The MAGA people who think Trump is going to end the Israel war are midwits. His biggest donor is Miriam Adelson, who is pro Israel no matter what. She will tell him to keep funding the Israeli war and he will do it. That $100 million donation came with stipulations.
Pisses me off to no end!
Hegseth should sail through confirmation. The Democrats took the bait and largely focused on his shady past instead of his massive lack of experience.
Zero questions on Russia/ Ukraine, China, Israel, Iran, etc or any other large policy issue.
Only 1 question that the largest organization he ever led was 100 people, and never managed or led large complex companies.
Hegseth has backtracked on his women in combat position, as he won't change current policy.
Total fail by Senate Democrats. And you wonder why Republicans have ran circles around them...
posted by CenterBHSFanThe MAGA people who think Trump is going to end the Israel war are midwits. His biggest donor is Miriam Adelson, who is pro Israel no matter what. She will tell him to keep funding the Israeli war and he will do it. That $100 million donation came with stipulations.
Pisses me off to no end!
Maybe a hostage deal this week, but been this close before.
posted by ptown_trojans_1Maybe a hostage deal this week, but been this close before.
I hope all hostages get released. God knows enough money was spent for them.
posted by ptown_trojans_1Hegseth should sail through confirmation. The Democrats took the bait and largely focused on his shady past instead of his massive lack of experience.
Zero questions on Russia/ Ukraine, China, Israel, Iran, etc or any other large policy issue.
Only 1 question that the largest organization he ever led was 100 people, and never managed or led large complex companies.
Hegseth has backtracked on his women in combat position, as he won't change current policy.
Total fail by Senate Democrats. And you wonder why Republicans have ran circles around them...
I haven't watched any of it. I probably will, here and there. I know that I've seen right and left pundits saying that he was the most questionable - for the reasons you stated. I actually want to get a good grasp on what he thinks about Israel, Ukraine and so on.
And honestly, the whole "resist orange Mussotrumpler!" has backfired on them so greatly, that they should have gotten right into the meat and potatoes of this and avoided the overdone dramatics.
Pretty much sums it up. And take a look at the democrat senator to the right of Warren at the point of "I am not a general". He knows at its done.
posted by majorsparkPretty much sums it up. And take a look at the democrat senator to the right of Warren at the point of "I am not a general". He knows at its done.
I get what she was trying to get it,but yeah, typical Democrat yesterday not honing in on how unqualified the guy is to lead the largest US department in the country.
One question on the current war in Ukraine would have been nice. Or, how about his view on what is happening in South Korea, a key ally?
Nothing. It was a complete waste.
Funny thing is same thing is happening now with the confirmation hearings today. Democrats are terrible at this.
posted by ptown_trojans_1
Funny thing is same thing is happening now with the confirmation hearings today. Democrats are terrible at this.
To be fair, Republicans pull this showboating also. Maybe not to the farthest degree that Dems do, but they still do it.
posted by CenterBHSFanTo be fair, Republicans pull this showboating also. Maybe not to the farthest degree that Dems do, but they still do it.
It’s like a competition to see who can ask the dumbest shit. The woman from Hawaii seems to have taken the quick lead.
posted by CenterBHSFanTo be fair, Republicans pull this showboating also. Maybe not to the farthest degree that Dems do, but they still do it.
I think the Pubs save a lot of their showboating for whatever their little "attack dog" committee is that focuses on Hillary and Hunter all the time with Jordan and Comer. Where those two dipshits never seem to be able to get anything to stick in any tangible "HEADS WILL ROLL!" way, but do come up with enough soundbites to fire up the base and give the "LOCK THEM UP!" crowd their allotment of wet dreams.
After all this time, a person's gotta figure they know their job is to keep those people and their issues on the front burner, so they can be thrown around whenever needed for P.R. points. Either that or they're just really stupid and bad at their jobs, which is a real possibility with those two. So, probably a combination!
posted by HereticI think the Pubs save a lot of their showboating for whatever their little "attack dog" committee is that focuses on Hillary and Hunter all the time with Jordan and Comer. Where those two dipshits never seem to be able to get anything to stick in any tangible "HEADS WILL ROLL!" way, but do come up with enough soundbites to fire up the base and give the "LOCK THEM UP!" crowd their allotment of wet dreams.
After all this time, a person's gotta figure they know their job is to keep those people and their issues on the front burner, so they can be thrown around whenever needed for P.R. points. Either that or they're just really stupid and bad at their jobs, which is a real possibility with those two. So, probably a combination!
Jim Jordan is the worst and he is my Congressman lol. Dude is a complete hack that does not give 2 shits about his actual district. Funny thing is his district offices are in Lima and Mansfield, even though his district comes all the way down to Columbus area. He ignores repeated interviews from local media or refuses to do any townhalls that are not controlled by the Republican party and invite only.
Now I'm sure others are like that, but I've had several Congressional Reps of both parties over the years and he is the worst in terms of constitute engagement.
posted by CenterBHSFanThe MAGA people who think Trump is going to end the Israel war are midwits. His biggest donor is Miriam Adelson, who is pro Israel no matter what. She will tell him to keep funding the Israeli war and he will do it. That $100 million donation came with stipulations.
Pisses me off to no end!
I love how people think politicians are actually beholden to their donors. I mean this literally - there is zero leverage for Trump to do anything a donor wants.
posted by Trueblue23I love how people think politicians are actually beholden to their donors. I mean this literally - there is zero leverage for Trump to do anything a donor wants.
I'm not afraid to admit I was way off on this one. Credit to where it's due!
The hearing doing was worse then the Hegseth one. Did the democrats not learn the majority of America is past January 6th. Move on already
posted by sportchamppsThe hearing doing was worse then the Hegseth one. Did the democrats not learn the majority of America is past January 6th. Move on already
No, they haven't learned that lesson, yet. Everything done, every dirty trick, nothing they've committed was able to stop Trump from winning the election. They are resentful and aggrieved. And when one looks into how this is going to end up, they seemingly aren't interested in a 2028 presidency 🤷♀️
posted by Trueblue23I love how people think politicians are actually beholden to their donors. I mean this literally - there is zero leverage for Trump to do anything a donor wants.
Vladimir disagree
posted by Devils AdvocateVladimir disagree
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I'm listening to Chris Cuomo talk about Trump and right now he is not himg because Trump doesn't have any black people in his top positions. He's saying that Kash Patel is the only one who counts for diversity. I guess he thinks Tulsi is white, I don't know. Tone and shade!
None of the people I know that voted for Kamala did so because she was trans racial. Not a one.
These high profile people are continuously coming up a day late and a dollar short.
posted by Trueblue23I love how people think politicians are actually beholden to their donors. I mean this literally - there is zero leverage for Trump to do anything a donor wants.
Didn't Elon buy his way into a having a seat at the table that came equipped with a position in Trump's government?*
*Until Trump gets pissed off at the "President Musk" cracks and dumps him like he dumps every person in his government the instant they annoy him.
posted by CenterBHSFanI'm listening to Chris Cuomo talk about Trump and right now he is not himg because Trump doesn't have any black people in his top positions. He's saying that Kash Patel is the only one who counts for diversity. I guess he thinks Tulsi is white, I don't know. Tone and shade!
None of the people I know that voted for Kamala did so because she was trans racial. Not a one.
These high profile people are continuously coming up a day late and a dollar short.
Hey, way I see it is that Kash and Tulsi fulfilled the Trump administration's DEI quota! Gotta expect the Rs to not take that stuff as far as the Ds would.
posted by HereticHey, way I see it is that Kash and Tulsi fulfilled the Trump administration's DEI quota! Gotta expect the Rs to not take that stuff as far as the Ds would.
You're right of course.
I suppose people need to demand for Trump to also hire a gender queer person 😂
Also, looks like my phones autocorrect really flubbed up some words/phrase 😐
To be fair, as much as the Ds in these confirmation hearings are just proving why they lost, many of the nominees are making themselves and therefore Trump look bad with some of their answers. This isn't going well for either side.
posted by CenterBHSFanYou're right of course.
I suppose people need to demand for Trump to also hire a gender queer person 😂
Also, looks like my phones autocorrect really flubbed up some words/phrase 😐
Lol, yeah, I was thinking that I didn't know anyone who voted for Kamala because her race was "trans" either! Figured that had to be auto-correct.
posted by jmogTo be fair, as much as the Ds in these confirmation hearings are just proving why they lost, many of the nominees are making themselves and therefore Trump look bad with some of their answers. This isn't going well for either side.
I haven't watched any of the hearings, though I have seen some clips. Just from those, it looks to me that Pam Bondi has done the best so far. But again, I'm just going from a few clips.
posted by HereticLol, yeah, I was thinking that I didn't know anyone who voted for Kamala because her race was "trans" either! Figured that had to be auto-correct.
No, I meant the trans racial thing for Kamala because she ran as Indian while campaigning in state politics but ran as black for national politics. Poking fun at her, but props to her also because it worked.
This is where my autocorrect flubbed up because that's supposed to say that "right now he is bitching":
