Comments on: Not Just A River In Egypt http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/01/28/not-just-a-river-in-egypt/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 08 May 2026 01:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/01/28/not-just-a-river-in-egypt/#comment-131083 Paula Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:08:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16385#comment-131083 FWIW: CNN says the Kamala Harris Town Hall in Iowa last night was "was the most watched cable news single candidate election town hall ever." I liked her quite a bit. FWIW: CNN says the Kamala Harris Town Hall in Iowa last night was "was the most watched cable news single candidate election town hall ever."

I liked her quite a bit.

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/01/28/not-just-a-river-in-egypt/#comment-131081 TheStig Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:46:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16385#comment-131081 Just to hone the metaphor a bit: Pharaoh Ptrump is rowing his barge up the Nile, against the current and underwater. He doesn't give an Aswan Damn what anybody says about his chances. That includes the High Priests and even Higher Priestesses of The Fox Cult. As the ancient Egyotian curse puts it: "It's your funeral rites pal." Just to hone the metaphor a bit:

Pharaoh Ptrump is rowing his barge up the Nile, against the current and underwater. He doesn't give an Aswan Damn what anybody says about his chances. That includes the High Priests and even Higher Priestesses of The Fox Cult.

As the ancient Egyotian curse puts it: "It's your funeral rites pal."

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/01/28/not-just-a-river-in-egypt/#comment-131080 Paula Tue, 29 Jan 2019 02:57:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16385#comment-131080 <i>Democrats hate the idea for a number of reasons, but the biggest two are that it's a stupid idea and that Trump is for it. For the past month, for Democrats, fighting the wall equated directly to fighting Trump and everything he stands for. Which is an incredibly unifying factor in the party as a whole right now. The harder Pelosi fought, the better, in other words.</i> EXACTLY. While Elizebeth Warren didn't get 20,000 people to show up in Iowa, she got higher turnout than expected and Kamala Harris blew it out of the water. Democrats can't wait to get to work for 2020. Before the midterms we often saw repeated Ted Cruz's comment: "Democrats will crawl over broken glass to vote" and that goes DOUBLE to vote against DT. And this shutdown was a proxy - we didn't like it and worried constantly about the victims of it but we felt very strongly that if Dems gave in we'd replay that record over and over and we are sick and tired of enabling Republicans. So Nancy coming out strong and staying strong was the right choice in every way. McConnell said, re: Kavanaugh, "these things blow over." Wrong. Democrats hate the idea for a number of reasons, but the biggest two are that it's a stupid idea and that Trump is for it. For the past month, for Democrats, fighting the wall equated directly to fighting Trump and everything he stands for. Which is an incredibly unifying factor in the party as a whole right now. The harder Pelosi fought, the better, in other words.

EXACTLY.

While Elizebeth Warren didn't get 20,000 people to show up in Iowa, she got higher turnout than expected and Kamala Harris blew it out of the water. Democrats can't wait to get to work for 2020. Before the midterms we often saw repeated Ted Cruz's comment: "Democrats will crawl over broken glass to vote" and that goes DOUBLE to vote against DT. And this shutdown was a proxy - we didn't like it and worried constantly about the victims of it but we felt very strongly that if Dems gave in we'd replay that record over and over and we are sick and tired of enabling Republicans. So Nancy coming out strong and staying strong was the right choice in every way.

McConnell said, re: Kavanaugh, "these things blow over."

Wrong.

]]> By: SF Bear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/01/28/not-just-a-river-in-egypt/#comment-131078 SF Bear Tue, 29 Jan 2019 01:39:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16385#comment-131078 If the Kennedy presidency resembled Camelot then the Trump administration is a smelly used camel lot. If the Kennedy presidency resembled Camelot then the Trump administration is a smelly used camel lot.

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