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Dem Lawmaker Rips GOP Reps To Their Faces: 'You Bend The Knee To The Orange Jesus'
(www.huffpost.com)
If only they gave a shit.
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Can’t shame people who are totally shameless.
They want to get reelected. They know they have to do what the Almighty Orange One says for that to happen. I'm really hoping the Democrats actually take off the gloves for this election and call the Republicans the insurrection party. Then they have to show America that one party is fully responsible and that one party has been blocking the investigation into the insurrection.
Show the Jan 6 footage. Get an emotional response. Make the Republican voters feel like shit for allowing that to happen.
I’m really hoping the Democrats actually take off the gloves for this election
Sorry, I've been waiting for that for at least three decades. They are terrified that anything further left than milquetoast corporate-friendly liberalism will somehow make things worse. Yes, I'm voting for Biden, blah blah blah, but it sure would be nice to see Dems shake things up for a change.
I honestly think we're a walking corpse of a country. They absolutely do not in the slightest care one iota about what "we" think. We could show them, in person, Donald Trump kicking a 4 year old and they'd argue that "they were a liberal so it's fine, he actually loves children."
I know several republican voters who watched the Jan 6 footage with pride. I really don't think anything would get someone who's still a republican at this point to switch over.
Trying to manipulate them with guilt isn't going to work. Why would they feel guilty about something they supported? Or if they didn't, why would they feel guilty about something they didn't have anything to do with?
Would the failed attempts to kill Hitler have made you support him out of guilt?
Surely quoting Liz Cheney at then will shame them into decency, she's so well loved and influential in Republican circles /s
they were probably rubbing one out during his speech.
Rips! At least he didn't "slam" them -
A Democratic lawmaker slammed his
Goddammit
I made a post complaining about political articles using "slam" on Fark back in 2004. I wouldn't hold your breath that journalists will stop using it anytime soon.
Now I'm sad. Thanks a lot for slamming my dreams of better journalism.
Journalists generally don't write their headlines. It's usually copy editors from what I've heard.
He sparked outrage by torching the GOP. You'll never believe what happened next
Was ripped a new slam hole! Excoriated!
Slam hole...
Don't mind if I do
A torch is never mentioned past the title. I'm disappointed every time.
The only politician I know of who actually slammed anyone was Greg Gianforte. I always feel compelled to throw that reminder out when this comes up.
Jesse The Body Ventura begs to differ.
Loud sigh. You definitely got me there.
That's not Ventura.
That's all of mankind.
In like 5-10 years lawmakers will be "roasting". I'd enjoy it if they all did actual roasts outside of the corespondents dinner.
I may have to learn how to make Lemmy bots so I can build a Slamometer. Increments a counter every time a headline says someone slammed something.
I think that's worth a try. If only to really get an idea of how much it's used by everyone.
Get some sabre rattling in there too
GOP Representative SLAMMED his dick in a drawer and blamed Democrats for his pain.
You know what's more boring than journalists recycling metaphors? The inevitable complaints people pay about it every. single. time.
It's not about being boring. It's about calling out lazy journalism and this news trend of pretending like anything is changing while no progress actually happens.
This entire article is just saying they got mad and everyone still voted along party lines. That's a whole lot of nothing for such a sensationalist title.
I'm all for calling that out every single time.
Yeah, fuck people that point out professionals being lazy! Don't criticize anyone!
Want anything to be better? Well fuck you for wanting that. Amiright?
Not like they care or are willing to do anything though.
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