DL Open Thread Saturday May 22nd 2021


Do yourself a favor and listen to the Highlands Bunker crew unpack how Pistol Pete created a legislative rube goldberg contraption to derail the popular minimum wage bill.   to

Where the hell does the GOP find these candidates?

Cheney primary challenger says he impregnated 14-year-old

"She was a little younger than me, so it's like the Romeo and Juliet story," state Sen. Anthony Bouchard said of the girl he later married and divorced.

Coons Agrees with GOP That 1/6 Commission Should Investigate ANTIFA?

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) stated that "in the interest of balance" he would pursue a bipartisan commission to investigate the 1/6 attack on the Capitol and investigate the ANTIFA riots which gripped Washington last Summer. "I agree with the Minority Leader. We have an opportunity to join with our good friends in the Republican Party and address the looting instigated by ANTIFA and other radical leftists."
Coons didn't actually say any of that. He does favor a bipartisan commission though, and Spokesperson for the Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus, Susan Collins, said the commission must investigate all domestic terrorism - so it isn't exactly outlandish to think that this sort of statement is possible.

Perhaps

I checked out Witzke's FB page to see if she was blaming lack of support by the DEGOP for all the losing by MAGA school board candidates, and found these…

DL Open Thread Monday May 17th 2021

"Socialism" is now only a bad word among Republicans and so-called "moderate" Democrats who pay entirely too much attention to what Republicans think. Turns out Van Morrison is a antisemitic dick. Also, turns out, a Space Force lieutenant colonel is a Trumper dick. But first, the dull, ever present pain of knowing that the GOP only cares about fucking shit up.

Democrats in Array

Having joined my RD, I'm getting mail from people running for Chair and Vice-Chair of the Delaware Democratic Party. Elizabeth Maron is running for a full term as State Chair. I think she might be MUCH to timid to be the Chair right now. The 9th endorsed Debbie Harrington for Vice-Chair, and office that Coby Owens is also competing for.   I know there are others.   Who are they?   Who are you supporting? Right now I would call myself persuadable.

GOP Civil War Comes to Delaware – Factions Square Off In Pitched Street Battles

One one side you have the Trumpers; Witzke and all of the the downstate GOP, Republican Primary voters, Republican general election voters, campaign donors and the right wing media complex. On the other side you have the Republicans who try to pretend that they aren't Republicans; Kevin Hensley, Mike Ramone, Chris Coons. You can see the fallacious thinking at work here, right? There is no opposition to the Trumpers. There is no GOP civil war in Delaware or anywhere. It is a fucking joke concocted (like this headline) for clicks and page views. Hensley, Ramone and Coons will lay the fuck down and do what ever Trump tells them to do. So while it is fun to make pretend that the GOP is facing a split, I know DL readers are smarter enough to see through the hype.

Your tax dollars at work.

Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. ...   In 2016, the U.S. and Israeli governments signed their third 10-year Memorandum of Understanding…

Pfffttt….yeah, right…”dozens”

Until I see some legitimate action, the "GOP Rationals" are as imaginary to me as Big Foot & Jesus.
Dozens of Republicans are planning to call for reforms amid escalating divisions within their party and are threatening to form a separate group if GOP members do not break away from former President Trump. The more than 100 former Republican officials are expected to release their demands in a letter on Thursday titled "A Call For American Renewal," according to plans shared with Reuters and later reported by NBC News. The letter states that Republicans must "either reimagine a party dedicated to our founding ideals or else hasten the creation of such an alternative,” according to NBC News.

DL Open Thread Wednesday May 12th 2021

Once you’re fully vaccinated, your chances of getting a serious case of COVID-19 are vanishingly small: Also, There is essentially no outdoor transmission of Covid-19. Jane Brady attached the DEGOP to "patriot" candidates in order to scoop up some unearned electoral glory. How did that work for you, Jane? But first, read Heather Cox Richardson's post on the Liz Cheney's speech last night and leadership vote scheduled for today.
Delaware Voters to MAGA Candidates: FUCK OFF!

Delaware Voters to MAGA Candidates: FUCK OFF!

I don't have all the numbers but based on FB posts, the MAGA dipshits/Q-anon racists & homophobes got their asses handed to them.
Patriots for Delaware -- a hard-right organization that attracts the most hateful wing of the GOP -- pushed four candidates up and down the state in Red Clay, Brandywine, Woodbridge, and Cape Henlopen. As of this writing, all four of their endorsed candidates lost. - Mike Mathews Via FB
So much for the News Journal's "rising conservative movement".