Gus Van Horn blog Posted May 7 Report Posted May 7 As if the Trump-Harris presidential matchup weren't already ample evidence that our political milieu has descended into farce, MAGA conspiracy nut Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is reportedly considering a run for Jon Ossoff's Senate seat or the Governorship of Georgia.If nothing else, this news exposes the parlous state of the Republican Party -- which is evenly split between delusional MAGA types and cowardly traditional Republicans.We'll look at the traditional Republicans first. To the reporter's credit and my great surprise, he managed to find a Republican officeholder who, although he is much more diplomatic than Greene deserves, at least calls out her nuttiness:"That is a swing state that's pretty independent minded," he added. "If I was to put my political science hat on and look at all the criteria, she wouldn't be high on my list of recruits."[Kevin] Cramer [R-ND] wrote an essay for Newsweek in 2021 that called out Greene for endorsing some of the "crazier" theories [sic] floating around in conservative circles, such as claims that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York and Washington were an inside job, or that the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida was a false flag.He also flagged her suggestion in 2018 that a deadly California wildfire was caused by laser beams from space and that it might have been part of a scheme by wealthy financiers to clear space for a high-speed train line. She later deleted her post from Facebook."I think she's recanted some of the crazier things she's said," Cramer acknowledged, but he insisted that "electability is one of the more important criteria in recruiting a candidate." [bold added]Cramer may well be the bravest sane Republican left, but this is generous to a fault in terms of diplomacy. Not so long ago, it might have been easy to find a Republican who would say something like If they run her, they are out of their minds.On the other hand... I'm no politician nor do I deal much with people like Greene. Perhaps Cramer is being diplomatic because he's afraid any sort of confrontation -- especially with facts -- will only embolden her.Here's what one of Greene's staff had to say:A spokesperson for Greene said that Senate Republicans are "afraid of her" and questioned whether senators poo-pooing the idea truly support Trump's MAGA agenda."These are likely the same Republicans refusing to confirm President Trump's nominees, like Ed Martin, because they never stood with [Trump] and still don't," the spokesperson said, referring to Trump's controversial pick [a lawyer for January 6th rioters --ed] to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia....Greene's spokesperson said she would cruise to the Senate Republican nomination if she jumps in the race."Polling shows Congresswoman Greene would blow out a primary. She has the same type of support President Trump has, and now he's president," the spokesperson said. "She has one of the largest digital files in all of Congress, has donors from all 50 states, and has over 11.6 million followers on her social media."Congresswoman Greene would be any candidate's worst nightmare," the source said. [bold added]Of course: To a mind constantly marinating in the MAGA echo chamber, the only possible reasons someone could oppose such a luminary are betrayal to the Dear Leader or cowardice.Given Trump's stranglehold on the GOP, she might well be any Republican candidate's worst nightmare, but hard-core Trumpists are hardly a majority of the general electorate, and Georgia is a swing state, as the article indicates repeatedly.Should Greene run for Senate, I would expect Jon Ossoff to return to Washington, and should she run for Governor, I could see Stacey Abrams taking advantage of the chance to be the "sane" candidate.-- CAVLink to Original EC, tadmjones and Jon Letendre 1 2 Quote
stansfield123 Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 (edited) Like I said in my previous post: we need better "activists". People who have the perspective and life experience to understand that this kind of wallowing in emotionalism isn't rational political speech. That writing a lengthy blog post which uses the same smarmy, childishly insulting language style and selective information sharing every random leftist journalist and political blogger uses ... is incredibly counter-productive if your aim is to explain and popularize Ayn Rand's work. That it's the equivalent of covering yourself in shit while handing out fliers on the streets of Paris to advertise the grand opening of a new Louis Vuitton store. We need activists who's reason for being activists isn't that they're bored and have nothing better to do, so they decide to talk about what some fringe politician is "reportedly considering" doing ... and, because they realize it's a non-story, to decorate it with adjectives in the hopes that someone will forgive the absence of actual news and derive some perverse pleasure from those adjectives instead. We need activists who spent their life acquiring something rare and of great value, which they now wish to share with the world. And this ain't it. Anybody can produce this. Most of us have the common decency to flush after we produce it. Edited May 8 by stansfield123 Jon Letendre 1 Quote
Jon C Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, stansfield123 said: Like I said in my previous post: we need better "activists". People who have the perspective and life experience to understand that this kind of wallowing in emotionalism isn't rational political speech. That writing a lengthy blog post which uses the same smarmy, childishly insulting language style and selective information sharing every random leftist journalist and political blogger uses ... is incredibly counter-productive if your aim is to explain and popularize Ayn Rand's work. That it's the equivalent of covering yourself in shit while handing out fliers on the streets of Paris to advertise the grand opening of a new Louis Vuitton store. We need activists who's reason for being activists isn't that they're bored and have nothing better to do, so they decide to talk about what some fringe politician is "reportedly considering" doing ... and, because they realize it's a non-story, to decorate it with adjectives in the hopes that someone will forgive the absence of actual news and derive some perverse pleasure from those adjectives instead. We need activists who spent their life acquiring something rare and of great value, which they now wish to share with the world. And this ain't it. Anybody can produce this. Most of us have the common decency to flush after we produce it. You think that blog post was long? It was a few paragraphs. You and trump share the same low literacy levels I guess, since you also make no attempt to refute or respond to any of the content of the post (maybe even you have enough shame to refrain from defending a ghoulish twat like MTG). So according to you, bad activism is when you analyze the actions and potential actions of congress members, ( she’s not “some fringe politician” you transparent liar), and good activism (what you do?) is when you whine about blog posts that don’t fellate your preferred dictator and their puppets. Edited May 8 by Jon C Jon Letendre 1 Quote
EC Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 (edited) This is an accurate and excellent blog post which is exactly the type of accurate reporting that we need to see everywhere instead of the insane nonsense that actually shows up in newsfeeds from collectivist/statist anti-American lunatics such as the people with mindless zombie syndrome that laughed at it and downplayed the significance. These type of evil anti-American scum are exactly what is destroying are nation and all of civilization. Edited May 8 by EC Quote
tadmjones Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 Yeah most intellectuals go right to fellating as a pejorative, I guess cigars aren’t always cigars. Quote
Jon C Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 33 minutes ago, tadmjones said: Yeah most intellectuals go right to fellating as a pejorative, I guess cigars aren’t always cigars. Got anything of substance you want to add? Defense of MTG? Defense of OP? Or just letting your inner leftist snowflake out with some good old-fashioned tone policing? Jon Letendre 1 Quote
stansfield123 Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 (edited) Quote accurate reporting It is? Never mind the accurate part, what is being reported? What newsworthy event have you learned about by reading this? Edited May 8 by stansfield123 Quote
Jon C Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 (edited) 25 minutes ago, stansfield123 said: It is? Never mind the accurate part, what is being reported? What newsworthy event have you learned about by reading this? I’ve been tongue-in-cheek calling you illiterate but if you’re actually physically unable to read then my apologies. I’ll use small words. So the article being quoted is talking about how a member of the “House” (the relatively weaker half of congress) named Marjorie is considering running for a more powerful position, either in the “Senate” (that’s the more powerful half) or for “governor” (that’s someone who’s head of the executive of a whole state!). The OP was mulling the possible significance and ramifications of such an attempt, should she make it. Some people have concerns about a certifiable lunatic having even more power than she already does. Not you of course, you’re too busy complaining that other people (those darn unclean imperfect activists) don’t want to sit around and wait for a messiah to save them. Edited May 8 by Jon C Jon Letendre 1 Quote
tadmjones Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 7 hours ago, Jon C said: Got anything of substance you want to add? Defense of MTG? Defense of OP? Or just letting your inner leftist snowflake out with some good old-fashioned tone policing? Not as much policing as making observations. Quote
stansfield123 Posted May 9 Report Posted May 9 18 hours ago, stansfield123 said: It is? Never mind the accurate part, what is being reported? What newsworthy event have you learned about by reading this? Lol, @EC, I think I may have missed some sarcasm over here. Quote
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