Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney."
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When it's Manchin, he's plowing his own furrow, a brave agent of common sense, blah blah blah.
When it's Cheney, she's a RINO and narcissist who dares to question the will of the people.
I don't really understand the difference, TBH. Maybe reading what people were saying about Winston Churchill in the 30's would be interesting.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
When it's Manchin, he's plowing his own furrow, a brave agent of common sense, blah blah blah.
When it's Cheney, she's a RINO and narcissist who dares to question the will of the people.
I don't really understand the difference, TBH. Maybe reading what people were saying about Winston Churchill in the 30's would be interesting.
Manchin can be triangulated by policy decisions. Cheney's mavericky "principles" are single-issue.
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@Mik said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
Who says that?
Sorry, I was riffing.
The exact phrase was "a despicable human being", and "worse than any Democrat".
Even the really bad ones!
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@Mik said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
I'm fine with her, although I think she got snookered into the 1/6 group.
I'm fine with both Manchin and Cheney. It makes a change for politicians to do something they actually believe in.
The assumption that she's in it for the money and fame, whereas Donald Trump is doing what is right for the country seems a little, well, what's a polite word for it?
I was only joking
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You think Cheney is standing on principle?
Bwhahahahahahaha!
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@Jolly said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
You think Cheney is standing on principle?
Bwhahahahahahaha!
You apparently think that Trump is, which is way dumber.
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@Mik said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
I'm fine with her, although I think she got snookered into the 1/6 group.
I'm fine with both Manchin and Cheney. It makes a change for politicians to do something they actually believe in.
The assumption that she's in it for the money and fame, whereas Donald Trump is doing what is right for the country seems a little, well, what's a polite word for it?
@Doctor-Phibes said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
@Mik said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
I'm fine with her, although I think she got snookered into the 1/6 group.
I'm fine with both Manchin and Cheney. It makes a change for politicians to do something they actually believe in.
The assumption that she's in it for the money and fame, whereas Donald Trump is doing what is right for the country seems a little, well, what's a polite word for it?
I make no claims about Trump’s pure motives. But I could not be more skeptical of the notion that grandstanding about what a shitbag Trump is, is an act of heroism and courage and principle. That attitude in fact is all but prerequisite for a very broad set of social climbing objectives.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
@Mik said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
I'm fine with her, although I think she got snookered into the 1/6 group.
I'm fine with both Manchin and Cheney. It makes a change for politicians to do something they actually believe in.
The assumption that she's in it for the money and fame, whereas Donald Trump is doing what is right for the country seems a little, well, what's a polite word for it?
I make no claims about Trump’s pure motives. But I could not be more skeptical of the notion that grandstanding about what a shitbag Trump is, is an act of heroism and courage and principle. That attitude in fact is all but prerequisite for a very broad set of social climbing objectives.
@Horace said in Robert Reich: "In Praise of Liz Cheney.":
But I could not be more skeptical of the notion that grandstanding about what a shitbag Trump is, is an act of heroism and courage and principle.
I concede it does seem more like stating the obvious.
