Two GOP Senators Lose All Credibility January 16, 2018 at 8:20 am ESTBy Taegan Goddard
James Hohmann: “Credibility is like virginity. You only get to lose it once.”
After Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that President Trump had complained about the United States taking immigrants from “shithole countries,” two Republican senators who attended the meeting — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. David Purdue (R-GA) took issue with their Democratic colleague. It turns out their denials were based on hearing Trump say “shithouse” instead of “shithole” — as if that makes a difference.
“Cotton and Perdue will be defined by this moment, in part, because other senators will remember their attacks on Durbin. This will make them less trustworthy as potential partners and thus less effective as members of Congress.”
Jennifer Rubin: “Colleagues on both sides of the aisle should keep these two Republican senators’ rampant, flippant dishonesty in mind going forward. Should either come before the Senate for a confirmable position, the Senate should reject the nomination. If they lied about this, they’d lie about anything.”
New Medicaid Rules Will Give Kentucky Health Care Whiplash[Click] In due course, someone (the ACLU, maybe?) should be able to get a court order requiring the government to guarantee practical jobs for all those affected. Not something they can’t do, not something available in places they can’t go.
Yeah, Alan, I was just coming here to post about the "Clock" test too. I took that test in 2nd grade so they'd know how to place me in a new school. As I recall, it's also about how fast you can do the test. (What would have happened if the letters DACA had been in the list of letters to read? Ha!)
When I was in the ordination process, I had to undergo a psychiatric workup. It involved more than one test (one of them lasted at least 45 minutes) and a long, involved interview with a psychiatrist. [I was deemed "unlikely to become ill under pressure" and had a lot of fun telling my family that I was the only family member "certified sane." LOL!]
Had I become a clergy member, I would have had much responsibility...yet nothing like that of the President...!! So this test of DT is a real insult. Or, as a friend of mine who was a school psychologist put it, "Pathetic! Total disrespect and -regard for all of us!"
Very good!
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Two GOP Senators Lose All Credibility
ReplyDeleteJanuary 16, 2018 at 8:20 am ESTBy Taegan Goddard
James Hohmann: “Credibility is like virginity. You only get to lose it once.”
After Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that President Trump had complained about the United States taking immigrants from “shithole countries,” two Republican senators who attended the meeting — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. David Purdue (R-GA) took issue with their Democratic colleague. It turns out their denials were based on hearing Trump say “shithouse” instead of “shithole” — as if that makes a difference.
“Cotton and Perdue will be defined by this moment, in part, because other senators will remember their attacks on Durbin. This will make them less trustworthy as potential partners and thus less effective as members of Congress.”
Jennifer Rubin: “Colleagues on both sides of the aisle should keep these two Republican senators’ rampant, flippant dishonesty in mind going forward. Should either come before the Senate for a confirmable position, the Senate should reject the nomination. If they lied about this, they’d lie about anything.”
--Alan
More on this[Click]
DeleteTrump Also Dismissed Black Caucus In DACA Meeting Last Week[Click]
Uninsured Population Increases By 3.2 Million In Trump’s First Year In Office[Click]
ReplyDeleteNew Medicaid Rules Will Give Kentucky Health Care Whiplash[Click] In due course, someone (the ACLU, maybe?) should be able to get a court order requiring the government to guarantee practical jobs for all those affected. Not something they can’t do, not something available in places they can’t go.
—Alan
Thanks for these two links especially, Alan. You are so good at finding pithy ones!
DeleteYou are welcome, listener. Here are a couple more.--Alan
ReplyDeleteThe President Can Draw a Clock.[Click] Feeling better now?
The Accidental Poison That Founded the Modern FDA[Click]
—Alan
Yeah, Alan, I was just coming here to post about the "Clock" test too. I took that test in 2nd grade so they'd know how to place me in a new school. As I recall, it's also about how fast you can do the test. (What would have happened if the letters DACA had been in the list of letters to read? Ha!)
DeleteWhen I was in the ordination process, I had to undergo a psychiatric workup. It involved more than one test (one of them lasted at least 45 minutes) and a long, involved interview with a psychiatrist. [I was deemed "unlikely to become ill under pressure" and had a lot of fun telling my family that I was the only family member "certified sane." LOL!]
Had I become a clergy member, I would have had much responsibility...yet nothing like that of the President...!! So this test of DT is a real insult. Or, as a friend of mine who was a school psychologist put it, "Pathetic! Total disrespect and -regard for all of us!"
Hey! If DT's docs say he's not insane, then he can't use the insanity defense. Ha!
DeleteOn the plus side:
ReplyDeleteBannon ordered to testify to Grand Jury
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