U.S. Politics

[SixFeetDeep]

Bottom line: the bill passed

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/19/house-republicans-same-sex-marriage-law-00046682

Actual Bottom line: Republicans have no reason to vote against this other than to toe the line as hateful bigots.

Open for counterarguments.

[CatoTheElder]

Cute but the raised fist salute (attention: John Carlos and Tommy Smith) was after the phony handcuff theatrics.  Better yet was the similar Ilhan Omar ‘in handcuffs’ stunt where she didn’t even wait for the cop but walked ahead of him—hands bound—lame derriere theatrics.  So if the same disingenuous antics were pulled by some posturing GOP idiot you’d be just as quick with the raised fist sarcasm I’m sure.   No comment on the coat in 90 plus weather?…or the song?.. or we just cherrypicking?

I'll stick with the one point. From the horse's mouth:

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1549809724513722374?s=20&t=AlknLBn1bYuMVT_kBBMPDw

[CatoTheElder]

LMAO, the Secret Service did what everyone accused Hillary of.

[Badger]

LMAO, the Secret Service did what everyone accused Hillary of.

Ritualistic cannibalism of babies?

[CatoTheElder]

Ritualistic cannibalism of babies?

They left the gate open at Benghazi.

[delavan]

Actual Bottom line: Republicans have no reason to vote against this other than to toe the line as hateful bigots.

Open for counterarguments.

Respectfully, the actual bottom line is whether a bill passes or not, and fortunately it did.  Hateful bigots?  No doubt; a shitload of 'em I'm sure.  But, one hundred percent across-the-board?  No, and that was my point, i.e. that instead of painting a targeted group as 100% across-the-board intolerant bigots,  noting instead that 47 of them (among their bigoted ranks) wisely voted in support of the bill....see I'm a glass-half-full optimist type (albeit glass one-third full here).   

I'll stick with the one point. From the horse's mouth:

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1549809724513722374?s=20&t=AlknLBn1bYuMVT_kBBMPDw

Cato, as she claimed in her tweet ("putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not"), that is the LAST thing you'd want to do.  Instead you'd want to show a cop your hands at all times.  This was 'check-ME-out' theatrics.   

[mj2sexay]

From the horse's mouth:

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1549809724513722374?s=20&t=AlknLBn1bYuMVT_kBBMPDw

Bolded for truth!

[SixFeetDeep]

https://twitter.com/billpascrell/status/1550146164217061377?s=21&t=-9BQy6a038csq9fhEZh1Ig

I feel like I’m living in 1920

[Johnny English]

https://twitter.com/billpascrell/status/1550146164217061377?s=21&t=-9BQy6a038csq9fhEZh1Ig

I feel like I’m living in 1920

Who is voting for these people? Who is looking at someone who votes to make contraception illegal and thinks "yup, that's the guy for me"? What kind of twisted freaking world do these people live in?

[delavan]

I don't get it.  Banning contraception while (presumably) supporting the Supreme Court about face on Row v. Wade makes absolutely no sense.   

Would've had to stock up on ol' reliable spermicidal coca-cola: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14864-coca-cola-douches-scoop-ig-nobel-prize/ 

"I'd like to teach the world to douche..."

[Johnny English]

When they say banning contraception, are they exclusively talking about prophylactic medication or do they want to go the whole hog and ban physical media like condoms and IUDs as well? Because if it's the latter then I'm very much a fan of the idea, the opportunity to run a business smuggling rubbers over the border is too great to be ignored.

[delavan]

When they say banning contraception, are they exclusively talking about prophylactic medication or do they want to go the whole hog and ban physical media like condoms and IUDs as well? Because if it's the latter then I'm very much a fan of the idea, the opportunity to run a business smuggling rubbers over the border is too great to be ignored.

Anti-contraception yet pro-phylactic? 

#scumbag    

[Johnny English]

Anti-contraception yet pro-phylactic? 

#scumbag    

Hey, a lot of the most lucrative businesses are just cashing in on other people's stupidity. Don't deny me my chance of wealth.

[delavan]

Hey, a lot of the most lucrative businesses are just cashing in on other people's stupidity. Don't deny me my chance of wealth.

There's a sucker born every minute.  Matter of fact, if there only were more 'suckers' there wouldn't be as many suckers born.

[delavan]

Bolded for truth!

You'd ride that filly - nice fundaments