Susan Sarandon, who said not voting for "that woman" would "speed the revolution" and "the Supreme Court doesn't matter" in 2016.
The Berners in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan who had to "vote their conscience" and write in Bernie despite his pleading with them not to, in numbers that exceeded Trump's margin of victory in those three crucial states.
But the real architect of all this fakakte since the Republicans were allowed to take control of redistricting as a result of the 2010 election that saw the Democrats lose their majorities in state legislatures (down from 27 to 14) while the Republicans ended up in control of 26, the man who made sure that the past 12 years of crap was guaranteed, is....
Drumroll...
Rahm Pissant Emmanuel, the braindead moron who - as soon as Obama made him WH Chief of Staff in January 2009 - fired Howard Dean, whose 50-state strategy while chairman of the DNC was responsible for the 2008 victory that gave Democrats 60 Senate seats and a strong House majority (thus allowing Obamacare to happen), in favor of the losing strategy of "concentrating on winnable races only." Then went on to deactivate Obama For America, denying the Democrats the effective grassroots organization that could have countered the astroturf "Tea Party." Emmanuel's place on top of the list is closely followed by every left wing Democrat who got "disappointed" by Obama's "failure to deliver" and give them ponies and rainbows, who stayed home in November 2010 and gave the Republicans their victory by default.
Every Democrat who's "upset" by the way things are nowadays need only ask themself: "Did you vote in 2010?" If the answer is "No," YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF YOUR DISCONTENT.
And unfortunately, too many of the Dimocratic Wrong are ready to throw in the towel now on December, guaranteeing the end of the republic in 2024.
I say the above as a lifelong Democrat who used to think my home was "somewhere on the left."
Every single person associated with the election of trump, the people who worked in his administration, and all of the people who supported his outrageous behavior. Including the members of Congress who failed to vote for his first and second impeachment. The list of politicians is long.
Mitch McConnell and the greedy, power hungry GOP who know trickle down is a myth, but perpetuate it to serve their amoral greed and power, and who smugly refuse to subscribe to any policy which would serve the common good.
Virtually all elected Republicans. Whether demonstrably in league with Trump or silent in the face of his innumerable outrages, they failed their oaths and their nation.
In my book, at first I thought it was a tie between McConnell and McCarthy; but since McConnell had way more power than McCarthy and had a golden opportunity to rid our nation of the grifter, and was mealy mouthed and hypocritical at the conclusion of his second impeachment trial, he wins as the greatest and most despicable cowards. In third place are any ten gop senators who voted to acquit the grifter.
I nominate the TRAINED police officers who stood around a hallway and listened to shots fired inside a 4th grade classroom. They waited (cowered?) for 70+ minutes; 19 children, 2 adults died. Don’t watch the footage - I found myself screaming, “Oh my god, get in there! Stop the slaughter! Do something!”
I am 66 years old. The last ten years have proven that our generation has led the way in not just letting bad actors act, but in participating with them. What the hell happened? Seperation of church and state has been ignored- Corporations are considered people- normal Americans are diminished to mere labor poole. We’re also the genrration given the most opportunity, who acquired the most in human rights, including abortion rights, and gay marriage- we let our religions be hi-jacked and the likes of Mitch McConnel take over the leadership that sought to demolish those rights- and are succeeding in doing just that. We must bond with our younger citizens and seek the freedoms, no insist that our freedoms remain or be reinstated- If we dare ignore this, we will die having failed in life. The Putins of the world will have won. Make no mistake they are the same. This war on human rights/American Rights, will continue untill we call them out and oust each and every one of them. To name just one is blasphemy to the cause of keeping our democracy functioning and our freedoms in tact. Jan 6 Comm. Has ignored the likes of Ginni Thomas, daring nit to rock the boat her husband so irreverently rests in- again -they must all be ousted. Any ignoring will net to less and less freedom- The oligarchs, the corporations and the churches of hate, will win. How do we stand up and fight this horror? We start by disassembling their Cabal, by stopping them all, one by one. God Save our Country.
I would like to say Marjorie Taylor Green BUT she will be so unimportant that she will fade away. It has to be General Flynn who took the Fifth when asked if he believed in the Rule of Law, and so many other important, democratic principles. They should all be in jail.
That question is too hard to name all the individuals and corporations and media so I say all of the despicable humans who enabled and supported Trump, including Trump.
Garland is soon going on the list if he doesn’t engage and take action and open an investigation and grand jury. If he waits until republicans are in control the case will get swept under the rug and we will be totally lost.
McConnell comes to mind. So many in contention. I also think we have a lot of people who are fearful of speaking out against the Trump-ublicans for fear of reprisals when the House and Senate (most likely) flip. Fearful of being on the list of pro-democracy. Sad. I know I’ve many fewer ‘followers’ on FB. I post truths. I share facts. I beg for people to visit, write, call, email their elected officials to share their fears and make clear their vote will not be cast for any who do not support democracy. I beg them to just get out there and vote at every election, whether local, state or national. I rarely get a comment. It’s like I post to a vast void. I fear their apathy. I fear their ignorance. I fear their cowardice. Not wanting to get political is not an excuse. This is not the time to stand by and ‘not hurt people’s feelings.’ The vast majority of this country’s citizenry are not paying attention. They have no clue what is occurring. None. Or they believe it is beyond their ability to effect. I no longer trust my ability to assess character. Many who I formerly thought of as clear thinkers or made of sturdy stuff just aren’t. We live in a country overrun by ostriches.
I'm taking my picks local. The membership of my old despicable country club that I was ostracized from a few years ago. These "men" would dress up in MAGA gear to play and intimidate me and the other 5 ex-members who had to leave.
Conversely, I will continue to champion people who had the guts to stand up for what is right, even to their own perils of lost friends, family, and business.
To anyone who says we have to maintain friendships and still talk to them... I did that for 40 years. If you want these craven assholes to have friends, you can have my old ones. I have never felt so disgusted and free in all my life.
Most despicable is Mitch McConnell, who refused to allow Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court to even be considered in the Judiciary Committee or reported to the full Senate for a vote. McConnell said he told President Obama: "Mr. President, you will not get a Supreme Court Justice this year." McConnell himself said he made this statement to Obama, so McConnell cannot now claim it is fake news. Furthermo;re, McConnell and the Republicans have blocked every effort to reform voting laws or to even consider any proposed Senate legislation on the right to vote. History will remember him as a small-minded obstructionist who used his power as Senate majority leader to prevent legislation to improve our representative democracy and to recognize the rights of ALL citizens to vote.
My personal belief is that it's not 'courage' per se. Rather, it is a lack of understanding what leadership means---as opposed to gaining an employment position.
Leadership means leading the way, standing upon one's principles, committing to his oath and not allowing the tail to wag the dog.
Leadership is NOT hanging on to it by compromise, obsequious behavior, deriding others, cheating, lying, and betrayal.
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a model of consensus." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
To answer your question, it's not "who" will be remembered, they'll all be remembered as the greatest and most despicable cowards --- unless, of course, humans have officially entered devolution.
My first concern in answering this question is, who will be writing the history? If democracy falls to autocracy in the next few years, the history books will venerate McConnell, McCarthy, Barr, and the rest.
I believe that this has been a multi-decade effort to consolidate power on the GOP side by the ultra rich. From that belief, I see Rupert Murdoch as a lynchpin in this effort.
Near history must cite McConnell, McCarthy, Jordan, Gaetz, and the rest who voted against impeachment as fully culpable for this debacle.
If in 2000 Ralph Nader had had the courage to swallow his self-righteous ego and know that by running a race he couldn’t win but would cause Gore’s defeat, the situations of this country and of our future on this planet would be a lot more secure and agreeable than they are likely to be. All Ralph Nader had to do was keep being a useful moral scold and sermonizer. But he wanted to turn himself into a candidate. So here we are, because one man lacked the courage to be humble enough to stand aside.
I am going with Robert Mueller. He had the hope of the nation behind him and an opportunity to make a difference early one. At each turn he took the lightest, least impactful path and stayed compliant to Barr's interests.
Impossible to choose just one from so many candidates. We should make a distinction between cowardice and power-hungry malice. There are candidates for both.
McCain for caving to pressure to add Palin to the ticket, thus giving the Tea Party crazies legitimacy. The Republican Party who thought the only way they could win was by embracing them. And then not having the balls to kick them to the curb.
The only reason the Republicans are protecting DJT is because they don't want to establish a precedent for indicting an American president. The reason behind this is because many of them plan to run for office in the future and they wouldn't want that to happen to them. So much for the Republic - and for greed. Pollute the air, water, kill off the forests and the fish - there's money to be made! My God these people are hateful!
It's well known that the biggest cowards are often tremendous bullies. One man has been able to do more damage to democratic English speaking countries through bullying on an immeasurable scale in brainwashing the masses to support the execrable choices here through his power, the magnitude of which has never before existed.
I’ve scrolled down through 50 comments, or so, and haven’t yet seen mention of the one person whom I feel fits this description to a tee: The senior Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham. Because he knew how bad Donald Trump would be for our country, and said so. But instead of standing in opposition, in the end he embraced every awful thing Donald Trump did or said. A most despicable coward indeed.
So many great candidates! But I have to go with Mitch McConnell as most despicable bc most destructive.
The list is endless.
Susan Sarandon, who said not voting for "that woman" would "speed the revolution" and "the Supreme Court doesn't matter" in 2016.
The Berners in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan who had to "vote their conscience" and write in Bernie despite his pleading with them not to, in numbers that exceeded Trump's margin of victory in those three crucial states.
But the real architect of all this fakakte since the Republicans were allowed to take control of redistricting as a result of the 2010 election that saw the Democrats lose their majorities in state legislatures (down from 27 to 14) while the Republicans ended up in control of 26, the man who made sure that the past 12 years of crap was guaranteed, is....
Drumroll...
Rahm Pissant Emmanuel, the braindead moron who - as soon as Obama made him WH Chief of Staff in January 2009 - fired Howard Dean, whose 50-state strategy while chairman of the DNC was responsible for the 2008 victory that gave Democrats 60 Senate seats and a strong House majority (thus allowing Obamacare to happen), in favor of the losing strategy of "concentrating on winnable races only." Then went on to deactivate Obama For America, denying the Democrats the effective grassroots organization that could have countered the astroturf "Tea Party." Emmanuel's place on top of the list is closely followed by every left wing Democrat who got "disappointed" by Obama's "failure to deliver" and give them ponies and rainbows, who stayed home in November 2010 and gave the Republicans their victory by default.
Every Democrat who's "upset" by the way things are nowadays need only ask themself: "Did you vote in 2010?" If the answer is "No," YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF YOUR DISCONTENT.
And unfortunately, too many of the Dimocratic Wrong are ready to throw in the towel now on December, guaranteeing the end of the republic in 2024.
I say the above as a lifelong Democrat who used to think my home was "somewhere on the left."
Every member of Congress who voted against impeachment.
Lindsay Graham.
Every single person associated with the election of trump, the people who worked in his administration, and all of the people who supported his outrageous behavior. Including the members of Congress who failed to vote for his first and second impeachment. The list of politicians is long.
The law enforcement officers who waited an hour to go in and engage the
gunman in Uvalde.
The Democrats who sat out the 2016 election, and the Republicans who cast their ballots for Third parties.
Mitch McConnell and the greedy, power hungry GOP who know trickle down is a myth, but perpetuate it to serve their amoral greed and power, and who smugly refuse to subscribe to any policy which would serve the common good.
Virtually all elected Republicans. Whether demonstrably in league with Trump or silent in the face of his innumerable outrages, they failed their oaths and their nation.
The old school GOP like Romney and the few that are retiring this year and still fail to stand for Democracy.
In my book, at first I thought it was a tie between McConnell and McCarthy; but since McConnell had way more power than McCarthy and had a golden opportunity to rid our nation of the grifter, and was mealy mouthed and hypocritical at the conclusion of his second impeachment trial, he wins as the greatest and most despicable cowards. In third place are any ten gop senators who voted to acquit the grifter.
Manchin and Sinema
Tough choice between Lindsey Graham and Kevin McCarthy
Mark Meadows
Stephen Miller
The greatest cowards are those who remain quiet in the face of rising fascism in the Republican Party.
I nominate the TRAINED police officers who stood around a hallway and listened to shots fired inside a 4th grade classroom. They waited (cowered?) for 70+ minutes; 19 children, 2 adults died. Don’t watch the footage - I found myself screaming, “Oh my god, get in there! Stop the slaughter! Do something!”
I am 66 years old. The last ten years have proven that our generation has led the way in not just letting bad actors act, but in participating with them. What the hell happened? Seperation of church and state has been ignored- Corporations are considered people- normal Americans are diminished to mere labor poole. We’re also the genrration given the most opportunity, who acquired the most in human rights, including abortion rights, and gay marriage- we let our religions be hi-jacked and the likes of Mitch McConnel take over the leadership that sought to demolish those rights- and are succeeding in doing just that. We must bond with our younger citizens and seek the freedoms, no insist that our freedoms remain or be reinstated- If we dare ignore this, we will die having failed in life. The Putins of the world will have won. Make no mistake they are the same. This war on human rights/American Rights, will continue untill we call them out and oust each and every one of them. To name just one is blasphemy to the cause of keeping our democracy functioning and our freedoms in tact. Jan 6 Comm. Has ignored the likes of Ginni Thomas, daring nit to rock the boat her husband so irreverently rests in- again -they must all be ousted. Any ignoring will net to less and less freedom- The oligarchs, the corporations and the churches of hate, will win. How do we stand up and fight this horror? We start by disassembling their Cabal, by stopping them all, one by one. God Save our Country.
Ivanka Trump
1. Those who knew about Jan 6th plans ahead of time and did nothing to stop it.
2. Those in Congress (GOP) who refused to vote to certify the 2020 Election.
3. Uvalde police who did not attempt to rescue children held a school by a madman.
All good names, but maybe I have to go with Rupert Murdoch, the father of Fox News.
The ones we don't immediately think of.
Certainly Mitch and Kevin, but also the "sane" House members and Senators who didn't play lickspittles but remained silent.
Ben Sasse.
Jon Cornyn.
Tom Barrasso.
John Thune.
Tim Scott.
Jim Lankford.
Roy Blunt.
They knew but did nothing. They could have confronted Mitch early on and said Basta!
Same in the House.
There were some rational Republicans over there but they just stayed silent or quit and grabbed gigs on the cables.
They knew and they did nothing.
They're more guilty than the doofuses like Hawley and Cruz who live to smell the scent of the TV kleiglights.
The real traitors are the ones who could have stopped the cancer at stage one.
I would like to say Marjorie Taylor Green BUT she will be so unimportant that she will fade away. It has to be General Flynn who took the Fifth when asked if he believed in the Rule of Law, and so many other important, democratic principles. They should all be in jail.
That question is too hard to name all the individuals and corporations and media so I say all of the despicable humans who enabled and supported Trump, including Trump.
If I have to go with just one, Mitch McConnell.
Moscow Mitch, of course.
Garland is soon going on the list if he doesn’t engage and take action and open an investigation and grand jury. If he waits until republicans are in control the case will get swept under the rug and we will be totally lost.
McConnell comes to mind. So many in contention. I also think we have a lot of people who are fearful of speaking out against the Trump-ublicans for fear of reprisals when the House and Senate (most likely) flip. Fearful of being on the list of pro-democracy. Sad. I know I’ve many fewer ‘followers’ on FB. I post truths. I share facts. I beg for people to visit, write, call, email their elected officials to share their fears and make clear their vote will not be cast for any who do not support democracy. I beg them to just get out there and vote at every election, whether local, state or national. I rarely get a comment. It’s like I post to a vast void. I fear their apathy. I fear their ignorance. I fear their cowardice. Not wanting to get political is not an excuse. This is not the time to stand by and ‘not hurt people’s feelings.’ The vast majority of this country’s citizenry are not paying attention. They have no clue what is occurring. None. Or they believe it is beyond their ability to effect. I no longer trust my ability to assess character. Many who I formerly thought of as clear thinkers or made of sturdy stuff just aren’t. We live in a country overrun by ostriches.
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
I'm taking my picks local. The membership of my old despicable country club that I was ostracized from a few years ago. These "men" would dress up in MAGA gear to play and intimidate me and the other 5 ex-members who had to leave.
Conversely, I will continue to champion people who had the guts to stand up for what is right, even to their own perils of lost friends, family, and business.
To anyone who says we have to maintain friendships and still talk to them... I did that for 40 years. If you want these craven assholes to have friends, you can have my old ones. I have never felt so disgusted and free in all my life.
Most despicable is Mitch McConnell, who refused to allow Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court to even be considered in the Judiciary Committee or reported to the full Senate for a vote. McConnell said he told President Obama: "Mr. President, you will not get a Supreme Court Justice this year." McConnell himself said he made this statement to Obama, so McConnell cannot now claim it is fake news. Furthermo;re, McConnell and the Republicans have blocked every effort to reform voting laws or to even consider any proposed Senate legislation on the right to vote. History will remember him as a small-minded obstructionist who used his power as Senate majority leader to prevent legislation to improve our representative democracy and to recognize the rights of ALL citizens to vote.
Mitch McConnell
My personal belief is that it's not 'courage' per se. Rather, it is a lack of understanding what leadership means---as opposed to gaining an employment position.
Leadership means leading the way, standing upon one's principles, committing to his oath and not allowing the tail to wag the dog.
Leadership is NOT hanging on to it by compromise, obsequious behavior, deriding others, cheating, lying, and betrayal.
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a model of consensus." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
To answer your question, it's not "who" will be remembered, they'll all be remembered as the greatest and most despicable cowards --- unless, of course, humans have officially entered devolution.
James Comey -- without him Hillary would have been president and we would have avoided this entire Trump period.
My first concern in answering this question is, who will be writing the history? If democracy falls to autocracy in the next few years, the history books will venerate McConnell, McCarthy, Barr, and the rest.
I believe that this has been a multi-decade effort to consolidate power on the GOP side by the ultra rich. From that belief, I see Rupert Murdoch as a lynchpin in this effort.
Near history must cite McConnell, McCarthy, Jordan, Gaetz, and the rest who voted against impeachment as fully culpable for this debacle.
If in 2000 Ralph Nader had had the courage to swallow his self-righteous ego and know that by running a race he couldn’t win but would cause Gore’s defeat, the situations of this country and of our future on this planet would be a lot more secure and agreeable than they are likely to be. All Ralph Nader had to do was keep being a useful moral scold and sermonizer. But he wanted to turn himself into a candidate. So here we are, because one man lacked the courage to be humble enough to stand aside.
I am going with Robert Mueller. He had the hope of the nation behind him and an opportunity to make a difference early one. At each turn he took the lightest, least impactful path and stayed compliant to Barr's interests.
Impossible to choose just one from so many candidates. We should make a distinction between cowardice and power-hungry malice. There are candidates for both.
Stephen Miller, Lindsey Graham with the Gold to Meadows.
The Republicans who were afraid to vote for impeachment and continue to support the authoritarian movement.
McCain for caving to pressure to add Palin to the ticket, thus giving the Tea Party crazies legitimacy. The Republican Party who thought the only way they could win was by embracing them. And then not having the balls to kick them to the curb.
The only reason the Republicans are protecting DJT is because they don't want to establish a precedent for indicting an American president. The reason behind this is because many of them plan to run for office in the future and they wouldn't want that to happen to them. So much for the Republic - and for greed. Pollute the air, water, kill off the forests and the fish - there's money to be made! My God these people are hateful!
The term “Trumpian” will forever be synonymous with political corruption in the US & the start of American fascism.
McConnell comes to mind. So many in contention.
It's well known that the biggest cowards are often tremendous bullies. One man has been able to do more damage to democratic English speaking countries through bullying on an immeasurable scale in brainwashing the masses to support the execrable choices here through his power, the magnitude of which has never before existed.
Rupert Murdoch.
McConnell, Cruz. Hawley, Graham, Jordan, McCarthy, Boebert, Greene, Trump and far too many others.
Trump Graham McConnell Cornyn Giuliani
Too many.
I’ve scrolled down through 50 comments, or so, and haven’t yet seen mention of the one person whom I feel fits this description to a tee: The senior Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham. Because he knew how bad Donald Trump would be for our country, and said so. But instead of standing in opposition, in the end he embraced every awful thing Donald Trump did or said. A most despicable coward indeed.