Got to keep it reality TV because ratings matter when you're . . . the president of the United States of America.
Would be peak Trump though Someone's gotta convince him Hardiman would give him killer ratings, nobody expects the pivot
My standard operating procedure with Trump has been to assume that most any decision that he has complete control over typically leads to him making the worse possible choice, so it will probably be Kavanaugh or Barrett.
Yea, this is totally the same thing as officially telling people to prepare pro-Hardiman remarks. You got it.
They did make one for Hardiman too, so he's still in the running. I've pretty much written off Barrett at this point and think its between Kavanaugh and Hardiman.
Yeah but A.) She's a woman and b.) If he's going to go with a nutbar, better to go with a nutbar who believes that the President is a God like Kavanaugh. It really comes down to does he trust his sister more than his worry that he really will get impeached.
Jesus this fuckin thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/pr...on-and-are-shackled-around-the-stomach.54309/
Remember that he also doesn’t trust Kavanaugh because of the Bush connection. The fact that he thinks the president is God is the one thing in his favor.
hmmm... could there be some way to trick conservatives into thinking scientific knowledge is coming from some magical book so they don't get triggered any time science says something is good and they automatically act like it's bad?
No way I'm naturalizing right now. No fucking way. Yes it means you can't have my vote, but you can have my campaign contributions.
"After George W. Bush became president in 2001, Kavanaugh served for two years as Senior Associate Counsel and Associate Counsel to the President.[10] In that capacity, he worked on the numerous constitutional, legal, and ethical issues handled by that office. Starting in 2003, he served as Assistant to the President and as the White House Staff Secretary.[10] In that capacity, he was responsible for coordinating all documents to and from the president." "President George W. Bush first nominated Kavanaugh to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on July 25, 2003, to a vacancy created by Judge Laurence Silberman, who took senior status in November 2000.[15] Kavanaugh's nomination was stalled in the Senate for nearly three years. Democratic Senators accused him of being too partisan, with Senator Dick Durbin calling him the "Forrest Gump of Republican politics."[16] The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary recommended confirmation on a 10–8 party-line vote on May 11, 2006, and Kavanaugh was thereafter confirmed to the court[17][18][19] by the U.S. Senate on May 26, 2006 by a vote of 57–36. On June 1, 2006, he was sworn in by Justice Anthony Kennedy, for whom he had previously clerked, during a special Rose Garden ceremony at the White House.[20] Kavanaugh was the fourth judge nominated to the D.C. Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate. "
I actually hadn't seen a picture of Trump's sister before but is it like a requirement that to be a Trump, you have to have weird fucking hair?
Which is the most important factor. Trump doesn’t really care about any policy outside self preservation. Think he will be the pick Spoiler but please dear god may it be Hardiman please
Solid AZ polls today with Sinema continuing to defeat all opponents. I wish we'd get more TN polling.
That's not a requirement for the job. Kagan was never a judge, for instance Ivanka isn't even a lawyer though
I was talking about why Trump's sister's opinion might be more valuable to Trump thank Ivanka's. Because his sister is a judge.
You don't have to be a lawyer either. Anyone can be nominated and confirmed. I suggest Michelle Wolf to join the supremes.
If Ivanka gets put on the court at least we'd have clear justification, that you can't argue against, to remove and replace her.
Trump is a dumbfuck tho. He'd put Larry the Cable Guy as justice if Hannity phoned him late night and said it would be great.
It's Kavanaugh. Every other time we've heard of a Trump female family member influencing policy, he's gone the exact opposite.
Yup. He only picks nasty fights because he's stupid enough to think it'll be a big win. NFL protests, Muslim ban, DACA, he thought these were brilliant plays. He doesn't want to be hated, he wants to be loved and to crush his enemies.
Kavanaugh is the one that said a president can't be indicted so of course he was always going to pick him.
Yep. He barely has the faculties to know who actually works for him and that may or may not be in the same room much less who would be qualified. He's given a list and is probably going with who has the easiest name to remember or sounds the coolest like he's naming his own RPG character. I assume anything that magically appears and is throttling social media with hashtags like that are Russian scams and bots.
Let's see if Twitter continues it's cleanup, I have a smidge of hope. Up from no chance in hell 2 months ago. Edit: To further elaborate, a report was out showing a plethora of accounts removed over two months, to the point where it's badly starting to hurt their numbers. That's real change, which is more than I can say for Facebook right now.
So in his confirmation hearings when the Dems ask him directly if he thinks a President can be indicted and he replies "no," what then? Surely then not a single Dem will vote yes I would hope?
