Trump's Card

[ursus arctos]

I think that Pelosi may well be correct that he thinks it would be a plus for him because of his inevitable "acquittal" in the Senate.

The man is anything but a deep thinker and there are dozens of GOP Senate lackeys eager to feed him that line.

[San Bernardhinault]

I've not seen that argument before. That is utterly compelling - he'd treat acquittal by Tom Cotton and Ben Sasse as if it were a complete legal victory, an explicit statement of his innocence. That might completely change my opinion back to thinking that impeachment is a bad idea.

[ursus arctos]

The state visit to Japan is off to a cracking start

[ursus arctos]

And have every reason to be

[caja-dglh]

Hmmm - they are saying it isn't about Wolff's claims in his book.

[ursus arctos]

I'm surprised that anyone still pays attention to Wolff

[Satchmo Distel]

I don't expect Mueller to do anything other than repeat his statements from the report regarding why he chose not to commit himself on obstruction. The WH will spin it as exoneration, obviously.

[San Bernardhinault]

As expected, he's just trying to pre-empt going to congress.

[Sporting]

Rep. Val Demings✔@RepValDemings


Special Counsel Robert Mueller just said that "charging the president with a crime was not an option we could consider" under DOJ policy.

It wasn't lack of evidence. It was DOJ policy.

He said that this "deserves the attention of every American." He's right. Congress must act.

[San Bernardhinault]

I hope you're right, Bruno, but fear that you're not.

[ursus arctos]

This might be interesting

[URL="https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1133753664538071040?s=21"]https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1133753664538071040[/URL]

Though I presume that Hannity and Ingraham will follow the script.

[Gangster Octopus]

Guess who his friends are...

[Guy Profumo]

"The good guys"


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48462677


"You can tell a man who boozes, by the company he chooses, and the pig got up and slowly walked away"


(ok. Not exactly a perfect analogy, but I like it)


[with apologies to GO for repeating his point]

[Amor de Cosmos]

Do most Brexiteers like Trump though? I would have thought his appeal in the UK was virtually non-existent, and Farage and Johnson risk alienating even more people than they already have by schmoozing with the giant orange dork

[Guy Profumo]

Do most Brexiteers like Trump though? I would have thought his appeal in the UK was virtually non-existent, and Farage and Johnson risk alienating even more people than they already have by schmoozing with the giant orange dork

The sort of people who like Farridge and dePfeffel are almost certainly the same repellent worthless pieces of racist shit who like Trump.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I'm surprised. I'd have thought he be typical of the loud, ignorant, coarse American many of them would despise.

[Guy Profumo]

I'm surprised. I'd have thought he be typical of the loud, ignorant, coarse American many of them would despise.

Given they like loud, ignorant, coarse British people, I'm surprised at your surprise.

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1133930797914906624

[Amor de Cosmos]

Given they like loud, ignorant, coarse British people, I'm surprised at your surprise.

Yeah but don't they all wish they were born in 1905? Trump is an exemplar of the kind of Ugly American who was utterly despised (though envied) back then

[San Bernardhinault]

Yeah but don't they all wish they were born in 1905? Trump is an exemplar of the kind of Ugly American who was utterly despised (though envied) back then

I think you overrate the level of consideration that these people give to anything. Trump pisses off lefties and liberals, therefore Trump must be good. At least, that's the amount of intellectual rigoour you get from the likes of people who think that Boris Johnson's racist newspaper columns were a breath of fresh air against those PC Gone Mad liberals.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I think you overrate the level of consideration that these people give to anything. Trump pisses off lefties and liberals, therefore Trump must be good.

Maybe so. It's just that I've yet to hear anything positive about Trump from anyone I know in the UK, and I do know a few Brexiteers.

[Flynnie]

Trump has a tangible approval rating in the UK, YouGov had it at 11% last year.

I think the kind of anti-American hard right-winger you’re envisioning is probably in terminal decline in the UK.

[Guy Profumo]

So.

Will the Donald's endorsement of "Alex" scupper the latter's chance of getting onto the final ballot?

[ursus arctos]

This is a fun piece

[URL="https://twitter.com/slate/status/1134913444719845377?s=21"]https://twitter.com/slate/status/1134913444719845377[/URL]

[Satchmo Distel]

I'd like to think that Trump's tariffs and spending are going to fuck him eventually but I fear it won't kick in before Nov 2020. Certainly a Trump 2nd term would leave behind an economic basket case, and eternal shame on the GOP for just letting that happen..