Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

We’ll be taking my thoughts and prayers to the ballot box.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

People are complicated. Love is not.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Republicans don’t trust women.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

So many bastards, so little time.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

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  1. 1.

    Wilfred

    His entire political career was oriented and determined by his experience as a Holocaust survivor, resulting in tireless devotion to what, in my opinion, were the worst aspects of the state of Israel. He was no friend to the Arabs, and thought nothing of receiving gushing testimonials from his peers on the same day that Palestinian children returned to school in Gaza without light, heat or even the necessary school materials, all results of the Israeli policy of collective punishment for the occupied territories, which he supported wholeheartedly to his last breath.
    One of his last official acts was to browbeat a Dutch delegation that had condemned Gitmo with Holocaust guilt, stifling any debate on the repressive policies that he had come to represent by accusing the delegation of forgetting their debt to America in the time of the Nazis. He was a tireless supporter of the worst excesses of the Bush Administration – everything from the AUMF, which he co-sponsored, to FISA abuses and the routine detention of anyone the government feels like detaining, as long as they were Arab.

  3. 3.

    bernarda

    I would like to have sympathy for this zionist, but I don’t.

    “Holocaust survivor” and then? What does that have to do with anything? It doesn’t give him anymore intelligence or moral value than anyone else.

    Apparently he supported Israeli terrorism 100%.

    I for one will not miss him. He helped send tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to Israel.

    With a bit of chance he will be replaced by someone who prefers America. From the 2004 campaign,

    “But the greatest threat to Lantos’ hold on his seat is not Abu-Ghazalah, but Ro Khanna, an Indian-American.

    Khanna is a 27-year-old newcomer to politics, whose youth and opposition to the war in Iraq align with the results of polls showing that 12th District voters — meaning those not only in San Mateo, but in parts of San Francisco — overwhelmingly opposed the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act, while the 76-year-old Lantos voted in favor of both.

    Khanna’s Jewish endorsements include Rabbi Pam Frydman Baugh, spiritual leader of Or Shalom Jewish Community.

    “Ro Khanna opposes the Patriot Act and Bush’s policy on preventative war, and I believe these are the majority views in our district,” said Baugh. “He also seems to take a measured and nuanced approach to the Middle East, which is supportive of Israel, but also sensitive to the plight of the Palestinians.”

    Khanna attended several Jewish-Palestinian dialogue group meetings in San Mateo to help shape his Mideast policy. He has also met with AIPAC staffers.

    But just as Khanna has earned the support of some of the more grassroots organizations, Lantos — a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor — has the endorsements of most of the Democratic establishment, including the California Democratic Party. The Jewish establishment is also firmly behind Lantos, as he has the support of the Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club.”

    http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21651/edition_id/440/format/html/displaystory.html

  4. 4.

    The Moar You Know

    Everybody on this thread: Wow. Fuck you all with a chainsaw.

    Now, as to the real reason I clicked on the story; just wanted to say Tom, you will be missed. Saw your work when I lived up in the Bay Area and you always did a good job for your constituents and for the area. Nice work. Sorry to see you go.

  6. 6.

    anon

    “Saw your work when I lived up in the Bay Area and you always did a good job for your constituents and for area Likud Party headquarters.”

    Fixed.

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