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whathehell

(29,090 posts)
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 08:43 AM Oct 2017

I Can't BELIEVE what I just heard from GOPers on Morning Joe..

Upon being asked "what can we do" about mass shootings in the wake of Vegas, George Will and Oklahoma Rep Tom Cole ruled out ANY increase in restrictions or safety measures, answering, "nothing", essentially..

While this doesn't surprise me terribly, the tone of their response suggested the question itself was a bit presumptuous.."Well, no" Will said, rather huffily, as he blamed a "culture" that actually expected a solution to a problem like this..."Government can't do everything"!, he said.. ..You almost had to HEAR their bluff dismissal of the possibility -- the apparent preposterousness of expecting anything to be done... Seriously. -- I wanted to scream "What the fuck Is government FOR, then?!?

I WISH I could provide a clip of it, as I am gobsmacked to the point that my mouth is STILL open twenty minutes after hearing it.

If someone can provide a clip, please do, as I think others will find this as outrageous and mind blowing as I. :

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I Can't BELIEVE what I just heard from GOPers on Morning Joe.. (Original Post) whathehell Oct 2017 OP
within an hour you should be able to find it on youtube mucifer Oct 2017 #1
Thanks, I hope so...Did you see it?? whathehell Oct 2017 #2
I'm so jaded I'd expect nothing different from those evil fucks. I turn off the tv when mucifer Oct 2017 #4
On NPR janterry Oct 2017 #3
Exactly!! whathehell Oct 2017 #6
Thank you snowybirdie Oct 2017 #14
more people are going to be killed if they don't fucking do something bdamomma Oct 2017 #5
I saw Will say that. babylonsister Oct 2017 #7
Yes, there were EASY pushbqcks whathehell Oct 2017 #9
Will: "Americans want a "fix" -- I want lobsters on trees" whathehell Oct 2017 #15
In response to your take on George Will, whathehell Oct 2017 #17
2017 is a different kind of year... I think anyone who has the power to act but doesn't ecstatic Oct 2017 #8
Steve Scalise Jim Beard Oct 2017 #10
No Way To Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens nycbos Oct 2017 #11
Lets boil it down for them. PdxSean Oct 2017 #12
Republicans support the rights of murderers to massacre children and innocent people Zorro Oct 2017 #13
What is the definition of "insanity"? kentuck Oct 2017 #16

whathehell

(29,090 posts)
2. Thanks, I hope so...Did you see it??
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 08:50 AM
Oct 2017

I thought I'd heard it all, but this I found honestly unbelievable

mucifer

(23,565 posts)
4. I'm so jaded I'd expect nothing different from those evil fucks. I turn off the tv when
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 08:54 AM
Oct 2017

right wing republicans are on.

 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
3. On NPR
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 08:50 AM
Oct 2017

yesterday they had these stupid mental health professionals (I'm an MSW, for the record) who kept talking about how as a country we're grieving.

I was hollering invective's at the radio. I was so angry.

I'm NOT GRIEVING. I'm angry. I want us to DO something. Automatic rifles, semi-automatic rifles.

bdamomma

(63,922 posts)
5. more people are going to be killed if they don't fucking do something
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:00 AM
Oct 2017

if those who speak of opposition, what would happen if their dear ones got involved in something like this?? would they change their tune????

babylonsister

(171,092 posts)
7. I saw Will say that.
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:05 AM
Oct 2017

My first thought was Australia and how they have successfully eradicated guns. Why didn't any of those talking heads counter with that?

And I too was surprised at Will being so defeatist. Wrong answer, George...

whathehell

(29,090 posts)
9. Yes, there were EASY pushbqcks
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:21 AM
Oct 2017

Last edited Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:57 AM - Edit history (1)

to Will's arrogant dismissals, but....Nothing.. What's happening?



.

whathehell

(29,090 posts)
15. Will: "Americans want a "fix" -- I want lobsters on trees"
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:43 AM
Oct 2017

George Will claims the desire to stop mass killings in this country to be as crazy as wanting lobsters on trees'

Really??

What reality am I living in?

whathehell

(29,090 posts)
17. In response to your take on George Will,
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 10:03 AM
Oct 2017

I must say that I don't see him as "defeatist", e.g. "We can't do anything". He's too smart for that..No, I'd guess he's like the rest of "profit over people" ghouls. -- The ones who would LIKE us to think there's 'nothing we can do" about it.

ecstatic

(32,731 posts)
8. 2017 is a different kind of year... I think anyone who has the power to act but doesn't
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:07 AM
Oct 2017

will go down, and quickly.

 

Jim Beard

(2,535 posts)
10. Steve Scalise
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:30 AM
Oct 2017

Washington, DC Office

2338 Rayburn HOB

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: (202) 225-3015

I am very sorry he survived.

PdxSean

(574 posts)
12. Lets boil it down for them.
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:38 AM
Oct 2017

Gov’t can’t do everything, therefore gov’t must do nothing.

It is, however, a handy little tool for suppressing civil rights, diminishing human rights, and waging war against weaker opponents.

Zorro

(15,749 posts)
13. Republicans support the rights of murderers to massacre children and innocent people
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:42 AM
Oct 2017

That's the way to frame the 2nd amendment debate.

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