Okay, That Doesn’t Even Make Sense.
Dan Patrick, Texas Lt. Governor, has just given up on making sense in normal earth terms. He’s making sense in terms of who even gives a damn anymore.
In an interview in Austin last week, Patrick explained something in non-scientific, non-reasonable, and non-correct terms and, bless his heart, he succeeds beautifully.
The five Dallas police officers killed in July would still be alive if the Black Lives Matter movement didn’t exist, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Saturday, and he does not regret criticizing protestors for organizing the march against violence that ended in tragedy.
Yes, and if the World Trade Center didn’t exist, there would never have been a terrorist attack on America. And Blue Bell Ice Cream would not be poisoning people again if we just didn’t talk about the poison in their ice cream.
Patrick was widely criticized after the deaths when he called protesters “hypocrites” for rallying against the same law enforcement officers that were providing security in downtown Dallas.
Patrick admits that was not a smart thing to say, but only after someone told him, “Son, that just butt ignorant.”
“No excuses because I don’t take back anything I said, by the way,” he told Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey during an onstage interview at the Texas Tribune Festival. “I used the wrong word. Condemn me if you want.”
That kind puts your brain in a knot, doesn’t it? “I don’t take it back. I used the wrong word, but get on your damn high horse and condemn me.” Uh, people usually want to take back wrong words. And, uh, what exactly would be the right word he was looking for? Does Dan need a thesaurus to look up hypocrite? Is that what he means?
He needs an interpreter.
He needs a one-way ticket to wherever in the galaxy (if anywhere) his words make sense. Sooner rather than later. I’ll chip in.
1Mr. Dan Patrick is the end result of the typical Robotic voter–now located in all 50 states of this wonderful country. He is the extreme of the extreme–and embodies the GOP party platform down to the core–I only wish the Robotic voters here in Texas would only read the document which they feel supports their “values”–his absurd comments only indicate that the caters to the Robots. The GOP party platform is downright scary and Mr. DP is now trying to copy MR. DT’s style by saying he just does not need to apologize–these are people with delusions of grandeur and hopefully the Robotic voters will see the light–Mr. DP is against separation between church and state (yet I can not fathom how he believes his behavior merits being called Christian) and wants to make sure schools are privatized, Christianized and paid for by our taxpayer dollars. The list goes on with him. Anyway, this is the new age of politicians–be bullies, say whatever you want and if it offends people–too bad, I am not taking it back-People hopefully will vote responsibly and recognize the difference between what these people actually say rather than what they do. They all read and act out of the same playbook and it is a shame that Texas was duped by this man as Lt. Governor of the State of Texas.
2Blithering idiot would be two steps UP for him.
3Trump chose well in making this moron his point man in Texas. They both hate everyone. They’re both lousy businessmen. And they are each dangerous as hell.
4Blithering Idiot is any one that voted for this low IQ bigot.
5Sorry JJ, but he makes total sense when seen for what he is. Not someone who represents us, but instead represents business. Quote from Patrick when talking about police shootings: “What’s the long term solution? Giving people hope by giving them the choice of finding the best school for them”. He then goes on to blast state funded education. Disaster capitalism. There’s no tragedy that can’t be turned into proof that “guvment is BAD”. Full disclosure, “Disaster capitalism” came from Naomi Klein.
6Dan Patrick is Lt Gov, not AG
still stupid and mean
7Yeeeek! We had something of the same here in VA after the massacre at VA Tech. The victims were blamed and so was the school for being in existence for them to attend so they could be murdered. There are Dan Patrick clones everywhere!
8This creep takes victim-blaming to incredible depths.
9Y’know if large segments of the populace were not taught by experience to distrust the police as a group and if the police were not taught by the experience of self-fulfilling prophesy that large segments of the populace were out to get them, then maybe police officers would be seen by the populace as beacons of the American way of life they think they are and the police would see groups of (wait for it…) citizens.
Pop.
F’it there went THAT bubble.
10Wellllll, nowwww…..
Let’s fly with Dan’s logic, shall we?
Bad government wouldn’t be bad if stoopid people didn’t vote for bad politicians. Sooo… we should get rid of all the stoopid people.
Hmmmm… I’m liking where this is going.
11As a 73-year-old, I’m thinking people be gettin’ crazy! Or should I say crazier. I think you’re great, Ms. Herownself, but I really, really miss Molly Ivins!
12Um, OK Dan. I condemn you. Does that make everything better?
Nope.
13I would pay $9 for a ticket to the movie “My Dinner With Dan Patrick & Sarah Palin.”
With Tom Wolfe as their waiter attired all in white, catching them off guard, unaware they’re the target of his banter between courses.
14The education of children is required by the Texas constitution. Privatizing it is not a good idea.
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