Mike Johnson: ‘Depraved’ America Deserves God’s Wrath

Says the man who is second in line to become President.

Although I’m still glad that Kevin McCarthy got shafted. And not in a fun way.

Carville has his number. Unfortunately not everything can be explained in a 30 second tiktok. Sometimes it takes 22 minutes.

No one should ever call Mike Johnson sneaky, less than honest, or a liar. He is very upfront as to who he is and what he believes in.

We often berate pols for saying one thing and doing something completely different . Two faced . I doubt Mike Johnson gets assured of this often.

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He looks like one of the Commanders on “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Straight out of “Central Casting” as the Orange Fatburg loves to say.

Look at Jimmy's ugly deck shoes.

Bitchy bottom talk there, Mike.

Someone needs to shove a thick cock in his ass and chill him out. He sounds very cranky. Someone go tell Marge her shenis services are needed by the speaker, again.

Thanks for the link R2. Bit of a challenging listen but he's got that freak Johnson's number.

It's hard to believe people like that still exist in the 21st century. Only in America, I guess.

And the theocratic Middle East. Lord help us. Wait...

"civilizational moment"

I heard this in Dubya's voice, LOL. But honestly, at this point, I long for those "edumacational" days.

[quote]“The only question is: Is God going to allow our nation to enter a time of judgment for our collective sins?

So God didn’t see fit to bring the wrath over slavery and genocide of Native Americans, but He’s going to do it for this?

[quote]So God didn’t see fit to bring the wrath over slavery and genocide of Native Americans

Many people would say that there was a lot of wrath shown during the Civil War and punishment for the sin of slavery.

Mike, sit down and shut up!

There's more there, someone will find it, has anyone asked about the gay conversion therepy? The bank accounts are interesting too.

R10 where in the Bible does it say that slavery is a sin? Jesus said to love your slaves, not to free them.

Being batshit insane seems to be a prerequisite in order to be a Republican politician these days. They're all such a bunch of fucking freaks.

[quote]Many people would say that there was a lot of wrath shown during the Civil War and punishment for the sin of slavery.

But Mike Johnson would not be one of them. He would answer like R13, oblivious to the fact that as bad as ancient slavery was, race slavery and racism is a whole different ball game.

[quote]It's hard to believe people like that still exist in the 21st century. Only in America, I guess.

Indeed. In any other Western country, this man would be disqualified from holding office. Only in the Republican Party is this considered normal.

Wants to ban birth control, too

Weirdo

I know I was fortunate to be born in the USA. But god do I hate living here. This country is so damn EXTREME. It’s never suited me. Too many people like this psycho too close to power.

The Republicans are desperately pandering to the most loony fringe Haters. It's all they have. Without Trump, a lot of Deplorabes will just forget to vote- like they always did before. Ronda, Nikki, Christie... don't inspire.

[quote] [R10] where in the Bible does it say that slavery is a sin? Jesus said to love your slaves, not to free them.

The sin is implicit. Jesus did NOT say brutalize, maim, rape and impregnate your slaves.

Johnson and his Christian Nationalist gook colleagues are as crazy or crazier than Iranian theocrats. I love his juxtaposition of “new earth” and fossil fuel. These people are mad as hatters.

R20, it doesn’t have to say that to implicitly approve of human traffic and human exploitation for labor and sexual purposes. If he says love your slaves and not to stop the practice of slave ownership, then he is consenting of the practice of buying other humans in slaves markets who were kidnapped and hunted by the slave trade in the most abusive and inhuman ways.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders just named THIS guy to the state library board.

Wow r24. What a fucking lunatic he is.

What does he think of MTG's history of adultery?

Most of the items on that New York Magazine list involve LGBT or sexuality in one way or another for the downfall of American society. Normal men are not obsessed with us. I don’t always jump on the all haters are closet gays bandwagon, but I sure do see the signs in the case of this pursed lipped little psycho. He’d happily throw everyone he hates into death camps to please his God and is a real danger to all who don’t believe the same things he does.

True r27. Men who are actually heterosexual don't think about gay men all that much because it doesn't apply to them. Johnson spends more time thinking about gay men than GLAAD and the HRC combined. 😂

And whenever these anti-gay homophobe loons talk about the "evils" of homosexuality, notice it's always, always MALE homosexuality. Female homosexuality (lesbianism) is never part of their conversation. That says an awful lot.

R28

Their homophobia was noticeable when they did not talk about lesbians as a great source of Monkeypox or syphilis infection increases nationally as well.

The gay male in their eyes is pretty much the same as disease ridden. Not at all with the lesbians.

[quote] Johnson spoke about the lawsuit at his church, the Airline Drive Church of Christ in Shreveport, before taking on the case. He warned the congregation what was at stake with cases like the [bold] Jewish family suing to keep Christian activities out of a public school [/bold].

[quote] “The ultimate goal of the enemy is silencing the gospel,” said Johnson, according to an April 2004 story in the Shreveport Times about the lawsuit. “This is spiritual warfare.”

Does DL believe he's successfully squelched his same sex attraction behaviorally? As in has he totally and successfully foregone sexual encounters with men? Not that he doesn't have remnants or huge swaths of male lust in him. Getting his teen son to observe his online activity sure sounds like a firewall to me.

I recall reading about this at the time, and my understanding is that this experiment has been replicated several times since.

[QUOTE One of the most important lines of work in this area dates back to a 1996 article published in The Journal of Abnormal Psychology. In this empirical paper, researchers Henry Adams, Lester Wright, Jr., and Bethany Lohr from the University of Georgia report evidence that homophobic young males may secretly have gay urges.

[quote] Does DL believe he's successfully squelched his same sex attraction

you must be new here...

R30, the pro-Israel right-wingers who are currently pretending to be concerned about antisemitism should be forced to read that article

r32. I meant acting out on the attraction with men behaviorally, not experiencing the attraction. I've known a couple of guys who have, and it's mighty sad. They're neurotic as hell (body image issues, eating disorders) though, so maybe it's just about contact with another human. They seem to have ostensibly rejected religion, so maybe they probably indulge in porn.

This two minute video about what is CURRENTLY happening to the Tennessee school system explains a lot about what we touched on with Mike Johnson

[quote] What does he think of MTG's history of adultery?

Check out the “Seven Mountains Dominionism” discussed above, R26.

Basically, the answer to your question is the same as why so many fundies are able to overlook the failings of tRump: They see it as their responsibility to take over INSTITUTIONS (by any means necessary) and as long as--sometimes necessary for whatever reason--gawd anoints those imperfect warriors, then it is not for them to intercede.

A lunatic like Johnson should never be allowed anywhere near government. In every single other Western country, a nutbag like him wouldn't stand a chance of even being elected to a city council.

I still think this guy is kind of cute and every time I see him, he looks like he’s either been gang banged by about 8 well hung, under-privileged black guys or is about to be gang banged by another 10.

Mike Johnson is a real sick bitch.

I wish the press would have the balls to ask Johnson if he has ever had any homosexual inclinations and ask him why he is so obsessed with gays.

I think in every other Western nation Mike Johnson would be kicked to the curb.

Amazing what Americans put up with.

2 heartbeats away and they already have the Supreme Court

R36

So they want to win above all else? And we are more picky and we will drive out a super star from the senate because a few years before his hand had rested too low on some gals back during a picture taking.

So someone made an unwanted pass? Who really should give a fuck.

You have pointed out exactly how the gop just might win next year——they only care about wining. The left and the progressive care about so many other things. Including driving out their own for not being pure enough.

Correct, R43

And that is why the GOP is so disjointed—they’re a coalition of desperate individuals held together by a magical realism. They choose to believe that they are GOOD in spite of being

Liars (Santos, Ogles)

Adulterers (Greene…McCarthy)

Ignorant (Boebert, Gomert)

Psycho (Mace, Gosar)

Pothead/pedophile (Gaetz)

Felons (Donalds, Lesko)

And the 40-year married, devout Catholic, who calls each of his grandchildren, individually, every day is a BAD person because he wants all, everyone to have autonomy..

To them GOOD is anyone willing to travel with them on their journey as broken, angry and/or sad “warriors” and BAD are those who seek to be better or, more importantly, challenge *everyone* to be better.

Johnson exempts himself from the standards he applies to others.

[quote]Ignorant (Boebert, Gomert)

Why did you miss naming us?

I would love nothing more than demoting Blackburn and Tuberville to the lower chamber, but, alas, they are senators…

For now…

Yes God should bring his wrath on these depraved so-called "Christian" nationalists.

R41

Surely you must be aware that the far right is gaining control thru voting all across the globe. In a lot of western countries. They are in an amazing great turn now.

Johnson is just one among millions

I have said it before. I always expected America to turn fascist some day, just never thought that 'someday' would be in my lifetime.

r49 the Right in Europe would be centrist Democrats in America. They don't go for the Jesus bullshit.

R51

There are no centralist democrats left in the US to speak of. A small handful people like Manchin. Who we all hate. Biden of course. Me. And soon we will all be dead.

“Christian” is such an abused label. Teachings, “sayings”, and actions attributed to Jesus as written in the ‘Holy’ Bible, are immensely contrary to the behaviors of the far-right evangelicals. Their “preachers” and related organizational leaders are little more than money grubbing charlatans.

no respect for him - he's hot for Jesus and anyone who lives there life like that is not all mentally there

I believe in about 10% of Mike Johnson's assessment based upon my interactions I have with certain people in the urban area that I live in. It's got to be where I do not rarely go out after sunset alone and now I am a licensed firearm carrier out of concern for my safety

The gay community has gone off the rails it's unrecognizable for what it was like even 5 years ago. Everyone is polarized, everyone is digging in their heels and no one is seeing a negative impact of doing this in the future. Older white men are being demonized and are targets for violence.

I'm waiting for the next cataclysmic event, seems like we have something biological brewing in China now.

One of many things I don’t understand about the supposedly activist vengeful God is why hasn’t he taken corrective action against the evil Arab Muslims after all these years? He must be into selective enforcement.

[QUOTE]based upon my interactions I have with certain people in the urban area that I live in.

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It's real r57

They throw around the word depraved but to me that’s exactly what Republicans are. The amorality and criminality and the glee they take in cruelty to other living beings fits the definition. They focus on sex and lifestyle, but who gives a shit what consenting adults do in their private lives. The idea of “the wrath of god” is so ridiculous I don’t know how people who believe that are functioning adults. They fantasize about hurting/killing people. It’s nuts.

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[QUOTE]It's real [R57]

A real dog whistle that "certain people" throw around in an attempt to not so subtlety demonize other "certain people" as a group in its entirety. Just come out and say where you live and who these "certain people" are. Or are you just too fearful of being considered racist? Or too poor to live in a better neighborhood?

^^Honey, in NYC you're side by side with certain people. And they're feral animals. Ask anyone.

Why do fruitcakes like Johnson think his version of God and Christianity governs the US? Why do these guys not see the concept of religion and state? Dont they get that this very concept allows them to believe and practice their lunatic type of religion- but to impose it as a governing instrument. Why? Because they are theocrats and democracy is not their thing at all.

Trump simply uses these nuts, as they use him. They firmly believe they have a moral core but in reality just the opposite. It’s almost a type of illness… think Jim Jones and his followers.

But “not” to impose…

Same energy

Government = control your morality how they chose irrespective of any consistency.

Josh barely escaped, but his manhood was barely intact.

Carville is a windbag with poor judgment. I've watched five minutes and so far he hasn't said anything AND it's clear i understand NW Louisiana better than him. Remember, all this religiosity is a fake.

But what does God think depraved Mikey deserves?... because Jesus saw what you did, Michael!

Jesus sees you beating off to tranny porn Mike!

[quote] A Christian dad wants you to know he loves his trans daughter. He just loves Jesus more.

[quote] The Gospel Coalition publishes a lot of faith-based garbage, but this piece is uniquely awful.

Rest assured that is no longer a Catholic thing, even among the devout.

Crazed, devout Catholics still exist, and some of them are self-hating gays, too

They do exist. The "trad" Catholics as they're known. They have they're own churches where mass is said in Latin with the priest's back turned to the parishioners. Even trad Catholics practice birth control. My godmother's daughter married a trad Catholic and had only two.

Then there's the Opus Dei cult that's just nuts. Rick Santorum is a member. Their women have kids until their uterus prolapses.

Him & his son monitoring each other’s porn

r76 that is just beyond fucked up. For most people, the mere though of their own father's or son's (if they have one) masturbation habits is enough to make them puke.

[quote]Mike Johnson said during prayer calls with right-wing pastor Jim Garlow that "depraved" America deserves the wrath of God.

Isn't that just another way of saying "Vote Trump!"?

Well to be fair, the “queers” are depraved. That is, the TQ+.

Judging from his emails from '15 posted upthread, Johnson thinks Trump is pretty depraved, too. So, I guess there's good depraved and bad depraved.

Once again... they are not "monitoring each other's porn," they're monitoring each other's computer to make sure they don't watch porn.

Opus Dei is full of commie spies that work for Russia. And they like to film sex with the Mrs and show it to friends. I know things.

And this son and father looking to see if they watch porn is such a straight thing.

I wonder if there into the David Vitter baby diaper-up porn?

Mike Johnson is the type that would write the procedures and rules for GQP coke orgies beforehand, and prepare the invitation lists that were handed privately to colleagues such as Kevin McCarthy.

Orgy participants would gather together first to hold hands and pray before commencing with other activities.

They’re* R83

Matt & Mercedes Schlapp. Are they still sought & accepted at exclusive Republican social events?

It's ok to make mistakes as long as you belong to the party of GOOD people.

Bad people are always wrong.

^^^ Part II

*profound hypocrite*

Father-son buddy up Drag Queen pornstar Kitara Ravache

Mike Johnson wants to keep Kitara Ravache in the House.

[quote] The motion requires a two-thirds majority in the House, which Republicans control by a narrow 222-213 majority.

[quote]House Speaker Mike Johnson said party leaders will not tell rank-and-file Republicans how to vote because some believe he should not be kicked out before his criminal case is resolved.

[quote]"I personally have real reservations about doing this. I'm concerned about a precedent that may be set," he said at a news conference.

Where does this guy get his version of American History? Such a warped, sick mind and he's intelligent enough to be stealth dangerous.

I mean...separation of church and state much?

So was THIS the plan all along? To get this Great Value Jim Jones as speaker of the house? Quite a leap to go from McCarthy to Gym Jordan to this creep.

They will never recover from their hypocrisy. There is no going back in our lifetime.

The only chance - and this is ridiculously remote - is that every one of them gets voted out of office. And since about 40-50% of the voting public is batshit insane, and are all hypocrites themselves, the future looks grim.

Oh, and Johnson would make a very pretty drag queen. I'm guessing he was bullied and called gay when he was young. Whether or not he's overcompensating, I have no idea.

As much as he hates gays it must hurt Johnson like hell to not kick Santos out. He’s on his knees in prayer nightly asking his god for forgiveness.

We’ve been threatened with God’s wrath for decades. Where is it?

Some would say we lived in a warm up of gods wrath when CDC announced a small handful of men with stranger cancers in summer 1981.

Which gave birth to the Gay Rights Movement 2.0

Same snake-oil merchants as back in the 80s. The sky didn't fall in back then. Wonder which of them will be arrested for hiring an underage rent boy or for jacking off under the stall at LAX?

[quote]We’ve been threatened with God’s wrath for decades. Where is it?

Well, if you believe in that nonsense, just look anywhere. If this isn't end days, I'd hate to see it what is.

[quote] The obscure nonprofit behind Mike Johnson’s 2020 trip to Israel didn’t account for the travel in its tax filings — so who paid & how? It was the second trip for Johnson, whose support for Israel is literally intended to help bring about the apocalypse

A dangerous loon at all levels.

A subject matter has sucked cock+ and it necessarily wasn’t white.

The Republican Party is the party of batshit insane lunatics. The craziest people in America.

R105

Great you have explained how the two parties look at the opposite party.

How the Dems look at the gop and how the gop looks at the Dems.

R106

Yes, but only one of these is true.

Guess.

R107

The voters and those that do not vote will decide that question, They will decide what is seen as truth. And it’s very possible we will not like the answer,

[quote]The Republican Party is the party of batshit insane lunatics. The craziest people in America

Truer words were never spoken!

You aren't fooling anybody, r106/r108

Everything considered, I find him attractive and I’d really like to hate fuck him because I know he’d be a wonderfully submissive and greedily tenacious bottom.

The finances are what will nail him, you don't mess with the IRS. He focuses far too much on the sex things, obviously there's something there. Let's face it, his daddy shot his wad into his mommy in the backseat of a car as teenagers, and everyone knows it, nothing good could have from that, hence we got Mike Johnson.

America is so depraved but he couldn't bother to expel his crooked R lackey with his single vote.

[quote] Written by Scott McKay, a local Louisiana politics blogger, the book, “The Revivalist Manifesto,” gives credence to unfounded conspiracy theories often embraced by the far-right – including the “Pizzagate” hoax, which falsely claimed top Democratic officials were involved in a pedophile ring, among other conspiracies.

[quote] The book also propagates baseless and inaccurate claims, implying that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was subjected to blackmail and connected to the disgraced underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

[quote] Other sections of the book defend podcaster Joe Rogan from racism charges after it was revealed he used the N-word, which Rogan later apologized for. The book also disparages poor voters as “unsophisticated and susceptible to government dependency” and easy to manipulate with “Black Lives Matter ‘defund the police’ pandering.”

[quote] “Scott McKay presents a valuable and timely contribution with The Revivalist Manifesto because he has managed here to articulate well what millions of conscientious, freedom-loving Americans are sensing,” Johnson writes in his 300-word foreword.

[quote] Johnson’s endorsement of the book extends beyond the foreword: In 2022, he actively promoted the book on his public social media platforms and even dedicated an episode of his podcast he co-hosts with his wife to hosting McKay.

American Taliban.

MAGA looney Laura Loomer

[quote] Jeff Landry won’t give New Orleans public funds to fix its water system after officials refused to prosecute people seeking an abortion.

Hopefully the voters of New Orleans will remember that come the next election.

R116 That’s pathetic. America is nuts.

[quote] Mike Johnson’s old clients are much more extreme than we knew—one spoke glowingly of killing gay people; another said the government “should be a terror” to LGBTQ; one is tied to militant anti-abortion groups and became a Jan. 6 rioter; etc, etc…

These people are all sexually fucked up. Remember when Jim Bob Duggar would crow to his teen sons that he was getting laid but they had to wait until they were married? No normal father of my acquaintance would brag they were off to nail their children's mother.

Bitch thinks she's Moses

Is this freak more a Father Coughlin or a Ayatollah Khameinei?

In any case, I look forward to his downfall, which I'll hope comes soon!

I can't wait for him to implode. What an arrogant jackass.

Talk about a dangerous mammoth out-of-control EGO

Tennessee

Fuck this deeply closeted fag right up his well trafficked, worn-out, prolapsed poop shoot.

Just wait 'til Rev Garlow's sidepieces and lovenests are discovered.

They want to be the Christian/American version of the Iranian Supreme Leaders.

Does anyone else suspect Mike is going to eventually be revealed, to be basement dungeon levels of depraved?

He will be exposed, I suspect there's depravity and criminal financial issues, only the money will bring him down.

Americans are straight up nuts

R131 R132

So nice you have not little fact, not one picture or email or text, not one person making a legit claim but like a child you have hope that a miracle will happen because you want it to happen,.

Hope is not a plan

The filthy debauched porn stash isn’t enough for you?

R135

Sadly I will not be deciding the next election and I will have little to do with Johnson’s future running or not running the country. It’s the rest of the US voters that will decide that.

So when I see a front page article in the NYT, about this, and not some silliness on the DL , I will be a believer. Until then wishful land hopeful thinking and nothing more.

Wasn't it revealed there some shady financial shit? Shady as in almost no banking history at all?

Yes, R137, Johnson has reported no assets whatsoever on disclosure forms, meaning that whatever accounts he has earn no interest and contain only negligible funds at any given time. This was widely reported. R136 is being disingenuous: there's plenty of evidence that something is up with Johnson's finances.

I think someone needs to jump on the shit R138. Where is Anonymous?

R138

Get back to me when he is charged with a crime. Ot when he goes to trial, That is what counts . That or when he is out of office. Until then it’s all useless background noise that will have no impact on anything,

No bank accounts? Hasn’t he at least had a paper route?

This is a sick, sick man, ironically oblivious of the mortal sin of pride, as he smugly, assuredly, and insanely opines on the State of the Union.

Lol, r140, you aren't fooling anybody. Your continued defense of Mike Johnson just reveals how retarted you are.

Moses Johnson will Dictate down to us from Mount Sinai

R140, you really think only a trial counts, and that there are no consequences in the voting booth for Republicans when their highest-ranking official has well-publicized financial irregularities—adding to all the other baggage Republicans have? Begone with your false dichotomies.

R143

Not to be nasty but you are beyond dumb. Seriously you are just not that bright, .

r146 = projection

It will come out, be patient, these things take a while, he and SHE have been sloppy with their cover up, they always think they can hide everything, but they can't, both should be taken down, including the complicit "wife".

I'm missing the posts at R140 and146. No surprise as I must have figured it for a rightwing troll awhile back.

Slightly off topic but...on the other hand, in New Jersey Friday:

[bold] Man Gets 8 Years in Prison for Racial Slurs Against Neighbor [/Bold]

[quote] Edward Cagney Mathews, 47, will be forced to serve at least four years of an eight year prison sentence handed down Friday after he was caught in a viral video in July 2021 hurling racial abuse at a Black neighbor and spitting on him. It later emerged that he had been terrorizing Black people in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, for years. Mathews was captured on video calling his neighbor a “monkey” and the N-word, while bumping his chest and spitting on him. Authorities then discovered he had frequently used racial slurs against Black neighbors, put feces on their property, sent threatening emails and letters, and shot their cars with BB pellets. The video sparked hundreds of people to converge on his home and call for his arrest. Mathews, who has already been in jail for two and a half years, sobbed in court but apologized for his “insensitive and disrespectful words.” “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future,” he said

That headline about "prison for racial slurs" doesn't scratch the surface: he's going to prison because he's been spitting on his neighbors and "put feces on their property, sent threatening emails and letters, and shot their cars with BB pellets."

R152 First the White Christian Evangelicals completely took over the Republican Party, and then they were taken over by the MAGA crowd. They no longer believe in separation of church and state just like they no longer believe in Democracy since they can no longer win elections fairly.

I do hope they hammer this scary un-American no separation of church and state bullshit in ads against the Republicans next year. Use clips of their actual words against them. Normal people don’t want that (I hope).

This explains A LOT!

R156 Christian conservatives don't use religious doctrine as an example on how they should to live their lives. They use it in order to tell YOU how you should live YOUR life.

[bold] House Speaker Mike Johnson has three flags hanging outside his office: the American flag, the Louisiana state flag, and a flag representing a movement that wants to turn the U.S. into a religious Christian nation. [/bold]

[quote] The flag was originally used as a banner during the Revolutionary War, but over the past decade, it has been embraced by a sect of Christianity called the New Apostolic Reformation, or NAR. A central tenet of NAR’s belief system is that it is God’s will for Christians to take control of all aspects of U.S. society—including education, arts and entertainment, the media, and businesses—to create a religious nation.

He's just endorsed LAUREN BOEBERT! Has anybody asked him directly about her hand job in the theater audience with children attending and how he squares that with his faith?

People like him view obtaining and maintaining power as the ultimate goal, so they support people who would otherwise offend them like Whorebert and Trump because they need to control congress and the presidency. This amoral, twisted man thinks he’s ordained by god, so it’s all good.

R161

My goodness and thank goodness that I am a 6 decade supporter of a party that is not concerned with obtaining and keeping power like those awful GOP.

It’s so refreshing to be a part of the great Democratic Party that is happy when other parties win, Yes wining all the time is not what we aim for.

4th Flag - PornHub

I'm going to laugh my ass off when the truth about this asshole comes out (pardon the pun): Flag waving, gun toting, Xtian spouting "patriot" is a big ole deeply closeted faggot.

Huh? OK. No one said the Democrats are perfect and don’t want to stay in power. They don’t want to form a fascist theocracy by disenfranchising voters though and they don’t tend to elevate literal criminals and outright traitors. But both parties are the same right? Those poor Republicans are treated so unfairly.

America deserves God's wrath, huh? What a fanatic. Sounds like Ivo Shandor, huh?

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫: The architect's name was Ivo Shandor.

I found it in Tobin's Spirit Guide. He was also a doctor. Performed a lot of unnecessary surgery.

And then, in 1920, he started a secret society.

𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧: Let me guess. Gozer worshipers.

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫: Right.

𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧: No studying.

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫: After the first World War, 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒.

(Spengler takes a long look at everyone in the room)

And he wasn't alone. He had close to a thousand followers when he died.

They conducted rituals up on the roof ...bizarre rituals intended to bring about 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, and now it looks like 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛.

𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧 (breaking into song): So be good, for goodness' sake... whoa, somebody's comin'!

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐳: We've gotta get out of here...

('Ghostbusters' 1984)

R165

Don’t put your words into my post. It was not me that made the idiotic post that the gop only care about obtaining and keeping power. How stupid.

Well that should be the goal of all parties. If not what have a party at all?

The Dems want to stay in power ever bit as much as theGOP does. We will even support the opposition being thrown off the ballot so they can’t win.

Playing nice is for kids and the inanely stupid.

If th Dems are not in favor of wining every time I have been wasting a shit load of dem political donations

"The Dems want to stay in power ever bit as much as the GOP does. We will even support the opposition being thrown off the ballot so they can’t win."

Hey asshole, the reason the Democrats want that deadbeat, dirtball scumbag Trump off the fucking ballot is because he wanted to overthrow democracy itself by staging an armed insurrection/revolution simply because his massive fucking ego can't handle being handed a defeat at the polls by the voters of America. The voters of America decided he wasn't fit to be president and voted his fat, entitled white ass out. What does the mother fucker do? Starts promoting the "big lie" which has absolutely no basis in reality or fact. Here we are, three years later, and this mother fucker is still claiming the election has been stolen from him, even though he or any of his idiotic supporters haven't supplied a single fucking shred of credible evidence that the election was frozen.

And let's get real here: If Barack Obama or any black or brown person had led an armed insurrection and stormed the US Capitol on 1/06/23, they'd and his/her followers AND THEIR families would have been drawn and quartered and buried six feet under by spring of 2021, with Donald Fucking Trump and other gutless, spineless cowards like Mike Johnson and Gym Jordan leading the charge.

DONALD TRUMP IS GUILTY OF TREASON. Plain and simple. And I don't give a flying fuck how many god damned, high powered lawyers like Allan Fucking Dershowitz claim he's innocent.

Democrats want to maintain power in order to enact policies, which in their case mainly aim at increasing rights and prosperity. Republicans seem to have lost interest in serious policy (including economic, foreign, and military) and just aim at monopolizing power to increase the wealth of a small minority.

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Trump will be easier to defeat than Haley and maybe even Desantis. And I want the easiest to defeat on the ballot. You are free to see it differently. And I will not act like a child and call you an asshole if you do.

Unlees of course trump has been found guilty of treason or insurrection in a criminal court. Then even if he was the easiest to defeat he should not be on the ballot.

Has trump been convicted in a criminal court of treason or insurrection? If so I missed it.

We gays get blamed for everything.

Mike Johnson must be drinking out of lead cups again!

I wonder if him and his son reenact the fall of Rome?

[quote] Jurkovich, the plaintiffs allege, engaged in self-dealing and impermissibly steered church funds to another right-wing faith-based organization with a clear ideological and tacitly political agenda—the Conservative Baptist Network—where Jurkovich is a top official. When members raised their concerns to the church, the lawsuit says, Jurkovich and other leaders obstructed attempts at transparency.