Please, Mr. Bugenhagen. Pease forgive us. We just wanted to take a glorious ride on the Trump Train, not be hauled off in freight cars to the ovens. I beg you. We’ll willingly give up our guns and never say anthing again about those little funblings in the dark that often lead to the death of a child. While there were 65 million of us that supported Trump in 2016, in my case, I’ve never supported Bush. No, wait. Please. I’m really stressed out now and just realized the Bush family has lent their support to the Democrat Party. Whatever is good for the Democrat Party, is good for me. Yes, that’s my new mantra. I swear! Oh, and the race thing the Democrats have wisely been telling us about for years. We now get it! We’ll be so black, you wouldn’t be able to see us at night! We will be so Black and gender neutral that Pelosi and Schumer will not be able to distinguise us Conservative guys from Kamala! I promise! Let’s not forget political contributions and taxes. Ok, same thing nowadays, I suppose. If you spare us, we’ll gladly not only pay the higher taxes that you expect of us, but we will voluntarily throw in a little extra! We will be diligent in making our regular political contributions to the Democrat Party. Guaranteed! Just let us live. Are we cool?
Some more details on the Pelosi bill... Democrats unveil bill creating panel to gauge president's 'capacity https://thehill.com/homenews/house/...l-creating-panel-to-gauge-presidents-capacity House Democrats on Friday unveiled legislation creating a panel to gauge a president's capacity to perform the job — and potentially remove the commander in chief from office in cases of decided debility. The commission would be permanent, applying to future administrations, but it's a clear shot at President Trump, whose treatments for the coronavirus have raised questions about their effects on his mental acuity. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a sharp critics of the president, has fueled those questions in the the days since Trump returned to the White House after three nights in the hospital, floating the idea that Trump's drug regimen — which includes a steroid linked to mood swings — might be affecting his decisionmaking. "The president is, shall we say, in an altered state right now," the Speaker told Bloomberg News on Thursday. The Democrats' legislation invokes the 25th Amendment, which empowers Congress to create "a body" which, working with the vice president, can remove a president deemed "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." Sponsored by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a former professor of constitutional law, the bill would create a 17-member panel charged with judging the president's fitness — and empowered to remove that figure when deficiencies are determined. In such a case, the vice president would take over. "This is not about President Trump; he will face the judgment of the voters," Pelosi told reporters Friday. "But he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents." The proposal has no chance of being enacted, with Congress on recess and the Senate and White House currently controlled by Republicans. Indeed, GOP leaders have already dismissed it as a political stunt. "Look, that's absurd. Absolutely absurd," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). "Again, right here in this last three weeks before the election, I think those kinds of wild comments should be largely discounted." But the bill marks another effort by Democratic leaders to energize their base ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, while feeding accusations that Trump — already under fire for his fitful response to the coronavirus pandemic — has become increasingly erratic under treatment for his own case of COVID-19. Pelosi on Thursday had previewed the legislation's unveiling. The Speaker was vague about what prompted her decision to do it now, just 25 days before the elections, but hinted it was related to the White House's refusal to reveal when Trump last tested negative for the virus. "Why is the White House not telling the country that important fact about how this spread and made a hot spot of the White House?" she asked. Trump was quick to fire back, proposing that it's Pelosi, not him, who should be examined for fitness of office. "Crazy Nancy is the one who should be under observation," he tweeted. "They don’t call her Crazy for nothing!" White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany piled on Friday morning, telling "Fox & Friends" that Pelosi's gambit is "absurd." "The only one who needs to be looking at the 25th Amendment is Nancy Pelosi herself," she said. Even before its release, the legislation was already stoking accusations from the president's Republican allies that Democrats, frustrated with Trump's victory in 2016, are doing everything in their power to overturn the wishes of voters in that election — a charge frequently lodged during Trump's impeachment. "I wouldn’t put it past @SpeakerPelosi to stage a coup," Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) tweeted Thursday. "She has already weaponized impeachment, what’s to keep her from weaponizing the 25th amendment? But the bill marks another effort by Democratic leaders to energize their base ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, while feeding accusations that Trump — already under fire for his fitful response to the coronavirus pandemic — has become increasingly erratic under treatment for his own case of COVID-19. Pelosi on Thursday had previewed the legislation's unveiling. The Speaker was vague about what prompted her decision to do it now, just 25 days before the elections, but hinted it was related to the White House's refusal to reveal when Trump last tested negative for the virus. "Why is the White House not telling the country that important fact about how this spread and made a hot spot of the White House?" she asked. Trump was quick to fire back, proposing that it's Pelosi, not him, who should be examined for fitness of office. "Crazy Nancy is the one who should be under observation," he tweeted. "They don’t call her Crazy for nothing!" White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany piled on Friday morning, telling "Fox & Friends" that Pelosi's gambit is "absurd." "The only one who needs to be looking at the 25th Amendment is Nancy Pelosi herself," she said. Even before its release, the legislation was already stoking accusations from the president's Republican allies that Democrats, frustrated with Trump's victory in 2016, are doing everything in their power to overturn the wishes of voters in that election — a charge frequently lodged during Trump's impeachment. "I wouldn’t put it past @SpeakerPelosi to stage a coup," Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) tweeted Thursday. "She has already weaponized impeachment, what’s to keep her from weaponizing the 25th amendment? Ratified in 1967 in response to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the 25th Amendment allows for the president to cede the authority of the office voluntarily when "he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." In such a case, the vice president assumes the powers of the presidency. That scenario occurred twice under the President George W. Bush, who transferred power briefly to Vice President Dick Cheney in 2002 and again in 2007. Bush was undergoing colonoscopies in both cases. But the 25th Amendment also empowers other Washington policymakers to usurp the president's powers involuntarily when questions of those same incapacities arise. In such cases, the vice president can join forces either with a majority of the administration's top Cabinet officials or with "such other body as Congress may by law provide." Such a body has never been created. Raskin's bill would do so. Under Raskin's bill, the new panel — dubbed the Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office — would feature 17 members: four physicians, four psychiatrists and eight former high-ranking executive officials to be chosen from a pool of former presidents, former vice presidents, former surgeon generals and former heads of the State, Treasury, Defense and Justice departments. Those 16 figures would be decided by the bipartisan leaders of both chambers of Congress. A 17th member would be named by the other 16.
I am not THE LORD who must forgive you, the lord is my cat. Well he was, the lord passed a long time back but he was good to play along with my "The Lord Knows" jokes. Trump has hired Saul Goodman for his latest bit, so now he is dangling the promise of a "cure" over the heads of the dying and desperate for their loved ones. Its a good thing I have FBI family as I won't say what in the mind of this long term hospice volunteer. Burn some tuna as sacrifice, you are good with the lord.
Yeah lots of male tyrants throughout history. But name an effective female leader in Western civilization in the modern era. Ok Thatcher and... uhm cannot think of another. I prefer female doctors but don't want to live in a country run by them.
Arguably Angela Merkel. Effective for her own goals anyway. Memorable quote from the election race between Marie LePen and Macron: slight paraphrase LePen: "Many people are reluctant to elect me because I am a woman, but regardless of who is elected France will governed by a woman. Either it will be me, or if you elect Macron, France will continue to ruled by Merkel." Ouch.
My opinion is influenced by Kate Brown in Oregon and Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan. Total failures. Baltimore and DC mayors also come to mind. The Chancellor of the University of California comes to mind. I can cite them endlessly and they are all abject failures.