But he had harsh words for all of his colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, whom he accused of “act[ing] like they’re in ivory towers with white pointy hats and they’re untouchable.”
So spill the fucking beans! That's true scorched earth.
But he had harsh words for all of his colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, whom he accused of “act[ing] like they’re in ivory towers with white pointy hats and they’re untouchable.”
So spill the fucking beans! That's true scorched earth.
If he wants to take down other Republicans with him when he goes down in flames, I'll happily pop some popcorn and watch.
You know how annoying republicans get about drag shows?
It’s recently occurred to me as to why. The only drag queen they know is George Santos.
Please, Devolder is a minor drag baroness at best. An unlanded one.
didn't say a good drag queen. Just the only one they knew personally, is all.
That’s not why
What do you mean?
Nothing, really.
Just a snarky comment playing off the idea of preconceptions about a larger group caused by only knowing one person in the group who does a weird thing.
Everyone knows the hatred is caused by bigotry.
Huh. And this is the man who won three MacArthur Genius Grants too.
You'd expect a person who won the Nobel Peace Prize to be slightly less hostile.
I've been trying to figure out where I've seen him before, and I just realized it's in the middle of the Funhouse Pinball table.
That is my all-time favorite table.
Pinball nerd?
Not so much, but I grew up in a town with a couple of really good arcades. Also, there is a pinball arcade in this town now with like 30-40 tables and you can play as much as you want for $10 on Friday and Saturday nights. A lot of them are new, which are less fun, but they have some good classics too.
I don't know what it was about Funhouse, but it just really appealed to me. I got very good at it. I almost always got a free game. I could play it for an hour before I got too tired and had to give it over to someone else.
Me either. I’ve played a handful as a little kid with mom’s quarters. I had never heard it called a “table”. It’s cool and I like it. Figured you were in the know.
Oh, no, actually I used to work at one of the arcades when I was 19 or 20 (awful job) and that's what they called them.
I’m calling them that now.
And you'd be accurate too!
Table is definitely the common nomenclature when referring to different pinball machines.
Like if you said "I'm really digging this Medieval Madness table right now" anyone familiar enough with pinball machines would know exactly what you mean ;)
When it comes to calling the Republicans who have protected him out of weak self-interest for so long cowards, criminals and hypocrites, he's got a point..
Why is the first man to start a farm and homestead on Mars so upset?
Wait, I thought he invented Post-Its?
"Ivory towers with white pointy hats"?
Well. I do suspect a lot of the Republicans feel quite comfortable in white pointy hats.
Goodbye George. Don't let the door fuck you on the way out.
Maybe they can try persuading the 31 Dems that voted against his expulsion the last time.
You mean the individuals waiting for the report referenced? I don't think they're going to need convincing nearly as much as you need to pay attention.
Yeah, I too always wait for a report before agreeing that a cloudless sky is blue, mountains are tall and the Pacific Ocean is large 🙄
I think it's more about not setting a 'look before you leap' precedent which could be applied against them in the future.
I'd much rather they set a precedent of not letting obvious conmen swindle taxpayers for almost $160k in congressional wages before taking any action.
Handling Santos with kid gloves like this only encourages others to try and emulate his scam.
What's stopping Republicans for having routine expulsion votes for Democrats without waiting for an official report? Precedent. Things are chaotic enough.
You're very naive if you truly think that today's GOP would let precedent get in the way of abusing their powers OR that that's the real reason why conservative Dems are siding with them.
The current GOP house leadership has already broken more precedent than the last 3 combined and those 31 Democrats share a lot of owner donors with Republicans, which is a much more likely reason for them dragging their feet in spite of clear and rampant fraud.
Oooh conspiracy. Yes, become the thing you hate; report back on how that works out on you.
Wtf are you on about?
You know that you don't have to ignore Dem dereliction of duty or lie about their likely motivations in order to prefer them over the fascist GOP, right?
Because it's sounding like you don't.
"Likely motivations" is doing a lot of lifting there.
I prefer "the words you shoved into their mouths."
I never said that they SAID that was their reason, just that it likely is, based on clues in past and present behaviour. You're really not good at reading comprehension and pattern recognition, are you?
"Likely" is now doing its share of work. It's pure conjecture from you and stupifying to see someone defend this level of ignorance as virtuous.
Mere sentences ago I was "likely" siding with fascism. Are we supposed to think this is serious political analysis??
Mere sentences ago I was "likely" siding with fascism
I said that you seemed to be accusing ME of that because I don't automatically assume that Dems are honest about their reasons for letting the conman continue fleecing the public coffers.
If you're not even going to TRY to understand what I'm saying, I see no point in continuing this charade of assuming that you're neither an imbecile nor arguing in bad faith. Have the day you deserve, wilfully blind party soldier.
If all you got left is ad-hominem then by all means lay it bare.
And if it "seems" like you are the victim of accusations that I didn't at all make then that behavior would slot in nicely with the assignation you've reflexively displayed throughout this thread.
some people just won't believe it is possible that both parties are fascist. you're doing great, sweetie.
It's good to have all the information before you make a decision. I see you're trying to be cute but you're making yourself look like an idiot.
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