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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (348322)	9/13/2025 2:57:56 AM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By longz Thomas M. Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353887

The article you posted was FULL of flat-out lies. Just shit that anyone who pays attention to politics is aware of. Why did you post that without even reading it? Or were you intended to further portray the lies?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (348322)	9/13/2025 3:16:56 AM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By longz Thomas M. Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 353887

He did say, in effect, that -- MSNBC host Joy Reid, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and former First Lady Michelle Obama. He implied their professional successes were due to affirmative action rather than merit. However, he was quite correct. Ketangi Brown Jackson, Shelie Jackson Lee (now deceased) all have shown time and again they do not have the qualifications to hold they hold or held. Period. Shela Jackson was an idiot when she arrived there, and god rest her soul, she was an idiot at her death. As to Obama, I am not aware of her doing actual work or making a significant contribution to her country, even of time. And Joy Reid, we all know is an idiot on her best days. So, I would argue that Kirk likely commented on these four women specifically because they were simply not up to the challenge. Contrast with, e.g., Condi Rice, or maybe Jeane Kirkpatrick. These are women who ranked with the best and brightest. No one can call them stupid. There HAVE been smart Democrats regardless of gender, for sure. It's a little hard to name one. But they have existed. I do not, however, know of a smart woman who was a news reporter and a Democrat. I do think some have served in former Democrat administrations. I'm not sure, but I'm sure there has been one. Maybe Monica Lewinski.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (348322)	9/13/2025 8:20:10 AM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By CentralParkRanger Respond to of 353887

I goes to show how far into fascism Noodles et al have drifted when someone like Kirk gets presented as a paragon of American virtues.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (348322)	9/17/2025 11:15:03 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353887

Consider what Kirk said about Black women leaders and affirmative action. Assailing affirmative action “picks” Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Kirk said, sickeningly, “you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously” without affirmative action. “You had to steal a white person’s slot.” Having listened to Matt Taibbi on this subject yesterday, it has become entirely clear that he did NOT say that. It was a lie and a smear against Kirk. Here, it is exquisitely explained by JD Vance and by Taibbi in the discussion that follows, including Taibbi's excellent explanation of how it happened, and how the quite was able to get through the "system" of the Nation's rules on quoting. Well worth reading. youtube.com Please correct your records at once.