"I can only hope there are tapes, the President truly knows if he taped us"
nice one
― Dominique, Thursday, 8 June 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
I think it's Dan Drezner who's been doing a running series of posts saying that Trump's flacks/lackeys talking about him like a child is the worst thing, and now, behold.
BREAKING: Speaker Paul Ryan says FBI director needs to be independent, says Trump unfamiliar with protocol, `just new to this'— The Associated Press (@AP) June 8, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
yeah, how could he know that he shouldn't try to shake down an FBI director for loyalty?
― Dominique, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
Well, there it is
Cotton: "Do you think Donald Trump colluded with Russia?"Comey: "That's a question I don't think I should answer in open session."— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 8, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
i'm listening now from the other room and its cool that they let a robot ask comey questions.
― scott seward, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
Do you think that Trump has ever encountered that many situations with actual rules that he thought about?
By all accounts, he had a handful of people who worked directly with him for business stuff and any new contact was a friend-of-a-friend type of thing. When his employees didn't mitigate things, he got sued for all kinds of random shit, his personal negotiating in construction was all signing contracts and then saying he wouldn't pay when work was done. No social graces, he just interrupts people and grabs women and doesn't give a shit. I don't think he's driven a car in years and has no occasion to do the million other things that people get in legal trouble for.
― mh, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
Leaving aside the whole 'ignorance of the law excuses not' argument against Ryan's bullshit comment, I'd like to focus on the 'just' part of the 'just new to this'. So it's 'just' that he's new, and we honestly still expect that when he's no longer new that he's going to learn and grow and develop into a seasoned statesman? Really?
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
I doubt he's even learned his lesson in this particular instance after getting in 'trouble' for breaching protocol. Dude never fucking learns, willfully.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
maybe he should have done a POTUS internship first
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
what does the president know, and does he know he knows it?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
being president is not easy, you should give it a try yourself if you think it is!
xpost
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
On what day did God create Donald Trump, and couldn't he have rested on that day too
― nomar, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
the idea of the President calling up Comey to say "hey, I thought about it some more, and the pee tape is definitely not real" is hilarious to me
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
Keep trying, Sarah
.@SHSanders45: "No, I can definitively say the president is not a liar. It's frankly insulting that that question would be asked."— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 8, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
oh cool more questions about Lynch
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
FINALLY we're getting to the important topic at hand, Hillary Clinton's emails
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
has Trump pissed in the drinking fountain at the white house
― mh, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
Ok Fine I'll be Potus if its what everyone wants
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
what if he's confused and all this stuff about piss and surveillance is because he did and he's afraid someone has it on video
― mh, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
Hahah well then
Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked again if there is any recording system in the Oval office, doesn't say no: "I have no idea."— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 8, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
Comey shouldn't have said "I'll see what we can do" but I'm impressed that he is admitting that he said that.
― Treeship, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
Rubio why are you being so pointed - Trump is no friend of yoru he called you sweaty and crazy
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
comey my new best friend for continuing to bring up secret tapes.
― scott seward, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
this would be easier for him if he could have just said, look, we tell people they're not subjects of investigations *only literally* knowing full well that it helps us for them not to think they are, even when we know they may be down the line. but that would make him sound like he was hostile rather than just a standard law enforcement officer.
also if he could say, 'yeah i was just tryin to give him the brushoff'
― j., Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
McCain looks like he is suffocating under the weight of his eyebrows.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
wait, i'm still in the other room is mccain on his death bed? is he hooked up to an iv?
― scott seward, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
drink every time McCain uses the word disturbing
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
Lol comey just fucking owned McCain
― jjjusten, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
You can literally hear him struggling to figure out what to do with the rest of his time
― jjjusten, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
ah McCain finally bringing the burning question to the fore
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
mccain sounds senile
― j., Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
wtf is wrong with this guy
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
is mccain having a stroke
― ||||||||, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
he is making no fucking sense
President Comey
what's going on
― Dominique, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
Wtf is McCain talking about? He really sounds like he has no idea what is going on.
― toby, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
this is literally crazy.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
What the hell is going on? This makes no sense.
― Moodles, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
does he even know where he is at ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
he looks querulous
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
WTF??? he is talking about two different things
McCain is very aroused.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
comey broke him. he's up to, what, 3 casual takedowns of candidates from the last three prez elections now?
― nomar, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
"intensely arouse" McCain's curiosity
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
mccain really does not sound well
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
Comey: "I've had a lot of conversations with humans over the years."
is he being gonged?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
lol whole internet wondering if McCain is having a medical issue
― goole, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
― mh, Thursday, June 8, 2017 11:20 AM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Not being even a little facetious when I posit that Trump has almost certainly marked his territory in the WH in some unspeakably filthy way or another, because he fancies himself an alpha male and because he thrives on things like petty revenge and humiliation and because it's exactly the sort of thing a sick animal would do.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
This Modified Columbo from McCain is amazing — pretending to have had a stroke to catch Comey off guard.
― a warm bowl of soap (WilliamC), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link