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

On Sat, 8 Aug 2026 14:15:42 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:

>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.

And Andrew Jackson's wife was a bar girl, the prostitute of the times.

Recent experience with actors and reality show hosts has not been so
profitable though.
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