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In a speech that was almost surprising in its frank invocation of politics, Obama compared the brutal 1965 violence that nearly ended Lewis’ life to the violent suppression of peaceful protests by federal officers today, called the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision to gut the Voting Rights Act and the wave of voter suppression that followed “an attack on what John fought for,” challenged hypocritical congressional leaders who have opposed a renewal of “the law that Lewis was wiling to die for” while issuing empty statements calling him a “hero.”
Obama turned to a powerful and direct political attack on present-day police brutality against Black people and voter and protest suppression efforts.
“Bull Connor” — the infamous Birmingham, Alabama, police commissioner who turned dogs and fire hoses on civil rights–era protesters — “may be gone, but today we witness, with our own eyes, police officers kneeling on the necks of Black Americans,” Obama said, alluding to the murder of George Floyd. “George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators,” he added, alluding to the Trump administration–ordered assaults on protesters at Lafayette Square in D.C., and in Portland, Oregon.
Obama concluded by proposing that America honor the late congressman by enacting a new John Lewis Voting Rights Act and other measures to protect the vote, and by ending the “Jim Crow relic” of the filibuster if necessary to pass it.
More at https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/barack-obama-eulogy-for-jo
hn-lewis-was-perfect.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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I agree with both of these last two posts second.
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Stupid people don't know they're stupid, and they certainly don't realize how obvious it is to others.
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White House senior adviser Stephen Miller scolded former President Barack Obama on Friday for his “shockingly political” remarks on voter suppression at the funeral service for Rep. John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement.
In an interview on “Fox & Friends,” the policy aide to President Donald Trump accused his boss’ predecessor of spreading lies about efforts by elected officials to stifle voter participation and minority engagement ahead of November’s election.
“That was shockingly political for a funeral service, but it’s also totally disconnected from reality,” Miller said. “It is scandalously, outrageously false.”
Obama: “Even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting — by closing polling locations, and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws, and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision, even undermining the Postal Service in the run-up to an election that’s going to be dependent on mail-in ballots so people don’t get sick,” he said, alluding to voting laws championed largely by Republicans.
Miller, perhaps best known for his support of hard-line immigration policies, defended voter ID laws but otherwise offered little in the way of evidence to rebut Obama’s claims.
Obama: “I know this is a celebration of John’s life. There are some who might say we shouldn’t dwell on such things. But that’s why I’m talking about it. John Lewis devoted his time on this Earth fighting the very attacks on democracy and what’s best in America that we are seeing circulate right now,” he said.
www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/stephen-miller-obamas-comments-at-lew
is-funeral-totally-disconnected-from-reality-389386
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Stupid people don't know they're stupid, and they certainly don't realize how obvious it is to others. 
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The Spectre of Socialism Haunts Mike Pence
Vice President Mike Pence made another campaign swing through the battleground state of Wisconsin in July, hoping to reconnect with the better angels of Republicanism. Pence traveled to the college town of Ripon, where the party was founded in 1854.
There, with his now-familiar aplomb, the vice president offered a false narrative that was at odds with not just contemporary reality but American history.
“The American people have a choice to make. And the choice has never been clearer and the stakes have never been higher,” announced the vice president in what was billed as a major address on July 17. “I came here to the city of Ripon, Wisconsin, where the Republican Party was born, to describe that choice.”
Pence declared, “Our economic recovery is on the ballot, but also are things far more fundamental and foundational to our country.” Unfortunately for Pence, he got tripped up by ignorance of his own party’s history.
“Like those first Republicans,” he chirped, “we stand at a crossroads of freedom. Before us are two paths: one based on the dignity of every individual, and the other on the growing control of the state. Our road leads to greater freedom and opportunity. Their road leads to socialism and decline.”
It was an epic rewrite of history that the vice president attempted when he suggested that he and Trump are “like those first Republicans.” The first Republicans were radicals, who sought to upend the politics of the country at a time when the existing parties were capitulating to the demands of Southern slaveholders and their political patrons.
More about the first Republicans at
https://web.archive.org/web/20200802051243/https://www.thenation.com/a
rticle/politics/mike-pence-wisconsin-socialism/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:
It was an epic rewrite of history that the vice president attempted when he suggested that he and Trump are “like those first Republicans.” The first Republicans were radicals, who sought to upend the politics of the country at a time when the existing parties were capitulating to the demands of Southern slaveholders and their political patrons.
More about the first Republicans at
https://web.archive.org/web/20200802051243/https://www.thenation.com/a
rticle/politics/mike-pence-wisconsin-socialism/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Hmmmmmmmm...
Maybe they're just appealing to their base?
Everybody to the right of Obama has been called "alt-right" and has been abused by the Left for the last 4 years. Articles 6 months to a year ago were going as far as to say that Obama was a Republican. (You won't see those articles now, of course, since they need Obama to raise money for Biden... but they were there).
It sure seems like you're a revolutionary if you're not a wear-a-mask-and-bend-the-knee Liberal in 2020.
Incidentally, this is why Democrats are fucked when Generation Zed starts voting too.
Somehow you lefty idiots made being Republican cool. Lord knows that Republicans weren't ever going to figure out a way to do that themselves.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:If you google the words party affiliation by age, it does NOT support the idea of the GOP IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE. www.google.com/search?q=party+affiliation+by+age
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hmmmmmmmm...
Maybe they're just appealing to their base?
Everybody to the right of Obama has been called "alt-right" and has been abused by the Left for the last 4 years. Articles 6 months to a year ago were going as far as to say that Obama was a Republican. (You won't see those articles now, of course, since they need Obama to raise money for Biden... but they were there).
It sure seems like you're a revolutionary if you're not a wear-a-mask-and-bend-the-knee Liberal in 2020.
Incidentally, this is why Democrats are fucked when Generation Zed starts voting too.
Somehow you lefty idiots made being Republican cool. Lord knows that Republicans weren't ever going to figure out a way to do that themselves.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The Future is most likely gridlock in Congress and the Presidency switching back and forth between D and R.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:If you google the words party affiliation by age, it does NOT support the idea of the GOP IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE. www.google.com/search?q=party+affiliation+by+age
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hmmmmmmmm...
Maybe they're just appealing to their base?
Everybody to the right of Obama has been called "alt-right" and has been abused by the Left for the last 4 years. Articles 6 months to a year ago were going as far as to say that Obama was a Republican. (You won't see those articles now, of course, since they need Obama to raise money for Biden... but they were there).
It sure seems like you're a revolutionary if you're not a wear-a-mask-and-bend-the-knee Liberal in 2020.
Incidentally, this is why Democrats are fucked when Generation Zed starts voting too.
Somehow you lefty idiots made being Republican cool. Lord knows that Republicans weren't ever going to figure out a way to do that themselves.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The Future is most likely gridlock in Congress and the Presidency switching back and forth between D and R.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
I don't care what your Google has to say about it.
Kids don't like being told what to do.
When I was growing up, it was the Republicans and the religious right that sucked the fun out of every room.
In 2020 that's the Democrat's job.
You morons just made Conservatives the counter culture and didn't even realize it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:I hang out with poor white trash in Texas. They say: "The police accidentally kill some worthless nigger and the Democrats act like that gives 'em permission to riot. They are anarchists overthrowing the government." Or "Old person dies of Covid-something, who was gonna die of something anyway, and the Democrats act like they can tell me to wear a mask, those Commies!" Or "Democrats have got no right to check Trump's income tax returns until after the IRS audit is completed -- it's the Law! Besides, taxes are too high and completely unfair. Everybody cheats. Why not Trump?" Poor white trash of the GOP are the new counter culture. All the smartest American youth want to join Trump's party, Party, PARTY! So much fun.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I don't care what your Google has to say about it.
Kids don't like being told what to do.
When I was growing up, it was the Republicans and the religious right that sucked the fun out of every room.
In 2020 that's the Democrat's job.
You morons just made Conservatives the counter culture and didn't even realize it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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