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

[worstblogever]

So, are the police in the capital are super incompetent or is there something going on here? Because nothing about the reports make sense.

Also, you people need to stop falling for the obvious attempts to make the people divided. This has nothing to do with racism.

There was a guy waving a Confederate flag around inside the Capitol Building yesterday. Those people who charged the building were incited by a white nationalist president.

Gonna say racism was a factor on some level as to their motivations, still. And that the difference in how the police handled them certainly was.

[babyblob]

I am very upset about what happened last night. But what upsets me as much is the after math. People who are going on that these people resigning are traitors, that Giuliani did a great thing when he spoke out against what happened forgetting that he egged them on, Congressmen and Senators who still contested the election results after what happened, making that dumb bitch who was shot as some kind of martyr, and saying how great of a leader Trump is because two months after a legal election and a failed coup that he will do a peaceful transition of power.

This country is in a Hell of a lot of trouble.

[SuperiorIronman]

I found out relatives had been there last night. I don't know if they went in the building or not but they're dead to me. You don't enable/aid in treason/terrorism. You don't get to just storm the capital because you didn't like the results. This isn't a situation where a dictator just took power, this was an election you lost.

The people who'd been there deserve to be on trial plain and simple. And the fact people walked out of there when people got murdered and beaten by police for far less in D.C only a few months ago, I don't wanna "both sides" out of a god damn person. You're a fucking failure of a Human being if you can't see what's wrong with last night.

[Tami]

Following Capitol siege, Maryland Democratic Party says Rep. Andy Harris must immediately resign, calling him ‘disgrace’

The Maryland Democratic Party on Thursday called on U.S. Rep. Andy Harris to immediately resign, saying he is a “disgrace” to the state and that he and other Republican members of Congress were complicit in the violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol that left four people dead.

“Make no mistake, the Republican members of Congress who instigated this violence — including Representative Harris — are complicit in this attempted insurrection,” said a statement by state Democratic chair Yvette Lewis. “They have blood on their hands.”

Police say one woman was shot by U.S. Capitol Police and three others died in medical emergencies as a mob loyal to GOP President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in support of the chief executive’s unfounded claims that the Nov. 3 election was rigged against him.

Harris, a sixth-term conservative and anesthesiologist, was among the those who voted to contest the presidential election results in two states after Congress reconvened late Wednesday to certify Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

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This went down late last night during the House debate: Conner Lamb started dropping truth bombs, Andy Harris from TX reacted like a bratty child, Pelosi tried to continue and then... schoolyard antics.

[worstblogever]

Much like the plan to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, these chucklef***s didn't have a plan past "storm the building!"

Much like Ted Cruz's theatrics during the 2013 Government Shutdown, when it was "throw s*** on the White House lawn!"

Much like the standoff at the Bundy Ranch or Malheur Wildlife refuge.


The evil of the conservative movement keeps being undone by their sheer stupidity and lack of imagination. The coup failed because they didn't actually know how to do anything but throw a tantrum. They don't think farther ahead then committing violence, and the politicians egging them on don't think farther then, "fundraise off of this".

[babyblob]

Much like the plan to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, these chucklef***s didn't have a plan past "storm the building!"

Much like Ted Cruz's theatrics during the 2013 Government Shutdown, when it was "throw s*** on the White House lawn!"

Much like the standoff at the Bundy Ranch or Malheur Wildlife refuge.


The evil of the conservative movement keeps being undone by their sheer stupidity and lack of imagination. The coup failed because they didn't actually know how to do anything but throw a tantrum. They don't think farther ahead then committing violence, and the politicians egging them on don't think farther then, "fundraise off of this".

This right here. The so called party of the people does not give a damn about the people who stormed the capital last night. They fired them up and used them how they wanted. Cruz and the others contested the results because they knew these people will see them as heroes and they can use them farther.

Biden being sworn in and the Dems winning the Senate is a huge start. But these people are still out there. And if people like Hawley and Cruz can not get what they want in legal means they showed yesterday they have no problem resorting to terrorism to get what they want.

[The Cool Thatguy]

I keep seeing 'Cabinet considers 25th amendment'.

Bullshit. They didn't have the balls then and don't now. Hopefully they impeach his ass again, just to smear him further in history

[worstblogever]

On this date in 2015, "Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day" ran a profile of Chris Mapp, a former candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas whose opinion of President Obama was that he was "a socialist son of a bitch" and his immigration policy as literally "shoot wetbacks on sight". After the latter comment drew widespread criticism for publishing that latter opinion in an editorial, Mapp defended the term, saying using it in Texas was "as easy as breathing air", before updating his campaign website to tell poor people to "GET UP OFF YOUR DEAD ASS AND GET TO WORK". Alas, Sen. John Cornyn had little trouble advancing past Mapp in the GOP Primary, and he only got 1.8% of the vote. Since we haven't seen Mapp emerge to run for any office since.

On this date in 2016, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” posted a profile of Pete Brunstetter, a former North Carolina State Senator who sponsored an attempt to create an amendment to the state constitution ban same sex marriage. That's not the worst part... the reason for his gay marriage opposition per his wife in multiple statements is so that Caucasians will not be outpaced in breeding by minorities. Brunstetter survived the controversy to win re-election in 2012, but then resigned his office in 2013, halfway through the term, to take a job working as an executive at Novant Health.

On this date in both 2017, 2018, 2019, as well as 2020, "Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day" published its first profile of Colorado State Senator Owen Hill, who was first elected to that office back in 2012. Briefly in 2014, he entered the race for the U.S. Senate before backing out after recordings of Owen Hill at a Republican fundraiser discussing his time doing volunteer work in Nairobi that threw fuel on the Birther conspiracy theory, as he said, "You spend time out there in a Kenyan slum and little kids are running around barefoot in these kinds of streets and you ask them what they want to be, they want to be an astronaut, they want to be a physicist, a marine biologist, one kid even told me he wanted to be President of the United States. I held back my snarky comment that said ‘Well, you know what, we already have someone from Kenya as President of the United States.'" When those comments came to light and Hill was called out for participating in racist conspiracy talk, he refused to apologize for it, and claimed it was an overreaction from "radicals" working for Mark Udall's campaign. Anyway, as a legislator, Hill voted for an attempt to allow students to introduce religious counterarguments during science class in schools, voted against HB 1224, an effort to limit the size of ammunition magazines after the shooter in the Aurora massacre killed dozens of people with such a capability, voted to cravenly defend the right of domestic violence offenders to continue to keep their guns, and co-sponsored SB 268, an end-around attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade by changing the definition of a "person" in assault and homicides to include fetuses. Bizarrely, Hill made news in 2017 for co-sponsoring a new bill that would legalize the carrying of switchblades and omit them from the classification as a “deadly weapon” because… well, we don’t know. I guess he’s in the pro-stabbing lobby, which seems odd for a guy who purports himself to be pro-life. So pro-life, in fact, that in 2018, he voted against establishing grants to fund suicide prevention funding for schools in Colorado. t? Owen Hill had another failed attempt to get elected to U.S. Senate in 2018 instead going out in flames trying to run to the right of for U.S. House Rep. Doug Lamborn in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. Owen Hill’s career ended with a whimper as he faced term limits in the Colorado State Senate in 2020. As such, we’ll set aside his profile and take a look at another kooky Republican today instead. (Current crazy/stupid scoreboard, is now 952-45, since this was established in July 2014.

[Joker]

I keep seeing 'Cabinet considers 25th amendment'.

Bullshit. They didn't have the balls then and don't now. Hopefully they impeach his ass again, just to smear him further in history

Removing him from power with two weeks left would be 100% in line with this current administration and their "too little too late" actions. Everything they do is after the line of human decency has been crossed. I fully expect them to actually do it in some effort to "save face".

[babyblob]

Removing him from power with two weeks left would be 100% in line with this current administration and their "too little too late" actions. Everything they do is after the line of human decency has been crossed. I fully expect them to actually do it in some effort to "save face".

The sad thing is they will debate it and debate it and talk about it then do it on the 18th when there is no time for it to mean anything. Then they will say "See we did everything we could to stop this mad man." And the fucking dumbass people will buy into it and talk about how it was the bravest political move in American history.

[worstblogever]

Michael Doherty
Welcome to what is the 952nd original profile here at “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day”, where we’ll be discussing New Jersey State Senator Michael Doherty, who has represented District 23 in that body since 2009, and prior to that, served six years in the New Jersey General Assembly. He has yet to have any success in running for offices higher than that, but was rumored to be a Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2017, and in 2012, had a failed bid for U.S. Senate where he dropped out of the race prior to the primary. Frankly, though, we’re pretty sure he’s doomed his chances of becoming a candidate for statewide office in a state as blue as New Jersey, given some of the s*** he’s said and done to embrace the “Trump Republican” brand the past three years or so.

Before we dive into the things that he made news for, we’ll peek at his career as a legislator, and note how Doherty’s voting record has featured a lot of “NO” votes as the politics of his state have evolved past noted douchebag Governor Chris Christie. Through the past several years, Michael Doherty has been fiercely consistent in anti-LGBTQ votes, opposing one to approve same sex marriage, voting against a ban on gay conversion therapy, voting against approving changes to a person’s gender on birth certificates, and voting against a bill to prevent discrimination against transgender students in schools. His opposition to LGBTQ people having, y’know, rights, is not the only thing he’s been strictly opposed to, as he has voted against every prospective minimum wage increase in the state legislature since he took office, and shockingly, he also voted against a bill to outlaw child marriage in the state.

But we noticed something else in Michael Doherty’s voting record… he seems to be absent whenever there’s a vote he isn’t bold enough to state a position on. When a bill to ban 3D printed firearms dropped? Well, that’s just common sense. COMMON SENSE THE NRA WOULD GIVE YOU LESS THAN AN “A” RATING FOR. So Doherty, the coward that he is, didn’t show up that day. When a bill dropped that law enforcement officers should go through diversity training? Hey, in these times where cops are killing people of color like Donald Trump wouldn’t care much if they did… that’s just common sense. COMMON SENSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WOULD THROW A FIT ABOUT. So, again, Michael Doherty just decided to stay at home like Ferris Bueller putting the thermometer on the light bulb, but without the charm of a young Matthew Broderick.

The past three years, however, Michael Doherty has made headlines on two issues for being a dumbs***, for lack of a better term. The first, in January of 2018, was the “re-aligning as a Trump Republican” we were mentioning. In a profile in a newspaper, Doherty went on a rant against immigrants, lamenting how “people want to feel comfortable with their culture,” so he opposed increasing immigration from “non-European” nations that are not part of a "Judeo-Christian culture." And… that’s the sort of s*** that former Iowa Congressman Steve King would say after hanging out with European white nationalists. A few days later, during a debate in the New Jersey State Senate over pay equality for women, Michael Doherty unironically started to frame the argument how he was a victim of “bullying” for being a white man.

"It sort of hurts, it does, to be constantly told that you're the source of the problem. Just because I'm a member of a certain group doesn't mean that I can be denigrated over and over again. It's got to stop at some point."

2018, however, was nothing compared to September of 2020, when of all times, Michael Doherty thought while giving a speech on 9-11, he should go ahead and make as many insane statements about the BlackLivesMatter movement as possible, bizarrely calling it “Marxist”, while insisting that the idea that the United States suffers from systemic racism is an “evil lie”. Not for nothing, but we really shouldn’t be surprised, considering this ***hole pulled his “absent” trick on voting for a Juneteenth holiday as well. Seems like he’s getting more and more racist by the day.

And stupid, as well. While New Jersey’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been one of the better ones across the country, through the entire crisis, Michael Doherty has been an anti-mask moron harming public trust in the measures taken by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy to encourage people to wear them and save lives. Doherty said mask mandates were a “clear and present danger to New Jersey” in July of 2020, which is a term usually reserved for terror attacks. One of the other big steps taken by sane members of New Jersey’s state government was to increase access to mail-in voting so everyone wouldn’t avoid the polls for fear of catching the virus, or worse, stand in line at them and have it turn into a super-spreader event in early November. Guess which craven piece of garbage was not present to vote on the measure to increase it? MICHAEL DOHERTY, AGAIN.

Election Day came and went, and the guy Michael Doherty has rebranded himself in the spirit of, Donald Trump, lost in what he himself by seven million votes, and what he himself describes as an electoral “landslide”. Thereafter, what do you think Doherty, the guy who didn’t show up to vote for mail-in voting did? If you guessed started spreading conspiracy theories about election fraud and pushing back on the idea that Joe Biden would be our 46th president, you guessed right.

We’re closing out today’s profile by pointing out that while being an incredibly racist, sea-worthy douche-canoe that thinks white men are the real victims like Michael Dougherty does has, at this point, not been a problem for his re-election through 2017 because his district is 90% white. However, he is up for re-election this fall, and maybe somebody sane should challenge him in the Republican Primary if any sane Republicans still exist. If not, the people of his district might want to take a long look at themselves in the mirror and decide if they can still vote a guy who’s embracing white nationalism into office, or decide maybe it’s a good time to start embracing a party that actually cares if they live or die of coronavirus. It really shouldn’t be a tough choice.

[worstblogever]

I'd like to dedicate the above profile of Michael Doherty to Tami, who has done a marvelous job of not just commenting on national politics in here, but often takes time to give the perspective of the Garden State, as well.

[Korath]

Much like the plan to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, these chucklef***s didn't have a plan past "storm the building!"

Much like Ted Cruz's theatrics during the 2013 Government Shutdown, when it was "throw s*** on the White House lawn!"

Much like the standoff at the Bundy Ranch or Malheur Wildlife refuge.


The evil of the conservative movement keeps being undone by their sheer stupidity and lack of imagination. The coup failed because they didn't actually know how to do anything but throw a tantrum. They don't think farther ahead then committing violence, and the politicians egging them on don't think farther then, "fundraise off of this".

It's still incredibly dangerous. In 1928, nazis were more or less that when they attempted their coup and failed. Five years later they had the most votes out of the election (but not the majority). In the US political system, where it's almost a given Biden will not be able to suppress the far-right, which thus knows it is strong enough to elect someone like Trump, it's incredibly dangerous. Because next time, you won't get some rude and uneducated brute like Donald over there. You'll probably get the sort of conniving bastard like Ted Cruz, who's actually able to use his brain to get in power...

[babyblob]

It's still incredibly dangerous. In 1928, nazis were more or less that when they attempted their coup and failed. Five years later they had the most votes out of the election (but not the majority). In the US political system, where it's almost a given Biden will not be able to suppress the far-right, which thus knows it is strong enough to elect someone like Trump, it's incredibly dangerous. Because next time, you won't get some rude and uneducated brute like Donald over there. You'll probably get the sort of conniving bastard like Ted Cruz, who's actually able to use his brain to get in power...

This is the fear that some people have over looked because they are so focused on Trump. Yes Trump is bad, and has done much damage to America. But at the end of the day he is an idiot and hurts himself more then helps. But we already see people jockeying to take his place. It is Trump 2.0 that everyone should be scared of.

I honestly see a split coming in the Gop. People like Cruz and Howley will go one way and take the hard core Trumpers and try very hard to build that base. I know people think a split in the GOP would be a good thing. But it is the faction of Cruz and his people that will thrive and expand. not the GOP who are speaking out against Trump and already being called traitors to the party. We think the GOP is bad? We have seen nothing yet folks. Not while the next two years under the Dems will make them yell even louder and court support.

[Powerboy]

This is true. These are the people who did nothing as Trump down played Covid, agreed with him when he was talking about sending us troops into cities to put down protests, talked about how strong of a leader he was when he had peaceful protesters gassed so he could hold a bible upside down in front of a church he does not go to, supported his lies about a stolen election, cheered him on when he said what three days ago that he and his followers were going to take back America at this rally.

And yet now these people are the most upstanding people in America because after a failed coup they decide they had enough. All of these people who are resigning and all the people who talk about how great it is need to go to Hell.

Even now, after giving in to pressure to tell the people trying the coup to stop, after he incited the whole thing to begin with, and committing to a peaceful transition of power, probably under extreme pressure, in the next breath, he still makes the baseless claim that the results were not legitimate, the very thing that caused this to begin with, and has the gall to self-declare that the absolute disaster that was his presidency was the greatest first term in American history. And at least half of these imbeciles called Republican voters actually believe it.

I stumbled onto this youtube video by a Conservative and he was actually halfway reasonable and not even a Trump supporter. Then I scrolled down to the comments and it was stuff like, "It wasn't that there was no evidence of massive voter fraud. It was that the courts would not allow the evidence to be presented". Yeah, the bias that these Conservative judges including Trump's own appointees have against Trump is just amazing.

It would be a Looney Tunes cartoon except that nobody dies in those. We have tens of thousands of people who might not be dead if Trump had cared about anything but Trump. There's one person dead in this riot that Trump should be held accountable for though I know that's never going to legally happen.