US Politics, March 2018: Why do people leave the White House for good?

i feel like this is a precursor to roger stone getting indicted for something big

“whenever Sam Nunberg’s not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, where’s Sam Nunberg?” pic.twitter.com/fosGrYMEwp

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 5, 2018

my boner pill theory is only getting stronger by the day

My partner reminds me that Nunberg was the guy tasked with explaining the constitution to Trump.

So, yeah.

— FineWereFineEverythingsFineHat (@Popehat) March 5, 2018

- He wants to get public digs in at Trump (and laurels for Stone) before testifying in secret, whatever the outcome

I was going to watch Logan tonight but I think instead I will go through all of the Nunberg footage and marvel.

Might as well watch Logan, at this rate there will be a lot more Sam to experience later.

if that guy was fucking blotto on the air and fucked up that bad I will die laughing. like, tonight. oh my God.

- Nunberg is seeking publicly telegraph the Mueller team's areas of focus to concerned players in the guise of having a meltdown (and attacking some of the people whose interests he's seeking to help?)

Yeah but everyone already knew they were looking at all those areas/people. He hasn't said anything new at all!

Elsewhere:

Spent a nice afternoon with #Ivanka & #JaredKushner two accomplished young people who only want the best for @realDonaldTrump & the country, but they work in a nest of snitches, vipers & rats AKA the #WestWing. My story exclusively on @seanhannity live at 9pm et pic.twitter.com/n4Hs9fOxnC

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) March 5, 2018

"Snitches, vipers and rats, oh my!"

i agree with maura the guy looks like he was on speed or something

Yeah but everyone already knew they were looking at all those areas/people. He hasn't said anything new at all!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:01 AM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't think that's correct. There has certainly been speculation about the potential liability of everyone mentioned in the subpoena, but he's being more specific on a variety of fronts, particularly as regards intent to prosecute Stone for perjury.

haven't seen the footage yet but I doubt nunberg is playing 4d chess here

Of course I hate all these people with the fury of a thousand suns. But there is something a bit... refreshing about the Moochian impulse to just say what the fuck, pound some shots, go on teevee, and say whatever comes to mind. At the very least, it's no more toxic than the shit these guys say on purpose while sober.

"you're drunk or off your meds"

i cant be the only one who feels nunberg is going to kill himself any day now

There has certainly been speculation about the potential liability of everyone mentioned in the subpoena, but he's being more specific on a variety of fronts, particularly as regards intent to prosecute Stone for perjury.

Perhaps I'm glib here but I've kinda operated on the basis that a lot of people questioned would be trying to lie anyway. (As reinforced by Gates trying to do that *when he was negotiating with the team* -- and then got busted for that, and pled guilty.)

xp: By "any day now" do you mean "on one of these shows" because that's the vibe I got from his Erin Burnett appearance

ugh let's hope not

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Just caught the end of Erin Burnett’s interview with Nunberg where she ended by gently telling him she could smell alcohol on him and asking if he was drunk or high. All totally surreal. He said something like, “All I did was work loyally. I didn’t steal from the campaign. I didn’t have an affair with a married man.” (Making it clear other people were doing those things.)

that burnett interview is intense.

my god none of these MSNBC reporters sleep, do they? Leaving for work this morning I swear I saw Katy Tur on Morning Joe.

i cant be the only one who feels nunberg is going to kill himself any day now

― barreras, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:50 AM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, there was an implication of something that could happen by the end of the week that could be read as either that or some sort of public disclosure even more off the wall or noisemaking than what's come already.

and yes, very surreal.

i may be alone here, but...i think it's fair for CNN to note that he is drunk and that several other sources have stated he's been drunk, because it at least provides a partial explanation for his weird ass behavior. but what's with the moralizing over it? part of that interview is like watching a televised intervention. yes, he's drunk! entire decades of public affairs played out in raging drunkness, who cares!

One also wonders what sorts of personal revelations as to Nunberg himself (and the affair talk may be relevant here) or more powerful figures may be contained in those emails.

Oh! CNN’s @ErinBurnett just told former Truno aide Sam Nunberg she smelled alcohol on his breath. pic.twitter.com/Qm8n1ogeW0

— John Aravosis (@aravosis) March 6, 2018

being drunk may provide an explanation but it won't give any legal cover

obv

Does Sam have a book about to come out or something

"Teetotal Recall"

He said something like, “All I did was work loyally. I didn’t steal from the campaign. I didn’t have an affair with a married man.” (Making it clear other people were doing those things.)

So Hope Hicks, right?

haha did anyone already do this one

As it's Sam Nunberg Day on Twitter...

Remember when he was 5-years old, met Donald for the first time, appeared at WWF Wrestlemania, and did the Bushwhacker moves on camera?

Nope?

Here you go... pic.twitter.com/QII773SOOK

— Old Rant Dump (@TrumpinTheShark) March 6, 2018

"We used to make things in this country" levels of guilty pathos in those lines xp

i cant be the only one who feels nunberg is going to kill himself any day now

shit

now i'm not enjoying this as much

if it makes you feel any better they'll probably blame it on hillary clinton

the guy got served with a subpoena and is going through a nervous breakdown of some sort. there are a lot more casualties of this administration that aren't getting any time on television

Our president has a deleterious effect on human beings. This effect seems to be very powerful in his immediate vicinity, but it should be remembered that radiates outward in maleficent waves into every corner of the globe.

Nunberg’s whole vibe is “jumped on a conference call after a boozy work lunch”

I’m not saying I’m *not* here for it

lol

Updates, we got updates

Nunberg tells me he'll probably cooperate with Mueller in the end. He just doesn't want to make it easy. He thinks it isn't fair that they are asking for his personal communications. As of 8pm he says he had not talked to his lawyer.

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 6, 2018

I got off the phone with Nunberg about an hour ago, and he was at a restaurant with his father and his lawyer. He also told me he'd likely end up cooperating with Mueller. https://t.co/7HoDWuZT7R

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) March 6, 2018

goddamn this goofyass benny hill clusterfuck of an administration

That's the tightly-planned and rehearsed routines of Benny hill that brought joy to many over decades of success you're referring to, is it?

nah its a different one

I've got speeded up images of Trump running after porn stars to the Benny Hill theme tune in my head now

stop that

tripping over his tie

stop it