Mourning in America - Trump Year One: November '16 to

Not sure if you all hate Jon Stewart or not but he talks about things that have been talked about in this thread.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jon-stewart-the-daily-show-former-host-election-2016-donald-trump-republicans/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-romney-idUSKBN13C2L0

btw lol @ this, gotta hand it to these guys for not holding a grudge i guess

in other words Romney becomes as powerful and world historic as Colin Powell and William Rogers.

romney as SOS would be less disastrous than some alternatives i guess?

So I really hope they (1) pick a more liked candidate in 2020

Don't worry, the chances of anyone running a candidate that isn't a while male in the next 20 years are pretty much zero so that should sort itself out.

https://twitter.com/TheAngryFangirl/status/799352770742616064

i just chose this because it happened to pop up on my TL, but to me this is why rhetorical carelessness in these sorts of arguments is so pernicious. guys like matt yglesias or even deej don't actually think racism "explains", completely on it own, virtually every ill in our society or the outcome of the election, but they make essentially that argument for purposes of economy (no pun intended) and clearness of message. but then you get well-meaning dumb people who actually take the message to heart

i guess this is really just the danger of having what should probably be a nuanced, academic discussion on the platform of twitter for anyone to see

― k3vin k., Thursday, November 17, 2016 3:19 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not sure i see the problem w/ this tweet but if the truth is dangerous maybe the lie isn't a platform worth standing on?

romney as SOS would be less disastrous than some alternatives i guess?

― k3vin k.

in another time it would be a sigh of relief. I get the feeling Mittens will talk to foreign leaders, recount the chat with Trump in the Oval Office, and Trump will fart in his face.

lol

still id be relieved w/ romney as opposed to giuliani (who i guess was floated for both sos and ag?)

I can't see the Senate confirming Giuliani to anything tbh

Romney would sail through

Romney is by far the least awful name floated.

he's certainly a less odious option than any that has been floated for almost any position in the trump wh thus far

arg sry for the redundancy

Romney would be a perfectly fine SoS. If anything, his inability to fully convince conservatives he is crazy probably cost him in the election.

If things are still being floated, I'd be cool with Romney for president, vice president, counsel, secretary of anything, too, at this point.

I don't know how Romney's much vaunted pride would deal with his sitting with those grifters, charlatans, and thugs, but then again he's a Republican.

yeah that's an interesting needle to thread ... Trump prizes loyalty above all else, I can't really see Romney being convincing on that level. but idk, he's probably pretty good at being a toadying lickspittle tbf

He won't pick Romney - he was calling Russia the #1 threat to the US just 4 years ago.

what happened to Newtie...? He seems oddly absent. Maybe he will get to head NASA, I'd be cool with that.

He won't pick Romney - he was calling Russia the #1 threat to the US just 4 years ago.

yeah but now that Russia helps the GOP win elections (something I still can't fathom as being anything other than treason, btw) he's probably cool w it

Newt will be Bannon's body double.

idk what trump's doing here with the romney float but it's definitely not actually nominating him for state. he's messing with someone.

If things are still being floated, I'd be cool with Romney for president, vice president, counsel, secretary of anything, too, at this point.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, November 17, 2016 4:42 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

at this point yea

idk what trump's doing here with the romney float but it's definitely not actually nominating him for state. he's messing with someone.

again with the 4-dimensional chess suspicions

Trump is a moron

the neoliberal consensus seems awesome this week basically xp

the team is casting about for anybody that a) is willing to work for them, b) will swear total fealty to Our Fearless Leader and c) won't immediately start a firefight with congress

in other news

https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/799323021341097984

99 problems but a bitch ain't one amirite

i volunteer as tribute xp

Gingrich out

Brave of him

damn

this is like musical chairs

probably would help if the presidential nominee in 2020 (if there is an election) is someone besides the most hated candidate at that time.

hey, Andrew Cuomo! star star

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius)

yeah two words for you morbz "president-elect trump"

Obama looks 95 years old in that Twitter video.

was gonna say the same thing but i think the lighting is just funny, there seems to be a light directly above his head that brings out the grey in his hair

Gingrich out

― Clay, Thursday, November 17, 2016 5:00 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Can't wait to see which somehow-even-worse dude he finds instead

G. Gordon Liddy?

Oliver North?

not sure why he hasn't tapped hannity honestly

None of these people want to do these jobs. A radio show is about a 40 hour work week, maybe less? Cabinet Secretaries do 10-12 hour days and usually work weekends. For under $200K a year.

None of these people want to do these jobs

including Trump!

and 14+ hour days for SOS, AG, DHS, SECDEF, etc.

maybe they can outsource it to hillary i think she really wants to do the job

admit I am kinda bummed about Newtie though. I wouldn't say that I like him exactly, but I do have this sort of attitude similar to one would have for a misbehaving puppy that thinks it's people. Like aw isn't that cute he has an IDEA! And then sometimes he brings you your slippers. But mostly he just chews up the carpet and shits in your shoes.

this dog will eat your baby and insist on your patting its head for the bright idea

fuck, i was taking solace in the hope that Gingrich was going to be murdered in Newt of the Long Knives

have we covered this thinkpiece yet?
http://www.stereogum.com/1910381/moby-writes-letter-to-america-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you/

well, very few of us are vegans, for starters

can we get eminem to write a dissenting opinion just for lols?