll leave that to the late John Banner:
The Regularly Scheduled "Never Hold Republicans Accountable" Train Is Leaving The Station
Ht to DUer JHB for the tip:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214312259#post6
https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-regularly-scheduled-never-hold.html
The Regularly Scheduled "Never Hold Republicans Accountable" Train Is Leaving The Station
FromThe Washington Post:
Let history, not partisans, prosecute
A Trump truth tribunal is not the answer. Preserving presidential records is.
‘The most humane and reasonable way to deal with all these people, if we survive this, is some kind of truth and reconciliation commission,” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes tweeted this month, about anti-maskers in the Trump administration. Days later, NPR ran a story about the possibility of a post-Trump truth and reconciliation commission. This is a terrible idea...
Because aren't Both Sides -- all sides -- really to blame here?
In the end, the strongest argument against either criminal trials or a truth tribunal, should Biden win, is that it would let the Democratic Party and every other institution that is not the Republican Party off the hook for driving the nation into a flaming cauldron. The left is keen to blame the right. But what the nation needs, pretty urgently, is self-reflection, not only from Republicans but also from establishment Democrats and progressives and liberals and journalists and educators and activists and social media companies and, honestly, everyone.
And The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof jumps right on board:
There have been calls on the left for a truth and reconciliation commission to investigate Trump when he is out of office. Jill Lepore argues quite eloquently that this would be a bad idea: https://t.co/xKtLXKNvz1
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) [link:https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1317811812440723458
There are days when it sure seems like everyone in the mainstream media ,must have been passed-out-drunk during the entire Dubya Administration and the entire Obama Administration. But I know Kristof was at least marginally aware of the Age of Dubya because 15 years ago he was writing about all the wholesale changes the press would have to undertake if they wanted to win back the trust of the public:...the one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on is that the news media are not trustworthy...
In short, the climate for freedom of the press in the U.S. feels more ominous than it has for decades. One appropriate response is to protest vociferously and seek the passage of a federal shield law for journalists. But it's also crucial for us to reflect on why this is happening now -- and a major reason, I think, is that we in the news media are widely perceived as arrogant, out of touch and untrustworthy.
And if bold steps were not taken immediately, some day soon...Unless we can recover the public trust, our protests about reporters' going to jail will come across as self-serving whining. And we'll wake up one day to find ourselves on the wrong side of history.
Well congratulations Nick! You have now officially arrived on the wrong side of history.
New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts
Source: New York Times
The New York Post’s front-page article about Hunter Biden on Wednesday was written mostly by a staff reporter who refused to put his name on it, two Post employees said.
Bruce Golding, a reporter at the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid since 2007, did not allow his byline to be used because he had concerns over the article’s credibility, the two Post employees said, speaking on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation.
-snip-
Headlined “BIDEN SECRET E-MAILS,” the article appeared Wednesday with two bylines: Emma-Jo Morris, a deputy politics editor who joined the paper after four years at the Murdoch-owned Fox News, and Gabrielle Fonrouge, a Post reporter since 2014.
Ms. Morris did not have a bylined article in The Post before Wednesday, a search of its website showed. She arrived at the tabloid in April after working as an associate producer on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show, according to her LinkedIn profile. Her Instagram account, which was set to private on Wednesday, included photos of her posing with the former Trump administration members Mr. Bannon and Sarah Huckabee Sanders, as well as Roger J. Stone Jr., a friend and former campaign adviser to Mr. Trump. (In July, the president commuted the sentence of Mr. Stone on seven felonies.)
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/business/media/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html
Well well well well well....
"Every time Republicans aren't prosecuted, they answer with even more reprehensible behavior...
... Holding them accountable is the only answer. They have no shame."The reply:
Yes. And this isn't merely academic. We have the real-world progression from Watergate to Iran Contra to GWB that illustrates this with terrifying clarity.
Those two random posters on Fark gave a great precis on how this WaPo op-ed was so very wrong:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/truth-reconciliation-tribunal-trump-historians/2020/10/16/84026810-0e88-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html
Let history, not partisans, prosecute Trump
I will call the GOP "The Anti-Democratic Party" in conversation from now on.
It has the supreme virtue of being true in both senses of the term- and I don't care who gets upset by it-
I'm too old and too pissed off
I realized there are a few more* reasons why the GOP especially fears Kamala Harris
(*aside from her being a confident, assertive black woman with a spine, that is...)
1. The WH now will be able and willing to enforce Congressional subpoenas.
2. Soon-to-be Vice-President Harris had a long career as a DA, and will know where to dig for dirt.
3. The GOP is a nest of vipers. and the smarter among them have undoubtedly realized by now
that 'the early witness gets the deal'...if you thought the Trumpists were paranoid now, just wait
until they start trying to cut deals in order to save their own sorry asses.
Some truly genius-level trolling of Susan Collins, brought to you by the Maine Democratic Party...
The MDC had a bunch of signs printed up saying "Trump Collins 2020"
Few outside Maine would have noticed these if ex-TV reporter Bill Green hadn't pulled a Streisand and complained about them on Twitter:
@billgreensmaine
These signs were paid for and put up by the Maine Democratic Party. I consider this a dirty trick.
https://twitter.com/billgreensmaine/status/1313508188638117888
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjqEuzzXgAEQdeY?format=jpg
Some background for non-Mainers:
https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/10/05/retired-tv-reporter-bill-green-backs-susan-collins-in-series-of-ads/
After a 47-year career that made him one of the most familiar faces on Maine television, retired newsman Bill Green can still pull off a surprise.
As a News Center Maine reporter, Green said Monday, “I tried to be as fair and balanced as I could,” always seeking both sides of every story.
Now, though, freed from journalistic constraints, Green recently told U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican seeking her fifth term, that he’d like to help her win.
Before long, he was cutting television ads to boost Collins in her four-way race against Democrat Sara Gideon and independents Max Linn and Lisa Savage. Polls are showing Gideon with a small lead in one of the country’s most-watched contests...
Genius-level trolling of Susan Collins (and Bill Green) by the Maine Democratic Party
The MDC had a bunch of signs printed up saying "Trump Collins 2020"
Few outside Maine would have noticed these if Bill Green hadn't pulled a Streisand and complained about them on Twitter:
@billgreensmaine
These signs were paid for and put up by the Maine Democratic Party. I consider this a dirty trick.
https://twitter.com/billgreensmaine/status/1313508188638117888
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjqEuzzXgAEQdeY?format=jpg
Some background for non-Mainers:
https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/10/05/retired-tv-reporter-bill-green-backs-susan-collins-in-series-of-ads/
After a 47-year career that made him one of the most familiar faces on Maine television, retired newsman Bill Green can still pull off a surprise.
As a News Center Maine reporter, Green said Monday, “I tried to be as fair and balanced as I could,” always seeking both sides of every story.
Now, though, freed from journalistic constraints, Green recently told U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican seeking her fifth term, that he’d like to help her win.
Before long, he was cutting television ads to boost Collins in her four-way race against Democrat Sara Gideon and independents Max Linn and Lisa Savage. Polls are showing Gideon with a small lead in one of the country’s most-watched contests...
Armed militia leads protest march after Louisiana police kill Black man
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-not-fing-around-coalition-protest-march-armed-militia-louisiana-20201004-ijd7ku7hhfchnfeqpce4qbbmau-story.htmlSaturday’s demonstration was held in honor of 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin who was shot by Lafayette police on Aug. 21 after police responded to a call concerning a disturbed individual with a knife at a gas station...
...The march also occurred after Congressman Clay Higgins reportedly threatened members of the group in a Facebook post.
“Me? I wouldn’t even spill my beer,” Higgins, a former sheriff’s deputy, wrote on Facebook under a photo of the group. “I’d drop any 10 of you where you stand. We don’t care what color you are. We don’t care if you’re left or right.”
Let it be noted that "Alligator mouth, hummingbird ass" Higgins was nowhere to be seen during the march...
Soaring Gun Demand Boosts Firearm Maker Stocks
Yeah, I know Barron's is a Murdoch joint- but the numbers check out *for the companies mentioned* (see caveat below)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/soaring-gun-demand-boosts-firearm-maker-stocks-51601907910
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SWBI/
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RGR
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VSTO
Conversely, Colt is privately owned, and Remington is bankrupt, as DUer sl8 noted recently:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1172209576
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