That's scary good: and a real killshot is your limning of the essential hollowness of Scott and Haley's positioning.
The theory I see that resonates is: Scott is running to be tRumps VP: Haley is running to be someone else's: she seems to have no trouble with the Culture War hate.
Ramaswamy, as far as I can tell, is going toward building his brand: corporate fascism. I can't see his proposal to raise the voting age to 25 (after passing a Citizen's Literacy test) is going to help him in the long to medium term.
The only people I know who still vote Republican are my lovely, live and let live, good Christian neighbors. I’m thinking of printing this out and anonymously leaving it in their mailbox. (Who am I kidding, they’d probably know it was me.)
Too bad Meatball Ron didn't announce he was running before today's REBID deadline. His imminent evisceration by Trump will be the only feature in the upcoming campaign that I'll be able to enjoy. Bootlickers, the whole lot of 'em.
May 23, 2023·edited May 24, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso
The only good I can see to come of this: the two politicians here will pander to Trump's people so much they'll hate them even more than they do now, with policy implications should they ever actually get somewhere.
"...sort of a President Trump for people who are not voting for President Trump but want what President Trump has to offer" is absolutely brilliant, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see it come out of the mouth of an actual Republican candidate before this is all over.
"UPRIGHT, SCOTT, and HALEY: Chortle chortle chortle!"
I particularly liked this.
I have to say, I keep imagining Haley as President and everyone in DC required to answer their phones with "It's A Great Day In America!"
(no, I am not letting go of that. I still remember calling some office and hearing them say "It's a great day in South Carolina!" and somehow keeping from laughing.)
Last year Tim Scott made a TV ad for Ron Johnson: Y'see, in the last twelve years, things have been getting worse and worse. So we need new leadership! Therefore vote for RJ, who's already been in office for twelve years, and had pledged to leave office after those two terms, but changed his mind because things were getting worse!
Sometimes I still find myself pondering the logic of that.
First I cracked up at "many a tear has to fall," etc., but then I continuted to crack up.
We're getting to the point, not just that Trump could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and not lose any votes, but where he'd GET MORE votes. The worse he is--the more "honest" in expressing his pathologies--the more they love him.
As I see it, all these mooks are running in hopes that Trump will depart the scene, either through the legal process or Death by Hamberder. But only DeSantis, as governor of the state wherein Trump dwells, has any power to take him out. Not that the attack on Disney provides any evidence DeSantis and his pet legislature could pull it off, but I wouldn't plotz if he tried.
Meanwhile, Dark Horses reminds me to say that Slow Horses is the best thing on TV right now and Gary Oldman is a genius.
Even funnier than Scott's announcement and, unlike same, not at all scary.
A Spike Lee and a "The Oscar" reference-
Holy cow! ( in deference to the Indian Guy)
I picture everyone in this sketch as characters drawn by Mort Drucker for some reason*
Funny stuff Roy. Thanks!
* I'll be honest - could be weed.
That's scary good: and a real killshot is your limning of the essential hollowness of Scott and Haley's positioning.
The theory I see that resonates is: Scott is running to be tRumps VP: Haley is running to be someone else's: she seems to have no trouble with the Culture War hate.
Ramaswamy, as far as I can tell, is going toward building his brand: corporate fascism. I can't see his proposal to raise the voting age to 25 (after passing a Citizen's Literacy test) is going to help him in the long to medium term.
I'm sure the yoot vote will love it, though...
The only people I know who still vote Republican are my lovely, live and let live, good Christian neighbors. I’m thinking of printing this out and anonymously leaving it in their mailbox. (Who am I kidding, they’d probably know it was me.)
Pence, crumpled up like Stephen Boyd at the end of "Ben-Hur"
Too bad Meatball Ron didn't announce he was running before today's REBID deadline. His imminent evisceration by Trump will be the only feature in the upcoming campaign that I'll be able to enjoy. Bootlickers, the whole lot of 'em.
The sidestep of mentioning Trump and repeated talking points are nice touches.
Failed radical politics and all that jazz.
These Coloreds, you see these Coloreds? They are running, unlike the true colors of the flag Trump occasionally wraps himself with.
The only good I can see to come of this: the two politicians here will pander to Trump's people so much they'll hate them even more than they do now, with policy implications should they ever actually get somewhere.
"...sort of a President Trump for people who are not voting for President Trump but want what President Trump has to offer" is absolutely brilliant, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see it come out of the mouth of an actual Republican candidate before this is all over.
"UPRIGHT, SCOTT, and HALEY: Chortle chortle chortle!"
I particularly liked this.
I have to say, I keep imagining Haley as President and everyone in DC required to answer their phones with "It's A Great Day In America!"
(no, I am not letting go of that. I still remember calling some office and hearing them say "It's a great day in South Carolina!" and somehow keeping from laughing.)
Last year Tim Scott made a TV ad for Ron Johnson: Y'see, in the last twelve years, things have been getting worse and worse. So we need new leadership! Therefore vote for RJ, who's already been in office for twelve years, and had pledged to leave office after those two terms, but changed his mind because things were getting worse!
Sometimes I still find myself pondering the logic of that.
Oh, well. At least Bolt tried.
First I cracked up at "many a tear has to fall," etc., but then I continuted to crack up.
We're getting to the point, not just that Trump could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and not lose any votes, but where he'd GET MORE votes. The worse he is--the more "honest" in expressing his pathologies--the more they love him.
As I see it, all these mooks are running in hopes that Trump will depart the scene, either through the legal process or Death by Hamberder. But only DeSantis, as governor of the state wherein Trump dwells, has any power to take him out. Not that the attack on Disney provides any evidence DeSantis and his pet legislature could pull it off, but I wouldn't plotz if he tried.
Meanwhile, Dark Horses reminds me to say that Slow Horses is the best thing on TV right now and Gary Oldman is a genius.
man, you keep pumping out the good stuff like this, I may have to rob a liquor store and resubscribe..
pitched this for the scott campaign the other day, 'tim scott, a return to tradition, you n*gg*r, not my n*gg*r, 2024!'