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Democrats Boycott Finance Committee, In Order to Delay Confirmation Votes on Treasury Secretary Nominee Mnuchin and HHS Secretary Nominee Price
They boycotted last night's vote and then again boycotted today's rescheduled 10 am vote.
Orrin hosta claims he hopes they'll show up for the next rescheduled meeting, but I doubt it. hosta is complaining that "this is the most pathetic thing I've ever seen" but I'm sure he'll roll over for the obstructionists because the only important thing is cowegiality and fwiends.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bill Frist at January 31, 2017 02:18 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 31, 2017 02:19 PM (ATsoh)
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2017 02:19 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at January 31, 2017 02:19 PM (5G252)
Posted by: Qoheleth at January 31, 2017 02:20 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (hKi6n)
Posted by: JEM at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (wtvvX)
But that isn't permanent... I say let the Dems hang themselves with this...
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (wtvvX)
Yeah, there must be some parliamentary maneuver that would be a big F.U. to these cock-holes.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: IP at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (PgCSb)
They have those in other countries, and it's one part about the American system that I feel is lacking.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (KUaJL)
Case in point: the reeking skankdom in that Women's March.
Posted by: m at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (3jGss)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (Rsi2C)
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: Qoheleth at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (iIzG7)
How'd that work out ?
Posted by: McCool at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (TQxRy)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (mN+tK)
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I'm really not sure about this.
Comity in the Senate is something that most of these people treasure. Democrats are shitting all over it.
Another thing that's important is that presidents be given prerogative over their choices for SCOTUS and cabinet positions. Democrats aren't doing a normal opposition thing, they're doing terrible, Ted Kennedy to a young volunteer, type things to the idea.
I think it might be enough to convince some of the more upstanding members of the upper chamber to nuke the filibuster.
Maybe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (BjrOM)
If Democrats don't show up in the Senate, just move on without them.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:23 PM (o46tc)
Won't be the first time.
Posted by: Preston Brooks at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (QQ+il)
Yeah, there must be some parliamentary maneuver that would be a big F.U. to these cock-holes.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (ty7RM)
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I really wouldn't want to establish that as precedent.
The next time we have a Democratic president and senate, they'll do it the second Republicans offer up any resistance to an appointee.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (BjrOM)
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Ronster at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (CDUSe)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (mN+tK)
I think because the rules require a quorum in order to votes to proceed.
No Democrats?
No quorum.
No votes.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (5NCiy)
This is a really golden opportunity for Trump to go, "hmm can't get anyone confirmed to run these departments? Eh well I'll just shut the whole thing down."
Oh you don't want Pruitt in charge of the EPA? How about we have no EPA, period?
Posted by: John Nada at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (pCUr3)
They have no gravitas.
Posted by: ALH at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (uLuPn)
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (KUaJL)
Parliament was built (supposedly) so that opposing MPs were outside of sword range from each other.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (rF0hx)
At some point the Dems refusing to do their job should trigger moving on without them, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2017 02:25 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Sergeant at Arms at January 31, 2017 02:25 PM (hA1V+)
How about just kicking them off the committee?
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at January 31, 2017 02:25 PM (5G252)
Posted by: Qoheleth at January 31, 2017 02:25 PM (iIzG7)
How'd that work out ?
Posted by: McCool at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (TQxRy)
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Hillary won WI, they have 2 Democratic senators, and the state legislature is firmly in the hands of the Democratic party.
Oh wait...that didn't happen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 31, 2017 02:25 PM (BjrOM)
Posted by: Officer Paddy O'Irony at January 31, 2017 02:25 PM (toH8T)
Someday someone will have to explain to me why Mel Carnahan's stupid wife was allowed to become a US senator.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:25 PM (o46tc)
But I will do absolutely nothing about it. You're the pathetic one Orrin.
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 02:26 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: ALH at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (uLuPn)
They don't care about gravitas...they care about winning. They are trying a variety of different things and waiting to see which ones work.
This is calculated.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 31, 2017 02:26 PM (rF0hx)
But that will never happen. Because republicans never offer any resistance.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at January 31, 2017 02:26 PM (5G252)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 31, 2017 02:26 PM (mN+tK)
Oh you don't want Pruitt in charge of the EPA? How about we have no EPA, period?
Posted by: John Nada at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (pCUr3)
Yup.
Posted by: local news at January 31, 2017 02:26 PM (1isJI)
Posted by: Flyguy at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (3sOO0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (Jcg9Q)
How about bows?
Posted by: Sir Lancelot at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (u0s1P)
Stupid interrupted train of thought.
Posted by: Flyguy at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (3sOO0)
I knew I should have run for the senate!
Posted by: Barney Frank at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (YEelc)
But I will do absolutely nothing about it. You're the pathetic one Orrin.
He already said He won't back the nuclear option for the SCOTUS nomination...
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Bans, Slams, and Frenzies! Midwinter Sale at the Outrage Outlet! at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Sir Lancelot at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (u0s1P)
_______________________________
Long, or Cross?
Posted by: IP at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (PgCSb)
I didn't include the request for the AoSHQ EO, but I did include this:
P.S. Please consider getting a puppy for Barron when he moves to the White House.
P.P.S. On behalf of Mark Steyn, please make Kinder Eggs legal in the USA.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (Om16U)
He also called them idiots. Looks someone really wants to keep his senate seat!!! I think he will hold firm, he is smart enough to read the 2016 election tea leaves. Whether the voters are smart enough to can him is another story...
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (nIGPZ)
Maybe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 31, 2017 02:22 PM (BjrOM)
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My concern is with the rules of the committee, which is where this is being held up.
My general opinion, were I in charge of the "world's most august deliberative body" would be that your seat on a committee is only safe so long as you ATTEND that committee's meetings.
Yes, I know these childish games are as old as the Senate.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (xeeHA)
Won't be the first time.
Posted by: Preston Brooks at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (tewYv)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE YOU WHUPPED REPUBLICAN SENATOR CHARLES SUMNER HALF TO DEATH WITH YOUR CANE.
Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (5NCiy)
Didn't Wisconsin dems hide out in a Chicagoland "Tilted Kilt" one time, too?
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (OVUYQ)
If any of the people resisting confirming President Trump's cabinet picks are black, does that make them racist?
I mean, over the last 8 years the exact same thing, just with the colors reversed, DEFINITELY was racism. Straight-up, no other reason possible.
It's still the same, right? Right?
Once we get THAT settled, we can move on to the gridlock-is-the-worst-thing-unless-we're-the-ones-doing-it thing.
That's kinda confusing, too.
Logically speaking, of course.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (nd1zx)
Posted by: Sir Lancelot at January 31, 2017 02:27 PM (u0s1P)
_______________________________
Long, or Cross?
Posted by: IP at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (PgCSb)
African or European?
Posted by: Insomniac at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (0mRoj)
He means since he shaved this morning?
Posted by: moon over vermont at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (kUmUV)
Posted by: Sir Lancelot at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: JEM at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: LASue, the most deplorable at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (CLKfs)
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McConnell seems to think changing the rules to benefit the GOP would just mean the democrats would use the same rules down the road to screw us over.
Fuck that. If changing the rules to make the dims completely powerless can assure us a center right supreme court for decades and new laws on the books cutting taxes, regulations, building the wall, etc go for it.
Posted by: John Nada at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (pCUr3)
*sad face*
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 02:29 PM (O6j88)
They have no gravitas.
Posted by: ALH
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Exactly. This is how children act in a kindergarten class when they don't get their way.
On the plus side I think most Americans are starting to see just how insane the Democrat party has become with all these crazy antics. The mask being removed for all to see.
I mean, does any reasonable person want this kind of crazy in charge of our country again?
Posted by: Biergood at January 31, 2017 02:29 PM (v8Lx/)
Indeed. But this isn't "resistance," it's them refusing to even show up and vote against.
Not the same thing, I think.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 31, 2017 02:29 PM (ATsoh)
Posted by: Harry 'Searchlight Strangler' Reid at January 31, 2017 02:29 PM (nd1zx)
Aside from a mirror. He was once a reliable conservative voice, when Reagan was president. Now he's just a wizened waste of space.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:29 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2017 02:29 PM (+qwrA)
The media is encouraging this behavior and abetting it with the demonstrations coverage. What they keep forgetting is the silent majority that is getting mightily tucked off.
Posted by: Decaf at January 31, 2017 02:29 PM (WrEuY)
And before that, Indiana dems ran to Illinois to avoid voting on something or other, that didn't work out too well either if memory serves.
These aren't serious thinkers, these are babies with the car keys.
Posted by: Boots at January 31, 2017 02:29 PM (EBwPV)
Posted by: JEM at January 31, 2017 02:21 PM (TppKb)
Some of them haven't had bowel movements in years. That's their problem.
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (ONH2e)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (OzJeO)
Posted by: LASue, the most deplorable at January 31, 2017 02:28 PM (CLKfs)
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That was much nicer than what I said, which was basically calling them a bunch of butt fucking libtarded fascist fuckmonkeys who should die in a nuclear fire.
I never got a response though.
Posted by: John Nada at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (pCUr3)
ENDORSINATED
Those are all kinds of awesome. Especially at family gatherings, where you can trade with the kids or whoever.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (vZ9Fw)
"hmm can't get anyone confirmed to run these departments? Eh well I'll
just shut the whole thing down."
Oh you don't want Pruitt in charge of the EPA? How about we have no EPA, period?
Posted by: John Nada at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (pCUr3)
THIS. C'mon Mr. President, do it. Now.
Posted by: IC at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (a0IVu)
If any of the people resisting confirming President Trump's cabinet picks are black, does that make them racist?
No because there is only one Black Senator I think and He's a Republican...
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (O2RFr)
Because he is literally just like Hitler.
Or something.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (2x9LM)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: Chinese Navy at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (UOJLJ)
"We will astonish the world with our ingratitude." - Count Camillo Cavour, Sardinian Prime Minister. And Senate Democrats.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (nzpxl)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (toH8T)
All that "comity" in the Senate is bullshit and ends any time the Democrats desire it so.
When Senator Ashcroft, one of the nicest people in the world, was nominated to be Bush's AG, his "colleagues" and "friends" in the Senate put Ashcroft through hell and humiliated him for no good reason.
Even Mel Carnahan's stupid wife, who had no business being in the Senate, piled on Ashcroft and impugned his character.
John Ashcroft was extremely gracious to Carnahan's stupid wife after Carnahan was killed in a plane crash. Ashcroft pretty much gave away a Senate seat to a widow.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (o46tc)
Yeah, give them one time screwup, then they have to either have a proxy or show up or they lose their seat, unless they can prove highjinks used to keep them out of the chamber.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (KP5rU)
Rockford. Hour and a half from Chicago, roughly an hour from the closest actual suburb. Closer to Wisconsin.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (+qwrA)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: 13times at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (WHVu+)
does nothing
rolls over and bites pillow
RINOs gonna RINO
real enemy is weak-tea GOP collegiality and their accomodationist shit
Posted by: Sharp Creased Slax at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (TRUx+)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: John Nada at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (pCUr3)
My shadenboner would bend spacetime.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: steevy at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (r/0kC)
THIS x 100000000
Right after nixing Obamacare and building the wall of course. Priorities!
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (hvf9s)
I don't understand how McConnell didn't see this coming.
It was obvious that the Democrats' obstruction was only going to get much worse after inauguration day.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (o46tc)
It would have been a putsch.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (QQ+il)
MSM has reported this for months as Price having engaged in insider trading without mention of the blind trust, nor that it was a small profit.
That's not Fake News. It's false and misleading.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Bans, Slams, and Frenzies! Midwinter Sale at the Outrage Outlet! at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (hLRSq)
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Too late, the democrat party has already defined the rules. The GOP can chose to play by those rules, or do something outside the democrat defined rules.
If the GOP decide to not play the democrat party game, that is an escalation in the power struggle, and the democrats take it to the next level.
That is the way politics have been played my entire life. The democrats/media make the rules, and the GOP play the game.
Now Trump could decide he isn't going to play by those rules. Then it gets exciting.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 31, 2017 02:33 PM (ix3hc)
Posted by: DaveA at January 31, 2017 02:33 PM (8J/Te)
Because he is literally just like Hitler.
Or something.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (2x9LM)
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Hitler was an IMMIGRANT!!!
Clearly Trump is importing the next Hitler, to succeed hi the literally Hitler.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 31, 2017 02:33 PM (Om16U)
They would anyway. They actually *did*, with the filibuster.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:33 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 31, 2017 02:33 PM (nQ10o)
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Hey! What about us?
Posted by: WI Dem Fleebaggers at January 31, 2017 02:33 PM (hdpay)
Posted by: The Sanate GOPe at January 31, 2017 02:33 PM (O6j88)
If you want to blame someone for Trump's cabinet not being confirmed by now, don't blame the Democrats. Blame McConnell.
Harry Reid had NO PROBLEM getting things done for obama when he was in charge.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:34 PM (o46tc)
Democrats hold power.
Trump is teaching the GOP how to hold power, if they'll learn.
Posted by: Jeffersonian at January 31, 2017 02:34 PM (xiOrX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (+qwrA)
Hi back. Not really, no. I put myself into lurk status during three Trump Wars, and never really came out.
I spend most days in a SCIF, and my personal time is taken up by heavy stuff right now (apologies for Vague-bookingj, but this specific issue has me pissed of enough to log into the phone just you complain. :-)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 31, 2017 02:34 PM (ATsoh)
Amen.
Didn't some of them also joke about Cruz being shot when he was running for POTUS?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2017 02:34 PM (NOIQH)
Those are all kinds of awesome. Especially at family gatherings, where you can trade with the kids or whoever.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (u0s1P)
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Maybe we should start a petition?
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 31, 2017 02:35 PM (Om16U)
And acquiesced in a criminal act. No way was Mel a resident of the state at the time of the election.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 02:35 PM (QQ+il)
They have those in other countries, and it's one part about the American system that I feel is lacking.
Posted by: joe
See some females, ala S Korea, start throwing chairs.
Mia Love beaning Botox with a folding chair.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 02:35 PM (0DVOr)
Don't be naive enough to believe that McConnell doesn't understand the scorpion and frog parable.
McConnell just sucks, that's all.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:35 PM (o46tc)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at January 31, 2017 02:35 PM (etGXU)
This is a really golden opportunity for Trump to go, "hmm can't get anyone confirmed to run these departments? Eh well I'll just shut the whole thing down."
Oh you don't want Pruitt in charge of the EPA? How about we have no EPA, period?
Posted by: John Nada at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (pCUr3)
BEST. IDEA. YET.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (ONH2e)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: Gridlock at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (zke7T)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (XtAzU)
I was hoping they would at least pretend to have cojones.
The problem is that Orrin wants to filibuster Trump's picks too.
Posted by: Veeshir at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (UtXWA)
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:35 PM (o46tc)
Well, his wife is in the Trump administration, right? Time for her to crack the whip. On him.
Posted by: IC at January 31, 2017 02:37 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Joe Inaugurating 45 in DC at January 31, 2017 02:37 PM (QkS7+)
If so fire His ass...
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (O2RFr)
Bitch McConnell appointed him
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 31, 2017 02:37 PM (2x9LM)
You give McConnell for more credit and intelligence than I do.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 31, 2017 02:10 PM (9CkBG)
He has managed to first get appointed by Gerald Ford in 1975 as an Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, then after Ford was defeated, spent 7 years as a judge in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
He then was elected to the Senate in 1985 and has been reelected to the Senate every six years since. He has been elected Majority Whip, Minority Leader and now Senate Majority Leader.
He is a lawyer, a judge, and a career politician. He knows how to play the game. And he's not stupid.
He knows what he is doing, although I don't know that I agree with the risks of the strategy.
Posted by: Jen at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (z0fov)
Posted by: Jen at January 31, 2017 02:37 PM (z0fov)
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 02:37 PM (O6j88)
Posted by: Joe Inaugurating 45 in DC at January 31, 2017 02:37 PM (QkS7+)
Pepperidge Farms remembers
Posted by: brak at January 31, 2017 02:37 PM (guIHw)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (39g3+)
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I am generally against any Senate maneuver that primarily involves not showing up for work.
Particularly because they are completely at odds with the spirit of quorum rules and the like.
At this point, is there ANY incentive whatsoever for the Democrats to change their behavior? Is this type of behavior sufficiently obnoxious that LIVs would notice it?
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (xeeHA)
Agreed. This will come to a head soon, and the Ds will have dick to show for their obstruction.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (SIY7D)
And acquiesced in a criminal act. No way was Mel a resident of the state at the time of the election.
Yeah, he was living in Hell at the time.
I'm glad at least one moron here remembers the Ashcroft/Carnahan debacle.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (o46tc)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (39g3+)
This isn't pathetic. It's TREASONOUS.
Posted by: Ken at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (P/Rux)
Kinder ist gut ja?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (+qwrA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (toH8T)
Sergeant-at-arms is an employee of the Senate and is not appointed by the president. He's voted on by the Senate and paid out of their operating expenses. McConnell is his boss.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (RD7QR)
Democrats hold power.
Trump is teaching the GOP how to hold power, if they'll learn.
Posted by: Jeffersonian at January 31, 2017 02:34 PM (xiOrX)
That is a great way of putting it.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (8hICw)
I'm in. I had thought they were Not Allowed here as a choking hazard, but Steyn mentioned "non-nutritive content" or some such thing, and that doesn't strike me as quite the same thing.
Anyway. Chocolate, random little collectible toys? Oh, yeah. I'm in.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (2x9LM)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 31, 2017 02:39 PM (kTF2Z)
the president. He's voted on by the Senate and paid out of their
operating expenses. McConnell is his boss.
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Well.
That's ... convenient.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 31, 2017 02:39 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: Jen at January 31, 2017 02:31 PM (z0fov)
Posted by: Jen at January 31, 2017 02:37 PM (z0fov)
Yes, he knows what he's doing. Unfortunately, what he's doing isn't advancing any cause.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 02:39 PM (8hICw)
If the plan is to wait until the Dems make themselves so obnoxious that the voters wind up demanding an immediate end to the bickering (because right now the Democrats are essentially shutting down the government), then at that point, McConnell can trot out and announce a vote to end the 60-vote cloture rule. They could even make it a temporary 3 month rule with an ending date, for that matter. That might be enough to pull in the RINOs. And the voters would sigh with relief.
Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (JBggj)
Mia Love beaning Botox with a folding chair.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 02:35 PM (0DVOr)
Joni Ernst vs.Debbie Stabenow. She will make Debbie squeal!
Posted by: Jen at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (z0fov)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (XtAzU)
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This fellow has jib.
Posted by: Jib Cutter at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (zke7T)
https://twitter.com/VICE/status/826499450550046721
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (39g3+)
Ummm, tanks??
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (2x9LM)
He knows what he is doing
Yep. He's in on it.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (QQ+il)
doing its job" and was just being obstructive and it was un-patriotic?
I remember when the sequestration/government shutdown was the worst thing ever. Yest they're A-OK with shutting down Trump's administration.
Maybe Trump should close all EPA offices until Pruitt is confirmed?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously
I agree. I would pay good money to see Mike Lee roundhouse Schumer while Ted Cruz spins Al Franken over his head and hurls him across the Senate chambers.
Posted by: Cheri at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Thad Cochran at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (77i7V)
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (O2RFr)"
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And if they are not they are too stupid to be in Congress.
Dems and the media think they are engineering Trump's demise but they may be surprised yet again in 2018.
How is President Hillary working out for them?
Posted by: Decaf at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (WrEuY)
Posted by: Jen at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (z0fov)
From where I'm sitting in Iowa, Joni is all bark no bite.
All hat, no horse.
You picking up what I'm putting down?
Smelling what I'm stepping in?
Catching what I'm throwing?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (8hICw)
https://twitter.com/VICE/status/826499450550046721
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (39g3+)
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VICE: We totally, completely, 100% know what a 'tank' is. Promise.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (39g3+)
That is an up-armored HUMVEE with turret, not a tank.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2017 02:42 PM (+qwrA)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:42 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (xeeHA)
"That's the dude that takes all the damage in an MMO, right?"
~ Millennial
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 02:42 PM (8hICw)
https://youtu.be/Iu5XX-OTunc
Kevin Vickers, man.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 31, 2017 02:42 PM (lgaMR)
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 02:42 PM (O6j88)
McConnell and some of the other Republican Shits are behaving as if Trump will be gone in 4 years or less.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (o46tc)
Posted by: The Sanate GOPe at January 31, 2017 02:33 PM (O6j8
I call bullshit. Not more than 5 of y'all even read books.
Posted by: tbodie at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (0DVOr)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Lily Formerly of HotAir (Now from AoSHQ) at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (vivhj)
a FLEET of them!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (39g3+)
A yuuuge, luxurious fleet.
Posted by: josephistan at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (2x9LM)
I wonder how many waivers FDR granted to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany...
Oh....wait....I know the answer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (O2RFr)
https://twitter.com/VICE/status/826499450550046721 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (39g3+)
The visual responses right below it are priceless! Army of nationalistic shock troops is my fave.
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (hvf9s)
a FLEET of them!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (39g3+)
That thread is LOL funny.
Thanks
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (2x9LM)
If the plan is to wait until the Dems make themselves so obnoxious that the voters wind up demanding an immediate end to the bickering (because right now the Democrats are essentially shutting down the government), then at that point, McConnell can trot out and announce a vote to end the 60-vote cloture rule. They could even make it a temporary 3 month rule with an ending date, for that matter. That might be enough to pull in the RINOs. And the voters would sigh with relief.
Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (JBggj)
Is he that devious? I would wet my pants laughing if he did that but I doubt his testicles have descended that far. But something must be done before week's end.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Carol at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (XtAzU)
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This fellow has jib.
Posted by: Jib Cutter at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (zke7T)
BAM. I love it.
Posted by: dagny at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (nnAfn)
He knows what he is doing
Yep. He's in on it.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (QQ+il)
All they understand is billable hours.
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (O6j88)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (0D4kT)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (UBzPO)
Posted by: DanMan at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (aZqu2)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (vg8iE)
I've never seen them locally.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (m9RuU)
What's interesting about that, is there is NO NEED for the EPA. It, like a lot of regulatory agencies is completely redundant. ALL states have their own versions, weather it's a DNR or other bureaucracy. All the EPA does is fuck up the environmental industry.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: Scott M at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (AdBfq)
I'll bet there are a bunch of scary military assault weapons with the thing that sticks up in the back in that tank.
Jesus, they are so ignorant.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (B+qrE)
They all earned badges in fascism!!!!
Posted by: Vice Editor at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (UBzPO)
Boys can pretend to be girls and vice versa so why not a Republican say he's a Democrat for a while
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (493sH)
ENDORSINATED
Those are all kinds of awesome. Especially at family gatherings, where you can trade with the kids or whoever.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:30 PM (u0s1P)
What are Kinder Eggs, and why are they illegal? I'm afraid to look that up in Urban Dictionary, it sounds like something Hairy Reed would like.
Posted by: Country Singer at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (uiwCw)
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (0D4kT)
Years ago, I bough some at a grocery store in the Imported Candy section. I went back half a year or something later and there weren't any. So I dunno if they're okay as imports, or if the rules changed, or if the local store is/was inconsistent. I'll go back soon and look, just in case.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 31, 2017 02:43 PM (rF0hx)
One more reason for lefties to hold him in such high regards
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (2x9LM)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (UBzPO)
Transpolitical? Bi? Pretty sure the GOP is full of Transdemocrats.
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (hvf9s)
Claire McCaskill(D - MO)
Mark R. Warner(D - VA)
Robert P. Casey, Jr.(D - PA)
Michael F. Bennet(D - CO)
Sherrod Brown(D - OH)
Benjamin L. Cardin(D - MD)
Thomas R. Carper(D - DE)
Robert Menendez(D - NJ)
Bill Nelson(D - FL)
Maria Cantwell(D - WA)
Debbie Stabenow(D - MI)
Abolish the 17th amendment and this wouldn't be a problem because the State Congress would remove them for not providing representation to the State's interests
Convention of States time & stop this Party before State crap
Posted by: Batterup at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (DE9cR)
wasit wisconsin?
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (R7cwD)
"Those whom gods seek to destroy they first make mad."
Posted by: Decaf at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (WrEuY)
Bad precedent but they'd only need to do it once, to make the point.
Vice kills me with that post. They're obviously connected to the internet, the biggest knowledge database in human history. And they can't even be bothered to research a thing.
AR-15 shotguns. Tanks. Is there any military topic they can't cover themselves in eggs with?
Posted by: Vice Editor at January 31, 2017 02:47 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: DanMan at January 31, 2017 02:44 PM (aZqu2)
The rules would have to change. To do that you need a session of Congress. To do that you need a quorum.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 02:47 PM (RD7QR)
When will the Democrats give us our Attorney General and rest of Cabinet! They should be ashamed of themselves! No wonder D.C. doesn't work!
Can he start calling them the Obstructionist party?
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 31, 2017 02:47 PM (J5mC3)
What are Kinder Eggs, and why are they illegal? I'm afraid to look that up in Urban Dictionary, it sounds like something Hairy Reed would like.
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Hollow chocolate eggs with a buildable toy inside. Of course the nannies thought it was a choking hazard.
Posted by: Natty Lite Fan at January 31, 2017 02:48 PM (suO/a)
Republicans loved obama because obama's policies were loved by the Republicans' lobbyist overlords.
The only time when Republicans didn't love obama was when his policies directly threatened their own reelection prospects.
Posted by: Soothsayer GT with Electronic Fuel Injection at January 31, 2017 02:48 PM (o46tc)
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (m9RuU)*
Ya gotta be turning to the right to get that done.
Posted by: tbodie at January 31, 2017 02:48 PM (0DVOr)
Posted by: General Zod at January 31, 2017 02:48 PM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 31, 2017 02:48 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: Sally Quillian Yates at January 31, 2017 02:48 PM (toH8T)
Sean Spicer told them off as well as the media in today's Press Conference/
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at January 31, 2017 02:48 PM (fDdVG)
McConnell seems to think changing the rules to benefit the GOP would just mean the democrats would use the same rules down the road to screw us over.
To paraphrase Gen.U.S. Grant: To many people around here spend all their time worried about what Lee is going to do to us instead of thinking about what we're going to do with Lee
Posted by: Deplore Male Logic at January 31, 2017 02:49 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Country Singer at January 31, 2017 02:45 PM (uiwCw)
Hollow European chocolate eggs with a small toy in them. Delicious. Banned because they could be a choking hazard according to our current nanny state. Idiotic rule that must die, for the good of the kinder! And me lol.
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 02:49 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 31, 2017 02:49 PM (0D4kT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2017 02:49 PM (fDdVG)
Shove it up the Demoncrat backside hard that rusty razor-wire encrusted pineapple. Make them feel the pain.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2017 02:49 PM (+qwrA)
Claire McCaskill(D - MO)
Mark R. Warner(D - VA)
Robert P. Casey, Jr.(D - PA)
Michael F. Bennet(D - CO)
Sherrod Brown(D - OH)
Benjamin L. Cardin(D - MD)
Thomas R. Carper(D - DE)
Robert Menendez(D - NJ)
Bill Nelson(D - FL)
Maria Cantwell(D - WA)
Debbie Stabenow(D - MI)
Some of those ass wipes are coming up for re-election if I'm not mistaken and in Trump won States....
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:49 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Mike at January 31, 2017 02:50 PM (GJHwM)
Kinder Surprise is the kind I'm talking about. They're hollow chocolate eggs with a 'prize' inside. (Like Crackerjack.) Last I saw, they were generally little plastic figurines and things, some licensed (Smurfs) some not (cartoony appliances, vehicles, etc.).
There are other similar chocolates and candies, but I think it's just the eggs that have the surprise toy-things.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:50 PM (u0s1P)
Same with DOT.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 02:50 PM (0DVOr)
The day is not over yet. I bet there are even bigger and stupider "pathetic" on the way!
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (tKWP3)
Claire McCaskill(D - MO)
Mark R. Warner(D - VA)
Robert P. Casey, Jr.(D - PA)
Michael F. Bennet(D - CO)
Sherrod Brown(D - OH)
Benjamin L. Cardin(D - MD)
Thomas R. Carper(D - DE)
Robert Menendez(D - NJ)
Bill Nelson(D - FL)
Maria Cantwell(D - WA)
Debbie Stabenow(D - MI)
Some of those ass wipes are coming up for re-election if I'm not mistaken and in Trump won States....
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:49 PM (O2RFr)
All safe seats, with the possible exception of McCaskill, which is why they're the ones doing it and not, say, Heitkamp.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Wm. Scott at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (TUB4r)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zfckh32
Gorsuch
2 "high-ranking administration sources", so caveat emptor.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (+qwrA)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (R7cwD)
They did it in Texas a few years back
Posted by: MAC-SOG at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (QPdNE)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (B+qrE)
MC Caskill will lose to the Libertarian candidate Austin Peterson, if the R's don't save her
Posted by: Batterup at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (DE9cR)
How is President Hillary working out for them?
Posted by: Decaf at January 31, 2017 02:41 PM (WrEuY)
Let me see. They went all in to demonize him, make him seem like the most despicable low-life to crawl out of the pages of a Bret Easton Ellis novel, threw everything they had against him - MSM, entertainment media, opposition researchers, professional rioting squads, Gloria Allred and her coffin - and nothing worked.
*****
In the vein of Dr. Suess:
They then thought and thought and thought some more,
and stopped thinking when their butts got sore.
"I know what it is! I know what to do!
I'll do the same thing to the power of two!"
And so the Democrats got up off their dumps
and went about their business like a passel of chumps.
And for all they could have stayed on their rumps
For the only one helped was Donald J. Trump.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Bans, Slams, and Frenzies! Midwinter Sale at the Outrage Outlet! at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (hLRSq)
Oh yeah, just listen to the MSM.... the're running around with their hair on fire....
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (O2RFr)
Interesting thought...
These agencies work for the President...
Shut them down until the Senate Approves the new Department Heads?
Seems that IS within the Authority of the Chief Executive...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (qf6WZ)
Oh, yeah, I forgot the snap-together model kit aspect. Me am dumb.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (u0s1P)
"7. (a)(1) Except as provided in this paragraph, each committee, and each subcommittee thereof is authorized to fix the number of its members (but not less than one-third of its entire membership) who shall constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of such business as may be considered by said committee, except that no measure or matter or recommendation shall be reported from any committee unless a majority of the committee were physically present.
(2) Each such committee, or subcommittee, is authorized to fix a lesser number than one-third of its entire membership who shall constitute a quorum thereof for the purpose of taking sworn testimony.
(3) The vote of any committee to report a measure or matter shall require the concurrence of a majority of the members of the committee who are present. No vote of any member of any committee to report a measure or matter may be cast by proxy if rules adopted by such committee forbid the casting of votes for that purpose by proxy; however, proxies may not be voted when the absent committee member has not been informed of the matter on which he is being recorded and has not affirmatively requested that he be so recorded. Action by any committee in reporting any measure or matter in accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph shall constitute the ratification by the committee of all action theretofore taken by the committee with respect to that measure or matter, including votes taken upon the measure or matter or any amendment thereto, and no point of order shall lie with respect to that measure or matter on the ground that such previous action with respect thereto by such committee was not taken in compliance with such requirements."
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (QQ+il)
I just don't know what 'quorum' has to do with any of this obstruction.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (s5o+q)
THIS x 100000000
Right after nixing Obamacare and building the wall of course. Priorities!
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 02:32 PM (hvf9s)
And bring back lightbulbs, please.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (WuRdh)
Kinder Surprise is the kind I'm talking about. They're hollow chocolate eggs with a 'prize' inside. (Like Crackerjack.) Last I saw, they were generally little plastic figurines and things, some licensed (Smurfs) some not (cartoony appliances, vehicles, etc.).
There are other similar chocolates and candies, but I think it's just the eggs that have the surprise toy-things.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:50 PM (u0s1P)
The Star Wars ones are highly sought after since, you know, they're illegal to own.
Posted by: josephistan at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (7HtZB)
"Is this the start of Trump's personal army? Maybe it's just some ardent supporters looking to intimidate people with a show of force. Or maybe they're just trying to Make America Great Again by polluting its air with the exhaust fumes from a bunch of giant trunks that surely get an awful mile-per-gallon ratio. "
They are losing their minds over Trump
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:24 PM (ty7RM)
No, the Wisconsin State Police have no power in IL. That's why the Dems ran there in the first place
After they got sick of hanging out at the Tilted Kilt in IL bitching and showboating, they came straggling back.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (ZM2xo)
Claire McCaskill
Fuck her. In particular. With extreme prejudice.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (0D4kT)
All safe seats, with the possible exception of McCaskill, which is why they're the ones doing it and not, say, Heitkamp.
Even that pathetic Sherrod Brown?
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (O2RFr)
Neighbor had one. Cattle Rancher.
It lasted about as long as any of the trucks he destroys.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (m9RuU)
I just don't know what 'quorum' has to do with any of this obstruction.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (xeeHA)
You're assuming that McCain and Graham will caucus with the R's.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 02:49 PM (hvf9s)
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Yet Mexican king cakes are still legal.
Posted by: RioBravo at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (SsblQ)
I foresee an Infrastructure bill bought with a few key D Senator votes that freezes out states like Schumer's NY.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (SIY7D)
It really writes itself.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (B+qrE)
Which guaranteed Walker's recall election victory.
This will not endear themselves to the indies and moderates out there come 2018
Keep digging the hole, right Chi?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (ty7RM)
So she's a 1 on the binary scale?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (XtAzU)
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Nice, but no immediate impact on their personal comfort.
-Close down their offices.
-Revoke parking privileges, gym privileges, dinning room privileges, postage privileges.
Make them feel the heat.
Posted by: WisRich at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (hdpay)
Posted by: Vice Editor at January 31, 2017 02:54 PM (39g3+)
It'd be, like, three feet tall. Like its own Easter basket.
That sounds awesome.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 02:54 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (XtAzU)
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Best idea of all. Let the assholes go and save the US some money.
Posted by: Old Nam Vet at January 31, 2017 02:54 PM (bKxiT)
Posted by: Doom at January 31, 2017 02:54 PM (ChhNd)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (ty7RM)
Yep. He's in on it.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (QQ+il)
The senators are probably down with the donk illegitimate/therefore impeachable preezy plan. They're like: eff Trump, who TF was he to shame us on Inauguration Day in front of the whole world?
What a bunch of prissy biatches. What limpdick men, and I use that term advisedly. Is there a "Y" chromosome among the bunch?
Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (nNdYv)
There are US knock offs that try to do the same concept but their toys are terrible.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 31, 2017 02:52 PM (ZM2xo)
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Living in Wisconsin, I can say that their action was NOT popular. Wisconsinites are generally very practical as a cultural matter, and don't particularly like the idea of their reps not doing their jobs.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (xeeHA)
Read something the other day that was both funny and sad..... "How many people say they are going to a Fetus shower or ask if they've picked a Fetus name yet?"
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (O6j88)
Every Republican that's president is called Hitler, Klansman, etc. Every time, they get worse and more strident and lunatic about it. If you really believed that -- or if you believed it enough to pretend well in public -- would you not do everything in your power to hinder them?
Deep down, I believe most of them know its asinine, but they are going through the motions for their lunatic base.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (XtAzU)
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Nice, but no immediate impact on their personal comfort.
-Close down their offices.
-Revoke parking privileges, gym privileges, dinning room privileges, postage privileges.
Make them feel the heat.
Line out paychecks to zero.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 02:56 PM (0DVOr)
Read something the other day that was both funny and sad..... "How many people say they are going to a Fetus shower or ask if they've picked a Fetus name yet?"
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (O2RFr)
See, I can read that "headline" either way.
1) that a fetus IS a human being (that is, PERSON)
2) that a fetus BECOMES a human being (that is, at some point not a person, then past said point, a person)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 02:56 PM (8hICw)
31 Bet those Dems coming up for re-election in 2018 in States that went for Trump are shitting their pants about now...
Posted by: deplorable donna
- - - -
I think this is the key. Absolute full on go after the three or four most vulnerable Dems and burn them.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2017 02:56 PM (0tfLf)
I think they have a higher milk content than other chocolate, thus "better" for growing children? Thus the word kinder in them? I don't really care, they are just yummy. Besides Kinderei, The Kinder Bueno and the Happy Hippos are delicious.
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 02:56 PM (hvf9s)
https://twitter.com/VICE/status/826499450550046721
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:38 PM (39g3+)
I printed that out and it's being passed around the office. Everyone's laughing their asses off.
Posted by: Country Singer at January 31, 2017 02:57 PM (uiwCw)
Wait, babies aren't human even after they are born?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 02:57 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bigbys Photoshop Trump Hands at January 31, 2017 02:57 PM (rKd6K)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at January 31, 2017 02:57 PM (cCsPW)
If the boycotting Senators have no interest in carrying out their constitutional duties, then they should find another occupation better suited for doing nothing.
Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2017 02:57 PM (JBggj)
supporters looking to intimidate people with a show of force. Or maybe
they're just trying to Make America Great Again by polluting its air
with the exhaust fumes from a bunch of giant trunks that surely get an
awful mile-per-gallon ratio. "
Uh, did VICE do any stories on the militarization of DHS, including the stockpiling of billions of rounds of ammo?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2017 02:57 PM (NOIQH)
Do it, Chester McTurtle. Do it now.
Posted by: DocJ at January 31, 2017 02:58 PM (7bkOX)
*looks in mirror*
By golly, he's right!
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Bans, Slams, and Frenzies! Midwinter Sale at the Outrage Outlet! at January 31, 2017 02:58 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Roy at January 31, 2017 02:58 PM (VndSC)
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I think it's "kinder" the German word for children
I've always heard it pronounced that way, anyway.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 31, 2017 02:58 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 02:58 PM (RD7QR)
However, RINO Ann Wagner is the inside GOPe heir apparent.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:59 PM (ty7RM)
Convention of States time & stop this Party before State crap
Posted by: Batterup at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (DE9cR)
Even before the 17th Amendment, the state legislatures couldn't just yank a sitting Senator.
You'd need an Article V convention, not another of the non-Article V "conventions of the states" that occurred after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 31, 2017 02:59 PM (OzJeO)
+++
Democrats in general need to be made to feel that they are defeated.
I want a Sherman's March to San Francisco, starting in, I dunno, Texas.
Posted by: Bigbys Photoshop Trump Hands at January 31, 2017 02:59 PM (rKd6K)
Posted by: XPOTUS Preezy at January 31, 2017 02:59 PM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: Maritime at January 31, 2017 02:59 PM (lzxL6)
Posted by: Lord Sir x at January 31, 2017 03:00 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: XPOTUS Preezy
The MSM is guaranteed to cum.
Posted by: Roy at January 31, 2017 03:00 PM (VndSC)
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I heard that Mars lobbied to get them banned
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 31, 2017 03:00 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 03:00 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2017 02:51 PM (+qwrA)
Hahahaha! Comes with little tools and instructions to assemble. That or filled with lingonberries.
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 03:00 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (QQ+il)
Seems like there is some precedent for things to be "deemed" around Capitol Hill.
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Lord Sir x at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Zombie Robert Palmer at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (m9RuU)
Therefore... I will take the Democrats word for this, and follow their example.
Starting today, any Agency that does not have its cabinet appointed leader, is on furlough, until it gets its Cabinet Level position filled.
Thank you, and God Bless.
Posted by: What I'd like to hear Trump say. at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (qf6WZ)
I've always heard it pronounced that way, anyway.
Yes, no matter how kind your children are, German children are always Kinder.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (39g3+)
The thing about Kinder Eggs is that the chocolate is SO good. It's the nice Euro/Belgian style, not too sweet or waxy like American "chocolate."
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 03:02 PM (ty7RM)
Don't show up for scheduled meetings and you're not sick/ on legit business/ dead? Thank you for your resignation.
I'm 100% support Congress moving slowly or not at all. Feature, not a bug (even when it's the scumbags I disagree with). That is a different thing than throwing temper tantrums and refusing to show up for work.
It's inconceivable to me that everyone keeps reelecting worthless, lazy pieces of shit every term that don't show up for scheduled work up to 70% of the time at all, especially when their schedule is shorter than the average substitute teacher. They sure as hell show up for all the paid retreats, travel, and donor parties though.
Start making the fuckers punch a clock... like they mandate for more and more of the private sector. No show, no pay. Late, docked pay. For clarity: at work means sitting in your spot with your damn name in front of it and voting. Not working is meeting with donors or lobbyists No employer pays me to go to meeting about my next job. That's on your own time, fuckstick.
Posted by: Damiano at January 31, 2017 03:02 PM (71OEY)
Republican't.
Always an excuse for doing nothing.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 31, 2017 03:02 PM (vZ9Fw)
Posted by: Iblis at January 31, 2017 03:02 PM (9221z)
Starting today, any Agency that does not have its cabinet appointed leader, is on furlough, until it gets its Cabinet Level position filled.
Good position. Its obvious they don't consider these jobs critical, and wish to leave them up to Trump to do personally...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:03 PM (39g3+)
I've always heard it pronounced that way, anyway.
Kin der, not kind er.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 03:03 PM (0DVOr)
Freakin SORE LOSER Kaine!
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/01/31/kaine-democrats-fight-streets-trump/
Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2017 03:03 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: JoshO at January 31, 2017 03:03 PM (34zfN)
Most Washington Generals wing (the team the Harlem Globetrotters take with them to beat every stop) of the Grand Old Spineless Party need not apply.
Posted by: Axeman at January 31, 2017 03:03 PM (2mC6G)
Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2017 03:04 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: IC at January 31, 2017 03:04 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Captain Ahab at January 31, 2017 03:05 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 31, 2017 03:05 PM (ODxAs)
Well that is absolutely true, but would the GOP ever try to sit out committee meetings just to stall things? Have they? I honestly don't know.
What I can't work out is what they figure this is going to accomplish.
Do they figure the work won't get done? That Trump will back down and nominate I dunno Michael Moore to the position? That he'll just quit in frustration? I don't see the point here.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:05 PM (39g3+)
However, RINO Ann Wagner is the inside GOPe heir apparent.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin
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I just want someone that won't fuck up that race like Akin did.
Somebody better get their answers right on "rape babies" this time.
That nasty bitch McCaskill should have been gone a long time ago.
Posted by: Maritime at January 31, 2017 03:05 PM (lzxL6)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:05 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2017 03:05 PM (KP5rU)
Somebody better get their answers right on "rape babies" this time.
That nasty bitch McCaskill should have been gone a long time ago.
Posted by: Maritime at January 31, 2017 03:05 PM (lzxL6)
Whatever the answer, stick to it. Actually believe in your position.
When you walk back your statement, it shows you're just playing for votes.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 03:06 PM (8hICw)
If it isn't, it'll be one of the great headfakes.
Posted by: WisRich at January 31, 2017 03:06 PM (hdpay)
Exactly. Waffling or backing down hurts you worse than holding an unpopular position.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Usntakim at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (hMqvx)
Not the eggs, the toys/kit inside (which inside a plastic capsule). I assume zero, but I don't know. Crackerjacks and cereals used to have FREE TOY INSIDE too, but I think those days are gone.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (u0s1P)
I just read that. Kaine is an idiot.
OK Kaine...bring it. And whatever violence you stir up that affects me or my family gets returned to you.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2017 02:36 PM (XtAzU)
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This fellow has jib.
Posted by: Jib Cutter at January 31, 2017 02:40 PM (zke7T)
That would be perfect. I wonder if it would be legal?
Posted by: Bernette at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (S6rOh)
Or, pass the nomination on without a recommendation since a vote could not be held and let the Senate confirm.
Maybe we should fit Hatch with a pussy hat if he can't get stuff done.
Posted by: David at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (T2uZP)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (DLIpz)
Posted by: Roy at January 31, 2017 03:08 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 31, 2017 03:08 PM (oVJmc)
Ok, sounds right. I don't watch the "Round and Rounders" much.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 03:08 PM (ty7RM)
I'd preferred it if he'd said, "What a bunch of fucking pussies. Have you seen this shit? Fuck 'em sideways with Barney Frank's diseased cock!" or something like that.
Posted by: Dang at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (8b+oT)
Woooooo!
Lookit me, bitchez!
I'm all 2nd Amendmenty and stuff.
Elect me and I swear i'm gonna do stuff!
Stuff with muskets!
Wooooooo!
Posted by: The Turtle at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (vZ9Fw)
When you walk back your statement, it shows you're just playing for votes.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
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I don't think that was Akin's problem, it was the whole "raped women can will their pregnancy away' plus just the position itself of abortion being illegal even in cases or rape.
A state like Missouri is Ruby Red and even they didn't go for such a strident position on abortion. Trump and Romney both won it by like 20 points, it should be a layup for a mainstream, pro life candidate that doesn't say stupid shit.
Posted by: Maritime at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (lzxL6)
Posted by: People who have been complaining about "obstructionism" for the last 6-8 years at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (/dvDR)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (dKiJG)
Declare a quorum with the attending Republicans, since they represent a
majority, hold a vote and pass the nomination on. Let the Dems then
fight about it.
Or, pass the nomination on without a recommendation since a vote could not be held and let the Senate confirm.
Maybe we should fit Hatch with a pussy hat if he can't get stuff done.
Posted by: David at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (T2uZP)
The Senate has a rule that at least one member of the "minority Party" must be present in the judiciary committee to pass a candidate on to the floor for confirmation.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (mpXpK)
Convention of States time & stop this Party before State crap
Posted by: Batterup at January 31, 2017 02:46 PM (DE9cR)
Even before the 17th Amendment, the state legislatures couldn't just yank a sitting Senator.
You'd need an Article V convention, not another of the non-Article V "conventions of the states" that occurred after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 31, 2017 02:59 PM (OzJeO)
Be careful what you wish for in an Article V Convention. Global Governance Marxists like Soros have that covered aa well.
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (O6j88)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (39g3+)
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YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 31, 2017 03:10 PM (lgaMR)
Re: Air Clair McCaskill: There was a rumor that one of the Wallace
NASCAR guys (Kenny?) was going to run against her. That would be so
sweet.
However, RINO Ann Wagner is the inside GOPe heir apparent.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 02:59 PM (ty7RM)
Carl Edwards
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 03:10 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 31, 2017 03:10 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee at January 31, 2017 03:10 PM (97XyN)
300 This is where we need to figure out a way to bring more private sector accountability to government.
Don't show up for scheduled meetings and you're not sick/ on legit business/ dead? Thank you for your resignation.
I'm 100% support Congress moving slowly or not at all. Feature, not a bug (even when it's the scumbags I disagree with). That is a different thing than throwing temper tantrums and refusing to show up for work.
It's inconceivable to me that everyone keeps reelecting worthless, lazy pieces of shit every term that don't show up for scheduled work up to 70% of the time at all, especially when their schedule is shorter than the average substitute teacher. They sure as hell show up for all the paid retreats, travel, and donor parties though.
Start making the fuckers punch a clock... like they mandate for more and more of the private sector. No show, no pay. Late, docked pay. For clarity: at work means sitting in your spot with your damn name in front of it and voting. Not working is meeting with donors or lobbyists No employer pays me to go to meeting about my next job. That's on your own time, fuckstick.
Posted by: Damiano at January 31, 2017 03:02 PM (71OEY)
OMG. THIS.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 31, 2017 03:10 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (Fb9aZ)
Dig up a Kennedy and wheel him in there.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: IC
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Something like... SQUID HANDS!?!
Posted by: That girl in this morning's painting at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 02:55 PM (xeeHA)
I know. I'm a cheesehead too.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (39g3+)
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YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 31, 2017 03:09 PM (xeeHA)
You forgot to put on your sunglasses.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (vZ9Fw)
Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (DLIpz)
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Yes, or as Romney would say, a "Severe Conservative".
Posted by: WisRich at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (hdpay)
Therefore... I will take the Democrats word for this, and follow their example.
Starting today, any Agency that does not have its cabinet appointed leader, is on furlough, until it gets its Cabinet Level position filled.
Thank you, and God Bless.
Posted by: What I'd like to hear Trump say. at January 31, 2017 03:01 PM (qf6WZ)
Unpaid furlough lol. Too bad they confirmed DeVos.
Posted by: Bernette at January 31, 2017 03:12 PM (S6rOh)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 03:12 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: WisRich at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (hdpay)
LoL; like he contracted some terminal disease.
Posted by: IC at January 31, 2017 03:12 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 31, 2017 03:13 PM (q+piq)
-Close down their offices.
-Revoke parking privileges, gym privileges, dinning room privileges, postage privileges.
Make them feel the heat.
Posted by: WisRich at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (hdpay)*
I'd rather layoff 100 per day per department and have their base turn on them.
Posted by: tbodie at January 31, 2017 03:13 PM (0DVOr)
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You know, as an aging single woman, I feel that I should somehow say "no, that's not the case."
However, these demonstrations have convinced me that the bigger clingers are not on the right, but on the left. Add in hormones and a tendency towards histrionics and BAM!
More crazy than a padded cell full of men who think they're Napoleon.
Sigh.
I now feel obligated to change my nic.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at January 31, 2017 03:13 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2017 03:13 PM (4AVeu)
They kling on Uranus.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 03:14 PM (0DVOr)
I just don't trust judges as far as I can throw them, if they have a whiff of "moderate" they basically become liberal judges.
Just something about the legal profession and how they think.
Posted by: Maritime at January 31, 2017 03:14 PM (lzxL6)
I can't seem to find that in the Senate Rules on their website. Help a brother out.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 03:14 PM (QQ+il)
-Close down their offices.
-Revoke parking privileges, gym privileges, dinning room privileges, postage privileges.
Make them feel the heat.
Posted by: WisRich at January 31, 2017 02:53 PM (hdpay)*
I'd rather layoff 100 per day per department and have their base turn on them.
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You're BOTH right.
Tastes great and is less filling!
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at January 31, 2017 03:14 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:14 PM (DLIpz)
The Senate has a rule that at least one member of the "minority Party" must be present in the judiciary committee to pass a candidate on to the floor for confirmation.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at
Sounds like it's time to use the tranny playbook and someone's can identify as a democrat for a day
Posted by: Lord Sir x at January 31, 2017 03:14 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: IC at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (O6j88)
Give 'em enough rope.
Trump needs to use carrots and sticks to peel off a few D Senators, and then Schumer and the entire D party are fucked. And they will have given Trump the excuse to fuck 'em.
I'm betting on a deal with the Russians and the Saudis to end ISIS and create a refugee sanctuary. A lot of Ds and a lot of MSM will look very stupid if that happens.
There's a reason for Tillerson at State. Global oil prices as a diplomatic weapon / leverage.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (m9RuU)
We chatted for a while and she said Trump is being portrayed as dangerous and out of control; that he hires ppl and fires them, (implying that Yates was one of these or something). That he constantly is changing his mind about people, the administration is in disarray.
She said, "What is up with the media"? She definitely has some right-tendencies, so I said, "They are very left and politics right now is regrettably a game of polarizing people."
She didn't like all the immigration last year into Germany, but their papers are really hammering Trump, apparently.
Posted by: atomicplaygirl (Gab: atomicplaygirl) at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (Gim9y)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (bZXxP)
Monthly throwing of rotten eggs and vegetables at a-hole politicians.
It's a good start.
Posted by: Dr. Doomsday at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (dVnrg)
Once you go cephalopod, you never not.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 03:12 PM (u0s1P)
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
*waves tentacles*
Posted by: Cthulu at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2017 03:16 PM (XoldI)
Posted by: Iblis at January 31, 2017 03:16 PM (9221z)
Posted by: KING ARTHUR (D) at January 31, 2017 03:16 PM (oGRue)
In fact, all executive power wielded by Secretaries of the various departments actually belongs to the President, per the Constitution.
The Constitution does not *require* a President to appoint department heads. It assumes that they will exist . . . but it also assumes the Senate will do it's job.
What the Democrats are doing is, in essence, provoking a Constitutional Crisis unless McConnell snuffs it out by going "nuclear."
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 03:16 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:07 PM (DLIpz)
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Yes, or as Romney would say, a "Severe Conservative".
Posted by: WisRich at January 31, 2017 03:11 PM (hdpay)
Good enough for me.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:16 PM (DLIpz)
more of the private sector. No show, no pay. Late, docked pay. For
clarity: at work means sitting in your spot with your damn name in front
of it and voting. Not working is meeting with donors or lobbyists No
employer pays me to go to meeting about my next job. That's on your own
time, fuckstick.
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This is a pretty hot idea actually.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at January 31, 2017 03:16 PM (J5mC3)
I'm going to go put up some shelves and make some cookies.
Posted by: garrett
Just remember to have your drill set proper, OK?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 31, 2017 03:17 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 03:17 PM (QQ+il)
portrayed as dangerous and out of control; that he hires ppl and fires
them, (implying that Yates was one of these or something). That he
constantly is changing his mind about people, the administration is in
disarray.
She said, "What is up with the media"? She definitely
has some right-tendencies, so I said, "They are very left and politics
right now is regrettably a game of polarizing people."
She didn't like all the immigration last year into Germany, but their papers are really hammering Trump, apparently.
Posted by: atomicplaygirl (Gab: atomicplaygirl) at January 31, 2017 03:15 PM (Gim9y)
I'm hoping you corrected her rendition there?
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 03:17 PM (Enq6K)
more of the private sector. No show, no pay. Late, docked pay. For
clarity: at work means sitting in your spot with your damn name in front
of it and voting. Not working is meeting with donors or lobbyists No
employer pays me to go to meeting about my next job. That's on your own
time, fuckstick.
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This is a pretty hot idea actually.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant
And none of this union work on the public dime crap.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 31, 2017 03:17 PM (9krrF)
Thanks for reminding me...
I'd hate to have it set to Oatmeal when I really want Chocolate Chip!
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 03:18 PM (m9RuU)
Since they won't confirm the new guy, the interim guy can start raking the muck.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 31, 2017 03:18 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 03:14 PM (QQ+il)
Its under the committee rules: (and it looks like they have changed it to two)
III. QUORUMS
1. Seven Members of the Committee, actually present, shall constitute
a quorum for the purpose of discussing business. Nine Members of the
Committee, including at least two Members of the minority, shall
constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. No bill,
matter, or nomination shall be ordered reported from the Committee,
however, unless a majority of the Committee is actually present at the
time such action is taken and a majority of those present support the
action taken.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:18 PM (mpXpK)
These reporters are truly dumb shits.
The ignorance is burning.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (8iiMU)
Not if he continues to pander to the hard Left.
I know Hillary-voters who were turned off by him.
"Gee, I don't remember him being this creepy when he was governor" being a typical reaction.
I think Jim Gilmore would have a sporting chance of winning if he ran.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (Nox3c)
I'd hate to have it set to Oatmeal when I really want Chocolate Chip!
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2017 03:18 PM (m9RuU)
Chocolate Chip- the Antonin Scalia of cookies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (mpXpK)
Does socking a banned regular carry any risk?
Posted by: Barney Frank at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (4WhSY)
My God. I'm nearly all the way through a replay of the Spicer briefing today.
These reporters are truly dumb shits.
The ignorance is burning.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (8iiMU)
Linky?
Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2017 03:20 PM (XoldI)
My guess is that they plan to throw 4 years of unceasing tantrums. They aren't even being asked to justify their actions. The press just calls it chaos and talks about Trump's policy as if it matters bugger-all what he did. They would protest anyway because that is all they have.
Posted by: Thatch at January 31, 2017 03:20 PM (CWGHX)
Since they won't confirm the new guy, the interim guy can start raking the muck.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 31, 2017 03:18 PM (oVJmc)
Have him appoint a Hillary special prosecutor.
And an Obama one too, for giggles.
And what the hell--a Schumer one. You KNOW that sewer rat's got skeletons in his closet.
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 03:20 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:20 PM (DLIpz)
Posted by: Barney Frank at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (4WhSY)
Probably going for the crazy making old god, not the crazy making old regular.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at
No problem...change the rule. It's a harry reid thing
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (sRFAL)
Theoretically, could Trump just put in an acting Director?
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:20 PM (DLIpz)
Yes and there is. Yates was one until last night when a new one was put in.
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (Enq6K)
Absolutely I did, which is why she told me she didn't support Merkel's move but Germany felt blackmailed. She said any time anyone talks closing borders, the word Nazi gets brought out. I sympathised with her and told her a country's job is to protect its legal residents first. Unvetted immigration flies in the face of that.
Posted by: atomicplaygirl (Gab: atomicplaygirl) at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (Gim9y)
Posted by: John Cougar Mellencamp at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (97XyN)
Makes me wonder, just how involved are the RINOs in pizzagate activities?
Posted by: Grimmy at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (m+qrc)
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Yeah.
Because Germans have such a proud and storied history of standing up against The State.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2017 03:22 PM (4AVeu)
Does socking a banned regular carry any risk?
Cthulhu is banned?
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:22 PM (DLIpz)
These leftist women are pathetic, hysterical people with no personal power. Hence the importance of forcing groupthink and groupspeak on the rest of us. They also get very little personal attention. Hence the need to demonstrate wildly.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 31, 2017 03:22 PM (nQ10o)
Amazing how Republicans could never stop anything the Democrat Senate did after the 2008 election.
Posted by: Maritime at January 31, 2017 03:22 PM (lzxL6)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:22 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: atomicplaygirl (Gab: atomicplaygirl) at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (Gim9y)
Nazi Germany didn't close it's borders - it expanded them all over Europe.
Posted by: josephistan at January 31, 2017 03:23 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: John Cougar Mellencamp
I'm sorry, are you supposed to be famous or something? Not sure I recognize the name.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 31, 2017 03:23 PM (4WhSY)
Theoretically, could Trump just put in an acting Director?
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I asked the same thing in the art thread.
Next question: Can Trump make his nominee the acting Director?
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (J5mC3)
And my sister is one of them. Her English husband watched Trumo's inaugural address. She said that she couldn't even bear to hear his voice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (fDdVG)
Hello Walmart, my old friend
i've come to buy a drill again
Becuz I tried to use my drill reversed
It wouldn't drill, got plaster on
Liverwurst
That I wanted on my sandwich for my lunch
I have a hunch
That I know placing shelves
Like NDT
Knows Science.
Posted by: Shelley and Garfunkel at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (vZ9Fw)
31/01/17 15:29
The reason @realDonaldTrump is so unnerving to the left is that he refuses to let them set the terms & parameters of the debate
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:22 PM (39g3+)
No, their basis for that is that that's what their (generally state-run) media tells them.
Sort of like our MFM, but way, way, way more ubiquitous.
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (sRFAL)
No its a committee thing and you need them present to change the rule. Catch-22
But the solution is still available. They can order them to quorum and have them arrested if they do not report.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (mpXpK)
Too be fair, I couldn't stand the sound of that JEF either.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2017 03:25 PM (/tuJf)
watched Trumo's inaugural address. She said that she couldn't even bear
to hear his voice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (fDdVG)
Tell her now she knows how we've all felt for the past 8 years.
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 03:25 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:25 PM (DLIpz)
The Iranian-backed suicide attack targeting a Saudi frigate off the
coast of Yemen on Monday may have been meant for an American warship,
two defense officials told Fox News
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at January 31, 2017 03:25 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (O6j88)
Fuck Them
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (oGRue)
Can we make it a felony so they lose their right to vote?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (0DVOr)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (Hdi++)
395 No problem...change the rule. It's a harry reid thing
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 31, 2017 03:21 PM (sRFAL)
No its a committee thing and you need them present to change the rule. Catch-22
But the solution is still available. They can order them to quorum and have them arrested if they do not report.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (mpXpK)
Then they flee to Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (XoldI)
Yes, but I think the mud slingers are trying to draw an analogue between bias against, Jews, gypsies, non-Aryans and the current state, where the residents didn't want a surge of unvetted foreigners because, you know, apples are shelves. (Sorry Ace.)
Posted by: atomicplaygirl (Gab: atomicplaygirl) at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (Gim9y)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (9krrF)
Brain eating, soul stealing . . . the usual.
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (O6j8
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Members of Congress: Get the Constitutional Amendment machine up and running.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (BjrOM)
OK crazy lady, you called me. Good luck getting past call block when you sober up.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (nFwvY)
31/01/17 15:29
The reason @realDonaldTrump is so unnerving to the left is that he refuses to let them set the terms & parameters of the debate
That's pretty much it right there.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (DLIpz)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: John Cougar Mellencamp
****
Ok. No socking. Let the kicking and stomping begin!!!
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (0x/TW)
Thank you.
https://is.gd/ZJCway
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (0DVOr)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (0DVOr)
I wish but no. All they can do is physically drag them to the committee and park their commie asses in their seats.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:28 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Shelvey and Garfunkel at January 31, 2017 03:28 PM (vZ9Fw)
But the solution is still available. They can order them to quorum and have them arrested if they do not report.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (mpXpK)
Then they flee to Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (XoldI)
For peak freakout, have Pence do it in his capacity as President of the Senate.
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 03:28 PM (s5o+q)
31/01/17 15:29
The reason @realDonaldTrump is so unnerving to the left is that he refuses to let them set the terms & parameters of the debate
That's pretty much it right there.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:27 PM (DLIpz)
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Before the primary really even began to form, I wanted Rick Perry, newly unemployed man, to hire Newt Gingrich to teach him how to do exactly that.
He didn't do that and Trump just did it naturally.
So...okay then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 31, 2017 03:28 PM (BjrOM)
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 03:28 PM (O6j88)
Not if he continues to pander to the hard Left.
I know Hillary-voters who were turned off by him.
"Gee, I don't remember him being this creepy when he was governor" being a typical reaction.
Heh, he was *always* creepy. What he is now is a SORE LOSER.
Did John McCain declare war on Obama right after he was sworn in?
Did Paul Ryan publicly denounce Obama and publicly swear to do everything to deligitimize his second win?
Of course not.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2017 03:28 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:20 PM (DLIpz)
Yes, and that's the state of play now at DoJ, Treasury, and HHS.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 03:29 PM (RD7QR)
Next question: Can Trump make his nominee the acting Director?
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at January 31, 2017 03:24 PM (J5mC3)
To sign warrants you need to confirmed.
Posted by: Deplore Male Logic at January 31, 2017 03:29 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Shmuck at the New York Times at January 31, 2017 03:29 PM (Sda6L)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (8iiMU)
Linky?
Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2017 03:20 PM (XoldI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM5P9uVJBgk
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 31, 2017 03:29 PM (8iiMU)
Yes.
Any further questions should be referred to management.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
It's cool. Guess I've missed a lot the last few months.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 31, 2017 03:29 PM (9krrF)
Bwahaha.
I saw Shelfey and Garfunkel open for Chewie and the Electric Ewok Band at...
Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2017 03:30 PM (hvf9s)
Did Paul Ryan publicly denounce Obama and publicly swear to do everything to deligitimize his second win?
Of course not.
I wish.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:30 PM (DLIpz)
Posted by: Madonna at January 31, 2017 03:30 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: wth at January 31, 2017 03:30 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 31, 2017 03:30 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 31, 2017 03:29 PM (8iiMU)
Thanky!
Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2017 03:30 PM (XoldI)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 31, 2017 03:33 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: IC at January 31, 2017 03:33 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (9krrF)
Brain eating, soul stealing . . . the usual.
Posted by: filbert
****
That would only make sense if he came here as part of a fast...
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at January 31, 2017 03:33 PM (0x/TW)
We are below Lord of the Flies at this point.
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 03:33 PM (O6j88)
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 03:34 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 31, 2017 03:34 PM (MZSAv)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:34 PM (mpXpK)
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Five year old Tommy Dagget of Asshole, Arizona once swallowed a toy soldier. When contacted for comment, the rascally little boy said, "It wasn't too bad going down, but it hurt like a motherfucker coming out!"
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 31, 2017 03:35 PM (kTF2Z)
We are below Lord of the Flies at this point.
Posted by: Pepe, Moar Pleaae. at January 31, 2017 03:33 PM (O6j8
Restraints of courtesy and social contract go both ways. If one side severs the contract, the other party is free to ignore it.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 03:35 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 31, 2017 03:26 PM (
It is being alledged that he made the whole thing up, a la all the fake hate crimes. It is also apparently being alledged that the ddos attacks by he who shall not be named, that mr meat locker had to rewrite the TBK3000 to stop, didn't actually happen. Yes, all our eyes lied to us.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 31, 2017 03:35 PM (Hdi++)
RUN AWAY!!
Posted by: KING ARTHUR (D) at January 31, 2017 03:16 PM
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Would it help to confuse Trump if we ran away more?
Posted by: Brave Sir Wyden at January 31, 2017 03:36 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 03:35 PM (RD7QR)
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"That's not fair!"
-The Left
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 31, 2017 03:36 PM (BjrOM)
Posted by: IC at January 31, 2017 03:33 PM (a0IVu)
...............
Speaking of which, Ahnold fired the flaming Gaylord last night.
Why, oh why do Republicans hate gays so?
Posted by: wth at January 31, 2017 03:36 PM (HgMAr)
He does seem to be enjoying the game. I'm thinking the nominee won't be Gorsuch or Hardiman.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM (Enq6K)
When David Axelrod did it, not a peep.
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: irright at January 31, 2017 03:38 PM (pMGkg)
I think Jim Gilmore would have a sporting chance of winning if he ran.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 31, 2017 03:19 PM (Nox3c)
Even with Fairfax County?
Things have changed a lot since I lived in DC. The Republicans usually lived in No. Virginia while the leftists stayed in DC or in Montgomery County.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 31, 2017 03:38 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 31, 2017 03:17 PM
One of the many reasons conservative women rule!
Posted by: Carlitos Peligro at January 31, 2017 03:38 PM (QD9b6)
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 03:38 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 03:38 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 03:38 PM (RD7QR)
I'm going to have to make condoms part of my regular gear, what with all the spontaneous orgasms.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2017 03:39 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM (dKiJG)
Well, I'll be gobsmacked if that happens - but not as much as the Dems will be. That will really set their asses on fire.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 31, 2017 03:39 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM (97XyN)
Heh. That's what I want.
This whole have multiple people there or on their way to DC thing is an obvious attempt to flush out leakers, at least to me.
It's the canary trap from gah I should know this, Hunt for Red October?
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 31, 2017 03:39 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:39 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Tami at January 31, 2017 03:39 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM
As awesome as that would be, it would also guarantee that the Notorious RBG doesn't leave until someone finds her dead in chambers.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2017 03:40 PM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2017 03:40 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 03:40 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 31, 2017 03:40 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM (dKiJG)
Well, that would explain both Hardiman and Gorsuch coming to DC.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable MMA Afficianado at January 31, 2017 03:40 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 31, 2017 03:40 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 31, 2017 03:41 PM (DLIpz)
Over at the Washington Free Beacon, there's this:
"Concerned members of the media claim that President Donald Trumpis abusingthem psychologicallyin orderto drive them insane, the Washington Free Beacon has learned."
"Is Donald Trump gaslighting us?" asked CNN correspondentBrian Stelter. "Does he know what gaslighting means?"
hahaha
I just read a very informative book about gaslighting because it recently happened to me. Basically it's someone trying to convince you that their subjective reality is YOUR objective reality.
Case in point: A few months ago, a close friend called me late one evening. I had been out of town for a few days and I was exhausted and stressed. He then started to tell me what to do in regards to something I mentioned, and then started getting really angry. So I said I want to have something to eat, since I hadn't eaten most of the day (it was close to midnight) and cut the conversation short.
His version?
I hung up on him, which he will NEVER forgive.
That didn't happen. I tried to salvage the relationship, and even apologized-- mostly for not letting myself get yelled at-- but it was to no avail.
That was three months ago. I've heard from him once via email, and was so disturbed by his statements and views that I've just walked away and initiated a no contact rule. And I do not regret it.
Right now, the media is my former friend. They are screaming "why won't you accept that my way is the right way! If I say the sky is neon purple, you need to BELIEVE that it's neon purple! I'm always right."
They are gaslighting, but, like my former friend, are refusing to take responsibility for their own actions and instead are playing the victim.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at January 31, 2017 03:41 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Pete Seria at January 31, 2017 03:41 PM (lJW6d)
Trump needs names so he know who's asses need kicked.
Posted by: Fritz at January 31, 2017 03:42 PM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: Infidel at January 31, 2017 03:42 PM (ByNzS)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 31, 2017 03:37 PM (dKiJG)
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Why do you do this to us?
It couldn't be that good would it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 31, 2017 03:53 PM (BjrOM)
Posted by: pete at January 31, 2017 03:54 PM (meg+g)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 31, 2017 03:55 PM (39g3+)
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Hold it... Barney Frank is back?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2017 04:03 PM (NBHj5)
Posted by: DaveA at January 31, 2017 04:18 PM (8J/Te)
Posted by: Servius at January 31, 2017 04:25 PM (SXIn9)
Let them do a Wisconsin-Dem dash to Mexico if they wish.
Posted by: geoffb5 at January 31, 2017 04:50 PM (d3wbb)
Posted by: LASue, the most deplorable at January 31, 2017 05:01 PM (CLKfs)
Later that year, Texas Senate Democrats fled to New Mexico over the same issues and for the same reasons.
In 2011 Wisconsin Democrats pulled the same stunt, fleeing to Illinois to deny Gov. Walker a quorum.
Again in 2011, the Indiana Democrats copied these antics, also fleeing to Illinois.
Now that this has become S.O.P. in the Democrat playbook, can McConnell or Pence send the US Marshals after them, to compel their attendance?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 31, 2017 05:12 PM (o7l6R)
Watch Trump make recess appointments.
Lather, rinse, repeat for every vacancy.
Make them swallow doing the same when it is their turn.
Let it burn.
Posted by: Sam at January 31, 2017 06:12 PM (x15d2)
Posted by: James Madison at January 31, 2017 06:20 PM (kg2aI)
I guess Senate Democrats were too afraid to leave the country given Trumps Executive Order
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