I think Mitt Romney is another of those rare Republicans.If there are others, they need to stand up and push back. — James Riley
They tend to be old and rare these days. When you make an international investment here, they don't ask anymore if you have participated in the holocaust or not anymore (something obviously that American legislators had successfully pushed forward earlier in Europe).I can't imagine being a Holocaust survivor listening to all these equations. :roll: — James Riley
I think Mitt Romney is another of those rare Republicans. — ssu
Censure has zero effect beyond political finger-wagging, anyways. So, along with the press and woke social media CEOs, congress will make a big show of it, but that's about the end of it. — NOS4A2
That’s the effect of their blind, censorial rage. Censure requires no compulsory action. — NOS4A2
Censure has zero effect beyond political finger-wagging, anyways. So, along with the press and woke social media CEOs, congress will make a big show of it, but that's about the end of it. — NOS4A2
Dan Crenshaw? He has criticized Trump's actions on Jan 6th and basically for the ex-soldier Trump "isn't the Devil, but isn't Jesus either". I think that is actually a very representative attitude of how Republicans really think of Trump, when you toned down the hype.Can't believe he'd follow a coward like Trump, but it's not my party. — James Riley
That would be like giving your little finger to the devil. And naturally Trump makes democrats and other pinko-liberals like those in Hollywood absolutely crazy. For many that is the real thing they like in Trump. — ssu
And I won't lie to you and say I did not thoroughly enjoy Trump destroying the other Republican candidates back in 2016 in the primaries, I loved it. — Manuel
But once the table manners return, it's time to settle down and act like adults. For Trump, being a jerk was not a tactic, but an actual personality/character trait. — James Riley
Dan Crenshaw? He has criticized Trump's actions on Jan 6th and basically for the ex-soldier Trump "isn't the Devil, but isn't Jesus either". I think that is actually a very representative attitude of how Republicans really think of Trump, when you toned down the hype. — ssu
I like AOC here — Manuel
No. Not. He's been around a long time. If there was any good in him, we'd all know it. He's just not as bad as some. And actually, I think he is, but too careful to make too much trouble for anyone except those he can hurt with relative impunity.I think Mitt Romney is another of those rare Republicans. — ssu
If AOC were a man, she would not get nearly as much crap. I'm pretty confident about that. — Manuel
But I don't see AOC kicking anyone, being disrespectful or otherwise "asking for it." She's been acting like a lady, and respectful, just speaking some truth: if that hurts some Republican or challenges his masculinity, tough. He's the pussy. Let Trump grab him. — James Riley
Anyway, I know full well I sound like a sexist POS but that's the way I roll. I don't want to see her end up like Hillary or Nancy or Mitch McConnel. They got tough, which is not bad, but they also got conniving. Sad, really. — James Riley
When I look back at what I just said, I realize how naïve and stupid I sound. It is, after all, politics. I guess that's why I stay out the kitchen: I can't handle the heat. :lol: Good luck to her (and Bernie). — James Riley
Gosar is the 24th House member to be censured. Though it carries no practical effect, except to provide a historic footnote that marks a lawmaker's career, it is the strongest punishment the House can issue short of expulsion, which requires a two-thirds vote.
A censure resolution, if brought to the floor, could pass by majority vote. (Expelling a member requires a two-thirds majority.) A censure would have no practical effects on the GOP congressman, but it would a permanent scar on Gosar's record.
Civically educated people effectively spend their time producing and publishing threatening anime memes directed at politicians? — praxis
Making shitty memes is the politics of the proletariat. — StreetlightX
Maybe instead of sticking up for bloodsucking politicians consider putting away your high-nosed class pretentions? — StreetlightX
Normalization of deviance is a term used by the American sociologist Diane Vaughan to describe the process in which deviance from correct or proper behavior becomes normalized in a corporate culture.[1]
Vaughan defines this as a process where a clearly unsafe practice comes to be considered normal if it does not immediately cause a catastrophe: "a long incubation period [before a final disaster] with early warning signs that were either misinterpreted, ignored or missed completely".
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