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Steve Schmidt called the Huckster's Evil Spawn a liar who disgraces the Constitution (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 OP
He's right. Schmidt had some choice for words for Steve Bannon this morning, too: highplainsdem Dec 2017 #1
That POS makes Sphincter look like a saint dalton99a Dec 2017 #2
She is a very slick liar. 3catwoman3 Dec 2017 #3
He just shot down those "poor Sarah" memes on Nicolle Wallace Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #4
My friend was a cop for thirty seven years. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 #5
No doubt, and I bet he got paid a lot less than her Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #6
My friend Tom's dad drove truck and his mom waited in a cafe for 30 years. Those two had tough jobs. marble falls Dec 2017 #10
those damn dirty unions, hey? Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #19
I am pro union. But this was the Teamsters under Frank Fitzsimmons through Jackie Presser.... marble falls Dec 2017 #21
very well aware of how crooked the teamsters were, in many cases. I was a member in high school. Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #23
I was nasty? You were trolling for an antiunion snap and accused me of friend of a friending... marble falls Dec 2017 #24
lighten up Francis, and try reading my post again, which answered one of your questions Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #25
Lighten up Francis. Pull your head from your fundiment..... marble falls Dec 2017 #26
little touchy, there, "brother?" Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #27
Where have I run down unions? Where? You're really full of yourself.... marble falls Dec 2017 #28
goody, 'brother' Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #29
relax, brother, enjoy the peace Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #30
It's embarrassing that the leader of our nation who speaks our own language needs an interrupter. nt Snotcicles Dec 2017 #7
I think you mean interpreter but he needs an "interrupter" too... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 #9
Lol. You're on both. nt Snotcicles Dec 2017 #22
Her accusation that one's mind must be in the gutter to consider his tweet on Gillbrand sexist... Thor_MN Dec 2017 #8
LOL........... Historic NY Dec 2017 #11
I adore Steve Schmidt RandomAccess Dec 2017 #12
I always respected him....a straight shooter. Pauldg47 Dec 2017 #14
Me too ailsagirl Dec 2017 #15
And dear God, we need so many more of him RandomAccess Dec 2017 #16
Absolutely ailsagirl Dec 2017 #20
The entire Huckleberry family.... SergeStorms Dec 2017 #13
Yup. madamesilverspurs Dec 2017 #17
As we say in Arkansas; TomSlick Dec 2017 #18

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
4. He just shot down those "poor Sarah" memes on Nicolle Wallace
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 05:10 PM
Dec 2017

I get sick of those who say poor Sarah she has a tough job and did the same for Spicer. They, as Schmidt pointed out, swore an oath to this country and are getting well-paid by the taxpayers to be honest out there and they are doing nothing but openly lying every day.

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
6. No doubt, and I bet he got paid a lot less than her
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 05:18 PM
Dec 2017

As do teachers, nurses, social workers, among many other people who contribute more to this society than she will ever in her whole life.

marble falls

(57,093 posts)
10. My friend Tom's dad drove truck and his mom waited in a cafe for 30 years. Those two had tough jobs.
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 06:05 PM
Dec 2017

And then the Teamsters beat Mr Neal out of his pension. And Mrs Neal had only SSI. Sca-rooo Sarah Huckleberry Sanders and her bible college education.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
19. those damn dirty unions, hey?
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 10:09 PM
Dec 2017

care to fill in some details on that?

not saying' anything about what happened to "your friend's dad," but I've heard lots of stories like that....very often they don't survive more than superficial scrutiny

welfare Cadillac queens ring a bell?

marble falls

(57,093 posts)
21. I am pro union. But this was the Teamsters under Frank Fitzsimmons through Jackie Presser....
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 10:43 PM
Dec 2017

I've been a satisfied member of the UAW and I supported Walter Ruether for POTUS when he thought he might run and the best union of all, the old AFL-CIO, my dad was a union bricklayer and my grandfather was a member of UMW when Jock Yablonski was President. My grandfather died of black lung and thank G*d for the union. I believe in closed shop contracts and so-called right to work states are bullshit. I know, I live in one now.

I believe in unions and unionized workers. If you don't know about what the Teamsters did to their membership in the '70's you need to read up. Start with the "Central States Pension Fund". Google it. I was also a Teamster when I worked for Salem Potato Chip and the contract we production workers got VS the one the drivers got, well have you ever heard of a "sweetheart contract"???

Screw your aspersions, BTW. Welfare Cadillac, my ass. Wiki Frank Fitzsimmons and Jackie Presser and the two interim morons.

http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/22/us/us-reaches-accord-on-teamster-fund.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Fitzsimmons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Presser

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-09-29/news/8503060109_1_presser-on-labor-fraud-jackie-cerone-jackie-presser

Go ahead read just this and learn something.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
23. very well aware of how crooked the teamsters were, in many cases. I was a member in high school.
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 10:52 PM
Dec 2017

would have been a good idea to preface your remarks with that "pro union" stance

my first union affiliation was with the teamsters, btw

I'm well aware of what crooks Fitzsimmons/Presser were, along with their predecessors, like you know who

no need to be so nasty

I'm sure many others here were wondering about the impression your post left regarding unions, seeing as how they're just about the last bastion left against the big gov/big biz fascists who are on their way to complete hegemony....... hence my initial skepticism

be nice

apology already accepted!

marble falls

(57,093 posts)
24. I was nasty? You were trolling for an antiunion snap and accused me of friend of a friending...
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 11:02 PM
Dec 2017

my accounting of Mr Neal's getting fucked out of his pension after paying Teamster dues for more than thirty years, comparing my recounting of it as fake as welfare cadilacs are. Me apologize? Nice try.

Are you grown up enough to apologize to me? Were you ever even a member of a Union?

"those damn dirty unions, hey?

not saying' anything about what happened to "your friend's dad," but I've heard lots of stories like that....very often they don't survive more than superficial scrutiny

welfare Cadillac queens ring a bell?"

You think that's civil?????? I owe YOU an apology?

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
25. lighten up Francis, and try reading my post again, which answered one of your questions
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 11:13 PM
Dec 2017

and, again (as I said above) you FAILED to mention any union ties, or pro union sentiment in your first post, which prompted my response

there's been lots of union bashing going on here for many years (especially teachers), as well as red herrings galore, hence my reaction to your anti union assertion. how long have you been posting here? perhaps not long enough to have experienced the myriad discussions along those lines

apparently your dander was so high it got in the way of your vision, or hampered your reading comprehension

try reading my post again, and calm down a bit

from a twenty plus year union member.....got it, as you didn't when you failed to comprehend my first post?

marble falls

(57,093 posts)
26. Lighten up Francis. Pull your head from your fundiment.....
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 11:16 PM
Dec 2017

"those damn dirty unions, hey?

not saying' anything about what happened to "your friend's dad," but I've heard lots of stories like that....very often they don't survive more than superficial scrutiny

welfare Cadillac queens ring a bell?"

You think that's civil?????? I owe YOU an apology?

You challenged ME, brother. Grow the fuck up.
 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
27. little touchy, there, "brother?"
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 11:23 PM
Dec 2017

doth the dame protest too much?

you're the one running down unions on a democratic thread, are you not?

enjoy your pot stirring

all you had to do was to have mention some sort of solidarity/bona fides in your post

I've seen too much of that anecdotal gobswallow here to let something like that pass here uncommented upon

why don't you just sit back and enjoy a perhaps unexpected victory for "our" side tonight

mmmkay?

buhbye

marble falls

(57,093 posts)
28. Where have I run down unions? Where? You're really full of yourself....
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 11:31 PM
Dec 2017

Why don't you ask your questions sans nastiness and trollishness, you do know trolling is also frowned on here, too, don't you?

YOU brought up welfare cadilacs.
YOU suggested I was merely reciting a story I heard from a friend and then admitted - oh yeah - Teamsters DID go through a period of proven mob connections and mishandling of the pension funds - and I'm the bad guy?

Grow up.

The last word is yours, brother.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
29. goody, 'brother'
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 11:38 PM
Dec 2017

talk to you some day, when you get back from the Oort Cloud, and get used to reality

meanwhile, celebrate Jones' victory!

 

Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)
7. It's embarrassing that the leader of our nation who speaks our own language needs an interrupter. nt
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 05:33 PM
Dec 2017
 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
8. Her accusation that one's mind must be in the gutter to consider his tweet on Gillbrand sexist...
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 05:53 PM
Dec 2017

Trump's mode of speaking includes "grab them by the pussy", "that c*nt woman on the airplane", "I did try and fuck her.".

Sarah, you boss's mind is in the gutter, so are you admitting that the tweet was sexist?

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
12. I adore Steve Schmidt
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 06:52 PM
Dec 2017

Absolutely.

I'd no doubt disagree with him greatly on normal policy things, but his anti-Trump stance is brilliant, principled, articulate, wonderful.

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
15. Me too
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 07:36 PM
Dec 2017

Last edited Tue Dec 12, 2017, 10:29 PM - Edit history (1)

He doesn't automatically fall in along party lines--

I definitely consider him an articulate, intelligent, and rational human being.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
16. And dear God, we need so many more of him
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 07:41 PM
Dec 2017

And I could add Nicole Wallace, Charlie Sykes, Rick Wilson, Ana Navarro, and a few others.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
13. The entire Huckleberry family....
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 07:01 PM
Dec 2017

is just one or two chromosomes away from being throw-back Neanderthals. Of course the Huckleberry family doesn't believe there ever were Neanderthals, so they have that going for them.

Didn't one of her brothers get kicked out of the Boy Scouts for torturing a dog? Mike, the Dad, is not playing with a full deck, and of course, Sarah......Sarah......Sarah...is a liar extraordinaire. She looks like she could fight her way out of any seedy waterfront bar without getting a scratch on her.

How could such a good christian family be so utterly devoid of integrity? The entire family has backed Trump since he became the Republican nominee. Are you shitting me? Someone as vile and soulless as Trump deserves their "christian" support?

The entire Huckabee clan is deserving of nothing better than complete scorn.

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