Re: Rod Liddles death is a terrible blow to public life

On 8/8/2026 1:11 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Aug 2026 13:01:33 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/7/2026 5:11 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 16:15:02 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/7/2026 4:09 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 14:52:20 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/6/2026 1:54 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 13:05:01 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Look it up. Actually they said the exact same sort of things about Mitt
>>>>>>>> Romney when he ran (for god's sake the most milquetoast
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ha, one of the very few r's who didn't support himbo is milquetoast.
>>>>>>> That is the one thing you can't accuse him of.  Unlike Liz in Wyoming,
>>>>>>> he did manage to hang on this congressional seat in utah, in spite of
>>>>>>> similar voter mood in his state, until jan 2025 when he retired.  I
>>>>>>> say that success in the face of headwind is very much to his credit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And He and Liz are two of my very favorite r's whom I would vote for
>>>>>>> if there were no decent d candidates on offer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> candidate ever),
>>>>>>>> just like they did about Bush 1 and then Bush 2 (also literally Hitler).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, I don't think the objections to the bushs are anything like to
>>>>>>> himbo.   And no, bush is in no way anything like adolph.  See how you
>>>>>>> guys line up to trash people r's who dare to criticize himbo?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bush 2 did attack iraq.  And he gets credit for defeating sadam and
>>>>>>> sort of install a new wobbly regime, which most of us see as an
>>>>>>> unnecessary intervention in the affairs of iraq.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Himbo is failing to do even that much in iran, even though some of us
>>>>>>> think he might have had good reason to attack.  Too bad he really had
>>>>>>> no plan to win in iran, and allowed himself no credible advisors to
>>>>>>> help him do that, or to help him know better than to try.  Such is the
>>>>>>> penalty of sycophants.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So what do the r's do?  If a candidate with possible popularity
>>>>>>> appears on the scene right, now, the r's are on him with fangs and
>>>>>>> claws.  Such as the gov of calif recently for instance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bush 2 was regularly depicted as Hitler by protestors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which does not reflect what most people thought at the time or now, in
>>>>> spite of what he did in iraq.
>>>>>
>>>>>> During his
>>>>>> presidential run Mitt was widely criticized by Dems as being anti-woman.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could be.  If I can forgive Liz for being a hard conservative and war
>>>>> hawk, I can forgive Mitt for making some people think he was
>>>>> anti-woman.  A lot of people think that about mormons generally.  On
>>>>> the other hand, women do continue to marry mormon men and make babies
>>>>> with them.
>>>>>
>>>>> The issue for me is showing symptoms of having an ethical sense, which
>>>>> most r's do not, it seems to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Meanwhile today Gavin is widely derided by nearly everyone, including
>>>>>> your buddy Bill Maher.
>>>>>
>>>>> In which case, the r's don't need to worry about his candidacy like
>>>>> they do.
>>>>
>>>> Never depreciate the ability of a slick low-ethics used car salesman to
>>>> make the sale.
>>>
>>> Of which, himbo is the ultimate example.  A used car salesman from the
>>> bronx.  "Boy have I got a deal for youse."
>>
>> Yeah, Newsom is a less successful griftier version of Trump.
> 
> See what I mean.  You see him as a contender so right now you start
> with the character assassination.  Do you see yourself?
 >
Harry S. Truman sold cheap suits at a haberdashery in Missouri.