8 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

OMG! What a statement. It almost makes me want to cry, lament these times we live in. When the lead singer of the very gay YMCA singing group has to say something like this, it's just too sad for words. 

The Village People don't even have a connection to gay culture or life in recent years so the attention on them feels like another smokescreen to me. I imagine those on the left who believe that all gay men are Republicans and are eagerly waiting for them to lose their rights will be enjoying all this. 

13 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I imagine those on the left who believe that all gay men are Republicans and are eagerly waiting for them to lose their rights will be enjoying all this. 

When I try to parse this, I quickly become confused. Those on the left, so liberals, who somehow believe that all gay men are Republicans, now, here, you see, I am thoroughly stuck, why would any liberal think that ALL gay men happen to be Republicans?!! I don't think they would think that. Aren't Log Cabin Republicans a small minority of a minority? If we say, for just one example, that all LGBTQ+ people make up 10% of the population, then just gay, men, who are Republicans, would likely be, what, 2%? 🙄😉🤫

8 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

When I try to parse this, I quickly become confused. Those on the left, so liberals, who somehow believe that all gay men are Republicans, now, here, you see, I am thoroughly stuck, why would any liberal think that ALL gay men happen to be Republicans?!! I don't think they would think that. Aren't Log Cabin Republicans a small minority of a minority? If we say, for just one example, that all LGBTQ+ people make up 10% of the population, then just gay, men, who are Republicans, would likely be, what, 2%? 🙄😉🤫

Not liberals. Dead end leftists and more radical types. Many believe almost all gay men, especially white gay men, are rich, conservative, and bigoted. They will tell you that the only good gay men died of AIDS 40 years ago.

Edited January 19Jan 19 by DRW50

8 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Not liberals. Dead end leftists and more radical types. Many believe almost all gay men, especially white gay men, are rich, conservative, and bigoted. They will tell you that the only good gay men died of AIDS 40 years ago.

No wonder I got confused! But, what you're saying reflects some really disgusting people with disgusting ideas! I know long ago there used to a silly stereotype that all gay men had lots of personal wealth because they weren't spending money on children & families.

And, also it's offensive. I lost a great many friends to the plague. 

14 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Not liberals. Dead end leftists and more radical types. Many believe almost all gay men, especially white gay men, are rich, conservative, and bigoted. They will tell you that the only good gay men died of AIDS 40 years ago.

The best way to destroy a group of people is to create tension between it's members and pit them against each other. Sadly... these people are falling for the trap. 

9 hours ago, Khan said:

That's what I mean when I say it's gonna take another Bill Clinton to win back the working class.  It's gonna take someone - someone young, male and white, I'm sorry to say; and who comes from the middle of this country, rather than from the east or west coast - who will take the gloves off as far as the GOP and the establishment media are concerned; and who will know exactly how to reach Billy Bob and Karen, because they've been around them their entire lives and they know exactly how Billy Bob and Karen talk and think.

One of the problems now is many voters don't want solutions. They want suffering. They want other people to hurt and to die, and they think they won't be affected. If they are affected, then they will just blame immigrants, or black people, or trans people, or women - take your pick. That's why Trump is so effective. He spreads chaos and fear. So does the media ecosystem around him. 

If we have fair elections in 2026, there's a chance Democrats can regain some ground, and maybe win the White House in 2028 as the pattern tends to be Republicans burn everything and Democrats put it back together, but it's going to take a miraculous and visionary candidate to truly make change. And one who cares much less about norms or false assurances of how the public will see sense and believe in goodness, the downfall of Biden and most establishment Democrats.

7 minutes ago, Maxim said:

The best way to destroy a group of people is to create tension between it's members and pit them against each other. Sadly... these people are falling for the trap. 

They are, yes. And sadly, many of them prefer Trump to Democrats because of these identity politic grievances. 

On 1/15/2025 at 9:17 AM, janea4old said:

Israel-Hamas hostage/ceasefire agreement 
Biden's team has been in Qatar working on this.
Trump is boasting about this . . . because why? Because he's Trump.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/19/lady-mcbiden-alexandra-pelosi-first-lady-00199164

I'd say we shouldn't go along with media games and distractions, but Pelosi's daughter chose to say this on the record. 

I'd only ever heard of Alexandra Pelosi for making TV documentaries, and more recently, due to rumors that Nancy is trying to make sure Alexandra gets her seat in Congress. I can understand that she is deeply distressed right now, seeing her mother breaking a hip after her father was nearly beaten to death, but there was no need for her to be so crass, or to even say anything at all. The Bidens didn't do anything to her mother.

 

39 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

rumors that Nancy is trying to make sure Alexandra gets her seat in Congress

I think it's always been Nancy Pelosi's daughter Christine Pelosi who was active on twitter and spoke up for her mother.
https://x.com/sfpelosi
Christine wants to be on the DNC, she says so on her website...
https://www.christinepelosi.com/

I think Christine's the one that has been said to maybe run for Nancy's seat someday.

I never heard of Alexandra before that politico article.

 

Edited January 20Jan 20 by janea4old

@janea4old Thanks. I got them mixed up. Appreciate the correction.

*sighs*

He just admitted to what we all suspected... twice!

 

Um. What the [!@#$%^&*]?

“Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.”

pic.twitter.com/pZJIufnWHc

— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) January 19, 2025

17 minutes ago, NothinButAttitude said:

*sighs*

He just admitted to what we all suspected... twice!

 

Um. What the [!@#$%^&*]?

“Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.”

pic.twitter.com/pZJIufnWHc

— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) January 19, 2025

This is soooo disturbing. SOOO disturbing. I got a heart palpitation just hearing him utter these words. 

1 minute ago, Maxim said:

This is soooo disturbing. SOOO disturbing. I got a heart palpitation just hearing him utter these words. 

I am not about to let this man and his cronies stress me out the next 4 years. 

1 minute ago, NothinButAttitude said:

I am not about to let this man and his cronies stress me out the next 4 years. 

Yes, I have the same mind-set. But still there are times where I just get an organic reaction. I can't help it. I am a human being. 

4 minutes ago, NothinButAttitude said:

I am not about to let this man and his cronies stress me out the next 4 years. 

Same.