Trump

[Digby]

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/s ... ition-team

Myself I'm hoping the part about the Egyptian President and the Bangles is true, it deserves to be

[WaspInWales]

Loved this glitzed up Hollywood style trailer:


Note, there's just emphatic music and no words. Just an edited video of short clips trying to make Trump look presidential and respected by all.

What I like is the handshake with May at the end, which is clearly part of the "Look at me palling around with important people" series, but hasn't spotted that she's offering him fingertips at most and is trying to squirm out of his grasp almost as soon as contact is made.

Puja

She's probably worried if he likes to grab his mushroom with his right hand.

The man has become the biggest laughing stock in the world. He always was a complete fuckwit, but this is new ground.

All that bluster has to be backed up and he simply doesn't have a clue how to do it.

[WaspInWales]

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/s ... ition-team

Myself I'm hoping the part about the Egyptian President and the Bangles is true, it deserves to be

Who doesn't love that song?

It's probably the national anthem in Egypt.

[WaspInWales]

Must've been the 'calendars' that swayed him. He clearly didn't enter 'attempted rape/sexual assault' on various days, so that clears him.

Kav seems a bit unpredictable to me. Not sure I would back him to make potentially life-threatening decisions based on his version of law.

[Mikey Brown]

Must've been the 'calendars' that swayed him. He clearly didn't enter 'attempted rape/sexual assault' on various days, so that clears him.

Kav seems a bit unpredictable to me. Not sure I would back him to make potentially life-threatening decisions based on his version of law.

What? This guy?



What’s the issue?

[Mellsblue]

I like him. He’s not got a really important job, though, has he?

[Which Tyler]

[kk67]

Kav seems a bit unpredictable to me. Not sure I would back him to make potentially life-threatening decisions based on his version of law.

He showed his true colours a couple of times.
Watching the 'expert' senators that are sitting on this committee was oddly stereotypic. After 2 full days I've developed a drinking game where I have to guess which multinational industry is paying the Hon.Senators wages.


Out of interest, are there N.Americans who consider that the North won the war and lost the peace..?.
It did look like the fat, fleshy, privileged white twats were running the country like a fiefdom.

[WaspInWales]

Lindsey Graham's rant was something else...

[Mikey Brown]

Christ. I managed a minute and a bit of that.

[morepork]

what a fat cracker cunt.

[Digby]

Lindsey Graham's rant

Sounds a lot like he wants Jeff Sessions job, given what he's said about Trump in the past he's relying a lot on one of the great memories having the memory of a goldfish. I do as an aside wonder why he'd think he’s able to influence Trump in the future, or if he simply wants to ensure any removal of Trump causes the least chaos to the Republicans

[kk67]

Interesting bloke. Very good oratory.
Is he open about his sexuality ?.

[paddy no 11]

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/s ... ition-team

Myself I'm hoping the part about the Egyptian President and the Bangles is true, it deserves to be

Hilarious

What a looper

[Digby]

It's fun to stay at the USMCA , I'd offer my thanks but I never do

[J Dory]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... e=Homepage

“There was no fraud or tax evasion by anyone. The facts upon which The Times bases its false allegations are extremely inaccurate.”

Interesting choice of words.

[Mikey Brown]

I mean if there’s anything certain about all this, it’s that he doesn’t fully grasp the concept of truth/fact.

But he does at least know they are important words.

[Sandydragon]

His own lawyers are worried about him testifying to Muller in case he gets confused between reality and the fantasy world he inhabits, where a fact is something he agrees with.

[morepork]

The volume of idiotic wank spawned through social media has near completely taken over from informed debate. It is so comprehensive that it will probably end up as part of the geological record.

[Digby]

'Tis an interesting bet by team Trump, either they shift the balance of the supreme court now or the loss brings out the base and they do so in the new year

One can only hope that they're wrong, but bat shit crazy might be the new norm, up to Giuliani becoming Secretary of State

[morepork]

They are doing all they can to invigorate their semi-literate base. From poor set upon white man through to refusing VISAS for same sex non-married partners of visiting diplomats (yes, they actually did this), it's all right if it's all white. It is actually very grim to witness. Has Rome fallen?

[Puja]

'Tis an interesting bet by team Trump, either they shift the balance of the supreme court now or the loss brings out the base and they do so in the new year

One can only hope that they're wrong, but bat shit crazy might be the new norm, up to Giuliani becoming Secretary of State

And on the flip side, if Kavanaugh gets confirmed, it will shift the court and fuck up the law of the land for a long while, but the backlash will see a blue wave in the mid-terms that will stop any further Republican programmes for the rest of Trumptime.

Puja

[WaspInWales]

'Tis an interesting bet by team Trump, either they shift the balance of the supreme court now or the loss brings out the base and they do so in the new year

One can only hope that they're wrong, but bat shit crazy might be the new norm, up to Giuliani becoming Secretary of State

And on the flip side, if Kavanaugh gets confirmed, it will shift the court and fuck up the law of the land for a long while, but the backlash will see a blue wave in the mid-terms that will stop any further Republican programmes for the rest of Trumptime.

Puja

Will it though?

The polls are suggesting some safe GOP seats being under threat, but will it be enough to flip control?

The polls didn't prove to be too helpful on the general election.

Also, is there enough core Trump support to see him through without the need for the Dems to do well? Plus he has probably managed to gain some more votes with his 'American 'first diatribes.

[Puja]

'Tis an interesting bet by team Trump, either they shift the balance of the supreme court now or the loss brings out the base and they do so in the new year

One can only hope that they're wrong, but bat shit crazy might be the new norm, up to Giuliani becoming Secretary of State

And on the flip side, if Kavanaugh gets confirmed, it will shift the court and fuck up the law of the land for a long while, but the backlash will see a blue wave in the mid-terms that will stop any further Republican programmes for the rest of Trumptime.

Puja

Will it though?

The polls are suggesting some safe GOP seats being under threat, but will it be enough to flip control?

The polls didn't prove to be too helpful on the general election.

Also, is there enough core Trump support to see him through without the need for the Dems to do well? Plus he has probably managed to gain some more votes with his 'American 'first diatribes.

I think it's going to depend on turnout - that great imponderable that the polls can't predict - which is why I think Kavanaugh's going to be a Pyrric victory for whichever side wins. He gets confirmed and Trump supporters feel comfortable that they're still winning while outraged Democrats head to the polls. He gets rejected and Trump goes on a Hitlerish tirade about being stabbed in the back by the enemies of the people and all the redhats come out in force to save their precious country from the mean liberals.

In the latter scenario, Trump then names an even more comedically evil judge to the bench and gets him confirmed instead, so maybe losing on Kavanaugh will be good in the long run.

Puja

[Digby]

An even more comedically evil judge? This one doesn’t seem that unusual even if it's not my politics and is far from replacing a swing voter with another

Hopefully Trump and several right leaning judges die soon allowing the balance on the court to correct

As is the judge passes today's test, now onto tomorrow's vote