Resignations

[Jolly]

@loki said in Resignations:

@george-k said in Resignations:

@loki with two weeks left, it's symbolic, I guess. How does it make a difference?

It tells you just how close Trump has come or coming to being hauled out of office. I suspect things went on yesterday and into the wee hours of the morning behind the scenes that a good historian is going to write a book about.

Probably.

[jon-nyc]

@george-k said in Resignations:

@loki with two weeks left, it's symbolic, I guess. How does it make a difference?

Well, it's self serving of course, reputation whitewashing.

But I welcome it. Because I want a functioning center-right party. And this ain't it.

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in Resignations:

@george-k said in Resignations:

@loki with two weeks left, it's symbolic, I guess. How does it make a difference?

Well, it's self serving of course, reputation whitewashing.

That’s pretty sarcastic. I suspect he was feeling different things and many close friends were talking to him and helping him through a personal crisis in context to his professional responsibilities.

[George K]

[Loki]

[taiwan_girl]

[Renauda]

@taiwan_girl Good one, TG!

5555555

[xenon]

WH is still still showing people the door if they speak out publicly. Which makes sense (you normally don't speak out against your administration).

[xenon]

Turtle's wife (Secretary of Transportation) is reportedly resigning.

[Axtremus]

@jon-nyc said in Resignations:

... I want a functioning center-right party. And this ain't it.

+1

[George K]

@xenon said in Resignations:

Turtle's wife

Nice.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Resignations:

@george-k said in Resignations:

@loki with two weeks left, it's symbolic, I guess. How does it make a difference?

Well, it's self serving of course, reputation whitewashing.

But I welcome it. Because I want a functioning center-right party. And this ain't it.

Thought exercise...

Take the whole Russia! horse shit out of the equation, like it never happened. Give Trump half as much fawning media coverage as Obama.

What would you have had? Center-right?

Strong borders, but with a guest worker program. Some new trade deals. No more Paris Accord. Conservative judges. Probably a big infrastructure bill. Tax cuts. More defense spending. Opportunity zones. More small business emphasis. Probably some tweaking of Obamacare and support for covering pre-existing conditions. Support for merit based college admissions and more support for rule of law on college campuses. Support for historic black colleges.

[xenon]

@george-k said in Resignations:

@xenon said in Resignations:

Turtle's wife

Nice.

https://babylonbee.com/news/mcconnell-returns-to-the-sea

[George K]

@xenon said in Resignations:

@george-k said in Resignations:

@xenon said in Resignations:

Turtle's wife

Nice.

https://babylonbee.com/news/mcconnell-returns-to-the-sea

I've always objected to name-calling based on peoples' appearance, etc.

I find the approbation "turtle" insulting to McConnell and demeaning to the person who says it, yeah, including The Bee. It's reprehensible.

That said, I've made many "Orange Man" posts - all of them were to illustrate the pettiness of the appellation. If you can't say something substantive, insult the appearance. It's a a petty, childish thing to do.

Prediction: You're about to throw in President Trump's comment about the disabled reporter, amirite?

1. Look at the video I posted about his history regarding that, and get back to me.
2. As I've said many times before, President Trump is a horrible person. I would not want to associate with him in any way. But I don't vote on "friendly" or "nice." I vote on policy.

[jon-nyc]

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in Resignations:

@xenon Not sure how meaningful it is to talk about Trump pulling a nomination when there are 7 business days left in his administration.

Exactly.

[xenon]

@george-k said in Resignations:

@xenon said in Resignations:

@george-k said in Resignations:

@xenon said in Resignations:

Turtle's wife

Nice.

https://babylonbee.com/news/mcconnell-returns-to-the-sea

I've always objected to name-calling based on peoples' appearance, etc.

I find the approbation "turtle" insulting to McConnell and demeaning to the person who says it, yeah, including The Bee. It's reprehensible.

That said, I've made many "Orange Man" posts - all of them were to illustrate the pettiness of the appellation. If you can't say something substantive, insult the appearance. It's a a petty, childish thing to do.

Prediction: You're about to throw in President Trump's comment about the disabled reporter, amirite?

1. Look at the video I posted about his history regarding that, and get back to me.
2. As I've said many times before, President Trump is a horrible person. I would not want to associate with him in any way. But I don't vote on "friendly" or "nice." I vote on policy.

I get you. But, his own campaign had his supporters vote on meme videos once and a “ninja turtle” themed one was one of the choices.

I see it more as a nickname than an insult. I’ve seen Jolly refer to him many times as turtle, for instance.

[Mik]

@jolly said in Resignations:

@jon-nyc said in Resignations:

@george-k said in Resignations:

@loki with two weeks left, it's symbolic, I guess. How does it make a difference?

Well, it's self serving of course, reputation whitewashing.

But I welcome it. Because I want a functioning center-right party. And this ain't it.

Thought exercise...

Take the whole Russia! horse shit out of the equation, like it never happened. Give Trump half as much fawning media coverage as Obama.

What would you have had? Center-right?

Strong borders, but with a guest worker program. Some new trade deals. No more Paris Accord. Conservative judges. Probably a big infrastructure bill. Tax cuts. More defense spending. Opportunity zones. More small business emphasis. Probably some tweaking of Obamacare and support for covering pre-existing conditions. Support for merit based college admissions and more support for rule of law on college campuses. Support for historic black colleges.

Yep. The man can be an ass. That doesn't make the policies wrong.

[George K]

@xenon said in Resignations:

I see it more as a nickname than an insult. I’ve seen Jolly refer to him many times as turtle, for instance.

I disagree with that. Picking a nickname based on someone's appearance is wrong. And when I saw Jolly do that, I thought it was wrong - but I didn't post it because I got distracted.

So, is calling someone "Fatso" OK? Even if it is a nickname?

AFAIK, Majority Leader McConnell never approved of that. If he did, that's different, of course.

I'm waiting to be proved wrong.

[xenon]

@george-k said in Resignations:

@xenon said in Resignations:

I see it more as a nickname than an insult. I’ve seen Jolly refer to him many times as turtle, for instance.

I disagree with that. Picking a nickname based on someone's appearance is wrong. And when I saw Jolly do that, I thought it was wrong - but I didn't post it because I got distracted.

So, is calling someone "Fatso" OK? Even if it is a nickname?

AFAIK, Majority Leader McConnell never approved of that. If he did, that's different, of course.

I'm waiting to be proved wrong.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/internet-meme-finally-makes-mitch-mcconnell-star/359233/

And here he is as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (playing off the popular idea that he looks like a turtle):

McConnell's campaign smartly embraced the joke, giving supporters a chance to vote for their favorite parody video on the campaign website. (The campaign created their own videos, including a Full House appearance by "Uncle Mitchy.")