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  1. Sessions surely has the votes lined up for confirmation. Many Dems will vote for him top; the Senate rarely crosses a fellow club member.

    Pompeo did a nice job at the Bengazhi hearings. Also supposedly first in his class at West Point. A Jayhawker too. Excellent choice.

  2. One thing to say – trump is moving fast on this.

    I worry that he picks any more Senators – lest we risk losing a Senate majority.

  3. I’m beginning to think that we may have a Trump with a “Prince Hal Syndrome” (Henry V was a loose canon in his youth but later was a wise and successful king).

    I have my fingers crossed.

  4. A pundit on France 24 today was focussing on Teddy Kennedy’s accusations of Sessions’ racist background. It would be nice if te Euros got info about America from someone wo actually knows something about the country.
    BTW, the national newspapers all seemed to have fronfpage photos of Obama and Merkel, and from what I could tell from glancing at te eadlines, tey all seemed to be fawning over BO. I can’t wait till e is gone.

  5. Is there a Republican anywhere who is not racist? Rhetorical question.

    We used to be told that racists were people who separated others into categories based on skin color–and if we were not racists, we would be color blind. When did that change? Another rhetorical question. It changed when it became advantageous to certain people to change it.

    Some might say that if you are constantly accused of an attitude, you might just as well go on act on it. That’s said tongue in cheek, in case anyone wonders. But…

    By the way; Sen Sessions has denied the allegations from 30 years ago. Interesting to see what, if any, documentation surfaces for the charges.

    We are told that Gen Flynn was hard to work for. Really? Tut. Tut. I have seen a few of those. Some were respected, some were not. Some were effective, some were not. So, to those who criticize, I say, “What else have you got?”.

    Off topic. Our esteemed leader has commented on the demonstrations, and encouraged them to continue–without qualification as to their nature. What a very small man.

  6. Given the propaganda air support from the Alt Right, I wouldn’t worry much about charges of racism sinking these appointees.

  7. Oldflyer

    Some of the witnesses from that judicial confirmation hearing may now be deceased. It was about 30 years ago. That means maybe – and it is doubtful – that the transcript would be read into the record. Not great TV. Even a Republican AG has the right to confront witnesses against him. Anita Hill wanted to give secret testimony against Clarence Thomas. Not allowed.

    Sessions has got this thing in the bag.

  8. texexec, I was thinking of exactly that in the first few days after the election! I doubt we’ll get to “Hear him but reason in divinity”, but who knows.

    The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
    And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
    Neighboured by fruit of baser quality;
    And so the Donald obscured his contemplation
    Under the veil of wildness–which, no doubt,
    Grew like the summer grass, fastest by night,
    Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty.

  9. Those of us who know Sessions well know he is a brave and principled man. He is raacist to Democrats simply because he is an Alabamian–talk about bias! Long ago, he prosecuted a white man for murdering a black boy, got conviction and the death penalty, and enforced that to execution as Alabama AG.
    Sessions makes the GOPers like Ryan and McConnell look like little weenies. Jesse Helms is happy in heaven tonight.

  10. If djt surrounds himself with highly capable people and listens to them he might make a good president. The listening part will be the hardest part.

  11. Like Trump, Sessions is an authoritarian; no friend of freedom but not a racist. The MSM cannot use this though, since in principle they approve of authoritarians, so they smear him as a racist and ignore a perfectly good and true criticism.

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