Thank God for Joe Biden and the Democrats.
the record denials.
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"Donald Trump could not have changed the world without a party with which to do it. The GOP has turned on virtually every noble principle it once claimed to stand for. It has become a freak show, embodied in people like Trump and Walker, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, Ron Johnson and Josh Hawley, Blake Masters and Doug Mastriano, Adam Laxalt and J. D. Vance, Steve Bannon and Roger Stone, Michael Flynn and Mike Lindell, Tucker Carlson and Sebastian Gorka, Eric Metaxas and Paula White. They shape its sensibilities, providing the script for everyone else to follow.
To make matters worse, those who surely know better—people like Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis, and especially Kevin McCarthy—turned out to be hollow men, 'shape without form, shade without colour, paralysed force, gesture without motion.'
For them and for so many people in their party and the MAGA movement, with exceptions so rare that you can almost count them on a single hand, politics have been stripped of any honor. Politics, for them, is about power in the pursuit of yet more power. Politics is purely performative, nasty and brutish, a way to stoke anger and grievances, a means to exact vengeance. That the most impressive person in the Republican Party, Liz Cheney, is the most despised, says everything.
Whatever you thought about the GOP pre-Trump — and it may be that the ugliness was much closer to the surface than I wanted to acknowledge at the time—the Republican Party is today much more conspiracy minded, anti-democratic, and anti-truth. This worries me, because I love my country. And it disheartens me, because I once admired my party. Today, however, because of its diseased state, the most urgent political task is to defeat it in the hopes of eventually rebuilding it."
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Conservatives are either ostracized immediately from the GOP (e.g. Cheney...Kinzinger), or they give up (e.g. Ben Sasse)...all we're left with are nut cases and rudderless seekers of power.
We absolutely need a two party system, but in order to achieve it, the MAGA crowd must me expunged through repeated defeats at the polls...not an easy or quick task, but that's the critical goal.
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not every culture represses its sexuality.
He was just "exploring the world around him."
It's not like he just condoned the behavior or linked to an article about bathing with your kids.
EFTG got turfed for posting antisemitic bullshit. But a dude who promotes pedophilia is permitted to spread his filth. Fcuking strange times, indeed.
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but don't let the Party take you down with it.
I wonder if, over time, a responsible GOP can return once the Trump cancer is excised.
Because we need it.
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Power emboldens such folks to perpetuate crazy and destructive agendas.
We deserve the country that we vote for.
The GOP can only rebuild itself if they get crushed in repetitive elections with a bad slate of candidates. But, it does not appear that will happen in 2022, especially with gerrymandering on steroids.
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from the attached link...
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Is bathing together normal in Japan?
Yes, in Japan parents and children bath together fully naked. And that's culturally perfectly normal. From a Japanese perspective, together tub-time is good for family bonding. As children grow older, they'll start enjoying bath time separately.
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Maybe not your cup of tea, but it works for them...
Link: https://emojicut.com/articles/is-bathing-together-normal-in-japan
You are one sick dude!
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Biden is 'accused' of doing...nothing sick about it...
This is factual, Ned...not some kind of fantasy that you and others have a penchant for creating.
btw, even Scandinavian families 'Sauna' together...i.e. no clothes, just a towel (maybe)...parents and kids....probably not something Mike Pence, or you, would warm up to, but definitely not sick.
You need to get out more.
Age of consent in Japan is 13, so that makes it ok for Democrat politicians!
Great job defending your party, Tyrone!
for families to bathe/shower together in Japan...parents and kids (typically young ones)...btw, I happened to be talking just a moment ago with our PhD Economist and Business in-laws regarding other matters, and asked them about that practice, since they lived in Japan for three years...it's all true...
You are welcome to twist yourself in more knots, Ned...have at it...should be fun to read.
You asked professionals about the appropriateness of parents showering with their kids before this topic showed up here?
I asked my extended family members to verify from their years of living in Japan, whether or not the practice of family members bathing together there was indeed commonplace...they said YES...I didn't ask them for their view on the matter...and the conversation occurred just minutes before I submitted my third post on this practice.
Don't know why...nor do I care...why you got so animated over a simple statement of fact.
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Not that there was ever much doubt. A stalker. A tattletale. And a weirdo pervert. Absolutely sickening "human". Judgement awaits him.
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it and provide that "Proof" you say you have, Stark...and while we're at it...add in proof of the 'lying' accusation you're fond of invoking from time to time...none of the "Everybody Knows" nonsense...show all the posts that you think back up your statements...I know who I am...let's find out who you are.
The spotlight is on you...back it up.
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But thankfully none of the other looney libs here have outright supported his creepiness either. So that's good. I guess.
He can't deny it. Montclair State. Rent boy. Now the Japanese and Sweden stuff. The guy is not fucking normal. The gays are weird dude. The gays are weird....
with her dad...I'm showing you and others that millions of people in Asia and Scandinavia do the same thing, so for JB to do this (not established as true yet by the FBI review of the diary), would not be "weird" at all...maybe not common in the U.S., but not inherently weird on a human level...actually, let me amend that...there are ~260 family nudist camps in the U.S....just add that to your list of things to freak out about ;-)...
Here's one more testimonial from a Swede on this practice...
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In public spaces saunas are usually segregated by gender, as they're usually located together with changing rooms and showers.
In private saunas it's very common for people to sauna naked with relatives and friends, no matter their age or gender. It isn't considered sexual in the slightest, it's frankly just a group of people sweating together.
It's not uncommon for people to cover themselves either with a towel or swim trunks if they're more comfortable with that. This is extra common with teenage boys, simply trying to avoid any embarrassment from perfectly normal and harmless bodily functions. I don't think I have to spell out exactly what I mean by that.
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You are way too high strung...chill, Stark...for your own good.
Lived in? Or in countries he's lived in?
nudist camps in the USA, where I have no doubt that family members bathe or shower together, so yes, this culture of ours has people who have no problem with it...nor are those camps illegal, nor is such a practice by any family illegal in this country.
btw, the FBI has NOT verified the accuracy of what has been "released" from the stolen diary after who knows what was done with it. (see link)...also, here's a quote from Ashley Biden...
"We have a rule, still today, that no matter where Dad is, no matter what meeting he's in, if one of the kids call, you have to get him out."...doesn't sound like a daughter who has been violated and traumatized by her Dad in any shower.
Link: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/15/facebook-posts/fbi-did-not-confirm-any-contents-ashley-bidens-dia/
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Again plenty of dads having taken baths/showers with their kids when they are very young. How old did she say she was in this diary when it occurred?
Unbelievable. As if we needed additional confirmation, we have perverts among the Notre Dame fanbase. Absolutely shocking!
is inconclusive as to whether her father showered with her. Don't you think some serious questions and follow up should be pursued by the media?
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Either way, she apparently did not enjoy it.
But, "again," keep asking your question, in case it helps you defend your man.
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