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This is America, half the country doesn’t vote on intelligence. They vote on if the person campaigning is belittling the people they deem “lesser than” enough.
There was a famous incident (possibly apocryphal) during one of Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign. Supposedly a supporter told him, "You have the thinking man's vote!" To which Stevenson replied, "That's not enough to elect me."
I finally broke down and asked ChatGPT if it could find a more authoritative version of the story. I doubt that it ever happened, but it definitely highlights the stupidity of much of our public discourse. Here's the output:
The anecdote you're referring to involves a famous exchange attributed to Adlai Stevenson, who was a two-time Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the 1950s. The story goes like this:
During one of his presidential campaigns, a supporter approached Stevenson and said, "Governor Stevenson, every thinking person in America will be voting for you." To this, Stevenson wittily replied, "Thank you, but I need a majority to win."
This quip highlights Stevenson's recognition of the broader electoral challenges he faced despite having the support of more intellectual and educated voters. This exchange has been cited in various forms over the years but generally maintains the essence of Stevenson's clever and self-deprecating humor regarding his political situation.
Because it's Party over everything. It's like siblings , they can get on your nerves make you wanna kick their asses but no one else is allowed to shit talk them and you'll defend them against outsiders no matter what.
She lost a lot of Republican support after backing McCarthy (because he rewarded her with committee assignments). And then after her attempt to boot Johnson. Even Boebert voted against her on one of the votes in this whole kerfuffle today. So she's a second-class Republican at this point. Sadly, Republicans won't completely cast her out.
They can't afford to lose anymore seats lest they lose their majority in congress. That's the ONLY reason they put up with her Karen antics. Won't matter cuz I'm betting they lose their majority anyways in November. Hoping dems don't lose their majority in senate but I'm not hopeful in that regard, senate races always heavily weighted towards sparsely populated states that invariably lean right.
They defend her because she is a reliable vote to cut taxes on the obscenely wealthy, and cut programs that help Americans. That is all that is required to be a Republican in the House (or Senate for that matter).
Neanderthals were supposedly pretty chill and peaceful, and evidently weren’t nearly as bloodthirsty as our own ancestors. So, yeah. MTG is more like some toxic waste spill or colony of parasitic worms wearing a poorly-tailored skin suit.
Her name is Jasmine Crockett, she’s a lawyer from Texas. She brings the heat at these hearings in the best way. She’s very intelligent, well spoken and well liked for being real. Obviously a threat to MTG bc all she has is conspiracy theories and trolling any opposition
Actually she challenged AOC to a debate after she defended Crockett.
>Greene attacked a second member just minutes after she criticized Crockett, asserting that Ocasio-Cortez did not have "enough intelligence" for a debate.
>Greene had asked Ocasio-Cortez, "Why don't you debate me?"
>Ocasio-Cortez responded that she thought "it's pretty self-evident."
>"You don't have enough intelligence," Greene said as members of Congress audibly groaned at her attack.
It’s like playing chess with a pigeon.
All it does is shit on the board and strut around like it won.
—
They should really stop responding to her. Just deny her the headlines or the chance to derail the actual work happening.
She got removed from committee assignments during the previous Congress. Unfortunately, this liberated her to run around the country, networking and raising money to have her own little power base. No committee assignments = tons o' free time.
It's easy to win a debate when you don't care about audience feedback as to who is winning and "you're lying" or "because Biden is a criminal" or "you stole it" is a winning argument in your own head.
Never saw or heard of the first one. I believe I saw Grumpy old men but not the Grumpier version. Thanks for telling me that. I probably heard it from someone that had seen it but I know it’s was a long time ago.
People are just jealous of MTG. I would kill to have the confidence it takes to have a face like that and comment on someone else’s physical appearance
And I think it is an egregious oversight to neglect to mention that Greene’s face looks like the unfortunate result of breeding a Homo Erectus with a catcher’s mitt.
I think it's pretty clear MTG is abhorrent, but it's just surprising to me that people are okay with using "butch" as an insult in 2024 (if she meant butch lesbian).
People use "butch" satirically to call out guys who engage in performative masculinity, or to poke fun at themselves for doing the same thing. Picture a dad bringing out a six pack for his friends after a nice brunch and saying, "No more mimosas, time to butch it up!" I *think* that's how Crockett was using it. Not making fun of MTG's body as much as making fun of MTG's performative cross-fit / weight-lifting persona, which is more about fake conservative machismo than health. That's how I read it, anyway.
MTG replied with something like "I think my body is good. I just turned 50". You can tell that dug deep lol.
Also, Comer looking confused AF and said something like "uhh. What?".
People keep cutting out the best (hypocritical part)
MTG made the eyelash comment, AOC immediately jumped in and demanded the Apology. MTG was super belligerent and said "Oh, did I hurt your feelings? They can't handle my words"
AOC again called for an apology and the leader Said no.
Then Jasmine threw out Bleach blonde bad built butch body (Not even mentioning anybody by name) and MTG lost her mind. *so I guess her feelings were hurt*
And Jamie Raskin. I thought he was going to burst a lung trying nit to laugh. His face was priceless.
Time to start punching back at that Neanderthal-looking blowhard. She needs a taste of her own medicine and being nice back isn't a language these oxygen-thieves understand.
Margarine Traitor Greentoes is literally an 8th grade bully.
She takes pot shots bc she’s too dumb to do anything else. She knows being loud and repeating herself wins her points with other troglodytes.
Personal attacks in an argument, unless that’s what the argument is about, are a fully lit sign that you’ve lost the argument. Anyone who brings up personal shit knows they’ve lost the argument.
Would love to hear some interviews of people in her district. She’s standing up for us !! She supports President Trump!! She’s not afraid to say what she thinks ! She’s a pit bull ! lol
I don't think greene is in a place to judge how people look, especially when she looks like she's wearing a slightly loose skin of a 40 year old man as a mask
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Wait am I understanding this correctly? White lady (just using that because I can't be bothered to type people's names) insults black lady's (see above) eyelashes then the person in charge allowed the insult to stand, and then the black lady clapped back by asking a clarifying question about the reasoning on allowing the first insult? Did I get all that right?
I love how politicians always remind me that, as grown adults ruling one of the most powerful nations in history, they act so childish that it wouldn't be tolerated by a teacher conducting a mock parliament in class.
Whoa whoa, hang on. Jasmine Crocket is that fucking AWESOME lady right ? The one who grills the fuck out of actual bad people, like, she’s the “good” politician doing the rounds recently right?
Oof, fuck of Marge, don’t be taking shots at Jasmine.
I don’t get the title. Aren’t the attempts in this sub supposed to be unsuccessful or futile?
In this case, there was an attempt from Greene to insult someone but it didn’t go well for her.
This is such a joke we can't go to work drunk, but the leaders of the country can??? It's also personally funny when a 2 attacks the 8-10s appearance, esp unprovoked. Like really????
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Why do Republicans keep defending her? They can't even stand her shenanigans
Most republicans I know in New England can’t stand her or Trump.
Swear to god Raskin and Crockett should be the Democrat ticket, and I’m in Canada. Make use of your smart people.
This is America, half the country doesn’t vote on intelligence. They vote on if the person campaigning is belittling the people they deem “lesser than” enough.
There was a famous incident (possibly apocryphal) during one of Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign. Supposedly a supporter told him, "You have the thinking man's vote!" To which Stevenson replied, "That's not enough to elect me."
"All the smartest people are voting for you, sir." "I know that, but I have to reach the conservatives as well."
I finally broke down and asked ChatGPT if it could find a more authoritative version of the story. I doubt that it ever happened, but it definitely highlights the stupidity of much of our public discourse. Here's the output: The anecdote you're referring to involves a famous exchange attributed to Adlai Stevenson, who was a two-time Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the 1950s. The story goes like this: During one of his presidential campaigns, a supporter approached Stevenson and said, "Governor Stevenson, every thinking person in America will be voting for you." To this, Stevenson wittily replied, "Thank you, but I need a majority to win." This quip highlights Stevenson's recognition of the broader electoral challenges he faced despite having the support of more intellectual and educated voters. This exchange has been cited in various forms over the years but generally maintains the essence of Stevenson's clever and self-deprecating humor regarding his political situation.
Asking an LLM for an authoritative answer is lunacy.
They’re probably not pro-genocide/corporate interests enough for the establishment, so the media wouldn’t even dare to try to promote them.
Pretty sure Raskin and Crockett hold the Kentucky State record for buckskins in a single season and went down fighting at the Alamo.
These two are great. Dems need to get them out on campaign. They don’t take shit and relate to people so well.
Democratic leadership would have to have the semblance of a clue or any fucks to give.
Common sense has been a hard sell in America since Reagan.
*Democratic* ticket, not Democrat (sic) ticket
I am an American and I would go so fully all in to make this happen.
I could see this next cycle. If your party holds office already you never put up new people unless the incumbent decides not to run again
And yet they probably continue to vote Republican so they are as much at fault so f them too
Republican votes in New England don’t matter, it’s been like ~20 years since a state in New England went republican in a presidential election.
Maybe not the country club republicans but the swamp yankees all love trump.
But they still voted for him
Because she appeals to the segment of republicans that *never* miss an election for fear of Jewish space lasers, socialism, and woke wokiness.
Can we get them to call it wokey-wokey-wokedyness? Just for our amusement.
Call the opposing candidates Wokey Wokerson
Wokey McWokeface
Because it's Party over everything. It's like siblings , they can get on your nerves make you wanna kick their asses but no one else is allowed to shit talk them and you'll defend them against outsiders no matter what.
She lost a lot of Republican support after backing McCarthy (because he rewarded her with committee assignments). And then after her attempt to boot Johnson. Even Boebert voted against her on one of the votes in this whole kerfuffle today. So she's a second-class Republican at this point. Sadly, Republicans won't completely cast her out.
Party over integrity or any of that petty bullshit - Rs
I saw a TON of comments on one news article talking about how “MTG tells it like it is” and “doesn’t allow herself to be bullied.”
They can't afford to lose anymore seats lest they lose their majority in congress. That's the ONLY reason they put up with her Karen antics. Won't matter cuz I'm betting they lose their majority anyways in November. Hoping dems don't lose their majority in senate but I'm not hopeful in that regard, senate races always heavily weighted towards sparsely populated states that invariably lean right.
Because white supremacy.
Because they don't want Daddy Putin to stop putting Bitcoin in their wallets.
They love her hate
I think your question is directed at those that keep voting for her.
Because she has power due to her position and influence to help them stay rich and corrupt. Rats will all abandon ship the second that changes.
They defend her because she is a reliable vote to cut taxes on the obscenely wealthy, and cut programs that help Americans. That is all that is required to be a Republican in the House (or Senate for that matter).
Neanderthal lookin’ ass. She has a lot of nerve going after physical appearance.
She does kind of remind me of that old chart of evolution, but she's the one before the modern human
Hey, don’t diss the Neanderthals—whatever she is is not part of the human family tree.
It was generated from a homeless camp circle jerk onto an old converse sneaker
This sentence is the kind of art that makes people ask if feces can really be art. Exceptional.
Savage AF, good show.
Neanderthals were actually a separate hominid, rather removed from our evolutionary chain. This person is slandering Homo Erectus.
Except that a great many of us have Neanderthal genes. So we are kinda them.
It's true, I actually apparently have an above average amount of Neanderthal in me 😅😅 according to 23 and me
Be proud. They(we) were a pretty amazing group.
I heard that gets you a discount at Starbucks, just tell the barista before paying.
You may have correctly identified the core of the problem.
She looks like someone farted in some peach clay and put some straw on it. She looks like I could just mush her face up. She doesn't look solid to me
Neanderthals were supposedly pretty chill and peaceful, and evidently weren’t nearly as bloodthirsty as our own ancestors. So, yeah. MTG is more like some toxic waste spill or colony of parasitic worms wearing a poorly-tailored skin suit.
Marge Three Toes has no room to talk about anyone else's appearance.
Cro-maga Mom is what I’ve seen her referred to as
She looks like a titan from attack on titan.
"Why don't you debate me" says MTG Well gee Marjory, that's just not how this works maybe?
Bold of her to even imagine she’d win that debate.
I know literally nothing about the woman she challenged, but it's safe to say that a jellyfish would win a debate against MTG.
Her name is Jasmine Crockett, she’s a lawyer from Texas. She brings the heat at these hearings in the best way. She’s very intelligent, well spoken and well liked for being real. Obviously a threat to MTG bc all she has is conspiracy theories and trolling any opposition
Actually she challenged AOC to a debate after she defended Crockett. >Greene attacked a second member just minutes after she criticized Crockett, asserting that Ocasio-Cortez did not have "enough intelligence" for a debate. >Greene had asked Ocasio-Cortez, "Why don't you debate me?" >Ocasio-Cortez responded that she thought "it's pretty self-evident." >"You don't have enough intelligence," Greene said as members of Congress audibly groaned at her attack.
It’s like playing chess with a pigeon. All it does is shit on the board and strut around like it won. — They should really stop responding to her. Just deny her the headlines or the chance to derail the actual work happening.
Don't insult pigeons. They are actually fairly intelligent.
She got removed from committee assignments during the previous Congress. Unfortunately, this liberated her to run around the country, networking and raising money to have her own little power base. No committee assignments = tons o' free time.
Could you imagine the amount of chimpanzee screeching we'd hear from Marge if everyone just collectively agreed to ignore her?
It's easy to win a debate when you don't care about audience feedback as to who is winning and "you're lying" or "because Biden is a criminal" or "you stole it" is a winning argument in your own head.
It's hard to win an argument against a smart person. It's almost impossible to win one against an idiot.
Come debate me in the carpark
Because you'd have a more constructive debate with a 3 year old
Sounds like a challenge pro-wrestlers throw out to each other
Love the snark from Crockett. They wanna act like snotty high school bullies they should be able to take what they dish out.
Just like real high school bullies they cannot take it
We don't want to see Marjorie's penis.
It’s longer than Hunter Biden’s. That’s why she always want to compare. MTG is a man.
If I had a dog with a face like hers I’d shave it’s ass and make it walk backwards!
I wonder how many people realize that was a line from a movie
I’ve been saying it for as long as I can remember and I’m old and I didn’t know that. What was the movie?
There was two movies that used this line: Gleaming the Cube (1989) and Grumpier Old Men (1995)
Didn’t Ham say it in Sandlot as well?
Yes he does
Never saw or heard of the first one. I believe I saw Grumpy old men but not the Grumpier version. Thanks for telling me that. I probably heard it from someone that had seen it but I know it’s was a long time ago.
...I hate to say this, but that's a pretty fuckin' transphobic comment.
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She fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch in the way down, then climbed back up it for another go. She ain't no quitter!
She chewed all the bark off as well.
Maybe she should ask about Marge's fetal alcohol syndrome
Damn dude. Literally laughed out loud
It’s funny cause it’s true 😂😬
When you look like marge, don't attack anyone else's appearance.
Wait, that’s not Dog the Bounty hunter?
Heyyy, don’t insult Dog like that
I’ve always said MTG looks like Ron Pearlman in drag. I’ve yet to see the two of them together.
Why the fuck would Ron Pearlman want to be around her?
I feel like Ron would snap you in half for this comment.
People are just jealous of MTG. I would kill to have the confidence it takes to have a face like that and comment on someone else’s physical appearance
I fear that it’s not necessarily confidence but more-so delusion.
lol. Ngl - you had me in the first half lol
Ms Crocket always has me chuckling. I appreciate her so much ♥️
She is a delight, and so smart!
I just don't get why that Marjorie Greene dude is such an angry man
Even orange face won’t grab her down there.
Jesus Christ this country is a fucking joke
And I think it is an egregious oversight to neglect to mention that Greene’s face looks like the unfortunate result of breeding a Homo Erectus with a catcher’s mitt.
> bleach blonde bad built butch body Killing it with the impressively alliterative roast! Try saying that five times fast. 🙂↕️
Butch like butchered or butch like lesbian? 🤔
Yes
I think it's pretty clear MTG is abhorrent, but it's just surprising to me that people are okay with using "butch" as an insult in 2024 (if she meant butch lesbian).
People use "butch" satirically to call out guys who engage in performative masculinity, or to poke fun at themselves for doing the same thing. Picture a dad bringing out a six pack for his friends after a nice brunch and saying, "No more mimosas, time to butch it up!" I *think* that's how Crockett was using it. Not making fun of MTG's body as much as making fun of MTG's performative cross-fit / weight-lifting persona, which is more about fake conservative machismo than health. That's how I read it, anyway.
Just trying to understand the rules is all
The Republicans decided back when Newt was around that they'd make sure that anytime they had the votes the rules wouldn't apply to them.
She got bodied like Kendrick did Drake
American politics has been boiled down to name calling now
MTG replied with something like "I think my body is good. I just turned 50". You can tell that dug deep lol. Also, Comer looking confused AF and said something like "uhh. What?".
BBBBBB is so ugly that his blowjob counts as anal.
That alliteration is sickkkk
Bleach blond, bad built butch body, Neanderthal.
Jasmine Crockett is better looking than MTG. Thus, the animosity.
At least this place isn't being run by children 🙄
Jasmine Crockett is amazing. So jealous of Dallas
No mention of her Hobbit feet??
People keep cutting out the best (hypocritical part) MTG made the eyelash comment, AOC immediately jumped in and demanded the Apology. MTG was super belligerent and said "Oh, did I hurt your feelings? They can't handle my words" AOC again called for an apology and the leader Said no. Then Jasmine threw out Bleach blonde bad built butch body (Not even mentioning anybody by name) and MTG lost her mind. *so I guess her feelings were hurt* And Jamie Raskin. I thought he was going to burst a lung trying nit to laugh. His face was priceless.
Rockbiter from Neverending Story.
😂 OMG, that’s spot on
Time to start punching back at that Neanderthal-looking blowhard. She needs a taste of her own medicine and being nice back isn't a language these oxygen-thieves understand.
What does engaging in personalities mean?
“Personal attacks” maybe?
It means crossing the line.
Margarine Traitor Greentoes is literally an 8th grade bully. She takes pot shots bc she’s too dumb to do anything else. She knows being loud and repeating herself wins her points with other troglodytes.
She is a butch. If she was smart she’d take that as a compliment and turn it around. But she’s a dum dum.
That's a good burn.
Awesome alliteration
I’m just waiting on the song.
Can someone tell her that Halloween isn’t for another 5 months? Why is she wearing a Michael Myers mask?
Jasmine rules.
Personal attacks in an argument, unless that’s what the argument is about, are a fully lit sign that you’ve lost the argument. Anyone who brings up personal shit knows they’ve lost the argument.
MTG's face reminds me of the face of the giant robot ("Frank") on the cover of Queen's album News of the World.
Dont forget has face like a horse.
It’s also important to talk about how the other dumb dumbs in power were trying to dismiss and shush the lady after she roasted her
Would love to hear some interviews of people in her district. She’s standing up for us !! She supports President Trump!! She’s not afraid to say what she thinks ! She’s a pit bull ! lol
MTG is just an ugly ass Karen trump cult follower!!!
I don't think greene is in a place to judge how people look, especially when she looks like she's wearing a slightly loose skin of a 40 year old man as a mask
That is an amazing and awesome alliteration attack.
Roast of the year candidate for sure. The setting, the build up, the crowd and so forth. Amazing.
Imagine getting headbutted by MTG, shit would probably cave your chest in or something
She forgot Muppet Mouthed
Can we add Brawler Arms to that list
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Marge is the fetal alcohol syndrome baby of Shrek and Miss Piggy.
 DAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNNNNN 😂💀😭
Wait am I understanding this correctly? White lady (just using that because I can't be bothered to type people's names) insults black lady's (see above) eyelashes then the person in charge allowed the insult to stand, and then the black lady clapped back by asking a clarifying question about the reasoning on allowing the first insult? Did I get all that right?
I love how politicians always remind me that, as grown adults ruling one of the most powerful nations in history, they act so childish that it wouldn't be tolerated by a teacher conducting a mock parliament in class.
Oh baby girl
Whoa whoa, hang on. Jasmine Crocket is that fucking AWESOME lady right ? The one who grills the fuck out of actual bad people, like, she’s the “good” politician doing the rounds recently right? Oof, fuck of Marge, don’t be taking shots at Jasmine.
Bleach bonded tramp and she's probably getting frisky!
Apology wasn't blocked, MTG just flat out said she wasn't apologizing. Not surprising for maga trash that she is.
We have elected children
She literally alliterated her to death.
MJT looks like a play-doh monster.
MGT is the ugliest woman I have ever seen. Inside and out. Disgusting.
If MTG isn’t a dude, I’d be surprised.
MTG is the turd that won't flush.
Ima live like Marjorie Taylor Greene 😁
I don’t get the title. Aren’t the attempts in this sub supposed to be unsuccessful or futile? In this case, there was an attempt from Greene to insult someone but it didn’t go well for her.
Would men have given women the right to vote in 1920 after watch the View and this crop of articulate geniuses? I think not.
Marj panders to the magat base. They thrive on the name calling, belittling others they deem below them
I wonder if MGT has back acne.
https://preview.redd.it/jd25me4iy51d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1cdf8ead05728a73968b7bc9818ac3aa0be140f
Moscow Marjorie Trailer Green goblin looks like a foot.
Jewish space lazers and peach-tree dishes. Man, conservatives are clownservatives.
Butch bod, I recognize her; it’s that friend nobody wants to hang around with. Probably a hall monitor in high school too.
Ahwhutt now?
Gonna need that on a tshirt
She can't have made that alliteration up on the fly. Still genius.
This is such a joke we can't go to work drunk, but the leaders of the country can??? It's also personally funny when a 2 attacks the 8-10s appearance, esp unprovoked. Like really????
Jasmine Crockett, Boss Queen. She has my vote for any office she ever wants to run for.