The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

[southernhybrid]

Isn't that....sedition?

I'll ask what they ask all the time on Fox & Friends...Where's the outrage? Are Republicans silent about her statements because they think she's harmless? Or is it because they agree with her?

She's been criticized by quite a few Republicans but I doubt the Fox noise nut jobs will say a word against her as it might hurt their ratings. Nothing that MTG says is going to happen. Sometimes I think she says these crazy things for attention. I doubt she really believes most of the shit she says. She's like a Trump clone.

 

[marc]

I’d say give them Mississippi and Alabama. I don’t know of anything important in either state. Less of a drain on federal taxes. That would be 4 less R senators. And possibly many MAGAts would move to the new Confederacy, reducing their voters in other states.

Plus we would have the entertainment of watching a country based on their ideals become an object lesson for the world

I'm about to take a trip out to Orange Beach Alabama again. It's fairly nice. I suggest we extend Louisiana and Florida to annex their beach because I neither want to give up a decent hangout spot, nor drive all the way around Alabama to get that terrifyingly delicious New Orleans cuisine.

I'm fine with that.

It just means we have to make a longer border wall to prevent illegal immigration from the confederacy.

 

[ZiprHead]

Isn't that....sedition?

I'll ask what they ask all the time on Fox & Friends...Where's the outrage? Are Republicans silent about her statements because they think she's harmless? Or is it because they agree with her?

She's been criticized by quite a few Republicans but I doubt the Fox noise nut jobs will say a word against her as it might hurt their ratings. Nothing that MTG says is going to happen. Sometimes I think she says these crazy things for attention. I doubt she really believes most of the shit she says. She's like a Trump clone.

I absolutely do think she believes the things she says. Georgia elected the drunk at the end of the bar.

 

[marc]

She is going on a long rant about how the 'national divorce' would work. Plenty of delusional ideas of what the states would look like afterword. But this one caught my eye:

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1628062984688873479?s=20

"well funded agencies"... Ok, can she explain HOW the agencies will be funded? With so many conservatives equating taxes with theft, even with a smaller government how do they intend to fund it?

 

[Shadowy Man]

She is going on a long rant about how the 'national divorce' would work. Plenty of delusional ideas of what the states would look like afterword. But this one caught my eye:

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1628062984688873479?s=20

"well funded agencies"... Ok, can she explain HOW the agencies will be funded? With so many conservatives equating taxes with theft, even with a smaller government how do they intend to fund it?

Well, instead of giving billions of dollars to elementary schools to teach CRT they would give that money to the police.

 

[TomC]

She is going on a long rant about how the 'national divorce' would work. Plenty of delusional ideas of what the states would look like afterword. But this one caught my eye:

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1628062984688873479?s=20

"well funded agencies"... Ok, can she explain HOW the agencies will be funded? With so many conservatives equating taxes with theft, even with a smaller government how do they intend to fund it?

Particularly after they pay off their share of the current federal debt.

They are gonna do that, right?
Tom

 

[Gospel]

She is going on a long rant about how the 'national divorce' would work. Plenty of delusional ideas of what the states would look like afterword. But this one caught my eye:

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1628062984688873479?s=20

"well funded agencies"... Ok, can she explain HOW the agencies will be funded? With so many conservatives equating taxes with theft, even with a smaller government how do they intend to fund it?

Well, instead of giving billions of dollars to elementary schools to teach CRT they would give that money to the police.

Not a bad idea at all granted the police maintain a level of professionalism to earn it. We all know that free money is socialism & that a dangerously trash cop is no better than a drug dealer. They both destroy the life of their customers but one has a hand in everyone's pocket.

 

[Shadowy Man]

She is going on a long rant about how the 'national divorce' would work. Plenty of delusional ideas of what the states would look like afterword. But this one caught my eye:

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1628062984688873479?s=20

"well funded agencies"... Ok, can she explain HOW the agencies will be funded? With so many conservatives equating taxes with theft, even with a smaller government how do they intend to fund it?

Well, instead of giving billions of dollars to elementary schools to teach CRT they would give that money to the police.

Not a bad idea at all granted the police maintain a level of professionalism to earn it. We all know that free money is socialism & that a dangerously trash cop is no better than a drug dealer. They both destroy the life of their customers but one has a hand in everyone's pocket.

Probably more military gear will improve the police’s professionalism.

 

[Gospel]

She is going on a long rant about how the 'national divorce' would work. Plenty of delusional ideas of what the states would look like afterword. But this one caught my eye:

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1628062984688873479?s=20

"well funded agencies"... Ok, can she explain HOW the agencies will be funded? With so many conservatives equating taxes with theft, even with a smaller government how do they intend to fund it?

Well, instead of giving billions of dollars to elementary schools to teach CRT they would give that money to the police.

Not a bad idea at all granted the police maintain a level of professionalism to earn it. We all know that free money is socialism & that a dangerously trash cop is no better than a drug dealer. They both destroy the life of their customers but one has a hand in everyone's pocket.

Probably more military gear will improve the police’s professionalism.

Nah. They'd just look professional.

Edit: Like they did in Uvalde.

 

[crazyfingers]

She is going on a long rant about how the 'national divorce' would work. Plenty of delusional ideas of what the states would look like afterword. But this one caught my eye:

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1628062984688873479?s=20

"well funded agencies"... Ok, can she explain HOW the agencies will be funded? With so many conservatives equating taxes with theft, even with a smaller government how do they intend to fund it?

Particularly after they pay off their share of the current federal debt.

They are gonna do that, right?
Tom

Someone replied to I think her first post in the current screed pointing out a story which demonstrated that on the whole, Blue states pay more per-capita than red states and that Red states receive more funding from the federal government per capita than Blue states. Essentially blue states are funding the red states.

It's not just that one story. I've seen similar analysis before over the last several years.

So the conclusions are:

1: She's full of shit (no surprise)
2: Red states while complaining about taxes are actually freeloading on the Blue states

 

[TomC]

Someone replied to I think her first post in the current screed pointing out a story which demonstrated that on the whole, Blue states pay more per-capita than red states and that Red states receive more funding from the federal government per capita than Blue states. Essentially blue states are funding the red states.

I thought about bringing this up. It's very true.

Several years back I saw a batch of statistics on this exact subject. I barely remember it. But I remember the big points. For every $1 paid in federal tax by a Massachusetts resident, Massachusetts got back around $.80. in federal spending. For every $1 paid in federal income tax by a Mississippi resident, Mississippi got back around $1.20.

But if we could get rid of Alabama and Mississippi by getting a per capita share of the federal debt paid(in cash) I wouldn't quibble over it.
Tom

 

[southernhybrid]

Isn't that....sedition?

I'll ask what they ask all the time on Fox & Friends...Where's the outrage? Are Republicans silent about her statements because they think she's harmless? Or is it because they agree with her?

She's been criticized by quite a few Republicans but I doubt the Fox noise nut jobs will say a word against her as it might hurt their ratings. Nothing that MTG says is going to happen. Sometimes I think she says these crazy things for attention. I doubt she really believes most of the shit she says. She's like a Trump clone.

I absolutely do think she believes the things she says. Georgia elected the drunk at the end of the bar.

You could be right, and as I like to say....MTG is proof that having a college degree doesn't mean you're smart or educated. Yes. She actually has a college degree, unlike Santos, who only lies about having one. It's just hard to believe that she really believes what she says. Do you honestly think that Trump believes the nonsense he says? There are a lot of far righty nuts who say a lot of crazy shit that they know isn't true.

 

[Patooka]

Remember back in the ancient times of less than a fucking fortnight ago, MAGA-tards were trying to justify kicking Schiff and Omar off their committee positions? And yet this cunt to is on *checks notes* Homeland Security and Oversight Committees despite wanting to deny US citizens voting rights and break up the union.

Gotta love the consistency of the GQP.

 

[southernhybrid]

All of this shit sure has gotten the little narcissist lots of attention. Again, does she believe what she says, or is she just another sick far right narcissist who thrives on attention? She has learned a lot from the Fox noise pundits and her master Trump. MSNBC has been talking about this for days. Do we need to talk about the shit MTG says for days? Don't you think she enjoys getting the libs all worked up? It's all bullshit. I assume that her stupid supporters eat it up, but I think perhaps she's just learned from Trump that in order to manipulate a certain kind of voter, you just say a lot of dumbass, divisive shit, and in order to get attention from the Left, you say batshit crazy shit that you know will never come to fruition. Just sayin'.

 

[James Brown]

So she wants to end America?

So much for "This is the greatest country in the world." So much for "America: Love it or Leave it."

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

All of this shit sure has gotten the little narcissist lots of attention. Again, does she believe what she says, or is she just another sick far right narcissist who thrives on attention? She has learned a lot from the Fox noise pundits and her master Trump. MSNBC has been talking about this for days. Do we need to talk about the shit MTG says for days? Don't you think she enjoys getting the libs all worked up? It's all bullshit. I assume that her stupid supporters eat it up, but I think perhaps she's just learned from Trump that in order to manipulate a certain kind of voter, you just say a lot of dumbass, divisive shit, and in order to get attention from the Left, you say batshit crazy shit that you know will never come to fruition. Just sayin'.

I agree. She's doing what works to enrich herself with both money and power. The unfortunate aspect in all this is that there are enough maroons out there that agree with the mindless blather and so she's popular to the point of being able to obtain a government position. She probably could have made a lot more money as a bona fide entertainer, some kind of vaudeville clown. History will not treat her with much kindness.

 

[Shadowy Man]

I’m sure that “I’m not a witch” lady is kicking herself now. All she had to do was wait a few years and she would have been the rational alternative.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

So she wants to end America?

So much for "This is the greatest country in the world." So much for "America: Love it or Leave it."

In her shallow little primitive brain I think she is saying "Me! Love me or leave me! Sieg Heil!" Her behavior certainly does not agree with a love of freedom and democracy and individual liberties. She'd have been at home in the Gestapo.

 

[Shadowy Man]

So she wants to end America?

So much for "This is the greatest country in the world." So much for "America: Love it or Leave it."

In her shallow little primitive brain I think she is saying "Me! Love me or leave me! Sieg Heil!" Her behavior certainly does not agree with a love of freedom and democracy and individual liberties. She'd have been at home in the Gestapo.

I think you misspelled Gazpacho.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

So she wants to end America?

So much for "This is the greatest country in the world." So much for "America: Love it or Leave it."

In her shallow little primitive brain I think she is saying "Me! Love me or leave me! Sieg Heil!" Her behavior certainly does not agree with a love of freedom and democracy and individual liberties. She'd have been at home in the Gestapo.

That is effectively here platform, authoritarianistic bullshit. It is incredible that some haven't figured out "America First" isn't an actual platform.

Her, 'wouldn't it be great if there weren't any liberals around' schtick is about as worrisome as the fact that there are more and more of these authoritarian threats getting elected. What is worse is that while their extreme views vary from rep to rep, the most extreme managed a massive amount of power despite the few seats they themselves hold, due to the very small majority the GOP has in the House. Their influence increased, despite the most extreme authoritarians holding few seats. Granted, the alt-right is the majority of the house, but these people are the extreme of the alt-right movement.