Okay, everybody — Senator Sinema is officially over as a topic of discussion; Maureen Dowd wrote a column about her:
The Arizona senator’s name is pronounced “cinema,” and it is apt because she sweeps — and sometimes, when the triathlete has a sports injury, limps — through the Senate like a silent film star.
“The Greta Garbo of Congress,” as one top Democrat called her.
Oh well. It was fun while it lasted, but the underwater location where the shark abides has been traversed via that mighty leap, so we’re done here.
Open thread!
Another Scott
TheHill has an S-free story. Includes extra M!
It’s a good piece, and an indication that it’s going to get done.
Cheers,
Scott.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
One more? because timestamp
Dorothy A. Winsor
This made me laugh. It’s a TikTok for those of us whose partners ask us to keep track of their belongings.
zhena gogolia
She and Dowd deserve each other.
I am so looking forward to talking about something else.
zhena gogolia
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Oh, that’s hilarious! So good.
WaterGirl
Maureen Dowd gives women a bad name.
waspuppet
Oh FFS is there literally a person in this country who knows how Sinema’s name is pronounced who DIDN’T think that? HOW much does the Times pay for this?
NotMax
Morning thread went belly up real fast today so will drop this in again.
Rolls out on October 6. Maybe not everyone’s thing but the promo video there is appealingly entertaining. What is it, you ask? It’s Wondercade.
;)
Mike in NC
Joe should find out what cheap crap she drinks and send her a case of it.
grumbles
Wow, Dowd took longer than usual to sober up enough for that one. Given current goings-on, she should have multiple interns hard at work at the shiv factory, and all we get is this.
Obvious Russian Troll
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I laughed really hard, and I am not showing that to my wife.
WhatsMyNym
@waspuppet:
Honestly, I have never thought about how her name is pronounced. She’s just a no name junior senator trying to get attention.
zhena gogolia
@NotMax: Cute video. But I don’t want anything more in my inbox.
zhena gogolia
@WhatsMyNym: She’s sure getting it, isn’t she?
Gawd, am I sick of it.
PsiFighter37
We shall see if this gamble pays off. I am less concerned about Manchin than I am about Sinema, TBH. He can get to ‘yes’; she just seems to enjoy reveling in the spotlight and getting her rocks off by telling Democrats exactly nothing about where she truly stands.
Another Scott
!!!
Cheers,
Scott.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Dowd wrote a column about trump and toxic masculinity a few weeks ago, and as far as I could see nobody with a prominent platform pointed out that she has spent twenty years pink-washing– to use Charlie Pierce’s term– Democratic men and her writings on HRC played into every sexist trope, hitting her nadir with “Obambi and the Dominatrix”. She doesn’t get nearly the scorn she deserves.
I quit reading her for good around that time so I don’t know how she talked about Warren or Harris last year.
Another Scott
A reminder that things could be worse.
Cheers,
Scott.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@zhena gogolia: @Obvious Russian Troll: It was when she got to “The fact that you’re alive is a miracle” that I laughed out loud
cain
I would have preferred the clown queen of dunce.
zhena gogolia
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Yes, she did that beautifully.
HinTN
@Another Scott: Except
no, I don’t think that’s what’s happening at all. They’re trying to figure out what will get Manchin over the line.
Morzer
Sinema’s more like the Greta Garbage of the Senate.
Another Scott
@HinTN: Ultimately, just about every Democrat needs to be on board. The Progressive caucus is going to fight to minimize cuts to Biden’s proposal, so she’s kinda right even if we can argue about the emphasis.
Cheers,
Scott.
RobMassing
Chardonnay? Wow that really makes her special and unique and mavericky
zhena gogolia
@Morzer: Comparing her to Greta Garbo is obscene.
trollhattan
Ozy Media, People’s Temple for the well-educated.
Anyhoo, it’s gone “buh-bye.”
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us
WTF did Greta Garbo do to deserve the insult of being linked to Senator Mavericks II, this time it’s a Democrat?
Bill Arnold
@trollhattan:
“Leaders” like Carlos Watson need to be destroyed and humiliated, as an example. I mean:
That kind of turnover is a strong hint that management is toxic.
Frank Wilhoit
@Bill Arnold: Quite understanding what you say, and agreeing, still it should not come to that: earlier intervention is required. This fellow, (Musk, Thiel, Bezos, Trump, Murdoch, your favorite) could have been diagnosed in kindergarten or first grade and treated humanely thereafter — leaving them in the general population is not in the very least humane, either to them or to the rest of us.
trollhattan
@Bill Arnold: @Frank Wilhoit:
These types are coddled, protected, encouraged, even elected if they’re successful (or have the appearance of).
In the last day, the NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) has had a scandal blow up that was more than a decade in the making, going back to the even the previous pro league. A coach at four different teams had been accused by players of sexual coercion several years ago and despite one firing (glossed over as simply a needed change) he went on to another team and became the league’s most successful coach with no consequences. Until yesterday, when he was fired and had his coaching license pulled by US Soccer.
Then, the league commissioner esigned and all five weekend matches have been postponed/cancelled.
They could have fixed this years ago and did not.
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
I understood that she gives humans of all genders a bad name because no matter what she is or wants to be, she’s wrong about anything.
Ruckus
@Morzer:
Now that got a chuckle.
Ken
@zhena gogolia: Especially since Garbo is famous for her decision to get out of the spotlight.
LiminalOwl
@Bill Arnold: Many years ago, I worked as secretary for a consulting firm. There were, I think, six employees (plus the two principals). They had a party for the twentieth anniversary of the firm.
A (the) long-term employee told me that there was an unofficial gathering of the disgruntled ex-employees. Three hundred of them, IIRC. (I didn’t last long, either.)
LiminalOwl
I thought of posting a meme I created, four(?) years ago, on an earlier thread. The spouse thinks it would be welcome, but I can’t figure out how to add a picture here. Help?
Steeplejack
@zhena gogolia:
And I would swear that Garbo quote was made up by Dowd. It’s too pat, and I doubt that even the oldest “top Democrat” would have Garbo top of mind.
Another Scott
@LiminalOwl: Send it to WaterGirl (via the Contact Us link). Only “front pagers” can post images.
HTH!
Cheers,
Scott.
Old School
@LiminalOwl:
You can add a picture by getting the ability to post on the main page.
In other words, none of us regular commenters can do that. If you see a front pager around, you could email the picture to them and ask them to post it.
WaterGirl
@LiminalOwl: If you send me an image or a link to an image, I can add it to the post.
Uncle Cosmo
@Bill Arnold: I worked for a guy like that for about 18 months. Card-carrying sociopath. He finally abused the wrong underling (female PhD) who filed harassment charges against him. When Corporate HR descended upon us to conduct interviews, one of my coworkers presented them with a list of all the employees who’d come and gone in the previous 3 years. Our operation fluctuated wildly in size (depending upon the status of work) from 5 to 15 – but in the prior 36 months a total of 42 people had left. That got HR’s attention – as a nationwide consulting firm we had nothing to market but the expertise of the staff, and driving away that many employees that the company had thought highly enough of to hire in the first place was, mmm, not a sound business model. Soon enough the office had a new director…
WaterGirl
@LiminalOwl: I added it in for you.
LiminalOwl
@Another Scott:
@Old School:
@WaterGirl: thank you, and thanks all. I’ll never be a front-pager, but I hope this provides some amusement. If anybody is still reading the thread…
buggrit
@LiminalOwl:
I just got to see it and I enjoyed it very much, so the effort wasn’t entirely wasted.
LiminalOwl
@buggrit: thank you!
vigilhorn
Let’s turn her into the Norma Desmond of Congress.