It appears that an 84y/o scientist is most interested in discussing primates rather than, whatever that thing is.
Odd. Pruitt is doing an exceptional job of bending the rules and trying to use the EPA for his own personal goals and ignorant positions. Perhaps Trump is jealous.
So I wonder who IS invited?
Maine Gov. Paul LePage and Rupert Murdoch, among others.
I think it signifies they are not held in high esteem by Herr Drumpf. As compared to the Cabinet members that were invited:
Mnuchin, Pompeo, Kudlow, Bolton, Mattis, Nielsen, John Sullivan, Ross
Pruitt is the Swamp King. He is pissing away taxpayer dollars on travel and security and has a shady housing arrangement with lobbyists. Republicans are complaining. His days are numbered. Which is upsetting for Trump, who wanted to sack Sessions and make Pruitt the new AG.
Bah, sounds like the most boring State Dinner ever.
Not that I’d know, of course.
The last time the French president got a state dinner (with the Obamas), the entertainment was Mary J. Blige. Trump booked the Washington National Opera.
This is Trump. I am thinking sex dolls would be more likely.
he would fit in here without modification
Hey! I LIKE opera.
Not that Trump could understand it. I wonder what kind of music he likes to listen to? Any?
ABBA for rock, Glen Campbell for country.
But maybe Macron doesn’t. That would explain it.
Prussian Blue.
Turns out it was Mr.s Betty Bowers.
Mick Mulvaney talks about his approach to lobbyists… to a bunch of lobbyists.
““We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress. If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”
As if his admission of a pay-to-play system in his former congressional office wasn’t enough for you, keep in mind the context: he was talking to the lobbying group, the American Bankers Association. He further described lobbying as one of the “fundamental underpinnings of our representative democracy. And you have to continue to do it.”
So, if you’re in the ABA audience, the message was:
- Lobbyist sans donations don’t get meetings.
- Lobbyists with donations can get meetings.
- You have to continue lobbying.
So… the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is telling you that you have to continue donating in order to do your job. That’s the only logical conclusion.
The ethics of this Administration are just beyond sickening.
And the voice of the turtle is heard in the land. Cow goes “Moo”, doggy goes “Bow-wow”, turtle goes “Oink!”.
Quite frankly, the honesty here is rather refreshing. Did you really ever think that this was NOT how it worked?
Do you think that the Hollywood executives and the Silicon Valley billionaires and the Wall Street financiers and the trial lawyers who donate to Democrats don’t understand this very clearly? Or the oil executives and bankers and corporate leaders who donate to Republicans? Or the rich people who donate to both parties?
Yeah, I thought that was what lobbying was? Why would they listen to anyone not paying them?
One would *like *to think there was a time when lobbying including advocacy and education, not just bribery. And that there was a time when both lobbyists and lobbyees were not quite so open and proud of the latter part, or considered it the only part.