Because Democrats have accountability

Here’s what I want to know: Why did Al Franken and Katie Hill have to resign but Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan are still in Congress?

— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) October 4, 2023

Republicans = Nazis

Peace,

emaycee

 

This is how we do it

Holy shit. @alfranken just gave a master class in shutting down Republican lies. pic.twitter.com/29b2xo5xsv

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) September 11, 2022

Republican = Traitor

Peace,

emaycee

 

Our better selves

A tad over the top, but we've earned the moral high ground

I've never been a big fan of the "when they go low, we go high" (with all due respect to Michelle Obama) strategy--there's just too much at stake and frankly winning is too important to get bogged down in what often amounts to technicalities (and going low has never seemed to hurt republicans all that much electorally, to boot).  But the calls for--and eventual acceptance of--the resignations of Al Franken and John Conyers over their sexual harassment transgressions is the right move at the right time.  It may be tremendously cynical (we live in a cynical world), but the most important part of Al Franken's resignation speech was when he contrasted himself resigning with pervert Donald Trump staying in the White House and pedophile Roy Moore remaining in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama.

The contrast is stark--we don't accept sexual assault.  Republicans do.

I like the way that will play in the 2018 elections.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

This is the republican party, part the second

Not a turtle--just a hypocritical sack of shit

Mitch McConnell yesterday called on Al Franken to resign, without a hint of irony that his party has a moral degenerate in the White House who bragged on tape about sexually assaulting women, and is pouring money into the campaign of Trump's fellow moral degenerate, Roy Moore, who is a known child molester.

The other day I got an e-mail from some liberal group, and in the subject line it noted that I would not believe how low the republican party had gone.  And you know what?  I thought it was the goofiest subject line ever--I absolutely will believe how low the republican party will go.  They have absolutely no shame.

But I still believe there are enough Americans to make them pay for their hypocrisy and their utter disdain of the American people.

And here's hoping the voting public makes me look clairvoyant come next November...

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Al Franken needs to resign...immediately

You fucking idiot!

There's just no way around it--his sexual assault charge by Leanne Tweeden is colossally unbecoming and while his second apology is better than his first, in the end we as Democrats are running in post Donald Trump's victory elections on the idea that we represent American values better than republicans.  We're not racists.  We aren't misogynistic.  We respect the LGBQ community. We're the party of inclusiveness, not assholishness.  Franken has betrayed this and without his swift and decisive removal we are going to appear to be just like republicans.  Party before country.

And that doesn't even cover what it means to the women in our party, who quite frankly, deserve better than what Franken has done.

A quick resolution will show that we don't and we won't tolerate such behavior.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Taking food out of the mouths of babies

The Senate passed the Food Stamp Slashing Bill today, with only nine, count 'em fucking NINE, Democrats voting against the cuts.  If you live in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or Connecticut, you can be proud of your Democratic Senators--just about anywhere else, well, your Senator decided that giving government money to agribusiness trumped feeding children.  Over 1.7 million people will see a cut averaging about $90 month, thereby forcing children to go hungry.

Noted Liberal stalwarts like Bernie Sanders, Barbara Boxer, Al Franken, Jeff Merkley, Tom Harkin, and my state's own Carl Levin voted for the cuts.  It's not surprising when lame-ass Democrats like Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, and my state's own Debbie Stabenow fuck over the poor--you always knew that while they are marginally better than republicans, they were really only in it for the money.  But people that we've been asked to help again and again because they were really the good guys, and stood up for what Paul Wellstone famously called the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party?

I know days like today really pump me up for the elections in November.  Unfortunately for Democrats running for the Senate this year, what little money I have will be going to food banks.

At least I know that they give a shit about the poor.

Peace,
emaycee