If he is still at large and still has access to surreptitious funding from Fascist billionaires, fleshing out this "scandal" sounds like it is right up little Jimmy OKeefe's garbage-strewn rat alley.
I, too, have a right-wing brother and I have no doubt that, if I were running for any office, he would instantly make up hateful shit about me and crow it to anyone who would listen. You're lucky there's such a thing as respect in your family. But, considering my parents now consider me as "dead to them" because I've never worshiped at the altar of trump (and have always been a very outspoken Democrat), I guess that particular rotten apple didn't fall too far from the tree.
Sorry to hear this. Sharper than a serpent's tooth is the betrayal of rwnj brother.
I suppose there is a detente of respect between myself and my brother because we are twins and because our loving parents are indeed dead to us, having both died suddenly and tragically when we were in our teens.
I'm so sorry about that. That must have been so awful to lose both your parents at such a young age. I'm glad, at least, that you and your brother recognize the fact that you can disagree without any assholery thrown into the mix.
I was gonna say I can't imagine being the type of MAGA piece of shit who would try to make a family member NOT become Vice President, but then I remembered my own brother, who would 100% do that to me, and simultaneously would deserve to have it done to him. But my allegations about him would not be "he barfed this one time as a kid" - and they would be enough to knock him off any ticket.
My brother and I were dissimilar in nearly every way. He was a defiant child who gave my parents fits. I was easy going, sensitive and spent hours quietly listening to my records. My bro struggled in school and had few friends. School came easy to me, and I had many friends. We both tried drugs and drank, but I succeeded anyway. He eventually succumbed to alcoholism at 51. I tried to help him, and we remained polite to each other. But we rarely spoke outside of the occasional family gathering. I simply was blessed with more gifts and luck than he was. I felt guilty for years knowing my life was so vastly different from his. It still makes me sad that his life was so seldom happy. We grew up in the same house, shared a bedroom as kids for years, and were given the same love and opportunities by our parents. And yet we barely knew each other after childhood and our lives couldn’t have been more different.
I have a friend whose husband is the funniest, nicest, smartest guy you could imagine, and his brother is a longtime addict. You just never know what path people from the same family are going to take.
It just goes to show you that you have agency in how your adult life will go, and that those who claim they never had a chance are deliberately shifting the responsibility for their own decisions and actions on someone else, a plea that nobody is obliged to listen to. I've known fine people who were raised by abusive alcoholics and yet didn't pass the abuse on to the next generation.
"As for whether Walz has the intestinal fortitude necessary to fly around on Air Force Two or go toe to toe with the Russkies in nuclear negotiations" What negotiations? Until some disaffected Rooskie finally pops a cap in Vlad's shriveled old ass, all we can do is watch Doctor Strangelove again and pine for the good old days. "Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines!"
No flavor of Pez is better than RED!
Q.E.D.
Lemon Pez > all other Pez
The Slingshot is the best ride ever! I go every year, yahooing my head off the entire time!
If he is still at large and still has access to surreptitious funding from Fascist billionaires, fleshing out this "scandal" sounds like it is right up little Jimmy OKeefe's garbage-strewn rat alley.
I got a rwnj bro, too. But he would never try that kinda shit with me. We disagree, but there's respect.
Tim Walz has earned mine, never moreso since this episode with his awful excuse for a brother.
I, too, have a right-wing brother and I have no doubt that, if I were running for any office, he would instantly make up hateful shit about me and crow it to anyone who would listen. You're lucky there's such a thing as respect in your family. But, considering my parents now consider me as "dead to them" because I've never worshiped at the altar of trump (and have always been a very outspoken Democrat), I guess that particular rotten apple didn't fall too far from the tree.
Sorry to hear this. Sharper than a serpent's tooth is the betrayal of rwnj brother.
I suppose there is a detente of respect between myself and my brother because we are twins and because our loving parents are indeed dead to us, having both died suddenly and tragically when we were in our teens.
We need each other.
I'm so sorry about that. That must have been so awful to lose both your parents at such a young age. I'm glad, at least, that you and your brother recognize the fact that you can disagree without any assholery thrown into the mix.
Pathetic, is what I call the RWNJs. And losers.
Once upon a time we had a commenter named "Vomiting Larry" and this story would be right up his alley.
Ta, Dok. *This* is what they've got? Harris-Walz 2024 and D candidates winning EVERYWHERE it's possible. GOTV and VOTE. With votes.
"staggering off the ride and into some bushes to hurl."
Doesn't bother me, as long as one of the Bushes is Dubya.
I was gonna say I can't imagine being the type of MAGA piece of shit who would try to make a family member NOT become Vice President, but then I remembered my own brother, who would 100% do that to me, and simultaneously would deserve to have it done to him. But my allegations about him would not be "he barfed this one time as a kid" - and they would be enough to knock him off any ticket.
My brother and I were dissimilar in nearly every way. He was a defiant child who gave my parents fits. I was easy going, sensitive and spent hours quietly listening to my records. My bro struggled in school and had few friends. School came easy to me, and I had many friends. We both tried drugs and drank, but I succeeded anyway. He eventually succumbed to alcoholism at 51. I tried to help him, and we remained polite to each other. But we rarely spoke outside of the occasional family gathering. I simply was blessed with more gifts and luck than he was. I felt guilty for years knowing my life was so vastly different from his. It still makes me sad that his life was so seldom happy. We grew up in the same house, shared a bedroom as kids for years, and were given the same love and opportunities by our parents. And yet we barely knew each other after childhood and our lives couldn’t have been more different.
Thank you for sharing that.
I have a similar story, which I won't repeat.
Nice to know , it just wasn't me.
I have a friend whose husband is the funniest, nicest, smartest guy you could imagine, and his brother is a longtime addict. You just never know what path people from the same family are going to take.
It just goes to show you that you have agency in how your adult life will go, and that those who claim they never had a chance are deliberately shifting the responsibility for their own decisions and actions on someone else, a plea that nobody is obliged to listen to. I've known fine people who were raised by abusive alcoholics and yet didn't pass the abuse on to the next generation.
The smirk on the daughter's face... I don't even need to open the video to know she got one over on dad!
Wait, he has an older brother who is a wacko conservative that he doesn't talk to? This guy just keeps getting more relatable by the day
One of us!
"As for whether Walz has the intestinal fortitude necessary to fly around on Air Force Two or go toe to toe with the Russkies in nuclear negotiations" What negotiations? Until some disaffected Rooskie finally pops a cap in Vlad's shriveled old ass, all we can do is watch Doctor Strangelove again and pine for the good old days. "Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines!"
Now that the DOJ is onto them, I'm sure Mr. Walsh will have some banking issues. Do they accept rubles?
I refuse to look the other way, can anyone deny that a VP that needs airsickness bags will add to the already high cost of government?
My brother still talks about something truly evil I did to him 35 years ago. The Poopie Smartie incident will definitely keep me out of office.