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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,218 posts) Sun Dec 30, 2018, 10:50 PM Dec 2018

Republican losers we won't miss in 2019

The Blue Wave of November’s election brought a satisfying end to the public service (talk about an oxymoron) careers of many Republicans. Of course, it wasn’t just the ones who lost at the ballot box. Many saw the proverbial writing on the wall and retired, choosing not to face voters again when their re-election chances were iffy at best. Some were forced out early in the face of scandal.

Some Republicans, including several in Donald Trump’s cabinet, resigned, were forced to resign, were fired, or even were fired via tweet. These GOP losers were at all levels of government and influence, from local and state government to national offices. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who announced early that he was calling it quits after flailing around for three years on the job with little to show for it, was second in line to the presidency behind Vice President Mike Pence. Think about that for a minute.

There are way too many Republican losers to mention. So let’s take a look at just a handful of those in the 2018 edition of the GOP Hall of Shame. And beware: Vampires can rise from the dead.

Kris Kobach. The outgoing Kansas secretary of state lost the governor’s race to Democrat Laura Kelly. And there was much rejoicing. In November, the man whom Jeet Heer of The New Republic called the face of voter suppression went down in flames, losing by nine points. In the red state of Kansas, no less.

What made Kris Kobach so evil? It was his relentless chipping away at voting rights, always for those who were more likely to vote Democratic. Chipping away, hell—the guy used a sledgehammer with his constant lies about “voter fraud.” And he did it all with a self-satisfied smirk on his face.

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Republican losers we won't miss in 2019 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP

my favorite part: Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #1

The Class of 2010, as with the Class of 1994, Dawson Leery Dec 2018 #2

Yeah, he kinda slunk outta town with his tail between his legs, 'eh? calimary Dec 2018 #3

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,442 posts)

1. my favorite part:

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2018, 11:02 PM

Dec 2018

Trey Gowdy. The South Carolina Republican will forever be remembered as the congressman who wilted under Hillary Clinton’s 11 hours of testimony about a terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. His two-year probe as head of a select House panel on Benghazi cost $7 million and produced an 800-page report that said basically nothing. He decided to leave office, and as his congressional career wound down, he finally admitted, “I don’t have a lot to show for the last seven years.”

Dawson Leery

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2. The Class of 2010, as with the Class of 1994,

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 30, 2018, 11:27 PM

Dec 2018

has done far more damage than OBL ever did to America.

calimary

(81,507 posts)

3. Yeah, he kinda slunk outta town with his tail between his legs, 'eh?

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 30, 2018, 11:50 PM

Dec 2018

Mr. Nothingburger.

You’d better believe he’d have squeezed every last drop out of the Benghazi hearings if he’d ever managed to lay a glove on her. He’d have been running toward every camera and mic in sight. Pitching himself for talking-head gigs on cable TV, or reassign a staffer to book him on talk shows while he still had a viable DC office. And he’d try for a book deal and speakers bureau bookings too.

The fact that he fizzled so spectacularly was, and still is, INCREDIBLY satisfying! He tried everything, in every way, to dig up some dirt on Hillary Clinton. Something, anything.

I remember when Michael S. Schmidt, the New York Times reporter, had a front page story about a “possible criminal investigation” of her in connection to the Benghazi sham. And Michael S. Schmidt almost dutifully enlarged upon some sketchy, ill-defined “dirt” a source had told him that suggested a possible “criminal investigation” was approaching. And it turned out to be yet another Trey Gowdy Nothingburger. NOTHING came of it. Nothing EVER.

I also remember not seeing either Michael S. Schmidt OR Trey Gowdy making many more appearances on camera for awhile. They both kinda disappeared, at least temporarily. Schmidt is back at it, now, actually reporting on some legitimate “dirt”, and landing back on the front page again, and working on building a higher profile. Maybe he’s actually digging up some real stuff because he gave up looking for dirt on Hillary and switched his focus to republi-CONS? I still can’t help but suspect that the oh so sinister-sounding “possible criminal investigation” crap during the Benghazi hearings was a worthless “tip” Schmidt got FROM Trey Gowdy. Based on the reporting, I couldn’t help but suspect that Schmidt was flush with GOP sources and contacts. He sure wouldn’t be getting any tips like that from Democrats.

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