Adam Kinzinger, GOP Congressman with a spine, on assuming
there would always be a "career-ending" vote he would have to take
because of his party’s fear of investigating the 1/6/2021 attack on the Capitol:
"I made the decision early in my career that I would be
willing to take a potentially career-ending vote, but I thought that vote would
be for something like a Social Security reform bill. I never thought it would
be for defending democracy. Kevin [McCarthy]
gave a great speech the week after [the insurrection], and then he went to
Mar-a-Lago and charged the paddles and brought [Thing 45] back to life. That's the moment when I
realized, Oh, man, this is a problem. You come to understand that when the
party and party leaders talk about unity, and in the same breath, say that [Thing
45] is the leader of the Republican Party, what they're talking about isn't
unity. They're talking about capitulation. When under the guise of unity, you
act like Jan. 6 was just whatever you want to make of it, that is capitulating
to a false narrative and to a dangerous attack on democracy. I will certainly
talk to Kevin if he wants to. But I don't see how we're ever going to come
eye-to-eye on this until there is a recognition that we can't be the party of
insurrection. Part of me doesn't blame [McCarthy], because he's not going to be
a senator, he's not going to be governor. Being speaker is a huge deal. I think
in his mind, once he's speaker, he will be in a position to maybe lead the
party differently. But the problem is that this is the
moment where opinions of our base voters and our party are being baked
in. This is
the moment where history is being written as to whether something like Jan. 6
can happen again."
Kinzinger spells it out plainly: Kevin McCarthy is willing
to stand for, and behind, a traitor to this country in the hoes that he can
become Speaker of the House.
Damn Democracy; damn justice; damn doing what’s right. Kevin
McCarthy is only out for Kevin McCarthy.
As are most n the GOP, save Kinzinger and Cheney.
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Too many people in politics think that purity in politics is everything; you can't give way on some things to gain support from the other side of the aisle; why not? Surely it's better to get some of what you want rather than nothing because no-one is prepared to reach out. Better to have tried and fail than never to try at all.
ReplyDeleteAdam sticks out like a sore thumb because he's the less horrible and more aware of the Repugs. Can you imagine how morally corrupt a party has to be to make a garden variety politician look like the paragon of honesty?
ReplyDeleteAnd I despise Bullshit Barbie SO MUCH! *barf*
I cannot wait until Matt Beavis Gaetz gets slammed with charges. Can't wait. His daddy is not gonna be able to get him out this time. Bet he has pencil dick, too.
XOXO
Matthew M’s post reads like lyrics to a Supremes song. Geez. We sure need more thinkers like Adam K.
ReplyDeleteWhat the fuck is going on with Matthew McConaughney?????
ReplyDeleteAnd Matt Gaetz...has neither looks...not talent..or brains. He does look like the Twilight Zone ventriloquist doll.
I agree with Helen!
ReplyDeletexoxo :-)
Matthew McConaughey is a good actor with a great smile. I think he might want to stick with that. Why in hell is K-Y WackoNinny still talking?!?
ReplyDelete@Helen
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be nice to see BOTH sides working together for the benefit of the people???
!Six
I am no fan of Kinzinger's politics but any politician who puts country over party is doing a great service to this country.
I love that Barbie keeps saying she has never lied and then she lies almost immediately!!
@Krayolakris
Matthew is a tool, just looking for attention.
@Maddie
Matthew suffers from too much pot and too much bongos.
I think Gaetz might like a hand up his ass.
@TDM
Me, too!
@Mitchell
McConaughey needs to take a seat in a quiet room.
Kayleigh is laughably idiotic.
Kinzinger's right, Democrats should have been more welcoming.
ReplyDeleteMcConaughey has always smoked a little too much weed.
has Dorf even worked lately?
Why does Gaetz always remind me of a badly animated cartoon?
Matt Gaetz wants to nominate Trump for Speaker?! WHAT?!
ReplyDeleteBullshit Barbie needs to just shut up and look like the Blonde Bimbo she is, it's fairly obvious her Brains isn't what got her any Jobs. Matthew is a Tool with a fading Career so he's looking for something else that would get him the Attention he craves. Gaetz, he is creepy on all levels, he looks like what he is and let's just put him away where he belongs, behind Bars already. Any True Conservative would not be aligning with Thing 45 and his band of Lunatics, he's about as far from being Conservative as one can possibly get and how he managed to hijack the Conservative Party is still interesting to me.
ReplyDeleteAdam Kinzinger wakes up. Yay. Good for him. Good for the country. He makes sense once again. But he's still a Repulsivecan. Not holding my breath.
ReplyDeleteMatthew McConaughey actually makes big picture sense. So, I think to dog him for this? Naw. He's spot on, actually. Very wise. Not stoner logic. He sees the big picture, Bob.
Stephen Dorff... also on point. He's sincere. He's made a career of odd choices and offbeat movies. And I agree with him. I won't waste my time watching Marvel crap. It's bad movie making. CGI death. It has NOTHING to do with film or acting. Again, big picture thinking, Bob.
Gaetz. Is his jail cell missing him? Why isn't this man in jail yet? What is wrong with this world? Picture? Corruption, my dears.
Kayleigh is no longer relevant. She's simply replaying her greatest hit(s) and hoping people will pay attention. Want to shut her up for good? Stop paying attention.
Thanks for the feed, Bob. Always enlightening.
That trump as speaker of the house bullshit is all part of the "plan" to have him back in the presidency in August. The Man told me about it last night. 1. trump will be appointed to take the place of a representative 2. trump will be voted in as speaker of the house because the Congressional Black Caucus will be convinced to vote republican 3. Biden and Harris will be impeached. 4. The next person in line for the presidency, the speaker of the house, will become president. 5. Therefore, trump will be president.
ReplyDeleteIt's all exhausting.
Love,
Janie