{"id":39007,"date":"2020-02-17T08:45:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39007"},"modified":"2020-02-17T08:45:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:45:22","slug":"open-thread-2-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/17\/open-thread-2-17-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/17\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to rest all I can today, because tomorrow is shove a camera down my throat day.  Please expect only a Personal Update.  By the time WWWendy gets me home it will be supper time.  Depending on how I feel I may or may not be able to publish Wednesday.  I\u2019ll update you as soon as I can.  Oh God, it\u2019s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:56 (average 5:27).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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This is how white supremacists used to steal elections.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: Trump’s newest Medal of Freedom winner was apparently terribly concerned about presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg kissing his husband on stage <\/font>during an ugly rant on his radio show last week<\/a><\/font>, where he said this during his attack on the former mayor’s sexuality:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Now, there may be some Democrats who think that is the ticket. There may be some Democrats who think that’s exactly what we need to do, Rush. Get a gay guy kissing his husband on stage, to ram it down Trump’s throat and beat him<\/strong> in the general election. Really. Having fun envisioning that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Buttigieg was asked if he wanted to respond to Limbaugh’s remarks this Sunday by Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union:<\/p>\n