SHIT!!!!!

Auto pull a banana outa that thing so he has a morning snack. This is hilarious!

probably his 'go bag'.

(didn't seem to match Whole Foods )

so he doesn't have to bring his stuff to the hearing in a grocery bag?

Along with several other Russiapublican asses, including the Ass In Chief.

Goldman was a fine choice for Dem counsel.

Which is to say, never.

I don't do things like appear at congressional hearings, but I do have a handsome leather briefcase. My lovely wife bought it for me as a Christmas gift at least 10 years ago. It's tan leather and has many divisions and pockets to help me organize things. There's a zippered, padded compartment for a large laptop computer that I no longer carry, since I can do everything on my smart phone now, and other pockets of various sizes that accommodate electronics and other things.

She bought it on sale from Land's End at a great, low clearance price, and I've been carrying it for years. Not to carry papers to hearings, but as my under-seat back on flights. I can pack for a three-day weekend in that briefcase if I carefully roll any clothes I'm taking and put them in the large central compartment. The bag seems to have no limit as to how far it will expand. There is always room for one more item in it. Meanwhile, there are pockets for my device chargers, for the devices, for my passport, for my pharmaceuticals in their nifty seven-day compartmentalized box, for the over-the counter remedies I sometimes need, and for several pairs of glasses, since I lose them regularly. and for everything else I might need on my trip. There's even a pocket with magnetic closures on the outside of the bag for my travel documents and a newspaper or magazine. On the outside, under a flap with two buckles, are two large, deep pockets where I can put the contents of my trouser pockets. my wrist watch, and my belt when passing through the TSA security screening.

I can kick it under the seat of any airliner, and drag it out with my toe under the handle if I need something in flight. It also has a wide, adjustable, and comfortable shoulder strap to let me go hands-free when I'm walking. It is a wonderful briefcase. Almost magical, it sometimes seems.

I would suggest such a bag for the Minority Counsel. Perhaps Land's End will have another sale where it can be purchased for just under $50. A great bargain!

Democratic Party. In a way, I kind of like the simple utilitarian use of that grocery bag as an oversized briefcase. It's certainly easier to pack and rummage through than the big, bulky leather, zippered, clasped and/or buttoned briefcases normally used. Poking fun or ridiculing can be cathartic for us, sure, but it also fuels the perception that liberal Democrats are "elitist". It's really such a minor event/quirk/vision (whatever you want to call this particular use of a re-usable grocery bag); is it really worth poking fun at?

I also sometimes wonder if some of these visions aren't actually staged to elicit "elitist" ridicule and in so doing legitimize that label in the minds of voters. Perhaps that's why Jordan never wears a coat?

Just saying. Flame away.

But I also think there's a case for "frugalism". Personally, I'd certainly go for the grocery bag over an expensive bag like that, but then I don't really care what people think when it comes to stuff like that. In Castor's case, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't do it just to get the response he got here.

When my mother died a few years ago, I bought one from Staples so that I had all her files (copies of death certificates, insurance policies, utility bills paid, annuity/social security paperwork, house title, bank statements, etc) to take when talking with the attorneys and funeral director.

And yes - he did it for attention to feed the GOP circus show. It is the epitome of "unprofessional".

I just think that sometimes we get in our own way. The GOP has honed it's Machiavellian skills to a very fine edge over the years. I'm sure they do this stuff on purpose ... for a purpose. So why fall for it?

Okay, you disagree. That's fine.

I know it's all silly anyway.

I plead guilty. I am at work today and I brought my notebook computer in a canvas bag that has the name of my library on the front.

Oh yes, I have computer bags. Official computer bags! Three of them, as a matter of fact, with all the storage spots, envelopes, zippers, etc. Why am I not carrying it?

Because a bookcase fell on my desktop and I had to put all the books somewhere. They are blocking the closet door to where my bags are stored.

When I retired and cleared out my desk, they were indispensable!

But fortunately I wasn't a Congressional counsel testifying in front of Congress walking in with one.

Link to tweet

my teaching needs because they held more & were easier to carry, & as you say, easier to rummage through to find stuff in a hurry.

As a woman, I found that hanging those bags from my arm was much easier than carrying a heavy briefcase or any other bag by a handle, and that hand was left free to carry coffee or a water bottle, since I use my right hand for my cane.

how the party of 'working people' got labeled elitist...…………….

but it's just a bag serving at least one purpose - to carry stuff. KPN said it best, though.

Honestly, if a Democrat did this I'd be shaking my head too.

If I'd seen this live I would've noticed the bag, thought about it for maybe a second and then never give it another thought. I really couldn't care less how he or anyone else carries their stuff.

We're clearly not in lockstep on this. I'm super cheap, my biggest "briefcase" is a complete mess but I also think the tweet is funny. I'm sure I make a fraction of that guy's salary, but I would make sure I was presentable before going in front of an international audience.

This is theater for the Audience of One, and a signal to his goons and admirers.

Couldn't he even bother getting a messenger bag?

whole thing.

Honestly, he doesn't seem like the brightest crayon in the box to begin with.

And it probably works fine at impressing their idiot base. (Who's vote is just as influential as ours, unfortunately.)

Brian Souter (Chairman of Stagecoach Group) was known for dressing down and putting his papers in a (reusable) plastic carrier bag.

and saying how great it is that it shows he cares for the environment and he/she recycles.

C'mon guys. we can do better that this.

...but that zipper and latch thingy was a little too complex. You know, they didn't teach how to use those at Trump U.
BTW, Jacketoff Jim Jordan agrees with this as he says those button thingys are just too hard to understand on suit coats.

doesn’t pay him enough to buy the $975 Maxwell Scott leather briefcase, apparently

Boy, if a woman lawyer came to this hearing carrying a reusable shopping bag, she’d be lauded, by us, for her mom skills