This is not an episode of Jerry Springer. It's tonight's Ohio Republican Senate debate.

[Celerity]

“You’re dealing with the wrong guy,” Mandel says to Gibbons before calling him a “pussy.”

Link to tweet

[samplegirl]

1. Neither of your know squat!

[Auggie]

2. I might expect this in a city, county or even state race ...

but U.S. Senate?

Eh ... hope they destroy each other.

[MagickMuffin]

3. I think the old man called the younger one pussy. I had to watch it several times to catch it

But I'd say they are insecure baby boys, and I pray whichever is the nominee gets defeated.

[Ohio Joe]

4. And now we know why Maury got canceled

[stopdiggin]

5. Hey - just exactly what I wanted

(talking about BOTH) to be representing me in the worlds greatest deliberative body.
(could we maybe get in some chest bumps - a little action off the high ropes?) Jeeezus!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. They've BOTH been running numerous ads...

... for months to proclaim themselves as soooo tough. And very loyal to Trump, of course, as if that's synonymous with toughness!



I suppose that only a FRAUD like John Wayne could be considered tougher than ol' "Bone Spurs" in the minds of right-wing authoritarian voters, so eager to be submissive towards people happy to dominate them.

[dwayneb]

7. Another Buckeye sick of their ads

Always get a sick feeling when I see any of these vile candidates tout their allegiance to the greatest seditionist in American history - Donald Trump. Knowing that my neighbors will be voting for one of these freaks.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. I think the best tactic is to be pointing out...

... that they're WIMPS to people, who might be right-wing authoritarians (RWA) so eager to be subservient to a supposedly "strong leader".

RWA is the best indicator of a Trump supporter.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_authoritarianism
Right-wing authoritarians tend to accept what their leaders say is true and readily comply with their commands. They believe that respecting authority is an important moral virtue that everyone in the community must hold. They tend to place strict limits on how far the authorities can be criticized, and believe that the critics are troublemakers who don't know what they are talking about. RWAs are extremely submissive even to authority figures who are dishonest, corrupt, and inept. They will insist that their leaders are honest, caring, and competent, dismissing any evidence to the contrary as either false or inconsequential. They believe that the authorities have the right to make their own decisions, even if that includes breaking the rules that they impose on everyone else.

[onethatcares]

9. and this is why

we can't have nice things. The elected are insane.

whatever happened to the idea of bright ideas turned into bright public policy?

we're screwed.