Ya Think?
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, think Michael Flynn does not want to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Look, I’m glad he’s cooperating – if he truly is – but I will not be cheated out of my chance to stand in front of a courthouse hollering, “Lock him up!”
He gave this speech while he knew for a damn fact that Donald Trump thought he was above the law.
“If I did a tenth of what she did, I would be in jail today,” Michael Flynn.
Oh, goody.
1Knowing Flynn is criminally involved, I’ve just watched typical Republicanism in action, the pure unadulterated evil of Cult Conservatism. Feel the Hate.
2Every once in awhile, especially over the last week or so, I imagine Hillary Clinton sitting down on the sofa to watch the news for a moment, and then a story like this one comes on the air.
She smiles.
3If he is singing for FBI, maybe there will be a congressional choir singing back-up eventually, too…
4“Vice President Mike Pence’s home state of Indiana is paying $100,000 for extra lawyers to tackle a large backlog of records requests targeting government emails Pence sent through his private AOL account as governor….
“A review is ongoing—it isn’t clear whether these are all the emails where Pence conducted government business from his private account.
“Before he joined Trump’s campaign ticket last spring, Pence’s private AOL account was “hacked” after being targeted in a malicious phishing campaign, according to the Indianapolis Star.
“The emails of several other prominent Republicans were also hacked around the same time by Russian intelligence agencies, American intelligence agencies found late last year.”
http://www.newsweek.com/mike-pences-private-email-account-costing-indiana-100000-627000
Nothing to see here, folks, just keep moving.
5As for Hillary Clinton’s smile, try this:
https://www.facebook.com/1525929221068833/photos/a.1555440228117732.1073741828.1525929221068833/1870505309944554/
6Nice Rhea!
Everyone gets a lawyer!
“Receptionists are standing by, so call now! Because if you get a lawyer by midnight tonight, we’ll send you FREE! A subpoena at very little extra charge!”
7Agreed! Its been too quiet in the Flynn part of the country. Normally, this guy has a severe case of yakkitis. Also just read in the WaPo this AM that a Republican campaign consultant company left voting info on gazillions of Americans totally obtainable on their computers. Not just voting – religion – policy preferences – you name it. The guy who found it works for a cyber security company. He thinks it was available for damn near forever and that it was hacked, probably by the Russians.
8I agree with Flynn: we do not need a reckless president who believes he is above the law.
Unfortunately, that’s what we have.
9Ok, here’s the plan. Drag this out until after the 2018 elections. Dems win the House. Dems impeach Trump and Pence. Senate convicts. Pelosi becomes next President and brings Hillary on board as VP. Her first speech says ” Lock THEM up!” Trump and Pence live out their days in Leavenworth. Karma is a bitch.
10Gary, please don’t get ahead of your skis. How about Nancy appoints someone younger than a dinosaur then resigns allowing her appointee to become president and appointing their own VP. Some of us grumpy millennials are way past another shot with “tried and failed.” Yes, the snacilbupeR are beyond insanity, but we’d like something to replace the crazy other that Third Way Republican-lite. After so many hard right collision courses steered by Reagan and exacerbated by Dubya and Donnie, a mild steer to the center will not repair decades of damage. President Obama steered us out of Dubya’s ditch, but left us limping in the break down lane due to snacilbupeR obstructionism. Now Donnie is busy bulldozing and firebombing anything Obama accomplished.
Thank Ivanka. Heck of a job you’re doing ‘guiding’ your senile sperm donor. Oh, and that Qatar cookie jar with your and Jared’s finger prints all over it? You might want to consider contacting Martha Stewart for hot pot recipes.
As for Mickey Flynn, any singing deal he receives should be nowhere as muffin whacked as the minor rebuke and time John Dean did.
11Jane & PKM: If that lovely scenario outlined in your first paragraph comes to pass, may I put in a word for Al Franken? He’s smarter and more knowledgeable than the Republican half of the Senate put together, and could appoint an excellent VP, preferably younger and female, to run after his term in office.
I hope Flynn is singing like a canary, and takes down the entire Republican Executive Branch.
12That Other Jean, Al Franken is an excellent choice! There are an excellent number of potential candidates moving forward without toting out the crypt as the snacilbupeR do.
To be clear, I am not knocking old people or old ideas. Age should never be an issue, if the person is sane and competent an area that excludes young people, too (evidence Donnie as exhibit A for competency testing or Tommie Cotton for just plain rock headed ignorant dumb.) But the old failed ideas like Trickle Down and bombing for friends need to be laughed straight out of any discussion to planning anything.
Old ideas can be some of the best. Harken back to FDR. Key words should be: what works.
13That Other Jean – I’m sorry but you can’t have Al, at least not without having him run and win in 2020. He’s a Senator and the Constitutionally mandated order of succession is:
President
Vice President
Speaker of the House
President pro temp of the Senate
then the members of the Cabinet
And after all of them I have no clue who gets the job, but whoever it is got it because of some catastrophic event that took out DC.
14There we go– Rick Perry, Betsy De Vos, and Herman Cain are in the line of succession. I think the Sec of State goes first, but they’re on the list.
15The Dems can vote for whoever they want for Speaker of the House if they win the house in 2019. That person does not have to be a member of Congress. And that person would then become President if Trump and Pence are impeached. Thus, Franken or anyone else could be voted in as Speaker of the House.
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