All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[Tendrin]

Biden should never have committed to picking a woman as his running mate so early on.

I'm pretty sure he made that promise already knowing who he wanted. It was almost certainly decided ages ago.

Here's Klobuchar, who knows the score:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...f-color-329301

Sen. Amy Klobuchar late Thursday said she personally called presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to advise he pick a woman of color as his running mate, effectively announcing the end of her vice presidential aspirations.

"I truly believe, as I actually told the vice president last night when I called him, that I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket," the Minnesota Democrat told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell. "And there is so many incredibly qualified women."

The reality is that his short-list was likely decided months ago, and the top name has always been the top name. Barring an unforseen development in the vetting, it is likely that the relevant people have known for months.

[BeastieRunner]

Pew had a thing up not too long ago that nearly 63% of Americans would vote for a woman, regardless of party, for POTUS in 2020.

That's a marketed swing.

[Tendrin]

Pew had a thing up not too long ago that nearly 63% of Americans would vote for a woman, regardless of party, for POTUS in 2020.

That's a marketed swing.

Right up until a woman is selected, then it becomes Not That Woman 2020.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Pew had a thing up not too long ago that nearly 63% of Americans would vote for a woman, regardless of party, for POTUS in 2020.

That's a marketed swing.

"Regardless of party"? C'mon now! Do you REALLY believe the GOP who puts the BOY in old boy network would throw their weight behind a woman candidate for president? They'd sooner support Barack Obama than see a female in the Oval Office, even if she was a Republican. The misogyny in today's GOP is just too strong to allow that to happen.

[worstblogever]

She's also deeply anti-gay, believes cooky conspiracy theories, has a history going back with a deeply anti-gay pastor, has ties to and is an apologist for the Hindu nationalist movement in India, and is very okay with anything that hurts Muslims.

Also her bizarre inability to criticize Bashar al-Assad.

[worstblogever]

Some CSGOPOTD election updates:

Shirtless reindeer farmer guy and former 1 term Michigan Congressman Kerry Bentivolio lost his bid to win the GOP nomination to return to DC.
Former disgraced Sheriff and rabid racist Joe Arpaio lost the Republican Primary to get his old job back as Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff. He gets no rematch against Paul Penzone.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Some CSGOPOTD election updates:

Former disgraced Sheriff and rabid racist Joe Arpaio lost the Republican Primary to get his old job back as Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff. He gets no rematch against Paul Penzone.

Excellent! It's well past time Arpaio was put out to pasture. Let's hope the old rat bastard is gone for good.

[worstblogever]

Excellent! It's well past time Arpaio was put out to pasture. Let's hope the old rat bastard is gone for good.

Until he's in the ground and sealed in a coffin with anti-racist magicks upon it to seal him in like an anti-immigrant Imhotep, we can't be sure he is.

[InformationGeek]

Trump is officially suing Nevada over mail-in ballots.

[worstblogever]

In 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, as well as 2018, "Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day" published profiles of the former U.S. House Representative from Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, Trent Franks. In our first look at Rep. Franks, we had to let everyone know that there's nothing wrong with your eyes, his mouth is kind of weird, as Rep. Franks was born with a cleft lip and palate and required surgery to correct it. That’s honestly one of the least weird things about him, as he’s declared Barack Obama an “enemy of humanity”, segued debates on the House floor about a balanced budget amendment into a discussion of abortion and Nazis, claiming straight married couples “deserve” the legal rights they get as opposed to gays and that LGBTQ advocates are “intolerant” of Christians, claims there’s nothing in the Bible that obligates Christians to help the poor, demanded investigations into President Obama’s birth certificate, and to top it all off, once said in an interview that “African Americans were better off under slavery”. Franks was one of the, if not the most fervently anti-abortion Republican in Congress (and that’s saying something), and accidentally revealed that the GOP knew about the Center for Medical Progress’ fraudulent Planned Parenthood “sting” videos before they were ever released to the public. He has compared legalized abortion in the United States to both slavery, and the Holocaust, and gone on the Family Research Council’s Washington Watch and promised God's Judgment would soon fall upon abortion providers as it once did upon those who worshipped at altars to Baal (because that sounds perfectly sane).. Franks has gone on FOX News to say that ISIS was going to work together with Iran (even though they are sworn enemies of one another) and attack America with a nuclear weapon while President Obama would be out golfing, and that he was regarding President Obama’s executive orders on immigration as saying that they were the “death of the Republic”. After Donald Trump got a lot of Russian help to win the 2016 presidential election, and the intelligence community began to reveal the extent of the Russian attacks upon our democracy, Trent Franks went on MSNBC to say that if the Russians hacked our elections, it actually was a form of “public service”. But that wasn’t even the stupidest thing he said since we last covered him, not by a long shot. Rep. Franks was arguing in favor of tighter border security, giving the example that in his mind, it would be possible for terrorists to smuggle a nuclear weapon across the U.S./Mexico border by hiding it inside of bales of marijuana. In 2017, while a lot of #MeToo stories were coming out and GOP Congressmen were getting forced into early retirement for sexual harassment in the capitol, all of a sudden, Trent Franks had his name come up, as well. The details… well, the most graphic details remain mostly unknown…. However, the allegations are that Trent Franks had gone full “Handmaid’s Tale” on staffers, often pulling them aside and asking if they would be surrogate mothers for his future children, hoping to have sex with them to impregnate them. This absolute bastard was shown the door and won’t be missed.

On this date in 2019, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profiled John Cox, the Republican nominee to be the Governor of California in 2018. His prior political experience was to run a losing campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois in 2000, and for U.S. Senate in Illinois in 2002. He also was the first Republican to announce a presidential campaign in 2008, and got all of 10 votes in the Iowa caucuses. Cox got the endorsement of Donald Trump, which around the country was the kiss of death… but in California? Why, would you adopt a staunch anti-immigration policy in one of the states calling the most for reform? Cox was already a dead man walking, from an electoral standpoint. Making matters worse, in the final months of the campaign in August of 2018, John Cox compared long lines at the DMV to “the Holocaust”. A savvy political campaign might be able to spin their way out of that. John Cox does not run savvy campaigns, as his campaign spokesman came up with so save face was ”John isn’t saying it was worse than the Holocaust. The guy didn’t say it was worse than the Holocaust. He was saying that it reminded him of pre-war Germany when Jews had to wait in lines to be processed.” After bizarrely ignoring all of California’s major cities on the campaign trail, and instead, trying to rally his followers at places as scenic as a Costco gas station (and being asked to please leave), Cox only got 38% of the vote in California against Gavin Newsom. We’re pretty sure he isn’t going to make another state-wide run for office again and as such, we’ll retire his profile at this time and take a look at another kooky Republican today instead. (Current crazy/stupid scoreboard, is now 900-45, since this was established in July 2014.


Joe Rae Perkins

Welcome to what is the 900th original profile here at “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day”, where we’ll be discussing Joe Rae Perkins, a failed 2014 candidate for U.S. Senate in Oregon, a losing candidate for Oregon’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in both 2016 and 2018, and now, an almost certainly losing candidate for U.S. Senate in Oregon again in 2020. It’s not just that she got just under 50% of the vote in a four way GOP primary… it’s that she’s in one of the bluest states in the union or that her opponent is popular Senator Jeff Merkley… but at the moment, all the news coming out of Portland makes it seem like folks in Oregon are motivated to vote blue to oppose a fascist White House.

And that political analysis is even before we address Joe Rae Perkins as a candidate. She has filed for personal bankruptcy twice, and as recently as 2008, fired from an investment firm for violating company policies, and in 2005 plead “no contest” to charges after she tried impeding police officers from arresting her son at her home on an outstanding warrant. She models herself after Marsha Blackburn, who she considers “poised and even keeled”. . Yes, she said that about THIS Marsha Blackburn.

But the real headline on Joe Rae Perkins isn’t any of that, or her desire to do away with the U.S. Forestry Service. Nope, it’s that she is fervently into the QAnon conspiracy theory. So much so that when she won the GOP Primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Oregon, she shared a video of herself holding up the slogan for QAnon followers to thank them for supporting her… which her campaign staffers were wise enough to rush and delete before that became her entire campaign’s legacy. However, Joe Rae Perkins is bats*** enough to publicly pout about her video getting taken down by her own staff, and then explaining all the ways that she loves QAnon, how long she’s been following the group (November of 2017), and that she’s even seen Donald Trump show support for the group by drawing the letter “Q” in the air with his hands during his rallies.

In interviews after her victory, Perkins also showed that isn’t the only conspiracy theory she’s into, either, she thinks Covid-19 is “fake” or “just the flu” and made the rather insensitive remark that people being required to wear masks would be “wearing full-cover hijabs”.

So yes, the question in November won’t be IF Joe Rae Perkins is going to lose, but how much of an absolute wipeout the outcome will be for and Oregon Republicans.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Until he's in the ground and sealed in a coffin with anti-racist magicks upon it to seal him in like an anti-immigrant Imhotep, we can't be sure he is.

Heh! Now wouldn't THAT be a sight to see?

Trump is officially suing Nevada over mail-in ballots.

Well, of course he is. Does he know that some of those voters being sent ballots are military personnel stationed abroad? Does Trump want to **** with their right to vote, or can we assume he doesn't care? (I know, silly question)

[worstblogever]

Trump is officially suing Nevada over mail-in ballots.

Starting to wonder if losing in court is one of Trump's secret fetishes.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Starting to wonder if losing in court is one of Trump's secret fetishes.

Well, he's sure gotten a lot of enjoyment from that over the decades. I'm sure Trump still reminisces fondly over that 1987 anti-trust lawsuit he "won" over the NFL, but was awarded all of three bucks for his trouble. Ahhh, good times. my friends, good times!

[PaulBullion]

Some CSGOPOTD election updates:

Shirtless reindeer farmer guy and former 1 term Michigan Congressman Kerry Bentivolio lost his bid to win the GOP nomination to return to DC.
Former disgraced Sheriff and rabid racist Joe Arpaio lost the Republican Primary to get his old job back as Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff. He gets no rematch against Paul Penzone.

Has the Arpaio race been called yet? Seems too close to call.

[worstblogever]

Has the Arpaio race been called yet? Seems too close to call.

Maricopa County Recorder website has 100% in, and says Arpaio lost by 500 votes.

https://recorder.maricopa.gov/electi...imary2020.aspx

I'm sure Joe's going to demand a recount and start blubbering lies about election fraud and all that.