This Political Ad Will Make Thanksgiving Awkward 🦃

[Cristiano]

This tweet does not oversell this ad.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Why do I have a feeling some members of that family will go vegan/be traveling/come up with some other excuse not to be around each other for that event?

I had to do the opposite. When my brother saw that we were no longer facebook friends I readded him (but 'forgot' to readd his wife) blaming facebook, because, well, facebook. He did not bother to point out I was more familiar with sys admin offices as a kid than other kids were with the school disciplinarian's office, so it was a pretty obvious excuse. This was after an incident where he posted about going to 'chickafilla appreciation day' and his wife bragged about doing religious homeschooling of my nephews.

 

[Cristiano]

The phrase "religious homeschooling" is terrifying.

 

[detrius]

Holy shit.

 

[detrius]

From the YouTube comment section:

"Dr Brill is now head of the burn center in Maricopa County hospital."

 

[Kara Spengler]

The phrase "religious homeschooling" is terrifying.

Yep. I knew she was doing it (the association for them is the biggest pain to those of us trying to pass the CRPD, but that is another story). There was a thread on SLU where we were joking about a 'religious science textbook' and I posted about the original article to my timeline. Assuming it would give most of my followers a chuckle. Nope, she replied back that she was proud to homeschool her kids (not sure from the wording if she used that exact book but it did not really matter).

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

I can relate to wanting to stop your right wing nut job relatives from obtaining major political office. I'd be tempted to scream from the hilltops if one of my Trumpian relatives ran for office.

That said, I'd really like it if it became a strong taboo on both sides to ever use someone's family against them. Both sides do it far too often with the mentality of "well they other bastards do it, so why shouldn't we?"

 

[Noodles]

FiveThirtyEight gives Brill a 1% chance of winning.

Arizona 4th - 2018 House Forecast

 

[Innula Zenovka]

At least one of Rep. Gosar's siblings doesn't have to worry about dinner table conversation with him at Thanksgiving or at any other time:

In an interview with The Washington Post, David Gosar, 57, a lawyer in Jackson, Wyo., said he felt obligated to speak out against his brother because of his views, though he wished it weren’t the case.

“There isn’t a kooky, crazy, nutty thing that he isn’t a part of,” he said. “What are we supposed to do?”

David said he doesn’t talk to his brother much anymore. The split came around the time of his congressional run, when, David said, his brother told him he believed the “birther” theory that President Obama’s birth certificate is fake. (A 2010 clip from Politico quotes Paul Gosar as declining to say whether he believed Obama was born in the United States, saying it was “for the courts and for other people to decide.”)

“I was like, ‘Oh my God, you have to be kidding me,’ and then he went and got elected,” David Gosar said. “I’m not going to break bread with a racist.”

These six — yes, six — siblings of a Republican congressman just endorsed his opponent

 

[Dillon Levenque]

When I first saw the article I had the wtf reaction you'd expect but after reading it I understood. Just as one of them said in the quote above in Innula's post, they had no choice. The guy is an absolute slimeball. There isn't any way around it.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

At least one of Rep. Gosar's siblings doesn't have to worry about dinner table conversation with him at Thanksgiving or at any other time:These six — yes, six — siblings of a Republican congressman just endorsed his opponent

Talk about being the black sheep of the family!

 

[Kathryn Elisabeth]

I thought that the siblings sounded like reasonable people. They do cuss a lot less than I do when any of my relatives attempt to recite Fox News around me.

*evil grin* Oh Thanksgiving there would be fun!!! You want gravy? HERE IS THE G**D*** GRAVY!

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

That said, I'd really like it if it became a strong taboo on both sides to ever use someone's family against them. "

One would think that the taboo of coming out against your own family members would be enough deterrent!

I'm fine with it so long as they leave the children out.

 

[Cristiano]

Twelve family members of the Nevada GOP gubernatorial candidate wrote an op-ed saying he is the wrong choice for NV.

Nevada GOP gubernatorial nominee's family say that he 'is the wrong choice' in op-ed