The McConnell drone tone doesn’t work so well when he’s not standing in front of Senate colleagues and compliant reporters.
Apparently the booing and chants of “Retire” were bipartisan.
Mitch McConnell Booed Mercilessly in Kentucky https://www.meidastouch.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-booed-mercilessly-in-kentucky
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd When did Charles Lindbergh get elected and then try to shred the constitution? When did Bryant foment a coup?
nostr:npub1xpcqmx422lf6cm6nzup53vfsfvyz7pjfarwdklj3apxaggjtdqmqg03t05 Neither did either of those things. Not my point. What I am saying is Trumpty Dumpty’s playbook and approach to it isn’t unique. The fact that he pulled off the election (no matter how coincidental) and almost pulled off the coup are his and his alone.
But Lindberg and Bryan pushed large threatening parts of the populace their way and gave their political opponents enough to be scared about. Trump tapped into the same. He just milked and bilked it better.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd You’re just mentioning assholes. There is nothing to compare this to.
nostr:npub1xpcqmx422lf6cm6nzup53vfsfvyz7pjfarwdklj3apxaggjtdqmqg03t05 Some of those assholes almost pulled it off.
nostr:npub1ye6kenedjm4h3rhher5r98jlqfa7ayt59tpkmrqgy3002rzlcc0snfpwej nostr:npub1xpcqmx422lf6cm6nzup53vfsfvyz7pjfarwdklj3apxaggjtdqmqg03t05 And some think they are actually inventing it
nostr:npub1ye6kenedjm4h3rhher5r98jlqfa7ayt59tpkmrqgy3002rzlcc0snfpwej nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd It’s not common in our culture. It’s not.
nostr:npub1xpcqmx422lf6cm6nzup53vfsfvyz7pjfarwdklj3apxaggjtdqmqg03t05 nostr:npub1ye6kenedjm4h3rhher5r98jlqfa7ayt59tpkmrqgy3002rzlcc0snfpwej Agreed not common. But when they surface they stink up the joint for everyone else.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd Plenty of wannabe dictators throughout history, but not in America. I mean he’s unique as a modern political candidate in the time he came along. It was a perfect storm of shit that I think will be very difficult to recreate.
nostr:npub1xpcqmx422lf6cm6nzup53vfsfvyz7pjfarwdklj3apxaggjtdqmqg03t05 Aaron Burr (he got featured in a musical!), William Jennings Bryan (he got featured in a play and a movie), Charles Lindbergh, some would argue Huey Long. Those are the famous American ones.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd I disagree. Trumpism has grown beyond Trump but it’s just everyone’s worst instincts. It’s not an ideology.
No one is going to replace him. He was a unique combo of complex insecurities and empty bravado. Unless they nominate some other wacko celebrity. Even the crazy politicians have no game when it comes to showmanship. They’re all lame.
I think fascism will be a threat long after him but that’s different.
nostr:npub1xpcqmx422lf6cm6nzup53vfsfvyz7pjfarwdklj3apxaggjtdqmqg03t05 As someone, somewhere else said once, his followers don’t like him because of who he is, they follow him because he gives them the platform to be who they truly are.
Agree on the fascism part. Don’t necessarily agree on the uniqueness part. There have been others throughout history. He’s using their playbook. Only a few quite as successful though. That’s the only unique piece IMHO.
nostr:npub1xpcqmx422lf6cm6nzup53vfsfvyz7pjfarwdklj3apxaggjtdqmqg03t05 If he died tomorrow the impulses for their reactions wouldn’t be any different.
I see the Flood the Zone with Shit strategy continued today. This latest wave of stench is this “technical violation of the Constitution” bull shit from yet another lawyer who will soon be suing his orange buffoon of a client to collect his fees.
In case you’re wondering:
There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. A. Technical. Violation. Of. The. Constitution.
#politics #Trumpindictment
nostr:npub1vrlrf3pez9k0etcca5vchgr07d2vqgzelatmlv6tr5zx00ps3hss98khax nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g Good question. I guess I’d answer that they are different. If one denies something exists is one thing. Trying to suppress something acknowledges the existence of the thing by attempting to suppress it.
nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g I think “denial” might be too kind. “Ignores” or “intentionally suppresses” seems more like what we’re experiencing.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd
It seems you are saying that "late courage" looks a lot like cowardice.
nostr:npub1w6qd4huwke66fjkmct0uvnltxf2az9aeky44yrkryay9c2zxp3ksggxk7c I wouldn’t even label it “late courage,” But I take your point.
nostr:npub1uxz060za0sz7uzncy45jcksak2lr9wks0hrgug54cvpm9ma8agkqs35ma4 I think the only folks who actually forget are those in the media who continue to cover as if he wasn’t doing this.
nostr:npub1z3lu3gumx5nd9868njnn3f8raje4s3duzdyt4daptrjfsau0hnasjrl3zj True enough. Shouldn’t prevent the asking. Perhaps if reporters did we could start to move on from him as a distraction.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd Bah. Saroyan from Fresno. Then just weird slang. How can anyone live in Fresno? It warped his English,
nostr:npub1xknx3x4tdy0s0vne8v4jx5qudeyfnmnc3ptkwqnpan2r9hpyqytqu760p5 Perhaps more connected to the real world than on an island
nostr:npub1xknx3x4tdy0s0vne8v4jx5qudeyfnmnc3ptkwqnpan2r9hpyqytqu760p5 I didn’t live in the Midwest when I first read Saroyan.
nostr:npub1xknx3x4tdy0s0vne8v4jx5qudeyfnmnc3ptkwqnpan2r9hpyqytqu760p5 I did. Makes sense to me. Works as a construction for Saroyan and others. Hits to how you goofed.