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Home Front: Politix
James Carville says Democrats can't afford to lie like 'Republicans do'
[NYPOST] Democratic political strategist James Carville expressed frustration with the state of his party on his podcast Thursday, arguing that Republicans are able to get away with lying while Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
are held to a higher standard of credibility.

Talking to guest Ryan Lizza, a journalist, he said, "People say to me all the time, ’James, why don’t we just do like the Republicans do? Just stand up and lie?’ Because our f—ing people wouldn’t stand for it!" Carville said. "If I stood up and lied, you would be the first person to say, ’James Carville lost all credibility last night when he said X, Y and Z.’"

Carville, a longtime political talking head, was a top strategist for former President Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of the word is...
’s 1992 campaign.

"Yeah, I can spin," Carville continued. "I can shade. Everybody does that. They just look you right in the eye and lie!" He added, "And then our people say, ’We ought to lie like them!’ No, we shouldn’t! ’Cause they would not do that. It would not go over well."

President Clinton was impeached in 1998 by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice connected to his testimony about a relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

The issue of authenticity came up more recently during the 2024 election. A new book claimed Democrats had major concerns about former President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family...
’s decline and cognitive abilities ahead of his June debate against President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
, despite publicly maintaining that the former president was fit to serve another four years.
Posted by: Fred || 05/07/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [169 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Project much asshole?
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/07/2025 0:47 Comments || Top||

#2  ...and then his tongue fell out....
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 05/07/2025 0:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Wasting away in Bidenville.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/07/2025 7:43 Comments || Top||


#5  "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan."
Posted by: SteveS || 05/07/2025 9:11 Comments || Top||

#6  Democrats can't afford to lie like 'Republicans do'

Which is exactly what a liar would say. Tell me exactly what the difference spinning and shading is from lying.
Posted by: Warthog || 05/07/2025 9:23 Comments || Top||

#7  Always remember that Carville is one of the most moderate and reasonable of all the Democrats. So, if you think he's bad...
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/07/2025 12:04 Comments || Top||

#8  James Carville is an example of "It's not lying when I do it!"
Posted by: magpie || 05/07/2025 20:26 Comments || Top||


Supreme Court allows Trump's ban on transgender troops to take effect
[10News] The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.

The White House had asked the high court to lift a lower court’s injunction — a request the justices granted. Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would have denied the application.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. The order argued that the presence of transgender service members "conflicts with the soldier’s commitment" and harms military readiness.

In March, U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle — a George W. Bush appointee — ruled in favor of transgender service members challenging the policy. He said that discharging them would damage their careers and reputations.

An Obama-era policy implemented in 2016 allowed transgender individuals to serve openly. But during Trump’s first term, he reversed that policy, issuing a ban that allowed exceptions for active-duty service members who had already begun the transitioning process.

When President Joe Biden took office, the ban was rescinded.

Courtesy of Besoeker, a different angle on the story:
SCOTUS Lets Trump Pentagon Trans Ban Take Effect, for Now

[FOX] The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in lifting a lower court's order that paused the Pentagon's transgender military ban.

In a short order on Tuesday, the high court handed the White House win as Trump seeks to unmake the Biden-era diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda. The court stayed a lower court order, allowing the Pentagon policy to take effect. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the administration's appeal and kept the lower court injunction in place.

At issue in the suit, Shilling v. United States, is President Donald Trump's January executive order banning transgender military members. The order required the Department of Defense to update its guidance regarding "trans-identifying medical standards for military service" and to "rescind guidance inconsistent with military readiness."

And from Skidmark, this necessary background: Social Media Reacts To HHS Review On Trans Treatments That Debunks Nike Study: ‘Just Don’t Do It’

Posted by: Frank G || 05/07/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [51 views] Top|| File under: Nut Jobs


Conservatives mock Dem rhetoric about ''oligarchy'' as NYC living room pic of Alex Soros and Abedin goes viral
[NYPOST] Conservatives skewered an online photo of liberal megadonor Alex Soros and former Crooked Hillary Clinton
...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do...
aide Huma Abedin.

An article from The New Yorker went viral on Monday for showcasing notable New Yorkers in their living rooms, ranging from big names in entertainment to politics.

Staff writer Naomi Fry summarized that living rooms are ''the most public-facing of a home's spaces, and, as such, it bears a particular burden: that of showcasing to others who the occupants are.''

Many of the photos that went viral were specifically those of Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
. Conservative social media account ComfortablySmug shared four images featuring Soros and Abedin, Rep. Alexandria Boom Boom Ocasio-Cortez
Dem Congressgirl from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details. She was the inventor of the Green New Deal, though she doesn't talk about it much anymore
, D-N.Y., MSNBC host and activist civil rights hustler Al Sharpton
...Tawana Brawley's spiritual advisor...
, and former Vice President Kamala Harris
former senatrix from California, 2020 Dem presidential hopeful and ultimately Joe Biden's intended successor
' stepdaughter Ella Emhoff.
Posted by: Fred || 05/07/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [167 views] Top|| File under: Malevolent NGO

#1  Opulent lair you got there for a evil mastermind.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/07/2025 7:44 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/07/2025 9:43 Comments || Top||


#4  Didn't AOC crash the Met Gala one year, which is the very definition of opulent lifestyle?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/07/2025 13:13 Comments || Top||




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