Nikki

[Horace]

If Trump slips up and tarnishes his squeaky-clean image, anything could happen.

But if he does slip up, will the press even report on it? Or will they remain quiet, out of fear of rocking the boat?

[George K]

Oof…

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/27/haley-slavery-cause-of-civil-war-00133254

[jon-nyc]

I don’t think you could be a republican politician in South Carolina without adopting some form of the virgin birth theory of the Confederacy.

[George K]

That’s basically what I thought. But to say that in New Hampshire?

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Nikki:

I don’t think you could be a republican politician in South Carolina without adopting some form of the virgin birth theory of the Confederacy.

She didn't go that route in her answer, though.

Do you think it can only be either virgin birth theory or slavery?

[George K]

Oof, oof...

"I was hacked!"

Or something like that.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/28/nikki-haley-civil-war-comments-response-00133268

[Axtremus]

Link to video

[George K]

There's no good answer to her critics other than to say, "Look, I effed up. Here's what I should have said."

[LuFins Dad]

Her answer should have been “Mike Pence certifying the results on January… Oh, you mean the first one?”

[Horace]

@George-K said in Nikki:

There's no good answer to her critics other than to say, "Look, I effed up. Here's what I should have said."

The right answer causes no political damage. Strange slip for her. But then this is the woman who openly fantasized about an internet without anonymity. She may have any number of odd things rolling around her head.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Nikki:

Oof, oof...

"I was hacked!"

Or something like that.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/28/nikki-haley-civil-war-comments-response-00133268

She's blaming the person who asked the question for the fact that she couldn't answer it.

She must have been a riot at college.

[Copper]

@George-K said in Nikki:

There's no good answer to her critics other than to say, "Look, I effed up. Here's what I should have said."

Yes, of course.

The critics will ignore the new and improved answer.

The supporters will forget the original.

If she gets the nomination she will beat Mr. Biden easily.

And the Civil War debate will carry on forever and ever.

[Jolly]

You mean The Late War Of Northern Aggression?

[Mik]

This is a tempest in a teapot. It was a stupid question , intended to trip her up and utterly irrelevant to the US today.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in Nikki:

It was a stupid question

Somebody once told me that there are no stupid questions, but there are plenty of stupid answers.

Then again, if he had my job, he might think differently