Amid the search for a new chief of staff, President Trump is increasingly anxious over his political future https://t.co/2CtjfilcEB pic.twitter.com/AFr4rHrOTg
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 10, 2018
NEW: A source close to Mulvaney tells me he is no longer interested in COS job, Mnuchin and Lighthizer sending out same signals…. list of potential replacements for Kelly shrinking by the hour.
— Nancy Cook (@nancook) December 10, 2018
“Sarah, get Kid Rock on the phone…” https://t.co/kgJNo5ZhwC
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 10, 2018
free tea leaves hot take, the lack of interest in the chief of staff gig is freaking out the formal trump gop more than the criminal investigations
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 10, 2018
I don't know why Trump is having a hard time finding a new Chief of Staff when America is teeming with self-loathing masochists who believe God has forsaken them
— ThankYouForNotSmockingHat (@Popehat) December 10, 2018
Pardon Gen. Flynn and make him Chief of Staff.
I'd be all in for that.
Idea sparked by @SebGorka.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) December 10, 2018
It is only an attractive position when "something to murder for" is understood to be strictly a figure of speech rather than a vaguely plausible qualification.
— Jeremy Ray Jenkins (@JeremyRJenkins) December 10, 2018
Uhhh… why did this just pop up?
“Either I’m qualified to handle state secrets or I’m not qualified to handle state secrets.” -Jared Kushner
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 10, 2018
TenguPhule
Obviously not, who knows who its grabbed recently?
TenguPhule
Jesus wept.
TenguPhule
I’m so old I remember when figurative speech actually meant what it said.
Barbara
@TenguPhule: I am going with “not.”
Corner Stone
@TenguPhule:
Trump’s own throat by the look of it.
debbie
It will be Ivanka.
Corner Stone
Jar Jar handles state secrets about as well as Jar Jar Binks handled those blue exploding bombs in whatever the F he did with them in Star Wars.
jeffreyw
He should change the title to “Hand of the King”.
zhena gogolia
Can’t you guys let me go have dinner, please?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I didn’t bother to follow it up, but I assumed it came from Jared’s ‘interview’ with Hannity
debbie
Or maybe Paul Ryan will unretire in order to save the Party once again.
Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)
I was only a baby for Watergate, so maybe I’m off here, but does anybody else get the feeling that things are beginning to boil over? I just can’t see this shit dragging out for another two years, not at the speed we’re now going.
BC in Illinois
The office of White House Chief of Staff has its benefits.
You might be able to meet Robert Mueller.
Maybe even get his autograph.
That’s valuable!
(A repeat from the bottom of the last thread.)
TenguPhule
pat
There’s only one possible choice here, and that is Sean Hannity. They talk together very day and Sean seems to already be the one who guides his “thoughts.” So why not?
TenguPhule
@Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.):
I’m not sure we’re going to make it to the end of this year.
Ladyraxterinok
Further info about ORU grads fron earlier discussion. MIichelle Bachman a grad from ORU Law School. David Barton a PE grad from ORU.
Ron Luce anothervORU grad. He foundedcTeen Mania, which IIRC had HS kids going oon short mission trips. Was also involved in a syndicated Xn tv youth show
Fire by Night (scenes often shot around Tulsa) and ap national organization Aquire the Fire. (IIRC one of the Tulsa ministers involved in this initiative was fired from his church for ‘sexual impropriety’.)
Later he helped organize Battle Cry campaigns around the country that were directed toward young people. Wikipedia article on Battle Cry discusses the controversy and complaints about this program.
The Dangerman
@debbie:
It should be someone that has worked well with his staff (well, not Stormy), Hasn’t Ivanka wanted to fire everyone?
Aleta
Too bad we can’t put Jared in jail now, work out the charges later, like the Saudis would.
Can someone please plant some whiskey chocolates on him (or powder) before his next trip to SA?
schrodingers_cat
@TenguPhule: Kaliyug.
TenguPhule
Two nuns stole $500K from a California Catholic school and blew it gambling in Las Vegas
What a time to be alive.
dmsilev
King Leer, a contemporary reimagining of the classic play, is turning out even weirder than early reviews had suggested. A whole White House full of Regans and Gonerils? Very daring.
TenguPhule
oh goddamnit FYWP what the hell is triggering the filter this time!
dmsilev
@BC in Illinois: I suggested yesterday that perhaps Robert Mueller, suitably disguised and with the appropriate false papers, should apply for the job.
debbie
@The Dangerman:
I have no idea, but it seems he trusts her more than anyone else.
ruemara
Hmmm. I’m guessing most of these crooks are seeing the writing on the wall & the writing is a list of charges. They don’t want none of this smoke.
randy khan
@TenguPhule:
Schrodinger’s son-in-law?
TenguPhule
@randy khan:
I would think she’d object to that.
Corner Stone
@dmsilev:
Well, Trump did announce he went behind close doors to peep at underage girls as they changed…
Aleta
A day or two before Ayers bailed (after 5 months of ‘sources’ publishing his name) someone told a reporter that pretty much the only people who wanted him were Ivanka and Jared. And that some staff were saying they’d resign if he was chosen, and many more were opposed and unhappy. So the announcement that he declined the job … it’s hard to believe they would lie but ….
Sab
Ohioans, lets draft Mary Taylor to be Trumps COS. Make her finally work for a six figure salary.
Aleta
@debbie: I fully expect he’ll be back some day.
Elizabelle
WaPost had roundup on why it’s especially difficult to fill the CoS position. We could probably add to their 4 points. The Daily 202: Four reasons that even some Trump loyalists do not want to be White House chief of staff
1) Javanka. Not controllable. Did end runs around John Kelly and eventually did him in.
2) Trump himself. Not controllable.
3) Exposure to legal issues/jeopardy for CoS too. Have that expensive lawyer on speed dial!
4) Risk of public humiliation is high. (You think?)
WaPost does not even get into the dignity wraith aspects. Only schlock willingly agrees to associate with Trump, and schlock is eventually outed as such.
It would seem Nikki Haley might be the only staffer/Cabinet member who emerged relatively unscathed (actually, I would say she improved her situation).
Aleta
@TenguPhule: Blues Brothers Bizarro
sm*t cl*de
Please let Kanye West refuse the job, so we can talk about “the raps leaving the sinking shit”.
debbie
@Sab:
Bill Sikes is angling for a 75% raise.* Let’s nominate him instead.
* He’s trying to get a 75% COLA through the Legislature during the lame duck session. Apparently, they haven’t had a raise in 11 years. As someone used to say, Whomp, whomp.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@debbie: I agree.
debbie
@Aleta:
Some diseases never die, do they?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@TenguPhule: What happens in Vegas…
different-church-lady
@BC in Illinois:
Actually, you’d be more likely to give him yours.
different-church-lady
@The Dangerman:
From what I’ve heard Stormy and his staff were not a good match.
Mike in NC
With Kelly getting shown the door, there’s nothing to stop Fat Bastard from bringing back Steve Bannon, AKA the son he wishes he’d had.
kindness
Well the way this is going I expect Air Force 1 to unexpectedly crash and burn the next time the Trumps go anywhere. With friends like these……..
?BillinGlendaleCA
@The Dangerman: She clean the house, make everything fresh again. Assuming, of course, she can find anyone to take the jobs.
eemom
Repeat from last thread. I get that it’s fun to speculate, but how can anybody seriously give the remotest ghost of a fuck about Dump’s next CoS with every wall everywhere crumbling seven ways to Sunday?
A Ghost To Most
@Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): This Is how Watergate felt early in 1974. Once Senators start peeling off, it could go quickly.
TS (the original)
@Barbara:
As is everyone who answered that tweet
A Ghost To Most
@eemom: Well, the pool demands it. I’ve got Ted Nugent.
Elizabelle
The Los Angeles Times: Troubles past and future hinder Trump’s search for a new White House chief of staff
Two gaping holes is about right.
And then:
Yeah. Good luck with that.
TenguPhule
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
?BillinGlendaleCA
@eemom:
I guess that’s why Trump wants to put one on the Mexican border.
Fleeting Expletive
As the CoS position’s duties are to suborn felonies o/b/o the Boss man, or to otherwise encourage and direct the performance of those directed felonious activities, I can see it being hard to recruit a pet rock to take the job.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I’m not holding my breath, but it is interesting the Nikki Haley and Ayers, two people who I assume still have political ambitions, stepped off the boat while still pleading loyalty. Kinda surprised Mnuchin, and other private-sector types, have stuck around
TenguPhule
@different-church-lady:
Well played.
debbie
I must be in a time warp. Colbert was making fun of Trump’s “Smocking Gun” tweet last night, yet here it is with a time stamp of 12 hours ago (about 7 am):
How can this be?
TenguPhule
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Their greed still outstrips their fear of incarceration.
Elizabelle
@Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): Yeah. It does feel like that.
This is not sustainable. #Waiting for Nancy Smash and the Democratic Congress.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: can’t edit, but one senator who doesn’t get a lot of attention is Burr, who from what I can tell has worked pretty well with Warner, and said last week that he had made criminal referrals from the Intel Cmtee
geg6
@different-church-lady:
I saw what you did.
LOL!
TenguPhule
@debbie:
Wrong time zone.
Schlemazel
I VOLUNTEER! I will be hair furor’s CoS!
I will encourage Trump to be Trump as loudly has he can be
I will give him unlimited executive time
I will wear a wire & chat with mueller’s team daily
dmsilev
@Elizabelle: Only about 3 weeks to go.
Edit: Or, if you prefer, a mere 500 or so hours.
Corner Stone
@Fleeting Expletive: I can see it being hard to recruit a pet rock to take the job.</blockquote
But you must be sure to choose the correct rock for the end of the driveway. Green to keep leprechauns away, or red to keep dragons at bay. Choose wisely.
debbie
@TenguPhule:
Nope. This is all Eastern time.That tweet posted about 6.5 hours after Colbert talked about it.
TenguPhule
That was awkward — at world’s biggest climate conference, U.S. promotes fossil fuels
geg6
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Yes, Burr may be the one GOPer senator who, in the end, gets a few others to peel off when the going gets unsustainable. Maybe he’ll be this generation’s Barry Goldwater and lead the delegation to the White House to let the Orange Menace know he’s going to be convicted in an impeachment trial.
A girl can dream, can’t she?
TenguPhule
@debbie:
Last night was Sunday. Late show is weekday nights.
Cheryl Rofer
And yes, that should be Stephen Miller, not Roger.
Corner Stone
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
His wife won’t let him. She has a whole Spring Collection of outfits to sell via tweet in just a few months.
Keith P
Inanimate Carbon Rod would make a great Chief of Staff.
Elizabelle
NPR re Trump announcing he would soon announce a new CoS: “Candidates aren’t exactly jumping at the position.”
LOL.
“You have to wonder who would take this job.” — Not sure who said that, but he’s right!
TenguPhule
Kevin McCarthy is overdue for a fatal automobile accident.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@TenguPhule: Colbert has a Twitter machine.
A Ghost To Most
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Lots of R senators up for reelection in 2020. If a parade (or mob) forms, they will rush to get in front of it.
Ruckus
@A Ghost To Most:
Agreed.
WG seemed to be a nothing burger for, well not as long but really that was simpler as well. This is far more convoluted. And has a lot more major players. WG was like the appetizer for this mess.
Princess
With all the (very wise) reluctance from the usual subjects to take on the CoS job, it makes it more interesting that William Barr is willing to be the AG. AG will, if anything, be even more exposed to the constitutional crisis that is Trump. Barr has already done it, so he doesn’t need the prestige and he probably makes way more money where he is. So what is he getting out of it?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@TenguPhule: @TenguPhule:
Nah, just let him continue to shoot himself in the foot; he’s good at that.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@geg6: Collins is also on the Intel committee, and Blunt who a couple of years ago I would have said was a non-lunatic right-winger, they might be willing to follow someone else. I guess it depends on what kind of gig Collins is aiming for after 2020 (lots of rumors that she’s not running again). Rubio I could also see jumping if the wind shifts enough. The rest are all full mooners or might as well be, I think, Lankford, Cotton, Risch, Cornyn
WaterGirl
@Elizabelle: Sounds to me like Ivanka thinks Ivanka would be great for the job, the The Mooch’s description of someone who likes Trump… well, at this point, that’s not a long list but it does include The Mooch.
Maybe Ivanka and Mooch can time-share the chief of staff position. At this point, Trump surely needs someone around him every minute to make him feel safe.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I blogged about keeping a writing journal. Includes unreadable pics!
Ruckus
@A Ghost To Most:
Thing is how is any of this going to help them?
If they get out in front 12-18 months from now they are going to be dragged for just playing politics, if they get out in front of it now they are going to look like traitors to their party. If they are in anyway involved nothing will really matter.
Schlemazel
@Keith P:
Its a shame Grimes is not available to take it
TenguPhule
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I don’t want him to suffer needlessly.
SiubhanDuinne
@Cheryl Rofer:
Just as I was about to break into a rousing rendition of “King of the Road.”
SFAW
I’ll do it.
My hope would be to gaslight the fuck out of him. Although I like Schlemazel’s idea of wearing a wire. Maybe I’d do both.
MCA1
@eemom: Most of us aren’t really speculating, at least not seriously. Rather, I think the majority of the jackals here are delighting in the fact that, precisely because the walls are falling in all around the Orange, he’s having to go to such pathetic lengths to find someone to take what’s normally one of the most sought after jobs in America. I mean, it’s hysterical that it’s hard to tell if Kid Rock is actually a possibility or not. (And horrifying and sad, I know).
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
individual 1 would be safe behind bars. I doubt he feels really safe any where today. His BS isn’t working any longer. And it’s all he knows. He’s got holing up in his bathroom and cheating at golf.
Schlemazel
@TenguPhule:
I agree with the good Congressman, we should follow the wonderful example the GOP set during the Benghazi and email investigations. We simply can’t allow ourselves to investigate the criminal activity that has already been exposed to look for more
joel hanes
@A Ghost To Most:
I’ve got Ted Nugent.
I straddled. Either Roseanne Barr or Katherine Harris.
Lulymay
@TenguPhule:
I guess his only option is to bring in his very helpful helpmate, Jarrod Kushner.
The Lodger
@TenguPhule: Confession, folks. It’s good for the soul.
BC in Illinois
@Cheryl Rofer:
I was wondering.
Roger Miller (aside from being severely dead) was experienced enough to know that it’s really hard to roller skate in a buffalo herd.
(But you can be happy, if you’ve a mind to . . .)
TenguPhule
Trump administration: It’s ‘extraordinary’ judges won’t let military restrict transgender troops
It is still Monday, yes?
Millard Filmore
@eemom:
I think I heard on NPR that the head of the Tea Party Caucus wants the job … yeah, here it is:
https://www.teaparty.org/mark-meadows-counts-chief-staff-position-incredible-honor-336791/
Steeplejack
@Elizabelle:
I wonder if something will come out later about her sudden resignation around the time of Khashoggi’s murder that will scathe her.
Elizabelle
@Steeplejack: I rather hope so.
jeffreyw
@Elizabelle:
Anyone who wants the job is automatically disqualified for the lack of sound judgement it requires.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@TenguPhule:
I’m concerned about you, are you feeling well?
cain
@BC in Illinois:
Showering with members of congress. [/rahm]
cain
@pat:
It takes him off the air, and saddles him with the job from Hell.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Schlemazel: Still angling for the COS job, I see.
BC in Illinois
@cain:
Is that where that tag comes from?
I never knew.
different-church-lady
@pat: It would probably be the only thing that could possibly turn Hannity against Trump.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
MCA1
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: My suspicion is that during Watergate one could have done a similar whip count and concluded there weren’t nearly enough R’s out there who’d vote to convict on impeachment because they were all hard core and had been defending Nixon tooth and nail to that point.
It’s only when it becomes clear that (a) their personal political future is dead if they’re forced into a “no” vote on the floor of the Senate because/when (b) there’s ample, public acceptance of the fact that the impeached is guilty as sin (which conveniently also gives them the crowbar they need to separate themselves from the decaying albatross, 27%ers be damned), that a bunch of these R Senators will peel off.
The map in 2020 for the GOP in the Senate includes Kyl, Ernst, Gardner, Sullivan, Thillis in bluish trending (or in Gardner’s case, deepening blue) states, not to mention Collins’ seat. That’s half a dozen. I don’t care how true believer any of them are, they’ll see their own necks on the block. Cornyn saw what happened with Beto. Perdue sees where Georgia’s going. Roberts and Sasse might sense things are shifting on the Plains. Graham’s such a flake you never know which way he’ll turn on any given day. Even McConnell, venal as he is, cares about keeping his own power more than anything in this world, and will turn on Drumpf if that appears to be the key to not losing the Senate (for what it’s worth, if Dems can turn out anything close to the enthusiasm they did a month ago, nothing will save the Senate for him, but he’ll try his damnedest, anyway).
Cheryl Rofer
@SiubhanDuinne: Not sure it matters to the job, though.
Mark
I’m in favor of Track Palin. He knows how to keep order in the home.
West of the Rockies
@pat:
Hey, what about The Nuge, or maybe Underdog, Scrappy Doo, Kanye, Evil Spock… The list is endless!
Schlemazel
@jeffreyw:
I resent that! I think the job as I outlined it in my position above shows your remark to be incorrect!
cain
@A Ghost To Most:
Rush to get in front of the mob? Good luck with that. :-)
OzarkHillbilly
@BC in Illinois: Roger Miller and Buffalo herd skating. I am forever fonder of Dang me:
Roger Moore
The only people surprised by the difficulty in finding a new chief of staff are probably also surprised that no rats are interested in boarding a sinking ship.
Roger Moore
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I’m not. They don’t have political reputations to ruin, and most of them aren’t likely to be implicated in the Mueller investigation. They have no reason to leave while there’s anything left to loot.
Mandalay
@Elizabelle:
They’re certainly not wrong about that.
BC in Illinois
@Cheryl Rofer:
@SiubhanDuinne:
@OzarkHillbilly:
Balloon Juice: a blog where you come for a discussion of the staffing of the White House and leave, wondering whether “Dang Me,” “Buffalo Herd,” or “King of the Road” is the most enduring song of the Roger Miller era.
A good case could be made for “Chug-a-Lug.”
joel hanes
@OzarkHillbilly:
As I kid, I learned to sing the Jimmy Dickens song
“May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”
which nicely sums up my best holiday wishes for the members of the Trump administration and family
zhena gogolia
@BC in Illinois:
Kansas City Star
misterpuff
@Cheryl Rofer:
My soul for sale or rent, all you get, fifty cents.
No cell, no pool, no pets, I ain’t got no Self respect
Ah, but, two hours of pushin’ Trump
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit Dump
I’m a man of means Now real mean, Chief of the Staff.
BC in Illinois
@zhena gogolia:
Eng-a-land swings like a pendulum does,
Bobbies on bicycles, fuzz by fuzz . . .
Elizabelle
@misterpuff: Well done.
I love King of the Road.
And “Counting Flowers on the Wall” which I realize is not by Roger Miller, but same vibe.
prostratedragon
Lonelier than a young fella who can’t get a girlfriend.
(“King of the Road” gets my vote.)
TenguPhule
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I may be sleep deprived as I am trying to avoid waking up screaming every 4 hours or so.
Redshift
@MCA1: That’s part of the problem, though. If McConnell (and others) think their majority is doomed either way, they have a choice between sticking with the base and losing (and maybe having a path back) or doing the right thing for the country, pissing off the base, and ending their careers (because no one but the base is actually going to vote for them as a reward for doing the right thing.)
I don’t think most of these guys are actually owned by Russia. I do think they’re selfish assholes who’d be happy to have someone else nobly sacrifice themselves to save the country, but are never going to be the one to step forward.
Frankensteinbeck
@Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.):
Neither can I, but I can’t see any alternatives either. He won’t resign and I don’t think the GOP Senate will even consider voting to convict. McConnell will choke on his own bloody bile before he gives Democrats a victory like that.
Schlemazel
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
It would be my 15 minutes!
A Ghost To Most
@Ruckus: It’s what happened during Watergate. The Rs were with Noxin until the bitter end, then they weren’t. They will attempt to save themselves at some point. Fortunately, they may be too late.
TenguPhule
@Frankensteinbeck:
The offer is acceptable.
eemom
@cain:
Rahm actually has a piece in the Atlantic today about CoS-gate, which I did not read.
I’d forgotten he existed. Is he still mayor of Chicago?
The Dangerman
@A Ghost To Most:
What will Fox News broadcast? Warmed over Chappaquiddick is boring.
eemom
How come nobody has mentioned the acting AG thug? Seems like he’d be perfect for the job.
SFAW
@BC in Illinois:
First of all, he’s not dead
Second: not a whole lot of people were fans of Mission of Burma, and I doubt that a 72-year-old asshole from Queens knows of them
Third: the Secret Service might look askance at having the author of “That’s When I Reach for My Revolver” as the CoS. [OK, so it was really Conley that wrote it. So?]
Fourth: I don’t know if Miller’s tinnitus would help or hurt him. On the negative side, he might not hear all the crap that Shitgibbon burbles. On the plus side, he might not hear all the crap that Shitgibbon burbles.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@A Ghost To Most: A while back, maybe summer of 2017, one of the staff lawyers from the Senate (I think) committee that was investigating Nixon wrote a piece demolishing the myth of St Howard Baker, I can’t remember the details but I wonder if the author is now one of the MSNBC stable of Watergate vets
SFAW
@eemom:
I saw his name floated in a tweet yesterday or Saturday. Don’t recall who tweeted it.
Roger Moore
@Elizabelle:
There are a few other Cabinet members who appear to be unscathed but haven’t left yet, like Rick Perry and Elaine Chao.
Platonailedit
@debbie:
I was the first to say it here. And not proud of it either.
I am glad finally the thug totus’ turd touch has hit himself.
different-church-lady
@SFAW: I know the Roger Miller you refer to, and he’d be more likely to slug Trump than work for him.
TenguPhule
@Roger Moore:
Reducing Rick Perry any further would require cold fusion.
A Ghost To Most
@The Dangerman: They will have President Pelosi to bitch about, if B3STX also has the goods on Pence.
SFAW
@different-church-lady:
And? Still waiting for the downside on that one.
Roger Moore
@Frankensteinbeck:
Not to mention that McConnell is likely to be implicated for his own role in Trump/Russia, so his best chance of remaining unincarcerated is to protect Trump. I suspect “personally implicated” is going to be the sticking point for the last of the dead-enders.
jl
So, the Trump constitutional crisis might be him moping in his office, and no one is willing to go in there an deal with him?
That would be interesting. I go look at what the Federalist Papers have to say about that.
Roger Moore
@Schlemazel:
Or, since 15 minutes is very nearly 1/1000 of 11 days, you can think of it as a millimooch.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Roger Moore: I had forgetten Rick Perry existed.
kindness
Not meaning to threadjack but speaking of Monday Night Football…..those uniforms Seattle are wearing are horrible! Didn’t their media people look at them before they ordered it up? Hurts my eyes to watch.
jl
Also, I heard that there are feelers to and/or from Christie? Any status on that? Trump figures problematic due to maybe too much pilfering on the McDonalds food runs?
Since no BJ commenter, nor Cole, has volunteered for Chief of Staff, maybe Sasha Barron Cohen play one in a reality show. In the Morad character.
“Mr Trump, I have done (not done!) exactly what you asked!”
But could he do it at the same time he plays Theresa May?
“Parilament, I have worked hard on Brexit deal (not deal) for many months, you must pass it or UK will end. Now, show your buttocks to Europe, it will scare them and they will give you a better deal or maybe not deal.”
A Ghost To Most
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: When I was in basic (Oct 1974), our bad cop TI assaulted a recruit by shoving a tube of verboten shoe shine down his throat. The guy was the nephew of Sen. Sam Nunn. All hell broke loose, and the TI lost a stripe. He was a real MFer after that.
The Dangerman
@A Ghost To Most:
I’m thinking that is damn near a certainty.
I hope Pence is the first to go; the theater of trying to replace him would be quite a show (in a train wreck kinda way).
I said over the weekend, the Republicans should pull the plug on this shitshow and have a President Ryan as opposed to waiting and risking a President Pelosi.
cain
@eemom:
Yeah, I believe he is. I was just in Chicago like on Saturday. I thought I saw his little welcome sign to Chicago. I’m not really impressed that much with his work as Mayor.
Schlemazel
@Roger Moore:
HA! We need upvoting on comments!
I would try to bleed it for the full mooch! It would be worth it just to get on Press the Meat and Deface the Nation some Sunday. I am pretty sure I could humiliate those people into retirement. Then there would be my tell all book and $50k a pop speaking gigs
Elizabelle
@Roger Moore:
Elaine Chao and Rick Perry. Under the radar, pretty much.
Turtle Stank and Smart Glasses.
Schlemazel
@jl:
ah . . . HEM
Roger Moore
@TenguPhule:
I think that’s unfair. There are so many ways he could be worse. Perry is an idiot, but he does have some redeeming features. He appears to be a loyal citizen, he hasn’t been accused of outrageous corruption, and he isn’t actively undermining the work of his department. He also seems to be smart enough to know he’s in over his head and should let the career civil servants run the place. That may be a pretty low bar, but it still puts him at the head of the class in Trump’s cabinet.
A Ghost To Most
@The Dangerman:
That’s the thing. I agree he’s dirty, but Mueller hasn’t shown his cards on that pious dbag yet.
zhena gogolia
@jl:
Just watch Untergang.
jl
@Schlemazel: OK, Thanks. Make sure they do a fundraiser for you. Need legal defense and mental health coverage. Probably a couple of million or so is plenty. BJ blog can whip that up in a day or two.
Edit: which reminds me, I read that Pence’s asst. the NIck Ayers guy is a multi-millionaire dark media money GOP operator. So, looks like he turned down the COS deal because, as a business proposition it did not pan out. The Trumpsters!!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@kindness: They don’t look that bad, not as bad as the Fighting Fashion Nightmares.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@jl: Why haven’t you applied for the COS job?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Elizabelle:
Fixed it for ya.
jl
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I thought you and Schlemazel were going to fight over it. Have I been misinformed?
Roger Moore
@The Dangerman:
They can’t just pull the plug. They could impeach- the Democrats would probably go along- but it ain’t gonna happen in the time they have before the next Congress is seated. They’re also terrified of pissing off their base by doing it, so they would never try even if they had the time.
The Dangerman
@A Ghost To Most:
Not unredacted, no. Pence and Manafort are tied together somehow so Pence might show up in the Manafort Memo.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@jl:
Yes, as usual.
The Dangerman
@Roger Moore:
Sadly, no … still, if this goes the way it’s headed right now, pissing off the base might be the least of their concerns.
A Ghost To Most
@The Dangerman: As Gene Wilder once said, “The suspense is killing me!”
Skepticat
@cain:
You say that as though it’s a bad thing.
Platonailedit
the Mueller probe nears an end? wtf? He just got started.
A Ghost To Most
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Hatch is being a party over country weasel to the very end.
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
JFC
A Ghost To Most
@Skepticat: Yes, please. Hannity couldn’t organize a circle jerk.
My money is still on Ted Nugent.
Schlemazel
@jl:
I am beyond the reach of mental health
Since I go in flipped I don’t think my legal bills will be that high and should be easily covered by the coloring book I will publish about my experience leaving me to retire on the hardcover
different-church-lady
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Can you teach the rest of us how?
different-church-lady
@kindness: Oh lord, is it another “Color Rush” game?
different-church-lady
@A Ghost To Most:
zhena gogolia
I hope Baud’s doing okay. I’ve been thinking about him.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@zhena gogolia: ??
I missed something. What happened?
Amir Khalid
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Sometimes I think Rick Perry has trouble remembering Rick Perry exists.
Elizabelle
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I think Baud’s dog does not have long to live.
Pet and Baud are in our thoughts.
A Ghost To Most
@different-church-lady: You have a different reaction than me. Was that from one of the Prior-Wilder movies?
Platonailedit
Jackie
@kindness: Floresent green asses aren’t flattering. Butt… GOOOO SEAHAWKS!!!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Elizabelle: that’s rough. Ten years since I lost my dog and I still miss him. My life’s not dog-friendly these days, so I haven’t adopted another one.
zhena gogolia
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
He said his pet was not long for this world. I’m not sure of the details — my impression is it’s a cat, but I’m not sure.
zhena gogolia
@A Ghost To Most:
THE PRODUCERS!!!!!
hueyplong
@A Ghost To Most: The Producers
A Ghost To Most
@Jackie: Words cannot express my contempt for unis that color.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Platonailedit: Brian Beutler often writes about the bad faith at the heart of all the pseudo- scandals the Rs manage to gin up, of the reporters who pretend to believe them. I agree with the first part, but I think political reporters, and most pundits (especially the ones who brag about their “centrism”) make themselves believe Republicans are sincere. Chuck Todd and Maggie Haberman think bothsidesism is the height of savvy sophistication.
Aleta
Dana Milbank, WP
Aleta
@Schlemazel: Better to retire on the coast of Spain.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
a small thing, but I relish the thought of stomping around the residence looking for someone to yell at, and Melania says, “You really think you want piss me off, Mushroom Man? maybe think two times”
Ali Velshi quoted a WH source saying he was “super pissed”
A Ghost To Most
@different-church-lady: Ah. that explains it. I’ve never seen The Producers.
Ruckus
@A Ghost To Most:
My point. Which I made without actually saying it. My bad.
A Ghost To Most
@Ruckus: No bad. I can be thick as a stump. I’m like a retired Sheldon Cooper, if Sheldon were a hippy.
A Ghost To Most
Trump gets Deliverance!
Platonailedit
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: What a fucking immature lout. Fuck the wwc racist scums who put him up.
Joseph A. Miller
@SFAW: Dead since 1992.
cwmoss
@Cheryl Rofer: Roger Miller wouldn’t be too bad. Probably a bit skinny, though.