leaving the GOP – Pensito

08 Mar, 2021

An Affiliation Revelation

February 10, 2021 Buck Banks

They backed a guy who writes with a Sharpie,
So their affiliation switch seems like malarkey.
But after the insurrection
They had a revelation,
And now Republicans are fleeing the Grand Old Party.

Richard Haas Leaves Republican Party

February 10, 2021 Buck Banks

“I didn’t leave the Republican Party; the Party left me.”

— Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass announced that he has officially left the Republican Party, invoking a version of famous quote from his former boss, Ronald Reagan.

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An Affiliation Revelation

Richard Haas Leaves Republican Party

“I didn’t leave the Republican Party; the Party left me.”

— Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass announced that he has officially left the Republican Party, invoking a version of famous quote from his former boss, Ronald Reagan.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“To me, Donald Trump is sort of a cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and P.T. Barnum. … He could make the Republican Party something that nobody else I know can make it. He can make it bigger. He can make it stronger. He can make it more diverse. And he also could destroy it.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Axios that Donald Trump has a “dark side” but he tries to “harness the magic” because he succeeded where Republican candidates like John McCain and Mitt Romney failed.

“I was one of the worst waiters in the history of the country but I was a waiter.”

— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), quoted by the Washington Post, on raising the tipped minimum wage.

“Neanderthals are hunter-gatherers, they’re protectors of their family, they are resilient, they’re resourceful, they tend to their own. So, I think Joe Biden needs to rethink what he is saying.”

— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), on Fox Business, on President Joe Biden’s criticism of the governors of Texas and Mississippi. It’s not clear why she’s speaking in the present tense.

— GOP pollster Whit Ayres, quoted by the New York Times

— Idaho state Rep. Karey Hanks (R), reported by KVTB-TV

Numerati

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90 million

The United States has administered 90.35 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Sunday morning, Reuters reports.

70% to 85%

2 million

New York Times: “The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the United States per day topped two million for the first time on Wednesday… A month ago, the average was about 1.3 million.”