Barack Obama Calls Crazy "Crazy" and We Need More of That
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We needed Barack Obama to lay it all out for us: "Imagine if you hire your plumber. You've got an overflowing toilet. It's a problem," he said during a rally in Michigan. "[The plumber] comes in and, you know, you're waiting for the toilet to be fixed. He starts, 'Have you heard about the latest conspiracy of the Lizard People?' and he starts talking to you about all this stuff. 'We gotta do something about that.' You'd be like, 'No no no, I just want you to fix my toilet.' You'd find another plumber."
What Obama has done as he crosses the country for Democratic candidates in tight races is to say that crazy motherfuckers are crazy motherfuckers and we need to say they're crazy motherfuckers and stop acting like their crazy motherfucking is in any way valid. In that Michigan speech, Obama brought up how Governor Gretchen Whitmer's opponent, Republican Tudor Dixon (which sounds like what you'd call a shitty mobile home park to make it sound fancy) said in 2020 that Democrats are trying to topple the U.S. government and control people through Covid-19 restrictions because they lost the Civil War. Obama exclaimed, "Now first of all...what?" And then he turned to the laughing crowd and gave a confused/concerned smirk, adding, "Wha...what?" The "the fuck" is implied. He continued, "I mean, I know some people go down these rabbit holes on the internet. They're up too late. But that's like a subway tunnel. That's deep. That's the darkest rabbit hole I've ever seen."
It's funny, sure. Obama has such good comic timing that he drove Donald Trump to run for president. But it's also the goddamn truth. As I've said before , we need to treat the people who spout crazy shit like they're crazy. That means anyone who believes that what's real isn't really real should be shamed for it. And I'm not just talking about the QAnon blithering madness. I'm talking about those who say, for instance, that the 2020 election was stolen or rigged or whatever. Our leaders should be mocking them more, especially the politicians who say that. Yeah, they are a threat to democracy. But they are also fucking nuts. But they say this shit shamelessly because no one of any power is shaming them. Yes, many of them are lying just to keep Trump and the MAGA rubes happy. But their intentions in saying crazy shit have no bearing on how they should be treated.
Instead, we get CNN's new CEO pushing a policy on allowing the nutzoids on the air: "CNN won’t ban guests who have supported the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen, but the network will attempt to keep conversations with those people in safe zones of truth." Read another way, that says, "We'll have liars and insane people on and hope they don't lie or say something insane." You know what the best way to avoid that shit is? Don't fucking invite them on unless it's to point and laugh at how fucking mad they are. CNN had the newest Trump clone, Kari Lake, on a couple of weeks ago and just let her get away with saying that she wouldn't accept the results of the gubernatorial election in Arizona if she lost. The next question from Dana Bash should have been "Do you know how fucking deranged that sounds? I mean, that's objectively fucking nuts."
The justifications for insanity are equally insane. Take the crime against Paul Pelosi, which was meant to be an assault on his wife, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. On his show Tucker Carlson Laughs Like a Sugar-Buzzing Child Stomping Snails , the host offered about the hammer attack, "Why should the rest of us sit here and accept obvious inconsistencies in a story that has public policy implications and not say anything?" And guest Glenn Greenwald, whose primary role now seems to be jock strap for fascists, agreed and said, "Skepticism itself can never be wrong. Skepticism says there is evidentiary holes, and there is faulty reasoning in what we are being told, even if evidence does emerge later on to prove it, the skepticism itself was not just valid, but necessary."
That's all fucking nuts. No one was saying that we didn't want the whole story. But there's a vast fucking world of difference between "Some details are missing that need to be filled in" and "82 year-old Paul Pelosi was in a hammer fight with his secret gay lover." The former is acknowledging that the public should be informed. The latter is utterly idiotic and isn't "skepticism." It's the opposite of skepticism. It's saying that your extravagant speculation is valid without any proof at all. Like I could say that it's obvious to me that Tucker Carlson can only orgasm while fucking his wife if a German Shepherd is licking his asshole while he's fucking her. I don't have any proof that this is the case, but it would be irresponsible not to speculate because I'm skeptical about Tucker Carlson's ability to jizz while fucking his wife. Details are missing that need to be filled. I have a duty to assume that he needs a German Shepherd to get its snout all up in his anus, just eating him out, while he is sweatily humping the misses, and until someone shows me otherwise, that's fuckin' canon right there.
You see what that shit does? Now it's in your head for the rest of your life. And no matter what, when you see ol' Tuckus, you're gonna think, "That dude needs canine analingus to get off." In the same way, because the "skepticism" on Paul Pelosi was treated as fact, it will never not be an article of faith among the brain-fucked MAGA cretins that David DePape and/or Pelosi just wore underwear during the attack. People who say that shit shouldn't be treated with any respect.
One of the triumphs of conservatives starting in the 1980s isn't that their beliefs attracted followers. No, it's that they turned liberal beliefs into something that many people became embarrassed to espouse. They turned helping the impoverished and the sick into some kind of weakness while amping up the fear of crime and immigrants and the need to be tough and cruel. So people fled from liberalism, Democrats pivoted to the center and the rights, and the stain of that refusal to broadly fight for those liberal ideals has carried through to this day. Some voters won't ever go for a Democrat because they will never not believe that Democrats are communists who want to gender change your children.
What I'm saying is the same approach needs to be used for this terrifying insanity that has gripped so many millions. There are voters who are choosing Republicans who do know that Trump lost the 2020 election, but who just can't bring themselves to vote Democratic. Well, they need to be made to feel too shitty and ashamed to vote for Republicans. The way that is done is not just by saying Trump is a ludicrous, gluttonous shitpile who will wreck things worse than he did before. And not just by saying that democracy is fucked if Republicans get any power. And not even by saying that abortion rights and LGBT rights and more will be gone, too.
The shit that the majority of the GOP candidates believe is fucking loony, befitting end-of-the-world screamers on street corners or shit-tossing maniacs in an institution. Call crazy what it is. Don't let them get away with pretending that it's normal to live in a backed up toilet full of shit. Let everyone know that the choice is to be dragged into the toilet with them. Or get a goddamned plumber.
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The Rude Pundit tells the truth and doesnt care who likes it. Its a shame our mainstream media is married to an idiotic both sides - ism that is enabling liars and scum to run wild through our politics.
The msm tried their best, but it looks like crazy fares better than Biden's policies.
Why is the gop so damn sensitive about their antidemocratic tendencies?
A major problem in this country 48 hours before election day is that the major media has to, for "business reasons', pretend that crazy liars are normal , and attempting to overthrow the US government is just a matter of opinion.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is poised to become a major factor in the next Congress, and no one will stop her. We literally live in a bizarro world right now.
To the gop Depape is so hot they can't imagine not blowing him!
I do not believe Mr Pelosi would...
In that case maybe democrats shouldn't have funded the campaigns of Greene and people like her.
How many Democrats voted for Marjorie Taylor Greene? The only way someone is nominated in a primary is to get the most votes.
This "its the Democrats fault that there are crazy GOP candidates " is ludicrous. First of all, most if not ALL of them would have won their party primaries without any Dem funded ads. Secondly, it is GOP votes that made them the nominees. Conservatives are gaslighting this topic.
So you think that Dem wasted well-earned donor money just repeating their opponent’s message.
Why dont you have any criticism for all the conservatives WHO VOTED FOR these candidates in the primaries? You know, got them nominated.
Claiming it is the Democrats fault crazy people got nominated as Republican candidates is gaslighting. It is an argument that might appeal to idiots though, which may explain why it has a little traction.
I believe that they voted for the wrong candidats. Why don't you criticize wasting $60M campaign dollars. Do you think those donor had any idea that their money would be used to promote repubs?
You do?
Kari Lake is so popular that she is going to carry all the Arizona Republican candidates to victory with her.
She has been called an election denier by the msm. Did she run as such? No! She is an election denier because a reporter asked her what she thought of the 2020 election.
For the record : "Kari believes in secure borders, energy independence, safe streets, education not indoctrination , pushing back against the radical Biden agenda, and preserving the western heritage that makes Arizona special."
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That's what an honest media would have been covering.
As for Kari Lake, state Dems may now regret helping her just before the primary. They sent a broadcast email to Repubs across the state, thanking Karrin Taylor Robson, for past donations she made to Democratic candidates. It ended with “Robson is not one of you. You should vote for Lake.”
That is poetic justice.
The best part is that Kari Lake is the First Lady of MAGA. Long may it live!
I know that we don't agree on this, but I believe that taking control of the Senate wouldn't even be a question with some more moderate and I think better Repub candidates and the think the House margin would be higher. Long-term, I think that Trump and MAGA is bad for the Party.
My military experience has been to give my commanders an honest assessment and recommendation, but when they make a decision, to support that to the best of my ability. I see voting and accepting the results similarly.
Normally you might be right. Have you noticed what they are running against? Take a good look at what the democrats are running. Is Fetterman a good candidate? Is Warnock a rational candidate?
Long-term, I think that Trump and MAGA is bad for the Party.
The enemy is at the door. This is not the time for polite establishment candidates.
My military experience has been to give my commanders an honest assessment and recommendation, but when they make a decision, to support that to the best of my ability. I see voting and accepting the results similarly.
Using your military experience, who would you want leading your army in battle, the prudent & honorable Mark Wayne Clark or the son of a bitch George S Patton?
No to both.
I'm becoming worried that we are getting from both Party's the candidates that we deserve. Our collectives partisanship is punishing moderate politicians while rewarding the extremes deeping the growing crisis.
I would have prefered Patton, Clark probably was promoted ahead of his experience.
Exactly, just look at how their ''voter suppression laws", Jim Crow 2.0, have diminished early voter turnout this year - not.
Maybe she thinks that Georgians have to show ID to be polled?
She reminds me of Jim 'Beam me up' Traficant who served in the House for 20 years until convicted of federal corruption charges for taking campaign funds for personal use.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has already said that if she isnt given power equal to her popularity with the base she is going to make trouble.
I have no idea what Jim Trafficant has to do with that.
They both said stupid shit frequently.
They both were anti-immigrant.
He advocated for a new House election in CA based on allegations of voting fraud.
They both were Right to Life
He was the only none House top leader to serve for several years without any committee assignment.
Most people couldnt pick Jim Trafficant out of a lineup if there was an arrow pointing to him. That is not the case with Greene, who is a leader of a sizeable pat of the GOP base.
Jim Trafficant has no relevance in this discussion.
Surprising since he had a very distinctive look.
He didn't have much to do after the season at Martha's Vineyard ended.