Giuliani is unbelievably gross. For Mr. Law And Order, he sure has some shady connections too like Bernie Kerik and those two Russian gonifs. Lawyers who think they're tough guys just because they're lawyers are just one reason why I hate my chosen profession as much as I do.
Thanks for an excellent reminder/primer on Rudy’s inherent awfulness. The giddy absurdist humor of Four Seasons Landscaping et. al. and his ridiculous claims of being assaulted help buttress the “oh Rudy, he’s just a deranged clown” narrative. But he was always a thuggish, vindictive, corrupt, racist little man with fascistic tendencies. His pathetic career end game, with all its toadying-to-Trump humiliations (and possible indictments), just proves he can’t quit that fascism.
*sigh* Should note again that the entire party is an existential threat to the nation, like the right has been forever. Used to be able to vote them out, now that possibility is hanging by a thread.
But, there seems, based on anecdotal stuff, that maybe some of Donnie's fanbase is getting a clue. Whether it's enough, or whether it's enough to incite the largest voter bloc -- those whose choice is not to vote -- to do what's necessary while it's still more possible than not. I mean, it's probably only the 2024 POTUS election that's rule rigged.
As for how much of the party's rotten and how much it's Donnie, Venn diagram how much the shit Republicans are pulling couldn't have been done without Donnie. The overlap is approximately not existent. Meanwhile, at the moment, SCOTUS shat on indigenous people Wednesday and Biden just gave Moscow Mitch a little submission and ceded power to him. And the latter, libs, is why your elected officials aren't going to save the nation from the GOP. (Biden had a rationale for what he did, but not enough of one to justify what he did.)
As for Rudy, well, the only thing on the spectrum of being the son of a Mafia punk POS through his current unhinged state that isn't odious or worse is the 9/11 scam. Which, for the non-New Yorkers here by definition based less than four months because term limits and his term ending 1/1/2002. Take away the fantasy and he's nothing -- no worse than nothing. And again, fuck Donna Hanover (for whom Rudy used influence to get an annulment based on bullshit so he could marry wife #2 in the church) for only bopping him on the head instead of bashing his brains in and thereby doing the nation a genuine service.
I try hard to think of a nationally known Republican who is actually a decent person, and I come up empty. For the moment, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are doing the right thing, but their histories of joining in the cruelty the GOP routinely pushes says they're otherwise terrible people.
And I try hard to think of a Republican from any time in the last half century who I would consider good and decent, and I still come up empty. That's a mighty sad commentary on an entire political party.
I grew up in a cornfield with a bunch of Republicans. They've always been hateful shit people. They were so relieved when Trump was elected and they thought they wouldn't have to pretend anymore.
They are all shitgibbons, aren’t they? I remember a doctor neighbor in 2017 praising Tom Price, whom he knew. Of course Price was out of a job a year later, victim of his own corruption. Still, the crimes of the Prices, et al, in Trump’s cabinet don’t rise to the level of violent overthrow of the government which the mealy-mouthed media is slowly tiptoeing toward speaking about, the way we “woke” normals do. Four months of appropriately escalating rhetoric about that and a radical, anti-human rights Supreme Court might give Democrats a chance to hold onto the Senate, governorships and other statewide offices that can’t be gerrymandered. An old boy can only hope the scales will fall from more eyes.
Those (non NYers) who think Our Rudy's Gone Barmy With Age need look no further than the press conference he called to end his marriage before informing his wife (and small children). In fact, look at his entire loony tunes marital history. He (9/11) was (9/11) always (9/11) a (9/11) person (9/11) who (1) never recognized when his own behavior strayed outside the boundaries of decency/sanity, and (2) held dear the notion that no attention is bad attention. Look at me! 9/1111111111111!!!
I hadn't thought of it until now - I'm sure others have mentioned it - but that Rudy-powered City Hall cop riot back in the 90s sure looks a lot like another riot on January 6.
Most of the people here have more developed critical views of the GOP than I do, which spares me from having to point out when there is a choice between the lesser of two evils there really is no choice now. The greater evil should have been obvious at least since Reagan. I'll leave at that.
For their successful efforts in continuing what Dinkins started and establishing Giuliani's undeserved crime rep, Jack Maple and Bill Bratton were exiled to where they wouldn't get any of Rudy's media attention. That said, like so many people on 911, I will forever remember where I was when I first learned about the grisly ShopRite assassination attempt on Rudy Giuliani. Not since the infamous Bowling Green Massacre have I been so shocked.
So much that predated Trump, that Trump just brought more out into the open, the racism, the misogyny, the fear and hatred of immigrants, etc., etc. and etc. But the ONE innovation that is purely Trump is refusing to concede a loss in a Presidential election. That's on Trump alone. The Proud Boys aren't making a plan to rush the Capitol without that. John Eastman would be writing crazy memos for no one to read, except for that. It's hard to think of historical examples where so much flowed from one man's mere whim.
So I don't expect them to stop being racists, or misogynists, or to stop fearing and hating immigrants, but I do actually have some small hope that they may decide that this one thing is a thing not to be done in the future. Depending on if anyone high up ends up in jail for the first time they tried it, depending on how much the voters seem to be repelled by it. As. Gen. Buck Turgidson once said, "Depending on the breaks."
I've seen through Rudy's shtick since the early 90s myself, but given how spectacularly he continues to keep stepping on his shriveled dick, I say keep him around for a little longer...at least until the irons are slapped on his wrists.
A really great reminder that Rudy was always trash. Sorry, I worked for the City during Rudy's tenure, can't resist piling on:
Rudy put the City's Office of Emergency Management at 7 WTC, after the attacks OEM couldn't do their job onaccountabecause their HQ got crushed.
After the 9/11 attacks he wanted to extend his mayoral term by 3 additional months, the media and most of the democratic "opposition" were ok with it, I think only Fernando Ferrer said no, Bloomberg won in the end anyway.
A strident and vocal supporter of "the air is safe in downtown Manhattan" lie, more people have died of that lie than died in the attacks.
Who could forget his announcing his separation from his wife on the news, which is how she learned their marriage was over.
God, if only the prostate cancer took him in 2000. Roy's correct the truth is always in plain sight for the those that want to see it.
Giuliani is unbelievably gross. For Mr. Law And Order, he sure has some shady connections too like Bernie Kerik and those two Russian gonifs. Lawyers who think they're tough guys just because they're lawyers are just one reason why I hate my chosen profession as much as I do.
Thanks for an excellent reminder/primer on Rudy’s inherent awfulness. The giddy absurdist humor of Four Seasons Landscaping et. al. and his ridiculous claims of being assaulted help buttress the “oh Rudy, he’s just a deranged clown” narrative. But he was always a thuggish, vindictive, corrupt, racist little man with fascistic tendencies. His pathetic career end game, with all its toadying-to-Trump humiliations (and possible indictments), just proves he can’t quit that fascism.
Speaking of stop & frisk, it’s back, this time with a twist: cops disguised as Fedex and Amazon delivery guys! https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1542227995003322370?s=21&t=OIghdc6O6pRzcKakyCQ-JQ
*sigh* Should note again that the entire party is an existential threat to the nation, like the right has been forever. Used to be able to vote them out, now that possibility is hanging by a thread.
But, there seems, based on anecdotal stuff, that maybe some of Donnie's fanbase is getting a clue. Whether it's enough, or whether it's enough to incite the largest voter bloc -- those whose choice is not to vote -- to do what's necessary while it's still more possible than not. I mean, it's probably only the 2024 POTUS election that's rule rigged.
As for how much of the party's rotten and how much it's Donnie, Venn diagram how much the shit Republicans are pulling couldn't have been done without Donnie. The overlap is approximately not existent. Meanwhile, at the moment, SCOTUS shat on indigenous people Wednesday and Biden just gave Moscow Mitch a little submission and ceded power to him. And the latter, libs, is why your elected officials aren't going to save the nation from the GOP. (Biden had a rationale for what he did, but not enough of one to justify what he did.)
As for Rudy, well, the only thing on the spectrum of being the son of a Mafia punk POS through his current unhinged state that isn't odious or worse is the 9/11 scam. Which, for the non-New Yorkers here by definition based less than four months because term limits and his term ending 1/1/2002. Take away the fantasy and he's nothing -- no worse than nothing. And again, fuck Donna Hanover (for whom Rudy used influence to get an annulment based on bullshit so he could marry wife #2 in the church) for only bopping him on the head instead of bashing his brains in and thereby doing the nation a genuine service.
I try hard to think of a nationally known Republican who is actually a decent person, and I come up empty. For the moment, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are doing the right thing, but their histories of joining in the cruelty the GOP routinely pushes says they're otherwise terrible people.
And I try hard to think of a Republican from any time in the last half century who I would consider good and decent, and I still come up empty. That's a mighty sad commentary on an entire political party.
"added ardor to my undying hated"
That's a fine phrase -
From a fine essay!.
I grew up in a cornfield with a bunch of Republicans. They've always been hateful shit people. They were so relieved when Trump was elected and they thought they wouldn't have to pretend anymore.
They are all shitgibbons, aren’t they? I remember a doctor neighbor in 2017 praising Tom Price, whom he knew. Of course Price was out of a job a year later, victim of his own corruption. Still, the crimes of the Prices, et al, in Trump’s cabinet don’t rise to the level of violent overthrow of the government which the mealy-mouthed media is slowly tiptoeing toward speaking about, the way we “woke” normals do. Four months of appropriately escalating rhetoric about that and a radical, anti-human rights Supreme Court might give Democrats a chance to hold onto the Senate, governorships and other statewide offices that can’t be gerrymandered. An old boy can only hope the scales will fall from more eyes.
Those (non NYers) who think Our Rudy's Gone Barmy With Age need look no further than the press conference he called to end his marriage before informing his wife (and small children). In fact, look at his entire loony tunes marital history. He (9/11) was (9/11) always (9/11) a (9/11) person (9/11) who (1) never recognized when his own behavior strayed outside the boundaries of decency/sanity, and (2) held dear the notion that no attention is bad attention. Look at me! 9/1111111111111!!!
I hadn't thought of it until now - I'm sure others have mentioned it - but that Rudy-powered City Hall cop riot back in the 90s sure looks a lot like another riot on January 6.
I look forward to future installments of “Republicans: They Were Always This Bad”.
Most of the people here have more developed critical views of the GOP than I do, which spares me from having to point out when there is a choice between the lesser of two evils there really is no choice now. The greater evil should have been obvious at least since Reagan. I'll leave at that.
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For their successful efforts in continuing what Dinkins started and establishing Giuliani's undeserved crime rep, Jack Maple and Bill Bratton were exiled to where they wouldn't get any of Rudy's media attention. That said, like so many people on 911, I will forever remember where I was when I first learned about the grisly ShopRite assassination attempt on Rudy Giuliani. Not since the infamous Bowling Green Massacre have I been so shocked.
So much that predated Trump, that Trump just brought more out into the open, the racism, the misogyny, the fear and hatred of immigrants, etc., etc. and etc. But the ONE innovation that is purely Trump is refusing to concede a loss in a Presidential election. That's on Trump alone. The Proud Boys aren't making a plan to rush the Capitol without that. John Eastman would be writing crazy memos for no one to read, except for that. It's hard to think of historical examples where so much flowed from one man's mere whim.
So I don't expect them to stop being racists, or misogynists, or to stop fearing and hating immigrants, but I do actually have some small hope that they may decide that this one thing is a thing not to be done in the future. Depending on if anyone high up ends up in jail for the first time they tried it, depending on how much the voters seem to be repelled by it. As. Gen. Buck Turgidson once said, "Depending on the breaks."
I've seen through Rudy's shtick since the early 90s myself, but given how spectacularly he continues to keep stepping on his shriveled dick, I say keep him around for a little longer...at least until the irons are slapped on his wrists.
A really great reminder that Rudy was always trash. Sorry, I worked for the City during Rudy's tenure, can't resist piling on:
Rudy put the City's Office of Emergency Management at 7 WTC, after the attacks OEM couldn't do their job onaccountabecause their HQ got crushed.
After the 9/11 attacks he wanted to extend his mayoral term by 3 additional months, the media and most of the democratic "opposition" were ok with it, I think only Fernando Ferrer said no, Bloomberg won in the end anyway.
A strident and vocal supporter of "the air is safe in downtown Manhattan" lie, more people have died of that lie than died in the attacks.
Who could forget his announcing his separation from his wife on the news, which is how she learned their marriage was over.
God, if only the prostate cancer took him in 2000. Roy's correct the truth is always in plain sight for the those that want to see it.