Jaime Harrison to Sen Blackburn: FTW

[Tommymac]

Link to tweet

[soothsayer]

1. Nice!

[TheBlackAdder]

20. It was the toxic chemical exposure to that Tammy Faye Bakker makeup she wears talking.

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After all, anyone with those eyes can't be too bright!





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[KatK]

28. Ouch to appearance-shaming!

It's hurtful to everyone, but especially women, when we shame or make fun of someone's looks, make-up, style, shape, weight, etc.

Even if the target is someone specific, we all feel - consciously or unconsciously - feel the threat. Women who are socialized to believe that our looks and shape determine our worth are particularly harmed.

Thank you for considering this.

[soldierant]

36. Looks, shape, and weight, I agree on 100%.

Style is iffy. Makeup I consider fair game. It's a choice.

[KatK]

43. Sure, it's a choice, and ...

Girls and women are punished no matter their choice. Frumpy or slutty. Boring or show-off-y. In or out of style. Make-up or none. Shave, pluck, or don't. You can't win. Some, through grace and determination, find the confidence to not care and simply feel good in their skin. Many don't.

The socialization through advertising and peer pressure is very, very strong!

Of course, other genders may feel this, too.

Anyway, I appreciate your reply.

[soldierant]

59. Welcome to DU

and thanks for graciously agreeing to disagree.

[DFW]

61. I know one who has the grace and determination to be perfectly at ease with herself at age 69.

She has been my partner since we met at age 22, and she has always been comfortable with herself.

How many other genders are you thinking of, by the way? I never knew the selection to be what one might call vast.

[DFW]

62. Check out this DU thread from 11 years ago

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9332274

[11 Bravo]

67. Dude! I had forgotten how much you look like Richard Dreyfuss.

(And it goes without saying that your wife is a knockout.)

[DFW]

68. I'm still not sure about the Richard Dreyfuss part

My wife, being a stubborn German, still refuses to age along with me, but who am I to tell her what to do?

Five years ago at a doctor's appointment, she had to fill out some form or other. The receptionist looked it over and told her she had made a mistake with her date of birth. She said she usually remembered that detail, but what was the problem? The receptionist said that for the year she wrote in to be correct, she would have to be 64. She said, "well, I AM 64." The receptionist just stared, and said, "oh," and did the German version of Emily Litella ("never mind!" ).

[lillypaddle]

39. I don't get it

She was apparently okay with putting kids in cages, but JFC DON'T make fun of her makeup????

Fuck her. Period.

[KatK]

45. This isn't about her ...

When we bash people for their looks - especially women - we send the message that looks determine our worth. We're saying that "If you don't get it right, we'll be laughing at you. You won't be liked and respected. You won't belong."

It hurts. It's scary.

[Hekate]

53. Welcome to DU...

Pick your battles. Not everything is about you.

[lillypaddle]

60. Did you not read what I read in my first response to you???

I don't care if it hurts her or is scary to her - fuck her.

And why that saying something negative about someone else hurts you, I just don't get. You must be very young if you are still worried about not belonging because you haven't gotten it right.

I'm a crabby and FAT old lady, just fyi. And welcome to DU, but you better put your big girl panties on around here.

[TheBlackAdder]

65. I've taken a Rutgers-Eagleton American Women and Politics course and I know what I am doing.

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Whenever anyone talks about a woman's looks, whether in a bad or good light, they lose 5% points in favorability during an election.

Men can have their looks talked about in negative and positive lights and it does not affect their favorability one iota.


I'm doing what every Republican does to a Female Democratic candidate and politician, talk about their looks, because if Democrats take the high road and Republicans always take the low road, assholes like Bachmann, Blackburn, Boebart and Majorie Taylor Greene will keep get elected or re-elected to office.


Now, in a perfect world, what you are saying is 100% correct, but not in the political arena, especially a political arena where Republicans pull out all the stops to make sure female Democratic candidates are denigrated. This includes FOX News and other RW media--they all know this is how to tear down female Democratic candidates, and whenever you hear them speak, the first thing they go to on a female Democratic politician is their appearance--what they wear, the brands, how expensive or inexpensive the clothing and accessories are (yes, dinged for spending too much, and spending too little--we saw this with AOC's outfits), the fashion style, the makeup, etc... and they drone on and on about it.

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[brewens]

64. Paul Harvey told this joke. Tammy Faye Bakker went in for a facial and do you know what they found

under ALL that makeup?







Jimmy Hoffa!

I think of that joke every time she comes up. That one slayed me! The one positive thing I remember from Harvey.

[elleng]

2. SUPER!!!

[LizBeth]

3. Post Offices? Lol, that is sounding familiar. Someone got burned, lolo. Too funny. Oh... my.

[SkyDaddy7]

6. LOL!

Yes, familiar!👍

[LizBeth]

8. Made me laugh.

Love the name SkyDaddy7

[SkyDaddy7]

10. Thanks!

[GB_RN]

26. That Earned A LOLOS

LOL - Oh, Shit! (Named after the Capitol terrorist Lolos, who tried to flee to Switzerland, but was caught at the airport).

(No, I didn’t come up with it)

[LizBeth]

29. Ha ha. Too funny.

[COL Mustard]

32. Oh, HE Was The Guy Going To Switzerland?

I thought that was another guy. Maybe they were all going.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Burn them like this every time! Feed burners to prominent Democrats. . . . nt

[Cha]

5. I love that Jamie Harrison is the

head of the DNC!! Rt TY!

[Tommymac]

13. Me too! He's gonna rock some worlds.

I'll have his back all the way.

[Nitram]

7. LOL!!!!

[My Pet Orangutan]

9. Boom!

The DNC is in good hands

[Tommymac]

14. For Sure.

[George II]

11. Hmmm, good one. Sounds eerily familiar.

[Ford_Prefect]

15. Film at 11:00? Get them all on tape now for the run-up to 2022.

[ancianita]

12. This do-nothing racist makes enough money to afford seven TN offices??!

[BlueIdaho]

16. Should we review Shit for Brains E.O. Record?

Not only is she incompetent, she’s a hypocrite to boot!

[In It to Win It]

17. Ooh! Disgusting!

[Tommymac]

18. Quite.

[LiberalLovinLug]

19. This is how you fight fire with fire

Throw it back in their faces.
I recall Trump moving pretty quick in his first week too. In fact for most of his first years he'd be making so many bad decisions, more than one a day. So much so that the MSM news couldn't even keep up with doing a proper job of investigating each one.

One of the very first decisions was to nix the Obama rule about not hiring anyone with a past criminal white collar conviction to bid for federal project contacts. Since that includes many Republican supporters, Mitch had to reverse it just for his corrupt pals to get in on the action in the new Trump admin.

[aggiesal]

24. Pendejo45 only signed about half-dozen EO in the first 21 days. ...

Biden signing 30+ has him beat easy.
But, Biden is just fixing Pendejo45's damage while Pendejo45 was creating revenge policies.

[DFW]

21. Blackburn is disgusting.

She deserves every put-down she gets, and with Harrison, she is a rock confronting a pebble crusher. Either way, she gets pulverized.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

22. Funny, up until a week ago she was all for governing by EO and Twitter.

He even got the spelling right for this one......




KY...........

[DinahMoeHum]

23. Oh. . . .Snap!

[iluvtennis]

25. Let the church say Amen!

[Tommymac]

30. Amen

[Escurumbele]

27. What a useless woman...2 Post Offices and the study of a battle field

How does she get reelected, she has nothing to run on...oh, the stupidity of the voters has no limit.

[The Wielding Truth]

31. Probably gerrymandering.

[COL Mustard]

34. She's A Senator.

She represents the entire state of Tennessee.

[Tommymac]

40. Trumpy-mindmandering

It's a mouthful.

[COL Mustard]

47. I've Never Had That Happen

[Tommymac]

50. Hahahaha

[handmade34]

33. ...

love Mr. Harrison!!

[Efilroft Sul]

35. Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder...

[dchill]

38. Youth in Asia.

[Efilroft Sul]

57. Clever!

[COL Mustard]

48. Crows???

[Efilroft Sul]

58. Good one!

[msfiddlestix]

37. out frickin' standing Jamie...

[Tommymac]

41. He is going to be good.

The Party is in good hands.

[msfiddlestix]

42. yeppers! Supporting DNC is going to be crucial

Got a call today for additional. I'm poor, but coughing up a bit more a month won't break me.

[BobTheSubgenius]

44. Blackburn is another one of the deplorables.

I can't believe how few and far between decent GOP politicians are these days. In fact, I can't name one in a snap answer. Probably not in an answer I can ponder for a while.

[Tommymac]

46. They are the silent minority.

And, if they exist, their silence implicates them along with those active in the insurrection.

[COL Mustard]

49. Well, There's...

What's His Name....and that other guy, What's His Face.

Then there's the chick...oh, you know who I mean...and her sister. No wait, that's another fantasy!!!

[sheshe2]

51. This made me smile.

[lastlib]

52. Poor Marsha.....

she just doesn't have game to play in the bigs.

[MustLoveBeagles]

54. LOL

[KPN]

55. Awesome. Now that's hitting the road running

Kudos Jaime Harrison.

[MustLoveBeagles]

56. But watching Fox and OANN and stuffing your face with hamberders and KFC was?

Not to mention playing golf on the tax payers dime when your supposed be working and insighting an insurrection. Sit down and be quiet Marsha. Your not very good at this.

[Celerity]

63. Blackburn: 'China has a 5,000 year history of cheating and stealing. Some things will never change.'

Link to tweet

[whathehell]

66. Go on with your Bad Self, Jaime!