The Marjorie Taylor Greene thread.

[Craig4]

Third only to her penchant for drinking babies' blood and sex trafficking children from the basement of a pizza parlor.

...that doesn't have a basement.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Stage 1 of Separation: stop all net transfer of tax money to Red States.

 

[bruto]

God help any electee who did not add it. Pun intended. I think the only thing worse than a 'socialistcommielibtard' to 'real patriots' is an atheist.

No doubt true, but just for clarification the choice of oath or affirmation, and the optional nature of "so help me God" were put in the Constitution not so much for atheists but for Quakers, who are (or were) opposed to oaths and special invocations of God.

 

[gypsyjackson]

God help any electee who did not add it. Pun intended. I think the only thing worse than a 'socialistcommielibtard' to 'real patriots' is an atheist.

A mate of mine who lectured at Berkeley in the mid-2000s swears he saw a redneck interviewed on local TV who said he’d “rather have a Mooslim for President than a atheist, coz at least they believe in something”.

I’m a little sceptical because I think there was a line like that in The Big Lebowski (or maybe another film) but it would tally with your view.

 

[BobTheCoward]

In case this fact has missed your keen eye for detail, ...

There is a significant number of differences between what commentators and writers are supposed to do and what elected leaders are supposed to do.

For example, every member of the US Congress takes the following oath prior to being seated in the US Congress:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."

If the divorce is handled through amending the constitution, then it doesn't violate that.

 

[Foster Zygote]

I’m a little sceptical because I think there was a line like that in The Big Lebowski (or maybe another film) but it would tally with your view.

It was Walter talking about the nihilists. "Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, but at least it's an ethos."

 

[Crossbow]

If the divorce is handled through amending the constitution, then it doesn't violate that.

Fine.

So kindly make sure to let us know when your extremely unlikely possibility actually becomes a reality.

 

[bruto]

If the divorce is handled through amending the constitution, then it doesn't violate that.

There's actually no specific constitutional provision against secession, I think. But it produces an interesting paradox, since a person could, perhaps, promote secession of some territory, but would have to wave goodbye from the shore, so to speak, since once the deed is done one could not support it without violating the oath.

 

[BobTheCoward]

There's actually no specific constitutional provision against secession, I think. But it produces an interesting paradox, since a person could, perhaps, promote secession of some territory, but would have to wave goodbye from the shore, so to speak, since once the deed is done one could not support it without violating the oath.

Considering the states that probably want to go, I would be happy to pack their bags for them.

 

[bruto]

Considering the states that probably want to go, I would be happy to pack their bags for them.

Yes and no. I'd be happy to be rid of them, but they wouldn't be very far away.

I'm reminded of LBJ's answer for why he did not get rid of J. Edgar Hoover, (not probably verbatim but remembered as...) "I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in."

 

[kevbo]

Considering the states that probably want to go, I would be happy to pack their bags for them.

Now, if there were only some way to protect those in red states that live in large urban enclaves.

As has been pointed out, it is more about rural vs urban, than red state vs blue state. I am pretty sure the urban blue would not be happy about having their bags packed for them. They seem okay, if not content, to live where they do due to family, jobs, climate, etc. They probably would like to see political solutions rather than to divide the states.

 

[BobTheCoward]

Now, if there were only some way to protect those in red states that live in large urban enclaves.

As has been pointed out, it is more about rural vs urban, than red state vs blue state. I am pretty sure the urban blue would not be happy about having their bags packed for them. They seem okay, if not content, to live where they do due to family, jobs, climate, etc. They probably would like to see political solutions rather than to divide the states.

Red states are mostly urban and the mostly urban population is voting republican.

 

[kevbo]

Red states are mostly urban and the mostly urban population is voting republican.

Mostly is not all.

 

[Stacyhs]

We're including Lauren Boebert in this thread, aren't we?

A tweet from the brunette equivalent of MTG:

Lauren Boebert
@laurenboebert
A man in Norway just killed a bunch of people with a bow and arrow.

Norway has some of the strictest gun laws around, yet mass killings still occur.

Liberals need to understand it is not the gun - it is the criminal who commits the act!

This guy in Norway killed five people with a bow and arrow. It's the worst mass killing there since 2001. For those who can't count, that 20 years. How many people have been shot to death in the US since 2001? We have more than five people murdered by guns in ONE DAY.

We really do need to have an IQ test above 110 as a requirement to run for office in this country. It would cut down on idiots like MTG, Boebert, and Tuberville getting elected.

 

[gypsyjackson]

We're including Lauren Boebert in this thread, aren't we?

A tweet from the brunette equivalent of MTG:




This guy in Norway killed five people with a bow and arrow. It's the worst mass killing there since 2001. For those who can't count, that 20 years. How many people have been shot to death in the US since 2001? We have more than five people murdered by guns in ONE DAY.

We really do need to have an IQ test above 110 as a requirement to run for office in this country. It would cut down on idiots like MTG, Boebert, and Tuberville getting elected.

The Anders Breivik massacre was in 2011, and was considerably worse in terms of numbers. But doesn’t detract from your point in general.

 

[gypsyjackson]

It was Walter talking about the nihilists. "Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, but at least it's an ethos."

That also feels apposite, somehow…

 

[Stacyhs]

The Anders Breivik massacre was in 2011, and was considerably worse in terms of numbers. But doesn’t detract from your point in general.

 

[rambaldi]

A mate of mine who lectured at Berkeley in the mid-2000s swears he saw a redneck interviewed on local TV who said he’d “rather have a Mooslim for President than a atheist, coz at least they believe in something”.
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True or not, a lot of MTG's disciples would be much happier with joining the Taliban, walking around with their M16s, keeping women in the kitchen etc

 

[Norman Alexander]

True or not, a lot of MTG's disciples would be much happier with joining the Taliban, walking around with their M16s, keeping women in the kitchen etc

Many already have. They just don't know it yet.

 

[eerok]

It couldn't happen to a more deserving pair of jackasses.

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz’s Big Fundraising PAC is Nearly Broke (motherjones.com)

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz both have a knack for ginning up outrage and stealing headlines. All this sound and fury is assumed to hoover up dollars from the riled up grassroots, but that’s not true, according to the most recent campaign finance filings.

In its first few months, the Put America First PAC seemed like it was off to a hot start, raising $360,000 in its first two months—but according to new campaign finance filings made by the PAC it now has just $13,000 in cash. Multiple tour stops were cancelled this summer. Gaetz and Greene did hold at least one major event in Iowa in August. Despite attracting big headlines, the rally was, apparently, a financial bust. The group spent $159,000 from July 1 to September 30, and raised just $57,000.