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magicarpet

(16,562 posts)
31. Gaetz is all set and well qualified,...
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 04:09 PM
Nov 13

... Matt watched two Perry Mason shows and one Matlock,... so he knows the ropes.

Good Lord,... competence and experience is a joke with these Nazis.

Has he taken the djt loyalty oath.
Then he is good to go.

God help us all. orange jar Nov 13 #1
Please, no comedy in LBN. Thanks. NT. Wait -- this is for real? mahatmakanejeeves Nov 13 #2
Child molester and drug addict. Irish_Dem Nov 13 #3
Other than that, he's the very model of a modern major criminal. Kid Berwyn Nov 13 #40
He is a good addition to the crime syndicate, the new consligiere. Irish_Dem Nov 13 #43
WTAF??? Deep State Witch Nov 13 #4
I hope this is 'The Onion'? pfitz59 Nov 13 #5
Yes he is a lawyer but i dont think he practiced law. drray23 Nov 13 #10
Its not like thats all he does prodigitalson Nov 13 #38
JFC PunkinPi Nov 13 #6
Today is the 1st time in my 81 years beveeheart Nov 13 #63
They will all be unqualified ass-kissers because that's all the orange furher wants. PunkinPi Nov 14 #93
Oh super... NEOH Nov 13 #7
As a lawyer Gaetz worked briefly in private practice VMA131Marine Nov 13 #8
Gaetz is all set and well qualified,... magicarpet Nov 13 #31
Oh FFS. Maybe that will piss off Ken Paxton enough he'll go after Gaetz. tanyev Nov 13 #9
Not yet... Blue_Roses Nov 14 #86
It will be a recess appointment- he will not be confirmed by the senate. Fiendish Thingy Nov 13 #11
Bingo. MajorPayne Nov 14 #87
This is fucking insane. Vinca Nov 13 #12
He'll use him to go after his enemies flamingdem Nov 13 #13
What do MTG, Boebs and Jimbo Jordan get??? C_U_L8R Nov 13 #14
Oh yeah bdamomma Nov 13 #33
Welp dweller Nov 13 #15
Joke? Right? Escape Nov 13 #16
Maybe an attempt to get him out of the House and then reject him? FBaggins Nov 13 #17
They may try to recess appoint BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #23
Recess appointments require a recess and a stalled nominee FBaggins Nov 13 #29
No BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #32
Not sure why you started that with a "no" FBaggins Nov 13 #36
Because you missed what I wrote in my original post BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #44
I feel like your posts here are contradictory. Obama got knocked down for recess apointments but the GOP can do it now? LymphocyteLover Nov 13 #51
Let's start over BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #59
OK, thanks!! That makes much more sense. LymphocyteLover Nov 13 #72
The talk of "Recess Appointments" is a trial balloon BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #74
I renew my prediction FBaggins Nov 14 #85
It'll be up to Thune & Johnson and what Rules the 119th Congress decides to go with BumRushDaShow Nov 14 #90
The nomination isn't going to survive to the first recess FBaggins Nov 14 #91
The purported reason for resigning (aside from getting a quicker replacement) BumRushDaShow Nov 14 #92
Just please make it stop!!! NEOH Nov 13 #18
Pedos stick together 4catsmom Nov 13 #19
Bingo! n/t Mr.Bill Nov 13 #21
Just what we need! A sex trafficker in the seat! sakabatou Nov 13 #20
Birds of a feather! IzzaNuDay Nov 13 #25
. Mr. Sparkle Nov 13 #22
How will the GOP keep a majority in the house if trump keeps nominating these people LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #24
Lord help us .... ificandream Nov 13 #26
Shakespeare bmichaelh Nov 13 #27
Will MTG be secretary of agriculture? ificandream Nov 13 #28
And Kevin McCarthy is somewhere in Bakersfield screaming his head off. ificandream Nov 13 #30
an accused pedo as AG. well it does fit with the orange assholes world view. nt Javaman Nov 13 #34
The MAGA clown car is filling up fast. ... aggiesal Nov 13 #35
OMG!! riversedge Nov 13 #37
Im sorry but Im laughing my ass off about this prodigitalson Nov 13 #39
WTF ??? Got to be a joke! liberalla Nov 13 #41
Just because he used the hotel's ATM to get money to pay for drugs and sex from an underaged girl? Botany Nov 14 #88
Holy.Fucking.Shit. Akakoji Nov 13 #42
And all the GOP are on board, right? Not a peep from any of them? IcyPeas Nov 13 #45
Please let there be a hearing. Please. Schlocko Nov 13 #46
LOL, hearings will not matter Skittles Nov 14 #83
All I can do at this point is laugh until I cry, and then I'll never stop crying. AngryOldDem Nov 13 #47
His government lakercub Nov 13 #48
So, does that make Gaetz murielm99 Nov 13 #49
Absolutely! Eugene Nov 13 #70
At least a part of the horse lakercub Nov 13 #71
OMFG Lulu KC Nov 13 #50
this is a giant fuck you to the country and especially to the notion of justice LymphocyteLover Nov 13 #52
AG nominee with a mug shot nominated by a POTUS with a mug shot LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #53
+1 dalton99a Nov 13 #69
Man, they are really making this a literal clown show Ontheboundry Nov 13 #54
Smoke screen Lovie777 Nov 13 #55
I actually laughed out loud when I heard this news. mwb970 Nov 13 #56
The Onion can't compete with this liberalmediaaddict Nov 13 #57
I actually thought I read ahorny general. Native Nov 13 #58
HenryJ Hudson Chrysler! Like several others... aka-chmeee Nov 13 #60
He may not be confirmed HereForTheParty Nov 13 #61
Can't be smarter than the boss Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 13 #62
Look at it this way, when t-rump fires him in a few months he won't be going back to congress. PortTack Nov 13 #64
Garland bashers are getting everything they wished for. Beastly Boy Nov 13 #65
This isn't a joke? Picaro Nov 13 #66
Not a joke. LisaL Nov 13 #67
Hooo, boy....another "winner". 😑 electric_blue68 Nov 13 #68
Yep, they voted for this.... Dem4life1970 Nov 13 #73
Kak Turbineguy Nov 13 #75
WTF is next? Cheeto Jesus Nov 13 #76
Don't even put that out there Blue_Roses Nov 14 #89
This is actually his same old tactic.... Escape Nov 13 #77
Now I heard he just nominated Kash Patel as head of the FBI Cheeto Jesus Nov 13 #78
And so the inmates continue to run the asylum n/t Stargleamer Nov 13 #79
Trump Gluttonous traitorous imp. guss Nov 13 #80
Holy Hell in a hand basket Historic NY Nov 13 #81
It Also Plays Well To Trump's Brand of Resentment and Ownage of Women TomCADem Nov 13 #82
When will the Republican Blame Game start? Aussie105 Nov 14 #84
John Bolton: "It must be the worst nomination for a cabinet position in America history" muriel_volestrangler Nov 14 #94
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