Fast Food on a Silver Platter

[aggienaut]

I just wanted to post this here for when I'm going back through this journal in the future. This picture perfectly encapsulates the national dumpster fire we are currently facing. Government shutdown now in day 22 or 23, Trump, self proclaimed "master of the deal" totally unable to make a deal to open it again. I optimistically feel his days have got to be numbered at this point. I hope Pence doesn't pardon him -- if he does, which lets face it he probably will, we'll never hear the end of Trump blaming everything on everyone else.

Comments

[cactus_rs]

"I hope Pence doesn't pardon him"

On the one hand, I feel like if Trump goes down, Pence does too, and the whole damn racket because they were all in on it. On the other hand, I'm too cynical to think that ANY of them will go down.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

But I mean just look how squeaky clean Pence has been able to keep himself. I think it was his plan from the start to be the only survivor after all the shit goes down. Not one of these corruption or collusion scandals has actually even passingly mentioned him.

[ryl.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the avalanche of Trump scandals has a snowball of Pence scandals hidden inside. Everyone looks squeaky clean next to the Wiggy Slice. Besides, there is no way Pence hasn't been involved in some of this mess.

I also think if Pence pardons Trump it'll be political sucide a la Gerald Ford. Or maybe he won't be able to--it looks like a lot of the charges are going through the state courts and the President can only pardon for federal charges.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Yeah that would certainly be a big and interesting decision for Pence as to whether or not to pardon Trump.

If Pence too gets knocked down it goes to the Secretary of State I think?

[ryl.livejournal.com]

Speaker of the House, then the President Pro-Tem of the Senate.

I live in a house with a political junkie. He has the line of succession on a corkboard in the kitchen.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha so if Trump and Pence both get knocked out it'll be President Pelosi? Ahahahahahaha, sadly that means no matter how guilty Pence is the Republicans in the Senate will absolutely not allow him to be knocked out.

[richaarde.livejournal.com]

Pence looks squeaky clean only because anything standing next to a burning turd pile looks squeaky clean in comparison. He’s a far-right conservative blowhard, and an asshole.

Also, I could not possibly be less convinced that he’s honestly a heterosexual.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

ahahahaa