Video & Multimedia
Related: About this forum2naSalit
(86,068 posts)more like anthrax, as she mentioned earlier. I saw that broadcast, thanks for posting here for all to see.
panfluteman
(2,054 posts)Just think of a wig - as in a party big wig, and insert an "H" after the initial "W".
panfluteman
(2,054 posts)It was right there, at the end of Rachel's video.
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)That the whole set of distortions presented is designed to reduce immigrant votes for the opposition party. Damn near every one of the politicians preaching this gospel of bullshit probably have two illegal servants at home.
5 of 6 Trump voters I know (all the Trump voters I know, period) were, and still are, deplorable, dispicable, racist, sexist and homophobic asshats. 2 were fired for blatant racist commentary after the election. 1 was disciplined and warned never to make homophobic remarks to staff again. 2 more had pronounced their racist and sexist reasons they were voting for Trump, and both are ignored because they are so elderly and due to retire very soon.
And 1, whose devout Christian faith and preecher mislead her to vote for Trump as the "godly" choice. She got more informed, and has regretted that ever since.
The whole damn shit pie makes me sick. Trump and the conservative political heroes couldn't give a damn about immigration, per se. They certainly don't follow any religious principles they spout when pretending to be good liddle Cwistians only when it suits their profiteering.
But the 5 of 6 deplorables I know eat the whole shit pie and ask for seconds.
panfluteman
(2,054 posts)I just happened to know that they were a political party in US history that preceded the Republican party, and died out with the birth of the Republican party - it was an educated guess, because I did not know positively that Lincoln was a Whig. That's one thing about my pre-existing condition - it enables me to memorize and regurgitate lots of information, facts and trivia.
panfluteman
(2,054 posts)That's what I LOVE about Rachel Maddow - she doesn't just report on current events - she digs deeper, to educate her viewers about the historical background and patterns that led to the current events in the first place - and this is a fine example. I am a great history buff, and believe that, without the benefit of history, we are a lot like Plato's cave dwellers, just watching the passing shadow plays on the walls without ever taking a look at the forces that are behind them - we see things happening, but we never know WHY. Our current political situation is a fine example of how the surface appearance of current events can deceive the casual observer. On the surface, the Republican party appears to be strong - heck, it won not only the presidency, but also both houses of congress in the last presidential election. But what lies under the surface - and not too far under the surface, I might add - for anyone who wants to investigate more deeply is all the questionable help and cheatiing, corrupt tactics that it took to get them there - voter suppression, vote stealing, gerrymandering, and even cyber-interference from the Russians. In reality, the Republican party is on its last legs, a bubble that's about to burst. They can't win elections fair and square anymore, because they are out of touch, out of step with an electorate that is younger, more progressive and more ethnically diverse than ever before. And what are these reclusive billionaire donors like Robert Mercer or the Koch brothers and their dark money donations to Republican politicians if not de facto secret societies? Anti-immigrant nativist propaganda flourishes in our country whenever the two party system and its legitimate political discourse begins to break down - brilliant! Thanks, Rachel! And thanks for telling me exactly who the "know nothings" were - I had heard their name bandied about in my studies of American history, but never knew quite who they were. This is why I LOVE Rachel Maddow - every show of hers is a history lesson, where you leave knowing and understanding significantly more than you did before watching.
mahina
(17,506 posts)(Bad word said here)
(Another one too)
Grrrrr
duncang
(1,907 posts)Dipshit donnie and his followers