6435

A giant shiv shoved into Fox News’ ass.

6436

I dunno about undoing it, but we can work to make the Republic a Weeble, which wobbles but won’t fall down.

6437

Impeached multiple times? Certainly. I don’t think you’d find 10+ Dem senators willing to convict Hillary. Even if Republicans got 60 in the Senate in 2018 (which I think might have happened) they need 67.

That might be Hillary’s only chance of winning in that timeline’s 2020, especially with COVID.

I do think if the GOP impeaches in 2022 it will hurt them in 2024 as it will be obviously illegitimate outside of their base. The Dem impeachment came off as legitimate to folks outside the Republican base, and even some Republicans.

6438

Reminds me how much I like Charlton heston as an actor (in the classics he’s been in) . I still recall that great scene in el cid! (and there were some great ones!)

6439

Anytime I hear these assholes, I see Dr. Zaius and company.

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6440

7vF9

6441

6442

That’s a great Simpsons.

6443

State GOPs really working hard to bring the doubleplus crazy these days, huh?

6444

“She even got me on camera…”

6445

I believe he’s already backed down off of that statement.

It’s a possibility that the only thing that saved Congress was that the folks who were looking to kill had too many Trumpies bottling them up, which caused their plans to fail because they were working too well.

6446

What about the mob? What could they do, had they grabbed the Football? First, it’s very unlikely that they could have grabbed it. The Secret Service agents around Pence would almost certainly meet any such attempt with deadly force. There would have been a dozen or more dead rioters scattered on the bloodied floor near the staircase where Pence, his family, and his entourage had gathered. If the mob’s survivors kept mauling and overpowering Pence and the others, they might not have thought to grab the Football, which is locked in a metal case tucked inside an ordinary-looking satchel. Even if they had grabbed the satchel, bashed the lock, and opened the case, they wouldn’t have known what to do with the stuff inside. Had they figured it out, the officers in the Pentagon would have known the signals were coming from an unauthorized source.

6447

what if Tom Brady had stormed the capitol then won the super bowl using the nuclear football

6448

I for one would feel deflated.

6449

Come on. It would be a blast.

6450

It would at least be safe from being fumbled, regardless of how he dropped it.

6451

6453

Kinzinger is a good example of why it should not be surprising in the least that so few Republicans turned on Trump. Here’s a guy who did his duty and can very clearly articulate why he did so (his interview on Bill Maher was decent). He represents a red, but not deep-red district.

And yet he is probably going to lose his seat next year.

6454

Republicans have also shifted the blame for the Capitol riot over the past few weeks. While 47 percent of the GOP said Trump was at least partly responsible for the riot when asked Jan. 6–7, just 27 percent said so when asked Feb. 14–15. Now, 46 percent of those Republican respondents actually blamed President Biden and 58 percent blamed Democrats in Congress. Just 27 percent blamed Republicans in Congress — many of whom had challenged the Jan. 6 electoral college vote certification.

6455

The rewrite history machine has been in overdrive for weeks.