He may act like a moron and look like a moron, but don’t let that fool you, he really is a moron.
No, he is acting like self-entitled grifter…
de Vos is the actual moron…
Kennedy told CNN’s John Berman. “I think he’s hurting the President and therefore he’s hurting the country.
I object! Is that a fact that’s in evidence (or whatever the legal phrase is)?
There was one Republican senator who voted against Pruitt’s confirmation last year.
It was not Kennedy.
I hate Kennedy’s politics, but as Rs go, he’s more willing to speak the truth than most. And he can be pretty funny sometimes.
This is basically correct, in a way that’s hard to argue against. Regardless of whether Pruitt’s actions are wrong, they are foolish.
Dude, Pruitt, you’re rich, or at least rich-adjacent. You can afford to hire a private contractor for a couple hundred bucks to go get your peepee mattress from the Trump hotel, or whatever. That’s weird and gross, but it’s not a misuse of the powers of your office. Most politicians recognize they have some finite supply of what me might call political capital (here, it’s sort of scandal-tolerance-capital), and to blow it on this or on the WH cafeteria or whatever is just dopey.
Assuming facts not in evidence. Agreed.
I’m liking these Restive Republicans. Means they’re getting an earful back home. I can hate-read a million stories about how Trump remains popular with Republicans but that’s a percentage of people who haven’t noped out because they’re sick of the craziness. When a guy like this bucks the regime it strongly suggests the absolute numbers aren’t great.
Nice pithy statement from Sen. Blumenthal.
“Only the barest signs of moral life”
Yup, about sums it up, except it’s too generous. I see absolutely no signs of moral life in the Republican Party.
Now, now, now. Let’s be clear — the two are not mutually exclusive. Nor is there only room for one of each in this administration.
And/Or the Republican Donor Class is becoming restless.
Sure, he’s a moron (and other disgraceful things). But isn’t he YOUR moron?
Lots of signs of amoral and immoral life though…
Pruitt is being far too effective in destroying the EPA to be accurately called a moron…
A duplicitous, craven bastard, for sure…
To my eye, there’s been little to none in evidence for 37 years.
Sen Kennedy, get this straight. If something “hurts” Trump that is probably good for the country - or it would be in a more rational world…
Does CNN have a sleep sofa in the green room just for this guy? Are there Democratic senators they could have on once and while? Or does that interfere with the whole “Democrats have nothing to say” storyline?
Remember Tyrion’s chat with Jamie while Tyrion was locked up in the Dungeon. He told Jamie about cousin Orson who had been kicked in the head by a horse. All Orson wanted to do was “Thmath duh beedles; Thmath duh beedles” which he did with great energy.
It doesn’t take great intelligence to destroy, nor any semblance of creativity. Pruitt is a mediocre charlatan of a man, who acts like (metaphor) a moron. Orson would be proud. Thmath duh EPA; Thmath duh EPA.
The rotten GOP is getting closer and closer to just taking off the gloves and saying, “Look, America, we’re going to do whatever the fuck we want, the rule of law and honor be damned. We’re in this for ourselves, our donors and our mistresses, so stop with the calls for accountability. We’re ignoring your demands for decency and social safety nets. We’re here to raid the tax coffers and leave with as much loot as possible. Corporations are officially ‘persons’ so that who we represent. We’re exhausted from putting on the pretense of law and order, so it’s a Brave New World and we’re going to fucking run it. Praise god and Jesus.”