Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

NanceGreggs

NanceGreggs's Journal
NanceGreggs's Journal
October 26, 2021

Show Us the Evidence

Back in December 2020, Sidney Powell stated about the 'stolen election': "We have so much evidence coming in, I feel like its coming through a firehose."

So where is that evidence? You apparently didn't produce it in court - why not? Where are you hiding this "firehose of evidence", and why have you never exposed it for public scrutiny?

Paul Gosar recently stated that between 450,000 and 700,000 ballots were altered in the state of Arizona, and claims he got this information from the Security Exchange Fraud Department and the CIA Fraud Department.

Who did you speak to from these non-existent departments? Surely you made note of the names of those who allegedly approached you with this information, given the gravity of their disclosures. Why have you not identified them so that their alleged information can be verified?

No less than TFG himself recently issued a statement saying: “If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented), Republicans will not be voting in ‘22 or ‘24."

If the fraud has been "thoroughly and conclusively documented", why haven't those documents been released to the public? Why are you leaving your Republican enablers dangling in the wind, struggling to support the Big Lie, if you're already in possession of thorough and conclusive documents that will prove, once and for all, what you allege was a stolen election?

These are, of course, rhetorical questions. My purpose in citing them is not to point out that there is - as we all here know - zero evidence of the Big Lie.

It is to point out how incredibly gullible Trump-humpers are. They hear statements like those above - and yet never ask for the proof thereof. They embrace every lie told today, when its only purpose is to cover-up the lies told yesterday.

They never ask for proof of anything, and yet they are more than willing to believe everything - no matter how ludicrous, no matter how far-fetched, no matter how downright ridiculous.

When you embrace the idea that facts no longer matter, you are not a political force - you are a cult.

When you have abandoned common sense, you are not a free-thinking citizen - you are a mindless, easily-manipulated idiot.

When you believe that the truth is negotiable and is somehow dependent on who is speaking it, you are no longer capable of understanding what the truth is.





October 13, 2021

Aren't you impressed, Trump-humpers!?!

It's now been almost a year since the 2020 election, and despite the best efforts of GOP lawyers, so-called auditors, ranting media bobble-heads and hysterical pillow salesmen, not a single iota of evidence that the election was 'stolen' has been unearthed.

Pulling off a stolen election would require thousands of operatives across the country working at multiple levels in the election process - and yet we managed to do it without leaving a single trace behind for you to find.

Gotta hand it to us. If you still believe the election was stolen, you also have to believe that we're fuckin' geniuses.




September 29, 2021

Note to Republicans

Let's start with sit down - and shut the fuck up.

Decent people are not interested in anything you have to say. Your opinions are useless, and your honesty is non-existent.

After four years of praising the corrupt con-man you put in the White House, no one wants to hear your inane ramblings about Joe Biden's words or actions. After four years of propping-up a lunatic who thinks, among other things, that wind turbines cause cancer and the Revolutionary War was won when Americans shut down the airports, we don't want to hear your assessment of Joe Biden's mental stability.

When your "pResident" took Putin's side over our own intelligence agencies, you cheered him - which renders your claims of patriotism moot. When your "pResident" talked about grabbing women by their genitals, you continued to promote him as a good Christian - so let's not talk about Biden's religious beliefs. When he appointed his corrupt cronies to positions of power, you insisted he was 'draining the swamp' - so anything you have to say about Biden's appointees is not only hypocritical, but downright laughable.

You stood in silence as your "pResident" called Covid a hoax, and mocked the doctors and scientists who attempted to educate the public about life-saving measures like social distancing and wearing masks. Therefore, anything you have to say about Biden's handling of the pandemic is nothing more than the same bullshit you were spewing as hundreds of thousands of Americans died.

It was your party that encouraged division in this country and lied to the citizenry at every cover-Trump's-ass opportunity - and when Americans turned on their neighbours with vitriol and violence, when a bunch of out-of-control idiots stormed the Capitol, you encouraged it and called the perpetrators 'patriots'.

I realize you aren't the most intelligent people in the country, but maybe you can somehow understand that decent Americans don't want to hear your opinions, your advice, your comments, or your insane ramblings about anything.

Your party now consists of bat-shit crazies who grasp onto every conspiracy theory that comes down the pike. No one of sound mind is willing to listen to people who think wildfires are ignited by Jewish Space Lasers, or that the government is putting tracking devices in vaccines, which are then being distributed via salad dressings.

The only people willing to listen to you are horse-dewormer consumers, Covid deniers on ventilators, and idiots who believe that Trump is going to be reinstated any day now because a guy who sells pillows for a living said so.

Enough - it's over and done. You have no credibility, you have no grasp on reality, you have no way forward - other than the hope that insanity is contagious and will eventually afflict the majority of voters.

So sit down, Republicans, and shut the fuck up. Your assessment of Biden's presidency is of no interest to anyone but yourselves - i.e. that ever-narrowing group of MAGAts that have yet to realize that they've been had.

In the meantime, if you have anything of value to contribute to the political conversation, we'll let you know - but we're not holding our breath awaiting that unlikely event.

October 28, 2018

"I Don't Agree with ALL of His Policies"

THIS is the talking point being proffered by Republicans as their “pResident” incites violence, incarcerates innocent migrant children, encourages citizens to see each other as enemies, and steals from the working-class to give tax-cuts to the already wealthy: I don’t agree with ALL of his policies.

THIS is the answer given by elected Republicans when their constituents ask why they continue to enable a “pResident” who is destroying our democracy: I don’t agree with ALL of his policies.

THIS is the excuse offered by Republicans who continue to support the man who praises Putin and does his bidding: I don’t agree with ALL of his policies.

THIS is the reasoning of ass-kissing traitors willing to sell-out their country and betray their fellow citizens in support of Trump: I don’t agree with ALL of his policies.

What is happening in our country right now is no different than Germans declaring that their support of their Fuhrer sending six million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and the mentally deranged to extermination camps shouldn’t be viewed as complicity – because they didn’t agree with ALL of his policies.

So let’s hear it, Republicans – exactly what policies of your “pResident” do you disagree with?

Do you disagree with the policy of demonizing immigrants? Do you disagree with suppressing the votes of citizens entitled to cast their ballots? Do you disagree with inciting violence at political rallies, and offering to pay the legal fees of those arrested for engaging in that violence?

Do you disagree with the policy of labeling Democrats as corrupt, and gays/lesbians as morally bankrupt? Do you disagree with the policy of insulting our allies and embracing our enemies? Do you disagree with the policy of enriching the obscenely wealthy at the expense of the hard-working middle-class?

I have heard the I don’t agree with ALL of his policies excuse from Republicans for almost two years now. I have yet to hear exactly what policies they purportedly disagree with – because they seem to agree with ALL of them.

When Trump goes down – as he inevitably will – it will be interesting to hear his Republican collaborators explain how they didn’t agree with ALL of his policies, but supported each and every one of them nonetheless.

October 28, 2018

"Nice country you got here ...

… be a shame if something happened to it.”

It would be a shame if an incompetent, openly racist bigot wound up in the White House with the assistance of a foreign power that wants to see America destroyed from within.

Be a shame if that “pResident” insulted our allies, praised our enemies, and put inept and corrupt cronies in positions of power.

Be a shame if that incompetent, self-absorbed “pResident” incited his adherents to violence, and then continually pointed out the targets their anger should be directed at: Mexicans, Muslims, immigrants, political opponents, and pretty much everyone who ever uttered a word against him.

Be a shame if that lying buffoon of a “pResident” did everything in his power to pit citizens against their fellow citizens, and encouraged them to see each other as enemies.

Be a shame if a major American political party not only supported that “pResident’s” agenda of demonizing those he has labelled as enemies, but did everything they could do enable it.

Be a shame if the only way that major political party could even hope to win elections is to intimidate voters and suppress votes, while their “pResident” threatens that ”there will be violence” if the opposing political party gains any power.

Be a shame if a nation once recognized as a beacon of freedom started locking innocent children in cages because brown-skinned kids “don’t belong here” and should be treated as criminals.

Be a shame if that political party plunged the nation into debt in order to give tax-cuts to the wealthy, overturned regulations that protect the environment, did everything they could to take healthcare coverage away from those who need it, and refused to take any steps towards sensible gun control.

We had a nice country here – it would be a shame if any of the above happened – and yet all of it is happening right now.

We have a so-called “pResident” who is inciting violence. And when that violence manifests itself, he and his party deny any responsibility for the conflagration they have ignited and the consequences of their incendiary rhetoric.

We are being told that victims are to blame for their own misfortune – that rape survivors “asked for it”, that unarmed teachers are the cause of children being gunned-down in schools – and now that synagogues are at fault for not having armed guards at their places of worship.

The Republicans have gone from being mere enablers – they are now collaborators. They are no different than those who once collaborated with the Nazis by selling-out their countries and their countrymen in the hope of maintaining political power and personal wealth under a despicable new regime.

They are no different than those who cheered as their Fuhrer filled cattle-cars with “enemies of the people” destined for gas chambers. They are no different than those who went along to get along as Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and the mentally ill were targeted by their Dear Leader as “undesirables” who had no right to legal protection – and, more to the point, had no right to live.

“Nice country you’ve got here – be a shame if something happened to it.”

Yeah, it would. Be a shame if we had a “pResident” who encourages his dumb-as-shit followers to take matters into their own hands and send pipe-bombs to his perceived enemies, and shoot down worshippers targeted as defenders of those perceived enemies.

We are in a very bad place as a nation – a place constructed by a traitor doing Putin’s bidding, a place of ginned-up animosity towards those who defy that traitor, a place where bigots and racists are encouraged to take up arms in order to purge the country of the “undesirables” who still believe in the rule of law, freedom of the press, and the principles of democracy.

Be a shame if something happened to our country – be a worse shame if we didn’t vote in November to rid ourselves of the collaborators who are working so hard to destroy it.



October 25, 2018

Bullshit!!!

I’ve been hearing the bullshit all day – the “Trump isn’t responsible” bullshit, the “both sides do it” bullshit, the “let’s not point fingers” bullshit – and it’s time to shut it down.

To those spewing the “both sides are to blame” bullshit, I pose the following:

Name one Democrat who has called Mexicans rapists and drug-dealers, who has labelled people of colour as coming from “shithole countries”, or has tried to ban Muslims from entering the country because they’re terrorists.

Name one Democrat who has called KKK members and white supremacists “very fine people”.

Name one Democrat who has encouraged violence at a political event, with the promise of paying for the legal defence of anyone arrested for engaging in that violence.

Name one Democrat who has actually campaigned on the idea of divisiveness, and has instilled an us versus them mindset in their supporters.

Name one Democrat who has led cries of “lock ‘em up” when referring to their political opponents.

Name one Democrat who has physically assaulted a journalist – and then name one Democratic president who ever praised someone for doing so.

Name one Democratic president who has taunted, insulted, and belittled our nation’s allies.

Name one Democratic president who has not only praised, but embraced our nation’s true enemies – enemies responsible for violence against their own people, and threats against our country.

Name one Democratic president who has referred to his political opponents by demeaning nick-names, has repeatedly stated they have “low IQs” – or went so far as to question their citizenship.

So let’s stop the bullshit. There is no such thing as “both sides do it”, when one side is being continually encouraged to hate those who disagree with them, to hate those who look different than they do, to hate anyone and everyone who their “pResident” tells them to hate.

I’ve heard it said all day that Trump isn’t directly responsible for this act of violence against his political foes. Again, I call bullshit.

Every person who was targeted with a pipe-bomb today is someone who Trump has specifically pointed out as an “enemy” of himself and his followers. He has railed against them repeatedly, and has incited his supporters to see them as enemies as well.

Trump owns all of this. He owns the violence he has incited, and the hatred he has encouraged in order to fuel that violence. He owns every statement, every tweet, every rally cry that has demonized not only his fellow citizens, but the institutions that underpin our democracy – such as our intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and a free press.

To hear Trump continually rant against his “enemies” and then absolve him of any responsibility for those supposed enemies being targeted for violence – or even death – is to be complicit in his hateful rhetoric. It is to turn a blind eye to everything he has said and done that has led up to this day. It is to ignore the obvious – the constant encouragement to perceive political opponents as people deserving of violence and/or death.

I heard NY Governor Andrew Cuomo say today that there is “anger on both sides” – and that’s true. But there is only one side that is stoking that anger with lies, encouraging that anger with hateful rhetoric, and vilifying those they hope that anger will be directed at.

Any pretence that today’s events are not a direct result of the shit Donald Trump has been stirring up is an insult to the intelligence of those who have heard the vitriol, and knew that the consequences were inevitable.

October 19, 2018

Republicans Have No Choice

If you’ve been shocked by Republican campaign ads that are deceitful, insulting, and just downright nasty, keep in mind that they no longer have any alternative.

They have to campaign on fear, because thanks to their own policies, they cannot offer voters a hopeful future.

They have to campaign on racism, misogyny, and xenophobia, because those are now the things their party stands for.

They have to campaign on lies, because the truth of their actions and agenda is something they need to deflect attention away from.

They have to campaign on false and misleading statements, because the only votes they can truly rely on are those of the ill-informed, and the pathetically dumb.

They have to campaign on insulting rhetoric, because they have shown themselves to be incapable of intelligent and respectful discourse.

They have to campaign on ridiculous conspiracy theories about Democrats, because they have no real Republican accomplishments to point to.

They have to campaign on us versus them, because a unified country threatens their power, and is detrimental to their goals.

They have to campaign on fake patriotism, fake Christian values, and fake morality, because when it comes to their party, there isn’t anything “real” left.

For all intents and purposes, the Republican party no longer exists. It has retained its once-honourable name, but it is now the Party of Trump.

It is the party that has elevated the corrupt, the immoral, and the incompetent to positions of power and influence.

It is the party that has abandoned everything it once stood for in order to appeal to those enthralled with a “pResident” who stands for nothing beyond his own self-aggrandizement.

It is the party that now defends the very things it once purported to abhor.

The Republicans have now backed themselves into a political corner. They can’t campaign on anything other than fear, hatred, lies, corruption, and a total disdain for decency, simply because that’s who they are – and they’ve made that so abundantly clear, they can’t possibly disown it. Instead, they are forced to embrace it.

There is literally nothing left of the Grand Ol’ Party. What stands in its place is a corrupt cabal whose only purpose is to defend and enable their corrupt “pResident”.

So don't be shocked by how low the Republicans are willing to stoop - the dank, slimy, bottom of a very filthy barrel has become their permanent home.

Profile Information

Member since: Thu Oct 13, 2005, 03:25 AM
Number of posts: 27,820
Latest Discussions»NanceGreggs's Journal