drsmooth wrote:Top crewperson on drumpf's ship of fools so far: Nikki Haley (McMaster's just getting warmed up; Mattis seems to be keeping his head down)

I am not sure you have the crew right because Haley has plenty of competition, and several comrades, but McMaster's and Mattis don't belong anywhere near these guys. Perhaps you have Spicer, Bannon, Tillersen, Kellyanne, etc., as officers and Hailey as crew.

thephan wrote:

drsmooth wrote:Top crewperson on drumpf's ship of fools so far: Nikki Haley (McMaster's just getting warmed up; Mattis seems to be keeping his head down)

I am not sure you have the crew right because Haley has plenty of competition, and several comrades, but McMaster's and Mattis don't belong anywhere near these guys. Perhaps you have Spicer, Bannon, Tillersen, Kellyanne, etc., as officers and Hailey as crew.

pretty sure you're overthinking my offhand metaphor, phan

Sean Spicer and Stephen Bannon’s poll numbers are even worse than Trump’s

A few days old, but funny. Could this be part of Bannon's demotion? Rumor circus is that Bannon's fall from grace has a lot more depth to go.

Bannon: Unfavorable - 45% vs Favorable - 11% (up 4%, down 3%)

Spicer: Unfavorable - 49% vs Favorable - 20% (up 9%, up 2%)

So for Spicer would be that he is up 2% in the favorable column, maybe. Crazy is that with 66% and 69% weighing in, that means 34% and 31% have no opinion, that's a ton.

Karl Rove remains the king with worst numbers in Gallup's polling which were 19 percent favorable and 41 percent unfavorable, in 2006.

drsmooth wrote:pretty sure you're overthinking my offhand metaphor, phan

Most likely, but spreading the fertilizer after my second cup o'joe seemed like a good idea at the time.

Pence on the Bannon move: a "routine evolution"

but your mob doesn't believe in evolution, Mr. Man From Glad

Kinda funny, I believe Ryan was using the term 'evolution' to describe Rs "progress" on ACA repeal

Gonna start watching for "leadership's" use of "evolution" to describe their tactical changes, U-turns, flip-flops, etc

thephan wrote:

drsmooth wrote:pretty sure you're overthinking my offhand metaphor, phan

Most likely, but spreading the fertilizer after my second cup o'joe seemed like a good idea at the time.

well, that satisfies my definition of TMI

Why is there a book on Mar-a-Lago?

ask Jared

The draft-dodging drumpf, approval ratings swirling the bowl, wraps himself in disabled veterans.


He needs to go. and quickly, you know this. big league.

Nunes stepping aside from the Russia probe per Politico

Nunes stepping aside on Russian investigation temporarily.

Nunes to step aside from Russia probe
By JOHN BRESNAHAN and JOSH DAWSEY 04/06/17 09:35 AM EDT
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) will temporarily step aside from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including interactions between Moscow and the Trump campaign.

The probe will be taken over by Reps. Michael Conaway (R-Texas), Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and Tom Rooney (R-Fla.)

NUNES IS STEPPING ASIDE, GUYS

it's being taken over by Gowdy. lol

Well, Gowdy knows how to stall, so


kind of interesting; Schiff was contemptuously dismissive of Gowdy's sniping about Obama WH cooperation with The Great Benghazi Treasure Hunt. I doubt he gets along with Gowdy better than with the green, flailing Nunes

the two numnuts I wouldn't want to see as a replacement for Nunes are Gowdy or Cheffetz, sigh

Genuinely confused why Nunes would step aside now. He lost any credibility a long time ago. Why step aside now? Seems like the choices would've been to step aside at the beginning or ride this until the very end.

maybe they got to the parts about him

michael tracey never fails to disappoint me, insofar as he always succeeds in new ways to be upset at democrats. this time it's about them being upset about syria.

Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says he believes President Trump’s promise to build a border wall “was a metaphor for securing the border.”

“I always thought the wall was a metaphor for securing the border,” Johnson told CNN's “New Day” on Thursday.

CNN's Chris Cuomo pointed out that Trump has never referred to his campaign promise as a metaphor — rather, the president has repeatedly insisted and vowed the wall will be built.

“Alright, Sen. Ron Johnson, appreciate it. I never heard the president refer to it as a ‘metaphor,’ but you make a reasonable case here for why it should be that way,” Cuomo said to Johnson at the end of the interview.

Marveling at the stupidity of Johnson's providing a smokescreen, a la 'air quotes', but equally dismayed that Cuomo lets him off the hook.