Stupid Republican idea of the day

Of course. It’s typically called 384.

Obviously I waste too much time reading the minutes of congressional hearings.

The Simpson testimony, btw, is very entertaining in places.

Should have been CFSG (Cheeto-faced shitgibbon), but I was in the ER with my daughter a good part of last night and I wasn’t at my best (poor as that may be). I do like foolsguinea’s, though.

I hope your daughter is okay.

The pro-pedophilia caucus of the GOP is not happy with Senator Shelby:

Excerpt of Utah governor Gary Herbert, in an interview with NPR’s Ari Shapiro about Utah’s plan for a Medicaid work requirement:

It’s hard to convey the vocal tone in Herbert’s reply that so immediately pissed me off.
“Well, you can say any old shit with facts.
“So what, nerd?”
“I barely know what parse means, but that’s more than I know about what’s actually going on with Medicaid in my own state.”
“OK, you got me, so it’s not actually a problem in Utah, but let’s introduce regulation and policy to make sure it stays not a problem. Republicans are known for their love of unnecessary regulation and policy.”

Joe Arpaio: The Hawaii missile warning makes sense because, Obama.

I’m not even going to follow that link, because I know it won’t make sense.

I hope OttoDaFe’s daughter is well.

Lots of Republican politicians tweeting about Martin Luther King today, and getting called out for the hypocrisy.

Well remember, that’s the guy who, when confronted by a TV interviewer with the fact that his accepting his pardon is a legal admission of guilt, continued to insist that he was not guilty, his accepting the pardon wasn’t admitting so, and that he wasn’t familiar enough with the law to discuss it.

Because of course, there’s no way his attorneys would have explained this to him, right? :rolleyes:

Best possible response.

Another awkward moment:

Red-faced? That surprises me. Has Pence…fallen in love with Donald Trump?

I mean, what else would explain his becoming emotional about someone objecting to the way Trump characterized entire nations?

Have you seen the way he looks at Cheeto Mussolini whenever he’s standing in the background?

Yeah, I think “Mother” Pence needs to stop chaperoning the VP’s meals with women.

Pence really should refuse to be in a room with Trump unless his wife is also present.

ETA: shakes fist at running coach.

Sure, but I assumed that was ice-cold reptilian calculation: Trump notoriously watches any and all film coverage of himself, and if he were to discover Pence giving him side-eye during a glorious Trumpian speech, he’d start writing mean tweets. And then Pence would be in trouble with the alt-right, and they could make a *lot *of trouble for him.

But maybe it’s not strategic. Maybe it’s actual worship.

(Yeesh.)

Well, Trump definitely carried Pence into Peter Principle territory along with himself, so to go from being a guy hated in his own state, whose political career was finished, to being Vice President and backup to The Man Most Likely To Be Indicted is pretty amazing. No small wonder he’s happy as hell just to stand there and gaze adoringly upon The Great Orange Menace.

Good call. The phrase “phony document” appears a few times but the rest of it is completely incoherent.

If you have to ask whether Joe Arpaio understands how the law works, you haven’t been paying attention.

It is kind of a grey area. Arpaio was convicted of assholery, but the pardon arrived before sentencing, so the judge was compelled to vacate the conviction. Hence, it is (I think) libelous to describe him as a felon, because the conviction has vanished. I believe it is allowed to say that he was convicted, but he can sue you for calling him a criminal.