The Trump observations thread

[Sparky]

DeSantis is beloved by the right wing freaks who actually watch stuff on policy, but the guy is as exciting as that one Republican who dragged his dog with his car or whatever it was. Just a dull, bigoted freak. Hard to say whether Trumpism without Trump's X factor "charisma" will play.

Exactly, it's impossible to say which is the lesser of the two evils you'd want to see run in 2024. I'd like to see Liz Cheney or Mitt Romney run, they seem somewhat reasonable.

Only in comparison. But their voting records in Congress show they're in lock-step. Their appeal is only due to how wretched the alternatives are.

Agreed, but I have to admire them for having the courage to speak the truth even if it means torpedoing their future political careers.

I hesitate to call it courage, but in this environment I suppose it is. It just seems to me like opposing treason shouldn't be commended as worthy of a Profiles in Courage award.

Oh without a doubt, it's sickening the butt kissing the rest of the GOP bestows on Trump. I only wish more of their part had the guts to speak up.

[Dr. Medulla]

Exactly, it's impossible to say which is the lesser of the two evils you'd want to see run in 2024. I'd like to see Liz Cheney or Mitt Romney run, they seem somewhat reasonable.

Only in comparison. But their voting records in Congress show they're in lock-step. Their appeal is only due to how wretched the alternatives are.

Agreed, but I have to admire them for having the courage to speak the truth even if it means torpedoing their future political careers.

I hesitate to call it courage, but in this environment I suppose it is. It just seems to me like opposing treason shouldn't be commended as worthy of a Profiles in Courage award.

Oh without a doubt, it's sickening the butt kissing the rest of the GOP bestows on Trump. I only wish more of their part had the guts to speak up.

It demonstrates the complete absence of commitment to the principles of democracy. There have always been knaves and pigs at the trough, but this is an open contempt never seen before.

[Flex]

I don't know exactly where to put this, but it feels be see there since this seems like where most of the j6 talk is going:

[Dr. Medulla]

I don't know exactly where to put this, but it feels be see there since this seems like where most of the j6 talk is going:

King was wrong; the moral arc of the universe bends to weird.

[Sparky]

Hmmm...

[revbob]

I don't know exactly where to put this, but it feels be see there since this seems like where most of the j6 talk is going:

What are the buttons on his jacket? I mean I guess you could be a Descendents fan and a fascist

https://genius.com/Descendents-merican-lyrics

[Flex]

I don't know exactly where to put this, but it feels be see there since this seems like where most of the j6 talk is going:

What are the buttons on his jacket? I mean I guess you could be a Descendents fan and a fascist

https://genius.com/Descendents-merican-lyrics

Same guys who watch the boys and the think the superheros are good guys

[Dr. Medulla]

I don't know exactly where to put this, but it feels be see there since this seems like where most of the j6 talk is going:

What are the buttons on his jacket? I mean I guess you could be a Descendents fan and a fascist

https://genius.com/Descendents-merican-lyrics

Same guys who watch the boys and the think the superheros are good guys

People have all kinds of weird interpretations:

[revbob]

I don't know exactly where to put this, but it feels be see there since this seems like where most of the j6 talk is going:

What are the buttons on his jacket? I mean I guess you could be a Descendents fan and a fascist

https://genius.com/Descendents-merican-lyrics

Same guys who watch the boys and the think the superheros are good guys

This is a little more believable.

[Dr. Medulla]

[Mimi]

oh good lord. Where is this?

[revbob]

oh good lord. Where is this?

Hell on Earth, USA

[Dr. Medulla]

oh good lord. Where is this?

Some town in Virginia, allegedly.

[Mimi]

oh good lord. Where is this?

Some town in Virginia, allegedly.

I was thinking the southwest corner of PA. Probably someone I know, too.

[Dr. Medulla]

oh good lord. Where is this?

Some town in Virginia, allegedly.

I was thinking the southwest corner of PA. Probably someone I know, too.

Around four years ago, there was a murder not far from my hometown. A white farmer killed an indigenous kid whom he claimed was there to steal from/kill his family (the survivors said they were looking for help when their car broke down). The trial was held in my hometown and the farmer got off on accident/self-defence and when folks here were talking about it, I said that people I went to high school could well have been jury members, and it was preordained that the guy would walk. Just knowing the people I grew up with, there was a zero percent chance that he'd be convicted. I fucking hate my hometown for those kinds of reasons, that it never fails to confirm my most jaundiced views of it.