ELECTION 2020

[Duchess]

You should watch Senator Tammy Duckworth's interview with Nichole Wallace. Wow.

This one? I did. I'm a fan of Senator Duckworth's. I admire her a great deal. Like her, I count the days that trump has been silent about Putin's bounties on the heads of American soldiers. He shows us all every day how little he cares about our military and America in general.

Where did she get that RBG doll?! I'd sit one on my bookshelf too.

[Rootilda]

That's the one. "The Coward-in-Chief" I hope she stays safe, Trump supporters are probably sending her death threats right now.

[Maggot]

Well I'm glad that someone who actually heard him say that is finally speaking out about what she heard.......good for her. Such a trooper. Can she be quoted on that?

[Duchess]

 Trump supporters are probably sending her death threats right now.

They go after many who won't bend the knee & trump encourages it.

[Duchess]

Good news, MAGA cult, Osama bin Laden's niece has endorsed trump! Ahahahahaha!

[Cutz]

You should watch Senator Tammy Duckworth's interview with Nichole Wallace. Wow.

This one? I did. I'm a fan of Senator Duckworth's. I admire her a great deal.

Oh wow, now you greatly admire someone from the military? Don't you know they murder people? How can you justify murder like that?

[Duchess]

Don't you start that stupid shit with me, mister.

[Cutz]

Can't want to defund the police and support the military at the same time!

[Duchess]

I never said I wanted to see the police defunded. WTF. I think my only comment about that was that those who started it had chosen the wrong phrase to get their message out.

[Duchess]

The reporters got that info from former staff members and retired military members that attended briefings where Trump was heard by multiple people to have said these things. Journalists aren't making this shit up, they've got reliable sources.

But that doesn't matter, you Trumpplugs wouldn't believe anything negative about your emperor god anyway.

Jr. said this about Arlington Cemetery, one of the most sacred places in our country. This was his thought as he drove through it -

Donald Trump Jr.: “As we drove past the rows of white grave markers [at Arlington Cemetery], in the gravity of the moment...I also thought of...all the sacrifices we’d have to make—giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals.”

[Duchess]

The reporters got that info from former staff members and retired military members that attended briefings where Trump was heard by multiple people to have said these things. Journalists aren't making this shit up, they've got reliable sources.

I don't think the average person understands how that works or has even wondered. Many people see "anonymous source" and automatically thinks it's made up bullshit. I read George say this -

Remember that sources are not anonymous to reporters or their editors or their teams of lawyers who vet for a publisher or network.

[sally]

Everyone understands that for fucks sake. That still doesn't change the fact that there is no proof that he said it. So those that support him will believe it's false and those who dislike him will believe it's true and people like me will just say there is no way to know.

[Maggot]

It doesn't matter true or false the words hit the beltway and stream into peoples ears. And people say the Russians are ruining the election. Next week something more outrageous will hit the airwaves. Stroking violence isn't all trumps fault not by a long shot. 

Some people will get that last sentence, others wont. 

[Clang McFly]

It doesn't matter true or false the words hit the beltway and stream into peoples ears. And people say the Russians are ruining the election. Next week something more outrageous will hit the airwaves. Stroking violence isn't all trumps fault not by a long shot. 

Some people will get that last sentence, others wont. 

I got it. It's all Trouble drinking water under the bridge.

[Rootilda]

mensch

1. a person of integrity and honor.
   

I Know Joe Biden: Rabbi Michael Beals

The story I’m about to share with you about Joe Biden is special — in fact, I’m fairly certain I’m the only living person left who actually witnessed it firsthand.

It was about 16 years ago, and I was a young rabbi, brand-new to Delaware, on my way to lead a shiva minyan — a worship service following a death of a Jewish person. I was from California. Back then, I didn’t know Claymont, Delaware from Scranton, Pennsylvania.

A quick bit of background: When someone passes away in the Jewish faith, we observe seven days of mourning, called shiva. We gather a group of ten Jewish adults together — a minyan — to say the Mourners’ Kaddish. It usually happens in a person’s home — somewhere intimate.

In this case, the deceased individual — her name was Mrs. Greenhouse, of blessed memory — had not been a person of means. She had lived in rent-controlled senior housing in a tall high-rise building off of Namaans Road. Her apartment had been too small to fit everyone into, so we conducted our worship service in the building’s communal laundry room, in the basement of the high-rise.

We assembled the ten elders together, and it was in this most humble of places that I began to lead the kaddish. Toward the end of the service, a door at the back of the laundry room opened, and who walks in but Senator Joe Biden, his head lowered, all by himself.

I nearly dropped my prayer book in shock.

Senator Biden stood quietly in the back of the room for the duration of the service.

At the close of the kaddish, I walked over to him and asked the same question that must have been on everyone else’s mind: “Senator Biden — what are you doing here?”

And he said to me: “Listen, back in 1972, when I first ran for Senate, Mrs. Greenhouse gave $18 to my first campaign. Because that’s what she could afford. And every six years, when I’d run for reelection, she’d give another $18. She did it her whole life. I’m here to show my respect and gratitude.”

Now, the number 18 is significant in the Jewish faith — its numbers spell out the Hebrew word chai, as in “to life, to life, l’chayim!” But it’s also a humble amount. Joe Biden knew that. And he respected that.

There were no news outlets at our service that day — no Jewish reporters or important dignitaries. Just a few elderly mourners in a basement laundry room.

Joe Biden didn’t come to that service for political gain. He came to that service because he has character. He came to that service because he’s a mensch.

And if we need anything right now when it comes to the leadership of our country — we need a mensch.

I know this is such a simple, small story. But I tell it to as many people as will listen to me.

Because I think that, in their heart of hearts, when people are trying to think about the decision they’ll make next year — this is the kind of story that matters.

Joe Biden is a mensch. We need a mensch.

Thanks for reading.
-Rabbi Michael Beals of Delaware

https://medium.com/@JoeBiden/i-know-joe-...efe01d81e1

[Duchess]

Character matters. Decency matters. trump has neither. VP Biden has both.

[Rootilda]

I think it's amazing that Biden (or someone that worked for him) kept track of this lady's contributions, noticed her obituary AND that Biden took time out of his day to stand in a rent controlled senior apartment building's basement to honor her. He's a better person than I am.

[BigMark]

Trump would have interrupted the service to empty the coin box.

[Maggot]

Just in case you want to leave.............Canadian Bacon

[Clang McFly]

Just in case you want to leave.............Canadian Bacon

I just paid $82 to renew my driver's license and upgrade it to enhanced. I'm not leaving even if the Fuhrer Cheeto wins again.