President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Yeah, that's not the least bit helpful. I truly get where he's coming from but sometimes you bite your lip in a grown person's job.

 

This will not end well.

 

During an intelligence briefing (according to the time stamps), he tweets about his family business. And the rub is: It's not just that Ivanka's goods aren't selling; they're knockoffs. (I so wish Luggie or 21 or imjustagirl were here right now!)

 

Totally wrong is an awfully strong thing to say when you're talking politics. One dies a week before the next President is inaugurated, I'm OK with the next guy doing it. One dies two years beforehand, I'm not OK with waiting. Where I would draw the line ... I don't know. The only weapon against such is the ballot box, and at least this time, the voters seemed to be saying they didn't mind waiting.

 

Lot of diverse opinions in the Berkeley student paper:

 

On this one, wrong is wrong. Obama put up an excellent, qualified candidate. He wasn't even considered because Republicans knew he was qualified.

Which is why I think, even though the situation stinks, Gorsuch should be confirmed. Because he's qualified.

 

Somebody's about to get the judicial appointment equivalent of primaried.

 

I think you're wrong there. He wasn't voted on because he was nominated by a Democratic President. It was a cynical partisan play that happened to work out. If there had been a Republican in the W.H., the Senate would have confirmed that Republican's nominee (and, though we can't actually bet, the Democrats would have vigorously opposed it). It's just the nature of the S.C. these days ... if the presidency is the highest-valued totem in the partisan/culture wars, seats on the S.C. are close seconds.

 

I guess we'll know soon enough, but I wonder if we're at the point where the Senate has to go nuclear on SCOTUS votes because there's no way to get to 60.

 

Fucko strikes again ...

 

Now do the Wall Street Journal.

 

Can't argue that it was "just politics." But it was just wrong. I stand by the idea Garland wasn't considered because he was an excellent candidate and republicans would have looked bad voting against him.

I also wish I could stop caring about politics because the shit that's going on now is pretty depressing. (Sad!)