If there’s evidence to support your thesis, I’d welcome the chance to peruse it. I’ll grant that Obama embraced gay marriage earlier than he intended to because of Biden’s statements, but I can’t say with certainty that I actually know how he felt on the issue. All I know is that he was wrong and then he was right.…

Excellent point, especially if Wray says something under oath that rankles Trumpkins and is immediately contradicted via Twitter.

Are you kidding me?

You are correct, he does not have to answer those or any other questions to be confirmed. All I’m saying is that any support from Democrats should be contingent on him answering, and if he won’t give those answers, then Democrats should be unanimous in voting against him. It’s ultimately futile, in terms of blocking…

I take your point and respect where you’re coming from, but I don’t foresee any Republicans displaying the iota of integrity you’re looking for. I’m willing to be surprised, though.

Hey, you let a couple teenagers smoke those “marihuana cigarettes,” AKA “reefer,” AKA “wacky tabacky,” and next thing you know we’ll have all sorts of terrible outcomes, like people with lower stress levels and fewer aggressive impulses.

Will we see Democrats grow some spines and conduct an actual interview of this guy?

I was taught years ago that it’s inappropriate to use “kid” to describe a human, that it only applies to goats. Therefore, she should be “Nicole Childwoman.”

I wouldn’t say he feels no guilt at all. He felt really bad that time he got some blood spatters on the upholstery in his dad’s gilded apartment.

To be fair to Eric, he usually judges someone’s humanity by how they taste with a nice bearnaise sauce. So he’s a little discombobulated having to figure people out based on their words, a bit out of his element.

I take it the other deep water fish creatures expelled him for his uselessness and sent him to live among us?

So you think being coerced to work without pay is a good thing?

Anyone care to lay odds on Trump being out of the White House by the end of the month? I’d put those odds at less than 10%.

I don’t know that any major Democrats have, which is pretty disappointing.

I mean, he’s only been in blatant, overt violation of the Emoluments Clause since Jan. 20. NBD.

I would be fine with calling out all of the governors and first ladies who’ve tolerated this practice. But I must admit I didn’t even know the names Frank White and David Pryor before your post.

I thought I agreed with her on enough issues that at worst she’d be tolerable and possibly even pretty good. I knew I didn’t love her positions on some issues, but then, it took Obama a while to come around on gay marriage, so there’s hope that a mostly good politician will come around.

Well I would certainly imagine that Trump and his cronies would bring a lot of pressure to bear on Sessions to stay. The repercussions of a Sessions departure could be catastrophic for his administration.

I think you and I usually see eye-to-eye on most issues, but I don’t know that we’re going to agree on this one. Governors and first ladies can halt traditions and create new ones, or at least make an effort, if they object. Is there any evidence that she objected to this? I don’t perceive any objection from that…

Well, she, Bill and Mike Huckabee are the only residents of that house in recent years with a national profile. I say give all three of them hell if in fact none of them tried to put an end to it.