Until now I’ve written of Gaetz as being a total right-wing believer/idiot. This interview, and your comments, make me think he’s more of a mini-McConnell in the making. He knows just how awful the policies are that he’s advocating for, and doesn’t seem to care unless it doesn’t make sense from a power acculumination…

Like a shaved Freddie Mercury standing on the shoulders of a second shaved Freddie Mercury. I mean hell, how tall IS Sacha Baron Cohen? I never realized he did so much looming over his guests.

The other guys are terrible too! Rohrbacher! Joe Wilson! Those guys don’t get a pass in my mind because they’re old or unsophisticated. 

Joe Walsh ain’t no 80 years old though..

Right? Obviously you’re pretty easy to manipulate, idiots.

It’s just like the people who think being called racist is just as bad, if not worse, than their holding and/or expressing views, or forwarding policies, that are patently or surreptitiously racist.

“it’s because that idea doesn’t seem crazy to you, which means you are fucking insane.”

That was what stood out to me about this entire thing. All the pathetic politicians whining about being “tricked” into saying stupid shit are just showing how dumb and morally bankrupt they are. Cohen deals in deception, sure. But he doesn’t deceive you into saying shit you don’t believe. He disarms you enough to say…

Thoughts and prayers to us: The Americans who have to deal with idiots who want to train kids in the use of mortars.

Should’ve added a line about promising to pay his alimony, though he probably would’ve finally caught on there. 

Thoughts and prayers to those humiliated.

The only thing I didn’t like about this is it showed Matt Gaetz to be a pretty sharp guy when he wouldn’t bite at endorsing arming 3-4 year olds on television saying “Generally members of Congress don’t just hear a story about a program and then indicate whether they support it or not.”

I think it was Mark Twain that said “there are lies, there are damned lies, and then there are statistics.”

Let’s be super clear about this . . . I’m a 42 year old white dude. There is absolutely no place or situation anywhere where I would be stopped by a cop for “exhibiting characteristics of an armed person”. EVER. Zero chance. 

They just released the footage and big surprise:the cops tazed him while hold his hands up to surrender and the muscle twitches made his hnd look like it was trying to unholster his gun on his hip.

“exhibiting characteristics of an armed person”

To the asshat in the grays saying that Chicago isnt a concealed carry city is hogwash. Chicago has allowed it since 2013 or ‘14.

Remember the root article with those retired cops: don’t just go after the cop, include the chief of police as well.

That’s not 27% more likely, that’s 27 times more likely. It’s okay that you got it wrong though, reading comprehension is hard, and Math is just one of those Liberal conspiracies, like most education.

“Of incidents where use of force was used against a minor, 83% involved black children and 14% involved Latino children during the same time-period, the report notes.”