New Developments III

[danfrank]

At the risk of appearing superficial, E. Jean Carroll looks amazing for being 80. she could very well have a few decades left in her.

There’s an expression: Looking good is the best revenge.

80+ million dollars is effective, too.

[Greg]

At the risk of appearing superficial, E. Jean Carroll looks amazing for being 80. she could very well have a few decades left in her.

[Big Magilla]

Meanwhile back in New York, a jury just awarded E. Jean Carroll $83 million in her defamation suit against Orange Hitler.

[OscarGuy]

They already lost one Civil War...are they really willing to lose another?

[Sonic Youth]

I don't think what's going on in Texas represents the start of a civil war, like my feed is freaking out about. That said, someone is going to file a (certainly unsuccessful) lawsuit attempting to disqualify those states' electoral votes, right?

Or this will be used as a reason to get Biden off state ballots.

[Sabin]

I don't think what's going on in Texas represents the start of a civil war, like my feed is freaking out about. That said, someone is going to file a (certainly unsuccessful) lawsuit attempting to disqualify those states' electoral votes, right?

[Big Magilla]

Sununu and Judge Judy are Haley's biggest supporters right now.

Sununu said, when pressured, on yesterday's Meet the Press that if the race came down to Biden vs. Trump that he would support Trump.

Judge Judy said she didn't know what she would do.

[Sonic Youth]

Shows how much I know. It was more a wish than a prediction, but I honestly believed he (and Haley) would stick it out through Super Tuesday. The backers must've been pulling out faster than we realised. He was only polling about 5% in the N.H. polls. If Trump wins within that margin, DeS can claim some bragging rights. And of course Haley quitting after S.C. - at the latest - is a safe bet.... giving Trump plenty of time to tour America's historic court-houses without interruption.

BTW, while watching the Buffalo Bills disaster, Part LIII, it was amusing to see the latest Nikki Haley campaign ad cut by N.H. gov Sununu mentioning that now that DiSantis dropped out, there was only one viable candidate left to support. This was just a few hours after DeS announcement. He was out on a frozen lake while endorsing Haley, all hale and hardy N.H. style. He may have very well been ice fishing when the news broke, cut the ad, then went back to scavenging for brook trout without breaking stride.

(Of course, one look at Sununu is enough to tell you he never ice-fished in his life.)

[Bog]

What feels like 14 seconds ago:

“You can be the most worthless Republican in America, if you kiss the ring, Trump will say you are wonderful.”

Now drops out and piles on Haley like he never even was "in the running"....what a fucking country in which many of us live

[Sabin]

DeSantis drops out, endorses Trump.

[Sabin]

Christie drops out.

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1 ... 5561218295

[Sabin]

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4387 ... democrats/

Wolf in charge of henhouse ate chickens.

[OscarGuy]

Sorry, Taki. I misunderstood what you wrote. Yes, if SCOTUS affirms the decision, it would be nationwide. That said, they are cowards and 3 of them are appointed by Trump himself. I can't imagine that the 3 of them and the two ultra-conservatives that preceded them will agree to allow Trump to be kicked off the ballot. They'll find a procedural reason to do it. And the Colorado decision was made by an all-Democrat-appointed state supreme court and I believe it was 3 of the Dem appointees disagreed with the judgment.

This would be all so much easier if he were a convicted insurrectionist. Then the courts would have no choice by to accept that concept.

[Sabin]

I was watching some news yesterday and I heard someone say that Democrats and liberals are basically waiting for a manager to show up and ask Donald Trump to leave. I know that's reductive but that's the mindset. Like, no, no, eventually the manager will show up. Nobody can act like this forever. After all, this is a family-style restaurant. I don't want to be reductive towards the efforts that have been made both inside and outside of government to stop this guy. These are high-stress, high-researched jobs tackled by people who are a lot smarter than me. If SCOTUS does this, then they will be the manager we have been waiting for. My opinion? I don't know what's going to happen in the coming year. I don't have a good feeling about things in general (as I've expressed) but I just don't think a manager is coming.

Someone tell me how I'm wrong. I recall Tee writing that woe-is-mee-ing liberals thought Nixon would be President for life right up until the day before he resigned.

[taki15]

No. Any state where the Republicans out number the Democrats on the state supreme courts will not disqualify. I believe Minnesota has already decreed that he is not disqualified, so there are two states with differing results.

If SCOTUS rules that Trump should be disqualified there is no way in hell any state court will just ignore its decision. Whether a person is typically (dis)qualified or not to become president is a federal issue and will be decided based on the federal constitution. Minnesota and other state supreme courts punted on technicalities exactly because they are waiting the Supremes for guidance.
This isn't like Dobbs where they kicked the issue back to the states.