The confirmation hearings for Senator Jeff Session as attorney general are underway. Are you watching? Share your thoughts and observations after the jump.
Caricature of Sessions by DonkeyHotey via Creative Commons license.
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David Lindsay commented
2017-01-11 17:30:12 -0500
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Hey Richard and Barbara,
This Is It
Overture, curtains, lights,
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtains, lights
This is it, you’ll hit the heights
And oh what heights we’ll hit
On with the show this is it
Tonight what heights we’ll hit
On with the show this is it
This Is It
Overture, curtains, lights,
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtains, lights
This is it, you’ll hit the heights
And oh what heights we’ll hit
On with the show this is it
Tonight what heights we’ll hit
On with the show this is it
Kevin Koster commented
2017-01-11 09:52:04 -0500
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Based on Sessions’ chilling testimony, we should expect an indictment of the Clintons and their Foundation sometime within the first year of the new presidency. Sessions was careful not to say that this wasn’t coming – he said that he would recuse himself from it. This is intended to try to insulate himself and Trump from the obvious criticism when they start engaging in this political theater. They will need this as a distraction when the Pence White House’s policies don’t completely fly with Congress. (For example, when they try to blame Congress for repealing the ACA with no alternative and throwing millions off the insurance rolls, or when they try to blame Congress for not going with their huge infrastructure idea, etc.)
Make no mistake – the Justice Dept under Jeff Sessions is going to create a fairly unhappy and hostile time for many Americans. The Dems cannot stop any of these appointments, so it’s just a matter of time now before these problems start.
Make no mistake – the Justice Dept under Jeff Sessions is going to create a fairly unhappy and hostile time for many Americans. The Dems cannot stop any of these appointments, so it’s just a matter of time now before these problems start.
Richard Santalone commented
2017-01-11 07:15:49 -0500
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@ David Lindsay Eh, “What’s Opera Doc”?
:^)
[I just HAD to get that in — that’s the name of the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon that contains the line you cited David]
:^)
[I just HAD to get that in — that’s the name of the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon that contains the line you cited David]
David Lindsay commented
2017-01-10 16:42:35 -0500
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Kill da wabbit! Kill da waabbit!! (Sung to the tune of Ride of the Valkyries)
Bemused commented
2017-01-10 12:38:43 -0500
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Caught a segment then went elsewhere out of disgust.
Sessions’ response to a query about his oft-repeated promise to jail the Clintons involved him saying that he’d spouted off a lot of things he didn’t really mean in the heat of the campaign. The man clearly takes others for idiots considering that he repeated that promise time and time. Coldly and deliberately, he used it repeatedly to play to lynch mob instincts.
Sessions then went on to say that he would recuse himself from direct involvement in any legal action against former political opponents. To my knowledge, he never ran against the Clintons. This degree of “identification” with Trump boggles the mind. I wonder if he feels that what he says to get the job of Attorney General shouldn’t be taken at face value?
Truth means NOTHING to Trump and all the GOPretzels who are tying themselves up in knots trying to justify his infantile reaction to criticism. Shades of Nero and all other dictators who’ve abused of absolute power in history.
For me, the GOP claim that a candidate’s words shouldn’t be taken seriously reveals a disturbing lack of respect for the democratic process and especially for the voters.
Sessions’ response to a query about his oft-repeated promise to jail the Clintons involved him saying that he’d spouted off a lot of things he didn’t really mean in the heat of the campaign. The man clearly takes others for idiots considering that he repeated that promise time and time. Coldly and deliberately, he used it repeatedly to play to lynch mob instincts.
Sessions then went on to say that he would recuse himself from direct involvement in any legal action against former political opponents. To my knowledge, he never ran against the Clintons. This degree of “identification” with Trump boggles the mind. I wonder if he feels that what he says to get the job of Attorney General shouldn’t be taken at face value?
Truth means NOTHING to Trump and all the GOPretzels who are tying themselves up in knots trying to justify his infantile reaction to criticism. Shades of Nero and all other dictators who’ve abused of absolute power in history.
For me, the GOP claim that a candidate’s words shouldn’t be taken seriously reveals a disturbing lack of respect for the democratic process and especially for the voters.
David Lindsay commented
2017-01-10 12:03:23 -0500
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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. Sippin’ on a mint julep under the Lilac tree.