Comments on: Aftershocks From The Lambquake http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 13 May 2026 04:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117549 Kick Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:25:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117549 CW 18 <i>When I first viewed it, the Hong Saccone photo was number 15 out of less than 20 in the slideshow. It has been expanded to 41 photos now, and for some reason the flag photo is now number 16. My apologies for the misdirect... </i> No apologies. Those are some very nice pictures, a few with nice multiple exposures. Oh, look. They are apparently having a "Reptile Expo" on March 25th at the Youngwood Volunteer Fire Department (17 in the slideshow), and while I would love to attend, I'll too busy getting my popcorn ready in order to watch the "Reptile Expo" on <i>60 Minutes</i> on that Sunday. :) CW
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When I first viewed it, the Hong Saccone photo was number 15 out of less than 20 in the slideshow. It has been expanded to 41 photos now, and for some reason the flag photo is now number 16. My apologies for the misdirect...

No apologies. Those are some very nice pictures, a few with nice multiple exposures.

Oh, look. They are apparently having a "Reptile Expo" on March 25th at the Youngwood Volunteer Fire Department (17 in the slideshow), and while I would love to attend, I'll too busy getting my popcorn ready in order to watch the "Reptile Expo" on 60 Minutes on that Sunday. :)

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117488 Chris Weigant Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:29:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117488 OK, this article has been corrected. When I first viewed it, the Hong Saccone photo was number 15 out of less than 20 in the slideshow. It has been expanded to 41 photos now, and for some reason the flag photo is now number 16. My apologies for the misdirect... -CW OK, this article has been corrected. When I first viewed it, the Hong Saccone photo was number 15 out of less than 20 in the slideshow. It has been expanded to 41 photos now, and for some reason the flag photo is now number 16. My apologies for the misdirect...

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117483 Michale Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:02:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117483 <I>I find the rebranding (in GOP minds) of Lamb amusing. GOP Ads before the election: Lamb is an ultra-liberal! A Pelosi sheep! Now: He's really a Republican, or a Republican-lite.</I> Just as I found the rebranding of Comey and Tillerson quite amusing as well.. :D Before, Comey was Mark Pellegrino's spawn for costing Hillary the election.. After Trump fired Comey, the Left couldn't embrace Comey fast or hard enough... Tillerson, PRE-FIRING <B>"Tillerson is an oil executive friendly to Vladimir Putin and said his nomination sends a disturbing signal about President-elect Trump’s priorities."</B> -Nancy Pelosi Tillerson, POST FIRING <B>“Secretary Tillerson’s firing sets a profoundly disturbing precedent in which standing up for our allies against Russian aggression is grounds for a humiliating dismissal.”</B> -Nancy Pelosi When it comes to "rebranding" there is plenty of places to point fingers... I find the rebranding (in GOP minds) of Lamb amusing.

GOP Ads before the election: Lamb is an ultra-liberal! A Pelosi sheep!

Now: He's really a Republican, or a Republican-lite.

Just as I found the rebranding of Comey and Tillerson quite amusing as well.. :D

Before, Comey was Mark Pellegrino's spawn for costing Hillary the election..

After Trump fired Comey, the Left couldn't embrace Comey fast or hard enough...

Tillerson, PRE-FIRING

"Tillerson is an oil executive friendly to Vladimir Putin and said his nomination sends a disturbing signal about President-elect Trump’s priorities."
-Nancy Pelosi

Tillerson, POST FIRING
“Secretary Tillerson’s firing sets a profoundly disturbing precedent in which standing up for our allies against Russian aggression is grounds for a humiliating dismissal.”
-Nancy Pelosi

When it comes to "rebranding" there is plenty of places to point fingers...

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117482 Michale Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:24:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117482 <I>Heh. It is to laugh, no? Hey, whatever helps them sleep at night...</I> No argument from me.. :D Heh. It is to laugh, no? Hey, whatever helps them sleep at night...

No argument from me.. :D

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117481 Chris Weigant Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:46:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117481 Michale - I find the rebranding (in GOP minds) of Lamb amusing. GOP Ads before the election: Lamb is an ultra-liberal! A Pelosi sheep! Now: He's really a Republican, or a Republican-lite. Heh. It is to laugh, no? Hey, whatever helps them sleep at night... :-) -CW Michale -

I find the rebranding (in GOP minds) of Lamb amusing.

GOP Ads before the election: Lamb is an ultra-liberal! A Pelosi sheep!

Now: He's really a Republican, or a Republican-lite.

Heh. It is to laugh, no? Hey, whatever helps them sleep at night...

:-)

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117479 Michale Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:34:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117479 <B>Woe are the Democrats. For generations now, they’ve been telling the American people that only they, and their cohort of liberals and leftists, understand and truly value women. Because of their special understanding of women, only they can be trusted to do what’s right politically for them, they tell us. Then came Hillary Clinton pulling the curtain back on that dangerously false narrative. At a speech in Mumbai, India, the twice-failed presidential candidate blamed her loss on mindless women who do as their husbands tell them. Again contemplating why she lost the 2016 presidential race, Mrs. Clinton blamed certain women for not thinking for themselves. “We don’t do well with married, white women,” she said, because of “ongoing pressure to vote the way that your husband, your boss, your son, whoever, believes you should,” Mrs. Clinton told the audience. It’s obvious from the last election that the Democrats also didn’t do well with married, white men. Yet, Mrs. Clinton doesn’t argue that it was Republican women bullying and pressuring their husbands into voting a certain way. In other words, the leading liberal feminist in the country is pushing the ironic narrative that if you’re a woman who does not conform to the liberal narrative, you have no mind of your own and are controlled by the men in your life.</B> https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/15/hillary-clinton-still-misses-the-point/?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spotim_referrer=recirculation Hillary Clinton... The gift to the GOP that keeps on giving.. :D Woe are the Democrats. For generations now, they’ve been telling the American people that only they, and their cohort of liberals and leftists, understand and truly value women. Because of their special understanding of women, only they can be trusted to do what’s right politically for them, they tell us.

Then came Hillary Clinton pulling the curtain back on that dangerously false narrative. At a speech in Mumbai, India, the twice-failed presidential candidate blamed her loss on mindless women who do as their husbands tell them.

Again contemplating why she lost the 2016 presidential race, Mrs. Clinton blamed certain women for not thinking for themselves.

“We don’t do well with married, white women,” she said, because of “ongoing pressure to vote the way that your husband, your boss, your son, whoever, believes you should,” Mrs. Clinton told the audience.

It’s obvious from the last election that the Democrats also didn’t do well with married, white men. Yet, Mrs. Clinton doesn’t argue that it was Republican women bullying and pressuring their husbands into voting a certain way.

In other words, the leading liberal feminist in the country is pushing the ironic narrative that if you’re a woman who does not conform to the liberal narrative, you have no mind of your own and are controlled by the men in your life.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/15/hillary-clinton-still-misses-the-point/?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spotim_referrer=recirculation

Hillary Clinton... The gift to the GOP that keeps on giving.. :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117478 Michale Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:25:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117478 <B>Political analysts billed the special House election as a definitive referendum on Donald Trump's presidency. Democrats insisted that a young, moderate nominee would spark the imagination and enthusiasm of the "Resistance" in a previously safe GOP seat. Media outlets breathlessly covered the campaign on a moment-by-moment basis. The nation waited with bated breath as the returns came in. I'm not talking about Tuesday's special election in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. I'm talking about last year's special election in the Georgia district of former Rep. Tom Price, who had begun a short-lived stint as health secretary under President Trump a few months earlier.</B> http://theweek.com/articles/761033/settle-down-democrats That's our Democrats.. All hysterically giddy about nothing.. Political analysts billed the special House election as a definitive referendum on Donald Trump's presidency. Democrats insisted that a young, moderate nominee would spark the imagination and enthusiasm of the "Resistance" in a previously safe GOP seat. Media outlets breathlessly covered the campaign on a moment-by-moment basis. The nation waited with bated breath as the returns came in.

I'm not talking about Tuesday's special election in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. I'm talking about last year's special election in the Georgia district of former Rep. Tom Price, who had begun a short-lived stint as health secretary under President Trump a few months earlier.
http://theweek.com/articles/761033/settle-down-democrats

That's our Democrats.. All hysterically giddy about nothing..

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117475 Michale Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:26:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117475 JL, <I>although you tend to phrase it in partisan terms, one thing you're right about is that democrats have gotten away from what used to make them successful in congress, protecting the economic interests of their constituents. neo-libs like obama and hillary are all about seeming inclusive on social issues while only paying lip service to bread and butter issues like unions and progressive taxation. guns and gays, religion and racism, are all losing issues. that's why lamb won PA-18 and hillary got killed there.</I> Thank you.. And you are absolutely correct about me being absolutely correct.. :D Lamb was a much superior candidate than the Democrats have ever run... He is Right about Gun Control.. That right there endears him to a lot of Americans... But it's all a moot point... Lamb will be gone from Congress in Jan (which is a shame) and Hillary is still out there fighting and re-fighting the 2016 Election which will remind all Americans why the voted GOP... JL,

although you tend to phrase it in partisan terms, one thing you're right about is that democrats have gotten away from what used to make them successful in congress, protecting the economic interests of their constituents. neo-libs like obama and hillary are all about seeming inclusive on social issues while only paying lip service to bread and butter issues like unions and progressive taxation. guns and gays, religion and racism, are all losing issues. that's why lamb won PA-18 and hillary got killed there.

Thank you..

And you are absolutely correct about me being absolutely correct.. :D

Lamb was a much superior candidate than the Democrats have ever run... He is Right about Gun Control.. That right there endears him to a lot of Americans...

But it's all a moot point... Lamb will be gone from Congress in Jan (which is a shame) and Hillary is still out there fighting and re-fighting the 2016 Election which will remind all Americans why the voted GOP...

]]> By: Bclancy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117472 Bclancy Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:56:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117472 “Lambquake”... is that kind of like a “sharknado”? “Lambquake”... is that kind of like a “sharknado”?

]]> By: goode trickle http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117471 goode trickle Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:11:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117471 <i>trump will still be constantly under her microscope, which should restrain his worst impulses.</i> Or, cause him to rule via executive order... Leaving the GOP to scream well Obama did it conveniently forgetting their own protestations when Obama did it. The three things that sum up the current state of the GOP are: We are in charge, damn it! 'cuse democrats.... They paid me to do it while enriching myself at your expense...so sod off. trump will still be constantly under her microscope, which should restrain his worst impulses.

Or, cause him to rule via executive order... Leaving the GOP to scream well Obama did it conveniently forgetting their own protestations when Obama did it.

The three things that sum up the current state of the GOP are:

We are in charge, damn it!

'cuse democrats....

They paid me to do it while enriching myself at your expense...so sod off.

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117470 TheStig Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:36:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117470 Perhaps a different different metaphor: The Doolittle Raid: convinced the Japanese their homeland was vulnerable to attack, convinced the Americans they still had the means to strike back at the Japanese. Perhaps a different different metaphor:

The Doolittle Raid: convinced the Japanese their homeland was vulnerable to attack, convinced the Americans they still had the means to strike back at the Japanese.

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117468 Paula Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:05:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117468 The link to Chait's article: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/democrats-can-run-the-connor-lamb-strategy-over-and-over.html The link to Chait's article: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/democrats-can-run-the-connor-lamb-strategy-over-and-over.html

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117467 Kick Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:03:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117467 Seriously, though... what could go wrong between now and November? <blockquote> <b>Second lawyer tied to Trump was involved in court action to keep Stormy Daniels quiet, new document shows</b> An attorney for the Trump Organization, Jill Martin, played a role in a California arbitration proceeding intended to keep porn actress Stormy Daniels from revealing more details about her alleged 2006 affair with President Trump, for which she received a $130,000 payment just before the 2016 campaign. The authenticity of the arbitration document, first reported by CNN and the Wall Street Journal, was confirmed to The Washington Post on Wednesday night. https://tinyurl.com/y85pnhnz </blockquote> Oh, Stormy, bring back that sunny day. ;) Seriously, though... what could go wrong between now and November?

Second lawyer tied to Trump was involved in court action to keep Stormy Daniels quiet, new document shows

An attorney for the Trump Organization, Jill Martin, played a role in a California arbitration proceeding intended to keep porn actress Stormy Daniels from revealing more details about her alleged 2006 affair with President Trump, for which she received a $130,000 payment just before the 2016 campaign. The authenticity of the arbitration document, first reported by CNN and the Wall Street Journal, was confirmed to The Washington Post on Wednesday night.

https://tinyurl.com/y85pnhnz

Oh, Stormy, bring back that sunny day. ;)

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117466 Paula Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:02:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117466 Exit polling indicates healthcare was a BIGGIE - these incessant attempts to kill the ACA by GOP ain't playing well. And the tax-heist and tariffs either didn't move the needle or backfired. Blotus' appearance probably motivated more Dems than Repubs to turn out. And against the backdrop of GOP failures and Blotus' unfit-madness the Dems have been implementing effective GOTV efforts. Nate Silver had a piece tonight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-enthusiasm-gap-could-turn-a-democratic-wave-into-a-tsunami/ He notes: "Democrats are performing strongly in both high-turnout and low-turnout special elections" which he says "suggests a Democratic mega-tsunami." This may be a mostly symbolic victory but I'd rather have a symbolic win versus a symbolic loss. These wins help keep the resistance energy high and positive, relieving the more desperate energy we feel every day as Blotus does something horrible/stupid/traitorous. Jon Chait made the point that Dems are managing to field impressive candidates - interesting and qualified people are stepping up. <blockquote> It is obviously not always easy to find candidates who have this sort of background, a clean (or clean enough) record, and are willing to run for and serve in Congress, a miserable, soul-crushing job. But one of the ways in which Democrats benefitted from the massive countermobilization that formed immediately after the 2016 election is an unusually high number of people willing to rearrange their lives around the goal of saving their country from an unfit president. In many cases, the possibly corny and self-serving narrative of the “military veteran called to serve their country once again” actually applies. Democrats have more or less unanimously regarded a Trump presidency and a pliant Republican Congress as a national emergency. </blockquote> "The massive countermobilization that formed immediately after the 2016 election" - yep. It was spontaneous and amazing and has kept so many of us going. Looking forward to that blue wave... Exit polling indicates healthcare was a BIGGIE - these incessant attempts to kill the ACA by GOP ain't playing well. And the tax-heist and tariffs either didn't move the needle or backfired. Blotus' appearance probably motivated more Dems than Repubs to turn out. And against the backdrop of GOP failures and Blotus' unfit-madness the Dems have been implementing effective GOTV efforts.

Nate Silver had a piece tonight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-enthusiasm-gap-could-turn-a-democratic-wave-into-a-tsunami/

He notes: "Democrats are performing strongly in both high-turnout and low-turnout special elections" which he says "suggests a Democratic mega-tsunami."

This may be a mostly symbolic victory but I'd rather have a symbolic win versus a symbolic loss. These wins help keep the resistance energy high and positive, relieving the more desperate energy we feel every day as Blotus does something horrible/stupid/traitorous.

Jon Chait made the point that Dems are managing to field impressive candidates - interesting and qualified people are stepping up.

It is obviously not always easy to find candidates who have this sort of background, a clean (or clean enough) record, and are willing to run for and serve in Congress, a miserable, soul-crushing job. But one of the ways in which Democrats benefitted from the massive countermobilization that formed immediately after the 2016 election is an unusually high number of people willing to rearrange their lives around the goal of saving their country from an unfit president. In many cases, the possibly corny and self-serving narrative of the “military veteran called to serve their country once again” actually applies. Democrats have more or less unanimously regarded a Trump presidency and a pliant Republican Congress as a national emergency.

"The massive countermobilization that formed immediately after the 2016 election" - yep. It was spontaneous and amazing and has kept so many of us going. Looking forward to that blue wave...

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/14/aftershocks-from-the-lambquake/#comment-117465 Kick Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:41:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15221#comment-117465 CW: <i>Trump's coattails are growing shorter by the day, in other words. </i> No worries, though. When Trump's coattails cease to exist, the GOP will at long last simply grab hold of that long tie conveniently located around his neck. ;) <i>Of course, all sorts of things could happen before November to change the political landscape. This could mean good news for one side of the aisle or the other, depending on what happens. </i> Consider if you will that Trump is ramping up to fire one Jefferson Beauregard Sessions the Third and name Scott Pruitt Acting Attorney General and order Pruitt to fire Bobby "Three Sticks" Mueller. What do you suppose would be the fallout from that? Word on K Street is that this is what Trump is planning. Tomorrow is the Ides, after all, the time for settling "debts." Et tu? CW: Trump's coattails are growing shorter by the day, in other words.

No worries, though. When Trump's coattails cease to exist, the GOP will at long last simply grab hold of that long tie conveniently located around his neck. ;)

Of course, all sorts of things could happen before November to change the political landscape. This could mean good news for one side of the aisle or the other, depending on what happens.

Consider if you will that Trump is ramping up to fire one Jefferson Beauregard Sessions the Third and name Scott Pruitt Acting Attorney General and order Pruitt to fire Bobby "Three Sticks" Mueller. What do you suppose would be the fallout from that? Word on K Street is that this is what Trump is planning. Tomorrow is the Ides, after all, the time for settling "debts." Et tu?

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