Ducey Walks Back Nike Threat | Talking Points Memo

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) appears to be walking back his Twitter tirade last week against Nike for recalling its Betsy Ross flag-themed shoes.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1235125
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Got it. As soon as his brain engaged and he ‘realized’ his stupid tweet was not bringing business to AZ, he re-thought his support of Betsy Ross. Good lord.

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So…maybe Twitter isn’t the best way to govern?

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He just had to wait for the moronic GOP base to move on to the next shiny object of hate.

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I see him more as a flip-flop kind of a guy, not a sneaker fan.

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That was good.

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No wonder they call him a douche bag. Or Flipper. Or stupid. Whatever.

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No just corrupt. They probably donated to him.

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The moronic GOP Base is moronic…and has contrived a way to make their point of view hold sway much more than ours…

To see why, look at Democratic poor discipline, purity patrols, infighting, over-dramatics (e.g. “Nancy Pelosi is pro-Putin”), and, above all, poor messaging.

What jumped out for me with this article is the simple fact that the 65+% of those who support getting rid of Trump are wedded to 1960s and 1970s expressions of action (as opposed to boycotts of advertisers, boycotts of broadcastings of FOX, etc.)

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All tweet, no traction.

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For both cynical political strutting and for subsequent embarrassing walk-back, it’s important to have a comfortable pair of athletic shoes.

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It is amazing when you detrump you mind how much sense you can make.

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Why is it that I never feel it’s wrong to pronounce “Ducey” as “doo-she”? Everyone I know with that name fits that description.

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It just proves that he’s got no sole.

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Not a shred of integrity or accountability.

Loud, self righteous, threatening bark, then days later complete feigned amnesia with total reversal and zero explanation.

South principled people these RWNJ GOPers.

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Gee, it’s almost like he realized that threatening to get rid of tons of jobs was a bad idea for a red state

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I’ve met Ducey several times. He is exactly as dumb as his hair looks.

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