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That is the issue again. The numbers. His stunt at Trumpalooza didn't help. It's as if he is bending over backwards to alienate Democrats. 😡 His swooning with Republicans doesn't make that much sense to me, if the idea is politics. I don't think Republican voters would rally to him in 2026 if he flipped sides. Particularly because on most issues he votes like a solid Democrat would. Again, GovTrack says he is more liberal than Rafael Warnock or Jon Ossoff or Gary Peters - three of the least liberal US Senators. My theory is this isn't about politics, or money. He's just saying, basically, "Fuck you. This is who I am, and what I believe. I'm right." Most politicians would argue that's not really good politics - at least most of the time. And knowing nothing about pre-2020 Fetterman, it's hard to know how much his depression and health issues are the cause of it. Mostly, I just hope he goes away. Part of why I feel conflicted is that he was the ONLY Democrat to flip a Senate seat from red to blue in 2022. So there is this aspect that no good deed goes unpunished. Do we want a Democratic majority, or not? Part of why I feel conflicted is that some part of me loves the fact that Fetterman wants to give Republicans and McCormick the respect they deserve. If I go back decades, especially to when I was most active with US Senators on Capitol Hill, that is how things tended to work. At least moreso than today. And I do miss it. That was definitely the Senate of Joe Biden. That said, if what I am saying is correct, he is kind of an anachronism. As was Biden. As am I, I guess. 🫢 It is definitely the age of silos and bitter partisanship. And while Trump is more symptom than cause, I blame it on Trump. His schtick is to barely win by dividing and conquering. It worked twice for Trump. But it's not good for America. Or even his party in the long run, I think. Check back with me in 2028. In my mind, I compare him to my disdain for Manchin. While Manchin argued that his centrism was sincere, it always seem to help line his pockets. And the pockets of family and cronies. Which is clearly what Trump cares about. With Fetterman it's not the money, as far as I can tell. It's his principles. Or his stubborn and piggish behavior, if you prefer. He is not a subtle man. I think he is a depressed man who was probably never that good at politics. And whose illness is just making him worse. Go away, Fetterman! Just go away

That's my hope!

It's not. We agree. That's my point. And speaking of Dems, how's it goin with Zohran, Sis? You haven't discussed your selfless public service for a while. And I know it's not like you to get worn out. 😀

Seriously? Granted, to quote El Sayed, the guy is kind of an asshole. But he is a Democratic asshole in a state where we just lost a Democratic Senator in the last election. This is worth stressing. A Democratic Senator almost lost in Michigan in a close call in 2024. That sitting Democratic Senator is seen as a moderate. A Democratic Senator almost lost in Nevada in a close call in 2024. That sitting Democratic Senator is seen as a moderate. Democratic Senators almost lost close calls in Wisconsin and Arizona in 2024. I'd tend to call Baldwin and Gallego progressives. It will be a minor miracle if Democrats win a Senate majority. Even Jesus could not win a Democratic majority in 2026 had we lost those four close calls I just outlined. We have a Republican Senate because we lost four states in 2024: West Virginia, Montana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. West Virginia is a lost cause. And he was such a royal asshole that I don't miss Joe Manchin at all. He stands for a Democratic Party of lobbyists that cuddle up to rich oligarchs like Manchin and his family. Manchin is for putting money in his pocket and his yacht. Last thing Manchin wanted is to keep child poverty cut in half by taxing billionaires and handing out money to working class Moms. Who MIGHT have voted for President Harris and a Democratic Senator in 2024 if we could have just fought for T.H.A.T.O.N.E.F.U.C.K.I.N.G.T.H.I.N.G. We might win Sherrod Brown and Ohio back. Woo hoo! If Brown wins again in 2026 it will be because he spent his whole life and career fighting for things Democrats should fight for. Not yachts! Casey losing in Pennsylvania in a very close race in 2024 was the only "swing state" Senate seat Republicans flipped in 2024. Given the choice between someone like El Sayed and Josh Shapiro, a liberal like me would take El Sayed any day of the week. But if it takes a moderate flip flopper like Shapiro who cuddled up to AI oligarchs and The Genocide Jew until it became toxic in order to win, I'm pragmatic. I'll take that over a Republican Senator. Partly because even with assholes like Manchin I'd rather have Democratic policies helping the working class rather than Republican policies enriching the Trump family. Fetterman himself is way more liberal than Raphael Warnock or John Ossoff, according to Govtrack's ideology ranking. His problem is he is bad at politics. And a depressed individual. It seems pretty clear the depression has taken over since his health incident. But I'd rather have a depressed D vote than a happy R vote. ESPECIALLY if it is the vote that makes the D vote the majority. So I don't understand El Sayed's "ogre on a pike" comment about Fetterman. To me it proves they are both kind of assholes. Who are both a bit too macho for their own good. Fetterman's problem is depression. El Sayed's problem is he is a bit too cocky. If he loses, that will be one reason why. I send El Sayed and Senate candidates in Iowa, Texas, Maine, Georgia, Alaska and Ohio small contributions every month Most of those candidates are LESS liberal than Fetterman. Fetterman is depressed and bad at politics. He has almost invited the scorn of Democrats who missed the memo that certain Democratic excesses (cancel culture and unchecked extreme positions) helped put Trump back in power in 2024. Proof of concept of Democratic political malpractice is it does no good to win the Senate by one vote and then have Fetterman flip. He could do that anyway, which I doubt he will. He makes clear he votes with Democrats on most issues. My hope is he just doesn't run again and deals with his mental illness issues. That seems to be the main problem. He is NOT the guy beloved in 2020. If he does run, he will be primaried out. Good for him. Rant over.

Well, it's cute. But I have to say. YOU did not make that video, Sis. All black business shoes. Understandable. But such a boring choice. Why not just a hint of color? 😉

I feel really, really bad Sis. Of the guys named above, at one point or another during my long (very long) Gay career (almost unbearably long), I've had huge Gay crushes on 5 of the guys you named. And, no. While you may be curious, all I can say is The Pillow Guy was not one of them. Who needs a pillow when you can rest your head on Dean Cain's chest at night? Well, that was then. It is curious. They helped make me Gay, I guess. Did I somehow make them MAGA? So sorry!

I'm gonna be glued to my seat. Is it too much to hope that they play YMCA?

LOL. That's funny! America is great! Canada sucks! We are winning! Gas prices and food are cheaper than ever! The Trump family has sacrificed everything to restore America to greatness! The whole world loves and respects America!

Perhaps. Frankly, Sir, I find your language to be somewhat coarse. Being an American, I prefer to be a bit more subtle and diplomatic in my approach. 🙄 ‘We've told them he cannot come’: Republicans grapple with how to handle Trump on the trail I'd just say Trump is a stinking losing pile of shit. And even Team Trump knows they picked an amoeba-brained loser who got them into a losing war because he destroys everything to enrich himself and his family and cronies. And the whole fucking world suffers for it. And if the Iranian theocrats retaliate by flushing the piece of shit down the toilet, then we have a castrated pussy boy POTUS. You don't get your balls back after a guy like Trump publicly castrates you. Just ask Mike Pence. I'll give Castrated Pussy Veep Vance credit for this much. Unlike his amoeba brained boss, he did understand why this was inevitably going to go badly for America. Unless President No More Forever Wars While I Enrich My Family decided to slaughter tens or hundreds of thousands of Americans, and Iranians, in a ground war. Canada, rudely, would of course be on no help. Socialists! But proof of concept that Castrated Pussy Veep Vance is in fact a castrated man is that his objections were useless. A castrated pussy boy doesn't have a chance against an amoeba brained fighter like Trump. Or against someone with a brain and a strategy like El Sayed. So the pussy boy says ridiculously stupid things that even our good and loyal and true pup @Barknaway knows is total bullshit. America is doing the world a service? It's adding insult to injury.

It's actually fun to watch them running scared. Especially castrated little pussy JD Vance. I will give Trump credit for this. If you are going to be Roy Cohn, you really want to be an incredible asshole. It's the logic of authoritarians. If they don't lick the shit off your ass, kill them. Or at least be relentlessly insulting to Lyin Ted Cruz and Little Marco Rubio. And if if you can shoot someone in the middle of 5th Ave. and get away with it, why the fuck not? 🤔 I don't get it, since I am not an authoritarian follower. But JD Vance is a castrated little pussy compared to Trump. The castrated little pussy has been saying for years we should be America First. And we should not be spending blood and treasure in places like Ukraine or Iran. And then his narcissistic amoeba brain boss invades Iran on a whim. And the castrated little pussy says has to eat his words in public defending President Amoeba's dumb fuck impulses. The castrated little pussy is gonna have to explain why he was the mouthpiece for a fucked up and failed war that is America Last in 2028. Pussy! So the castrated little pussy boy uses Dog Whistle 101 language about how El Sayed thinks we should "have sharia law". And how if you criticize that idea you must be a White supremacist. And about how El Sayed is "evil" for some vague reason that better describes how Donald Trump sows hatred by pitting one group against another. So El Sayed goes into how making health care and food unaffordable is what's really evil. El Sayed has actually done slightly better in the polls since the castrated little pussy boy started a fight he can't win. But that is what these losers do. Start fights they can't win. I think El Sayed does come off a little too cocky for his own good. But in this case the castrated little pussy boy asked for it by calling him "evil" for allegedly doing what Vance's amoeba brain boss actually does do - constantly. Abdul had the better insult, I think. He just called Vance boring. There is no evidence so far that "communist" or "evil" or "they want sharia law" is working. It's just pussy boys using dog whistles. Poor Papaw can't help. Maybe JD's momma will punch Abdul, like she said she's like to to protect her castrated pussy boy son.

In this case, what's the difference?

I tuned it out. I know all I need to understand. It is an utter disgrace. The question now is does he try something that is illegal, or should be, when he loses the midterms?

That's a shrew-ed response. 🙄

And speaking of cesspool. There are few conservative blowhards I dislike more than Ted Cruz and Laura Ingraham. So this is sweet. Tell it, Lyin Ted. They obviously have figured out they have a big Texas problem. And the two cesspool buddies are whining like bitches. Poor things! We've all learned that polls consistently underestimate Trump's support - when he is on the ballot. It seems to me that with midterms it is either neutral, or even that polls underestimate Democratic strength. 2022 was expected to go badly for Democrats, and it didn't. In 2018 I was following a bunch of Senate races I was contributing too closely. And the polls were pretty accurate. McCaskill in Missouri and Heitkamp in North Dakota, among others, were doing okay in the polls until the whole Kavanaugh thing started. Which drove out the Testicle Vote in red states, but helped women in House races in blue districts. So it ain't over until it's over. But even without any more of a blue wave than we have right now, looks like we keep Georgia and Michigan and gain North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, and Alaska. That's technically enough. So Democrats don't need Texas or Iowa to have a majority. But if something that could be called a real blue wave develops, Iowa and Texas could go blue again, too. Kicking Ken Paxton and Ted Cruz in the balls would sure be sweet! And since Iowa really turned solid red due to Trump, and Texas has been solid red for a long time, getting a Democrat elected to the Senate in either or both states would be a clear sign that our piece of shit POTUS that could never win 50.000000001 % is just a miserable fucking loser! Of course, we could always send Trump to Canada, rather than prison. Canadians seem to love Trump! 🤔

The interesting question is who would get more pleasure out of getting rid of Trump: the theocrats in Iran, or Congressional Republicans? I do have a favor to ask. For my Canadian sister-in-law, of course. Is it at all possible we could get Kimberly Guilfolye to speak?