POTUS 45.23 - Wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross

[ScoobyDoo]

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She testified for 10 hours under oath. Let's get Trump under oath.

[Handyman]

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Clinton investigation is back on. Never off.

I can see it now...she forgot to pay a parking ticket in like 2001 and the headlines on Faux will read "Criminal Clinton Thumbs Her Nose at Local Law Enforcement" followed by hours of testimony. The officer who wrote the ticket will not show up and then the Flaggys of the world will talk about how they had him killed to protect her from prison!!!1!!1

[ScoobyDoo]

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Clinton investigation is back on. Never off.

[French Rage]

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Sessions wants a second special prosecutor to look into some concerns conservatives had. (Clinton stuff) I know they have a weird hardon for Mrs. Pantsuit McRobot but she lots why are you going to waste more money investigating stuff that will go nowhere and deflect literally none of the spotlight outside of the Faux bubble?

Oh right...I forgot...Sessions is a moron

Wait, why do they need a special prosecutor if they want to investigate that? He does realize that he is in charge of the DOJ, right? And that he only had to appoint the special prosecutor for Russia-collusion because he was involved in the campaign (and the collusion) himself, so they needed to avoid the conflict of interest. But I don't see any conflict of interest if he and the DOJ ran an investigation on this new stuff.

Oh wait, is it because everyone else in the DOJ has told him 50 times there is nothing here and that he should go screw?

[ScoobyDoo]

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Republicans have their talking points today. During Sessions testimony he gets hammered by the Democrats on the topics at hand. When questioned by the Repubs he gets asked about all the leaks.

[Handyman]

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When I heard the news about Jr yesterday, first thing that popped into my head was Fredo saying “IM SMART”

I am not kidding...me too! #JusticeForFredo

[burd]

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Part of that has to be southern biscuits and gravy--so dang good.

[trixR4kids]

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It doesn't seem like people in the South have a problem with getting too big: https://health.usnews.com/wellness/h...tes-in-america

I don't really watch it but the roommate had on that 600 lb life show or w.e it's called, most the people were from the south unsurprisingly.

[burd]

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Problem with the South unlike most other regions in the country (maybe the Plains can be lumped in as well) is the total mixing of politics and religion. Attacking one's political leaders becomes akin attacking someone's religious figures. Budget disputes turn into holy wars. When put in that context, hearing stuff like "we're fighting for our civilization" has a different meaning. Its not just campaign hyperbole, these people truly think like that.

I think I can speak for many northern plainers who have a scandinavian background when I say they may be good lutrens but they are not that far removed from their pagan roots and are not prone to bind their politics to religion. In fact, many I grew up around were fiscally conservative but surprisingly liberal on social issues. A goat maybe here and dere, ya sure.

[Kepler]

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Problem with the South unlike most other regions in the country (maybe the Plains can be lumped in as well) is the total mixing of politics and religion. Attacking one's political leaders becomes akin attacking someone's religious figures. Budget disputes turn into holy wars. When put in that context, hearing stuff like "we're fighting for our civilization" has a different meaning. Its not just campaign hyperbole, these people truly think like that.

Angry Sky God. Not to put too fine a point on it, but look at the Middle East or Central Asia. Stalled cultures mix religion, politics, morality, sexuality into one big reactionary stew. Toynbee was right: there are cultural cul de sacs and dead ends.

The South didn't have to be one, but after more than 100 years as America's ingrown toenail they aren't going to find their own way out. They're going to stay like either forever or until something very nasty happens.



The best that can be said about The South is that we're nibbling away at it. MD was Southern up until a generation ago -- a decade ago it was half NJ and half MS. VA is going through exactly that transition right now. NC will in ten years. GA in twenty. TX will be NM with way cuter girls in 2050.

There's no saving MS, AL, LA, AR, TN, KY, WV. That is Rock Stupid Central and it will endure until the Second Coming (at which Jesus will d-mn them all to hell for their idolatry of football). But as with the USSR, containment and eventual rollback will limit the cancer.

[Rover]

Re: POTUS 45.23 - Wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross

Problem with the South unlike most other regions in the country (maybe the Plains can be lumped in as well) is the total mixing of politics and religion. Attacking one's political leaders becomes akin attacking someone's religious figures. Budget disputes turn into holy wars. When put in that context, hearing stuff like "we're fighting for our civilization" has a different meaning. Its not just campaign hyperbole, these people truly think like that.

[Kepler]

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It doesn't seem like people in the South have a problem with getting too big: https://health.usnews.com/wellness/h...tes-in-america

GA, TX and FL really need to up their game.

[Handyman]

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Congress had her under oath for 10 hours. Let's see Trump do the same.

Oh my god...I listened to him in person for like an hour and I wanted to die can you imagine him testifying for that long? The transcript would be worse than Mad Libs done by children that have been run through every major language translator multiple times.

[MaizeRage]

Re: POTUS 45.23 - Wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross

It doesn't seem like people in the South have a problem with getting too big: https://health.usnews.com/wellness/h...tes-in-america

[Kepler]

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He sometimes expresses frustration/regret that northerners do not understand much of what is good about the South, given their assumptions.

Having lived in NC and VA (and rural MD which might as well be the South), and also among people from the Deep South, I completely agree with this. There are wonderful things about the South.

The trick is to somehow extract the virulence without losing the kindness. That great line from the Bessie Smith movie always sums it up for me perfectly:

"In the South we don't care how close you get as long and you don't get too big. In the North they don't care how big you get as long and you don't get too close."