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You are here: Home / Elections / 2022 Elections / Local Races Open Thread: Murphy the Trickster God Bless John Fetterman

Local Races Open Thread: Murphy the Trickster God Bless John Fetterman

by Anne Laurie|  July 14, 202210:36 pm| 135 Comments

This post is in: 2022 Elections, Balloon Juice, Elections, Local Races, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat

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Hey @DrOz

JERSEY loves you + will not forget you!!! pic.twitter.com/YmaXfMpzUK

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) July 14, 2022


I mean we sure are tryinghttps://t.co/1YQ8mlIHKN

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) July 6, 2022

Of all the problems facing PA, do you know how many of them will be solved by attacking trans kids? ZERO

It’s pure cruelty + just wrong

Electing a pro-equality candidate like @JoshShapiroPA as our next Dem governor has never been more important ?? https://t.co/IirqEnWloQ

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) July 9, 2022

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135Comments

  1. 1.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 6:39 pm

  2. 2.

    zhena gogolia

    July 14, 2022 at 6:41 pm

    I’m warming to Fetterman

  3. 3.

    JaySinWA

    July 14, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    From my comment in Bullshit Tornado below:

    A Fox (not Fox news) affiliate finds the report the Indiana doctor filed with FOIA request. The one the Indiana AG couldn’t find:
    link to twitter.com

    Indiana AG Todd Rokita claimed he couldn’t obtain any records proving that Dr. Caitlin Bernard fulfilled her legal reporting duties. But FOX59 just got them through a public records request

    Fox59 report here link to fox59.co
    ETA Apparently elected in 2020 to a 4 year term, so not up for re-election this time around.

  4. 4.

    trollhattan

    July 14, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    The force is strong with this one.

    Oz seems like a cartoon opponent. Where has that ever happened?

  5. 5.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    @JaySinWA:

    Yeah I figured she wouldn’t have forgotten something like that.

  6. 6.

    trollhattan

    July 14, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    @JaySinWA: Huh, sounds about as competent as the South Dakota AG. Has he also killed someone with his car?

  7. 7.

    Roger Moore

    July 14, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    Shitposting seems like a perfectly reasonable way to deal with a candidate whose whole basis for being in the election is personal fame. Dr. Oz is not a serious candidate, and reminding everyone as often as possible that he’s nothing but a celebrity carpetbagger is a reasonable way of addressing this.

  8. 8.

    Ohio Mom

    July 14, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    @JaySinWA: Why am I not surprised that a doctor who chooses to perform abortions is careful to cross every T and dot every I?

    I can’t complain about Indiana, our elected officials here in Ohio are just as bad.

  9. 9.

    JaySinWA

    July 14, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    @trollhattan:

    From https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/07/14/indiana-attorney-general-todd-rokita-says-he-is-looking-into-ob-gyn-caitlin-bernard/65373487007/

    UPDATE: Late Thursday afternoon, IndyStar received a copy of the 10-year-old’s terminated pregnancy report from the Indiana Department of Health. It shows that Bernard reported the abortion before the state’s reporting deadline, and that Bernard indicated the 10-year-old had suffered abuse.
    Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita went on Fox News Wednesday night to say he is looking into the Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who provided a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio with an abortion.
    “We’re gathering the evidence as we speak, and we’re going to fight this to the end, including looking at her licensure,” Rokita said. “If she failed to report it in Indiana, it’s a crime for — to not report, to intentionally not report.”

  10. 10.

    JPL

    July 14, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    Warnock should be leading by double digits, but instead is within the margin of error. He needs some Fetterman to send Herschel back to Texas.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    @JPL:

    There’s no “should be” with this electorate.

  12. 12.

    Roger Moore

    July 14, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    @JaySinWA: 

    Indiana AG Todd Rokita claimed he couldn’t obtain any records proving that Dr. Caitlin Bernard fulfilled her legal reporting duties.

    This may even be technically true. He just failed to mention that he hadn’t bothered looking in his rush to find the nearest microphone.

  13. 13.

    HumboldtBlue

    July 14, 2022 at 6:52 pm

    Pelosi: “We’re not gonna negotiate a woman’s right to choose.”

    Also Pelosi: “Republicans have sometimes said on the floor that Nancy Pelosi thinks she knows more about having babies than the Pope. Yes I do, and I think any Pope would agree.”

  14. 14.

    gwangung

    July 14, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: I’m ALMOST sure that was a made up quote, but then I look at the Republican contingent in the House….

  15. 15.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    July 14, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    @JPL: one politician’s schtick against a singularly bad opponent does not necessarily translate to another state. I think the guy who beat a deep-pocketed incumbent to become the first African-American Senator from Georgia, and the first Democrat since the Bush-endrorsing Zell Freakin Miller, might know what he’s doing.

  16. 16.

    MisterForkbeard

    July 14, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    @JaySinWA:

    We’re gathering the evidence as we speak, and we’re going to fight this to the end,

    What I’ve never understood is... fight what to the end? Like, what is there to fight about? This happened. They’re responsible for it. Whining about the doctor is ridiculous, as is talking about how the state has a compelling interest in monitoring which women have (or are apparently considering) abortion.

    They just NEED to imply that something nefarious is going on and it’s Democrats’ fault. No ability at all to take responsibility.

  17. 17.

    JaySinWA

    July 14, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    @Roger Moore: Admiral Nelson puts the telescope to his blind eye? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_a_blind_eye

  18. 18.

    MisterForkbeard

    July 14, 2022 at 7:00 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Oh, that’s true. But I think a key part of fighting Republicans is pointing out how awful and ridiculous they are, and part of Warnock’s deal is that he’s a measured, composed dude who is empathetic and understanding. He can’t do this to Walker.

    But somebody should, definitely.

  19. 19.

    zhena gogolia

    July 14, 2022 at 7:01 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: thank you so much. Such a great clip

  20. 20.

    JPL

    July 14, 2022 at 7:02 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:  I hope so.

  21. 21.

    HumboldtBlue

    July 14, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    @gwangung:

    Uh-huh.

    @zhena gogolia:

    Glad to be of help.

  22. 22.

    Roger Moore

    July 14, 2022 at 7:05 pm

    @MisterForkbeard:

    But I think a key part of fighting Republicans is pointing out how awful and ridiculous they are, and part of Warnock’s deal is that he’s a measured, composed dude who is empathetic and understanding. He can’t do this to Walker.

    It’s not that he can’t do it to Walker, but that he has to do it in his own way.  He can do it, but it can’t compromise who he is as a candidate.

  23. 23.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 7:07 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    This.  Nothing could be worse than trying to be something you’re not.

  24. 24.

    Mike in NC

    July 14, 2022 at 7:11 pm

    So Oz the Quack lives in New Jersey but runs for Senate in Pennsylvania, and hit-in-the-head Walker lives in Texas but runs for Senate in Georgia. Interesting playbook if you’re a Republican.

  25. 25.

    HumboldtBlue

    July 14, 2022 at 7:12 pm

    And now for a musical interlude. Dad, baby, and the internet.

  26. 26.

    JoyceH

    July 14, 2022 at 7:16 pm

    Watching CNN and they’re reporting that a DC policeman who was part of the motorcade has corroborated the altercation in the SUV.

    Also that the entire J6 committee is meeting with Pelosi right now. Getting a green light for Season 2, I hope.

  27. 27.

    JaySinWA

    July 14, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    @MisterForkbeard: Maybe this isn’t about reelection to AG but on to bigger and more terrifying things in this election cycle. From the Indy Star link I posted above:

    “This sounds like a part of Mr. Rokita’s next campaign for whatever higher office he has in mind,” Hershey said. “It is a series of talking points from the far-right wing of the Republican party in the guise of comments on a very sad situation.”

  28. 28.

    JaySinWA

    July 14, 2022 at 7:22 pm

    @JaySinWA: More from the Indy Star

    Chad Kinsella, a Ball State University political science professor, shared similar sentiments to Hershey in that Rokita used his Fox News appearance to “stand out” in a potentially crowded Republican primary.
    “Indiana has become a fairly red state,” Kinsella said. “It could be argued that winning the Republican primary is now the key hurdle to winning a senate or gubernatorial seat. … This is a way to be seen by the social conservatives and pro-life conservatives as a champion.”

  29. 29.

    Kent

    July 14, 2022 at 7:23 pm

    I love me some Fetterman.

    All I want from a Junior Democratic Senator from any state is:

    1.  Ability to whip the inevitable horrible GOP candidate backed with billions in dark money
    2. Will loyally show up and vote with the party on all important issues and not pull a Manchin/Sinema.
    3. Ability to articulate the Democratic agenda to the mainstream public.

    I think Fetterman passes all three tests with flying colors.  I don’t give a flying fuck if he never introduces a single piece of legislation ever.  The number of important Democratic legislative initiatives that actually pass is about one per year.  We are in more need of people to vote for them than we are in need of genius legislators who can write beautiful legislation.  It is mostly the staff and administration folks who do that anyway and I say this as a one-time staffer.

  30. 30.

    Scout211

    July 14, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    NBC  story with the Republicans in Washington who are now “struggling” to respond to the 10 year old victim of rape who was pregnant and needed an abortion.  I have no sympathy for these Republicans who can’t seem to find their anti-abortion talking points right now.  But at least their messaging team told them to say something more sympathetic toward the child.

     

    Confronted with the reality of the case, GOP lawmakers interviewed Thursday appeared to be grappling with how to respond — ranging from confusion to blaming the media.
    Many expressed shock that it was even biologically possible for the 10-year-old child to become pregnant. Some said they were torn “morally” about whether abortions should be allowed in cases of incest or rape, like in the Ohio case. And others tried to turn the conversation to the undocumented immigrant who prosecutors allege raped the girl.
    I’m amazed a 10-year-old got pregnant … You really wrestle with that. That’s a tough one,” Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, told NBC News on Thursday.
    “I can’t imagine being 10 years old” and pregnant, said Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz. “I don’t think I was even able to have children when I was 10 years old. … It’s just awful. It’s awful all the way around.”
    “I’m pro-life guy, OK? And God’s in charge on this. … We’re all God’s children,” said Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas. “This is a tough call, and I don’t know if I know that answer right now, because now you’ve got another baby involved: she’s pregnant … she’s a baby.”
    Just days earlier several high-profile Republicans said the story was fake, using it to accuse Democrats of overreach in their response to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

  31. 31.

    geg6

    July 14, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    I ❤️ John Fetterman.  I’m dying to see the debates.

  32. 32.

    James E Powell

    July 14, 2022 at 7:28 pm

    @JaySinWA:

    Sorry Professor Hershey, it is not the far-right wing; it is the entire Republican party.

  33. 33.

    Sure Lurkalot

    July 14, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    @Baud:

    There’s no “should be” with this electorate.

    There should be. (Someone had to make this lame retort, I happily volunteered).

     

  34. 34.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    @Kent:

    That makes sense.  I wish people wouldn’t expect every candidate to be a superstar.  Most won’t be. Even on the other side.

  35. 35.

    HumboldtBlue

    July 14, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    @JoyceH:

    I saw a couple folks mention the J6 committee will hold more hearings in August. As has been said here many times, I hope they hold one every week up until the election.

  36. 36.

    debbie

    July 14, 2022 at 7:31 pm

    I love it when it is obvious the person isn’t reading their own feed.

  37. 37.

    raven

    July 14, 2022 at 7:33 pm

    @JPL: Herschel may live in Texas but he’s damn sure from Wrightsville, GA.

  38. 38.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    July 14, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    @JoyceH:

    Watching CNN and they’re reporting that a DC policeman who was part of the motorcade has corroborated the altercation in the SUV.

    Also that the entire J6 committee is meeting with Pelosi right now. Getting a green light for Season 2, I hope.

    Very interesting on both counts….

  39. 39.

    Scout211

    July 14, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    @debbie:

    What does that mean? I’m not social media savvy.

  40. 40.

    Kent

    July 14, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    @Baud: Exactly.  The only Senators who really matter individually are (1) the leadership like Schumer and McConnell who control the agenda, and (2) the committee chairs who have been around the block and who have developed specific expertise in a specific area.  Like Warren with banking, for example.  The rest are just there to produce a majority.

  41. 41.

    Cacti

    July 14, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    It’s nice to have a Dem who’s not running to win a good sportsmanship award.

  42. 42.

    UncleEbeneezer

    July 14, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    CNN reported on Thursday that a police officer in Donald Trump’s Jan.6 motorcade confirmed testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson before the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

    “Breaking news, a source telling CNN a Washington police officer who was in Trump’s motorcade on Jan. 6 has collaborated details of the heated exchange a Trump had with his Secret Service detail when he was told he could not go to the U.S. Capitol and he wanted to go,” CNN’s Erin Burnett reported.

  43. 43.

    Cacti

    July 14, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    @Mike in NC: States really need to tighten up their residency rules.

  44. 44.

    JaySinWA

    July 14, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    @Scout211: This clusterfuck of legislation about choice is making me rethink my opinion on legislation banning any medical or “medical” treatment since these goofs prove they are not knowledgeable enough to make good laws.

    The conversion therapy quacks needed to be exposed and driven out of business, but I have a lot less confidence that legislators can distinguish valid treatment from scams and snake oil in general practice.

    Delegating to experts seems a reasonable alternative, but it is under assault by plutocrats and theocrats.

  45. 45.

    Geminid

    July 14, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    @Roger Moore: Oz had trump’s endorsement and still barely beat McCormick with 31% of the vote. Fetterman’s a formidable candidate, but I thought McCormick would have had an outside chance against him. Oz, on the other hand, is certain to be Yellow Brick Roadkill.

    I think that trump also stuck Republicans with weak Senate candidates in Ohio and Georgia.

  46. 46.

    phdesmond

    July 14, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    this is something i picked up at  languagehat.com  — i thought you might like it.  it’s a map.

    [the closest places to Moscow that were characterized by Russian writers as the hinterlands, the back of beyond], each dot labeled with the name(s) of the writers who so designated it; it’s funny and enlightening, and can be seen as Figure 20 on p. 39 of this pdf.

  47. 47.

    geg6

    July 14, 2022 at 7:41 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    If for nothing else, you have to admire his taste in a wife.  Giselle Fetterman is simply exquisite.  Beautiful, smart, funny and kind.  If she loves him, you kinda have to, too.

  48. 48.

    piratedan

    July 14, 2022 at 7:42 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: so much more to learn and understand, but also sincerely rooting for some repercussions to follow, arrests, expulsions, indictments  for those that participated and for those that knew but did nothing.

  49. 49.

    HumboldtBlue

    July 14, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    @raven:

    “Inflation is the highest it’s been in the US since 1981”

    The defending CFB champs in 1981: Georgia Bulldogs

    The defending CFB champs in 2022: Georgia Bulldogs

    Moral of the story: UGA winning the national championship is bad for Americans

    @piratedan:

    Indeed, throw the whole library at them.

  50. 50.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 7:47 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    Raven would say it’s worth it.

  51. 51.

    debbie

    July 14, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    @Scout211:

    He’ll bitch about the price of gas and then never respond to any of the replies even if they ask a direct question. Even Dick—Nixon sticks around a bit, and he’s been dead for years!

  52. 52.

    Geminid

    July 14, 2022 at 7:57 pm

    In other races, I see that VoteVets is running an ad for Abigail Spanberger. VoteVets typically supports military veterans, but Spanberger’s ex-CIA and I guess that’s close enough for them.

    Spanberger is running for reelection in the redrawn Virginia 7th CD. When she flipped it in 2018 Spanberger became the first Democrat to win the 7th since Virginia’s party realignment in the 1970s. Her opponent this year won a low turnout primary with endorsements by various Republican clowns including Ted Cruz and Ginni Thomas. I thought this was another instance of Republicans picking a weaker candidate.

    I’ll be voting for Spanberger now that redistricting has transferred Greene County from the 5th to the 7th CD.

  53. 53.

    HumboldtBlue

    July 14, 2022 at 7:59 pm

    @Baud: ​ 

    Of course.

  54. 54.

    Kent

    July 14, 2022 at 7:59 pm

    You gotta know that the staffers who are actually running these social media feeds are having the fucking times of their lives.

  55. 55.

    UncleEbeneezer

    July 14, 2022 at 8:00 pm

    Sorry but of course it’s relevant that Ivana Trump accused Donald Trump of raping her. He also sexually assaulted and harassed dozens of other women. Media won’t mention it as they give endless coverage to the Trump’s comments about her passing.

  56. 56.

    debbie

    July 14, 2022 at 8:06 pm

    These chumps are in so over their heads!

  57. 57.

    James E Powell

    July 14, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    There are three congressional districts – redrawn a bit – that Rs won in 2020 by very small margins. We ought to be able to take them back.

    27 (D+4) – Christy Smith (D) v Mike Garcia (R) – Rematch of 2020 – Smith lost by 333 votes

    40 (R+2) – Asif Mahmood (D) v Young Kim (R) – Susan B Anthony Tea Party Winger

    45 (D+3) – Jay Chen (D) v Michelle Steel (R) – Another SBA. Got 51.1% of the vote against a dullard who ran as a “I’m a Democrat who loves Republicans” campaign.

  58. 58.

    karen marie

    July 14, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    I am currently stuck at a mall while my lovely car-less Rajasthani neighbors enjoy this American experience. Thank dog for the internet because I forgot to bring a book.

    I’ve posted to Twitter direct links to cspan’s YouTube video of all seven Jan 6 hearings. I am finding it enlightening to rewatch them and encourage others do the same. The experience is different than the initial live watch. I’m wondering how smart Rusty Bowers – a long time member of the Leopards Eating Your Face party – can be given his surprise that leopards are eating his face.

  59. 59.

    Gin & Tonic

    July 14, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    Here are some of your “good russians” commenting on a photo of a child killed in the missile attack on Vinnytsia this morning.

    ⚡️ Comments of Russian citizens under a post with a dead child in Vinnytsia. pic.twitter.com/RcWsb9LVFv— Flash (@Flash43191300) July 14, 2022

  60. 60.

    SiubhanDuinne

    July 14, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer:

    “Collaborated details”? Nice little malaprop!

  61. 61.

    FelonyGovt

    July 14, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    @James E Powell: Writing postcards for Jay Chen right now!

  62. 62.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 8:31 pm

    @karen marie: He thinks he is eating their feet off as they chew on his face and that they won’t have any legs left to stand on. We’ll see.

  63. 63.

    James E Powell

    July 14, 2022 at 8:34 pm

    @FelonyGovt:

    Good on you!

  64. 64.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    @Cacti: My Constititional Law professor in 1977 won a landmark case about moving into a state and not being allowed to vote for a a year until he establisjed residence. Then he flunked half our class in Con Law.  I passed .

    The future ambulance chasers flunked and went on to get extremely rich. I passed and went on to do taxes. I do own my house and my car mortgage free.

  65. 65.

    wombat probabilty cloud

    July 14, 2022 at 8:46 pm

    @Roger Moore: Yep!

  66. 66.

    Lyrebird

    July 14, 2022 at 8:52 pm

    @Geminid: I think that trump also stuck Republicans with weak Senate candidates in Ohio and Georgia.

    Very much hope this is the right read.

    And I heard somewhere that the orange menace is backing Greitens in MO, the most distasteful member of a loathsome group.

  67. 67.

    Almost Retired

    July 14, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    @James E Powell:  Yup, those are on my local donation/volunteer radars.  Young Kim does not know how to do “stealth crazy.”  She was running cable TV ads embracing Trump during the primary.  Not only is that not the route to victory in Orange County in the general, she was evidently wasting her money, because I saw the ads here in Ted Lieu’s district.

  68. 68.

    Immanentize

    July 14, 2022 at 9:00 pm

    @sab: Your Con Law Prof was certainly a class A asshole.

    That is all.

    ETA OK not all. The son of the woman in Bodie v. Connecticut, (the case about welfare benefits cannot be denied by States for a year) was in my law school class and therefore I know how to actually pronounce the name of the Plaintiff.

  69. 69.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    @Immanentize: Yes he was, He did have a lovely wife who was very smart

    ETA I think she was a bit horrified about the prospect pf spending the rest of her life in Tennessee when she was very much a New Yorker. She probably got used to it and thrived because she was that kind of person.

  70. 70.

    Immanentize

    July 14, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    @sab: I would have liked to ruin their marriage.

  71. 71.

    Omnes Omnibus

    July 14, 2022 at 9:07 pm

    @sab: Every law school has one professor who wants to be Professor Kingsfield.

  72. 72.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 9:13 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yes. I had John Wade (edited the Restatemen on Torts) for Torts and I used to daydream in class because he was an old Mississippi gentleman and he spoke very very very slowly. I knew he never called on women students because he didn’t think we should have been there at all. Then sometime in February he called on me, the first woman called on that year. And I hadn’t been paying attention. Oops.

  73. 73.

    David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch

    July 14, 2022 at 9:14 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:  I didn’t like the Kingsfield role, but Houseman put in towering performances as heavys in “Seven Days in May” and “Three Days of the Condor”

  74. 74.

    Jager

    July 14, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    Late to the Ivana stuff…never the less

    When we lived in Florida, I was in Palm Beach, buying some illegal Cuban cigars under the counter at a cigar store on Via Mizner. When I came out into the bright sunlight on Worth Avenue, a Lincoln Town car stopped at the curb, the back door opened and Ivana Trump was struggling to get out of the back seat. The skirt of Ivana’s pink suit rode up, and she was on full display in pantyhose sans undies. The first and only time I ever saw the woman.

  75. 75.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Our really Kingsfield guy taught Contracts. He was educated Jesuit and he only called on the Jesuit kids, so a fun time was had by him, them and the rest of us.

  76. 76.

    Alison Rose

    July 14, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Calling a tiny child a nazi supporter, JFC. Fuck all of them.

  77. 77.

    Omnes Omnibus

    July 14, 2022 at 9:19 pm

    @sab: Con Law for me.

  78. 78.

    Immanentize

    July 14, 2022 at 9:20 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I show the clip of dear Kingsfield every year:

    “You come here with minds of mush; but you leave thinking like Laawwyuhs.”

    Then I tell them that I liked my mind of mush, and they should keep theirs, and the worst of law school tries to make your mind sharper by narrowing it.

  79. 79.

    Barbara

    July 14, 2022 at 9:21 pm

    @sab: I had a classmate who was “unexpectedly” called on to summarize one of those awful British rape cases, and began, “Well, Mr. Rex . . .” and got no further.

  80. 80.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 9:22 pm

    Yikes.

  81. 81.

    Immanentize

    July 14, 2022 at 9:24 pm

    @Barbara: one of my guilty pleasures in first semester Crim Law in an early mens rea case (Prince v. Regina) is to ask my class of nearly 100, who is Regina?

    Ruh Guy Na!! Rhymes with….

  82. 82.

    Lyrebird

    July 14, 2022 at 9:25 pm

    @Geminid: ​I’ll be voting for Spanberger now that redistricting has transferred Greene County from the 5th to the 7th CD.

     

    Thank you and may all the deities bless her.

    I am not glad the former guy dissed the intelligence agencies, but I think that it certainly helped lose him some suport all around VA!

  83. 83.

    phdesmond

    July 14, 2022 at 9:25 pm

    Here’s a clip of Chris Hayes last night, going after the Republicans’ treatment of the ten-year-old’s story.  he gets good and indignant.

  84. 84.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    @Immanentize: I used to laugh about law school with my  never got near law husband. ” You just got Lindsey Wagner into bed for the first time and all you can talk about is your Contracts professor that you hate. Who unbeknownst to you is her father.”

  85. 85.

    zhena gogolia

    July 14, 2022 at 9:27 pm

    JL Cauvin doesn’t disappoint in his reaction to the news about Ivana, but this comment on his video is really great:

    Condolences, Sir. Just remember that all things must pass. Remember how just yesterday Liz Cheney said even you, Sir, had passed from being a child to being a 76 year old man. Hope that realization brings you peace in your time of sorrow, Sir.

  86. 86.

    jnfr

    July 14, 2022 at 9:28 pm

    I’m having a lot of appreciation for Fetterman’s political and cultural chops.

  87. 87.

    Immanentize

    July 14, 2022 at 9:29 pm

    @sab:

  88. 88.

    Gin & Tonic

    July 14, 2022 at 9:31 pm

    @Immanentize: So not the capital of Saskatchewan?

  89. 89.

    zhena gogolia

    July 14, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    @phdesmond: I can no longer find your comment that was addressed to me — I couldn’t check out what you had linked because I was multitasking. Do you remember where it was?

  90. 90.

    Geminid

    July 14, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    @Lyrebird: An astute Ohio jackal said she thought that businessman Mike Gibbons would be Tim Ryan’s toughest opponent. She remarked on how few of Ohio’s Republicans like J.D. Vance. As it turned out, trump’s endorsement enabled Vance to win his primary, but with a plurality under 33%.

    Georgia Republicans (and Mitch McConnell too) initially resisted Herschel Walker’s candidacy. Once trump made it clear that he was insisting on Walker, they fell into line. They were spooked by the way trump and his hard-core supporters sandbagged Perdue and Loeffler in the Senate runoffs the year before.

    I saw a poll of 1300 people, done in May for an Atlanta TV station, where Walker ran 6 points behind Raphael Warnock while Brian Kemp ran 5 points ahead of Stacey Abrams. That’s only one poll, but it was the same set of respondents and I thought that this said something about Walker’s weakness.

    The two Republicans who stayed in the primary aginst Walker had spent significant money pounding Walker with negative ads about his personal and business problems. Meanwhile, Warnock was banking money as Walker’s opponents did his work for him.

    In Missouri, disgraced ex-Governor Greitens is leading a crowded field. Trump’s chicken, and endorsing Greitens would be the safest bet for the primary. I’ve heard a number of Republicans say that Greitens is their only candidate who could lose in November, though, and they’re probably right. Democrats will field a decent candidate, either Mr. Kunce or Ms. Busch Valentine

  91. 91.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    @Barbara: @Immanentize:

    Just asked my husband about those, since he does crossword puzzles. ” Huh.”

    “But you went to Catholic schools. I had Latin in public schools.”

    “God no. I wasn’t going on to seminary.”

  92. 92.

    Immanentize

    July 14, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    I almost hate to do this because I know there is some strong knee jerk reaction to AOC, but she is actually working hard in Congress, despite her attacks without protection at the Capitol. (BTW who did disable the panic buttons in certain offices and change the lock on Pence’s office?)

    8 items my office passed + supported today in the House NDAA:1. Authorizing MDMA & psilocybin as substances for study in therapeutic applications (FINALLY! Took 3 yrs!)2. New limits on arms sales to Saudi Arabia + requiring actions related to the death of Jamal Khashoggi — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 15, 2022

  93. 93.

    Immanentize

    July 14, 2022 at 9:37 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Well, that too, Mister Crossword! If any student ever came up with that answer, I would give them an instant grade boost.

  94. 94.

    Alison Rose

    July 14, 2022 at 9:44 pm

    @phdesmond: Damn. I know Hayes isn’t a fan favorite around here, but that was good. The seething contempt and disgust on full display. I thought he was gonna throw out an f word by the end.

  95. 95.

    Danielx

    July 14, 2022 at 9:46 pm

    @JaySinWA:

    Rokita is well known to his constituents as not only a complete douche but an incompetent one in the bargain.

  96. 96.

    sab

    July 14, 2022 at 9:47 pm

    @Geminid: Weirdly, number two was Dolens, sibling to the owners of the Cleveland Guardians/Indians, who was the only never Trumper in the field.

    By the way, I absolutely love everything about their name change: the name, the tie-in to the iconic bridge and its statues, the logo close to but different from the old one.

  97. 97.

    Lyrebird

    July 14, 2022 at 9:47 pm

    @Geminid: ​
     
    Thanks!

    I’ve heard a number of Republicans say that Greitens is their only candidate who could lose in November, though, and they’re probably right.

    From their lips to the Spaghetti Monster’s ears!

  98. 98.

    phdesmond

    July 14, 2022 at 9:47 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    reposting.

    [the closest places to Moscow that were characterized by Russian writers as the hinterlands, the back of beyond], each dot labeled with the name(s) of the writers who so designated it; it’s funny and enlightening, and can be seen as Figure 20 on p. 39 of this pdf.

  99. 99.

    Suzanne

    July 14, 2022 at 9:49 pm

    I mean we sure are trying

    This is 100% what I need. The low-level contempt is exactly my jam.

  100. 100.

    AliceBlue

    July 14, 2022 at 9:50 pm

    @Geminid: After Walker won the primary, one of his opponents, Gary Black, said that he would neither endorse nor vote for him.

  101. 101.

    phdesmond

    July 14, 2022 at 9:52 pm

    @Alison Rose :

    sounds like what i thought was happening.  it’s good to see people show you their emotions.

  102. 102.

    Leto

    July 14, 2022 at 9:54 pm

    Speaking of shitposting, Dr Pepper has an official response for Sydney Powell.

  103. 103.

    Immanentize

    July 14, 2022 at 9:56 pm

    Well, I am off to the Land of Nod.

    Sleep tight, Jackals.

  104. 104.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 9:56 pm

    @Leto:

    More like Dr. Woke, amirite?

    Seriously, that’s really great.

  105. 105.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 10:06 pm

    522 error for several minutes

  106. 106.

    phdesmond

    July 14, 2022 at 10:09 pm

    Ned Lamont in CT is running a pro-abortion message.  saw it in the ads on msnbc.

  107. 107.

    Alison Rose

    July 14, 2022 at 10:10 pm

    @phdesmond: I’m sure he’d be just as enraged if this weren’t the case, but I believe his eldest daughter is the same age as this girl, so I’d imagine that contributes a bit to his reaction.

  108. 108.

    JaySinWA

    July 14, 2022 at 10:12 pm

    @Leto: PSA this is from a parody account. So Missunderstood, Nothing like the real thing, baby.

  109. 109.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    July 14, 2022 at 10:12 pm

    @sab: You just got Lindsey Wagner into bed for the first time and all you can talk about is your Contracts professor that you hate. Who unbeknownst to you is her father.”

    scrolling up from the end of the thread and seeing this out of context I thought perhaps Imm had an…. intersting history with The Bionic Woman.

    I love The Paper Chase, I love John Houseman. “Mr Haaaahrrrt. Here is a dime….”

  110. 110.

    Baud

    July 14, 2022 at 10:13 pm

    @JaySinWA:

    I trusted Leto. I feel burned.

  111. 111.

    Gin & Tonic

    July 14, 2022 at 10:14 pm

    @Baud: It’s also really a parody account.

  112. 112.

    zhena gogolia

    July 14, 2022 at 10:14 pm

    @phdesmond: Thanks.

  113. 113.

    Another Scott

    July 14, 2022 at 10:15 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Same, same.

    Thanks for the explanation!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  114. 114.

    phdesmond

    July 14, 2022 at 10:15 pm

    @zhena gogolia: you’re welcome.

    good night.

  115. 115.

    gene108

    July 14, 2022 at 10:18 pm

    Lots of SE PA folks got folks in South Jersey. Smart to single out North Jersey.

    Plus, Central Jersey is a myth.

    There’s really only North or South Jersey divided by when sports fans start pulling mostly for NYC teams versus Philly teams, or other local quirks.

  116. 116.

    Geminid

    July 14, 2022 at 10:20 pm

    @AliceBlue: Black sounds like an honest man. Walker is unqualified and Republican politicians know this. Very few are willing to say it, though.

  117. 117.

    BeautifulPlumage

    July 14, 2022 at 10:22 pm

    @Leto: too bad it’s parody & not the real social media account. Makes a great point about her outfits

  118. 118.

    BeautifulPlumage

    July 14, 2022 at 10:27 pm

    I kinda wish I could vote for Fetterman. He & Giselle are the real thing. Their 3 kids are encouraged & appreciated for who they are. I want them as my neighbors.

  119. 119.

    HumboldtBlue

    July 14, 2022 at 10:34 pm

    @Leto:
    Sweet mother of a hearty guffaw, that’s funny.​ 

    Parody or not, still damn funny.

  120. 120.

    Geminid

    July 14, 2022 at 10:37 pm

    @Lyrebird: Missouri’s Democratic Senate primary is interesting because the two leading candidates are very different. Lucas Kunce is a former Marine attorney from a middle class family. Trudy Busch Valentine is a former nurse from the Busch brewing dynasty. Kunce has been running for a year now while Valentine got into the race only three months ago. There don’t seem to be any big policy differences between the two, and many Democrats will base their choices on perceived electability. Valentine is picking up union endorsements, and they may see her as the stronger candidate.

    If she’s elected, I think Valentine will be the only Senator with her own herd of bison.

  121. 121.

    divF

    July 14, 2022 at 10:49 pm

    @Immanentize: When Madame divF was first-year resident, the chief of the Emergency Department would give a little talk to the first years, that included the statement that, prior to some serious training, they were nothing but a bunch of “lame, spastic, blobs”.

    OTOH, she and some other first-years were left in charge of the routine stuff coming into the ED while the rest of the department was rushing out to the Cypress Freeway after the Loma Prieta earthquake.

  122. 122.

    Joe Falco

    July 14, 2022 at 10:52 pm

    @gene108: C’mon, there has to be more differences than that like choice of toppings on hot dogs or which side to butter toast.

  123. 123.

    dww44

    July 14, 2022 at 11:00 pm

    ‘@AliceBlue: I bet he voted for Trump though. Black was the former Commissioner of Agriculture. An influential and elected state wide office.
    PS he supported Trump in 2016 and 2020

    @Alison Rose warewasnt among  that hex :  I really like Chris Hayes and wasn’t aware that wasn’t the case here at BJ

  124. 124.

    frosty

    July 14, 2022 at 11:08 pm

    @geg6: I love that Gisele calls herself the SLOP: Second Lady of Pennsylvania.

  125. 125.

    Lyrebird

    July 14, 2022 at 11:10 pm

    @Geminid: ​Missouri’s Democratic Senate primary is interesting because the two leading candidates are very different.

     

    That’s for sure!

    I know much less about Valentine and am not going to second guess voters there. I will say I think Kunce is awesome and also a bit like Sen. Warren. I think Sen. Warren is awesome as well and I still respect her and am thrilled she is in the Senate. I think she can be a bit too wonky for people, like don’t know why she would think that “big structural change” would be a good slogan for chanting. Kunce has that vibe.

    I see Valentine showed up for gun safety legislation last month.

  126. 126.

    James E Powell

    July 14, 2022 at 11:28 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Every law school has one professor who wants to be Professor Kingsfield.

    Only one?

    When I was in my first year, I was the only one who hadn’t seen that movie and didn’t know what they were talking about when they were quoting lines from hit.

  127. 127.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    July 14, 2022 at 11:53 pm

    I was wondering about this, whether “Snooki” knew what she was doing

    Sam Stein @samstein

    Am told by a Fetterman adviser that the Snooki Cameo that they put out to troll Dr. Oz cost the campaign $393.75

  128. 128.

    Citizen Alan

    July 15, 2022 at 1:22 am

    @James E Powell: 

    I always felt cheated that the professor who seemed closest to kingsfield when I started at ole miss fell off a ladder in his garage 3 weeks into my 1st semester, get a brain injury from striking his head on the concrete floor, and was forced Into early retirement in the middle of the semester. He was the only kingsfield type we had. All the other professors aspired to be ben matlock.

    On the other hand, my con law professor was literally the basis for the professor character in the Pelican brief who was blown up by mobsters. He was a raging liberal and an absolute terror to unprepared 1Ls, and John Griffin apparently absolutely hated him when he was in law school.

  129. 129.

    Geminid

    July 15, 2022 at 6:52 am

    @Citizen Alan: I bet you are talking about John Grisham, the novelist. Grisham ended up settling in the Charlottesvile area, and some customers of mine know him socially. One of them went with Grisham on a church mission to the remote part of Brazil that was the setting of much of Grisham’s novel, The Testament.

  130. 130.

    wenchacha

    July 15, 2022 at 8:43 am

    @Scout211: Those GOP forced-birthers can choke on it. How ignorant of science and human biology can they be, to pretend they didn’t know children can get pregnant?

    The whole lot of them can fuck right off.

  131. 131.

    Paul in KY

    July 15, 2022 at 9:42 am

    @JPL: Walker, for all his baggage, is a stronger candidate (in GA only) than Oz.

    He was a huge star when at UGA.

  132. 132.

    Paul in KY

    July 15, 2022 at 9:53 am

    @Scout211: You have no soul as a party if you are ‘struggling’ to react to a 10 year old child who was made pregnant by a rapist.

  133. 133.

    Paul in KY

    July 15, 2022 at 10:01 am

    @Jager: Donald paid alot to see what you saw for free. Kudos.

  134. 134.

    J R in WV

    July 15, 2022 at 10:14 am

    @dww44: ​
     

    …I really like Chris Hayes and wasn’t aware that wasn’t the case here at BJ

    MSNBC is our go to evening news site while I prepare dinner and while we eat — and drink. We miss Rachael, and enjoy her rare visits when the Jan6 Committee draws her attention. And at night we won’t see Andrea Greenspan, she falls asleep long before I start dinner.

  135. 135.

    J R in WV

    July 15, 2022 at 10:21 am

    @wenchacha:

    Those GOP forced-birthers can choke on it. How ignorant of science and human biology can they be, to pretend they didn’t know children can get pregnant?

    The whole lot of them can fuck right off.

    With no respect for the Theo-Fascists of the Russo-Repug party I will add that the onset of puberty has been starting earlier and earlier for decades now. But still, yes, very young girls can indeed become pregnant when raped.  And younger all the time, which is not a good thing. Sad.

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