It is a little Forest Gump adjacent.

“Eighty-eight years ago, she did something that was, at the time, an acceptable means of conversation,” Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. told the New York Times. “I’m not saying it was right, but the times were different.”

And he doesn’t race money for down ballot candidates either.

He’s only in it for the money for himself.  He does not raise money for down ballot candidates.  It’s quite telling.

Didn’t bother to vote for anything of that era, he famously didn’t vote until his own name was on the ballot.

His maneuvering is what kept her on the committee (she could be kicked off if she’s deemed to insult another member), he preserved her time, and he got her full comments on the record. Meadows wanted her censured and her comments stricken. And he absolutely would have gotten that under the rules that bind…

Yes, that’s correct.

Cummings is operating within the rules of Congressional Hearings - what he did ensured that she kept her seat on the committee (she could have been removed if she was deemed to have insulted another member) - and he kept her comments in the congressional record (Meadows and the GOP wanted them stricken) - and he…

Yes.

Agreed.

My Dad of all people - who is a hardcore Republican - met Bill Clinton at a summit in Asia years ago, and said he is maybe the most charismatic, intelligent person he’s ever met in his entire life. He walked away absolutely taken with him.

Yes; I’ve seen it play out in my own older family members and their peer group (CEOs and ex-pat multinational executives). First it was Limbaugh, Drudge, Fox, and then the email chains that began being circulated and forwarded. Utter lies, conspiracy garbage, but they had their hooks into these older Americans who…

I’m planning on writing both he and Michelle long thank you letters.

Don’t watch even that!

Don’t watch! Don’t hate watch! Don’t stream it!

She confirmed, she’s doing it. She’s saying “freedom of speech” nonsense.

Please, please don’t hate watch it.

Or Kid Rock.

After the inauguration, 3 doors down is playing a strawberry festival, some casinos and a “community auditorium.”

At the same time as the film of the “Handmaid’s Tale” is being released, we have these people trying their damndest to make it real life.