115th Congress: On Permanent Vacation

[Gurtholfin]

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Oh it's true. It's Damm true.

That should be political suicide.


A lot of their voters would see that increase. A LOT.


Hard to understand why they would go for this. Especially any who are even remotely vulnerable.

[Kepler]

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That should be political suicide.


A lot of their voters would see that increase. A LOT.


Hard to understand why they would go for this. Especially any who are even remotely vulnerable.

Operative term, should.

The GOP is banking on having demonized news reporters -- and, apparently, math -- sufficiently for their captives to think the sound of the approaching whirring blades in the abattoir is fake news.

Conservatives get the vapors that liberals have such a low estimate of their intellect, but that's nothing compared to how dumb the Republican party thinks they are.

[Gurtholfin]

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Just thinking about where $70k would land on a bell curve of voters...

[Kepler]

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Shocking, the GOP is exploring how it might subvert democracy in the Alabama senate race.

I guess they have been emboldened after successfully stealing a SCOTUS seat.

Everything I've read and hear from the various Beltway Brahmin is this would be a bridge too far. Them thar good ol boys in AL don't cotton to know DC elitist telling them what to do.

Which, in this case... good instinct.

[Kepler]

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Just thinking about where $70k would land on a bell curve of voters...

77th percentile.

[GrinCDXX]

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Franken now being accused of groping Leann Tweeden during a USO tour.

[Kepler]

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Franken now being accused of groping Leann Tweeden during a USO tour.

Welp. Just kill me now.

[Gurtholfin]

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77th percentile.

Seriously?

That's a whole lot higher than I would have thought.

[GrinCDXX]

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Welp. Just kill me now.

There's even a picture which Tweeden says shows Franken groping her while she is sleeping. Though, looking at the picture, I think "groping" is a stretch. It's more like childish, pretend groping--over body armor (which would still constitute sexual harassment, at least).

[BassAle]

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I was watching something last night and it seemed that anyone over $70k would see an increase.

I'll be surprised if I don't end up with a big tax increase.
I'm going to be screwed if they get rid of my exemption for state income taxes!

I'm a sub 200K middle class household. Not rich enough for the GOP to give a **** about, and not poor white trash that's gullible enough to be brainwashed to vote for them despite the fact that their policies would hurt me.

[Gurtholfin]

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It's looks like he's not actually touching her, but no matter.

That photo is ****ing regardless of "context."

And will be used to great effect.



EDIT: Apparently "D_mn" is banned.

[Kepler]

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I'll be surprised if I don't end up with a big tax increase.
I'm going to be screwed if they get rid of my exemption for state income taxes!

I'm a sub 200K middle class household. Not rich enough for the GOP to give a **** about, and not poor white trash that's gullible enough to be brainwashed to vote for them despite the fact that their policies would hurt me.

And I won't see a tax increase, and that there is exactly what's wrong with this picture.

It's infuriating that the GOP gets away with this sh-t decade after decade, and reasonably intelligent people who can manage their personal finances and their small businesses with savvy and knowledge keep falling for it.

I understand voting for the GOP if you're a Thumper or a racist. God bless you -- they're the right choice. But GOP fiscal policies have immiserated all but the 1%, so anyone who votes for them for pocketbook issues and who is not a millionaire is a dupe. My god, people, wake up.

[BassAle]

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And I won't see a tax increase, and that there is exactly what's wrong with this picture.

It's infuriating that the GOP gets away with this sh-t decade after decade, and reasonably intelligent people who can manage their personal finances and their small businesses with savvy and knowledge keep falling for it.

GOP fiscal policy have immiserated all but the 1%. Anyone who votes for them for pocketbook issues and who is not a millionaire is a dupe. My god, people, wake up.

I don't even want/need a tax cut. I'm in the top 5%, and I realize I'm better off than most Americans. I live what I would consider a decent middle class life and don't worry about money. Hell, I wouldn't even mind paying a little more if they weren't cutting the taxes for the wealthy.

They can increase my taxes and I won't complain as long as they raise the top rates substantially and slash defense spending

[Kepler]

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It's looks like he's not actually touching her, but no matter.

That photo is ****ing regardless of "context."

And will be used to great effect.



EDIT: Apparently "D_mn" is banned.

The pic doesn't bug me so much, as it's obviously over the top idiotic humor, but this does:

Tweeden wrote that Franken, who was the headliner on the tour, had written some skits and told her he had a part for her, adding that she "agreed to play along."

"When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. I suspected what he was after, but I figured I could turn my head at the last minute, or put my hand over his mouth, to get more laughs from the crowd," she wrote.

"On the day of the show Franken and I were alone backstage going over our lines one last time. He said to me, 'We need to rehearse the kiss.' I laughed and ignored him. Then he said it again. I said something like, ‘Relax Al, this isn’t SNL…we don’t need to rehearse the kiss.’"

She wrote Franken continued to insist and she got "uncomfortable."

"He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything and that we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth," she wrote.

"I immediately pushed him away with both of my hands against his chest and told him if he ever did that to me again I wouldn’t be so nice about it the next time."

If that's true then Jesus H. Christ dude, I thought you were cool.

[GrinCDXX]

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The pic doesn't bug me so much, as it's obviously over the top idiotic humor, but this does:



If that's true then Jesus H. Christ dude, I thought you were cool.

This one will be "complicated" by the fact that Tweeden is a conservative and there already appears to be some exaggeration on her part. Will be interesting to hear Franken's side of this.