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Let a Thousand Treasons Bloom: Our Nation's Attorney General Refuses to Say If The Law Means What It Says When It Says That Giving Secret Information to a Non-Cleared Person is Illegal
To save Hillary Clinton, they had to put flamethrowers to the whole village.
Sometimes it takes a village to free a felon. John Sexton digests the incredible exchange from the House panel's quizzing of Lynch earlier today:Chaffetz: Does an individual need a security clearance to review or have access to classified material? Lynch: Well, congressman, that issue would be dependent upon the agency for whom they worked and the nature of the work that they did with respect to… Chaffetz: Can you give me an example where you don’t need a security clearance to view classified material? Lynch: No, I believe as I was going to say, they would, but the type of clearance varies with every agency and the agency would make that decision and determination. Chaffetz: Is it legal or illegal to share classified information with somebody who doesn’t have a security clearance? Lynch: Congressman, it depends on the facts of every situation. You’d have to determine how that sharing occurred. You’d have to determine the means. You’d have to determine the reason, the intent, um, certainly depending on how you view the statute it could go any number of ways. Chaffetz: So you think there is a scenario in which you could share classified information with somebody who doesn’t have the requisite security clearance? Lynch: No, I would not draw that conclusion. I would say that I’m not able to answer it as a hypothetical but there are a number of factors that would go into the decision and one could have any number of results."This exchange continued for several more minutes," Sexton adds dryly. At every turn, Lynch reverted to her scripted, mob-lawyer-vetted non-answer and refused to say if it is still a crime to disclose secret information to a person unauthorized to receive it. I can understand her confusion -- the law is very vague. Secret documents are routinely stamped, "It is a felony imprisonable by up to ten years to disclose this information to any unauthorized person." I can understand this unqualified hack's confusion on the issue.
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Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:25 PM (pC96u)
"We destroyed the village in order to save the village that it takes to raise a child!"
(applause)
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:26 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 04:27 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 04:28 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: something at July 12, 2016 04:28 PM (T01Xq)
Guess so.
And I guess that's the point.
Posted by: zombie at July 12, 2016 04:29 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 04:29 PM (evdj2)
If you hold out any hope she'll be indicted, forget it.
It's in for a penny at this point too. The voter fraud will be for the record books. Any legal challenge will be met with bald faced judicial intimidation.
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at July 12, 2016 04:30 PM (wmxwV)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 04:30 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 04:30 PM (kdS6q)
I read it. Indefensible.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:30 PM (pC96u)
"We destroyed the village in order to save the village that it takes to raise a child!"
(applause)
Posted by: iforgot
Updated version:
"We destroyed the Potemkin village in order to save the village that it takes to raise a child!"
(applause)
Posted by: zombie at July 12, 2016 04:30 PM (jBuUi)
It's not wrong for Democrats. Any of them. Because what's good for the cause is good.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 04:31 PM (+wjl1)
This may not have been her intent, but it supports my claim on the superiority of common law over civil law. Unfortunately, we have become the latter.
Posted by: SH at July 12, 2016 04:31 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: zombie at July 12, 2016 04:31 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 04:32 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 04:32 PM (O2RFr)
Sounds about right!
Posted by: James "Fuckhead" Comey at July 12, 2016 04:32 PM (2WoCi)
Also, Lynch is another Harvard alum, but guess she was out with mono when they covered this part of the law.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 04:33 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 12, 2016 04:33 PM (KH8nb)
Posted by: SH at July 12, 2016 04:33 PM (gmeXX)
I can understand her confusion -- the law is very vague. Secret
documents are routinely stamped, "It is a felony imprisonable by up to
ten years to disclose this information to any unauthorized person."
I can understand this unqualified hack's confusion on the issue.
**
I can't help but get a sense of sarcasm here but not quite sure. I guess it depends on what your definition of sarcasm is.
Posted by: Lorretty Lynn Linch III at July 12, 2016 04:33 PM (NpXoL)
So, does this mean we have to retroactively exhonorate the Rosenbergs, as well as every other spy ever convicted of giving US secrets to "non-cleared" enemy agents?
Guess so.
And I guess that's the point.
Posted by: zombie at July 12, 2016 04:29 PM (jBuUi)
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We could run down a whole damn list of crimes. How about using a government agency to persecute your political enemies? I think that would apply to someone in the recent past.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:34 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at July 12, 2016 04:34 PM (jeefx)
Hahahahaha!!!
Posted by: Navycopjoe at July 12, 2016 04:34 PM (S4aPV)
She simply doesn't care.
My garbage man has more pride in his work and position than the Attorney General of the United States.
And he should...he does a much better job.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2016 04:34 PM (Zu3d9)
Warning for those of you that argue with BLM supporters online; the home invasions have started
https://therealstrategy.com/black-lives-matter-protester-shot-dead/
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 04:34 PM (swEzU)
Posted by: BHO & HRC at July 12, 2016 04:34 PM (FohCt)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 04:34 PM (evdj2)
something something something, depends on what your definition of is is, something something
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (4dSG8)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (ABDDn)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (27m1/)
Aren't "blanket statements" offensive to Muslims?
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 04:36 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 04:36 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: X at July 12, 2016 04:36 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (Yo9Lf)
The twig from "It's a Charlie Brown Christmas" looks like a thousand year old sequoia compared to what the Tree of Liberty looks like today.
I weep.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:36 PM (27m1/)
Aren't "blanket statements" offensive to Muslims?
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (pC96u)
Maybe not to mohammedans, but certainly to Injuns (feather).
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2016 04:36 PM (4dSG8)
And every time she hemmed and hawed, follow it up with:
"Ms. Lynch, answer the gawddam question."
Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at July 12, 2016 04:37 PM (iIzG7)
CDB
He should. He actually takes out the trash.
She protects it.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 12, 2016 04:37 PM (kKHcp)
Different set of rules I guess.
I'll be over there-------------------------> rage twitching on the floor.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 04:37 PM (1ZOkK)
Certainly to Hurons.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 04:36 PM (evdj2)
I just sprayed peanut butter all over the monitor!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:37 PM (27m1/)
Sounds about right.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 12, 2016 04:37 PM (egyCj)
dammit grump.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2016 04:37 PM (4dSG8)
Posted by: The Muslim of Malta at July 12, 2016 04:37 PM (k8tEg)
"Is there any way we can strip that (Classified) heading?"
lack 'Intent'?
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (VGG67)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (27m1/)
No law has to be obeyed when you are trying to make a better world.
Posted by: Frobisher Habidashery at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (0zl3t)
Chaffetz tried the Socratic method, but his opening question was too complex. He should have started with "Is water wet?" and worked his way up.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (pC96u)
Now he's commenting on Lynchmob.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (1ZOkK)
The Senate voted 56-43 to confirm Lynch, a couple of hours after voting 66-34 to end a filibuster.
The only senator not to vote was Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (qUNWi)
Things Jefferson Said, Volume LXIX
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (WEUYQ)
Look, I get the you never answer hypotheticals training and I really get the you fucking lie through your teeth to avoid admitting that you just chupacabra thunderfucked the very notion of the rule of law.
But can these feckless crapweasels (apologies to feckless crapweasels for the comparison) at least be better at it?
How about a haughty "The Secretary of State is entitled to the assumption that all of those with whom she is sharing information or who are sharing information with her have the requisite clearance. That is not the case for those who are not in a Cabinet level position."
That took me about 3 seconds to come up with. LIE BETTER!
Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: islamic asshole at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (P1hwM)
They're not laws so much as.....guidelines.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (4dSG8)
Yeah, I'd really love to see Republicans bring mens rea reform to the President's desk right now.
But that would probably be too divisive.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (2lndx)
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (VGG67)
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (ABDDn)
20 I want to know who the person or persons were who closed the air gap between the secure SIPRnet (or State Dept equivalent) and the CANKLnet
Posted by: Minuteman at July 12, 2016 04:33 PM (KH8nb)
BINGO!
The way you get a Mafia Don... is to get the trigger pullers to roll over on him...
The ONLY way you would ever get Hillary, is to get the ones who actually transferred that material from one system to another... which is a slam dunk case.... and get them to say it was done 'by direction'...
That these people have NOT been investigated (by Comeys admission) proves to me that the FBI was not really looking to indict in this case....
Its Kabuki, all the way down....
Posted by: Don Quixote at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (qf6WZ)
Lynch: Well, now, Congressman, it all depends on the facts of every sitchyation. You'd have to determine how that sharing occurred. You'd have to determine the means. I say.. You'd have to determine the reason, the intent, um, certainly depending on how you view the statute it could go any numbah of ways.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Loretta Barbossa at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (27m1/)
So, like James Comey, Lynch twisted herself into a pretzel trying to avoid saying anything that could be used as a soundbite in an anti-Hillary ad.
Sounds about right.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 12, 2016 04:37 PM (egyCj)
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A skillful video editor could turn that into the most hellacious anti-Hillary ad ever made.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: pointsnfigures at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (oPFsu)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (qUNWi)
He's said and done some pretty irritating things recently....Perfect choice.... Not
Being in CA. I was going to symbolically vote for trump knowing My vote here makes no difference... If Newt is VP I will not....
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (O2RFr)
It's waiting for the return of the king to bloom again.
Posted by: Stephen Price Tolkien at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (2lndx)
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (VGG67)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Convention Spectacular! Golden Scalp Weasels Have Arrived at the Outrage Outlet! at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 12, 2016 04:38 PM (mf5HN)
With all due respect to your position as Velociraptor Wrangler-in-Chief, you are being naive in the extreme.
She does not have to lie better because she is confident that the questioning is not part of a serious and concerted effort to identify and punish wrongdoing, but rather it is kabuki theater to appease the masses and get re-elected.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Soona at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (pC96u)
A blind quadrapelegic gerbil could do it. The thing fucking edits itself.
And so, Trump won't do it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (1ZOkK)
I think it started with that pig fucking Texan.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: gm at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (eDiOu)
Aren't "blanket statements" offensive to Muslims?
Navajos, maybe.
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (VGG67)
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Oh well, they're below illegals, gays, and Blacks ever since they didn't give a damn about the Redskins.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (2lndx)
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It takes a defiled to raze a village.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Lauren at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (Y1Jhk)
You come and go, you come and go-o-o-o...
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (+wjl1)
"Ms. Lynch,
What brand of banana do you prefer with your Republic? Dole or Chiquita?"
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (1CroS)
Thus the confusion over the recent court case about binding delegates to vote for the people's choice.
It did, or it didn't free the GOP delegates to vote for a candidate of their choice, depending on which media summary you read.
Posted by: Frobisher Habidashery at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (0zl3t)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (qUNWi)
"What he said."
- - Barbara Boson
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (27m1/)
That these people have NOT been investigated (by Comeys admission) proves to me that the FBI was not really looking to indict in this case....
Its Kabuki, all the way down....
Posted by: Don Quixote at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (qf6WZ)
That, or State has them hidden away, like the other people from Benghazi.
Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (ezHMO)
Just look at Obama's cabinet. Sec of Transportation, former Black mayor of Charlotte, being sued for taking $421K salary from a bus company and doing NO work. Company got Transportation grants and went bankrupt.
http://tinyurl.com/hc47myk
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: president o'bumbles at July 12, 2016 04:43 PM (P1hwM)
Exactly. Who went into the SCIF. where no thumb-drives, cell-phones, cameras, or other devices are allowed, copied classified info from the secure-net, and put it onto canklenet.com?
Somebody bridged the "air-gap". They need to be named.
I'm voting Mills or Huma...
Posted by: ChrisP at July 12, 2016 04:43 PM (+Rx/T)
Posted by: gm at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (eDiOu)
I'd say DIAF, but point taken. They won't. They lack self-awareness, morals, ethics and scruples.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:43 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 12, 2016 04:43 PM (ucDmr)
And so, Trump won't do it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (27m1/)
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I wouldn't count on that.
ANY other candidate wouldn't -- but Trump?
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:43 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at July 12, 2016 04:44 PM (qWP4h)
Posted by: gm
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Thanks, Thom!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, acting as surrogate for NCKate at July 12, 2016 04:44 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 04:44 PM (HgMAr)
She does not have to lie better because she is confident that the questioning is not part of a serious and concerted effort to identify and punish wrongdoing, but rather it is kabuki theater to appease the masses and get re-elected.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (Zu3d9)
THAT'S SO MEAN!
Also you spelled bukkake wrong.
Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 12, 2016 04:44 PM (mf5HN)
And so, Trump won't do it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (27m1/)
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I wouldn't count on that.
ANY other candidate wouldn't -- but Trump?
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:43 PM (pC96u)
I'm waiting. The fact that he is contemplating Newt the appeaser is not exactly filling me with confidence. But, we'll see.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Mallflower at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Yo! at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (ABDDn)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:42 PM (pC96u)
They lost major pecking order points when they went Off the Reservation when we were trying to gen up outrage over the Washington Redskins...
Posted by: The Left at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, acting as surrogate for NCKate at July 12, 2016 04:44 PM (w/iDp)
Yes, thank him. He voted AGAINST her confirmation.
http://tinyurl.com/zuuuaaj
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (VGG67)
thumb-drives, cell-phones, cameras, or other devices are allowed, copied
classified info from the secure-net, and put it onto canklenet.com?
Somebody bridged the "air-gap". They need to be named.
I'm voting Mills or Huma...
Posted by: ChrisP at July 12, 2016 04:43 PM (+Rx/T)"
What is the statute of limitations for that sort of security related crime? I wonder if there is some sort of secret codicil to the CIA dating back to the Truman or Eisenhower years that authorizes them to kill people for egregious security violations?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Yo! at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: Mallflower at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (qSIlh)
"Day By Day, We Are Handing Bloody Defeat to the Soviets"
- - headline in Nazi newspaper right after Kursk
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (27m1/)
I didn't think the guy had a dick.
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (000yD)
Absolutely. If it was up to the democrats in power, Newton's laws would be relabeled as 'recommendations'.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 12, 2016 04:47 PM (ZnIt3)
How do they afford the toilet paper?
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:47 PM (VGG67)
Posted by: Yo! at July 12, 2016 04:47 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: Edward "Ghost Story" Kennedy at July 12, 2016 04:47 PM (2lndx)
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 04:47 PM (000yD)
Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (1ZOkK)
"And everyone was an 'enery, 'enery!
Never was a Willie or a Sam . . ."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:47 PM (27m1/)
There is no law.
There is prosecutorial discretion.
But you knew this. The rest of the nation may, hopefully, start getting it.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 12, 2016 04:48 PM (1CroS)
Its Kabuki, all the way down....
Posted by: Don Quixote at July 12, 2016 04:39 PM (qf6WZ)
I seen how an investigation of serious possible security compromise is conducted, and it's not just about the persons, it's also about the process, as in, how did this happen and how do we keep it from happening again?
Posted by: Minuteman at July 12, 2016 04:48 PM (KH8nb)
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (000yD)
Have you seen his wife? Would you f*ck that?
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (F1iXz)
I didn't think the guy had a dick.
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (000yD)
He just rubbed his flaccid stump of a schmeckel until achieving hyperventilation.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: JeffreyL at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (mXv3y)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at July 12, 2016 04:44 PM (qWP4h)
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Because there is no politicization of the law in Texas!
Posted by: RioBravo at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (NUqwG)
Just think. Between Trump and Newt they have six wives between them.
Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (1ZOkK)"
Henry VIII had six wives all by himself and neither Trump or Newt had any of their wives beheaded.
You need to put his in perspective.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (F1iXz)
At least Kucinich's concubine is a smoking hot ginger. What gives with that?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (27m1/)
Now, Hit the Showers.
Posted by: Zombie Joe Paterno at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (VGG67)
No generality or hypothetical for her to use as a dodge. I'm sure there is a cabinet full of examples.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 12, 2016 04:50 PM (7PXtO)
Henry VIII had six wives all by himself and neither Trump or Newt had any of their wives beheaded.
You need to put his in perspective.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (QHgTq
"Say what?"
- - Islamic Rage Boy
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:50 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Carmen at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (RHjCR)
Posted by: Yo! at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: Donald Trump's Forehead Merkin at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (VGG67)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (27m1/)
I think they met doing acid on a space ship somewhere in Ohio?
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (F1iXz)
Oh fuck you with the heat of a thousand fucks.
JoePa was a saint and also fuck you.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, what is a proud Nitwit Lion at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (1xUj/)
Yes, thank him. He voted AGAINST her confirmation.
http://tinyurl.com/zuuuaaj
Posted by: Nip Sip
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Nice spin, Nip. You conveniently do not mention that her nomination would not have been voted on at all had not Thom and and his puppeteer Burr not voted to end the filibuster against her.
They knew full well that she would pass the full Senate.
Tell me, have you forgotten that, or chosen to overlook it?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, acting as surrogate for NCKate at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (w/iDp)
It depends on the circumstance of whether you are a Clinton , a Clinton retainer (see: Sandy Berger), or a nobody who is going to jail.
Posted by: West at July 12, 2016 04:52 PM (1Rgee)
Its a shame in a way.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2016 04:52 PM (r65B3)
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:52 PM (VGG67)
What is the statute of limitations for that sort of security related crime? I wonder if there is some sort of secret codicil to the CIA dating back to the Truman or Eisenhower years that authorizes them to kill people for egregious security violations?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at July 12, 2016 04:46 PM (QHgTq)
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Statute will still be open as of January 2017, but we all know there will be pardons regardless of who gets elected.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 04:52 PM (pC96u)
I use to laugh at how they would stamp the federal statute criminalizing illegal possession of federal property on each newborn tshrt in military hospitals.
They wanted to send little babies to Leavenworth!!!1!!! Sob!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 04:52 PM (iQIUe)
Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 04:45 PM (1ZOkK)
I don't know if that's a good test of character. Hillary's only had one husband.
And a lot of muff.
Posted by: Jollyroger at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (t06LC)
She's a political turd wrangler. ariba!
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (000yD)
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (egyCj)
...........
Could be the sacks of cash.
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Richard Nixon at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (NpXoL)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, what is a proud Nitwit Lion at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (1xUj/)
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I have notice that the Lions liked to get a little behind at halftime.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (8XRCm)
And our side, with thousands of lawyers with millions of pages of case study and books of laws at their disposal can't find the nerve to slap handcuffs on a single one of them.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (2PHKP)
Being in CA. I was going to symbolically vote for trump knowing My vote here makes no difference... If Newt is VP I will not....
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 04:40 PM (O2RFr)
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If Newt is VP, it won't just be Californians whose votes will make no difference.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (T/5A0)
First the top lawman and now top law enforcer basically riffing on the Clintonion it depends on the what the definition of the word is is.
We are not voting our way out of our predicament.
It's going to get worse and its going to be brutal.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 12, 2016 04:53 PM (jL9EW)
Yes, thank him. He voted AGAINST her confirmation.
Posted by: Nip Sip
Now now. You know Thom Tillis voted to end the filibuster on her nomination, then did the 'ol hip swivel to vote against her in the final vote for political cover.
The oldest game in DC.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 04:54 PM (kdS6q)
LOL.
Henry had a lot of people beheaded in addition to his wives, so we need to keep that in perspective too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 04:54 PM (bpZlE)
on how you view the statute it could go any number of ways."
You'd have to determine the intent and then "view the statute" despite the fact that the statute makes no reference whatsoever to intent. Calvinball!
So the previous Unholy Trinity of bullshit liberal legal reasoning has become a quadrumvirate. To emanations, penumbras, and standing, we can now add "intent".
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (noWW6)
I almost don't care if Newt becomes VP. I just think his addition to the ticket at best does nothing to move the needle and at worst is a drag on Trump.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Scooter Libby at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, what is a proud Nitwit Lion at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (1xUj/)
Now, Hit the Showers.
Posted by: Zombie Joe Paterno at July 12, 2016 04:49 PM (VGG67)
Alright! My favorite time of day!
Posted by: Jerry Sandusky at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (egyCj)
She does not have to lie better because she is confident that the questioning is not part of a serious and concerted effort to identify and punish wrongdoing, but rather it is kabuki theater to appease the masses and get re-elected.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (Zu3d9)
THAT'S SO MEAN!
Also you spelled bukkake wrong.
Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 12, 2016 04:44 PM (mf5HN
Yeah the masses are getting blasted in the face over and over again.
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (jeefx)
Hey, Sefton! They are closing NY Central Art Supply. Pick me up a 200 sheets of Arches Text Wove when it goes on sale. Thanks!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 04:56 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Richard Nixon
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Yeah, I mean, WTF!
Posted by: Scooter Libby
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WTFF?!
Posted by: Martha Stewart at July 12, 2016 04:56 PM (w/iDp)
That is, look at the outcome you want and make shit up to get there. Works for RBG.
Posted by: Jollyroger at July 12, 2016 04:56 PM (t06LC)
A blind quadrapelegic gerbil could do it. The thing fucking edits itself.
And so, Trump won't do it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:41 PM (27m1/)
If you were going to attempt to verify this statement, where would you look?
On his social media, maybe?
http://bit.ly/29ovBoC
Are you fucking high?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (wOKJp)
Joe Pat did exactly what was required. The liberals in the Penn State administration looked around and said, 'Is there some 80 year old football coach we can blame this on?'
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (ZnIt3)
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:52 PM (VGG67)
Dead Man's Acts. How do they work?
Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Max Power at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (q177U)
It really is quite the charade up on the Hill.
It fvcking never ends.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (1CroS)
Yeah, I mean, WTF!
Posted by: Scooter Libby at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (w/iDp)
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Totally WTF.
Posted by: Mata Hari at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (pC96u)
I didn't know they gave out sainthoods for prioritizing college football over pederasty.
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (VGG67)
Posted by: IanDeal at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (teGBX)
Hey, Sefton! They are closing NY Central Art Supply. Pick me up a 200 sheets of Arches Text Wove when it goes on sale. Thanks!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 04:56 PM (iQIUe)
Seriously, do you paint watercolor? I have a ton of very good Arches paper I saved after my dad died. Contact me via CJN and we'll figure something out.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Richard Nixon
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Yeah, I mean, WTF!
Posted by: Scooter Libby
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WTFF?!
Posted by: Martha Stewart at July 12, 2016 04:56 PM (w/iDp)
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Thith....
**flaps hands about expressively**
Posted by: Bradley Manning at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: mrp at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (JBggj)
If people arent going to jail in droves within a couple of months, we will know that Trump isn't serious about national security
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (swEzU)
Posted by: Max Power at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (Yo9Lf)
People at first noted that whenever Obama started to get bad press about some nascent scandal, he and his minions would do the ol' "Look -- squirrel!" trick, in which they would distract from the current scandal by uncorking some (theoretically lesser) scandal.
And then when that "lesser" scandal itself grew into another soon-to-be-big scandal, it was "Look -- squirrel!" once again.
We later learned that the Obama Administration had a name for this strategy: "Stray voltage."
But what is now happening, and was was always inescapably destined to happen, is that the scandals multiply and magnify and each "stray voltage" begins meshing with and overlapping with the previous "stray voltage" and all the squirrels gang up to become a vast squirrel army, so that by now, here at the end of his reign of terror, every single aspect of his regime, every person, every plan, every scheme, every utterance, have snowballed into a gigantic all-encompassing mega-scandal. A scandal so big it can't even be seen in full, as it stretches off to the horizon in both directions.
Posted by: zombie at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Yo! at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (GwIKd)
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Okay.
That there be funny!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (T/5A0)
Are you fucking high?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at July 12, 2016 04:57 PM (wOKJp)
No need to jump all over me. I stand corrected. Now let's see him maintain it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (noWW6)
We used to be a Nation of Laws...
Now we are a Nation of Prosecutorial Discretion.
Posted by: Don Quixote at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (qf6WZ)
We already knew that. But he did confirm it.
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (VGG67)
I almost don't care if Newt becomes VP. I just think his addition to the ticket at best does nothing to move the needle and at worst is a drag on Trump.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:55 PM (27m1/)
Of the list I've seen so far, I'm not really down on Newt. Trump isn't really a thinker, and Newt is. It may help to have someone who can kinda make a reasoned argument for whatever wet fart Trump puts out there. What he needs is to keep the White college educated base home. I don't know who does that.
Posted by: Jollyroger at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (t06LC)
If I typed what I am thinking right now . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 04:35 PM (27m1/)
Likewise.
8 years. That's all it took to push this country past the brink.
My only hope is that this whole affair de Clinton has open the eyes of the majority of the public about the reality of our country and its future. Everyone knew at the time that Slick Willie DID indeed have sexual relations with that woman, but he was charming and got a pass by the public at large. But there are too many still around that remember what happened and are thinking "What? Again?!?" . . . and not just conservatives alone. From what I'm seeing through various sources is that even moderate liberals are disgusted by how Hillary got off. The way that was done was so shady, in broad daylight, and with little care of how it looked to the public. I honestly think that most Americans wanted a public trial or hearing, be it to exonerate Hillary or to convict.
What's that noise over the horizon? Sounds like the Tree of Liberty asking for a drink.
Posted by: Shinjinrui at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (4SznG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (swEzU)
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Yeah.... because Presidential candidates have arrest and subpoena power......
Posted by: Bradley Manning at July 12, 2016 05:00 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Yo! at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (GwIKd)
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Okay.
That there be funny!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (T/5A0)
Original Star Trek, "Spock's Brain," except Thad Cockholster is the one being wheeled in to vote and then wheeled out for his bowl of Wheateena.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:00 PM (27m1/)
JoePa was a saint and also fuck you.
Posted by: Bandersnatch
Haven't checked today's newsfeed, have we?:
https://tinyurl.com/gl2er3x
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 05:00 PM (kdS6q)
ewwww sock.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 12, 2016 05:00 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 12, 2016 05:01 PM (vqOWV)
Hey, Sefton! They are closing NY Central Art Supply. Pick me up a 200 sheets of Arches Text Wove when it goes on sale. Thanks!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 04:56 PM (iQIUe)"
Why does a railroad sell art supplies?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at July 12, 2016 05:01 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 12, 2016 05:01 PM (egyCj)
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (swEzU)
Dude, much as I am wary of Mr. Trump even I know that that ain't gonna happen.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:01 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Jollyroger at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (t06LC)
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EXHIBIT A
Partisan Push Polls Actually Work.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 12, 2016 05:02 PM (8XRCm)
Why does a railroad sell art supplies?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at July 12, 2016 05:01 PM (QHgTq)
To get to the other side.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:02 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, what is a proud Nitwit Lion at July 12, 2016 05:02 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: mrp at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (JBggj)
Yes, and the Lawyer had a thumb drive with all the emails on it in his possession for quite some time.
and that does not even count the Email Administrator... who originally had no Clearance at all...
or the companies who housed the email server, and were supposed to be backing it up at various times...
Posted by: Don Quixote at July 12, 2016 05:02 PM (qf6WZ)
We did briefly discuss simply coming up with two sets of laws, one for liberal and one for conservative. But after we decided we would need at least eight sets of laws for the various groups, we gave it up as a waste of time. After all it had reached 2 pm, or, as Teddy Kennedy called it, "the third Happy Hour" and we all decided to call it a day. I mean, who actually works longer than three hours in a day?
Posted by: Loretta "I am the Law!" Lynch at July 12, 2016 05:02 PM (16OL0)
A: It depends. Was the intention to forward an email containing yoga routines and cookie recipes? I mean, who havesnt clicked the wrong button, especially when you've got fingers like swollen Vienna sausages, amiright?
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:02 PM (71OEY)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 12, 2016 05:03 PM (ucDmr)
Tell me, have you forgotten that, or chosen to overlook it?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, acting as surrogate for NCKate at July 12, 2016 04:51 PM (w/iDp)
So a vote against is not a vote against. Ending the filibuster was a vote demanded by McC. Freshman do what their leaders tell them to, especially one that use to be a House leader.
Speaking of that, I had lunch with him and Johnson two weeks ago. Very scary meeting. Johnson, WI, is head of Homeland Security committee. We are really really f *cked. I mean boned. Long story. I went home and bought prepper food.
Tillis is no big fan of McC, but he is doing what freshmen do, being quiet and learning the ropes. He is going to run for leadership position next year. The man is on a mission.
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 05:03 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM (bpZlE)
Doubt it. She's a dedicated cadre. She'd do it for free. But maybe she thought she'd make 'em sweat and get some Foundation cash anyway.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:03 PM (27m1/)
Can I get back to you on that after I find the next pokemon character ?
-LiV
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 05:03 PM (I1MCJ)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at July 12, 2016 05:01 PM (QHgTq)
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Because Art pays cash??
Posted by: fixerupper at July 12, 2016 05:03 PM (8XRCm)
Off-duty cops quit security for WNBA game after players wear Black Lives Matter shirts
Blowback?
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 12, 2016 05:03 PM (egyCj)
I wonder how many tax dollars this cost, when all they had to do was watch the documentary film Idiocracy.
Incidentally, this documentary tells us that we ain't noways near peak stupid, for those who keep axing that.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2016 05:03 PM (gyKtp)
I'll still vote. But I am under no illusions that it makes the slightest difference.
For me, it is merely a gesture of defiance. Futile, yes. But it is all I have left until things get...unpleasant.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (yv7u6)
Ohh...ouch.
Jo pa was a stone cold
Footballl!!!
The Penn Staters are scary.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (qUNWi)
Somebody bridged the "air-gap". They need to be named.
I'm voting Mills or Huma..."
I am sure she had her own vault, so no one checking on cameras but USB 'should' be disabled by default.
I bet it was someone's daily task to go into the vault, make a PST and burn to CD. Then just upload it to her homebrew outlook box. Its that or they print out all the messages, then rescan off grid. I'm thinking PST.
Posted by: Cu'Chuillain at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (vmsda)
He could have voted NOT to end debate. That's the whole point. And if more of them did that, her nomination would have died.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (27m1/)
Partisan Push Polls Actually Work.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 12, 2016 05:02 PM (8XRCm)
Hell yeah they do!
Posted by: PPP at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (F1iXz)
This is a nice list from 1947 of a how to take over the USA. It's pretty much checked off now.
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (000yD)
Ohh...ouch. Jo pa was a stone cold Footballl!!! The Penn Staters are scary.
Posted by: eleven
He was just doing what freshmen do, being quiet and learning the ropes.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 05:05 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (swEzU)
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Yeah.... because Presidential candidates have arrest and subpoena power......
Posted by: Bradley Manning at July 12, 2016 05:00 PM (8XRCm)
Isnt that in Article 12 of the Constitution?
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:05 PM (71OEY)
Partisan Push Polls Actually Work.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 12, 2016 05:02 PM (8XRCm)
I don't know. Either that is the case (I hope) or possibly we have a Brexit polling problem and upper class whites are embarrassed to say they are voting for Don and thus lying, or maybe Ace is right and we are splitting on class, as was the case in the primaries.
Posted by: Jollyroger at July 12, 2016 05:06 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 05:06 PM (000yD)
-LiV
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 05:03 PM (I1MCJ)
Ah, shizzz, thanks for reminding me! (ahem) Gotta catch 'em all, duuude!
Posted by: Shinjinrui at July 12, 2016 05:06 PM (4SznG)
Heck of a lot of visits to the WH by "Facts Don't Matter":
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hfuwql6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:07 PM (bpZlE)
This is a nice list from 1947 of a how to take over the USA. It's pretty much checked off now.
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (000yD)
What a coincidence: this is going to be a book thread topic this week.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 12, 2016 05:07 PM (egyCj)
Comments & likes are 10:1 against TFG. Made me smile.
Posted by: josephistan at July 12, 2016 05:07 PM (7HtZB)
The Penn Staters are scary.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (qUNWi)
Not as bad as Mohammedans, but close.
Posted by: The Goat at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: Killerdog at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (THtDV)
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You're spinning, Nip.
"I voted for her, before I voted against her." Sound familiar?
The stark truth is that Thom was an enabler. One might float as many rationalizations as one cares to, that does not alter fact.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (w/iDp)
oops
If people arent going to jail in droves within a couple of months AFTER HIS ELECTION, we will know that Trump isn't serious about national security
whoda thought I needed to complete all information in the sentence
thanks for pointing that out
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (swEzU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (bpZlE)
Is Sen Hatch still proud of his vote for Lynch?
Posted by: torabora
"I believe she's not only qualified but exceptionally well-qualified and a very good person, to boot," Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, declared from the dais on the second day of Lynch's confirmation hearing
So, guessing as happy as a little girl.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 05:09 PM (kdS6q)
May want to focus more of the anger toward the DA who decided not to bring charges against Sandausky. After that everyone knew he was most likely a pedo.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 12, 2016 05:09 PM (7PXtO)
Posted by: Golfman - Conservative Refugee seeking asylum at July 12, 2016 05:09 PM (48QDY)
Comments & likes are 10:1 against TFG. Made me smile.
Posted by: josephistan at July 12, 2016 05:07 PM
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Worth a smile!
We should enjoy good news whenever we come upon it.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 05:09 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 05:05 PM (kdS6q)
That would make Joe the oldest freshman ever!
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 05:09 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2016 05:09 PM (hgso/)
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 12, 2016 05:10 PM (ZnIt3)
If people arent going to jail in droves within a couple of months, we will know that Trump isn't serious about national security
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (swEzU)
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I could see AG Cruz doing that.
Posted by: Mata Hari at July 12, 2016 05:10 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 05:10 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (bpZlE)
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Its another taqqiya sunrise.....
Posted by: fixerupper at July 12, 2016 05:10 PM (8XRCm)
This is a nice list from 1947 of a how to take over the USA. It's pretty much checked off now.
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 05:04 PM (000yD)
HO.
LEE.
FOOK.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:11 PM (27m1/)
This is a nice list from 1947 of a how to take over the USA. It's pretty much checked off now.
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Wow.
That's one of those fake things that some jackass just made up, right? RIGHT?
Yeah, wouldn't surprise me that it's not.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:11 PM (71OEY)
Gingrich the Big Idea Man brought us the concept of the employer mandate, which was a cornerstone of Romneycare and later of Obamacare.
The Big Idea Man also is a fount of novel concepts about how to deal with the nonexistent problem of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming. Just what we need right now!
And if you think that the pleasant and unassuming Ann Romney got a fair shake from the news media, wait till you see the treatment that ice-queen Callista is going to get.
Just say no to Noots.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 05:11 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2016 05:11 PM (000yD)
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:05 PM (71OEY)"
I think that it is in the "penumbras and emanations" clause of the Constitution.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at July 12, 2016 05:11 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (w/iDp)
No, the stark truth is Thom is playing the long game, unlike Cruz. He is not trying to solve the world's problems his freshman year.
That hard to understand?
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 05:12 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:12 PM (27m1/)
Very weird but good.
The mention of John Huston always reminds me of Sterling Hayden for some reason.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:12 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 05:12 PM (WEUYQ)
What about states? At this point, with the foulness that has become Washington, the politicizing of the judicial branch and the fecklessness of the FBI, isn't the state the next best hope?
I have no hope in the presidency of Trump, should he be elected, being able to do anything without being mired in the sludge of Washington and unable to effectively govern the now apparently ungovernable. Throw in the constant harassment from your social justice warrior class attacking everything he does from his morning coffee on, and Trump will be as useless as a brick in a concrete factory.
So what's left? Why won't our states band together and fight back? Or maybe that lovely flow of green backs from Washington is enough to buy their silence as well.
I'm frustrated beyond anything I've been in these past 7 years and the only comfort I can find is religion, specifically throwing my hands up and assuring myself that God will fix this in the end, but my inner justice meter is pegged at eleven and I'm itching for someone to take a stand in a way that will actually be effective.
Fuck, I am tired of this. Hopeless doesn't even being to describe our situation. To those putting their hopes in Trump, I mean no offense, but I can't see him being able to do anything, once all of our disposable laws are once again rigid and firm, backed by the full strength of the justice system. Trump would simply be 1/3 of our system, unable to use the magical phone and pen that apparently only works for King Obama.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 12, 2016 05:13 PM (2PHKP)
oh for gods sakes, mata hari sock had nothing to do with my last post
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:13 PM (pC96u)
Hell, he's still proud of his suggesting Ruth Ginsburg for the SC to Bubba; unless, that is, that it is an election year for him.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2016 05:13 PM (gyKtp)
The Big Idea Man also is a fount of novel concepts about how to deal with the nonexistent problem of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming. Just what we need right now!
.....
MOON BASES!!!
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:13 PM (71OEY)
Posted by: Killerdog at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (THtDV)
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LOL.
Having done all in his power to inflict one of the worst possible candidates on us, he now turns to promoting one of the worst possible VP choices!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 05:14 PM (T/5A0)
Just sayin'.
Posted by: dissent555 at July 12, 2016 05:14 PM (VFhMt)
Is he trying to solve ANY problems? And more to the point, is he succeeding at ANY of his attempts?
Kabuki theater is still Kabuki theater. No matter how long the con..I mean game is.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at July 12, 2016 05:14 PM (yv7u6)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:16 PM (qUNWi)
He's already arranged a deposit for a Patio Apartment at Trump's Moon Tower complex at Mar a Lun a.
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 05:16 PM (VGG67)
Posted by: fixerupper
Excellent. Consider it stolen from whoever you stole it from. Unless it's origami, in which case I apologize.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 12, 2016 05:16 PM (ZnIt3)
Yeah, wouldn't surprise me that it's not.
It was read into the Congressional Record in 1963.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:17 PM (GUBah)
So I won't"
It's all fun and games, until someone takes a load to the eye.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at July 12, 2016 05:17 PM (yv7u6)
Posted by: Trump / Gingritch 2016 at July 12, 2016 05:17 PM (VGG67)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 05:17 PM (Sfs6o)
If people arent going to jail in droves within a couple of months, we will know that Trump isn't serious about national security
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 04:58 PM (swEzU)
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I could see AG Cruz doing that.
Posted by: Mata Hari at July 12, 2016 05:10 PM (pC96u)
Gowdy... he has more prosecutorial experience..
Posted by: Don Quixote at July 12, 2016 05:18 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 05:18 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 12, 2016 05:18 PM (5Yee7)
I care about this because she's awful, but the Senate doesn't get to complain.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at July 12, 2016 05:18 PM (xN1DB)
Whatever you do, don't go to Ace's Doctor!
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2016 05:18 PM (VGG67)
60 percent of the time I would take Mexican every time.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:18 PM (qUNWi)
I have no hope in the presidency of Trump
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 12, 2016 05:13 PM (2PHKP)
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None? No, you've got to have some. Take a deep breath and reflect.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:19 PM (pC96u)
Very weird but good.
The mention of John Huston always reminds me of Sterling Hayden for some reason.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:12 PM (qUNWi)
Long Goodbye had Arnold in it too!
For some reason mentioning Sterling Hayden makes me think of Charles Napier.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 05:19 PM (WEUYQ)
One more point. The three other guys at this lunch all expressed the same frustration you have with the system.
Tillis basically said the Senate is dysfunctional because McC has no leverage over the caucus and it's every Senator for himself.
No one is willing to challenge McC, YET. I would not count Tillis out of doing that at some point. He likes to lead, not follow.
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (F1iXz)
How is what she is doing different from when you see Supreme Court nominees get grilled by the Senate about some legal issue, and the nominee says (words to that effect) that it wouldn't be appropriate for them to prejudge or speculate or what not, so I can't answer your question.
And before you think I'm trying to defend Hillary Clinton, I'm not.
I loathe that woman.
Just askin' a question.
*Or that formally educated, to be frank.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (C+qQ0)
I could see AG Cruz doing that.
Posted by: Mata Hari at July 12, 2016 05:10 PM (pC96u)
Gowdy... he has more prosecutorial experience..
Posted by: Don Quixote at July 12, 2016 05:18 PM (qf6WZ)
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I was thinking along the lines of which one is more, shall we say, vengeful.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: fixerupper
Excellent. Consider it stolen from whoever you stole it from. Unless it's origami, in which case I apologize.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 12, 2016 05:16 PM (ZnIt3)
I take credit for that one, thank you!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:21 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 05:08 PM (w/iDp)
No, the stark truth is Thom is playing the long game, unlike Cruz. He is not trying to solve the world's problems his freshman year.
That hard to understand?
Posted by: Nip Sip
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No, I understand perfectly, and emphasize a portion of my original reply. Gross rationalization to justify one's actions are commonplace among those of irresolute character.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 05:21 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (noWW6)
"Tanned, rested and ready!"
- - Commander Ed Straker
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:21 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: mikeyslaw at July 12, 2016 05:21 PM (Wkdli)
thumb-drives, cell-phones, cameras, or other devices are allowed...
Posted by: ChrisP at July 12, 2016 04:43 PM (+Rx/T)"
I can't even take my keys into the SCIF, because the key fob for my truck is a transmitter. Got a smart watch? No go. Got a FitBit? No go. Remember when Furbies were all the rage? No go...they had a recording device in them.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Melania's Orbs at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (HgMAr)
Contrast with what was just previously said.
So a vote against is not a vote against. Ending the filibuster was a vote demanded by McC. Freshman do what their leaders tell them to, especially one that use to be a House leader.
*cough* BULL SHIT *cough*
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (27m1/)
The backlash is going to be yuuuge when Trump wins. Suddenly the law will actually mean something.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (iONHu)
And i'm still waiting for additional line rewrites. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 05:23 PM (T/5A0)
Corrupting the law is a small price to pay for advancing Thom's position in the world.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 05:23 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:24 PM (qUNWi)
****
You are a longtime, respected commenter, who I am pretty sure is a lawyer.
Can you throw me some knowledge as to my question in comment #267?
Thanks.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:24 PM (C+qQ0)
yuge, luxurious, and classy. The best! Not like those cheap, low-rent
Moon bases run by nobodies from nowhere.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (noWW6)
"Tanned, rested and ready!"
- - Commander Ed Straker
.
.
.
.I thought it was Ted Stryker.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 12, 2016 05:24 PM (iONHu)
work to grow government and pretend you actually care what your
constituents want every 6 years."
I heard you, I heard you. Build the dang fence!
Posted by: John McCain, running for re-election, 6 years ago at July 12, 2016 05:24 PM (noWW6)
One is a hypothetical... in which you cannot know all the details.
This was not hypothetical... but in relation to an already existing case in which SHE made decisions.
What I find interesting is she said she had already made the decision to go with whatever the FBI recommended... and stated so to people in Washington...
Then Comey came out, and PUBLICALLY announced the FBI recommendation... something which is VERY abnormal...
Comey went out of his way to grant her political cover... something I find very strange...
Posted by: Don Quixote at July 12, 2016 05:24 PM (qf6WZ)
If you're looking for a fix, no, there isn't one.
You left out social security. If everyone in DC suddenly died up a simultaneous heart attack, along with the 52% who voted for this shit, and everyone employed in or by the media, schools and universities, unions, and every government agency everywhere... we'd still have everyone else with their hand out demanding what "they're owed" from the "lockbox" from now until infinity... except there is no lockbox and there is no money. Yes, money is deducted from your check each period and, yes, your employer sends it dutifully to Uncle Sam... but the total amount collected each year doesn't even cover the interest payment on what we borrowed for the same years payouts.
Oh... there's also $20 trillion in debt, a Caliphate that taking over the Middle East and wants us all dead, Russia is resurgent and had already seized territory, China owns a substantial sum of U.S. debt and property, and our military is operating on equipment that hasn't been updated since the 70s or WWII but our focus is on making sure there are safe spaces for Muslims who have sworn allegiance to ISIS/ Al Queda and trannies.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:24 PM (71OEY)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 12, 2016 05:13 PM (2PHKP)
All I say say, sir, is that you are not alone. I had hopes, once, that the military might stand up and set things right. But alas, it seems the leadership of that organization has become politicized as well. One might suspect state secession or a popular uprising might be in order. My money is on the latter and boy will it get messy. Given the events of the past few weeks, there is a sense of growing unease in this country the likes of which I have never seen that seems to point in that direction. Granted, I was born in the early 70's, but still!
If only God, karma, or whatever would give us a positive sign that things can be turned around. That's the hope; I'm prepping for the worst.
Posted by: Shinjinrui at July 12, 2016 05:25 PM (4SznG)
......
We're gonna need some bigger prisons.
Posted by: Chief Martin Brody at July 12, 2016 05:26 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Soona at July 12, 2016 05:26 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 05:26 PM (B48dK)
I have 'modified' my Amazon Fire Stick in such a fashion that all sorts of pron can magically appear on my screen. Also, coincidentally, someone in Brazil can surf Netflix using my account, but different story.
Anyway, there's some pron movie where they all follow the rules and wear cumdoms and visors. Sad. So sad. I ran through it at 32 speed. Sad. Stuff.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 12, 2016 05:26 PM (ZnIt3)
that taking over the Middle East and wants us all dead, Russia is
resurgent and had already seized territory, China owns a substantial sum
of U.S. debt and property, and our military is operating on equipment
that hasn't been updated since the 70s or WWII but our focus is on
making sure there are safe spaces for Muslims who have sworn allegiance
to ISIS/ Al Queda and trannies.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:24 PM (71OEY)
And a resurgent Russian Bear that can, under current projections, take the Baltics in less time than is consumed playing a game of cricket.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (GUBah)
I understand.
"Put not your trust in princes-in mortals in whom there is no hope"
At this point I think the best we can do is turn to God and ask for pardon furor sins as a nation and ask Himt o have mercy on us.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 05:26 PM (B48dK)
These youngsters, I tell's ya.
And the Brit chicks with the big announcements and purple wigs!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (27m1/)
Now if we're talking hot SHADO female officers in tight silver jumpsuits with pink wigs, maaaaaaaaaaaybe I could be talked into this Moon base business after all.
Posted by: John McCain, running for re-election, 6 years ago at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (noWW6)
She even obfuscated when asked if exceeding the speed limit was illegal.
A virtuoso performance.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (4ng05)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (noWW6)
Why do I suddenly want to watch 'Iron Sky' again?
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (71OEY)
MOON CONDOS!!!
Posted by: Trump / Gingritch 2016
............
MOON CASINOS!!!
Posted by: Melania's Orbs at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (HgMAr)
Better... move the UN to the Moon Base!!!
After all... it should be on neutral territory, and the UN has already laid claim to the moon...
And then.... we could redevelop that waterfront property in New York....
Its a Winnah!...... it'd be YUGE!!!!
Posted by: Trump at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (qf6WZ)
All of this just to let hillary run for President. They are tying
themselves into literal knots of anti-logic to let her off the hook.
The backlash is going to be yuuuge when Trump wins. Suddenly the law will actually mean something.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (iONHu)
I really hope so. I've been ambivalent about Trump ever since he started walking back the Wall, but fate seems to have placed him in position to be the last defense of America.
It's pretty much this or nothing at this point.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (J+mig)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (I1MCJ)
Steevy -- do remember The Interceptors?
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (qUNWi)
Now if we're talking hot SHADO female officers in tight silver jumpsuits with pink wigs, maaaaaaaaaaaybe I could be talked into this Moon base business after all.
Posted by: John McCain, running for re-election, 6 years ago at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (noWW6)
My frendzh, you have nothing to fear with me controlling SHADO!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: melanerpes at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (qe+Q0)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (I1MCJ)
I only sing it, I don't mix it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:29 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 05:29 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: melanerpes at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (qe+Q0)
Pfft. Leftist hack thug right down to her jamon stumps.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:30 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Cheri at July 12, 2016 05:30 PM (oiNtH)
attorney. But Obama has a great talent for corruption. That may be his
only talent, but it is a great talent.
Posted by: melanerpes at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (qe+Q0)
The same US Attorney whose office struck a prosecutorial deferment deal with HSBC when that bank was caught laundering money for the cartels. The same HSBC that had on its board at the time one James Comey.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:30 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:31 PM (27m1/)
She even obfuscated when asked if exceeding the speed limit was illegal.
A virtuoso performance.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 12, 2016 05:27 PM (4ng05)
Sidestep... Best Little Whorehouse in Texas... who knew it was an Instructional Video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl8ajhu_e5Y
Posted by: Don Q. at July 12, 2016 05:31 PM (qf6WZ)
After all... it should be on neutral territory, and the UN has already laid claim to the moon...
..............
Then we could mysteriously stop the supply ships.
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 05:31 PM (HgMAr)
Truly excellent. You realize though, you and I represent the .000001% of the USA population that 'gets it'?
Still. Excellent.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 12, 2016 05:31 PM (ZnIt3)
Loretta Lynch mob must have gotten some sweet deal from the Clinton Crime Family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 04:59 PM
~~~~~
My guess is that both Comey and Lynch were persuaded by the Clintons' threat to expose TFG's involvement in all of this. There is just no way he was not aware of everything that was going on.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 12, 2016 05:31 PM (Lsu4e)
Cornball goof lyrics are my stock in trade. But every once in a while, I nail one good.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (qUNWi)
STATEMENT: "FOX News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend" relationship with Newt "effective immediately"
https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/752958019550474240
So, Newt for Veep?
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (vBeA5)
All of this just to let hillary run for President.
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I hope someday these petty plenipotentiaries sift through the rubble of the Clinton promises while contemplating the titans of the Trump era. They bunch their fists and mutter, "I coulda been a contendah."
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: DaveA at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (8J/Te)
i.e. are they democrats or republicans?
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (WlGX+)
OT:
STATEMENT: "FOX News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend" relationship with Newt "effective immediately"
https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/752958019550474240
So, Newt for Veep?
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (vBeA5)
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Oh eff me, no. NO NO NO NO NO.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:22 PM (GUBah)
----
And forget about sexbots!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: G Orwell at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (ZNwZD)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 05:28 PM (I1MCJ)
I only sing it, I don't mix it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:29 PM (27m1/)
In the key of B-Flat? at least after the Earth Shattering KaBoom?
Posted by: Marvin the Martian at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (AroJD)
So, Newt for Veep?
Hah...that would be sweet.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (qUNWi)
In what dimension are you existing?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: WeBoned! at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (SOVQ8)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 05:34 PM (evdj2)
Sorry to change the subject.
Posted by: Mike at July 12, 2016 05:34 PM (ISxUB)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (AroJD)
Thank G-D, the SCOTUS and Congress are there to ensure that justice prevails . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:34 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 05:35 PM (+wjl1)
The movie ends with Gould walking off in the distance, as the credits roll, and then you see him kick up his heels.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at July 12, 2016 05:35 PM (RFeQD)
Hmmmmmm....
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (WlGX+)
Oh, dear G-D no. Say it ain't so.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:35 PM (27m1/)
I think that things can be fixed, but it will take a determined effort to purge leftists and corruptocrats from government; I DON'T mean purge as in the leftist use of the term, to kill anyone that disagrees with their dissonant worldview.
But the rule of law is dead right now.
The security community has a hell of a choice over the next year...defend America, or defend the lying corrupt politicians who have been betraying them over the last fifty years.
Not to mention the Patriot segment of the public sphere, and I have no idea what effect these guys can have.
Somebody wished that our parents' children would have...interesting...times.
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 12, 2016 05:35 PM (swEzU)
of my original reply. Gross rationalization to justify one's actions are
commonplace among those of irresolute character.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 05:21 PM (w/iDp)
Questioning someone's character over following his leadership is a stretch even for you.
A legislature and it members must work together to get bills passed. Last time I looked, one Senator could not pass a bill with out 50 others voting with him.
Your suggestion that anarchy is a good trait is exactly why the Senate is dysfunctional. That hard to understand?
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 05:35 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: DaveA at July 12, 2016 05:35 PM (8J/Te)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 05:36 PM (Sfs6o)
*****
Thanks for the reply.
But isn't the question and response:
"Chaffetz: Does an individual need a security clearance to review or have access to classified material?
Lynch: Well, congressman, that issue would be dependent upon the agency for whom they worked and the nature of the work that they did with respect to"
a hypothetical question with a refusal to answer said hypothetical?
I mean, I can think of an example (a rare example, none the less) of when giving classified information to a person without a clearance wouldn't be a crime:
Scenario: CIA officer downrange give classified information about a hostile government to an agent or insurgent for the purposes of helping said agent or insurgent to undermine the hostile government.
Rather unlikely? Sure. Are there rules and procedure governing this? I'm sure their are.
Am I talking out of my ass? Possibly, but I hope not.
Really, it comes down to I just don't get lawyers getting to avoid having to answer hypotheticals. I'm pretty sure if I got hauled up in front of a judge and some lawyer asked me a hypothetical question, I don't think I'd be able to just say "sorry, I don't answer hypotheticals." I think the judge would tell me to answer.
Or maybe not. What do I know?
Anyway, thanks for the reply.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:36 PM (C+qQ0)
That dream has not died.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (qUNWi)
...............
Tide Murderer!
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 05:36 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:36 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 05:36 PM (Sfs6o)
I use cripple, retard and midget all the time. Not one inch further with the PC muzzling.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:36 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: DaveA at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (8J/Te)
Sure, but obviously the House didn't want to touch it either, they just really had no choice.
Too many roaches found themselves scurrying for cover when the lights were turned on.
Shoving cigars into interns? Why, that's nothing. Most Congresscritters wouldn't get a stiffy for that. They need some amyl nitrate, a Thai boi, three goats, and two underaged fluffers.
Bill Clinton is a schoolboy by comparison to the people who sat in on that monkey show.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 05:36 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:35 PM (27m1/)
Ditto.
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 05:37 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:37 PM (qUNWi)
Could just mean he's being hired by the campaign.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 05:37 PM (T/5A0)
The Magic 8 Ball does read "Signs point to yes."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:37 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 05:37 PM (B48dK)
That dream has not died.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (qUNWi)
I get to be Thundarr!!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 05:38 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: IC at July 12, 2016 05:38 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:38 PM (qUNWi)
I'd say the officer is at risk unless the giving was approved upstream. So, I'd vote illegal. These are not decisions for him to make.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 05:38 PM (evdj2)
Looking at Breitbart, which is a solid Trump organ and so far, gornischt from Newt.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:38 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: FaCubeItches at July 12, 2016 05:38 PM (rznWS)
That dream has not died.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (qUNWi)
FrankJ, is that you?
Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 05:38 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: WeBoned! at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (SOVQ
...............
Trump should immediately announce that Barry is banned for life from all his golf course!
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 05:39 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:37 PM (qUNWi)
---
What if we just rend the moon in twain and have two satellites revolving around us, thus sending the tides into overdrive?
We can name the moons Krieg and Chaos.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 12, 2016 05:39 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: talgus at July 12, 2016 05:39 PM (UaPF2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:39 PM (bpZlE)
It's worth a try.
Posted by: Fritz at July 12, 2016 05:39 PM (oia+s)
I love, love, love using C R M to offend others. And sugartits, of course. Glad to see sugartilts making a resurgence.
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 05:40 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:40 PM (qUNWi)
326
OT:
STATEMENT: "FOX News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend" relationship with Newt "effective immediately"
https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/752958019550474240
So, Newt for Veep?
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 12, 2016 05:32 PM (vBeA5)
----------------
Oh eff me, no. NO NO NO NO NO.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (pC96u)
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It could also mean that he's been tapped for Chief of Staff.
Posted by: Soona at July 12, 2016 05:40 PM (Fmupd)
Could just mean he's being hired by the campaign.
This is very true. And a better outcome than Veep, IMHO.
It's just that Newt has been acting very Vice-Presidential lately.
Oh well, if it is Newt, at least that's a million times better than Christie. Honestly, the short list has no really good options.
I had been on the West train the last few days. But iirc he wasn't even vetted.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:40 PM (WlGX+)
Hmmmmmm....
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (WlGX+)
Oh, dear G-D no. Say it ain't so.
.
.
.
.She turned me into a Newt.
Posted by: Brian at July 12, 2016 05:40 PM (iONHu)
*****
Yes, I agree. But that is part of the hypothetical scenario I sketched out above.
Apologies if I didn't make that clear.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:40 PM (C+qQ0)
Hmmmmmm....
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:33 PM (WlGX+)
Oh, dear G-D no. Say it ain't so.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:35 PM (27m1/)
Oh?
Newt is probably the best choice he could make.
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 12, 2016 05:41 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:41 PM (bpZlE)
That would work. Good knowledge of Congress.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at July 12, 2016 05:41 PM (evdj2)
Now that I could live with easily.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:41 PM (WlGX+)
Ewoks drive? Oh, and I thought he had some Euro bike with canvas side bags?
Posted by: IP at July 12, 2016 05:41 PM (Fol9S)
Wonder if any X's will do a commercial for her? I know one of Newt's is dead.
Posted by: Nip Sip at July 12, 2016 05:41 PM (F1iXz)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 05:42 PM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 05:42 PM (Sfs6o)
Rather unlikely? Sure. Are there rules and procedure governing this? I'm sure their are.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:36 PM (C+qQ0)
Actually... uh... not a plausible scenario.
CIA Agent could not make the determination to declass the info... his Superiors would have to sign off on the disclosure, or he could be held accountable.
Would he be? maybe maybe not... but the question was not would you prosecute... it was a simple question of the Law as it stands today.
And the Law is actually clear....
But she was answering would you Prosecute... because in HER mind Prosecutorial Discretion Trumps the written Law.
Posted by: Don Q. at July 12, 2016 05:42 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 05:43 PM (Sfs6o)
This Eris person intrigues me.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 05:40 PM (qUNWi)
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All I ask is that you give me NASA (the National Astroterror and Subjugation Administration).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 12, 2016 05:44 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Soona at July 12, 2016 05:40 PM (Fmupd)
Much more palatable to me....
Posted by: Don Q. at July 12, 2016 05:44 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 05:44 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:30 PM (GUBah)
The level of corruption here is staggering.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 12, 2016 05:44 PM (J+mig)
Full marks for consistency.
Posted by: The Spelling Police at July 12, 2016 05:44 PM (UlI/7)
Newt is probably the best choice he could make."
From the people mentioned it seems that DJT is trying to set up a working "management team" and not necessarily a successor for the GOP.
Fine. I get it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 05:45 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: S. Hannity at July 12, 2016 05:45 PM (THtDV)
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 05:45 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 05:45 PM (Yo9Lf)
The Clintons don't play by anyone's rules and they want the people to know it.
Posted by: washrivergal at July 12, 2016 05:45 PM (CFc5L)
Funny, just a few minutes ago I was watching a video of Ivanka speaking at some business conference. She's about the most incredible combination of poise, grace, well-spokeness and beauty I've ever seen. Just love her.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:46 PM (WlGX+)
Oh?
Newt is probably the best choice he could make.
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 12, 2016 05:41 PM (vBeA5)
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Maybe you haven't been lurking around here much lately. Or at least not when the Newt question arises.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:46 PM (pC96u)
How is what she is doing different from when you see Supreme Court nominees get grilled by the Senate about some legal issue, and the nominee says (words to that effect) that it wouldn't be appropriate for them to prejudge or speculate or what not, so I can't answer your question.
And before you think I'm trying to defend Hillary Clinton, I'm not.
I loathe that woman.
Just askin' a question.
*Or that formally educated, to be frank.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:20 PM (C+qQ0)
Thank you for the compliment of asking my opinion, I greatly appreciate it.
As a practical matter it's not. It's the oh I have no idea about that bat bat bat eyes.
On the other hand, this is the currently sitting AG who has already been confirmed and who is up there saying, more or less, that the DOJ takes the Humpty Dumpty view that laws mean what we say they choose them to mean.
Now, that's actually a fair and honest response about what the DOJ does on a routine basis. It's merely that this is such obvious weaseling that it goes above and beyond the normal song and dance.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah, count me out. at July 12, 2016 05:47 PM (dEQP3)
Check it out and pee on them as well.
http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0712/c90000-9085051.html
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:47 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:47 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage
...............
If we give you NASA, do you promise to leave Matt Damon on Mars?
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 05:47 PM (HgMAr)
Who's authorized? How are they authorized? If someone works for someone who's authorized does that provide and umbrella of coverage or not?
See it all depends on a Bureaucratic rule. I don't believe the statute defines who is authorized other than perhaps stating that the Department that classified the information may be the one who can authorize the people allowed to see it but it may not be that straight forward.
There may be blanket authorizations.
It's not as clear as some would think and as the movies show. (God, Hollywood has a lot to answer for how we perceive how our country works, hell, how the universe works)
Anyway Lynch actually may be correct that the rules of who is authorized under what conditions may vary depending on who classified the particular information, who or what Department received it and from who or what Department and for what purpose and who saw it or allowed it to be seen.
It's a tangled mess as classified information rules are made mostly by whoever classifies it as classified information.
It's a bureaucrat lawyers dream.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 05:47 PM (ECJ+C)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:47 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: S. Hannity at July 12, 2016 05:45
Yeah... WTF is this love fest he has... Does He think by picking Newt Trump is sure to lose thus He stays on TV because everyone will be angry about Hillary?
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:48 PM (O2RFr)
Sure, that's why I said there gotta be rules and proceedures to cover that.
And the info would still be classified, because if he gave it to ME, that would be illegal, because I have NO need for this as some goofy ass internet commenter.
But look, I don't care about my goofy ass CIA officer hypothetical.
I just don't get why it is so bad for a lawyer to answer hypothetical questions.
And I understand that you aren't obligated to write out a long internet essay explaining things to me.
Thanks for the reply.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:48 PM (C+qQ0)
The DOJ takes the Humpty Dumpty view that laws mean what we choose them to mean. Grrrrrrrrr.
Stupid fingers.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah, count me out. at July 12, 2016 05:48 PM (dEQP3)
It's either going to be the most awesome train wreck/interstate car crash/building collapse ever. Or the pendulum being shoved so far in the opposite direction I'll have not just four hours, but four years of delightful priapism.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 12, 2016 05:48 PM (ZnIt3)
Might as well pick Pelosi or Elijah Cummings if you pick Newt.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:47 PM (27m1/)
Wouldn't that apply more to a Flynn pick? After all, he IS a democrat.
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 05:49 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 12, 2016 05:41 PM
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Let's see. Trump's major demographic problem is with white married women, upper-middle-class suburbanites, and GOPe types in general --- the people who voted for Romney with enthusiasm.
His biggest "aesthetic" problem is that he is scary and "extreme."
I can't think of a worse VP choice than Newt.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 05:49 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: S. Hannity at July 12, 2016 05:49 PM (THtDV)
The GOP Senate that confirmed her must be so proud ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 12, 2016 05:50 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Sexypig at July 12, 2016 05:50 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat?
..............
Better than Chelsea?
*ducks, runs*
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 05:50 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 05:50 PM (ECJ+C)
May I borrow your statement to put on a whiteboard sign? Not the "Grrr" or "Stupid fingers, however" ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:50 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 05:45 PM (HgMAr)
You know... If Newt were to get an orange spray tan and head weasel...
Heck, I'd bet the resemblance would be close enough to get him a roll with Melania.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:50 PM (71OEY)
He's playfully "reminded" Trump that you don't have to be a natural-born citizen to be PressSec.
I know, ain't gonna happen. But it's *SO* much fun to think about!
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:51 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:51 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:51 PM (O2RFr)
Thanks a lot for the reply.
That explained it quite well.
Thanks again.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:52 PM (C+qQ0)
So, Newt for Veep?
Posted by: The Political Hat
It could also mean that he's been tapped for Chief of Staff.
Posted by: Soona
Perhaps for Hand of the King?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 05:52 PM (kdS6q)
How about Noot's demonstrated propensity for tapping aides?
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 05:52 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 05:52 PM (Sfs6o)
Wouldn't that apply more to a Flynn pick? After all, he IS a democrat.
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 05:49 PM (aRUb
He's not that chump admiral. And one forgets Mr. Trump's pedigree, but let's not go down that path.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:52 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:47 PM (GUBah)
There is no expiration date on R dirt.
D dirt? Old news 3 days before it happens.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:52 PM (71OEY)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:53 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: S. Hannity at July 12, 2016 05:53 PM (THtDV)
Posted by: Country Singer
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My
Posted by: Hillary [making wiping motion] at July 12, 2016 05:53 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: S. Hannity at July 12, 2016 05:49 PM (THtDV)
................
Got it caught in your zipper again, Sean?
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 05:53 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:54 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Nomennovum at July 12, 2016 05:54 PM (0z+LY)
Pence would wind up being a GHWB that would be an anchor around the party for years.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 05:54 PM (ECJ+C)
Agreed.... And I'm a Woman...
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Hillary [making wiping motion] at July 12, 2016 05:53 PM (9mTYi)
I was just speaking hypothetically, since the new criteria is whether the intent was bad or not.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Potential Dem VP Candidate at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (9mTYi)
His biggest "aesthetic" problem is that he is scary and "extreme."
I can't think of a worse VP choice than Newt.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 05:49 PM (T/5A0)
Just who, who was planning to vote for Trump, suddenly not vote for him because Trump picked Newt?
Just who, who was planning to not vote for Trump, suddenly vote for Trump because of a Veep pick?
Scant few either way, I'd venture.
Newt would destroy Hillary's pick in a debate, and would be able to hold his own and defend Trump in the media.
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (vBeA5)
Does He think by picking Newt Trump is sure to lose thus He stays on TV because everyone will be angry about Hillary?
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:48 PM (O2RFr)
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No. Hannity did fine under W too.
Maybe he's just been at Fox too long or living in a conservative bubble of some kind. (?)
Maybe he has lost touch with the general public and doesn't see the electorate clearly.
I dunno.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (T/5A0)
Thus the U.S. Justice system at the modern Federal level. Selective prosecution.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (71OEY)
But VP really doesn't do much...
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:54 PM (O2RFr)
Would Pence really commite career suicide?
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 12, 2016 05:56 PM (vBeA5)
I'n clearly not sentient because I disagree. What-/ Shall we turn into one of the Muslim nations by not allowing women to vote?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:56 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:56 PM (27m1/)
Rather unlikely? Sure. Are there rules and procedure governing this? I'm sure their are.
To reiterate what Don Q. said, there are rules and your scenario violates how classified material is supposed to be handled. It's just that this administration has made a decision that Hillary! will not be punished for violating those rules.
To have access to classified material you have to have a security clearance of the appropriate level and a "need to know." If you don't meet those two requirements, then no classified material for you.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 12, 2016 05:56 PM (5Yee7)
Posted by: Nomennovum at July 12, 2016 05:54 PM (0z+LY)
Hate to say it, but I agree with you there. What a fuckin mess.
Posted by: washrivergal at July 12, 2016 05:56 PM (CFc5L)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:56 PM (O2RFr)
Yeah, that would definitely be cool no matter who's on board.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:57 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (O2RFr)
Tell me about it. All they really let me do is flash female Secret Service agents at the pool.
Posted by: ChooChoo Joey at July 12, 2016 05:57 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:57 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:54 PM (O2RFr)
Before we nominate anyone from Indiana, let's find out what he thinks about rape fairies.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 05:57 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:52 PM (27m1/)
So....Pence??? Really? Isn't he another "I actually have no principles..they depend on which way the wind blows?
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 05:57 PM (aRUb8)
Pence is the other name being said to be the VP choice... What do You all think about Him?
Posted by: donna
He was very conservative on paper, even on social issues. Went wobbly once he got elected Governor, as has about every Republican Blue and Purple State Governor over the last few years.
He's -- adequate.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 05:57 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 05:57 PM (9mTYi)
Nobody I think. I have to believe most have already made a mind up about Trump/Hillary regardless of what they tell pollsters. Like cement, it's already began to set.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 05:58 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:58 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (O2RFr)
Buy look what Reagan having Bush for VP did for the next 20 years.
He Fathered (heh) a mess that was more Liberal than conservative. It was the beginning of Globalism right there.
Bush Sr. is a founding member.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 05:58 PM (ECJ+C)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 05:58 PM (9mTYi)
But VP really doesn't do much...
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (O2RFr)
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That's why I mentioned Newt as Chief of Staff. It's a much more powerful position than VP.
Posted by: Soona at July 12, 2016 05:58 PM (Fmupd)
So Trumps best choice should be...... Trump.... Might as go all the way...
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:58 PM (O2RFr)
Wouldn't that apply more to a Flynn pick? After all, he IS a democrat.
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 05:49 PM (aRUb
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I'm ready for some new political and ideological divisions. What does Democrat/Republican mean anymore? Libertarian (ish) vs authoritarian is one way things are sorting out -- also basing decisions on what outcome will be best for America, also recovering our national identity at least to the point of refusing to curl up in a ball screaming when someone calls you a racist.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:59 PM (pC96u)
Crazy idea, but it JUST might work!!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 05:59 PM (TOk1P)
You have an office WITH a window??? You dirty 1%er!
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 12, 2016 05:59 PM (xVgrA)
So, unfortunately the veep choice will be GOPe approved. I suppose there was no way around it. (just please please please not Christie. Oh G-d no!)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 05:59 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 05:57 PM (aRUb
Pence doesn't excite but Newt is problematic.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 05:59 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (O2RFr)
.............
Mostly grin and grope these days.
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 05:58 PM (9mTYi)
Well,Ii could do that. I can't have any myself, though, unless I want to make Jiffy Pop (Do they still make that?) or cook in in a pot. I have no microwave.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (bpZlE)
And what happened to the convention picking the VP?
I always thought that had merit.
Why let the Nominee for President pick his successor?
Makes no sense party wise. It makes a lot of sense for the Presidential nominee to do it for their own particular reasons.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (ECJ+C)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Your Betters in the GOPe at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (GUBah)
I know these types. Office. Window. Sexretary.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Lower class person whose opinions must be guided at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (3ZttN)
I just don't get why it is so bad for a lawyer to answer hypothetical questions.
And I understand that you aren't obligated to write out a long internet essay explaining things to me.
Thanks for the reply.
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 12, 2016 05:48 PM (C+qQ0)
Ahhh okay, the hypothetical questions thingy.
You never ask a question to which you do not already know the answer.
You never answer a hypothetical question because that answer will then be used outside of the hypothetical.
The hypothetical question tactic is what is used to back a witness into a corner and to move that witness from the general to the specific. So if this than that, right? So if that than this, right? So if this and that, then why does that not apply to this specific set of facts?
That is exactly what was going on here and exactly why Lynch was being evasive. The trick, and what I was whinging about, is to be evasive in your answers without coming across as twisting yourself into a pretzel too obviously.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah, count me out. at July 12, 2016 06:01 PM (dEQP3)
OT: I hate the fucker on board and loathe what's become of the country... but, hell, I'm pretty sure I saw Air Force One just fly past my window (I see most of the planes come and out out of Love Field) and it was kinda cool.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 05:55 PM (71OEY)
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Get your chills by visiting the Reagan Library. There's an Air Force One jet there.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:01 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 05:56 PM (bpZlE)
The problem with muslem nations is not that they don't let women vote. Muslem nations don't let anyone vote for anything, generally. But even that isn't the issue since when they do vote they vote for insane jihadi parties and lunatic dictators.
That aside, it is very clear that universal suffrage is a sort of retarded idea that has not yielded any positive results. There should be some minimal knowledge of the structure one is voting within and there should be a requirement that the voter is not living off of the structure he is voting to give a voice in how it is run.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 12, 2016 06:01 PM (zc3Db)
The veep can do as much or as little as he and the president determine. Cf. Dick Cheney.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:01 PM (pC96u)
I hope he doesn't select a pol or ex-pol or establishment guy of any stripe.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:01 PM (ECJ+C)
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I linked to this the other day on the Pet Thread, but it just occurred to me that it is an analog (kinda) for Trump dropping Newtie on the media:
Totally SFW
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zsvmpe9
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 06:02 PM (9mTYi)
Heh!
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 12, 2016 06:02 PM (xVgrA)
Don't believe everything the White Media tells you.
Cheney did a lot less than they wanted to admit. They wanted to make it out that Bush was a puppet and brainless.
Sadly that's not the case. Things probably would be better if Cheney HAD been running things.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:03 PM (ECJ+C)
Posted by: Eromero at July 12, 2016 06:03 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 06:03 PM (Sfs6o)
But I'm not a totalitarian so what do I know.
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at July 12, 2016 06:03 PM (jeefx)
That's the million dollar question. Has to be before the convention, right? To get the speaking slots in order.
Knowing Trump, the rollout will be yuge. Won't be on a Friday or a weekend. Middle of the week, like, NOW I would say. His posted schedule is unlikely to offer any clues, since he can pop up anywhere on Trump Force One at any time.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:03 PM (WlGX+)
You have an office WITH a window??? You dirty 1%er!
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 12, 2016 05:59 PM (xVgrA)
Haha. Sadly, no office. I'm at home looking for new job in between rants here.
On the bright side, I've got a great view of downtown Dallas and live in a 24 story building so as the riots progress, I've got a great view of the burning times.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:04 PM (71OEY)
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah, count me out. at July 12, 2016 06:01 PM (dEQP3)
Which, if there are too many things that can be evaded, some things can't.
AG Lynch, is it ever ok to murder somebody?
Well, Congressman, that would depend on the situation.
So yeah... this whole tactic makes you look really REALLY bad in the eyes of lay people, when they know you're throwing horse manure in their general direction.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 06:04 PM (TOk1P)
I know these types. Office. Window. Sexretary.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM (9ym/
................
I bet he's even got one of them FAX machines.
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 06:04 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 06:04 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 12, 2016 06:05 PM (hKi6n)
I think it should be clear to all sentient Americans that women should never have been given the right to vote.
Posted by: Nomennovum at July 12, 2016 05:54 PM (0z+LY)
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Rational male voters managed to get us into a Civil War.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:05 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:03 PM (ECJ+C)
Hear, hear!
One of the main reasons why Bush's second term was so disastrous was because he had stopped listening to Cheney and, instead, took up with Condi Rice and the other turds who wanted to veer way left - which Bush did. The same turds who basically endorsed Barky while they were sitting in Bush's cabinet - and friggin Bush didn't seem to care about that, either.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 12, 2016 06:05 PM (zc3Db)
He's still the same ole wannabe he used to be.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:06 PM (ECJ+C)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 05:58 PM (O2RFr)
Could be! After all..those are Trumps picks.
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 06:06 PM (aRUb8)
She'd make an excellent Press Sec. The all-important loyalty/trustworthiness factor necessary for that position is a lock. The camera loves her. Her public speaking ability is absolutely top-notch.
I don't really think it would be her, but she'd make a good one. I do hope she holds some position in the admin, if Trump pulls this off.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:07 PM (WlGX+)
Don't believe everything the White Media tells you.
Cheney did a lot less than they wanted to admit. They wanted to make it out that Bush was a puppet and brainless.
Sadly that's not the case. Things probably would be better if Cheney HAD been running things.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:03 PM (ECJ+C)
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I'm not pushing the puppet theory. Cheney himself said he had an "understanding" with George that he wasn't going to be Funeral Guy.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:07 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:01 PM (pC96u)
I'd love to go but I'd have to go to *shudders* California.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:07 PM (71OEY)
divisions. What does Democrat/Republican mean anymore? Libertarian (ish)
vs authoritarian is one way things are sorting out -- also basing
decisions on what outcome will be best for America, also recovering our
national identity at least to the point of refusing to curl up in a ball
screaming when someone calls you a racist.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 05:59 PM (pC96u)
I agree. Who do you think fits that description?
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 06:07 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 06:08 PM (eyEhC)
Newt's comments about BLM and Dallas have put me off him.
He's still the same ole wannabe he used to be.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:06 PM (ECJ+C)
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Posted once again:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-1_31_06_TS.html
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:08 PM (pC96u)
Has to be before the convention, right?
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat?
Doesn't have to be, but that has been the recent tradition since Reagan announced an early choice to try and block Ford at the 76 convention.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 06:08 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:07 PM (71OEY)
We'll never go back to California.
https://youtu.be/GFBnrxMh9tQ
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 06:08 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 06:08 PM (O2RFr)
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I know Romney-voters who really, really want to see something that would allow them to hold their noses and vote for Trump.
I believe that a VP like Pence, what they would call "a normal Republican," might do that.
They are AFRAID. They think Trump is scary and they need someone "solid" to lend the ticket gravitas.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 06:08 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 06:09 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:09 PM (ECJ+C)
So when will Trump likely announce his pick?
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 06:00 PM
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I heard the announcement will come Friday.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 12, 2016 06:10 PM (Lsu4e)
Newt's comments about BLM and Dallas have put me off him.
He's still the same ole wannabe he used to be.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:06 PM (ECJ+C)
I agree...but if it's down to those 3, I'd pick him, simply for his ability to...ummm.."tell it like it is", sometimes.
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 06:11 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 06:11 PM (eyEhC)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 12, 2016 06:11 PM (SLha+)
Is this not what we're trying to get rid of? "Normal" Republicans are killing the entire party.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 06:11 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (Yo9Lf)
"Depends on the circumstances. Hate to say."
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (hKi6n)
Is this part of the rumored "reigning in" by the GOPe, or is it VP-announcement-related, to avoid tipping anyone off before he's ready to announce. Hmmm....
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (WlGX+)
Fun Fact
By the current 2012 version of Rule 40(b), Trump's name will be the only one allowed to be placed into nomination, the other candidates having failed to reach the 8 state wins with an absolute majority of delegates criteria.
Of course, there's a push to modify that rule in the committees.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (O2RFr)
If they don't tell you the color of the miscreants, 9 times out of 10 they're black.
If they give names and they're Hispanic, they're illegals.
They are very eager to remind everyone that Whites commit crime too.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (ECJ+C)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky
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Intent would play a role, obviously.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 06:13 PM (w/iDp)
I still like her. She's got some "squish" to her but she also has spunk and fight. Strange move by Ted but one I could sure live with.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 06:13 PM (9ym/8)
Wow, Trump's official campaign schedule page used to be packed. Just
took a peek, there's just ONE event (tonight in Indiana) currently
listed.
Is this part of the rumored "reigning in" by the GOPe, or is it
VP-announcement-related, to avoid tipping anyone off before he's ready
to announce. Hmmm....
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (WlGX+)
Maybe keeping the disrupters in the dark.
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 06:13 PM (eyEhC)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:13 PM (Yo9Lf)
Because the electorate responded *so* well in 2012 to a candidate with a history of layoffs, downsizings, outsourcings and offshorings.
Let's run another one!
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 06:13 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 06:08 PM (T/5A0)
Thats why all politicians like that need to be crushed. Wack 'em and stack 'em. Trample the weak and hurl the dead.
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 06:13 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 06:11 PM (eyEhC)
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DId we ever decide the question of whether or not we thought Carly does butt stuff?
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2016 06:14 PM (Sfs6o)
Friday after 5:00 eastern is news-dump time, not the time for a big announcement, so if it is Friday, I would expect it to be quite early.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:14 PM (WlGX+)
Fun Fact
Apparently Rule 40 also affects who can be nominated as VP. Seen a need to get 3 or 8 state delegations signed on before the name can go to the floor mentioned. And apparently other rules hoo doo is involved.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 06:14 PM (kdS6q)
Wow, Trump's official campaign schedule page used to be packed. Just took a peek, there's just ONE event (tonight in Indiana) currently listed.
Is this part of the rumored "reigning in" by the GOPe, or is it VP-announcement-related, to avoid tipping anyone off before he's ready to announce. Hmmm....
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (WlGX+)
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I check it every day, and it seems he's not stacking things as deep as he used to -- but he does a couple of events per week.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:15 PM (pC96u)
"Don't really know. Depends on what you mean by 'soldiers'. Or home. Or private? It really would be inappropriate for me to say."
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 12, 2016 06:15 PM (hKi6n)
Graham, Susan Collins, Jeff Flake, Mark Kirk, Rob Portman, Thad Cochran,
Ron Johnson and Mitch McConnell for getting Lynch over the 50 vote
threshold. Apparently during the confirmation hearings someone forgot to
ask her if she can read and explain a god damned statute.
But...but...but...if they didn't confirm her, then Obama would have put up a much worse, further left idealogue! So, they just had to!
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at July 12, 2016 06:15 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Loretta Pynch at July 12, 2016 06:15 PM (Tyii7)
Is this part of the rumored "reigning in" by the GOPe, or is it VP-announcement-related, to avoid tipping anyone off before he's ready to announce. Hmmm....
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:12 PM (WlGX+)
It honestly seems like he's been phoning it in since he locked up the nomination.
I'd joked that the media would stop putting him on and we'd see the end of 27/7 Trump if he got the nom. I did really think it would be because of him though.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:15 PM (71OEY)
Carly would do whatever it takes and take whatever's offered.
IYKWIM
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:16 PM (ECJ+C)
I don't think Preibus dictated it per se, but it would be hammered out in negotiation. e.g. Trump insists on keeping his immigration policy, Preibus gets to pick the veep from a short-short list they both agree on. Something like that.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 06:17 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:17 PM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 06:17 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:17 PM (ECJ+C)
"Don't really know. Depends on what you mean by 'soldiers'. Or home. Or private? It really would be inappropriate for me to say."
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky
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Also, there is the issue of those who 'self-identify' as 'soldiers'.
We know that Lynch has declared that trannys get to use the girls room, and in fact is suing those states who forbid it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 06:18 PM (w/iDp)
Is Carly in the running for VP?
Posted by: davidt
Well, she rocketed Cruz's campaign up to utter collapse within a week, so who wouldn't want her?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 06:18 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 06:19 PM (c6/9Q)
And Ruthy has turned into a Stalinist, who knew?
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:19 PM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at July 12, 2016 06:19 PM (+eR2D)
That wasn't even enough time to outsource the campaign staff.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 12, 2016 06:20 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 06:20 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: GuySmiley at July 12, 2016 06:20 PM (WlGX+)
I think Carly would have been excellent on any ticket and would be probably be surprisingly good as a POTUS.
But, that ship has sailed this time around. Too bad.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 06:21 PM (27m1/)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 06:21 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at July 12, 2016 06:21 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 06:18 PM (kdS6q)
I voted for Cruz in the Primary, but I gotta say it was Cruz himself who rocketed his own campaign to utter collapse.
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 06:21 PM (eyEhC)
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 06:21 PM (HgMAr)
Is this not what we're trying to get rid of? "Normal" Republicans are killing the entire party.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 06:11 PM (9ym/
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We?
Not me. I don't care about the party.
I'm just #Neverhillary.
If you think Trump can win without all of those millions of GOPe voters, fine. I'd like him to pick someone who doesn't slam that door shut.
Pence's record, BTW, is far more conservative than Trump's. But that is not why I favor him. It's all about image.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 12, 2016 06:21 PM (T/5A0)
How did it take five responses to get to the butt stuff question?
I would, with Carly, in case that's in question.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, what is a proud Nitwit Lion at July 12, 2016 06:21 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 06:20 PM (WEUYQ)
............
I'm telling Winona.
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 06:22 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Penn State Football Camper at July 12, 2016 06:23 PM (VGG67)
Well yeah, for the butt stuff you wouldn't have to see her face.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at July 12, 2016 06:23 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Carly at July 12, 2016 06:23 PM (eyEhC)
Posted by: freaked at July 12, 2016 06:24 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 06:21 PM (eyEhC)
How so? I think it was mostly the media industrial complex.
Posted by: Mimzey at July 12, 2016 06:24 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:24 PM (1ZOkK)
It honestly seems like he's been phoning it in since he locked up the nomination.
I'd joked that the media would stop putting him on and we'd see the end of 27/7 Trump if he got the nom. I did really think it would be because of him though.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:15 PM (71OEY)
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Did you watch the speech he made in Virginia Beach yesterday? Trump has been working his ass off on policy. Just because he's planning his schedule more closely doesn't mean he's not doing events.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:24 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:25 PM (Yo9Lf)
Carly as VP. Trump resigns or gets impeached. Bang. First woman president.
Posted by: freaked at July 12, 2016 06:24 PM (BO/km)
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GOPe vagina, yawn.
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:25 PM (pC96u)
Hillary is 6' 9" wide that's why she got an exception.
Posted by: Crooked James Comey at July 12, 2016 06:25 PM (OQ8NX)
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 06:22 PM (HgMAr)
NOOOOOOO!!!!!
Winona baby someone was socking me, I don't even know what this dirty "space docking" stuff is!! I don't know any O'Spades guy!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 06:25 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: Megan from that sign on the dormitory at July 12, 2016 06:25 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 12, 2016 06:25 PM (+HtnI)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:25 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Ripley at July 12, 2016 06:26 PM (1BQGO)
I agree, I don't see how Carly's to blame for that at all. If anything, Glenn Beck did more to sink Cruz's campaign. I still don't know if the Cruz supporters realize how much damage Beck did with the voters who may have been on the fence.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at July 12, 2016 06:26 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:05 PM (pC96u)
Honestly, I'm afraid that what's coming will be far, far worse.
Posted by: Stating The Obvious at July 12, 2016 06:26 PM (cmE8J)
Better to position ourselves for 2316.
..................
Grzblksz/Quonogto 2016!
Zager/Evans 2525
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 12, 2016 06:27 PM (IqV8l)
*sigh* It makes cooking so much "fun."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:27 PM (1ZOkK)
Come on. Give credit where credit is due.
Now come with me to the Potomac River where I can baptize you in the spirit of our Lord and speak in tongues.
Posted by: Glenn Becky at July 12, 2016 06:27 PM (ZnIt3)
People are so soft now. I don't see it.
Posted by: eleven at July 12, 2016 06:27 PM (qUNWi)
THAT turned out. we got massive recession, half of the financial sector
disappeared and most of the population was sent to the poor house, they
got their tens of million salaries and walked away."
In case any of you haven't gotten your recommended daily allowance of ragestroke:
Clintonworld hack James Johnson left Fannie Mae with a $71,000 pension.
Seventy-one thousand dollars PER MONTH. FOR LIFE. He left that job when he was in his mid-fifties.
What did the establishment Republicans have to say about this? Jack shit.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 06:28 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: donna at July 12, 2016 06:28 PM (O2RFr)
He is doing his own poll testing by looking at response to each. We are telling him which person to pick.
Posted by: Ben Had
Well, of course. That's what both parties are doing right now.
FWIW, I'd say Pence has gotten the best overall response from the various cliques.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 06:28 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Crooked James Comey at July 12, 2016 06:25 PM (OQ8NX)
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Twelve stories high made of radiation
The present beware
The future beware
She's coming
She's coming
She's coming
Posted by: Stating The Obvious at July 12, 2016 06:29 PM (cmE8J)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:29 PM (Yo9Lf)
Just heard some clips the community organizer rabble rousing at the
Dallas memorial service. I expect this from the crass, crude narcissist
but surprises me is that people were applauding, many enthusiastically.
If some people would just start booing when Obama starts using events
like this to lecture the nation it would shut him down. Screw decorum
and respect as Obama is the one breaking the basic rules and guidelines
on these things, over and over.
Posted by: Ripley at July 12, 2016 06:26 PM (1BQGO)
You should have live-blogged it with the rest of us. I had the ass on mute, and just reading what those way braver than I were hearing nearly made me rage-stroke.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:29 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: runner
----------------
This is about me isn't it?
Posted by: Franklin Delano "Frank" Raines at July 12, 2016 06:29 PM (w/iDp)
Right, and Trump needs Indiana.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at July 12, 2016 06:29 PM (WlGX+)
Posted by: OffendedMan at July 12, 2016 06:29 PM (QTN1j)
Posted by: freaked at July 12, 2016 06:29 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:29 PM (1ZOkK)
Just the way the founders envisioned.
Posted by: Crooked James Comey at July 12, 2016 06:30 PM (OQ8NX)
know if the Cruz supporters realize how much damage Beck did with the
voters who may have been on the fence."
Yep.
And let us not forget Cruz himself made the deliberate decision to associate the crying nutball Beck with his campaign. Right down to the notorious trip to the border with the soccer balls and the teddy bears. It's not as though Beck just wandered in off the street into Cruz campaign HQ. He was invited.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 06:30 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:24 PM (1ZOkK)
>>Butt stuff. Penises. You know.
................
And we're still on topic.
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 06:30 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at July 12, 2016 06:31 PM (Tyii7)
Trump needs Indiana.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat?
Well, if Trump "needs" Indiana, he's fooked.
That was McCain's pivot point to utter failure.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 06:31 PM (kdS6q)
Articles of impeachment would never cross my desk.
I'd grab them and run into the House chambers for a vote so fast they might spontaneously ignite.
Posted by: Paul Ryan at July 12, 2016 06:31 PM (ZnIt3)
I could go on and on, this "there is no more law" stuff can be a lot of fun in the proper hands !"
And, by the by, that Communist Goals thing is not a fake .... I remember reading it back in the 60's.
Effin' scary, amirite ?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 12, 2016 06:31 PM (Z8DIA)
Yep, and it spoke to his judgement with me.
I really, really wanted to be in for Cruz. He was closest to what I want, policy-wise. But stuff like that just proved to me there was no way in hell this guy was going to win a general. And beating Hillary is too important.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at July 12, 2016 06:32 PM (WlGX+)
www dot armedresponsetraining dot com
Also - I've stopped giving traffic to The Blaze...no clicks for that ____ guy.
Posted by: scoville unit at July 12, 2016 06:32 PM (0adl+)
Posted by: The Newtster at July 12, 2016 06:32 PM (Tyii7)
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262 ... there's a direct relationship between the rise of naturalism in art and science. they both begin at the same time and ultimately use the same means...
light.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 12, 2016 11:00 AM (WTSFk)
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SO can we link modern art and the destruction values and SJW and BLM in the same manner?
Posted by: Old Toby at July 12, 2016 06:32 PM (vP09u)
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Pfft.
Sure, they managed to get rid of me, but I copped $114,000/year... for life.
Posted by: Franklin Delano Raines at July 12, 2016 06:32 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:33 PM (Yo9Lf)
Over at Newsbusters, Douglas Brinkley fawns over Obama's speech as "echoes of Lincoln."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 06:05 PM (pC96u)
Honestly, I'm afraid that what's coming will be far, far worse.
Posted by: Stating The Obvious at July 12, 2016 06:26 PM (cmE8J)
I wonder about that sometimes. I suppose some hinges on what the military does. I could see it going a lot of ways.
There really doesn't have to be a civil war. Just a secession. At this point, does any actually not believe that the country is irreparably split, no matter what side your on or why?
Those who want to continue to live with mommy and daddy- even though mommy has a gambling problem and crack addiction and daddy gets drunk and violent all the time- go right ahead. For me, no matter how broke I am and what it will cost me, I'd prefer to go get my own place.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (71OEY)
I'll say anything, just to be loved. *sniff*
Posted by: The Newtster at July 12, 2016 06:32 PM
Newt and Nancy sitting on the couch
He pinched her butt and she said ouch
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Crooked James Comey at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (OQ8NX)
Posted by: EDWARD SNOWDEN at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Skip
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Hmm. Certainly would make sighting a lot easier.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 06:36 PM (w/iDp)
Who are these radical Rebublicans? Ryan? McConnel? When did limp wristed pussy become radical?
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 12, 2016 06:36 PM (20X6f)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 06:36 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2016 06:37 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:37 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: The Newtster at July 12, 2016 06:32 PM (Tyii7)
"I decline the VP slot"
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 06:37 PM (WEUYQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 12, 2016 06:38 PM (+HtnI)
Posted by: Gollum at July 12, 2016 06:38 PM (eyEhC)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:38 PM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 06:36 PM (9ym/
We are well, thank you!
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at July 12, 2016 06:40 PM (+eR2D)
*yawns*
*farts*
It's all pointless speculation at this point, we'll find out next week.
#neverhillary
Hey, it's after 5, time to start drinkin' !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 12, 2016 06:40 PM (Z8DIA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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*gorge* rises.
Although, to be fair "...the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." probably applies.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2016 06:40 PM (ZxmMG)
Posted by: Constitutional Law Professor B+rry at July 12, 2016 06:41 PM (D0kE9)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (Yo9Lf)
I did.
I learned that if us white racists would just STFU and stop being racist and trying to arrest poor black men for crimes, then maybe crazy black folks wouldn't have to shoot so many cops and white people.
I also learned that guns (in addition to being available at any grocery store, right next to the adapters that make them fire faster) are more accessible to teens than books or computers (did all the libraries burn down?).
Most of all, I learned that we have disappointed Obama again. Why can't he just eat his waffle and hang out in Europe with interesting Italians? He's had to go to way too many of these things.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:42 PM (71OEY)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (1ZOkK)
*types* *deletes*
*types* *deletes*
*types* *deletes*
*types* *deletes*
Can't come up with anything that would pass the ******* filter.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 06:43 PM (ECJ+C)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 06:43 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: mpfs at July 12, 2016 06:43 PM (M+tdH)
Posted by: CMU VET at July 12, 2016 06:44 PM (ejB0r)
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:35 PM (71OEY)
I'm browsing the online purveyors for Texas flags.
Also, Nood Noot, for those that didn't get the word.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 12, 2016 06:45 PM (GUBah)
Obama again. Why can't he just eat his waffle and hang out in Europe
with interesting Italians? He's had to go to way too many of these
things.
Posted by: Damiano at July 12, 2016 06:42 PM (71OEY)
It's because we won't let him be clear, goddamnit.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 12, 2016 06:51 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: freaked at July 12, 2016 06:24 PM (BO/km)
Amnesty and foreign workers to replace everybody! Hooray!
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2016 06:54 PM (z/Ubi)
Burn in hell asshole.
*spit*
Posted by: mullingthingsover at July 12, 2016 06:56 PM (FIATw)
Posted by: freedom2014despitebarack at July 12, 2016 07:12 PM (SEFXb)
Posted by: Patrick Henry at July 12, 2016 07:15 PM (5Tck3)
It was on Clinton's server and of course was also open source info
Posted by: john at July 12, 2016 07:48 PM (5zvyt)
Posted by: john at July 12, 2016 07:49 PM (5zvyt)
And all those trying to get his stupid statue put back up.
He KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND DID NOTHING!!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 12, 2016 08:04 PM (ECJ+C)
Posted by: Ed at July 12, 2016 08:42 PM (gR1Tn)
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John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)