Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

You cannot shame the shameless.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Let me file that under fuck it.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

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Bad Faith Open Thread: Pearl-Clutchers, Assemble!

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Cranky conservative ex-Repub:



(Josh Marshall has more history on Ed Whelan, Brett Kavanaugh’s biggest fan.)

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  1. 1.

    debbie

    You tell ’em, Jen! Go fuck yourself, Jonathan! Bettering Amy Comey Barrett is the lowest bar in the universe!

    There, all bases covered.

  2. 2.

    Jeffro

    F*** the pearl-clutchers: full speed ahead, Biden nominee! May you get through the process in 26 days exactly. =)

    hmm…trying to segue’ here…speaking of…hmm…turning a new page? things looking up? things that our blessed snooze media didn’t see coming while trying their damndest to turn 2024 into a Biden/trumpov horse race?

    Gary Abernathy (yes, him) in the WaPo: Republicans’ Main Job Now Isn’t Defining Themselves…It’s To Break With trumpov

    whoooooooa nellie…is this the weirdest, sickest thing we’ve seen in a while? Treating it like a broken love affair?? (BARF)

    to all those still hanging on, take some advice from a friend: It can be done.
    First, accept that the relationship is over. Second, distance yourself by ignoring the rallies and shoving the MAGA hats to the back of the closet. Third, avoid social media and cable news. Fourth, reach out to any family members and friends who have avoided you since Trump came along.And, finally, visualize yourself without him. Imagine wearing a DeSantis, Christie, Noem, Haley, Cruz or Rubio lapel pin. Make them court you. You deserve to be appreciated.

    Remember, just because you end the relationship with Trump doesn’t mean you have to regret that it ever happened. You can still treasure, as I do, the memory of his election in 2016, an upset that rocked the status quo. And you can still love all the things you shared — the desire for a secure Southern border and energy independence, resisting cancel culture wokeness, supporting an “America First” foreign policy and railing against liberal media bias.
    Guess what? You’ll find there are plenty of other presidential candidates who share those interests.

    Just beyond wacky. But whatever gets ’em fighting amongst themselves! =)

  3. 3.

    Baud

    The person I will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity.

    No wonder I’m not a judge.

  5. 5.

    Kelly

    The idea that out of a population of over 300 million citizens only a handful are qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice is ridiculous. That the pool doesn’t include any black women is ridiculous squared.

    Similar to the problem of paying CEOs monstrous salaries because we have to hire the most talented.

  7. 7.

    MisterDancer

    I’m already SO TIRED of these bad faith discussions being the norm.

    Y’all, I cannot imagine how tired Black Women are, of hearing this kind of shit.

    The worst part is that giving into that exhaustion, is the point. People like Tucker and his “friends” are aiming to concern troll anyone who gives a damn, into the ground.

  9. 9.

    Scout211

    It just seems like the naysayers are trying so hard! But their complaints and criticisms all seem like parodies of valid criticism. You know, like Doug J’s perfect parody of Jonathan Turley in that NYT Pitchbot tweet. How can you tell the parodies from the ones that are trying to be serious?

  14. 14.

    Steeplejack

    @Kelly:

    How does a belief in meritocracy and social mobility survive knowing that there are 330,000,000 Americans and 9 Supreme Court justices and two of them went to the same high school?

    — preorder CHAOTIC NEUTRAL now (@edburmila) January 27, 2022

    At the same time!

  17. 17.

    Kelly

    @Steeplejack: Comments point out all except Barrett went to the same two law schools. Harvard and Yale if I recall correctly. Barrett attended Notre Dame

    If intellectual incest is a thing it could be part of our problems.

  18. 18.

    Mo MacArbie

    Lapel pins? MAGAts got lapels? How quaint. Perhaps something in a nice boater hat to go with it.

    Naw, it’s all about flags now. Let’s see all these alternatives’ flag games.

  19. 19.

    Steeplejack

    @Kelly:

    It might have been the comments there that also made the good point that when everybody comes from a very similar background they tend to have the same blind spots and a tendency toward groupthink.

  20. 20.

    Benw

    @MisterDancer: I don’t how to react to bad faith arguments about BLM, for example. “Our lives matter.” “Yea, but have you thought about the Constitution…” I cannot image how awful it is.

    ETA: and all this bad faith here is over a SC pick that Biden has already said what he’s going to do! So they can fuck off!

  21. 21.

    Jinchi

    McConnell issues statement on SCOTUS vacancy: “The President must not outsource this important decision to the radical left.”

    During his campaign in 2016, Donald Trump literally declared that he would nominate judges from a list written up by the Heritage Foundation.

  22. 22.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Jinchi: huh, what’s “radical left” like about Judges Brown-Jackson, Childs and Kruger, I wonder? would Moscow Mitch call them “Americans”?

    I knew they wouldn’t be able to help themselves, I thought it would come from Tuberville or Blackburn

    I’ll be watching the R Senators from North Carolina and Florida especially. I hope those fuckers get nervous

  24. 24.

    JaneE

    It is actually progress when mediocre women can reach the same positions mediocre men can.

    That is not the same thing as saying we should settle for less than exceptional.  For a long time either black or female automatically meant exceptional, just to get the job in the first place.  I have no doubt that whoever Biden nominates will be better qualified than any of the last three confirmed justices.

  27. 27.

    NotMax

    @Jinchi

    “Ya know — the Weathermen, Rosa Parks, Jimmy Carter, the lot of ’em. Hey, who do ya hafta bribe to get service in this diner, anyway?”

    //

  29. 29.

    Warblewarble

    If Biden want`s to be a unifier he must nominate a” real American” , no more “real American” to be found than ……..Sound the TRUMPET  JOSH HAWLEY. That would be statesmanlike reaching out to”OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE”.

  30. 30.

    Edmund Dantes

    @Kelly: what’s more ridiculous Is they have to received their degree from Yale or Harvard. I’m sure there are plenty of good lawyers and judges from other schools that are just as “smart”.

  31. 31.

    Steeplejack

    @WaterGirl:

    Kavanaugh and Gorsuch: Georgetown Preparatory School, “a Jesuit boys’ college prep school.” Kavanaugh was two years ahead of Gorsuch.

  32. 32.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    Hey, has anyone ever thought of giving Moscow Mitch some awards?

    “Most corrupt president, corruptly covered up: Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell!”
    “Most Corrupt: Mixed Pairs: It’s Mitch, “MC” connell FTW!”

    I should explain mixed pairs. If you let off someone really corrupt, and you’re not very corrupt yourself, you get a high score, but the reverse, high corruption covering for low, is abysmal. High corruption is expected to cover up!

    Oh, but, if the SCOTUS hadn’t done it, the first impeachment did, and they voted him a special bonus, because getting Trump off (sick) helped nearly a million people to die. So far.  Oh, I’m sure he wonders how his score compares to famously corrupt people, but that way leads toward Godwin problems, so let’s talk about something more pleasant.

    Most TurtleLike:No. Sorry. Cheap shot. Beneath me. Oh, this is ol’ moscow?
    Most Turtlelike: Mitch McConnell but only because a judge thought turtles could be warm blooded. The others gave him high marks, but liked turtles to much.

    Any others? Most Supreme Court Justices Made Partisan By The Process, with 3? Most money given to wife by foreign interests? I dunno.

  33. 33.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    @LongHairedWeirdo: ah damn it. I hate that.

    I said “getting Trump off (sick)” when I meant “getting Trump off (SIC)” . Well, probably in brackets: [sic], which is used to indicate that the wording/spelling may seem strange, but were accurately transcribed (barring mistakes, of course). Or maybe someone knows better and wants to share some sic knowledge?

    See, I was just trying to say he really did want to get Trump off, you see, kind of a double entendre, so I wanted to say [sic], I chose that phrasing and… well you can’t fault me for confusing that with “sick” under the circumstances!.

  34. 34.

    Matt McIrvin

    Go all in. Imani Gandy for SCOTUS

    (She would honestly be awesome, in the very different universe where she could get even all the Democrats to support her)

  35. 35.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    The National Guard was called out in several cities to put down riots. One of these cities was Wilmington, Delaware.

    NARRATOR:

    Black residents were angry. Joe Biden saw an opportunity to draw on his personal experience with race, back when he was 19 working at an inner-city pool.

    RICHARD “MOUSE” SMITH, Biden’s friend:

    He was a lifeguard. He was one of two white guys. He was a tall, slim, young-looking, good-looking, Elvis Presley-looking kind of guy.

    JAMES BAKER, Fmr. mayor, Wilmington:

    That’s how he got to know some of the guys who were in the gangs. He just seemed to have a natural instinct for getting to know people, getting to understand them, but not being afraid to be around them.

    RICHARD “MOUSE” SMITH:

    We became friends. We became friends. I was a very troubled child, OK? Leader of a gang, no food at home, electric cut off, no soap, sometimes no soap and water to take a bath, no hot water.

    NARRATOR:

    Joe and Ricky—he likes to be called “Mouse”—forged a lifetime friendship. Mouse introduced Joe all around the neighborhood. Over the years Biden kept in touch, building relationships in the Black community that would pay off.

  36. 36.

    cmorenc

    The same folks complaining about what being a black woman has nothing to do with the qualifications gfor a SCOTUS nomination had no criticism whatever about what being a catholic man or woman had to do with qualifications for SCOTUS nominee.

  37. 37.

    Dopey-o

    Re: Ed Whelan’s estimate of the total number of female Black attorneys….

    in the same way that Black Women saved America in November 2020, I expect any female Black Justice to punch way above her weight.

  40. 40.

    Brachiator

    @Edmund Dantes:

    what’s more ridiculous Is they have to received their degree from Yale or Harvard. I’m sure there are plenty of good lawyers and judges from other schools that are just as “smart”.

    Hey, I know this dance!

    Democratic nominee went to Harvard or Yale. They are elitist and any case are too radical, especially if they black or Latino, and especially if they are a woman.

    Democratic nominee did not go to Harvard or Yale. They are not qualified. And in any case they are too radical, especially if they are black or Latino, and especially if they are a woman.

  42. 42.

    randy khan

    Possibly a more intelligent way to look at the statistics about Black female lawyers is that, given the barriers they face to get into the profession, on average they’re probably better at it than white male lawyers.

    Hey, it makes at least as much sense as Whelan’s thinking.

  43. 43.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Bad Faith is the only faith the scum of the GQp and the Federalist Society have. Dedicated to undoing the Enlightenment.

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