Big time vetting failure for (Republican) Congress. And the Republicans cry that Congress is stifled by Mueller.
Speaking of Sessions … he was featured in a very nice light show at the Department of Justice last night.
I give this article a big FAIL. Why? Well, how come the word “lie” never appears in it?
The entire basis of this story is an event in which Sessions LIED to the Senate. Instead we get “failed to disclose” thus turning a sin of commission into a far lesser one of omission. I can hear Sessions now, “Hey thanks for the pardon, Allegra!”
It wouldn’t bother me as much except I have seen a similar construction in a few other places lately. But, as Kirkland reports herself, Sessions POSITIVELY said, “I did not have communications with the Russians” an assertion contrary to fact, i.e. a goddamn lie.
Why are you letting him off the hook?
Franken gets a bit more credit than the article implies. He’s been an effective critic of the current administration since January, and didn’t stumble into this exchange. Go Al!
As Judge Judy likes to say, “If you tell the truth you don’t need a good memory.” Trump and his minions neither tell the truth nor are very good at remembering which lie they told when. Judge Judy also likes to say, “Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining,” which seems very apt in Trump’s case.
Remember, that many years ago Al wrote his book, “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.” Sometimes it takes a comic (and a great Senator) to derail a Clown Car of a presidency.
“Reports circulated that Rosenstein was privately furious that he was being blamed for Comey’s firing, and he told senators in a closed-door meeting Thursday that he was asked to write it after Trump had already decided to let Comey go.”
Believe it or not, AG Rosenstein, “no” would have been a possible response to such a request.
“Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining in my Moscow hotel room” which seems very apt in Trump’s case.
Then he would have followed Yates out the door. I wonder how many of the actually competent people Trump has hired like Mattis and McMaster took the job for the sake of the country because maybe they could prevent disaster.
Oh how delicious would it be if the seeds of Trump’s demise began with an SNL alumni?
I think they achieved success
Hmmm. anyone can draw lines between random dots to create a picture, doesn’t mean it comports with reality. Sessions may well have recused himself anyway - he said he started having internal meetings on the topic shortly after being sworn in.
I don’t wonder about it at all. When you accept a position like this, you discharge it with the highest integrity at all times. Once you start cutting corners, it’s a nasty and quick slope downward.
While Judge Judy may say this, it isn’t a Judy Original
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
-Mark Twain
It’s that kind of down home folksy wisdom that makes her such an asset to the SCOTUS.
The problem with that approach is that with Der Drumpfenführer the incumbent gets a single-shot pistol and one cartridge. Picking the time to take the shot is crucial in that case – it’s akin to crossbow hunting. You get one shot and you have to make it count.
That’s why Rosenstein gets a partial pass from me, @maxaroo. If he’d been fired, he could not have appointed the special counsel.
Oh look everybody who’s back
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We’ll see how we all feel if Rosenstein’s memo ends up absolving Trump of any obstruction of justice charges.