Today in Comics History: In Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury," radio pundit Mark Slackmeyer pronounced Nixon's attorney general John Mitchell "guilty, guilty, guilty" on May 29, 1973. (Mitchell was convicted of numerous Watergate-related crimes--perjury, conspiracy, etc.--in 1975.)
@JTLonsdale Have you revisited your thinking on this? The testimony has been damning, and damning is too polite a word.
Maybe it's not TDS. Maybe the man genuinely tried to incite a coup and you treated it as no big deal at the time.
Republicans in 2019 defended their president shuttering the pandemic response task force
spent 2020 insisting the pandemic wasn’t real & opposing all efforts to contain it
in 2021 added opposition to the vaccine
will spend 2022 blaming Democrats for not ending the virus.
We've all been craving playing music with one another in the last year & I'm so grateful I can share this collaboration with y'all. This rising star's interpretation of this American classic left me dumbfounded. Thanks CPAC for the opportunity and thank you all for your support!
@joe_sheehan Why are you watching Arkansas/Alabama? There are plenty of good teams, and Gonzaga and Baylor are great. It's like me whining about college FB after watching Rutgers.
I want to say to WSJ ed page, Fox News, talk radio: You own this. You instigated crazy conspiracy theories, stirred resentment, encouraged the mob. You all need to think about how to make amends.
I had an email exchange with a smart, wealthy conservative friend, lamenting how horrible the GOP has become & how I ca't respect acquaintances or friends who will vote for this nightmare just for tax cuts. His reply - and this is from a guy who benefits from cuts - is glorious: