It’s cute to see the lengths right wingnuts will go to excuse Republicans for stuff they would be condemning in Democrats.
You can say a lot of things in response to criticism of this photo. For example, I find it completely reasonable to conjecture that she was setting up her phone to take a picture, rather than browsing through Facebook and ignoring the visitors.
But the one thing only an idiot would say is that she didn’t have room to put her feet on the floor. FFS, there is at least six feet of room in front of that couch.
I remember the good old days of last November, when I thought we had elected an incompetent boob who would have to be told what to do by more competent staff.
Then I remember the good old days of December, when it became clear from the people he was appointing to key positions that he was not only an incompetent boob, but he was deliberately setting out to dismantle as much environmental and social progress as possible.
Now I’m wondering if, after learning that he and his team colluded with Russia to undermine Hillary Clinton, and lied under oath about even talking to any Russians, that these will soon seem like the good old days, when we find out even more about this abomination in chief.
There is one thing we can do — we need to start a popular demand to see his tax returns, and learn the extent of his business ties to Russia (although I’m sure half of his stuff was off the books).
Every Democratic congressman and senator should adopt Cato the Elder’s tactic, and end every speech, interview, and pizza order with, “And it is also my opinion that Trump should release his tax returns.”
We’ve numbed. I mentioned in another thread, as snark, about how Trump claimed those millions of illegal votes were cast. Three million to five million, something like that. Now that there qualifies as a Big Hairy Ass Deal. In any previous incarnation of America, there would be sound and fury, sturm and drang, the trajectory of the shit would intersect the locus of the fan.
And there sorta kinda was, for a couple of days, and then…what, exactly? I don’t remember perzackly, had to guess, I’d guess that another droll dribble of batshit dripped out. Was that it, or just everybody shrugged? What is it, if the lie is big and stupid enough, it no longer counts?
Every time he has accused his “enemies” of doing something nefarious, it later becomes clear that he’s the one who was doing those things. Every. Single. Time.
I would make a subtle distinction. Trump and his advisors are working for Russia’s interest. The Republican leadership, however, is working for their own interest – and to that end, they’re perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to whatever shenanigans Trump is up to, as long as he shuts up and signs off on whatever they send him.
To me, it’s almost a positive image, the president feeling sufficiently comfortable in his job to relax to this extent. I wouldn’t even mind if he was smoking a cigar at the time, deep in thought. It’s the kind of image we might see in an issue of GQ, really, assuming he wasn’t too casual, i.e. in shorts and a t-shirt. A buttoned shirt with the sleeves rolled up, maybe a loosened necktie… the executive in late afternoon, contemplating his options in quiet reflection…
Frankly, people who bleat about “dignity” and yet have no sense of style are invited to go suck goat dick.
I agree, especially with that last sentence. The failure to make that choice in Iraq is on the GWB team, for thinking that they could go in with minimal ground forces and do this quickly, and for not preparing the people of the USA for long-term occupation or Mesopotamia.