Blog Credo

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, August 4, 2023

Tuberville

 I think there might not be a better symbol of what has become of the GOP than Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. First, he is - by all accounts - dumber than a box of rocks. Second, he's a god-bothering panty sniffer in public, who's pitching a fit because the military will pay for female service members travel to receive abortions. Third, as he tries to pick a fight over this, he manages to take a position that is ultimately self-defeating. Fourth, even though his pigheadedness has deprived Alabama of a military base that would benefit Alabama's economy, he will likely get re-elected anyway.

Oh, and the GOP could put an end to this shit of holding promotions hostage, but they won't, because they're cowards.

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