to win

The media need to fill time 24/7, but just what they fill it with provides endless opportunity for scoundrels.

wanted to turn the presidential election into a horse race instead of what was good for our country.

Those @$$holes did it in 2016 and they’ll want to do it again.

?

I can't wait

She's another one who joined for "money & media."

Much luck to her opponant

Just no.

I'd choose Michelle Obama. She might bring back some pissed-off Democrats after the Franken shitshow.

a bone might be thrown

She can't announce too soon.
Then there's that Corporatist, Wall Street problem with Big Tobacco.
Good luck .

on Franken and leading the charge against him.

Now she just seems like an ambitious but gullible person who who didn't back her colleague in getting a hearing.

We need to see that list again.

I do hear you. I am too suspicious of her.

for 2020

I'm going with Adam Schiff.

He's not on the list is he?

plus Ted Lieu who's my rep but I think he's foreign born.

He's got the chops though, he loves a good attack.

I need to exit this political business for a month.
Maybe return after christmas.
Or when Mueller drops some serious indictments..

Btw, here's a condensed list of what he's got on Manafort. We can probably just say that Paul is up a creek.
Can you imagine facing this? His attorney must be saying, " dude, you are screwed"!!

Eric Garland Retweeted
Evan Rosenfeld
Evan Rosenfeld
@Evan_Rosenfeld

Fed prosecutors to share following w/ Manafort/Gates attys:

- 2K docs govt deems to be most relevant to case
- 400K relevant emails, financial records, corporate records, vendor records
- copies from 36 electronic devices
- copies of 15 search warrants/seizures + probable cause

More at link...
https://mobile.twitter.com/Evan_Rosenfeld/status/939212328750292992

😭 Merry Christmas to Paul Manafort's attorneys.

I did not know he was foreign born. I have really been loving his fearless condemnation of Trump.

But very much a star in the US military

Me, I would love an E. Warren, C. Murphy ticket but demographics are wrong...I wouldn't mind an Amy Klobuchar/Chris Murphy ticket...

I am always glad to hear Adam Schiff when he comes on the political talk shows. He just sounds like a really decent guy...

Democrats do have some fine Senators, don't we.


And our Congress Reps are A-list also.

There are some good ones on there

As usual when something is controversial Amy did her best to issue a vague statement rather than take a stand. I'm afraid we're going to get stuck with another senator like Amy rather than a fighter like Franken.

Interesting that she slithered out of being on the final list

thought he would "do the right thing."

He loves taking on the right wingers in VA even though he doesn’t have enough power to win every battle.

I did not like him much before he was elected, but he has been a good governor.

As I was not impressed with him in the past. My concern right now is who the next senator from Minnesota will be.

He's not very fiery but that might be a plus

Warner maybe

Which disappointed me because I like her a lot.

So 38 Senators called for his ouster. That means that only 10 Democrats didn't. One of them is Franken himself, so that number drops to 9. 3 of them are on the Senate Ethics committee, and couldn't discuss it, so that number drops to 6. And Klobuchar is his fellow Senator from Minnesota, so her circumstances are different. And she was pretty half-hearted, as pointed out below. So I am dropping the number to 5.

Here are the five Senators who really did the right thing: Richard Blumenthal, Tim Kaine, Joe Manchin, Chris Van Hollen and Mark Warner.

I look forward to Chris Van Hollen being chosen as Senate Majority leader in 2028.

I sense a pact between Gillibrand and Schumer. I hope he gets smart fast about that from this debacle.

Go away.

I was going to stay off DU for a month.

Especially since in my fury I managed to get 2 posts hidden.. but here I am again

And I'm right back at it. We will never learn.

Several usernames!

This country is rollin over the edge & bouncing down the slope..
The only one that'll land us upright & in a soft green meadow is Robert Mueller.

Putin is laughing his ass off at the success of his organized chaos.
Makes my head hurt.

How bout this time, we have a candidate from the west coast.

Wonder why this Dem Senator would attack Dems?

Hmmm
Ya, we see you Senator G

Link to tweet

Al Frankens face looked like the rung on a ladder. hmmm

Now why was this article written?

The other tell is how fast Schumer jumped on board. Apparently he was hounding Franking all day by phone to get him to agree to resign the next day. Schumer and Gillibrand both NY, wonder if they have a pact of sorts.

~Act I, Sc. 2, Shakepeare's Hamlet

Try not to trip over Al's body on your way to the primary, Sen. Gillibrand. Wish to hell Al had told her and the Dona Quixote Dems jousting at old sight gags and State Fair Hugs to pound sand, do your jobs, and focus on your own damn state's affairs.

Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty heart.

Ah this dram of evil sticketh thee to the affaires of NY, good idea.

Sen. Gillibrand has overstepped her authority and needs to be reigned in. Since old Chuck was in on the betrayal of Al, due process, and party unity, I'll do whatever I can to help primary her puritanical, Inspector Javert ass.

Bernie 18%, Kampala 17%, warren y15%, Biden 13, kg 12

Prediction markets aren’t perfect but they’re better than the opinions of individuals. I think they’re proven to have some accuracy.

They are extremely one sided against what she did.

...and questioned all of the negativity as some concerted, suspicious act. I let her know that many rank and file Democrats, which her precious Senator is completely out of touch with, are *furious* at her for her leadership role in slicing Al’s throat in order to gain a win in her crusade for righteous political purity.

She's lost the support of the rank, file and quite a few others!

Screw Senators!

They got Franken. He's gone soon enough. Not in the way any more.

Now I expect full-bore intercontinental heavy artillery aimed at Trump and Moore 24/7, starting NOW.

Because if this is what it was all about and what it cost, it had better be a goddamn knockdown fight with no holds barred, huh?

do.

There's a 45% chance I'll forgive them

If not I'll see them as buffoons

Disappointing.

I thought Gillibrand was about dealing with sexual abuse in the army but nothing has come up about righting that wrong.

Get to it politician. Impress me, a Democratic voter, and I'll be on the team.

And while I'm really disappointed in her over her stance on Al Franken, her criticism of President Clinton totally baffles me. She was a complete newcomer when she ran for Congress back in 2006 - in a district (NY-20) that hadn't had Democratic representation maybe ever. But President Clinton came to the district to campaign for her and it had to have made a difference. There was SRO at the rally they held - in a traditionally Republican area. The crowd loved him - and she won. I was there.

It’s called opportunism. I’d wager that she’s stepped on a lot of people on her way to her “goals”.

longer. He has no more use for her.

The place was packed - and it was held at the airport - since it's not every day a POTUS comes to town. And, of course, he's a charismatic speaker, completely charmed the crowd. Since this was in 2006, it took place well after he was in office. I remember reading in the paper that the incumbent Republican "could have the job for life," if he wanted it. But she won - with both Clintons in her corner.

make it through the primaries? I think she has miscalculated this one.

On a side note I see they dressed alike. Was there a full throttled passing of the baton going on back then? I didn't pay much attention to Gillibrand at the time.

Gillibrand is an active crusader for women's safety. I have no doubt she cares deeply about victims of sexual assault and has worked hard in the uphill battle for better outcomes for victims. However, I also believe going after Franken was a poor choice with evidence showing this was a setup by dirty tricksters. This will make her judgment come into question and would be an issue in any future presidential runs.

Joining the Republicans in continuing to re-litigate Bill Clinton's cheating is also a losing argument. Yes, he cheated on his wife and yes, that was wrong. Republicans spending over $70 million of taxpayer dollars to impeach him was even more wrong. I am not in any way advocating infidelity. However, if everyone in Washington who has cheated had to resign, how many men and women would actually be left in office? There's such a thing as going too far. Republicans have made it their business to routinely go too far. Democrats should do better.

Figures vary but let's face it humans are human. We can't expect our reps to be nuns!

(or "thoroughly" ) and we all know the outcome, and that her concern is where we are today and going forward. I think you're right about her caring deeply about certain issues, but she does not appear to be principled or savvy to me. She appears not to have figured out how to push forward to get changes made in the most effective AND morally acceptable (or better) ways.

The only way I would vote for her is if she was the nominee and she would lose anyway...because this will never work. We need someone who can appeal to the rust belt...

then Schumer who was playing NY politics and hoping Gillibrand could lead a charge against the R's (why did he believe this???).

Then Kamala Harris jumped on board right after Gillibrand from what i read then. Makes me sad since she's my Senator. Just hoping she thinks before jumping the shark next time and makes a statement to that effect. Otherwise I've cooled considerably on her and I believe she had Potus aspirations.