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Let me see if I have this correct, I can take my gun anywhere and mildly intimidate the sane people around me but soon I won’t be able to picket on a public sidewalk near a clown that in some way has in my opinion made my life miserable? Throw out the First and embrace the Second — clear as Hoosier water.
Ban books, ban abortions, ban gays, ban black history, ban anything “woke,” ban mask mandates, ban vaccinations, ban, ban, ban. I’ve got a better idea. Ban power-drunk idiots like Ron DeSantis form holding public office. He is a menace.
From 2017-2020, the object was not to govern, but to change the way we govern. Don’t let them attempt to do it again!
Some right-wing bloggers are crying in their beer over what they see as a worrisome decline of “masculinity” in America. Actually, we could use less masculinity and more femininity. When was the last time you heard of a woman committing a mass shooting? Manly American men do it every single day. Testosterone might well be the most dangerous drug in America.
The pastor Nikki Haley chose to deliver the opening prayer at the announcement of her presidential candidacy, John Hagee, has called the Holocaust “a part of God’s plan,” described Hurricane Katrina as God’s judgment on a sinful nation, and said that the proper place for women is in the home and bearing children. And he’s made lots more outrageous remarks than just these. What does this say about Haley’s judgment that Hagee is the one she picked to bless the announcement of her presidential candidacy? I’d say it’s not a good start.
A Quickly writer asked “Is Merrick Garland still awake?” The answer is “Yes!” I can understand why some are thinking that AG Garland is not moving fast enough on probes and investigations. Please remember he is dealing in mostly uncharted waters. How often have our country had to deal with a former president who wouldn’t admit that he lost an election? How often have we experienced an insurrection on our Capitol? Garland must be extremely careful about how he proceeds. There is a lack of precedents. He must dot the i’s and cross the t’s. Garland must present an air tight case against Trump’s criminal activities. Garland also knows no matter what the final results may be the reactions are going to be loud and partisan. Don’t forget, despite his shenanigans, Trump still received over 70 million votes. Garland is awake. He is having a lot of sleepless nights! How would you like to be wearing his shoes?
The phrase “never Trump” has taken on a whole new meaning. Dozens of people surrounding and serving Trump have been subpoenaed, questioned, indicted, tried, and sometimes even convicted and sent to prison, but “never Trump.” The only time Trump actually had to appear to testify, he pleaded the Fifth Amendment more than 400 times. The way Trump is being treated with such deference is making a mockery of our legal system.
All Trump had to do to stop the night light with classified document folders was switch sides with Melania. Oh wait, that would not work since Melania stopped sleeping in the same room or even floor since the White House.
Not only is president Joe using million dollar missiles to shoot down these $100 balloons, but they are missing such small of a target and have to take multiple shots. I watched it all happen on the news. A smart president would just send up a crop duster plane with a shotgun and save a few million bucks! Bet Donald never had such problems!
The head of a Russian organization of mercenaries, the Wagner Group, is bragging about how he founded a “troll farm” that has been successfully interfering in American elections since Trump’s election in 2016, and was active even in the recent midterms. No collusion? I guess we’re supposed to believe that the Russians were helping Trump and others but they just didn’t know it. Their adoration of Putin has just been a coincidence. How on earth did the Mueller investigation miss this? If they did.
Those of you enamored of Ron DeSantis and see him as the right-wing heir apparent to Donald Trump, keep in mind that several years ago DeSantis was advocating that the age of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare be raised to 70, or even higher.
How on earth could Sarah Huckabee Sanders have left herself so wide open to ridicule in her response to the State of the Union address? Does she honestly believe that in the conflict between “normal” and “crazy” that the Republican party is normal? Is it normal to storm our Capitol building? Normal to refuse to accept the results of elections? Normal to throw hissy fits over masks and vaccines during a pandemic? Normal to consider as head of your party someone under investigation in six separate criminal probes? Is it normal to threaten a woman with years in prison if she refuses to carry the product of a rape to term? Is it normal for someone like Kari Lake to insist that she is the rightful governor of Arizona, even though she lost the election? Is it normal for millions of Republicans to insist that Donald Trump is the real president of the United States? Unfortunately, Sarah, all this crazy stuff is perfectly normal in your Republican party.
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