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applegrove

(128,337 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 06:02 PM Mar 2024

What's Wrong with Katie Britt

What’s Wrong with Katie Britt

March 10, 2024 at 3:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 42 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/10/whats-wrong-with-katie-britt/

"SNIP...........

Reed Galen: “Britt represents a long, unhealthy tradition of staffers running for their boss’s old seat. They come not with beliefs but an ingrained sense of how to ‘play the game.’ She was an aide and then chief of staff for retired Alabama Senator Richard Shelby.”

“This is not new in American (or human) history, but that doesn’t make it better. It allows someone like Britt to achieve an incredible amount of power and prestige powered not by belief and conviction, but timing, fundraising, and connections. They now sit on the other side of the desk, and along with their staff and bevy of consultants, triangulate every issue, every vote, and every press release based on what’s best for their career. She represents not the people of Alabama, but her own ambition.”

..........SNIP"

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What's Wrong with Katie Britt (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2024 OP
She's a liar samplegirl Mar 2024 #1
If you wear the cross Traildogbob Mar 2024 #34
She's a Republican. RandySF Mar 2024 #2
So true. Reading a book "All Over But the Shouting" in which it was always a "Republican" thing to LIE. n/t Evolve Dammit Mar 2024 #13
Nothing is wrong with her. Democrts need idiots like her to help get more of us elected. Wonder Why Mar 2024 #3
Yes nothing is wrong with her. She's all right; very far right...incredibly far right. patphil Mar 2024 #7
She's in the Senate not the House though so to vote her lying ass out... brush Mar 2024 #31
I know she's in the Senate but there have to be more people than ever off the fence and saying Wonder Why Mar 2024 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author brush Mar 2024 #39
All the acorns are right under that hateful tree. LakeArenal Mar 2024 #4
She missed the bus this time. SarahD Mar 2024 #5
Great comedy performance. multigraincracker Mar 2024 #6
Audience of one? Evolve Dammit Mar 2024 #14
And she may not have to... COL Mustard Mar 2024 #24
Ewwww! Evolve Dammit Mar 2024 #45
While certainly true, this is a political malady that can afflict without regard to party Stinky The Clown Mar 2024 #8
Curious, though NanaCat Mar 2024 #16
Absolutely. These kind of things more often than not seem to list to the right. brush Mar 2024 #32
Link to the full article: Ocelot II Mar 2024 #9
At least the Dems have been on the correct side of policies that benefit average Americans. rubbersole Mar 2024 #10
Belief and conviction? What are those? ShazzieB Mar 2024 #11
Background Check HandmaidsTaleUntold Mar 2024 #12
Wouldn't it be easier and faster to address NanaCat Mar 2024 #15
This comment/observation isn't just on target misanthrope Mar 2024 #17
She supports a rapist for president. Emile Mar 2024 #18
Katie Jean Genie Mar 2024 #19
Britt is not as stupid as that rebuttal portrayed her Warpy Mar 2024 #20
There are different kinds of intelligence, and wisdom for that matter Silent3 Mar 2024 #22
Oh, I disagree with much she stands for Warpy Mar 2024 #29
Then how do you explain giving that SOTU response? Silent3 Mar 2024 #41
I thought I did offer a few suggestions Warpy Mar 2024 #44
Voters got played by pulchritude. You'd think they'd figure it out after awhile. bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #21
Nobody was going to look good after that speech Biden gave. Mr.Bill Mar 2024 #23
Sure man but... jcgoldie Mar 2024 #38
And Britt isn't even the dumbest U.S. Senator in Alabama, Tubberville's the other one. sop Mar 2024 #25
Yeah, poor Alabamans who care about our Democracy of Cha Mar 2024 #36
repugITIS! elleng Mar 2024 #26
I think it was EndlessWire Mar 2024 #27
it happens in blue California too... from staff, to chief of staff, then retiring boss helps them win election BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2024 #28
It was a hostage video The Wizard Mar 2024 #30
Thank you.. I appreciate this history & analysis.. it righteously knocks her Cha Mar 2024 #33
Her state of the union response will be a gift that keeps on giving, to Democrats. lees1975 Mar 2024 #37
Wasn't Shelby one of the eight repubs who went to Russia that 4th of July? 2015?? CrispyQ Mar 2024 #40
She was groomed all her life for the 'role' she plays. pfitz59 Mar 2024 #42
My oldest granddaughter 'splained it to me SARose Mar 2024 #43
I have known a lot of staffers... Caliman73 Mar 2024 #46

Traildogbob

(11,882 posts)
34. If you wear the cross
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:25 PM
Mar 2024

as bling, False witnessing is forgiven.
Anybody actually believe Trump would or ever has worn one, even if it were solid gold?
I don’t trust people that wear crosses or Flag lapel pins. All for show to cover their BS.

Evolve Dammit

(21,236 posts)
13. So true. Reading a book "All Over But the Shouting" in which it was always a "Republican" thing to LIE. n/t
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 07:17 PM
Mar 2024

patphil

(8,290 posts)
7. Yes nothing is wrong with her. She's all right; very far right...incredibly far right.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 06:25 PM
Mar 2024

It's her rightness that's wrong.





 

brush

(61,033 posts)
31. She's in the Senate not the House though so to vote her lying ass out...
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:12 PM
Mar 2024

her whole despicable performance could very well be forgotten by then.

Wonder Why

(6,212 posts)
35. I know she's in the Senate but there have to be more people than ever off the fence and saying
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:33 PM
Mar 2024

"They're all nutcases. I'll have to vote Democratic in the election".

Response to Wonder Why (Reply #35)

rubbersole

(10,595 posts)
10. At least the Dems have been on the correct side of policies that benefit average Americans.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 07:05 PM
Mar 2024

The SC making money 'speech' should be the first priority reversing the oligarchs stranglehold on political power. That would be a real start on making America truly great again. Biden's second term could make FDR proud.

ShazzieB

(21,654 posts)
11. Belief and conviction? What are those?
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 07:11 PM
Mar 2024
It allows someone like Britt to achieve an incredible amount of power and prestige powered not by belief and conviction, but timing, fundraising, and connections.

Since when do Republicans do anything out of belief and conviction? I'm not saying no Repulican has ever done anything that was based on belief and conviction, but it's certainly not the norm these days. Look at those Republican galoots in Congress. Th only thing they seem to believe in is giving TSF whatever he wants. I'm sure Britt fits right in.

 
12. Background Check
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 07:12 PM
Mar 2024

Time to dig into her past. She’s an awful opportunist. Worst type of politician.

misanthrope

(9,188 posts)
17. This comment/observation isn't just on target
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 07:27 PM
Mar 2024

It split another arrow already in the bullseye.

This is precisely the heart of everything. And why she will occupy that Senate seat as long as she cares to do so, unless Trump has her removed for some perceived slight.

Jean Genie

(522 posts)
19. Katie
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 07:43 PM
Mar 2024

What's wrong with Katie Britt? Well, basically, she's pathetic. An all too frequent Republican malady.

Warpy

(113,946 posts)
20. Britt is not as stupid as that rebuttal portrayed her
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 08:09 PM
Mar 2024

She does hold a JD. I did a search on her and she sounds sharp when she's interviewing hdge fund people and discussing exactly why the law hasn't kept up with the exotic financial instruments, including cryptocurrency, and no one has plans to tackle any of it.

I don't know what she did to achieve that cross between a sappy "save the animals" and Serena Joy or got talked nto that stage set kitchen. Talk about completely tone deaf, that ad probably appealed to male patriarchs but every woman who saw it took away quite a different message. Did somebody load her before performance Dutch courage?

Having seen her on video, I think had she done a simple rebuttal it would have come out a lot better than that asinine script somebody wrote for her to whimper her way through in that fake kitchen.

She's not talking, probably a good thing since she could only make things worse if she did. She'll stay silent and out of the public eye until it all blows over.

As I said, she's not that stupid.

 

Silent3

(15,909 posts)
22. There are different kinds of intelligence, and wisdom for that matter
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 08:40 PM
Mar 2024

Just because Britt might be smart in some areas, we shouldn’t assume (and I’m not saying you’re doing this - it’s just a commonly expressed concern) that she’s playing 10-dimensional chess and has figured out how all the mocking and jeering over her SOTU response somehow deviously plays to her favor.

She seems to lack PR smarts, enough at least to know when she’s getting good or bad advice. She may have terrible emotional intelligence when not dealing with people who aren’t very much like herself.

Smart or dumb, she clearly lacks integrity.

 

Silent3

(15,909 posts)
41. Then how do you explain giving that SOTU response?
Mon Mar 11, 2024, 03:06 AM
Mar 2024

Stupid, but an atypical instance of stupidity?

10-dimensional chess?

Forced into it against her will?

Warpy

(113,946 posts)
44. I thought I did offer a few suggestions
Mon Mar 11, 2024, 12:05 PM
Mar 2024

in my original post on the subject.

Don't underestimate her based on that overacted non rebuttal. She's not that stupid.

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
23. Nobody was going to look good after that speech Biden gave.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 08:41 PM
Mar 2024

They knew it was going to be that way. She took one for the team without knowing that was why she was picked.

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
38. Sure man but...
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:46 PM
Mar 2024

The fake kitchen and the gang rape story and the soap opera acting ranging from the verge of tears and orgasm... it was worse than looking bad in the shadow of Biden... it was weird as fuck.

sop

(16,176 posts)
25. And Britt isn't even the dumbest U.S. Senator in Alabama, Tubberville's the other one.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:02 PM
Mar 2024

Be proud, Albamians!

Cha

(314,598 posts)
36. Yeah, poor Alabamans who care about our Democracy of
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:35 PM
Mar 2024

which this Alabama Mom is one..



Yeah, Potatoshithithead sets a low bar for other Alabama Senators to aspire to.

EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
27. I think it was
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:05 PM
Mar 2024

an AI generated figure. That's why the acting was bad and breathy. AI thinks that's what we are like. Whoever programmed it is still on a learning curve.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,333 posts)
28. it happens in blue California too... from staff, to chief of staff, then retiring boss helps them win election
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:05 PM
Mar 2024

Cha

(314,598 posts)
33. Thank you.. I appreciate this history & analysis.. it righteously knocks her
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:24 PM
Mar 2024

even lower in the Crock of Shit Dept.

lees1975

(6,773 posts)
37. Her state of the union response will be a gift that keeps on giving, to Democrats.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:42 PM
Mar 2024

Aside from the unbelievable political naivete and stupidity of whoever decided she needed to be sitting in the kitchen, while women are one of the demographic groups that are most approving of the President, her entire delivery was abominable. She placed herself in the same category as Lauren Boebert, uneducated and stupid as far as common sense goes. Is that what happens to women who graduate from the University of Alabama law school? Her professors must be crying with embarrassment.





pfitz59

(11,893 posts)
42. She was groomed all her life for the 'role' she plays.
Mon Mar 11, 2024, 04:46 AM
Mar 2024

Nothing sincere about anything she does. It's a script used to retain power in idiot states like Alabama.

SARose

(1,706 posts)
43. My oldest granddaughter 'splained it to me
Mon Mar 11, 2024, 09:25 AM
Mar 2024

Speech boiled down to

Tradwife - huh? Traditional wife Tick Tock.
Fundie baby voice - Michelle Duggar and more 🙄

She also said the speech was designed for Tick Tock. It will be chopped up and posted there.
Republicans are desperate to recruit Zoomers.

She is the child of my heart.

Caliman73

(11,767 posts)
46. I have known a lot of staffers...
Mon Mar 11, 2024, 01:46 PM
Mar 2024

They are for the most part, hardworking, compassionate, smart, and motivated people who learn the ropes and make things happen. I am sure that there are staffers out there who go on to be good leaders because of who they are and taking the experiences they earn and applying them to actually wanting to help people. I have known many who do just that.


What is wrong with Britt isn't her experiences and path to where she is. What is wrong with Britt is her IDEOLOGY. She has the mentality that allowed her to accept the offer to give a speech she was not prepared for. She lied shamelessly. That happens because of WHO YOU ARE, not because of how you got to where you are.

Britt is just part of the Conservative movement. Their goal isn't to help the average American. The goal of the Conservative movement is to continue to privilege one small group of people and disadvantage everyone else. Because they can't be honest with the American people about their goals, they have to lie, just like Britt did in her SOTU rebuttal.

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