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“Anthony Delcollo calls impeachment ‘crass political stunt’ – Supports Trump 1000%”
Anthony Delcollo, like all DE Republicans, will never come clean about his ongoing support for Trump. The headline above is not one you should expect to read, and that is something Democrats will have to confront over the next 403 days.
There is only one issue on the ballot in November 2020, and it is an issue that the leadership of Delaware’s Republican Party; Ken Simpler, Anthony Delcollo, Cathy Cloutier and Mike Ramone, will strive to never address directly. So I’m asking once more – how do we get every Republican running for office to answer for Trump?
Silence is support for this lawless President. Republican elected officials at every level are propping up Trump. All Republican office holders are accomplices unless and until they clearly confront the crimes of Donald J Trump.
Dear Uncle Wingnut,
Dear Uncle Wingnut,
I’m going to ask you a question, and I need you to keep an open mind and let me get the whole question out before you start replying. Okay?
Okay. Imagine a President got elected who wasn’t a Republican or Democrat. Let’s say his name is Kevin, and President Kevin has NO connection to anyone or anything that happened before he was elected. He is totally new on the scene. No political affiliations whatsoever.
Imagine that President Kevin is coming up for re-election and it was discovered that President Kevin withheld aid to a country and pressured that country to investigate his political rivals sex life. Let’s say his rival’s name is Larry.
Because it is illegal to try and get value from a foreign government, and because the “opposition research” into Larry’s sex life is a thing of value, we would agree that President Kevin broke the law, right?
But beyond that, we agree that having other countries involved in our elections and taking part in trying to damage candidates is wrong, right?
Okay. Finally…and thank you for not interrupting…Imagine that President Kevin was a Democrat all along and Larry was a Republican. We would agree that President Kevin broke the law, and should be removed from office, right?
Song of the Day 9/26: The Black Keys, “Tell Me Lies”
I didn’t choose this because Republicans have stepped up the pace of their lying this week. OK, that’s a lie. But I also chose it because it’s a relatively new tune (released in June) by one of the few bands still playing something that sounds like rock. The whole “Let’s Rock” album is worth a […]
Song of the Day 9/25: George Jones, “The King Is Gone (So Are You)”
My biggest gripe about Ken Burn’s country music documentary so far: Not enough George Jones. Best country singer ever IMHO. Maybe tonight’s finale will treat his long decline. He sang a lot of songs lamenting the bottle, but none of the others offer the pathos of what this supposed novelty song. Ol’ George isn’t lamenting […]
Thoughts on the Ukraine Call That Broke the Camel’s Back UPDATE: Are There Trump Tapes?
I’ve been reading the summary of the Ukraine call released by the White House, and I’m surprised that anyone is surprised. It all sounds like classic Trump to me. And it’s nice to see what finally motivated Democrats to move — threats to their ability to get elected. In other words, naked self-interest. One revelation […]
Thank You Senator Townsend
On his Facebook page Bryan Townsend linked to this Krugman NYT OpEd which calls out Republican leadership in DC for their cowardice and fruadulent superpatriotism, and makes a point I’ve been making – there are no innocent Republicans in office. Silence is support for Trump. Yet almost all G.O.P. politicians seem perfectly fine with Trump’s […]
Pelosi’s insistence on bi-partisan impeachment was the last gasp of Democratic “bipartisanship uber alles”
Until recently Pelosi insisted that impeachment could only go forward if Republicans signed on. That’s Coonsian nonsense on its face. It shouldn’t take buy-in from the lunatic caucus for Democrats to their job under the constitution.
It is the kind of antiquated thinking that allowed Republican Senate minorities to block anything they wanted to block. It is the kind of antiquated thinking that Joe Scar still cheers for from his lofty MSNBC morning show ivory tower – but it isn’t the type of thinking that makes sense given reality of Trump’s ongoing criminal activities.
Whatever happens good riddance to sham, one-way bipartisanship which had Democrats giving away everything while getting nothing.
TRUMP Is the State – State Secrets Must Be Protected – Keeping Trump’s Secrets are Vital Matters of National Security
Two things about the fact that Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine:
1) Get ready for nauseating rounds of this story being dumbed down, and forced into a horserace narrative which ignores the impact on the democracy and focuses on “Team Red” or “Team Blue”
2) If ANY Republicans anywhere, at any level of government win re-election, we have failed.
Poll Results
What is the highest grossing film set in Delaware?
Fight Club (1999)
Total Lifetime Domestic Gross: $37,030,102
Total Worldwide: $100.9 million
Goosebumps (1995)
Total Lifetime Domestic Gross: $80,080,379
Total Worldwide: $158.26 million
In 1860 (on the eve of the Civil War) what percentage of Delaware’s black population was free?
According to wikipedia in 1869 92% of Delaware’s blacks were “free” which is not to say that they had any rights.
Shifts in the agriculture economy from tobacco to mixed farming resulted in less need for slaves’ labor. In addition local Methodists and Quakers encouraged slaveholders to free their slaves following the American Revolution, and many did so in a surge of individual manumissions for idealistic reasons. By 1810 three-quarters of all blacks in Delaware were free. When John Dickinson freed his slaves in 1777, he was Delaware’s largest slave owner with 37 slaves. By 1860, the largest slaveholder owned 16 slaves.[27]
DL Open Thread 9/23
If you’re looking for news that doesn’t involve the Trump-Ukraine story, give up now. Reporters are asking only two things this morning: Are Democrats finally going to do their jobs, and are Republicans really going to back Trump’s position rejecting all limits on presidential behavior. Because you can get a thousand different answers to those […]
A DL Email “Interview” with Madinah Wilson-Anton
Madinah Wilson-Anton is one of the new and important voices of the Democratic Party running this cycle. She brings an urgency to her campaign and intends to bring that urgency with her to Dover. Madinah was kind enough to answer my questions about the district, her approach to running and the issues that motivated […]
Developing – Cathy Cloutier Standing Down?
I don’t know how much weight to give this, but there is chat going around that Cloutier is either not running for re-election or changing her party affiliation.
The “standing down” chat sort of makes sense on its face. Along with Anthony Delcollo, she is the most endangered Republican this election, as her district is no longer a Republican district, and she will be facing a tough Democratic challenger after not really having to campaign for years. Additionally, she will be 70 years old in 2020.
On the other hand, she is probably the one remaining Trump supporting Delaware Republican who could get a handful of Democratic voters to split their ticket for old time’s sake. So maybe the Trump reverse coattails don’t really apply? She has also featured prominently in recent wack-a-doo DEGOP fundraising emails.
The only way the changing her party affiliation chat makes sense if John Carney or someone from the dying corporate wing of the Democratic Party is trying to throw a hail-mary to keep the seat from falling into the hands of someone who actually wants to accomplish something.
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