Nikki Haley's Last Stand?

Plus: Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?

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Nikki Haley's Last Stand?

In this week's episode of The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman and Katherine Mangu-Ward welcome back Nick Gillespie, alongside special guest Christian Britschgi. The editors check in on Nikki Haley's slight surge in the Republican primary race and then assess the Democratic Party's growing fears about the state of Joe Biden's reelection campaign.

00:32—Nikki Haley's campaign situation

25:23—Democratic concerns about the Biden campaign

38:19—Weekly Listener Question

40:44—Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns.

47:05—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"No, Nikki Haley, We Don't Need to Turn Schools Into Airports, the Place Literally Everyone Hates," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Haley Rising," by Liz Wolfe

"Nikki Haley Opposed Boeing Subsidies at Tonight's GOP Debate. As Governor, She Gave Boeing Millions." by Christian Britschgi

"Nikki Haley's Crazy Plan To Require Verification on Social Media," by Robby Soave

"2024 GOP Candidates Are Competing To Restrict Immigration," by Fiona Harrigan

"Republicans Pivot to Bombing Iran in Third Debate," by Eric Boehm

"My Favorite Things (TSA Version)," by Remy, Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and John Carter

"Southern Nationalism," by Charles Oliver

"Blame Joe Biden and the Fed for Inflation," by Nick Gillespie and Vernon Smith

"Joe Biden's $11 Trillion Plan To Bankrupt America," by Nick Gillespie

"Real Man of Genius: Joe Biden," by Nick Gillespie and Dan Hayes

"Blessed Are the Shitposters," by Liz Wolfe

"Does A.P. Really Think Conservatives Invented Plagiarism Accusations?" by Robby Soave

"Harvard's Affirmative Action Hire Gets the Boot," by Liz Wolfe

"Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns After Plagiarism Scandal," by Robby Soave

"Hell Hath No Fury," by Liz Wolfe

"Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again," by Nick Gillespie

"Artifact: Andy Warhol's Ironic Achievement," by Nick Gillespie

"Supreme Court: Andy Warhol's Prince Prints Not 'Transformative' Enough for Fair Use," by Joe Lancaster

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Audio production by Ian Keyser; assistant production by Hunt Beaty.

Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve

What are we consuming this week?

Peter Suderman

• Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling

Katherine Mangu-Ward

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins

Christian Britschgi

• Fatherland: A Novel by Robert Harris

Nick Gillespie

• Warhol After Warhol: Secrets, Lies, & Corruption in the Art World by Richard Dorment

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Comments

[Chumby]

Haley’s First Stand was selling lemonade.

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

Neocon Barbie better hope she can turn lemons into lemonade.

[Chumby]

No Tom Collins?

[Dillinger]

looks more like a Michael Collins

[VULGAR MADMAN]

Before or after he was shot?

[Roberta]

Ha, I like the way these laid out in the thread:
"Haley’s First Stand was selling lemonade.
"3 hours ago."

[Dillinger]

was just lol'ing about this w/mme dillinger - fauxnews schedule:

tonight! Nikki @6:00 eastern ... tomorrow! Governor Boots @6:00 eastern ... Thursday! T @8:00 eastern

they want her to win & won't even give her 8:00 eastern

[JesseAz]

Hard to stand a long time in weaponized high heels.

[A Thinking Mind]

Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?

Porque no los dos?

[JesseAz]

Having sex with Pelosi in a Senate hearing room?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul. they/them)]

Having gay sex with Paul Pelosi in a hearing room.

*drops microphone*

[SQRLSY One]

Having gay sex with Nancy Pelosi AND Nikki Haley AND Margaret Thatcher AND Hillary-Boob Clinton, Moose-Mammary-Necrophilia-Farter-Fuhrer, AND some midgets AND the landlady, in a Senate hearing room?

[Dillinger]

Christy Todd Whitman or no deal.

[SQRLSY One]

Christy Todd Whitman is hereby and alwaysby admitted!!! And some gerbils and some green paint and the parole ossifer and Saint Babbitt and some horny trilobites, Lizard People, Big-Foot, Elvis the Gyrating and Gyranting Pelvis... AND ALL who want to cum!!!

[VULGAR MADMAN]

You’re no SUGARFREE.

[SQRLSY One]

I ASS-spire to be Agile Cyborg, dammit!!!!

[VULGAR MADMAN]

You would.

[mad.casual]

When every problem you’ve got looks like gay sex with Paul Pelosi in a hearing room, suddenly every solution begins to look like a hammer.

[Set Us Up The Chipper]

Hammer time

[Liberty Yeti]

Worse than either would be having sex in Pelosi's office.

[Fats of Fury]

Pelosi’s pretty much trashed her own office.

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

But got very wealthy in the process.

[Sarah Palin's Buttplug 2]

Buttplug's Skank Update:

Lauren Boebert Accused of Punching Her Ex-Husband in the Face: Report
The allegation, which she denies, comes mere months after the Colorado congresswoman was caught on CCTV groping her date at a performance of Beetlejuice.
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Mike Kite, the police chief of Silt, Colorado, confirmed to The Washington Post that officers were called to the Miner’s Claim restaurant on Saturday following an alleged physical altercation between the lawmaker and Jayson Boebert. The incident remains under investigation, with the department reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing potential witnesses. However, Boebert’s ex-husband told The Denver Post that he had informed police that he did not wish to pursue charges, despite having claimed to be a “victim of domestic violence.”
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The Boeberts have a history of accusing each other of domestic violence, dating back to before their marriage in the mid-2000s. The couple divorced last year, but even with her ex out of the picture, the congresswoman has continued to cause national scandal with her personal life. In September, she and a date were removed from a Denver performance of the Beetlejuice musical after being disruptive; the two were later seen groping each other on CCTV video.
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Meanwhile, Jayson Boebert has his own criminal record. He was arrested in 2004 after allegedly exposing himself to two women at a Colorado bowling alley. He ultimately pleaded guilty to charges of “public indecency and lewd exposure” and was sentenced to four days in jail and two years of probation.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/lauren-boebert-accused-punching-ex-husband

I know we all respect Republican family values in this age of the Pussy Grabber.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul. they/them)]

#BelieveAllWomen.

[SQRLSY One]

#PussiesNeedToBeGrabbed!!!

I, for one, welcome our (semi) New and Nude Pussy-Grabbing "Team R" Over-Lards!!!

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

You’ve ushered in the age of the unrepentant child rapist.

So really fuck you. Leave us alone and go kill yourself.

[SQRLSY One]

Hey Punk Boogers!!!

Conservaturds making friends, gathering votes, and influencing people by... PEDDLING KOOL-AID AND SUICIDE!!! How's it workin' for ya, servant and serpent of the Evil One?

EvilBahnFuhrer, drinking EvilBahnFuhrer Kool-Aid in a spiraling vortex of darkness, cannot or will not see the Light… It’s a VERY sad song! Kinda like this…

He’s a real Kool-Aid Man,
Sitting in his Kool-Aid Land,
Playing with his Kool-Aid Gland,
His Hero is Jimmy Jones,
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Jones
Loves death and the dying moans,
Then he likes to munch their bones!
He’s truly, completely a necrophiliac,
His brain, squirming toad-like, is REALY, really whack!
Has no thoughts that help the people,
He wants to turn them all to sheeple!
On the sheeple, his Master would feast,
Master? A disaster! Just the nastiest Beast!
Kool-Aid man, please listen,
You don’t know, what you’re missin’,
Kool-Aid man, better thoughts are at hand,
The Beast, to LEAVE, you must COMMAND!

A helpful book is to be found here: M. Scott Peck, Glimpses of the Devil
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439167265/reasonmagazinea-20/

Hey EvilBahnFuhrer …
If EVERYONE who makes you look bad, by being smarter and better-looking than you, killed themselves, per your wishes, then there would be NO ONE left!
Who would feed you? Who’s tits would you suck at, to make a living? WHO would change your perpetually-smelly DIAPERS?!!?
You’d better come up with a better plan, Stan!

[sarcasmic]

I like that song, and don't want to associate it with online idiots.

Pick a different tune. No I don't have any suggestions.

[LIBertrans]

"Kill Yourself," by the Uranium Savages of Austin Texas. Recorded live at Soap Creek Saloon!

[SQRLSY One]

https://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/timbaland/kill_yourself.html#!

Now THIS is more "Deep" than the shit posted by Punk Boogers, Moose-Mammary-Necrophilia-Farter-Fuhrer, etc., by far!!!!

[Mother's Lament]

Sqrlsy, Hank and Sarcasmic all together in one circle jerk. It's really too bad Hihn isn't around to witness his heirs in action.

[SQRLSY One]

Moose-Mammary-Necrophilia-Farter-Fuhrer LOVES and adores suicides, and then rags on the Government Almighty of Canuckistanistanistanistan for being just EXACTLY like Moose-Mammary-Necrophilia-Farter-Fuhrer, with regards to that!!!

Hypocritical self-righteousness, HELLO?!?!?

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

[sarcasmic]

Do some of the Strange Brew soundtrack.

[InsaneTrollLogic]

Shit, all they’re missing is Jeffy and the Pedo.

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

That could be a new children’s show on Disney Kids.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul. they/them)]

Can I try a different question:

Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or shooting a young black man, execution style during a BLM protest?

[mad.casual]

@3:15
A: "I'm sorry... I ran out of bullets."
B: [laughs]
C: [laughs]

Not all cops are assholes, not all assholes carry badges. Rotten fruit spoils many carts. Don't stare into the abyss...

[TrickyVic (old school)]

"Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?"

I defer to Bill Clinton.

[VULGAR MADMAN]

Is this the Netflix adaptation of custers last stand?

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

I wonder if Netflix will green light a series adaption of the classic Atari Video game Custer’s Revenge.

[InsaneTrollLogic]

How long until Charles Koch pulls the plug on Haley's campaign and finds a new horse to back?

[Ersatz]

how much you want to bet it wont be Vivek

[Sandra (formerly OBL)]

Haley is still the best option when your priority is ensuring Nov. 2024 pits "I Won't Even Pretend to Enforce a Border" (D) vs. "I'll Pretend I Will but My Donors Know I'm Lying" (R).

#CheapLaborAboveAll

[JesseAz]

Haley promotes no border enforcement as well. See statements from 2016.

[VULGAR MADMAN]

In fairness, she’s also a neocon.
Also, she isn’t very bright.

[Sandra (formerly OBL)]

I've seen a few recent "Haley for President" TV ads. She's definitely in the pretend phase.

[JesseAz]

Haven't seen one in Arizona yet.

[rbike]

Just be glad you don't live in Iowa. Nonstop ads from all of them. Everywhere. For months. And then phone calls.

[damikesc]

Tons of ads in SC.

That she has to go so hard for her home state --- and will still lose --- should give her backers some pause.

[InsaneTrollLogic]

Be glad you’ve just seen them on TV. I get Haley for President texts at least once a week. I’m sick of the damn things already.

[damikesc]

Oh, I've gotten used to those damned things. Frist got Tim Scott for a while now I get the privilege of seeing Haley speak several times a week.

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

You should see the texts her campaign sends. I would block them if they weren’t so amusing.

[(Impeach Robert L. Peters) Weigel's Cock Ring]

"the Democratic Party's growing fears about the state of Joe Biden's reelection campaign."

In other words, Reason Magazine's growing fears about the state of Joe Biden's relection campaign.

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

Their strategic votes for Biden may not be enough.

[LIBertrans]

Seriously, the Civil War was a tariff squabble settled by deadly force. Lincoln copied Lord Dunmore’s Emancipation Proclamation, split in twain with a deadline for surrender and the Rebs called his bluff. From the deadline forth, how many square feet of territory did the Union regain before Billy Sherman burned Atlanta? None. Without slave-raised cotton the South had nothing Northern mercantilists considered worth fighting for. The Civil war went into stasis broken only by Ohio and Land O’ Lincoln boys riding the Mississippi and burning everything in the March to the Sea and Tariff Protectionism. If black interests were important, why did the Suprema legalize genocide to preserve girl-enslaving Comstockism and elect Hayes over Tillman? I hate to defend a Christian National Socialist but Nikki knows how that war worked.

[Mother's Lament]

Nobody enslaved girls you delusional old sociopath.

[Elmer Fudd the CHUD 2: Steampunk Boogaloo]

I thought you might have died recently. Imagine my disappointment.

[Mother's Lament]

“Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi’s office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?”

Was the guy who put his boots up in Pelosi's desk a Senate staffer like the bumsex guy too? (Nobody "trashed" her office)

[Longtobefree]

Well, lots of people got screwed in a senate hearing room.
I assume you are talking about selfie video only?

[Beezard]

The guy in Pelosi’s office was most likely a tax paying citizen, thumbing his nose at political elites. The dudes banging in the senate hearing room were most likely minions of political elites, thumbing their nose at tax paying citizens? Oh and the first guy got sentenced to years in prison. So I guess that’s worse.

[I woke up when Hillary talked about Reconstruction]

Sorry, Nikki, you remind me of Hillary. When you were appointed to the UN did you then think Trump was 'unhinged' and 'diminished' .EIther way I can't buy it. You see now what you couldn't see up close !!! OR you were climbing the ladder and now you can kick it away and say 'NOW I see what a creep this man is that put me on the map"