Althouse: "Our ruling class is disgusting."

November 5, 2024

"Our ruling class is disgusting."

Hear Tucker narrate this ad. It captures the truth and emotion. Chills. 👇🏻🔊✊🏻

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— Sheri™ (@FFT1776) November 4, 2024

113 comments:

Sydney said...: Gotta agree 100%; 11/5/24, 6:45 AM
rehajm said...: Our ruling class is disgusting. I always suspected so many of the supposedly unsolvable problems government claims to address are perpetuated by bad policy. Trump showed simple policy tweaks unleash the power of individuals pursuing their self interest. Now we have to stress about returning to rule of law…; 11/5/24, 6:47 AM
Dave Begley said...: Best commercial ever!; 11/5/24, 6:52 AM
wendybar said...: And watch Megan Kelly's speech at the Trump rally last night. She was on fire!!!
https://x.com/MegynKellyShow/status/1853643950512316882; 11/5/24, 6:53 AM
Big Mike said...: They should have had this we up starting early last week.; 11/5/24, 6:57 AM
Oh Yea said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/5/24, 6:57 AM
Political Junkie said...: Me too. 1st time DJT voter. The ruling class, IMO, is destroying our country.; 11/5/24, 7:02 AM
Political Junkie said...: Megyn was great. Dana Bash's (CNN) reaction to Megyn speaking at DJT rally was spooky to watch. John King, her ex husband, is on the panel just to Dana's left. Watch him in the clip. Quite funny.; 11/5/24, 7:04 AM
Oh Yea said...: If we were a true democracy, would we have a ruling class of people?; 11/5/24, 7:05 AM
Jaq said...: He's right. The Democrats built their party on respect and support for the working class, and had a lot of sympathy for the slogan "Workers of the World Unite," but then when the workers did unite, like in Canada over forced vaccinations with an experimental drug, the workers were called fascists, one waitress in Canada gave $15 to the truckers' protest and her bank account was frozen. Some unidentified person waves a swastika at a protest there, and that is license to brink down the fist of the state, and then at trial, when the defense demands that this person be named, Trudeau says that the man waving the Nazi flag can't be named, "for national security reasons."

They like the working class in theory, but the reality is that our ruling elite is disgusted by them and uses their control of the media to create fear of working people.; 11/5/24, 7:07 AM
Big Mike said...: The main thing I wan to know is whether the passing of Election Day will mean that FEMA will finally bestir itself to assist the people in the very rural areas of western North Carolina. Recall that famous Democrat strategist David Axelrod said that cleanup efforts should focus of Asheville, a blue wart in a sea of red, and deliberately neglect the back country, making it that much more difficult for the people living in the hills and hollers to vote. And I understand that this is indeed what base been happening since Helene.

[This comment was originally posted to yesterday’s cafe thread, but it fits better here.]; 11/5/24, 7:07 AM
Jaq said...: I should have bolded the whole thing: "the man waving the Nazi flag can't be named, "for national security reasons."; 11/5/24, 7:08 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Well done Tucker; 11/5/24, 7:13 AM
HT said...: Aren't ruling classes by definition horrible and disgusting? Can't people just realize that nothing's perfect, as I've heard Amy Wax say, life is hard, and move on and deal with it? If he wins, I'll be ok with it - better than last time. Crime is bad, I have some hopes with him about that. Ukraine - I like that he thinks it was a mistake, but Mearsheimer has already disabused me of any notion that he could actually effectuate any change there.

But if he loses, will he be copacetic? Will yall? Or will it be non-stop whining and feeling victimized?; 11/5/24, 7:18 AM
Breezy said...: Hear hear!

One thing that gives me more hope of success this week is all the smart, accomplished, eloquent, and committed people speaking up on our behalf. If s*t happens, the backlash will be much more forceful than in 2020.; 11/5/24, 7:22 AM
Jeff Vader said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/5/24, 7:31 AM
Iman said...: The unvarnished Truth.; 11/5/24, 7:34 AM
Bill Crawford said...: Layover at BWI. Shops selling Trump shirts.Kamala attire as well....; 11/5/24, 7:40 AM
Limited blogger said...: Megyn = FIRE; 11/5/24, 7:46 AM
Howard said...: Good Luck today. No matter who wins I hope it's a decisive victory.; 11/5/24, 7:46 AM
Jaq said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/5/24, 7:46 AM
Limited blogger said...: Let's get it done today; 11/5/24, 7:47 AM
Iman said...: For Godsakes, I hope you’re not flying Spirit Airlines!; 11/5/24, 7:47 AM
Inga said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/5/24, 7:50 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: Oh, I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused, but I'm not much amused so maybe I should work on a different approach.; 11/5/24, 7:51 AM
Jaq said...: Hillary Clinton is still claiming that the Russians stole her precious, and you still believe it.; 11/5/24, 7:55 AM
Bill Crawford said...: Southwest to Houston and then Costa Rica; 11/5/24, 7:57 AM
Peachy said...: Vote for Cory and the squirrel.

F the left. They are very bad people.; 11/5/24, 7:58 AM
Limited blogger said...: The angels wanna wear your red shoes?; 11/5/24, 8:02 AM
Peachy said...: I still find it astonishing that the left got away with hiring a paid patsy to kill Trump - and an innocent man was killed in the process. Media are silent - all while they call him and his supporters Nazis. LEFT'S PAID PATSY WAS IN A BLACKROCK AD.; 11/5/24, 8:03 AM
Former Illinois resident said...: What's happened in western North Carolina is a travesty, and NC doesn't have the organized hurricane response team that Florida has, nor equivalent of its proactive governor. No surprise Axelrod encouraged FEMA to concentrate on Asheville, the progressive-liberal bastion that it is; won't be surprised if those progressives now abandon their residency in Asheville area for a safer locale with fewer Blue City problems.; 11/5/24, 8:09 AM
Aggie said...: You'd have to qualify that by providing us with a definition of 'losing'. Last time, the definition of 'losing' meant 'losing, but we cant prove it reliably and don't care to anyway, so Shut Up while we proceed to prosecute you with scurrilous charges until the end of time - or money.'; 11/5/24, 8:09 AM
Former Illinois resident said...: Trump's whining would still be less destructive than the rioting in Blue States and Blue Cities if Trump wins. Violence is far more a progressive-liberal thing.; 11/5/24, 8:10 AM
Jamie said...: From your lips to God's ears.; 11/5/24, 8:16 AM
Peachy said...: Trump assassin/patsy in Butler PA - Isn't it wild the democrat media don't interview his parents? or anyone who knew him?; 11/5/24, 8:21 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: Yeah, its been a sad and disillusioning time for me since Trump got elected in November 2016. I just assumed the elite would respect the will of the american people and address their concerns regarding illegal immigration and open borders, useless foreign wars, bad trade deals, and the stirring up of racial hatred.

Instead, they did the opposite. They refused to treat Trump as legitimate President. Broke every norm and traditon, and carried on a 24/7/365 campaign to destroy him and block any of his agenda from passing. And Biden has continued that policy.

They are the masters. They rule. We are here to obey. That is their view of America. And the Dumbshit Democat voters watch their Oprah and TV shows and applaud.; 11/5/24, 8:35 AM
Freder Frederson said...: I will be fine with him losing, *after* all of the issues have been fairly adjudicated according the Constitution, but not before then. I won't simply accept counters in Georgia lying about a plumbing problem and requiring the Republican scrutineers to leave the building, turning off the official cameras, then, not realizing that the arena they were in had cameras of its own, getting caught on video pulling boxes of ballots out from under tables and counting them with the scrutineers gone and the cameras off.

Propagating this lie cost Rudy Guiliani $147 million and his law license. You should consider yourself lucky that you just spread these lies on Althouse's blog, otherwise they might be coming for your house too.; 11/5/24, 8:39 AM
mikee said...: The ruling class has always been vile. See The Wizard of Id cartoon, from the 1970s, where the king is informed, "The Peasants Are Revolting!" and the king replies only, "You can say that again."
https://www.amazon.com.au/Peasants-Are-Revolting-Brant-Parker/dp/0449124037

The point being that the elite have always hated and feared the rest of us.; 11/5/24, 8:40 AM
GrapeApe said...: While not likely since the educrats no longer actually teach anything more than indoctrination , it would be nice to see this election rebuke the left.; 11/5/24, 8:45 AM
Dude1394 said...: Republican poll watchers need to only be removed via handcuffs. No they yell! Fight! Fight! Fight!; 11/5/24, 8:47 AM
Jaq said...: If you are an "accelerationist," who gets your vote? My money on getting the whole rotten edifice to collapse the most quickly is on Harris, but Trump could drive them batshit crazy too, and force their hand on some disastrous decisions.

In my mind, the rot is already so bad that collapse is inevitable. It didn't have to be this way, but Biden has made so many disastrous decisions, wasting trillions we don't have on a manufactured "climate crisis," and committing us to an unwinnable war against half the world, when the half that's on our side doesn't even want to fight, and our demographic destruction by killing off the social norms that led to a society with healthy population growth.

If Joe Biden were a Chinese agent, paid to cripple the United States as a wold power, what would he do differently?; 11/5/24, 8:51 AM
mindnumbrobot said...: If anybody understands our ruling class, it's Tucker. He's been around those people his entire life.; 11/5/24, 8:53 AM
Peachy said...: Morning Joe's hysterical BS.; 11/5/24, 8:53 AM
mindnumbrobot said...: ...they might be coming for your house too.

Spoken like a true goose-stepper.; 11/5/24, 9:01 AM
Jaq said...: Well Freder, I deleted the post, because I see that my claim that the ballots were fraudulent is not supported by evidence, and the counters deny it, what I don't see addressed is why the cameras were turned off, and why the scrutineers were kicked out of the building, and only then the ballots were counted.; 11/5/24, 9:01 AM
tolkein said...: Freder, it wasn't a lie. I watched the whole saga, the lies about the leak. Maybe it couldn't be proved, and there were other factors in play, but they did throw the Republican scrutineers out because of a supposed leak. They did carry on counting, when they wren't supposed to. Maybe the ballots they were counting were for real, but the whole thing stank.; 11/5/24, 9:05 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Dana Bash has been on the verge of a nervous breakdown for a while now. If Trump wins I expect you won't see her on TV for a while.; 11/5/24, 9:05 AM
Rocco said...: Sydney
"Gotta agree 100%"

I vote to agree with you 100%. Of course, if I was in Detroit, I would vote to agree with you 29 x 100% = 2,900%; 11/5/24, 9:06 AM
Peachy said...: The legal warfare against Rudy is pure Soviet delight. Again- the modern corrupt democratic left live to punish and destroy.; 11/5/24, 9:07 AM
Rocco said...: Of course. We would simply get to vote on who our kings/queens are. Just like now.; 11/5/24, 9:10 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: "The ruling class has always been vile."

Wrong. Hand-waving and saying 'Its always been this way" is a get-out-of-jail-free card for our current ruling elite. They didn't act like this 30 or 50 years ago.; 11/5/24, 9:13 AM
HT said...: Right! And Tucker C. is in the ruling class. All his life.

Demagoguing.; 11/5/24, 9:13 AM
Dixcus said...: It is disgusting to me that the FBI hasn't arrested a SINGLE PEDOPHILE on Jeffrey Epstein's islands. They aren't even LOOKING for those people. Nobody is even under any investigation. He was put in prison for supplying underage girls. Gislane Maxwell also. So who were the Johns? They have videotape of the rapes of children and they're not arresting ANYBODY.

Our ruling class is disgusting.; 11/5/24, 9:14 AM
Dixcus said...: That's because the Nazi flag waver is a government intelligence agent. Same as the FBI moles that turned J6 into a riot.; 11/5/24, 9:16 AM
Dixcus said...: Democrats have sued to keep voters from being properly identified. How can we possibly believe ANY victory is decisive?; 11/5/24, 9:17 AM
who-knew said...: OMG, that's crazy. If there's any significant portion of the country who believe this BS we are in deeper trouble than I thought.; 11/5/24, 9:21 AM
pacwest said...: Nice sentiment, but:
1. Narrow margin
a. Trump wins = Burning and looting
b. Harris wins = Constant bitching
2. Wide margin
a. Trump wins = Burning and looting
b. Harris wins = Unhappy Republicans; 11/5/24, 9:23 AM
who-knew said...: Tucker's not wrong, here, This is long read but well worth the time:
https://tomklingenstein.com/a-response-to-my-liberal-neighbor/
Especially for the take on the Minnesota ethnic studies leader.; 11/5/24, 9:24 AM
Peachy said...: Resist the Corrupt Left. They lie.; 11/5/24, 9:30 AM
Yancey Ward said...: That was from a Tucker monologue on his FOXNews show just before the 2020 election and after Trump's late campaign rally in Butler, ironically.; 11/5/24, 9:31 AM
Anthony said...: I'm treating all of this as a long term fight against tyranny, going back thousands of years. We had a pretty good run, but every government everywhere and every time always always always is pushing towards totalitarianism.; 11/5/24, 9:32 AM
john mosby said...: I like how the ad has a few seconds of Trump's jerking-off-two-guys dance.

More proof that he's aware of Maher's running gag and just doesn't care.

JSM; 11/5/24, 9:35 AM
Peachy said...: Start watching at 7:20 for the Margaret Sanger portion.; 11/5/24, 9:39 AM
Lazarus said...: Great ad. It's almost like this election is ... is ... is ... a Battle for the Soul of America ...

If somebody gets caught hacking Dominion voting machines this time, will Giuliani get his money, his law license -- and whatever reputation he had -- back? Can I even say that electronic voting machines can be hacked and not lose what little money and reputation I have?; 11/5/24, 9:39 AM
donald said...: Dude murdered an office worker at his campaign office.; 11/5/24, 9:41 AM
Peachy said...: Watch college age students struggle when asked about Kamala's greatest achievement.

hen remind yourself of Kamala's own words about college aged students.

If Kamala wins - it will be because Americans are in fact, majority stupid. and we are F-ed.; 11/5/24, 9:56 AM
wendybar said...: It's "D"ifferent when they do it.

Richard Grenell

@RichardGrenell
Republicans who accept this phony argument from the sitting Secretary of Transportation
@PeteButtigieg
that he is campaigning for Kamala and trashing Trump “in his personal capacity” are useless in Washington fight.

I don’t care what his Democrat lawyers say - this has never been a thing for Cabinet Secretaries. It’s a Hatch Act violation.

No matter what happens today, Buttigieg must be held to account by
@TheJusticeDept
- now or later.

He is ignoring the rule of law.
6:59 AM · Nov 5, 2024; 11/5/24, 9:58 AM
Peachy said...: I think there needs to be a thorough campaign to destroy Rachel Maddow(D) - paid Authoritarian propagandist.; 11/5/24, 10:11 AM
ColoComment said...: Given all of the references to the "ruling class" in these comments, perhaps it's time to re-read and re-digest the marvelous work of Angelo Codevilla that gave us the original concept, along with the "country class":

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8863775-the-ruling-class; 11/5/24, 10:18 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Michael Watley a NC native and Chairman of the GOP said they took extraordinary efforts and he's confident every voter in NC had a polling place open or a way to cast absentee ballots.; 11/5/24, 10:34 AM
Big Mike said...: I don't know about "Workers of the World," but the workers of the United States have united -- for Donald Trump; 11/5/24, 10:35 AM
Howard said...: How's being a nattering nabob of negativity working out for you guys, Dix and pac? Too many voices are living and thriving inside your pretty little heads.; 11/5/24, 10:35 AM
Saint Croix said...: Great discussion by Bill Whittle on the insiders (Ruling Class) vs the outsiders (We The People). He breaks down the last 80 years of presidential elections. It's a fascinating and original analysis.; 11/5/24, 10:38 AM
Saint Croix said...: Insiders vs. Outsiders; 11/5/24, 10:38 AM
Jason said...: Scratch a liberal, you'll find a fascist. Every time.; 11/5/24, 10:48 AM
Aggie said...: Me-Again Kelly. She's just positioning herself, for the next stage in her career. She's had at least 2 career trajectory shifts since shafting Trump early in his first term. Now, she's suddenly True-Blue and parroting all the right points. Bleh. Sorry, don't buy it.; 11/5/24, 10:59 AM
Peachy said...: "Let them Vote" - wow how kind of you, you leftist Authoritarian jackass.

BREAKING: Jamie Raskin said, “Let folks cast their votes for Trump if that’s their choice. But mark my words, we won’t be certifying the election. He might win, but we’ll ensure he doesn’t step foot in the Oval Office.”; 11/5/24, 11:10 AM
Zavier Onasses said...: The AMERICAN DREAM...
...was NOT what political office seekers tell you.

The REAL AMERICAN DREAM...
...the reason people left home, came here, faced hardship, fought, and some died...
...was to find a Government LESS INVOLVED IN THEIR LIVES.; 11/5/24, 11:11 AM
Kay said...: To whoever is reading this, I hope whoever you voted for wins. That’s what matters most right now; 11/5/24, 11:12 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: They have to be smart enough to notice that and still? The only rational explanation is that they hate the average American. They hated Reagan too but maybe not as intensely.; 11/5/24, 11:21 AM
Peachy said...: Skint cheap loser liar Democrats who do not care about American Service members are going to pony up $20 whole dollars a month for our vets. All while they give billions so Ukraine. (and illegals); 11/5/24, 11:31 AM
bagoh20 said...: Intelligent people with open minds have learned some things after getting accustomed to the dust storm of lies and fighting through it. A new understanding of the effects of the environment on perception has changed minds all over.; 11/5/24, 11:38 AM
bagoh20 said...: Remember: "Best Biden ever."; 11/5/24, 11:42 AM
Quaestor said...: Or as I famously said on this blog years ago, "the unvarnished veritas". I certain disgusting member of the disgusting ruling class claimed that was right-wing code for semen. Yes, I know that's unbelievably stupid, but the soi-disant "progressives" have been in the business of flooding the fora with filthy lies and distortions for a long time. Trump didn't cause it, he's just their particular target. Vance is getting plenty now, but the Democrat filth will just ramp up as his 2028 candidacy begins to coalesce.; 11/5/24, 11:44 AM
bagoh20 said...: These words will be quoted until he wishes he never said them.; 11/5/24, 11:45 AM
Rusty said...: Hey, Inga and Freder(TDA), isn't there a pet squirrel somewhere that needs killin'?; 11/5/24, 11:53 AM
Quaestor said...: "The only rational explanation is that they hate the average American."

How can there be a rational explanation of madness? Or is it madness or cold evil that turns human beings into monsters. The first step must be to hate so intensely that you give yourself permission to do anything, however shameful or iniquitous, to destroy the object of your hate. If Trump wins the hatred will be directed more toward Trump voters than the man himself, largely the struggling middle-class, who will be the target of beatings, arson, bombings, and sniper fire. Those attacks will trail off into nighttime assaults and home invasions after the Trump Administration begins to arrest and prosecute the Democrat Brownshirts.; 11/5/24, 12:00 PM
stlcdr said...: There are a lot of people who want a ruling class. How else do you get power over others when you are weak?; 11/5/24, 12:19 PM
Curious George said...: He has cancer. I'm rooting for it.; 11/5/24, 12:24 PM
pacwest said...: Pretty good Howard. Looking forward has always worked out fairly well in my life. Better than wearing blinders.; 11/5/24, 12:43 PM
Butkus51 said...: More cheating in Pa with pre-marked ballots for Kommie.

Just a mistake.; 11/5/24, 12:44 PM
Temujin said...: Great ad. Makes me want to go vote again. If only I lived in Pennsylvania or Michigan.; 11/5/24, 12:48 PM
pacwest said...: And, being forward looking I'm always looking to pick up a couple of bucks. Wanna bet that there won't be riots if Trump wins?; 11/5/24, 12:49 PM
320Busdriver said...: That’s so powerful, and true to Tuckers MO….entirely true; 11/5/24, 12:51 PM
Captain BillieBob said...: "Our ruling class is disgusting"
They are also corrupt, liars, immoral, deceitful, arrogant, did I say corrupt?, grifters, perverts, etc, etc.; 11/5/24, 12:55 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Getting fired was the best thing that happened to Tucker.; 11/5/24, 12:56 PM
tcrosse said...: "Our ruling class is disgusting"
And the peasants are revolting.; 11/5/24, 12:57 PM
Interested Bystander said...: They hate Trump because he’s not one of them. Same as they hated Reagan Both men were once part of the insiders but they broke away and they’re hated for it.; 11/5/24, 1:30 PM
Earnest Prole said...: A hundred people commented without cracking this best one wise.; 11/5/24, 1:30 PM
Peachy said...: Bagoh - Yes. Joe said that prior to Biden's super bad debate. Then he flipped like a pancake, and said Biden must go! & we all laughed at joke network D-MSNBC, where he is paid big bucks to be a hack.; 11/5/24, 1:39 PM
Mikey NTH said...: You said it, they stink on ice!; 11/5/24, 2:58 PM
wendybar said...: We can only hope it happens. Because WE don't care about you either. Choke, bitch.

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Unhinged Joy Behar says she thinks "so little" of Trump supporters that she wouldn't let one save her life if she was choking.; 11/5/24, 3:54 PM
Dixcus said...: Dana Bash's first husband was one of the 51 Deep State operatives to sign the Russia Collusion letter. She is a Deep State implant in our media and should be hounded right the fk out of this country.; 11/5/24, 4:23 PM
Drago said...: Reagan was indeed an outsider from the GOP establishment in his time. Its strange to recall just how much DC insider and installed President Ford attacked Reagan in the runup to the 1980 election, just like all the GOPe-ers of today attack Trump, though temperamentally each man was certainly a product of his times.

Reagan lamented that he listened to these East Coast/DC dolts and chose HWBush instead of his true first choice for VP, Jack Kemp.; 11/5/24, 4:32 PM
Drago said...: "Unhinged Joy Behar says she thinks "so little" of Trump supporters that she wouldn't let one save her life if she was choking."

It's probably too difficult to dislodge a demon from a leftist throat anyway.; 11/5/24, 4:33 PM
Peachy said...: Behar can choke on it. Horrible human.; 11/5/24, 4:34 PM
320Busdriver said...: On Fox Chiron RN…snap poll
Role of Govt
53% should do more….

Regardless of who wins. We’re effed..; 11/5/24, 4:39 PM
Dixcus said...: Exit Polls showing 70% of VOTING AMERICANS believe the country is on the WRONG TRACK.

It is STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE for Kamala Harris to even come CLOSE to winning when actual voters are telling pollsters as they are coming OUT of the voting booth that the country is on the wrong track.

The ONLY WAY she can win is FRAUD. And we will NOT stand for it again.; 11/5/24, 4:45 PM
Dixcus said...: "Should do more" is too vague to be of any use.

"Should do more border control" for example. Yes.; 11/5/24, 4:46 PM
Freder Frederson said...: He never said it. It is a lie. Don't believe everything (or most things) on X.; 11/5/24, 4:54 PM
Kassaar said...: Althouse: Your text "Hear Tucker narrate this ad. It captures the truth and emotion. Chills." is somehow hidden behind the video.; 11/5/24, 5:01 PM
320Busdriver said...: 100%; 11/5/24, 5:32 PM
MadTownGuy said...: It's visible if you click on the video , which takes you to X. It's an X thing.; 11/5/24, 5:45 PM