New podcast episode today where we felt our feelings about the state of the Presidential race and then pivoted to talking about celebrity rumors about bodily functions and how we would handle it if we were the subject of such a rumor.
Listened to the pod on my long drive today. I needed that!!! I understand both Busy and Caissie’s viewpoints on the election. I hope to be hopeful like Caissie but right now I’m just so damn angry at the Dems for putting us here. In the last year or so there wasn’t ONE good candidate that could have been our “best chance” to beat Trump??? Ugh. Ughhhhhhhhh. Also, the Bette ep of the talk show was just amazing. Absolutely loved it. Thank you for everything you are doing now. Venting and distractions and all of it!
Cassie— you are 100% correct. It’s a really tough moment to be in. Busy is also 100% correct in that some folks on our side have just sort of sat on their hands for four years. There was so much that needed to happen between 2020 and 2022 that didn’t (codifying everything! Expanding the court! Just to name two). We need to form a coalition with the moderates and even the third parties who are of a mind to defeat fascism. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
The Gwynneth poop story is my new favorite thing. I’ve been calling it both the Shitsuation and Shittenfreude.
Biden is not the nominee yet. I’m not saying we replace him, but it was frustrating how much misinformation was in this episode. There are no more primary elections, so they wouldn’t have to change ballots. The DNC isn’t until August 19. If Biden dropped out and put his support behind Kamala Harris, the delegates could nominate her at the convention and Republicans would have no standing to claim voting corruption. Even if Biden doesn’t stand down, Democrats could nominate George Clooney at the convention and it would have nothing to do with Republicans. That’s our electoral college for you. We vote to guide our delegates, but the delegates don’t have to vote in accordance with us. Then in the general election, the ballots would reflect who we nominated at the convention. Also, Kamala Harris’ name is on the record with the FEC, so she could use the Biden/Harris funds in the general election.
Caissie - you should write an op-ed with your views. Everything you said on the pod about Biden and the election and “no one is asking convicted felon not to run” is so spot on plus this above. 💯💯💯 You are a good writer and your words resonate! 💙
Well guys...I’m back. Hope everyone is holding up ok in these wild times. I had to come comment about today’s show. I’m so frustrated with all of the Dems who have Busy’s take right now. It’s democracy or something darker than any of us can handle. Yes our system is failing, but the true time to protest this pic of endorsing the incumbent was when it was announced. No Dems haven’t been playing it dirty like the other side, but I believe that is a matter of strategic planning. They are Marvel who already know the end game they want and we are DC changing Batman’s backstory every 2 years. Radical change is upon us either way, but the best way forward is still within a democracy. The conversation overall is just pushing more dems or dem leaning people not to vote and as we all know, that is a vote for the other side.
About that podcast ladies.. for the politics convo my response will always be the same to anybody and everybody “I was bullied by family in my childhood home, bullied by school mates K-12th, and the accumulation of bullying brought me to attempting suicide at age 8 on the school playground and again at age 13 & 16. That last one at 16 almost took me and scared me into promising myself I’ll never do that again! So when it comes to my lifetime of ptsd & elections I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR NOR WILL I EVER SUPPORT A BULLY!”
Listened to the pod on my long drive today. I needed that!!! I understand both Busy and Caissie’s viewpoints on the election. I hope to be hopeful like Caissie but right now I’m just so damn angry at the Dems for putting us here. In the last year or so there wasn’t ONE good candidate that could have been our “best chance” to beat Trump??? Ugh. Ughhhhhhhhh. Also, the Bette ep of the talk show was just amazing. Absolutely loved it. Thank you for everything you are doing now. Venting and distractions and all of it!
Cassie— you are 100% correct. It’s a really tough moment to be in. Busy is also 100% correct in that some folks on our side have just sort of sat on their hands for four years. There was so much that needed to happen between 2020 and 2022 that didn’t (codifying everything! Expanding the court! Just to name two). We need to form a coalition with the moderates and even the third parties who are of a mind to defeat fascism. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
The Gwynneth poop story is my new favorite thing. I’ve been calling it both the Shitsuation and Shittenfreude.
Biden is not the nominee yet. I’m not saying we replace him, but it was frustrating how much misinformation was in this episode. There are no more primary elections, so they wouldn’t have to change ballots. The DNC isn’t until August 19. If Biden dropped out and put his support behind Kamala Harris, the delegates could nominate her at the convention and Republicans would have no standing to claim voting corruption. Even if Biden doesn’t stand down, Democrats could nominate George Clooney at the convention and it would have nothing to do with Republicans. That’s our electoral college for you. We vote to guide our delegates, but the delegates don’t have to vote in accordance with us. Then in the general election, the ballots would reflect who we nominated at the convention. Also, Kamala Harris’ name is on the record with the FEC, so she could use the Biden/Harris funds in the general election.
Caissie - you should write an op-ed with your views. Everything you said on the pod about Biden and the election and “no one is asking convicted felon not to run” is so spot on plus this above. 💯💯💯 You are a good writer and your words resonate! 💙
Well guys...I’m back. Hope everyone is holding up ok in these wild times. I had to come comment about today’s show. I’m so frustrated with all of the Dems who have Busy’s take right now. It’s democracy or something darker than any of us can handle. Yes our system is failing, but the true time to protest this pic of endorsing the incumbent was when it was announced. No Dems haven’t been playing it dirty like the other side, but I believe that is a matter of strategic planning. They are Marvel who already know the end game they want and we are DC changing Batman’s backstory every 2 years. Radical change is upon us either way, but the best way forward is still within a democracy. The conversation overall is just pushing more dems or dem leaning people not to vote and as we all know, that is a vote for the other side.
About that podcast ladies.. for the politics convo my response will always be the same to anybody and everybody “I was bullied by family in my childhood home, bullied by school mates K-12th, and the accumulation of bullying brought me to attempting suicide at age 8 on the school playground and again at age 13 & 16. That last one at 16 almost took me and scared me into promising myself I’ll never do that again! So when it comes to my lifetime of ptsd & elections I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR NOR WILL I EVER SUPPORT A BULLY!”
Luvz Ladies!! 💜🩷
Amen to that.