I would think Richard Painter was smarter than this?

[SHRED]

But I would be wrong.

Link to tweet

[lunasun]

1. Thanks SHRED

[SHRED]

3. My pleasure

[rog]

18. Politico: Blue Dogs Eye Comeback In 2018 (link below)

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/24/democrats-blue-dogs-eye-2018-comeback-240813

The group of moderate and conservative Democrats, which was all but wiped out when Republicans swept the House in 2010, has been slowly rebuilding its membership.

And with Democrats eager to woo the white working-class voters who flocked to Trump, the coalition is prodding party leaders to support Blue Dog-backed candidates, saying that’s the key to taking back the House in 2018. It’s a push that is quickly running into conflict with the party’s energized left flank.

.rog.

[oberliner]

2. Folks sometimes forget that Painter is a RW Republican George W Bush guy

Seems like folks praise him a lot here because he bashes Trump - but he is a RW Bush-ite Republican through and through.

[SHRED]

5. I appreciate a part of him

It's when he puts his RW hat on I can't stand.

[oberliner]

9. The Never Trump-ers are OK to a point

But important to remember, if folks like Richard Painter had their way, Jeb Bush would be POTUS right now.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I'd rather have Jeb Bush than Trump. Of course I'd rather have

damn near anybody than Trump.

[JHB]

34. Every single Never-Trumper spent their career paving the way for Trump...

They all accepted gaining votes by encouraging bigotry, fear, foam, and bile because it put THEM in power. Their only complaint is that they’ve been pushed to the sidelines.

They can’t disown him just by calling him names at this late date.

[JI7]

19. No he isn't. Right wing republicans are birther trash like tweeden and others who went after al fra

[oberliner]

20. Yes, he is

He worked in the George W Bush administration.

[JI7]

21. They doesn't make him right wing

[oberliner]

22. He refers to himself as a "pro-business Republican"

In the 2016 election he first supported Jeb Bush, then Marco Rubio.

[JI7]

24. That still doesn't make him right wing. Most democrats are pro business

[dchill]

4. Scratch any Republican and you'll find a Republican underneath.

He's usually pretty good, though.

[phleshdef]

6. Not sure about recent years, but looks like they gave a whopping 5,000 to BDP in 2012.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/nra-sent-money-to-23-members-of-congress-pacs-in-march

That won't even pay for a billboard.

[NCTraveler]

7. Chief White House Ethics Lawyer For George Bush. nt.

[awesomerwb1]

8. Richard is a strange guy.

He has his moments, but he's still a republican and likes to remind us that he is with tweets like these every so often.

[Orsino]

10. Painter isn't that stupid, but he is that dishonest. n/t

[EffieBlack]

11. He also cited a 7-month-old article nt

[Horizens]

13. Painter is Correct

How often do we criticize the right for ignoring facts. Painter's political and party affiliation do not make what he said any less true. The issue is gun control which he supports and that's what counts here.

There are a number of republicans whose political ideology I abhor but who have, and continue to speak loud and clear re their opposition to everything trump. Unlike almost all of the reps. in congress they have not ignored the massive failings of trump in order to further their political agenda. For that they deserve respect.

[flamingdem]

14. We know he's not stupid so the question is..

.. why he wrote that tweet. He's seems to be polishing his right wing idiot credentials for the sake of something.

[Cosmocat]

15. I think people are missreading it

he making a bit of an arcane point.

Not a broad sweeping shot at Ds, and it is a bit dated view, given the Blue Dogs were mostly flushed out.

[RandomAccess]

16. This makes me ill --

Not the NRA thing, tho that's bad enough. The BLUE DOG thing. I'm allergic to Blue Dog Dems.

Truman knew, and has never IMO been disproven:

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign. - Harry S. Truman, 1952 speaking to a National Convention banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action.

[Leith]

17. I Would Feel Better If There Were a Blue Checkmark

I searched for Richard Painter on twitter, and there weren't better results than this one.

The most obscure blogger has a blue check. Why doesn't Richard Painter?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. graph in "THE LEFT COLUMN" ?

I don't know the criteria for something being placed there on DU's home page.
This graph seems like a significant point in the debates going on right now. 'Toons' and news articles *still* generically refer to "Washington" and "Congress" as the problem when we all know it is the GOP that is taking the money.

[FreepFryer]

25. Then again, you retweet Thom Hartmann, so perhaps you beat Painter in that category. n/t

[SHRED]

27. Which category is that?

[FreepFryer]

28. The -not as smart as you think- category

In which you put Painter in your OP.

[SHRED]

29. WTF is your problem?

Why get personal?

[FreepFryer]

30. Why insult Painters intelligence when he is doing the heaviest ethical lifting? (n/t)

[SHRED]

31. You choose Republican Painter over Hartmann

And violate DU rules about attacking a fellow member.

Don't you fucking lecture me.

[FreepFryer]

32. LOL! Hartmann took Russian $ and advances Russian talking points...

At least Painter isn’t a traitor.

I’d choose an American conservative as an ally for this Progressive Democrat over a Russian fellow traveler (or useful idiot) any day.

[Wellstone ruled]

26. Okay,Mr. Painter is

in my opinion,referring to a couple of Congressmen who shall remain unnamed . And this is his way of reminding them of who they are and why they were elected. Message being sent is,stand up against the Gun Lobby.

[SHRED]

33. Here's the latest

Link to tweet