My main, non-partisan gripe with Christie has always been his self-importance and blind ambition. Has he turned a corner on that? He explained his support for Trump as an ambitious mistake and invoked his wife and family in an apology.
If trump is disqualified or ends up convicted before the convention, then they hope to step into his shoes. Depending on what happens over the next month in the courts, this summer could be a real shit show for the GOP and the end of the line for Donald.
According to some expert legal opinion I heard last night on TV, if Donald is convicted in DC, he will likely be released pending appeal, which could take a year. Meanwhile he will have other trials and convictions too, the prospect of Trump running around loose for another year as a convicted felon in the middle election season will be interesting. He is sure to win the GOP nomination, even if he is not immune from prosecution and perhaps disqualified too. Some say disqualification is a long shot, but I don't and if they disqualify him, it will be a rough ride for the GOP until election day, if he is not their nominee after the convention this summer and he is running around loose and running his mouth off.
Deal or die! They painted themselves into a corner. I'm sure there are still many Russia hawks among the republicans, even the voters. The democrats don't need him, they just need a couple of his members from close districts. The radicals don't give a fuck, they will be reelected no matter how bad they are and are throwing the moderates under the bus. It will lead to increased radicalization and shrinking minorities as the ones from the more moderate or less gerrymandered districts get knocked off over time. Meanwhile those from red districts will continue to vomit up even worse shit.The treason caucus tail continues to wag the Congressional dog.
Democrats willing to help GOP Speaker save job — for a price
A handful of House Democrats say they’d step in to help Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) keep his gavel in the face of a potential conservative revolt — but it wouldn’t come free. Democrats willing to …thehill.com
I say don't even try to deal with these fucks and let them die on the vine.The treason caucus tail continues to wag the Congressional dog.
Democrats willing to help GOP Speaker save job — for a price
A handful of House Democrats say they’d step in to help Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) keep his gavel in the face of a potential conservative revolt — but it wouldn’t come free. Democrats willing to …thehill.com
Ya gotta get the Budget passed and do the other functions of government and are stuck with the fucks for now. Maybe Joe will offer a couple of them plum federal jobs, just to shake things up a bit in the house...
As their margin erodes, I’d rather the Democrats aggressively legislate. Ramming stalled bills down the R contingent should affect their election chances more than allowing them to put on a fecal revue and dance the monkey for the base.
Johnson is associated with Turning Point USA.
GOP Congressman Stands By Accusation Some Fellow Members Have Been Compromised
Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee said on a right-wing podcast in December that blackmail would explain some of his colleagues’ votes.news.yahoo.com
One of the more colorful conservative members of the U.S. House told HuffPost he stands by recent remarks in which he said some of his fellow members were likely victims of blackmail.
But Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), who made the comments on a Dec. 21 podcast with a right-wing commentator, declined to elaborate on who he was talking about or give any other details.
“You as a member of the media understand confidentiality, and I appreciate that, and I am going to keep that confidential unless those people tell me otherwise,” Burchett told HuffPost on Thursday.
Asked if he was standing by his comments, Burchett said, “Sure. I’m not going to back up.”
And when asked if he believed there were House members who had decided how to vote based on compromising material about them held by foreign powers, Burchett said, “Absolutely. And other powers. It doesn’t have to be foreign powers.”
On “The Benny Show” podcast, hosted by Benny Johnson, Burchett said, without pointing to specific evidence or names, that powerful people protect their own interests by blackmail.
“The old honey pot. The Russians do that. And I’m sure members of Congress have been caught up. Why in the world would good conservatives vote for crazy stuff like what we’ve been seeing out of Congress?” he asked.
He said members may be on a trip or at a bar, meet someone and buy them a drink.
“Next thing you know, you’re in a hotel room with them, naked. Next thing you know, you’re about to make a key vote, and what happens? Some well-dressed person comes up and whispers into your ear, ‘Hey, man, there’s tapes out on you. Were you in a motel room on whatever with whoever?’ And then you’re, like, ‘Uh-oh.’ And they say, ‘You really ought not be voting for this thing.’”
“They know what to get at. If it’s women, drugs, booze — it’ll find you in D.C. And other elected offices,” he told Johnson.
(Johnson was fired in 2014 from BuzzFeed, the parent company of HuffPost, after 40 instances of plagiarism were found in his work.)
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) talks with reporters Dec. 14 outside the U.S. Capitol.
Burchett’s remarks were the most lurid accusations since former Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) alleged, also without evidence, that he had witnessed anti-drug addiction leaders doing cocaine and had been invited by colleagues to orgies in Washington. Cawthorn’s claims were widely derided, and he lost his primary election in 2022.
Burchett, elected in 2018 and a former mayor and state legislator, has a reputation as one of the more friendly and quotable members of the House, often calling fellow lawmakers, reporters and even random visitors to the Capitol “brother.”
He’s also been interested in government activities regarding “unidentified aerial phenomena,” the new moniker for what used to be called UFOs, unidentified flying objects. Burchett said he’s less interested in “little green men or the saucers” than in why the government is spending money on an issue it says does not exist.
Burchett also drew attention as one of eight House Republicans to vote to depose former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Before McCarthy left Congress, he and Burchett got into a loud confrontation after Burchett accused McCarthy of elbowing him while passing behind him in a Capitol basement hallway.
On the blackmail allegations, Burchett said he would not “disclose what somebody has told me, something in confidence,” nor would he go to the authorities unless he received permission as well.
He said his allegations should not make people think all lawmakers were compromised, however, even if they reinforce the most cynical views of Washington.
“They’re not all crooked. The vast majority of people up here do the right thing. They just get caught in bad situations. That’s all,” he said.
With this story, does it really matter?Johnson is associated with Turning Point USA.
- Overall, we rate Turning Point USA Right Biased and Questionable based on propaganda, conspiracy theories, and numerous failed fact checks.
I think the takeaway is that Republican voters are electing some frightful toolbags. It illustrates the gravity of the Repugs’ success in turning delusion into policy. Perhaps this would be at home in the fascism thread, because the conditioning of, say, Fox viewers to swallow the lies and distort their view of the world accordingly makes the threat to a functioning republic a long-term thing with no easy fixes.With this story, does it really matter?
It is a bigger problem than just in America, our cons have gone squirrelly too (as in chasing nuts), as have others in Europe. In America they needed a propaganda network giving them largely illegal support for decades of "fair and balanced" Rupert's usual contempt for the truth or any form of decency.