History in the making

[gowlerk 1,902]

6 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Ken,

For those who do not remember or never knew:  Ted Sorensen - Wikipedia

Jerry Baumchen

PS)  Sorensen was President Kennedy's special counsel, adviser, and primary speechwriter, the role for which he is remembered best.

 

Yes, I am not old enough to remember him. But I am aware of who he was.

[kallend 1,620]

Sure seems like the wingnuts have taken over the GOP.  Did anyone see what Taylor-Greene and Gaetz had to say about 01/06/21?

 

Orwell was just off by a few years.

[ryoder 1,380]

Cyber Ninjas, company that led Arizona GOP election 'audit,' is shutting down

That's a shame.

[billvon 2,380]

2 hours ago, ryoder said:

Cyber Ninjas, company that led Arizona GOP election 'audit,' is shutting down

That's a shame.

Bless their hearts.

[ryoder 1,380]

Apparently, Ted Cruz answers to Tucker Carlson these days:

 

[Bigfalls 110]

21 hours ago, gowlerk said:

So what. Do you think JFK wrote his own speeches? He chose to deliver it.

No, most politicians' speeches are written by someone else, but history credits the speaker with the quote.

[kallend 1,620]

It was better when Trump stuck to the script.  Not so many lies.  

[Erroll 49]

On 1/7/2022 at 3:15 AM, JerryBaumchen said:

Sorensen was President Kennedy's special counsel, adviser, and primary speechwriter, the role for which he is remembered best.

I remember Sorensen but I did not know this:- "Most notably, he was generally regarded as the author of Profiles in Courage".

Seems to me that several current senators would do well to try and emulate those written about in the book.

[kallend 1,620]

22 hours ago, ryoder said:

Cyber Ninjas, company that led Arizona GOP election 'audit,' is shutting down

That's a shame.

On Thursday, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Phoenix delivered a detailed four-hour livestreamed rebuttal of all the firm’s claims, showing that all, except one involving 50 votes, were either mistaken, misleading or outright false.

That same day, a superior court judge cited the company for contempt after it refused to surrender records of its vote review to The Arizona Republic, which is seeking them under a freedom of information request. He levied a $50,000-a-day fine on the firm until it produces the records.

By week’s end, lawyers said the firm was insolvent and had laid off its employees, including Doug Logan, its chief executive and onetime proponent of a baseless theory that the state’s voting machines had been rigged.

 

 

The shutdown was confirmed on Friday by a spokesman, Rod Thomson, who said it was unclear whether the company would declare bankruptcy.

That did not impress the judge, John Hannah, who suggested that the shutdown might be designed “to leave the Cyber Ninjas entity as an empty piñata for all of us to swing at.” The official Maricopa County Twitter account seized on the description, declaring that “an empty piñata is a pretty accurate description of the ‘audit’ as a whole.”