George Santos charged with defrauding campaign donors

[mgidm86]

Party of law and order!

 

[TragicMonkey]

Can he be the new Speaker? The other guy trying for it seems unpopular also.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

party affiliation

About a week ago a resident of New York wrote, "I asked a neighbor of mine who had a Santos sign on his property what he thought. George Santos was elected my congressman, having beaten the Democratic nominee, Robert Zimmerman, pretty handily, replacing Tommy Suozzi as our representative. Why, I asked. He wasn’t the Democrat, was the answer my neighbor gave me. But did you know anything about Santos, who he was, what he stood for? “Nah. Who cared? He wasn’t the Democrat.”"

In the book Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman related a story about his father voting for a democrat who was a fool and a crook, just because he did not a republican to win. I don't have the quote in front of me; therefore, I cannot say how comparable the two situations were.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Indeed he wasn't the Democrat. And therein lies the problem.

 

[The Don]

About a week ago a resident of New York wrote, "I asked a neighbor of mine who had a Santos sign on his property what he thought. George Santos was elected my congressman, having beaten the Democratic nominee, Robert Zimmerman, pretty handily, replacing Tommy Suozzi as our representative. Why, I asked. He wasn’t the Democrat, was the answer my neighbor gave me. But did you know anything about Santos, who he was, what he stood for? “Nah. Who cared? He wasn’t the Democrat.”"

In the book Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman related a story about his father voting for a democrat who was a fool and a crook, just because he did not a republican to win. I don't have the quote in front of me; therefore, I cannot say how comparable the two situations were.

Indeed he wasn't the Democrat. And therein lies the problem.

And even worse than that, likely on a case-by-case basis he would prefer the Democratic Party position on many (most ?) key policies so he's voting blind against his own interests and preferred positions.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I actually really like him. His mom really was a housekeeper and how many members of congress can say that. Val Demings mainly ran on growing up poor and got no points for that. I donated to her early on but she laid the poor thing on pretty thick. She should have ran on the issues. There were a lot of issues considering who she was running against. About Santos, it is pretty sad that you have to make lies like that to get elected. And they were really good fun lies! I think if given half the chance he could be really fun to watch.

I'm not in agreement about 'good fun lies', but how sad Santos felt the need to lie about his mother who was a housekeeper and/or cook. That's nothing to be ashamed of for sure.

 

[timhau]

The more a country uses the terms "People's", "Socialist", or "Democratic", the less they actually are any of those. The same thing with "Freedom" and "Patriot (or form thereof) with groups.

Actually, "Socialist" is the one where they usually mean what they say. One of the S's in "USSR" was for "Socialist", for example.

Nazi Germany is the exception, and I can't think of any others.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Actually, "Socialist" is the one where they usually mean what they say. One of the S's in "USSR" was for "Socialist", for example.

Nazi Germany is the exception, and I can't think of any others.

They may "mean" what they say, but they rarely know what the word means. They just know that the word exists and it means "something bad".

 

[sackett]

They may "mean" what they say, but they rarely know what the word means. They just know that the word exists and it means "something bad".

Come to that, nobody seems to know what "socialist" means. In Europe, it's a word you stick into your political party's name. It's supposed to attract votes.

 

[Stacyhs]

Actually, "Socialist" is the one where they usually mean what they say. One of the S's in "USSR" was for "Socialist", for example.

Nazi Germany is the exception, and I can't think of any others.

Not quite. The USSR wasn't socialist or communist in the true sense of the words. Historians generally agree that it was a state capitalist society run by an elite class of Communist Party members.

Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam) is not a true socialist country either.

 

[dudalb]

Not quite. The USSR wasn't socialist or communist in the true sense of the words. Historians generally agree that it was a state capitalist society run by an elite class of Communist Party members.

Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam) is not a true socialist country either.

True Socialist country will never exist. True Socialism just does not fit in with human nature.

 

[varwoche]

Did Santos flash a white supremacist signal on the floor of the House?

That doesn't look inadvertant. He's ardent MAGA so it would come as no surprise.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

True Socialist country will never exist. True Socialism just does not fit in with human nature.

Same with capitalism, a purely capitalist country will never exist either.

Countries have to be a mix with varying proportions.

 

[Stacyhs]

Did Santos flash a white supremacist signal on the floor of the House?

That doesn't look inadvertant. He's ardent MAGA so it would come as no surprise.

Can Santos get any more stupid? From you article:

Santos hired a MAGA “fixer” to help him repair his image, a source told The Post Friday. Viswanag “Vish” Burra, a world political operative tied to ex-White House strategist Steve Bannon and businessman Carl Paladino, joined Santos’ team at the recommendation of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida).

More on Burra:

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/george-santos-congress-wdj27f5v

 

[Mike!]

Can Santos get any more stupid? From you article:



More on Burra:

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/george-santos-congress-wdj27f5v

...at the recommendation of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida).

Seeking out the best possible advice at every turn.

 

[mgidm86]

Okay there has got to be some equally stupid stuff going on with the Democrats right? I mean I'm just trying to make sure we aren't being unfair!

I just continue to have a problem accepting that a large group of people in this country are this ridiculously insane, stupid, foolish, hateful...basically everything bad and wrong. They are badong

And they are a caricature of all these things because the are so over the top with all of it. ALL of it.

We must all be equally bad, right? So where is it with the Dems currently? Any child molesters being protected, any Herschel Walkers babbling about? Anyone crying for the bible to be law of the land and the Constitution to be ignored? Crying about losing elections (and attempting to steal them), where's the MTG and Boobert? I laugh when they still mention AOC after all this time. Puuuhleeez! Who?

Why aren't there any threads about these bad Dems? And not to mention, but I will, where is the thread for "all others without their own thread" LOL! The fact that such a thread even exists....

And why am I the one who thinks they need a shrink?
I'm not crazy!
You're the one's who's crazy!
You're driving me crazy!

Okay gotta go.

 

[gnome]

Have a Pepsi.

 

[Mike!]

Okay there has got to be some equally stupid stuff going on with the Democrats right? I mean I'm just trying to make sure we aren't being unfair!

I just continue to have a problem accepting that a large group of people in this country are this ridiculously insane, stupid, foolish, hateful...basically everything bad and wrong. They are badong

And they are a caricature of all these things because the are so over the top with all of it. ALL of it.

We must all be equally bad, right? So where is it with the Dems currently? Any child molesters being protected, any Herschel Walkers babbling about? Anyone crying for the bible to be law of the land and the Constitution to be ignored? Crying about losing elections (and attempting to steal them), where's the MTG and Boobert? I laugh when they still mention AOC after all this time. Puuuhleeez! Who?

Why aren't there any threads about these bad Dems? And not to mention, but I will, where is the thread for "all others without their own thread" LOL! The fact that such a thread even exists....

And why am I the one who thinks they need a shrink?
I'm not crazy!
You're the one's who's crazy!
You're driving me crazy!

Okay gotta go.

"They all think I'm crazy, but I know better. It is not I who are crazy. It is I who am *mad*! Can't you hear them? Didn't you see the crowd?" - Ren Hoek

 

[shemp]

Have a Pepsi.

His mother wouldn't give it to him.

 

[Stacyhs]

Okay there has got to be some equally stupid stuff going on with the Democrats right? I mean I'm just trying to make sure we aren't being unfair!

I just continue to have a problem accepting that a large group of people in this country are this ridiculously insane, stupid, foolish, hateful...basically everything bad and wrong. They are badong

And they are a caricature of all these things because the are so over the top with all of it. ALL of it.

We must all be equally bad, right? So where is it with the Dems currently? Any child molesters being protected, any Herschel Walkers babbling about? Anyone crying for the bible to be law of the land and the Constitution to be ignored? Crying about losing elections (and attempting to steal them), where's the MTG and Boobert? I laugh when they still mention AOC after all this time. Puuuhleeez! Who?

Why aren't there any threads about these bad Dems? And not to mention, but I will, where is the thread for "all others without their own thread" LOL! The fact that such a thread even exists....

And why am I the one who thinks they need a shrink?
I'm not crazy!
You're the one's who's crazy!
You're driving me crazy!

Okay gotta go.

Why do you think the right-wing is so obsessed with Hunter Biden's laptop? It's all they've got.