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Something that really bothered me was the way sessions was practically giggling when (Original Post) shraby Jun 2018 OP
yes smirking all the way thru his little bible verse.. samnsara Jun 2018 #1
Elfin shit eating grin suits him HAB911 Jun 2018 #2
Ignorant racist Cracker from a shithole law school Submariner Jun 2018 #3
Same law school where Morris Dees graduated klook Jun 2018 #7
Not insanity, cruelty. Cruelty to "those people" is one of the traits the GOP is known for. Frustratedlady Jun 2018 #4
Getting off on demonizing the 'other' ck4829 Jun 2018 #25
In case you had not noticed, the entire cabinet and support staff democratisphere Jun 2018 #5
I noticed that, too. Also Jim Jordan on Katy Tur's show R B Garr Jun 2018 #6
Also sheshe2 Jun 2018 #10
Yikes, that just confirms more the evil intentions. R B Garr Jun 2018 #14
I will have to see if I can find a recording of AM Joy. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #15
Yup, they keep getting handed their power. It's not like R B Garr Jun 2018 #36
It's a tell called "duper's delight". When they don't believe the bullshit they are flinging but bettyellen Jun 2018 #31
Interesting! Didn't know that. It is highly pronounced in R B Garr Jun 2018 #35
Yeah, those people who study liars say it's really common w chronic liars- bettyellen Jun 2018 #37
It's a deadly tell! Mopar151 Jun 2018 #38
And once you notice it, then you notice it always! HA. Had a cousin took me for years. bettyellen Jun 2018 #40
He can't hide his glee at oppressing people. Check out his face when announcing DACA catbyte Jun 2018 #8
The Thrill of Cruelty Mopar151 Jun 2018 #39
He is not insane: shanny Jun 2018 #9
I don't think he's insane, FoxNewsSucks Jun 2018 #11
Catbyte Varaddem Jun 2018 #12
It was one of the creepiest things frogmarch Jun 2018 #13
Verging? You're too kind. WhiteTara Jun 2018 #16
Sessions is always laughing True Blue American Jun 2018 #17
He's a sick fuck. GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #18
He is a racist with a broken heart randr Jun 2018 #19
If only. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #21
He gets off on hurting others, bet he jacks off at night thinking of those brown babies lark Jun 2018 #20
Yep. Everyone could see this, and wonder. Equinox Moon Jun 2018 #22
+100,000. I think many, many white people feel Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #23
Disturbing ck4829 Jun 2018 #24
The Trump administration also specializes in organized sadism dalton99a Jun 2018 #26
'Giggling' with embarrassment, maybe, elleng Jun 2018 #27
Not insane. Sadistic. zentrum Jun 2018 #28
This Hekate Jun 2018 #33
I see it as a nervous reaction. He rushes his speaking as if he can't believe he gets away with this peekaloo Jun 2018 #29
Sessions needs sessions with a shrink noncliqer Jun 2018 #30
Even had a twinkle in his eye. How could anybody miss how much he is enjoying this? Hekate Jun 2018 #32
Take the worst giggling, malicious movie villain you've ever seen The Blue Flower Jun 2018 #34
Not insane. A long-standing neo-Confederate acting out his dream. CakeGrrl Jun 2018 #41

Submariner

(12,504 posts)
3. Ignorant racist Cracker from a shithole law school
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:27 AM
Jun 2018

who can't believe himself that in a country of 320 million people he was picked as the best and most powerful law enforcement officer in the United States, at least in his mind anyway which is behind the sick grin on his ugly face. We live in pathetic times.

klook

(12,157 posts)
7. Same law school where Morris Dees graduated
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:36 AM
Jun 2018

and where Joyce Vance teaches. Broad brush stereotypes are, to be charitable, not useful.

Agreed that Jeff Sessions is a (willfully) ignorant racist, though.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
4. Not insanity, cruelty. Cruelty to "those people" is one of the traits the GOP is known for.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:33 AM
Jun 2018

Something has happened in the last month or so. I don't recall what the last dust-up was about between our new dictator and Sessions, but ever since then, Sessions has been more visible and nasty. My guess is that Trump whispered one of his "sweet nothings" in his ear...the mob-type sweet nothing that gets your attention...and Sessions has been pretty malleable ever since.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
5. In case you had not noticed, the entire cabinet and support staff
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:34 AM
Jun 2018

acts completely insane too! Has got everything to do with dictatorships.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
6. I noticed that, too. Also Jim Jordan on Katy Tur's show
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:35 AM
Jun 2018

was doing that yesterday, too.

I think it’s because they know how much they are lying and getting with it and it’s a “make hay while the sun shines” giddiness. Sessions knows that quoting the Bible for legal policy/decisions is not appropriate, so he laughs in your face at what he’s getting away with.

Truly disgusting people through and through.

sheshe2

(83,793 posts)
10. Also
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:03 AM
Jun 2018
His use of this quote puts Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III in very special company. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans 13 has been used by just about every horrible authoritarian government in history to justify any act of racism, violence or oppression.





Hitler used Romans 13 to rebuke Christians who rejected the rise of his Nazi Party.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210739415

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
14. Yikes, that just confirms more the evil intentions.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 11:08 AM
Jun 2018

Two decades ago Sessions barely survived politically, and now he can openly revel in his bigotry and racism. Republicans are an evil bridge to the past. Hard to imagine what else they have in store for us.

Edit: AM Joy just had a great panel on this.

sheshe2

(83,793 posts)
15. I will have to see if I can find a recording of AM Joy.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 11:23 AM
Jun 2018
Republicans are an evil bridge to the past. Hard to imagine what else they have in store for us.


They vowed to take us back to their good old days and they are. Hard to imagine that we will survive what they have in store for us.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
36. Yup, they keep getting handed their power. It's not like
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 08:31 PM
Jun 2018

they have to sacrifice much so they just keep up the destruction.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
31. It's a tell called "duper's delight". When they don't believe the bullshit they are flinging but
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:21 PM
Jun 2018

know it will remain largely unchallenged.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
35. Interesting! Didn't know that. It is highly pronounced in
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 08:28 PM
Jun 2018

Sessions.

It’s probably a testament to Trump’s mental illness that he is way beyond this stage and into full on delusion. He just goes right over his tells from lie to lie to lie.

Bunch of really sick creepy people.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
37. Yeah, those people who study liars say it's really common w chronic liars-
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:28 PM
Jun 2018

They kind of get off on getting over on people and can’t help themselves. Often it’s a tiny inappropriate smile- Sessions is one of the more obvious ones. I have to think it’s becasue he knows he really will not be challenged.

For what it’s worth I don’t think Trump believes a word he says, he just doesn’t care if he can steam roller over others. It’s gross.

Mopar151

(9,989 posts)
38. It's a deadly tell!
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:23 PM
Jun 2018

Someone who I had the displeasure of supervising had one of those fucking smirks....It came out when he'd connived a way out of whatever shit he'd gotten into. The fact that he'd connived his way into said shit - or not - seemed to matter little.

catbyte

(34,407 posts)
8. He can't hide his glee at oppressing people. Check out his face when announcing DACA
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:47 AM
Jun 2018

was being recinded. Same creepy, evil smirk.
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Mopar151

(9,989 posts)
39. The Thrill of Cruelty
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:27 PM
Jun 2018

A stiff drink or honest piece of tail would kill them. But visiting exquisite cruelty on children as "the right thing" gets them off like bad cocaine.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
9. He is not insane:
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:51 AM
Jun 2018

That implies that he cannot be held accountable. He is weak and vicious and a disgrace to a civilized nation.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,434 posts)
11. I don't think he's insane,
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:11 AM
Jun 2018

he's just evil, cruel and sadistic. On top of being racist.

Republicons seem to genuinely enjoy causing others to suffer.

Varaddem

(432 posts)
12. Catbyte
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:26 AM
Jun 2018

Maybe you could put that picture up and ask for captions. Why is he smirking? What would they say about Hillary

frogmarch

(12,154 posts)
13. It was one of the creepiest things
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:50 AM
Jun 2018

I've ever seen. giggle giggle and the bible sez giggle chortle snort

True Blue American

(17,986 posts)
17. Sessions is always laughing
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 11:37 AM
Jun 2018

That makes his ignorant misquoting one verse in the Bible, that was also used to defend slavery makes him so Mapuche more despicable!

I Have not wanted to slap a smirk off a face so bad, ever!

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
18. He's a sick fuck.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 11:43 AM
Jun 2018

Which is why Trump will never fire him. And, why he'll tolerate Trump's abuse. He'll take Trump's abuse because Trump lets him behave like the racist sack of shit that he is. In fact, Spanky encourages that vile behavior. Talk about a warped relationship.

lark

(23,121 posts)
20. He gets off on hurting others, bet he jacks off at night thinking of those brown babies
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 11:57 AM
Jun 2018

and their mothers crying hysterically. They don't even track the children and don't reunite them with the parents. 4 parents have reported waiting 4 months and not being able to get their children back, even though they left America. The kids don't know where they are and the parents aren't being told and the families are still separated. That's 4 reported, how many hundreds or thousands is this really affecting. Putting the children and babes in tents during the summer in TX is evil torture. the babies and children committed no crime but Sessions loves to hurt others and is totally giddy about the pain he's causing. He and his boss are pure evil. I am so ashamed of them and how they are running our country into the ground in every way possible.

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
22. Yep. Everyone could see this, and wonder.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 12:07 PM
Jun 2018

I was thinking he was embarrassed for what he was saying. Self-embarrassment.
He knew how stupid it was.

I wonder if the RW religious zealots were nodding in agreement?

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
23. +100,000. I think many, many white people feel
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 12:09 PM
Jun 2018

they're constantly under-siege, hence it must feel awesome when they strongly reclaim their Manifest Destiny again to feel safe in a world "god" says belongs to them.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
28. Not insane. Sadistic.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 12:24 PM
Jun 2018

Sadists enjoy their cruelty. And the surge of power it gives them.

He's inwardly ugly, horrifying, but definetley sane.

I want an investigative reporter to look deeply into his past, since adolescence. I think he's Klan. They too, apart from inflicting hate, have this primitive Yahweh Christian righteousness.

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)
29. I see it as a nervous reaction. He rushes his speaking as if he can't believe he gets away with this
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 12:30 PM
Jun 2018

shit.

Keep in mind too that he's not accustomed to speaking without his hood.

 

noncliqer

(50 posts)
30. Sessions needs sessions with a shrink
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 12:31 PM
Jun 2018

Too bad SNL is off for the summer. Can you imagine what Kate MacKinnon would do to his psycho faux-Christian ass?

The Blue Flower

(5,442 posts)
34. Take the worst giggling, malicious movie villain you've ever seen
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:27 PM
Jun 2018

Multiply it exponentially, and that is what he looked like, dancing on his toes, as he said the children would be separated from their parents while he prosecuted each and every one of them for daring to approach the US border.

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
41. Not insane. A long-standing neo-Confederate acting out his dream.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 11:20 PM
Jun 2018

Coretta Scott King lobbied strongly against him many years ago.

Trump dusted off the old white supremacist guard to keep his real promise - Make America WHITE Again - to his base.

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