Miscellaneous Political stuff - Part 19

All it is changing the color of the baked enamel. Shouldn't have been done at all.. they only have them for TWO years.

Souvenirs for all their families and friends..😊😊

Did this come from the new RNC? Republicans seem to be in denial that their entire problem with abortion is not the messaging, it's their position.  I thought this was an excellent point about the GOP's problem with abortion.  And a satirical take on it

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/14/kamala-harris-abortion-campaign-2024/

The GOP’s big problem is that what Trump ought to say is the one thing he never, ever says: I’m sorry.



www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/15/abortion-policy-republicans-struggling-satire/

Opinion GOP baffled that ‘We Don’t Care if You Die’ is not a winning slogan

By Alexandra Petri
December 15, 2023 

“Republicans struggle as they keep getting forced to talk about abortion”
— Politico headline, Dec. 15

Huh! It turns out “Well, with luck, you probably won’t die being forced to give birth to a nonviable fetus over the objections of your doctor!” — even if you say it in a warm, human-sounding way ― is not actually what people want to hear when deciding how to cast their votes. Fascinating!

People keep hearing stories like that of Kate Cox, whose medically recommended abortion to end a nonviable pregnancy and preserve her fertility was shut down by the Texas Supreme Court, and saying, “Wait, is that actually your policy? Jesus!” and it turns out that “Yup!” or “Pretty much!” is not a winning answer. Also not great: “Please hold while the Supreme Court figures out if it wants to impose even more restrictions on what medical care you are allowed to receive!”

Ruth Marcus: Think there's an abortion exception for medical emergencies? Texas shows that's a sham.

“Nobody would wish this to happen on anybody,” Ron DeSantis said this past week during a CNN town hall — which is true, except in the strict, limited sense that policies the governor and presidential aspirant has signed into law in Florida have imposed that exact situation on people. I guess it’s the thought that counts! Maybe he imposed it, but he didn’t wish it.

Nikki Haley said “we have to humanize the situation,” which, I guess, are words! “So, you want a 13-year-old to be forced to bear her rapist’s baby at tremendous physical and emotional cost?” has one easy answer: “No!” And if you aren’t allowed to say that, that’s a problem! A messaging problem, of course.

“Wait, you seriously don’t want any exceptions, and you are going to weaponize government against people with reasonable medical needs?” is a question to which “Don’t worry your pretty little head about it” is not a great answer. Or maybe they could stop trying to dehumanize half the population? No. It’s the words. It’s got to be the words.

There’s no changing the underlying policy. That’s out of the question! It’s just unfortunate that so many people see these stories of people struggling to get their abortions and say, “That could be me!” The time-tested Republican response of, “Nonsense! You don’t have a uterus!” only works about 50 percent of the time. If it fails, they are stuck saying things such as “Yikes!” and “Woof!” and “With a condition like that, are you sure you should be voting?”

I wonder why this is so difficult to talk about! Maybe what Republicans need is a better slogan. “Sometimes, too many rights are actually a burden” and “Do you ever get tired of making decisions for yourself?” and “Relax: We’ve got it! But let us know if you think you’re bleeding to death” turn out not to be winners, as far as slogans go. Same for, “You Don’t Get a Say, and We Don’t Care if You Die,” even if you say it with a lot of warm eye contact. Also bad: “You Don’t Get a Say, We Will Laugh at What Your Doctor Says, and We Want You to Do Everything But Die.”

Maybe they should add some exclamation points at the end to make it clear there are no hard feelings! Or try the TikTok approach of calling these “Girl Rights!” like “Girl Dinner!” but it’s a plate of just one or two rights, not enough to support a whole person?
Hmm, what about this isn’t a winner?

Thanks Rep Buck since it seems the answer is to run away from the mess the GOP caused, and continues to encourage....

Quick note from Judge McAfee out of Georgia.
DA Willis can stay.
Wade must go!

Wishful thinking or out right lies!!

ABC News:

Nathan Wade has resigned..

Ah, ok.

aj2hall

This piece beats the $40,000 wasted by the House to replace their lapel pins.
Go Arizona!!


youtu.be/4WmbeTEdjZY?feature=shared

Katie Britt doesn't know when to stop...

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) isn't staying silent, doubling down on her efforts to blame Joe Biden for alleged consequences of his policies on the border.

Britt was recently embroiled in scandal after her GOP State of the Union response was found to have been false or misleading because parts of it appeared to blame Joe Biden for injustices that occurred in Mexico many years ago. Days later, she sent out a self-pitying fundraising plea in which she declared her heart was broken.
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On Friday, however, Britt raised the same issue for which she was put in the hot seat.

"These are the stories the media doesn’t want to tell," she wrote. "They’re the real consequences of President Biden’s willful border policies."

She then said Biden "could stop abusing his parole authority today if he wanted to."

"Instead, he continues to put American families in harm’s way," Britt added.

Britt was sharing a post from a Fox News reporter, who suggested a "Haitian man arrested for raping a 15 y/o disabled girl at a migrant hotel in Massachusetts Wednesday night came to the U.S. via the Biden admin’s parole program for Haitians, which allowed him to fly into JFK airport in NYC direct from Haiti in June 2023 w/ a 2 year parole grant."

The comments weren't positive.

@chuckthrock wrote, "Everyone needs to fact check this because you have unrepentantly disqualified yourself as a credible source of information. Especially, but not exclusively, on anything having to do with immigration issues."

@artcandee then added, "You tried blaming something that happened under Bush on Biden. You found out."

@strictlychristo said, "Nothing you say or tweet will ever watch the stench off that State of the Union response from you. You are permanently tainted and will always be reviled by every sensible American."

@brun13 also said, "Media leaves out a lot of church leaders molesting children. Have you looked into that at all? I’m assuming you have, you know. For the children."

www.rawstory.com/fact-check-katie-britt-biden/

Well said!!
/mediaviewer

He knows very well what he is doing. If he is reelected he will put it all in his pockets or those of his friends!
Screw the public!!

ETA: Holy crap, Rick Wilson on with Ayman just now stated how if TFG is reelected TFG, his family and friends will strip the people of government jobs/programs and pocket all the money....