Comments on: The Reality Television Presidency http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/ Reality-based political commentary Sun, 10 May 2026 05:38:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130556 Chris Weigant Sat, 15 Dec 2018 06:27:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130556 James T Canuck - Funniest comment about the meeting I've heard so far was that the Pence-bot "powered down to save energy". Heh. -CW James T Canuck -

Funniest comment about the meeting I've heard so far was that the Pence-bot "powered down to save energy".

Heh.

-CW

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130533 ListenWhenYouHear Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:32:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130533 I thought Pence was worried that Trump was gonna force him to express how grateful he is to be working under glorious leader again, so he was trying to figure out what he could praise Trump for that wouldn’t trip his gag reflex or make him burst into laughter! I thought Pence was worried that Trump was gonna force him to express how grateful he is to be working under glorious leader again, so he was trying to figure out what he could praise Trump for that wouldn’t trip his gag reflex or make him burst into laughter!

]]> By: James T Canuck http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130529 James T Canuck Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:37:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130529 Personally, I thought Pelosi was the only man in that room. Chuckles isn't built for this trench-politics, Pence was communing with his deity and Trump, as usual, shrugged off obvious slights... The best freeze-frame was Kelly with that " I won't fucking miss this shit-show" look as it cabaret came to a close. LL&P Personally, I thought Pelosi was the only man in that room. Chuckles isn't built for this trench-politics, Pence was communing with his deity and Trump, as usual, shrugged off obvious slights... The best freeze-frame was Kelly with that " I won't fucking miss this shit-show" look as it cabaret came to a close.

LL&P

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130528 nypoet22 Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:31:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130528 pardon, i got the quote slightly wrong: "<i>You have no values. With you it's all nihilism, cynicism, sarcasm, and orgasm.</i> Hey, in France I could run for office with that slogan, and win!" ~woody allen, deconstructing harry pardon, i got the quote slightly wrong:

"You have no values. With you it's all nihilism, cynicism, sarcasm, and orgasm.
Hey, in France I could run for office with that slogan, and win!"
~woody allen, deconstructing harry

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130527 Paula Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:51:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130527 [12] My vision of Individual-1 wandering around the WH alone except for the help is getting closer and closer. I figured it would be either Jared or Ivanka for CoS when no one else in America would take the job -- looks like Jared got the short straw... [12] My vision of Individual-1 wandering around the WH alone except for the help is getting closer and closer. I figured it would be either Jared or Ivanka for CoS when no one else in America would take the job -- looks like Jared got the short straw...

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130526 neilm Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:25:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130526 Jared is being forced into the CoS role because nobody else wants it. Good idea - he already has a legal team working to keep him out of jail already, so he is better prepared than any other candidate who'd have to try to find lawyers in a currently very competitive DC market. Jared is being forced into the CoS role because nobody else wants it. Good idea - he already has a legal team working to keep him out of jail already, so he is better prepared than any other candidate who'd have to try to find lawyers in a currently very competitive DC market.

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130525 Paula Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:06:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130525 [10] Kick: Yep! [10] Kick: Yep!

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130524 Kick Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:45:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130524 Paula 7|8 Poor Comrade <b>Benedict Donald</b> Treasonous Trump. Turns out "The Don" is a profligate con and the head of a crime family. Who knew? ;) Is it not getting easier and easier to see why Trump started screaming "fake news, fake news" in January 2017? When you've committed as many crimes as Trump & Company, the only remaining move is to convince a bunch of gullible minions that what they're seeing and hearing is not real. #Pathetic Paula
7|8

Poor Comrade Benedict Donald Treasonous Trump. Turns out "The Don" is a profligate con and the head of a crime family. Who knew? ;)

Is it not getting easier and easier to see why Trump started screaming "fake news, fake news" in January 2017? When you've committed as many crimes as Trump & Company, the only remaining move is to convince a bunch of gullible minions that what they're seeing and hearing is not real. #Pathetic

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130523 Chris Weigant Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:38:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130523 OK, I have to say I didn't see this one coming: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-claims-money-we-save-from-trade-deal-means-mexico-is-paying-for-border-wall/2018/12/13/e707e6a6-fec7-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.44e1ed997e8a <em>Trump</em> is forcing this conversation! Now it is impossible (or political malpractice) for Dems to not make it a prominent talking point. Nobody has a clue what Trump means in his tweet, because, of course, Mexico <em>isn't</em> paying for the wall. It's time for Democrats to point it out. Repeatedly. -CW OK, I have to say I didn't see this one coming:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-claims-money-we-save-from-trade-deal-means-mexico-is-paying-for-border-wall/2018/12/13/e707e6a6-fec7-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.44e1ed997e8a

Trump is forcing this conversation! Now it is impossible (or political malpractice) for Dems to not make it a prominent talking point. Nobody has a clue what Trump means in his tweet, because, of course, Mexico isn't paying for the wall.

It's time for Democrats to point it out. Repeatedly.

-CW

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130522 Paula Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:07:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130522 Then this: Trump Inauguration Spending Under Criminal Investigation by Federal Prosecutors Probe looking into whether committee misspent funds and top donors gave money in exchange for access to the administration. Paywall link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-inauguration-spending-under-criminal-investigation-by-federal-prosecutors-11544736455?mod=breakingnews Then this:

Trump Inauguration Spending Under Criminal Investigation by Federal Prosecutors
Probe looking into whether committee misspent funds and top donors gave money in exchange for access to the administration.

Paywall link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-inauguration-spending-under-criminal-investigation-by-federal-prosecutors-11544736455?mod=breakingnews

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130521 Paula Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:03:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130521 More good times: <i>Donald Trump was the third person in the room in August 2015 when his lawyer Michael Cohen and National Enquirer publisher David Pecker discussed ways Pecker could help counter negative stories about Trump's relationships with women, NBC News has confirmed.</i> https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-was-room-during-hush-money-discussions-nbc-news-confirms-n947536 More good times:

Donald Trump was the third person in the room in August 2015 when his lawyer Michael Cohen and National Enquirer publisher David Pecker discussed ways Pecker could help counter negative stories about Trump's relationships with women, NBC News has confirmed.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-was-room-during-hush-money-discussions-nbc-news-confirms-n947536

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130520 nypoet22 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:37:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130520 @crs, Also up for debate, is the Pope catholic? But most germane, can it be proven that said actions constitute high crimes and misdemeanors, or are they now just politics as usual? "In France you could run on that platform" -Woody Allen @crs,
Also up for debate, is the Pope catholic? But most germane, can it be proven that said actions constitute high crimes and misdemeanors, or are they now just politics as usual?
"In France you could run on that platform" -Woody Allen

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130518 C. R. Stucki Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:08:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130518 Off topic but ON current events - Question(s) of the day, 1), Did Trump pay off, directly or indirectly, hookers to keep quiet about his sexual exploits?? 2) Does the bear shit in the forest?? 3), Is water wet?? Off topic but ON current events - Question(s) of the day, 1), Did Trump pay off, directly or indirectly, hookers to keep quiet about his sexual exploits?? 2) Does the bear shit in the forest?? 3), Is water wet??

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130515 TheStig Thu, 13 Dec 2018 05:07:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130515 Nypoet22- Seriously, watch the clips on Youtube. Trump was schooled. The game has changed. As LBJ would have put it, The Democrats have Trump's Pecker in their pocket....figuratively and literally what with the National Enquirer striking a deal with the Feds. That has got to hurt Donny Two Scoop's feelings. It's like getting a lump of clean coal in your Christmas stocking....instead of the autocracy you wished for. Nypoet22-

Seriously, watch the clips on Youtube. Trump was schooled. The game has changed. As LBJ would have put it, The Democrats have Trump's Pecker in their pocket....figuratively and literally what with the National Enquirer striking a deal with the Feds. That has got to hurt Donny Two Scoop's feelings. It's like getting a lump of clean coal in your Christmas stocking....instead of the autocracy you wished for.

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130514 Paula Thu, 13 Dec 2018 04:08:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130514 Individual-1's saying "I was going to call it the Pelosi Shutdown" after she referred to it as the "Trump Shutdown" followed by his yelling he'd love a shutdown and would do it if he doesn't get his wall pretty much killed the GOP effort to preemptively blame the Dems. DT ambushing Chuck and Nancy with a televised meeting - they were not informed it would be televised - also backfired, I think, since our dynamic duo rose to the occasion with aplomb. Meanwhile Pence sat like a bump on a log, sometimes closing his eyes as though he was in prayer. Separately I'm starting to see references out there to the notion of Individual-1 resigning in exchange for a plea deal. (Here's one: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/ex-gop-white-house-ethics-attorney-says-trump-lawyers-need-negotiate-plea-deal-resign-office/) That has always been my prediction for the eventual ending of his presidency. He's an egotistical buffoon but I think he also has strong instinct for self-preservation and I think in the end he'll have one card left to play: his ability to incite violence. I've always thought the powers-that-be in D.C. would prefer him to step down both to avoid the potential political hazards of impeachment and to avoid the "uprising" Tiny threatens to unleash. (I think the "uprising" would be pitiful in scope & scale, but that doesn't mean it would be nonexistent.) If Mueller can deliver the goods I think Tiny will figure out he's better off going quietly in exchange for some form of leniency. Individual-1's saying "I was going to call it the Pelosi Shutdown" after she referred to it as the "Trump Shutdown" followed by his yelling he'd love a shutdown and would do it if he doesn't get his wall pretty much killed the GOP effort to preemptively blame the Dems.

DT ambushing Chuck and Nancy with a televised meeting - they were not informed it would be televised - also backfired, I think, since our dynamic duo rose to the occasion with aplomb.

Meanwhile Pence sat like a bump on a log, sometimes closing his eyes as though he was in prayer.

Separately I'm starting to see references out there to the notion of Individual-1 resigning in exchange for a plea deal. (Here's one: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/ex-gop-white-house-ethics-attorney-says-trump-lawyers-need-negotiate-plea-deal-resign-office/)

That has always been my prediction for the eventual ending of his presidency. He's an egotistical buffoon but I think he also has strong instinct for self-preservation and I think in the end he'll have one card left to play: his ability to incite violence. I've always thought the powers-that-be in D.C. would prefer him to step down both to avoid the potential political hazards of impeachment and to avoid the "uprising" Tiny threatens to unleash. (I think the "uprising" would be pitiful in scope & scale, but that doesn't mean it would be nonexistent.) If Mueller can deliver the goods I think Tiny will figure out he's better off going quietly in exchange for some form of leniency.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/12/12/the-reality-television-presidency/#comment-130513 nypoet22 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:47:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16231#comment-130513 i must admit i didn't view footage of the meeting, though reports i've read have suggested it was more of a draw. for donald, it's sort of an all press is good press kind of thing. i'd imagine he doesn't really care if the cameras make him look good or bad, as long as they get his name right. JL i must admit i didn't view footage of the meeting, though reports i've read have suggested it was more of a draw. for donald, it's sort of an all press is good press kind of thing. i'd imagine he doesn't really care if the cameras make him look good or bad, as long as they get his name right.

JL

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