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GiqueCee

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67. Back when...

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 03:22 PM

Aug 27

... Clinton was president, some asshole senator from Texas, whose name is not worth remembering, proclaimed that, "Bill Clinton never met an education bill he didn't like!" He intended it as a pejorative, but it just served to exposed the Senator as the idiot he truly was.
Republicans hate and fear an educated electorate, because they are far less likely to buy into the simple-minded conservative bullshit malevolently intended to deprive them of the critical thinking skills one needs to survive in a society so grotesquely corrupted by the corporate hive-mind devoted to keeping them stupid gullible, and easy to manipulate.
As Voltaire so sagely noted, "Anyone capable of making you believe absurdities is capable of making you commit atrocities."
The irrefutable proof of that statement now surrounds us.

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Town Hall Attendee Bursts Out Laughing After GOP Congressman Warns About 'The Ottoman Empire' [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 27 OP

This is a marketing ploy to sell footstools, isn't it? bucolic_frolic Aug 27 #1

They're coming for you!!!!! tanyev Aug 27 #3

Furniture stores are definitely in on the plot. Martin Eden Aug 27 #34

Remember, Vance started with footstools. Sneederbunk Aug 27 #26

Which are like, underage furniture. miyazaki Aug 27 #39

DUzy!! lastlib Aug 27 #77

Ottomans are gateway furniture Seinan Sensei Aug 27 #82

It's a gateway couch...... AZ8theist Aug 28 #84

Hence the tariffs it wants to impose on furniture... Cloudhopper Aug 27 #37

We should ask JD; ottomans are probably good for a quickie. sheshe2 Aug 27 #54

LOL Maybe it's a Mike Lindell startup called MyFootstool that sells lumpy footrests. Beartracks Aug 27 #74

Is an ottoman couch-adjacent? yardwork Aug 27 #2

It IS something that can... ahem... BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #5

Ohhhhhh! Nice lmfao n/t Cheezoholic Aug 27 #6

Fathers! Lock up your divans! Kid Berwyn Aug 27 #36

He is right about the president of Turkey. But he better check with his boss who is buddies with him lol n/t Cheezoholic Aug 27 #4

Plus they are a part of NATO BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #7

And apparently the only defense against islamofascist tyranny is christofascist tyranny unblock Aug 27 #8

The irony is incredible. yardwork Aug 27 #10

That's Great! annielion Aug 27 #44

Is this nutjob really a U.S. Congressman? oasis Aug 27 #9

Where do they dig up these jokers? n/t the nelm Aug 27 #40

what does it say about the people who vote for them Skittles Aug 27 #79

I can't believe... But maybe I should..... reACTIONary Aug 27 #45

Yeah...and a post on Twitter says he won his district with 74% of the vote last time. Bengus81 Aug 27 #53

It's clear that we're living in a nuthouse. thought crime Aug 27 #55

Dear Friends, this is MAGA Baseline belief. They believe this idiocy JCMach1 Aug 27 #66

make Turkey great again is so different from MAGA because? IronLionZion Aug 27 #11

Profound thanks to Oklahoma... Paladin Aug 27 #12

exactly...Oklahoma is a SHIT hole state democratsruletheday Aug 27 #16

GMTA UpInArms Aug 27 #17

"GMTA": "Great Minds Think Alike." Paladin Aug 27 #72

A true fucking dunce Prairie Gates Aug 27 #13

He's on a crusade....or wants one. underpants Aug 27 #48

GOP''s radical religious clerics brook little tolerance for other radical religious clerics Torchlight Aug 27 #14

Well, it is Oklahoma, after all UpInArms Aug 27 #15

What the actual FUCK? Ray Bruns Aug 27 #18

As ridiculous as this is, this stupid shit is pretty tame for a modern Republican conspiracy theory. Karasu Aug 27 #75

Odds are he's a christian and thus responsible for bringing sharia law to us. travelingthrulife Aug 27 #19

A little primmer on Shariah law in the US Old Crank Aug 27 #20

It became a distorted smear attack on President "Barak Hussein Obama" BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #27

This clown is... GiqueCee Aug 27 #21

Correct, but remember above ALL that 'R' stands for democratsruletheday Aug 27 #24

And for them 'D' stands for... Justice matters. Aug 27 #38

Good God in Butter what an intellectual dust bunny. Grammar much? Botany Aug 27 #25

"Intellectual Dust Bunny!" GiqueCee Aug 27 #28

Just looked it up on the internet and Oklahoma ranks 50 out of 51 states ...D.C. included .. in education Botany Aug 27 #41

My niece moved from Yukon, OK to Pennsylvania in large part because of that Wednesdays Aug 27 #47

I think they all need a STOOL CHECK. vanlassie Aug 27 #52

It is unbelievable that such an ignoramus serves in our Congress. However our government is controlled by ignorance. NNadir Aug 27 #22

Pretty sure you can use past tense. It already happened. thought crime Aug 27 #57

Point taken. NNadir Aug 27 #58

Back when... GiqueCee Aug 27 #67

Well said. NNadir Aug 27 #68

Thanx! GiqueCee Aug 27 #69

Magas elect deranged lunatics radical noodle Aug 27 #23

Some folks mix their metaphors, some OK pols mix their megalomaniacs Attilatheblond Aug 27 #42

I think he's referring to the Christian equavalent of Sharia Law. patphil Aug 27 #29

His kids are probably begging not to have to go to school and get laughed at. NoMoreRepugs Aug 27 #30

Evangelcal Christian "Sharia" law is already being implemented here. Clouds Passing Aug 27 #31

Imagine, an entire empire based on putting your feet up. spike jones Aug 27 #32

I'd much prefer a Turkey president over Trump. Solly Mack Aug 27 #33

The Ocellated Turkey wears a fez-like cap (The fez, traditionally associated with the Ottoman Empire) Donkees Aug 27 #49

That is a beautiful bird. mjvpi Aug 27 #50

That's a beautiful turkey! Solly Mack Aug 27 #61

Agreed. But the turkey has to PROMISE Wicked Blue Aug 27 #59

I agree. :) Solly Mack Aug 27 #60

Reminds me of.... djacq Aug 27 #35

I simply cannot imagine living in these people's fan fiction version of reality. chiffondior Aug 27 #43

"He forgot that Obama is not currently the President" Wednesdays Aug 27 #46

Then surely this guy is upset that trump had Figarosmom Aug 27 #51

No, what you've got, Brecheen Jilly_in_VA Aug 27 #56

There obviously is no limits to how dumb these republican representatives can be. They'll still qualify to run for SWBTATTReg Aug 27 #62

Oh For Pete's Sake!!! calimary Aug 27 #63

Umm...the Ottoman Empire was not defeated in 1683! It was defeated in WWI. LeftInTX Aug 27 #64

I think he is referring to this BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #65

By watching RW Youtube videos and reading Reddit posts or reading some insane fascist think-piece online or being told Karasu Aug 27 #78

The Siege of Vienna basically marked the end of Ottoman expansion into Europe. cab67 Aug 28 #88

Yeah, in Europe. But I'm Armenian. They killed 1.5 million Armenians, countless Greeks, Assyrians and Kurds LeftInTX Aug 28 #90

Understood. cab67 Aug 28 #93

we do have a 'sharia' law. except its catholic/evangelical. see the end of roe, trying to eliminate birth control. etc. pansypoo53219 Aug 27 #70

I'm surprised anyone here is surprised by this. This is what happens when modern Republicans actually say out loud Karasu Aug 27 #71

Yike. Book another room for a Republican at the happy hotel. Vinca Aug 27 #73

that laugh is priceless Skittles Aug 27 #76

"I'm a moron, he's a moron, she's a moron, we're all morons. Wouldn't you like to be a moron, too?" struggle4progress Aug 27 #80

Muslims are bad, why? BidenRocks Aug 27 #81

Oh, I just knew it would be a male and he'd be from OK Warpy Aug 27 #83

Let's ask AI Mblaze Aug 28 #85

When did we get so stupid? lees1975 Aug 28 #86

Then why does TSF love Erdogan so much? sinkingfeeling Aug 28 #87

what do you expect from these people - consistency? cab67 Aug 28 #89

This is a member of our national legislature Mysterian Aug 28 #91

And always be wary. ... There may be a third Corinthian lurking, ready to pounce. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 28 #92