- I've seen a lotta proverbial gnashing of teeth over the MNGOP gubernatorial straw poll conducted this past the weekend.
Gov straw vote @mngop #scc2021 pic.twitter.com/0aQtgkV5FB
— Jennifer DeJournett (@JenDeJournett) December 11, 2021
First, the obvious. This was a poll of state central delegates, not the grassroots delegates who will be casting votes next spring. And secondly, a lot of the people up in arms over this result were claiming they were done with MNGOP politics, so why do they give a flip whom the potential candidate is? Seriously, get a grip.
For the record, Matt Dean won this same straw poll back in late 2017. He was out of the gov race within a few months after that. Sen. Paul Gazelka may fare better but there's no way he'll be the GOP nominee for MN Governor in 2022. Book it.
- Tesla founder Elon Musk (who someone indicated is this country's wealthiest African-American) was recently named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year." something which Fauxcahontas Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) referred to in a tweet the other day.
Let’s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else. https://t.co/jqQxL9Run6
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 13, 2021
Musk's replies had people calling 9-1-1 to report a murder.
You remind me of when I was a kid and my friend’s angry Mom would just randomly yell at everyone for no reason
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021
Please don’t call the manager on me, Senator Karen 🙏
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021
Oh, he wasn't done.
Don’t spend it all at once … oh wait you did already
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021
I guess Elon can launch rhetorical rockets just as effectively as literal ones.
- Woke sports network ESPN decided recently to broadcast an on-air doc about the rise in prominence of a black athlete in a predominately white sport.
Last year, a noose was found in Bubba Wallace's stall at Talladega Superspeedway. The next day, the NASCAR community stood with him in unity.
— ESPN (@espn) December 14, 2021
"I was like, 'Holy s---, it's the whole garage.' ... That's when I lost it." pic.twitter.com/Zh5HWumagX
Look, I'm all for a poignant display of unity and love, regardless the venue. But if you weren't at all familiar with this particular story, you wouldn't guess that the alleged "hate crime" was.....not a crime of any kind. A fact which ESPN themselves reported on.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2021
It's almost as if, in some people's eyes, it's more virtuous to be a victim of a racism than to work to eradicate the practice altogether. It's the only explanation I have for why fabrications of this kind get shouted from the hills before even a millisecond of healthy skepticism is conveyed.
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