Pierce: If Only 'Being a Colossal Dick' Was an Impeachable Offense

[mcar]

We could avoid some of the constant embarrassment.

Every day in every way, I am sorry that the Founders didn't include Being A Colossal Dick to the list of impeachable offenses in the Constitution. Bribery, Treason, Other High Crimes And Misdemeanors, Including Ye Being A Colossal Dicke. See, it wouldn't have been that hard and at least we would be rid of embarrassing scenes like the one that played out on the White House grounds on Monday. From Josh's joint:

"The toughest calls I have to make are the calls where this happens — soldiers are killed. It's a very difficult thing. Now it gets to a point where you make four or five of them in one day, it's a very, very tough day. For me that's by far the toughest. So the traditional way, if you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls, a lot of them didn't make calls. I like to call when it's appropriate, when I think I'm able to do it."

This is a guy who's just bone-deep dishonorable. He knows how readily falsifiable a claim it is. (Politico already has an account of Obama aides climbing the walls.) He backpedaled a little when asked a follow-up question about how much he really knows about what other presidents did in those situations. (Evergreen Pro Tip: Next to nothing.)

But why make the assertion at all? Because he knows that tens of millions of Americans are right now emailing and texting each other about how Obummer never called the families of soldiers who were KIA. A third of the country will believe it by Thursday no matter how much we mock it, or how often it is exposed for the sickening fabrication that it is. I'm sure Benghazi, Benghazi!, Benghazi! is in there somewhere, too.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a13030298/trump-obama-military/

[BigmanPigman]

1. Probably the reason he ACTS like a Big Dick is because

he actually has a miniscule one (if you could even find if under all that fat). He is one of the few males he suffers from penis envy.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Actually, it is...

"High Crimes and Misdemeanors" was deliberately left vague so it would mean whatever the House wanted it to mean at the time.

[Dave Starsky]

7. Those poor bastards thought that honor and love of country...

Would somehow persist in their ranks in the coming centuries.

I can't blame them. Even I can't believe what's happening to us now.

[maxsolomon]

3. He Gaslights in his sleep

As usual, we're discussing his lies, not his actions. Getting pissed, refuting the lies, citing commonly known facts, basically running about fighting yet another Gish Gallop.

Meanwhile, he just blithely moves to the next lie. No one will ask him about our War Dead again.

I still think the only follow up question he should get is "was that supposed to be a joke?"

[Blue_Tires]

4. And Pierce is 100% correct

People tend to only remember the initial story, not the later corrections or debunking...

[mcar]

5. So true and so frustrating

[alterfurz]

6. "The American Psychological Association has diagnosed Trump as having multiple personalities...

...and they're all assholes." -- @middleageriot

[Metro135]

8. "I like to call when it's appropriate, when I think I'm able to do it."

I guess he has to check his schedule first, since it's so crammed with golf games. Who has time?

[mcar]

9. Golf games, watching Fox and tweeting

Who has time for anything else?

[cwydro]

10. K and r. Nt

[BHDem53]

11. Charlie nails it again.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. Go, Mr. Pierce!! Yasss! n/t