Azalin Posted January 11, 2017 Posted January 11, 2017 Lots of people DO think Sessions is a Klansman. Many of them vote for Richmond and Lewis. Just like many voted for Robert Byrd.
Nanker Posted January 11, 2017 Posted January 11, 2017 Rubio doesn't want to be out-flanked by Booker. He dreams of running against him in 2020.
Deranged Rhino Posted January 11, 2017 Posted January 11, 2017 Rubio doesn't want to be out-flanked by Booker. He dreams of running against him in 2020. He will run again, and he'll lose again. He's unelectable.
B-Man Posted January 11, 2017 Posted January 11, 2017 David Shulkin Is Trump's Pick for Veterans Affairs Secretary - The New York Times... https://www.nytimes.com/.../ I hope that I am wrong, but this is a really uninspiring choice, he seems like part of the problem
Nanker Posted January 12, 2017 Posted January 12, 2017 He will run again, and he'll lose again. He's unelectable. Probably so, but he certainly doesn't understand that yet. David Shulkin Is Trump's Pick for Veterans Affairs Secretary - The New York Times... https://www.nytimes.com/.../ I hope that I am wrong, but this is a really uninspiring choice, he seems like part of the problem FWIW, Joe Chenelly is favorably impressed with him.
B-Man Posted January 12, 2017 Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) ROGER SIMON: More CEOs, Please — Tillerson Hugely Impressive in Confirmation Hearing. Democrats Take Aim at Civil Liberties Group F.I.R.E. In the wake of last year’s election upset, Democratic activists and journalists worried about the rise of authoritarianism under the new administration urged Americans to donate to the ACLU and other organizations devoted to protecting civil liberties against government overreach. But now Senate Democrats are trying to derail a Trump cabinet nominee because she donated to a group that stands up for free speech and due process in an arena where their ideological allies have tried to restrict them. . . . As a spokesperson for DeVos noted, FIRE does work in a wide range of areas. It protects student free speech rights regardless of the speakers’ political orientation, although because conservatives are a such a small ideological minority on campus, their views tend to be targeted more frequently. And it advocates for sexual assault policies that fairly weigh the interests of both accusers and the accused, rather than simply expelling students after kangaroo court show trials, as many activists demand. That Democrats are floating this line of attack against DeVos is a testimony to how influential identity-politics fixated campus activists have become even among the party’s moderates. Which, needless to say, is a big reason the party finds itself in opposition in the first place. You want more Trump? Because this is how you get more Trump. . Edited January 12, 2017 by B-Man
B-Man Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Senate Passes Waiver to Confirm Mattis as Secretary of Defense The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a waiver by a vote of 24-3 allowing Gen. James Mattis to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense. Becuase he retired from the Marine Corps in 2013, he needed the waiver to bypass a rule stating an individual must be out of the service for seven years before serving a new appointment. Only Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand, Richard Blumenthal, and Elizabeth Warren voted against the waiver. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said the committee should pass the legislation “because the U.S. is at war and the Trump administration needs Mattis as quickly as possible.” (more…)
boyst Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) anyone want to guess which one of these is a minority? anyone want to guess which one has taken thousands, if not more, for being a minotiy? Edited January 13, 2017 by Boyst62
Nanker Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 So Trump's real estate development is excommunicated from bidding on government contracts because he might benefit somehow. So it's personal.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 anyone want to guess which one of these is a minority? anyone want to guess which one has taken thousands, if not more, for being a minotiy? Fauxahontas!
Nanker Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 One wonders if she would be allowed to sign a book deal while POTUS , sorry, that thought got me ill.
B-Man Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 Go Figure, Jeff Sessions Is Likely to Be Confirmed This Month It was easily missed, but this more or less wraps up the confirmation for Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General: West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin reaffirmed that he will vote for Sessions. Fifty-two Republicans, plus Manchin, means Sessions has 53 votes. Traditionally, senators nominated to the cabinet don’t vote for themselves; they vote “present.” Take away Sessions and the vote looks like 52 in favor, 47 against, one present.{snip} Sessions opponents really need four Republicans to oppose his confirmation. So far, no Republican has indicated they will vote against him. When the most high-profile opposition to him comes from the incoherent shouting of Code Pink and the camera-hugging grand-standing of Cory Booker, how do you think most Senate Republicans are going to vote? There was a small window of opportunity for Sessions foes, but that would have required Senate Democrats to make an argument against the Alabama senator that appealed to the worldview of Senate Republicans. Sessions is a big fan of civil forfeiture, a process that allows law enforcement to take private property that more than a few conservatives contend is widely abused and has become “a cash cow for state and local police and prosecutors.” His support for drug prohibition isn’t by itself a glaring problem, but quite a few Republicans aren’t sure the War on Drugs is working out the way it was supposed to, and Sessions doesn’t appear to have doubted its effectiveness one bit. A lot of conservatives are taking a long look at sentencing reform, wondering if our prisons and jails are just taking the bad and making them worse. Sessions is wary at best about these efforts, fearing they will release violent offenders back on the streets, and he blocked legislative efforts last year. Had the argument against Sessions focused primarily on those areas, maybe you could have shaken loose a few Republican senators. But hey, Code Pink wants to shout, so… go ahead, guys. Have at it.Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/443839/go-figure-jeff-sessions-likely-be-confirmed-month
Nanker Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 I am very uncomfortable with civil forfeiture and think it should be severely curtailed. As it stands, it's little more than legalized theft. The dope laws have to be reworked. Maybe it's best that Sessions is out of the legislative arena. He doesn't seem like a guy that would make laws out of whole cloth like some recent AGs have.
B-Man Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 WHOEVER PUZDER IS, THEY’RE AGAINST HIM Demonstrators protesting the nomination of Andy Puzder to be Secretary of Labor apparently didn’t know who Puzder is. So reports Jason Howerton of Independent Journal Review. In a YouTube video posted by American Rising Squared, an interviewer asks three people who appear to be protesting Puzder’s nomination at a rally in Boston: “Do you guys know who Andy Puzder is?” One of the respondents shook her head “no.” Another responded, “nah, I don’t know who that is.” The third protester said, “Yes, but I can point you to someone who really knows.” A protester at an anti-Puzder rally in South Carolina was similarly lacking in knowledge. We’ve all heard of low-information voters. Meet low-information protesters. The Democrats’ reliance on them is telling. Apparently, anti-Puzder (whoever he is) protests have been organized in various cities by the “Fight for $15” movement which advocates a national minimum wage increase to that level for fast-food workers. Like Trump, Puzder opposes such a increases.
Chef Jim Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 WHOEVER PUZDER IS, THEYRE AGAINST HIM Demonstrators protesting the nomination of Andy Puzder to be Secretary of Labor apparently didnt know who Puzder is. So reports Jason Howerton of Independent Journal Review. In a YouTube video posted by American Rising Squared, an interviewer asks three people who appear to be protesting Puzders nomination at a rally in Boston: Do you guys know who Andy Puzder is? One of the respondents shook her head no. Another responded, nah, I dont know who that is. The third protester said, Yes, but I can point you to someone who really knows. A protester at an anti-Puzder rally in South Carolina was similarly lacking in knowledge. Weve all heard of low-information voters. Meet low-information protesters. The Democrats reliance on them is telling. Apparently, anti-Puzder (whoever he is) protests have been organized in various cities by the Fight for $15 movement which advocates a national minimum wage increase to that level for fast-food workers. Like Trump, Puzder opposes such a increases. It's called partisan politics. Anything Trump does or anyone he nominates has to be bad. The right has done this the past 8 years.
B-Man Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 Franken’s examination of Senator Sessions in the confirmation hearing showed him to be the unfunny clown whom we have long since come to know in Minnesota. He purported to base his opposition to Sessions on…well, on this: “I do not think he is the best man for the job.” And on the views stated in this poorly constructed run-on sentence: “I cannot vote for an attorney general who is not fully committed to equal justice for the LGBT community, minorities, immigrants and women and Sen. Sessions’ answers failed to reassure me that he will be an attorney general for all Americans.” These statements are pathetic. To vary a thought from Tina Turner: What’s law got to do with it? Apparently nothing. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/01/whats-law-got-to-do-with-it.php
B-Man Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) Up next, Scott Pruitt................and right on cue; Scott Pruitt’s hearings are this week and, the New York Times has a hostile story leading the paper this morning. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/us/scott-pruitt-trump-epa-pick.html?_r=1 Edited January 15, 2017 by B-Man
DC Tom Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 Up next, Scott Pruitt................and right on cue; Scott Pruitt’s hearings are this week and, the New York Times has a hostile story leading the paper this morning. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/us/scott-pruitt-trump-epa-pick.html?_r=1 Literally a chickenshit story...
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