Is this how this American “Checks and Balances”-thingy works ?
A demented president, elected (knowingly or unknowingly) with Russian help, and assisted by an unscrupulous Senate Majority leader, can pack the SCOTUS with right-wing judges, skewing the third branch of the government towards the right, for the next 30 years or so ?
Will there be balloons? The Marine Band? Confetti? A light show? If not, I’ll just read the name on my rss feed or here.
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I hope that at least maddow insists on doing her show, and telling her audience that they will provide the name of the nominee on the scroll when its announced, and will discuss the nominee in the following segment.
Hey Nielsen families turn your TVs off tomorrow night. Better yet unplug them until this shit show is concluded.
We here all know that if he gets good rating there will be more of this crap. This is not must see TV.
Dear Television News Press
Do not carry this. What will happen will happen without him turning this into his little ego stroke prime time minute. His nominee will appear before the committee, you’ll cover it. Don’t add this stupidity of splashy announcement to your already breathless coverage of his utterances instead of his actions.
Sincerely
Ms. R. Hortense Crow
How were the ratings for the WH July 4th concert ? Huge ?
Golly, I can’t wait to not see it. Trouble is, I’ve got three dozen country-music-awards shows teed up that I’m going to watch so, you know, obviously.
In the meantime, because no matter what—Thai kids trapped, a pregnant panda, mud slides in Indonesia, it’s always, always, always about him:
The U.S. is working very closely with the Government of Thailand to help get all of the children out of the cave and to safety. Very brave and talented people!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 8, 2018
Donald: “eenie meenie miney mo…”
The issue is that with Senator John McCain out because of his brain cancer, the Republicans cannot lose any votes and still get confirmation. McConnell is said to be worried that Kavanaugh’s work for Bush may lead him to lose support of Senator Rand Paul.
McConnell also reportedly warned Trump that nominating Amy Coney Barrett, an extremist social conservative who wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, could lose the votes of Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.
The Times reports that Trump is undecided and has gone “back and forth every few hours between the four options in front of him.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/mitch-mcconnell-trying-talk-trump-court-pick-spur-disastrous-fight-rand-paul-report/
Maybe he will just pick himself or Mike Pence
...the opportunity to do what he does best — take center stage in a massive show.It would be more accurate to say that the Ruddy Sphincter™ puts on a bizarre spectacle that media outlets eagerly promote and display in their battle for audience share.
He does not put on a “massive” show – normally attendance would be as relatively sparse as his inaugural crowd or smaller – he puts a show on that our noses are rubbed in just about anywhere we turn on the TV: It’s the media business model as well as his, a symbiotic relationship, or as Michelle Wolf put it:
That last sentence was the joke. The Manchurian Cantaloupe and his fellow parasites are making money hand over fist while tossing gasoline on the west's pyre so it's all good; well, not for everybody, not for most actually.You guys are obsessed with Trump. Did you used to date him? Because you pretend like you hate him, but I think you love him. I think what no one in this room wants to admit is that Trump has helped all of you. He couldn't sell steaks or vodka or water or college or ties or Eric, but he has helped you.
He's helped you sell your papers and your books and your TV. You helped create this monster, and now you're profiting off of him. And if you're gonna profit off of Trump, you should at least give him some money because he doesn't have any.
What a stooge… No one should tune in, unlikely, but if it was the smallest Nielson rating EVAH for a presidential TV appearance I would count it as a win.
Trump’s Shupreme Shyster Schlocky Shitshow!
Just get on with it.
And when (if?) this is finally over, I can predict with a high degree of certainty that we, as a nation, will learn nothing, and nothing about the system will be changed; the flaws will not be addressed. It will all be written off as some sort of unfortunate fluke of history.
The Spotlight Whore grabbing the Spotlight .
How about Mother Pence? Then she could really protect Mikey from them tricksy womens.
Sorry. I will have to give this a miss. I am planning on drinking an entire bottle of hydrochloric acid while simultaneously smashing my fingers with a hammer. Clearly I have more important things to do. 
Please make them emerge out of doors like the dating game (which dates me!).
I just hope the ratings are lower than the “LeBron James Decides Which Team Show.”