US Politics January 2018: "You All Just Got A Lot Richer"

"Other times I'm the MOST racist person anybody is going to meet! Crazy, huh?"

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"ready to apologise" is preemptive. When he's not treated with sufficient deference by Britons (which he won't be), he can be all like "well I WAS ready to apologize, NOW I'm not gonna. Such haters. And losers too! Not many people know that America won a war against G. Britain!"

TBF, having never issued one, our beloved president has no idea how to construct an apology. It's like asking him to demonstrate an expression of care toward another human being, completely external to his lived experience.

"I'm sorry you actually thought I would have retweeted a racist organization on purpose, but that's what happens when you've got such terrible media in this country, I'm not gonna say we should treat them the way those vicious Muslims treated those beautiful, innocent kids in the video, but something has to be done, it's just terrible, more terrible than anyone could have possibly ever imagined..."

'ready to apologize' = would love to talk more about whether or not i am a good person or a great person for my willingness to apologize, which i don't even really have to do because i am often so not racist

So is the consensus still that mueller will wait until after midterms to bring hammer down (recommend impeachment)?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUegPbyWAAMYVRV.jpg:small

lol

best part about that Hannity thing is that Hannity was calling for Mueller to be fired in June, and we all know Trump watches Hannity, soooo.........

jig-is-up respiration like a season six Tony Soprano or nightclub Jake LaMotta

LaMotta lived to be 96

i met jake lamotta once. he was kind of like groot the tree-man. slow but when i shook his hand it was obvious that he could have crushed the bones in my hands into dust.

“I am often the least racist person that anybody is going to meet,” he added._

“I am often the least racist person that anybody is going to meet,” he added._

"What about Mike Pence?"
"No comparison. Mike... He's a great guy... Mike's the most racist person you'll meet. Not me."
"Bannon?"
"Way more racist than me. Yuge, yuge racist."
"Jayda Fransen?"
"Who? Oh her. Not much more racist than me, just a pinch. But definitely more racist, not less. More."

wow Scott under what circumstances?

at a fancy food show in philly i was at for work. he was selling his tomato sauce. there weren't a lot of people around him so i got to hang out with him a bit. he had like one handler guy. he mostly just nodded when people would talk to him. he was cool to look at.

old boxers are usually kinda sad because of what has happened to their melons but they are also very compelling to look at. they look like rock formations or ancient turtles or something. there is still a lot of power in them.

yeah I saw Chuck Wepner once, he moved like through molasses

I saw Jake at a comedy club (honoring his fellow Bronxer Larry Storch), but he was 90 and I didn't wanna bother him.

(he was just sitting there, not doing "my alcohol was 2% blood" jokes)

lol

You know, not to give credence to his dreams of youthful sport domination, but Trump reminds me of an old athlete. Let himself go, sort of lumbering, lingering brain damage, nice to kids, obsessed with the good old days and past prowess, owns a car dealership or two ...

that's entirely too generous

I could totally see a parallel universe where Trump made his money selling cheap-o kitchen grills that drain off the fat from meat.

http://media.breitbart.com/media/2016/04/AP_985702709324-640x480.jpg

in this universe he sold steaks

nice to kids

um

Well, not his own. The kind he can give back or kick out.

i support the alternate universe in all its flaws if it means trump spent most of his life getting punched in the head.

An alternate universe where he got distracted and thus got domed by propeller of his helicopter

god i just want all of this to end

We are in the alternate universe.

The President once had a solid right hook. He proudly recounted punching his 2nd grade teacher in the face, and then there is the story of him knocking out Donald Jr. in his dorm.

Terrible footwork though.

http://cnn.it/2nfqlMb

oops I meant

Trump mentioned fake news at Davos — here's how the room reacted. https://t.co/bQK0kpWzCq

— Meg Wagner (@megwagner) January 26, 2018

god i just want all of this to end

on that subject, I'm paywalled but this is beginning to make the rounds and seems less than great

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/us/politics/hillary-clinton-chose-to-shield-a-top-adviser-accused-of-harassment-in-2008.html?

Trump whining about the "fake news" then immediately falsely claiming that the cameras in front of him are turning off is about as on-brand as you can get

cool lets dunk on hillary again this never gets old.

Ingraham claiming the boos were at the media themselves and not Trump. wow these subhuman cumstains really can spin everything.

xpost He was like maybe her faith advisor? Anyway, seems like a minor scandal to me:

A senior adviser to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign who was accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a young subordinate was kept on the campaign at Mrs. Clinton’s request, according to four people familiar with what took place.

Mrs. Clinton’s campaign manager at the time recommended that she fire the adviser, Burns Strider. But Mrs. Clinton did not. Instead, Mr. Strider was docked several weeks of pay and ordered to undergo counseling, and the young woman was moved to a new job.

Mr. Strider, who was Mrs. Clinton’s faith adviser, a co-founder of the American Values Network, and sent the candidate scripture readings every morning for months during the campaign, was hired five years later to lead an independent group that supported Mrs. Clinton’s 2016 candidacy, Correct the Record, which was created by a close Clinton ally, David Brock.

He was fired after several months for workplace issues, including allegations that he harassed a young female aide, according to three people close to Correct the Record’s management.

Mr. Strider did not respond to an email seeking comment.

A spokesman for Mrs. Clinton provided a statement from Utrecht, Kleinfeld, Fiori, Partners, the law firm that had represented the campaign in 2008 and has been involved on sexual harassment issues.

“To ensure a safe working environment, the campaign had a process to address complaints of misconduct or harassment. When matters arose, they were reviewed in accordance with these policies, and appropriate action was taken,” the statement said. “This complaint was no exception.”

So she docked him pay and made him undergo counseling. Then the next time it happened, years later, he was fired?

Smells of bs to me that after a huge anti-Trump bombshell within hours the Times is all "breaking news, Clinton blah blah ... "

Thanks again Maggie Haberman

at least when we destroy the ring in Mount Doom Trumpie is done for

It never happened.
Okay, it happened but it's not that bad.
Okay, it's bad but it's not illegal.
Okay, it's illegal but not when the president does it.
Bbbbbut HillaryObamaemailFBIRSghazi.
gollum

I think Trump is sick of Presidenting and would like to quit but doesnt want to be a quitter so he is hoping for a triumphant TAKE DOWN that he can complain about and say how he was cheated etc etc golf golf

Trump whining about the "fake news" then immediately falsely claiming that the cameras in front of him are turning off is about as on-brand as you can get

when he talks about "cameras going off" he's referring to the clicks and flashes of active cameras, i think, not that they're turning them off. he seems to have this idea that whenever he talks about fake news, the media gets really excited and photographers take a bunch of pictures. i've seen him mention this several times now, it's really fucking weird

It never happened. global warming doesn't exist
Okay, it happened but it's not that bad. global warming might be happening but it's actually good for agriculture
Okay, it's bad but it's not illegal. global warming is happening, but there's nothing we can do about it
Okay, it's illegal but not when the president does it. al gore rides in planes
Bbbbbut HillaryObamaemailFBIRSghazi. some really fucking awful thing that will happen in the 2020s paired with republicans claiming they never opposed action on global warming
gollum ...gollum

yeah he meant cameras flashing, though weirdly Ingraham and her ilk have seized upon the alternate interpretation and saying the media was booed for turning their cameras off.

doesn't even pass the.....oh why do I bother

well during the campaign he did this a ton—the inference being that networks wouldn't broadcast any criticisms he made of them. He'd say, look, now they'll turn their cameras off...that's how I heard him today

hmmm, I never thought of it that way, why point that out? thought the narrative was "I'm telling the truth they DONT WANT YOU TO SEE!!" not "hey they're taking pictures right now". pretty sure he's said "they won't even show this" before. of course you may be right anyway, this is Donald Turmp we're talking

Trump, at Davos, repeated one of his most ludicrous rally lies - saying TV cameras were being turned off as he insulted the media. He looks straight ahead and claims to see something that is not occurring. https://t.co/d6YepkeF7k

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 26, 2018

This was a more subdued Davosy version of the usual rally lie. Usually, he points triumphantly at the cameras and claims he sees CNN just turned its camera off. pic.twitter.com/hsLYuWHdAn

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 26, 2018