They can’t let go of Hillary. They’re like a cult that expected the aliens to take them away, but it didn’t happen, and they can not adjust their beliefs to reality https://t.co/836SW73Pav
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) October 15, 2019
She’s positioning herself for 2028!https://t.co/mLk3mOXddg
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) October 15, 2019
BOTH SIDES! (Note source)
New Hampshire poll: Michelle Obama 26, Warren 20, Biden 20, Sanders 15 https://t.co/FvYlOAHKHi pic.twitter.com/78IQijaXLS
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) October 15, 2019
you’re still on the Hillary-is-gonna-run fantasy huh. will that one die after Super Tuesday or just become Hillary Will Get Nominated At A Contested Convention then Hillary Will Run Third Party?
— ?? Zeigler ?? (@ZeiglerJaguar) October 15, 2019
Update:
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. https://t.co/3uEtJovBdO— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 16, 2019
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Live report from the White House, via MSNBC: Pelosi and Hoyer and Schumer just walked out of a meeting with trump after he called Pelosi a third rate politician and communist sympathizer.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Sounds like Hillary has a hobby now of trolling the press and good for her.
Chyron HR
So are these wackadoodles Trump supporters or Berniebros? As far as I can tell, there’s no functional difference anymore.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: To her face? Holy moly. When you say “walked out,” you mean before they were scheduled to, right?
SFAW
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
“Mr. President, EVERYONE knows that, with you, every accusation is a confession, so you might want to stop there.”
“Mr. President,” because Speaker Pelosi will always respect the office, if not the man.
NotMax
@Jim, Foolish Literalist
(Mr. Rogers voice) “Can you say projection? I knew that you could.”
WereBear
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Good for them.
Jerzy Russian
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Christ, what an asshole! I am referring to our president, to be clear.
germy
What is more terrifying to them: President Hillary or President Nancy?
Central Planning
I was at a Panera Bread today while waiting to pick up my son from his PSAT, and I overheard a woman talking about impeachment, Pelosi, and ultimately getting Hillary to be president.
Pelosi gets to be President because Trump and Pence are impeached. She appoints Hillary as her VP, and then she gets killed, making Hillary the new POTUS. It wasn’t clear to me who was going to kill her. Probably Hillary.
These people are insane.
Mnemosyne
They’re still pissed that Mommy didn’t step in and save them from their own folly. They’d rather fantasize about her return than solve the problems they created with their idiocy.
germy
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Surely that’s satire?
I’m not seeing it reported anywhere, including MSNBC
EDIT: Holy shit, it isn’t satire.
Mary G
I put this twice in the last thread, but it is so horrifying I’m trying again:
(Some hashtags taken out to avoid moderation)
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I”m looking for more info, but it was a briefing on the situation in Turkey and Syria and they up and left. Schumer: “She kept her cool completely”. Twitter a little slow on this one
trump, per Schumer: “there are communists involved and you guys might like that”
Litlebritdifrnt
Holy moly FoxBusiness obtained a copy of a letter Twitler sent to Erdogan. It is totally bananapants.
https://twitter.com/trish_regan/status/1184559361638748161
Mary G
OT, but good:
Brachiator
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Wow. Trump is losing it. The Democrats should keep on applying the pressure.
@Central Planning:
Maybe this woman had the mac and cheese and it disagreed with her and made her nuts.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@germy: Here’s an interview with Steny from after the meeting:
Calouste
@germy: The Guardian has it in their live blog.
germy
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Now that’s just McCarthyism.
chopper
naw, she’s clearly raising money so chelsea can step in to the race. there’s a secret message in the bible about it.
Mary G
Nancy SMASH is talking:
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I think he’s shaken by that Gallup poll showing 52% favor removal
Dorothy A. Winsor
Here’s a pic that includes a laughing Pelosi
Brachiator
Sigh. Aliens ain’t real.
Let’s see. Loser Rommey is back in Congress, and yet assholes still expect Hillary to just fade away.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Brachiator: Once the Ds have a candidate, they’ll switch from Hillary to whoever the candidate is. They need a target.
The Moar You Know
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Not being reported anywhere including MSNBC. Can we get a link to a mainstream news org, not some rando on Twitter?
chopper
@Litlebritdifrnt:
what the shit is that? in all fucking honesty, what the shit is that?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
What MSNBC are you guys watching? Peter Baker reported it on NicoleWallace’s show. they had clips of Schumer talking about it
Mary G
@chopper: It’s real. Numerous news orgs on Twitter have confirmed it with the WH. Irony is dead.
West of the Rockies
@chopper:
Was it the Nice and Accurate Prophesies chapter?
germy
@The Moar You Know: Not just randos on twitter. Network journalists. And the Oliver Willis tweet has footage of Schumer describing the meeting.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@chopper: The date on the letter is Oct 9, which means Erdogan paid no attention. And I mean, who would?
chopper
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
he’s also staring down the very real possibility of bank/tax fraud investigations in NY. that’s gotta be setting him off.
catclub
@Brachiator: up till the “hillary will kill pelosi and become president” part I was right there with her.
Seemed like a great choice for VP.
But why not just resign in favor of the VP? Too simple.
germy
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Onion headline:
Trump Supporter Comes Away From Democratic Debate With Pretty Clear Idea Of Which Candidate He’s Going To Kill
Mary G
Nancy SMASH looking like Mary Tyler Moore at Chuckles the Clown’s funeral:
rikyrah
Hillary is out there, living her best life. Like 44, leave her alone.
If you didn’t do the right thing in 2016, that’s not on Hillary. It is ON YOU.
But, Hillary will not be sacrificed because of your guilt.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
@Brachiator:
Considering that gastritis broke Megan McArdle’s calculator… your theory is totally possible.
chopper
@West of the Rockies:
1 Grievances. this is the GOP bible, mind you.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Mary G: More
germy
catclub
@chopper:
The fact that Trump has never been prosecuted for tax fraud by the IRS is probably an indictment of the IRS and its lack of money for auditing rich people – plus a reluctance to go after people who hire lawyers more expensive than government lawyers.
Mary G
rikyrah
@Litlebritdifrnt:
So..the letter is REAL?
Not a joke from The Onion?
Immanentize
Pelosi brings it:
Immanentize
@Mary G: You beat me, but that can’t be repeated enough!
germy
catclub
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
scrawled in invisible crayon?
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
They will, but it won’t be the same level of intensity. The Right has a really weird obsession with the Clintons. They have just built this entire conspiracy universe around them and nothing else compares to it.
Mnemosyne
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
… communist sympathizer?
I mean, I know it’s always 1952 inside Trump’s head, but Jaysus.
HeleninEire
Y’all need to see the clip of the Pelosi/Hoyer/Schumer statement outside of the White House. While Schumer is describing what happened, Nancy cannot stop laughing.
It is delightful.
Immanentize
Let the self-impeachment continue!
Now, with ISIS Communists line dancing.
Brachiator
@germy:
I listened to a recent interview with seasoned political strategists who absolutely insist that the Democratic candidates must attack their opponents at this point in the primary campaign, but this kind of thing just doesn’t work for me. To the contrary, I had seen a couple of debate clips featuring Mayor Pete that made him look appealing, but this nonsense actually gives me a negative impression of the mayor and has no impact on how I view Warren.
ETA: And I note that I favor improving Obamacare more than I care about Medicare for All or other alternatives.
NotMax
Way, way, way OT (because of need to intermittently catch our collective breath).
dmsilev
That’s so much better. See, no crisis!
Ksmiami
@Immanentize: I pray for a quick death
Immanentize
@dmsilev:
Those grade school elections are vicious!
WereBear
@Ksmiami: Who will be eaten first?
Immanentize
@Ksmiami:
I am sorry, I had no idea you were seriously ill.
mrmoshpotato
@Central Planning: Wow. Pelosi resigning isn’t a possibility there? It has to be an assassination?
Mnemosyne
@Brachiator:
If you read the comments on Twitter, the Hillary haters have gone around the bend. The only possible reason she could be raising money for the DNC is so she can run again! Checkmate, centrists!
Meanwhile, all available evidence is that Hillary is enjoying her new position as queenmaker and is leveraging her contacts to raise money for the eventual nominee, who will not be herself.
Mnemosyne
@Mary G:
Don’t we all know by now that “I’ll pray for you” really means “Go fuck yourself”?
Chyron HR
@Litlebritdifrnt:
“You don’t want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people”
Donald, he doesn’t think they’re people. It’s like how you feel about Democrats.
patrick II
@germy:
In one way it’s worse. McCarthy lived in a time when there was a serious communist threat to the country. McCarthy took political advantage and had everyone looking under their beds for communists. Communist Russia doesn’t exist anymore, and Trump is O.K. with fascist Russia. Communist sympathizer had some meaning 25 or more years ago. Trump is living in the past, incapable of learning anything new about how the world works since the 70’s .
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
That woman is awesome.
The Moar You Know
OK! More like it.
President Shitshisdiapers has a meltdown like a two-year old at Target.
CNN.
Schumer did well at this presser.
Kent
@patrick II:
No, it’s simple projection. There is really only one communist nation left on the planet and that’s North Korea. The only American politican who is a sympathizer of North Korea is…..Donald Trump.
NotMax
@mrmoshpotato
Hillary will invoke her satanic powers to raise Vince Foster from the dead to carry out the hit, don’tcha know.
//
germy
” I’ve already given you a little sample with Pastor Brunson ” should be a rotating tag here.
Uncle Cosmo
@Central Planning: I think that would require release of a fatal virus that only infected RWNJs in the Capitol. Before the states could appoint replacements, impeach & remove Pence, impeach & remove Trump, swear in Pelosi as POTUS who nominates HRC for VPOTUS & upon her confirmation resigns to return to the House & resume duties as Speaker.
Yeah that’s crazy but not all that much crazier than the last 3 years.
catclub
@Kent:
The one who called something bananapants is probably more accurate. Trump was saying that ISIS (Islamic fundamentalist whackjobs) were famously socialists, and democrats are known socialist sympathizers.
Bananapants.
patrick II
@Central Planning:
People say those things without fear of consequence, and when it doesn’t happen they just move on. I wish there was an opportunity to place a bet with them. But even with all of that bluster, few would actually put a few dollars on it. But I would like to take some easy money from those who would.
patrick II
@Kent:
@catclub:
I’m with catclub on this one Kent.
Brachiator
@Mnemosyne:
One of the many reasons I don’t pay attention to this foolishness.
I really look forward to seeing Hillary and other eminent Democrats come out in support of the eventual nominee. It should be quite a show of unity.
mrmoshpotato
@germy: Oh noes, the soshellizums!
When are all the senior citizen Trump voters going to dump their Medicare and social security? And don’t you dare go drive on any part of the interstate highway system. And no Amtrak either.
mrmoshpotato
@Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony: It’s a decades-long obsession. They’ve been screaming something or another about the Clintons for 30+ years.
Mnemosyne
@mrmoshpotato:
Yes, but THEY already paid their share for those things, which is why they want the rest of us to not be allowed to have them or use them. It’s much more about “get off my lawn!” than anyone will admit.
Mnemosyne
@Brachiator:
I half wonder if the reason Warren feels comfortable eschewing corporate donations going forward is that Hillary and the other establishment Democrats are going to collect those and funnel them to the party so Warren’s hands will stay clean.
Susan B. Anthony never got to vote, but she was still instrumental in getting that right for women. Hillary may be resigned to having to help another woman get that brass ring rather than being able to claim it herself.
mrmoshpotato
@Mnemosyne:
“And I don’t want anyone else to have a lawn, or the ability to someday have a lawn, and fuck you. I got mine!”
ETA – “And tell the gubmint to keep their damn hands off my Medicare and social security!”
Citizen Alan
@Brachiator:
Me too. Whatever happens, I will love long enough to see Hillary’s speech at the 2020 Dem Convention.
Ladyraxterinok
@catclub:
Read a report IRS audited in 1 yr many more returns from poor MS counties than from upper 10%! If true, they have $$for audits.
debbie
Chelsea is very, very smart not to run. Clinton Hate will never die.
Ladyraxterinok
@germy:
Was there a pastor Brunson at the First (SoBaptist) Church in Jacksonville FL? Also maybe prez of denomination?
Some scandals?
PJ
@Ladyraxterinok: No, that’s the problem – the IRS doesn’t have enough money to conduct audits of the wealthy because they will hire lawyers to defend against and prolong the audit. Poor people can’t afford lawyers, so their audits are not a problem for the IRS.
Anne Laurie
@Ladyraxterinok:
Poor peoples’ tax returns are relatively simple & don’t take much time or skill to audit. Do the employer-issued payroll stubs match the claimed deduction? Are the social security numbers given for the dependents verified?
Rich people pay accountants to make their much more complicated tax forms extremely hard to parse — obscure deductions, loopholes, trusts, etc. The richer the person, the fatter their tax filing.
A low-level agent can ding a dozen or a hundred EZ-1040 holders in the time it takes to route one regional car dealership owner’s form to someone with the proper expertise & background to do a full audit. It’s the IRS equivalent of a police department writing up a hundred red-light traffic stops rather than investigating one local drug middleman or human trafficker.
Lurker123
@Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony:
They managed to win against Kerry and Gore. It’s not just Clinton, they (and their willing accomplices in the libural media) know how to bring down Democrats. Who haven’t yet figured out how to do an end run against them.
HumboldtBlue
@NotMax:
Well, dinner was going to be delicious.
HumboldtBlue
Ronan Farrow’s reporting and book may still have an impact on November.
mrmoshpotato
@catclub: Bananapants
JR
@Kent: Cuba
NotMax
@HumboldtBlue
Nothing compares to a heaping plate of suitcase squid.
;)
Scuffletuffle
@Mnemosyne: “Bless your heart…”
Kathleen
@Immanentize: “White Line” (know the thread is dead but just had to).
Amir Khalid
@NotMax:
Did someone convince this woman that there were no supermarkets in Australia?