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Kevin Robbins's avatar

It’s tough when you have to be the liberal and conservative party at the same time because the only other available party has decided to overdose on acid.

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Bruce Brittain's avatar

They've overdosed on disinformation and we're afraid to tackle the underlying problem. www.13thclown.com "Clown Competition"

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

Thanks. Now I want Cheetos. There was a cheese flavored popcorn in that aisle that I used to buy that was even more addictive. But, at least it momentarily takes my mind off House clowns.

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GlenD's avatar

That would be battery acid, right? Nothing like a little H2SO4 to add whang to the bile.

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

I was thinking 4 way blotter, but sulfuric might work, too.

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Hubby McGee's avatar

This is giving me Weimar Republic vibes, and yes, I’m freaked out.

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

The courts are holding up well so far and are a last bastion of truth. Thankful for that.

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David Court's avatar

Until you realize that Crooked Clarence and Spacy Sam are two of the final votes-

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SandyG's avatar

But a majority decision needs five votes. Yes, it's a 6-3 court, but the conservatives have not supported Trump's cases. They rejected his "voter fraud arguments, refused to back efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and have generally sought to preserve voter rights in the face of Republican attempts to redraw districts to their advantage. In addition, the justices rejected Trump’s request to block release of his tax records to a House investigative committee in 2020" (https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2023-09-08/are-trump-and-his-conservative-supreme-court-on-a-collision-course#:~:text=And%20while%20the%20Supreme%20Court's,back%20efforts%20to%20overturn%20the).

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David Court's avatar

Correct on all counts, and thankfully so. Of course, there is that saying allegedly made by a former, long-deceased President, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!" My point was only that one should be careful relying solely on the word of a handful of unelected people in this time of increasing distrust in instititions. At some point, a thin finger in a dike will break.

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SandyG's avatar

Understood. I don't think that will happen if Biden is reelected; if Trump wins, yes.

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David Court's avatar

If TFG wins, the damn dam has already burst.

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William's avatar

That Trump can call other conservative Republicans RINOs indicates that phrases and words meanings are fluid. We recognize this in daily speech but are also stuck with the understanding that Left and Right in this country went from ascriptive to descriptive to fungible terms on different positions.

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loganbacon's avatar

Doesn’t it seem that words no longer have meaning in Trump’s iteration of the Republican party?

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

I’m literally a RINO. I switched parties in Elise Stefanik’s district in order to sign a petition for and vote for her primary opponent. The opponent so far seems like kind of a bust, but maybe she’ll get more motivated or someone else will jump in.

It’s a huge district, the news media is dying and ES has a boatload of money. I’m probably just going to end up supporting opponents to the 6 Republicans in Biden districts in NY.

We do what we can and hope for the best.

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SandyG's avatar

Glad you pointed out the news media is dying in your district. I think contributes to how red rural districts are.

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

Yes, the Glens Falls Post Star is my local paper and it’s a shell. I get the Watertown paper online and that’s pretty empty, too. It’s a news desert.

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SandyG's avatar

So many developments in the last 20 years have brought us to this morass we're in.

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mel ladi's avatar

Ooooo, best comment.

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Stephen's avatar

Bingo.

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steve robertshaw's avatar

What a great take!

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