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John Dingell's 'madder than a boiled owl' (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2018 OP
Kick dalton99a Aug 2018 #1
This is what happens when a criminal mob runs all branches of the government. PSPS Aug 2018 #2
+1 2naSalit Aug 2018 #3
Yes, republicans have degenerated to become a criminal mob Achilleaze Aug 2018 #6
The "adult children" may as well be referred to as co-conspirators. csziggy Aug 2018 #18
That's a new one for me. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2018 #4
Me too, but I think a boiled owl would be a lot madder. TryLogic Aug 2018 #5
I know I would prefer being wet to being boiled. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2018 #8
Wet seems plenty mad cagefreesoylentgreen Aug 2018 #13
The only place I've heard that expression before... BluesRunTheGame Aug 2018 #16
And tougher than a scalded cat. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #17
Disgustingly true John! DownriverDem Aug 2018 #7
You go John! shraby Aug 2018 #9
According to Wikipedia he put it in a blind trust renate Aug 2018 #10
Smile Angry Dragon Aug 2018 #11
It's owning a hotel near the WH where foreign and domestic visitors are expected to stay LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2018 #12
Jimmy Carter was a good man. Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2018 #21
It is as if Jimmy Carter set up a "Peanuts R Us" warehouse store on Pennsylvania Avenue. Marcuse Aug 2018 #14
idiot spawn are not a trust. all a game to the grifters. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #15
We're that mad, too, sir. calimary Aug 2018 #19
Did anyone "make" Carter give up the farm? Or did he volunteer because it was the right thing to do? thesquanderer Aug 2018 #20
He didn't need to be told. Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2018 #22
I can't even imagine a boiled owl, but I am totally with John Dingle. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #23
amerikkkan mafia leader heaven05 Aug 2018 #24
Owls can also be pretty calm keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #25
I need a Billy Beer, several in fact. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #26
K&R Gothmog Aug 2018 #27

PSPS

(13,603 posts)
2. This is what happens when a criminal mob runs all branches of the government.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 11:44 AM
Aug 2018

The "adult children" may as well be referred to as Uday and Qusay.

BluesRunTheGame

(1,618 posts)
16. The only place I've heard that expression before...
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 07:04 PM
Aug 2018

...was on a record of Utah Phillips' stories. I think the record was called "Moscow Hold".

DownriverDem

(6,229 posts)
7. Disgustingly true John!
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 12:59 PM
Aug 2018

John Dingell was my rep until he retired. Now his wife Debbie Dingell is my rep and fighting hard for Michigan's 12th District. Before someone asks, yes Debbie Dingell was very qualified to take John's place.

renate

(13,776 posts)
10. According to Wikipedia he put it in a blind trust
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 01:09 PM
Aug 2018

But the contrast is still remarkable. Putting a PEANUT FARM in a blind trust versus owning a hotel that visiting dignitaries and grifters are expected to stay at, his daughter getting special licenses from China for knockoff clothing, etc etc.

12. It's owning a hotel near the WH where foreign and domestic visitors are expected to stay
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 02:22 PM
Aug 2018

that's the big difference. Both he and they know that every dollar they spend there goes into Trump's pocket, and all he has to do is ask, "Where are you staying while you're in town?" to find out whether they are worthy of his largesse.

I think what rankles me most (at least concerning this topic) is the lie he told during the campaign that he would put his assets into a blind trust run by his children. It then turns out his children give their father regular reports on how the Trump organization is doing, and then discuss other ways to use Trump's position to generate more income for the family coffers.

I hope the lawsuit that AGs from Maryland and D.C. brought against Donnie Scoops for violating the Emoluments clause will go all the way, or at least complete discovery, which is the next step in the process.

The DOJ has failed twice so far to get the case thrown out of court, first on the "you don't have standing to sue" argument and then on the "there's no quid pro quo" one. The government lawyers had argued that unless it was an explicit bribe that was directly paid to the president, and the briber got something in return, it didn't fall under the Emoluments clause. The judge rejected that narrow definition.

Where the case now stands is that the judge has focused the case solely on the Trump hotel in the Old Post Office building, which is leased from the government. The next step is for the AGs to begin discovery, which is a bucket of worms the DOJ will fight with everything they've got. If there's one thing that Trump's shenanigans can't stand up to, it's the truth. "The thing about science is that facts don't change, no matter what you believe," said Neil Degrasse Tyson, and I think it applies to the law as well.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
21. Jimmy Carter was a good man.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:30 PM
Aug 2018

And at his age, he's still out there doing good works, while that trouser stain in the WH thinks he is worthy of the office.

How far we have fallen when it comes to character and integrity in the Oval Office.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
22. He didn't need to be told.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:31 PM
Aug 2018

He knew (and respected) the law.

More importantly, he knew that he was NOT above the law.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
24. amerikkkan mafia leader
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 09:06 AM
Aug 2018

running a country for his boss, the Russian mafia leader. POP/GOP love this corruption and extreme avarice by this potus and his family. Proves white kkkristian males are back in charge after a real man/POTUS scared the shit out of this group of racists who were always spreading rumours that he was a Muslim, was building detention camps for arrested white people like they did for children of brown people? That Obama's wife was always described by these people in the most disrespectful and denigrating manner, leaking where the Obama children were taking vacations. It went on and on for 8 years and now this POS running my country????

These people running this country are dyed in the wool racists. A majority of them like that goddamned 'preacher' in Uganda treating Ugandans like his slaves in their country. I bet trump, sessions, bannon, gorka , ivanka, jarrad, his 2 idiot sons and all of the WSP/GOP leaders laughed and got drunk on that one. Not one of them has a compassionate, empathetic bone in their body, Puerto Rico proved that, nor a soul. DAMN THEM TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!

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