Friday, April 07, 2023

I Didn't Say It

Bob Iger, Disney CEO, on Ron DeSantis attacks on the company in light of their opposition to his Don’t Say Gay bills:

“We love the state of Florida. We respect and appreciate what the state has done for us, but it’s been a two-way street. A company has a right to freedom of speech just like an individual does, and DeSantis retaliates against us—in effect to punish a company for exercising its constitutional right. And that seems really wrong to me. Our point on this is that any action that thwarts those efforts [Walt Disney Co. plans to invest $17 billion in Walt Disney World over the next 10 years and create 13,000 new jobs] simply to retaliate for a position the company took, sounds not just anti-business, but it sounds anti-Florida, and I’ll just leave it at that.”

 Will Floridians ever wake up and see the damage DeSantis is doing to their state; nearly 90% of high school graduates headed off to college are choosing to so so out of state; 13,000 jobs on the line if DeSantis keeps up his vendetta; and the largest number of COVID deaths of any state in the country.

Oh, and his choice to attack history classes and transgender Americans and banning books.

Seriously, Florida, is this what you want?

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Lindsey Graham, Thing 45’s lapdog, looking bleary-eyed and teary eyed on Fox:

“We do have one last chance to not become a banana republic. Twenty-twenty-four is the most important election in my lifetime. America literally is at stake as we know it, is at stake as we know it. I’m sorry I’m so upset. But please help [Thing 45]. If you can afford five or 10 bucks, if you can’t afford a dollar, fine. Just pray. Make sure you vote as early as you can in your state. Don’t risk anything anymore. Vote as soon as you can. Pray for this country. Pray for this president. And if you’ve got any money to give, give it. Let’s stand up for this president, let’s stand up for this country, and let’s don’t take this crap anymore. We all can help.”

Is it just me or does she sound like a sad lonely high school girl begging the quarterback to pay attention to her?

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Reba McEntire, country music superstar who says she tries to stay out of politics, on being “disappointed” in the anti-drag bill recently signed into law in Tennessee:

“I wish they would spend that much time and energy and money on feeding the homeless children. We’ve got a real problem in this country, and to be worrying about men wanting to dress up as women? God bless ’em to wear those high heels—I feel for ’em. But let’s center our attention on something that really needs attention.”

Trouble is, like guns and the border and fentanyl and inflation, the GOP has no answers, so they use fear as a weapon … fear of drag queens and transgender Americans … and women who want to make their own healthcare choices.

Don’t let fear win.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, adulterer, GOP stripper and former lawyer, talking about New York City and Alvin Bragg:

“New York is now the likes of Will Smith, I am Legend. It’s a zombie apocalypse. People are running around. They’re afraid to go on the subways, afraid to walk to school or go to work, get on the busses because it’s rampant with crime. It’s filthy and disgusting. There’s no quality of life. And this guy just lights a revolving door. He reduces felonies to misdemeanors. He doesn’t go after violent criminals. It’s a complete disaster. He should be thrown out of office. For all of these reasons, he has completely failed to serve his oath and his office by making New York a safe place to live. He has not. He is endangering women, children, families, communities, putting businesses out of work because he is not doing his job. Instead, he’s hell bent on persecuting [Thing 45].”

But the pussy grabbing adulterer who pays off porn stars so that news of the affair he had with her while his third wife with whom he cheated with on his second wife with whom he cheated with on his first wife doesn’t find out?

Take a seat Karen, the manager’s a little busy right now.

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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, trans actress, on Zaya Wade’s transition and her family’s support:

“I saw Dwyane and Gabrielle recently and had to let them know personally, ‘Thank you.’ Because there’s a stigma within the African American community. And it’s so beautiful to see a Black family like theirs speak about their child, Zaya, with love, and for them to say, ‘I’m here for my child, and anything that tries to come against her, it shall not prosper. She will prosper.’ Zaya is the hope and beacon for a lot of trans youth that will be looking up to her when she gets to my age … which is very young, just to let you know.”

I understand that some people don’t ‘get’ transgender because they believe gender is between your legs only, but can’t we just have a little understanding and respect for those who make the choice to step up and out, especially in the climate that is America right now, to be their true selves? Can’t we stand with them in their struggle and their journey to live their own lives.

Respect isn’t a hard thing to give.

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Lauren Boebert, uneducated criminal GOP Representative, on her teenage son knocking up his underage girlfriend:

“Obviously, I’m a Christian, and there are standards that we like to uphold, but none of us do it perfectly. One of the biggest things that I look to is ‘him who knows to do right and doesn’t, it’s sin.’ And I mean, there’s things all throughout the week that I know is [sic] right to do. And sometimes, I don’t do them. And so we can nitpick what the Bible says is right and wrong, but I think just having that heart posture of wanting to serve God and do the right thing is so important. So certainly there are some beliefs that you, like wait, this isn’t exactly right and exactly what we have taught you, but this is where we’re at, and we’re gonna teach you about redemption and how to move forward.”

Yes, this devout Christian thinks you can pick and choose the words of God you choose to follow. But then when you consider she was a high school dropout after getting knocked up by her boyfriend, how could her son possibly do any different; he was raised to do this.

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Stormy Daniels, on the indictment and why she’s not frightened of facing Thing 45, AKA Orange Mushroom Dick, in court:

“It’s vindication. But it’s bittersweet. He’s done so much worse that he should have been taken down (for) before. I am fully aware of the insanity of it being a porn star. But it’s also poetic; this p**** grabbed back. I’ve seen him naked. There’s no way he could be scarier with his clothes on. I’m not afraid, I have nothing to hide, and I look forward to telling everybody what I know.”

Truth. The pussy grabbed back.

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    1. Stormy has a way with words, no doubt about it!

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  2. Those Trump seniors in Florida still don't understand that Gen Z is going to put them out to pasture. I think Lyndsey sounds more like the wallflower at the prom pleading for someone to pick her, unfortunately the only one who has any interest is Trump. Lauren and Guilfoyle were pulled from the same trash can.

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    1. Miss Lindsey soooo wants to be the popular girl, but she'll always and ever only be the girl who sits under the bleachers giving blow jobs to the janitor.

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  3. Anonymous10:03 AM

    TDM
    Lots to not say and say!
    xoxo :-)

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  4. "This pussy grabbed back", what a great epitaph when the time comes. It's also the reason I have two children. You live you learn.

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  5. During the time I've lived in Florida, it's changed so much. I wonder how much of that change can be attributed to The Villages, the huge, conservative retirement community that continues to grow and wield political influence. Boebert and Greene are a pair of idiots supreme.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. I agree, though I wonder how the rest of the state just watches and does nothing.
      xoxo

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  6. Scuse me, but why does a self-professed multi-billionaire need the poor to fund his legal fees? Man up mate and pay them yourself - prove you're richer than the rest of us!

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    1. He doesn't pay his own bills.

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  7. Anonymous10:57 AM

    Oh, LadyG, Bobo and Kim need to hush. None wants to hear what they get paid (or coerced) to say. And to tell you the truth, Florida has always been the armpit of the US. What Meatball Ron had done there does not surprise me.
    Love that M.J. Talked to Zaya’s parents. They are an example.
    And I love me some Stormy Daniels!

    XOXO

    Sixpence

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    1. MJ and Stormy and Iger nailed it this week.
      xoxo

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  8. If Thing 45 had taken a booking photo, those words .... "The pussy grabbed back" printed beneath the photo would have been perfect on a tee shirt.

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  9. Anonymous12:21 PM

    As others have noted elsewhere, Senator Graham sheds tears at Tv's arraignment, but not one tear or action when schoolkids are gunned down in their classrooms. Stoooopid POS.

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    1. Miss Lindsey is a hypocritical pandering ass-kissing traitor to America.

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  10. Stormy Daniels will go down (pardon me) in history as a true American folk hero.

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    1. No matter how you say it, it's all true.

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  11. At this point you couldn't even pay me to take a vacation in Florida!

    And God loves Reba McEntire I love her!

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    1. We have a friend who lives in Tallassee and he called today and wished Carlos a Happy Birthday, then asked if we would come for a visit. I said I wouldn't go there while DeSantis is in office as I don't want my tourist dollars going to fascism.

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  12. Hi Bob. Florida is bonkers. I guess as long as DeSantis doesn't take away their sunshine and retirement villages then they will not revolt but it is getting a little too fascist down there. He is starting to make people want to go back to Cuba. And I love that quote by Reba. Happy weekend.

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    1. I just don't get why Floridians are standing up to this nonsense. Are they all goose-steppers?

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  13. I shake my head at the ridiculousness of the GOP led states.
    Thank goodness for voices of reason like Reba and Stormy too.

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    1. It's frightening what they're doing in those Red states; I hope it all comes back to bite them in the ass.

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  14. Sounds like yet more fun frolics in America's never ending carnival. I know that this isn't entirely relevant to your blogpost but do you think Joe Biden should pass the baton of leadershipto a younger presidential candidate? He seems so doddery from this viewpoint and besides he has done the job of bringing more decency and maturity back into American politics after the nightmare of Thing45.

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  15. I suspect a lot of young, working Floridians don't like DeSantis at all and see him as a threat to their livelihood -- certainly those in the entertainment industry. But older, retired Floridians seem to have his back. (Plus churchgoers, plus conservative Cuban-Americans.)

    Lauren Boebert really IS Sarah Palin all over again, isn't she?!

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