I know you didn’t actually mean it, Trump.
I don’t care. You put his name on the list. Nominate him. Or someone equally qualified.
At some point you’re going to learn that you don’t tell the voters what to do. The voters tell you what to do.
Oh, I know. I didn’t vote for you, so I can’t tell you what to do, right? Fine. But you made promises, and some people believed them and expect you to carry them out.
So do it.
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I don’t expect you to dance to my tune. But a lot of people voted for you, and they expect you to deliver.
So deliver.
You do what’s right and we’ll back you up against the scumbag leftists.
You let down the people who voted for you and believed in you, and they will burn your house to the ground.
Again:
Me? I have no faith in you, But some people do.
For your sake, you’d better come through for them.
Patterico (115b1f) — 11/9/2016 @ 12:32 am@Patterico: Maybe you direct some of your energy to getting the Congresscritters to vote for restraints to executive power while Obama is still in office?
Trump can’t do anything until January, you know.
But first you should go to bed. 🙂
Gabriel Hanna (c791b9) — 11/9/2016 @ 12:36 amThe Court is one area where I hope we can agree that this isn’t bad news. Just don’t let anyone named Sununu help you choose.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/9/2016 @ 12:47 amFDR put his main rival on the Court, Trump could do the same. He has to know that if he falters in any way he gets primaried in 2020.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/9/2016 @ 12:49 amNew Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer remained awfully quiet during the entire election season on Trump, even as Harry Reid and some of his other Senate and House colleagues were going hyperbolic.
Schumer’s dealt with Trump for 30 years and knows how he works, including the fact that if you’re complementary to Trump, he’ll be nice to you. If you’re looking for an angle where Trump fails to deliver in the Senate what he promised as far as Supreme Court nominees go, don’t be shocked if Schumer schmoozing Trump on who he should nominate to the court is one of the main reasons why.
John (2d0683) — 11/9/2016 @ 12:59 amI do think Trump should hit the place like a bulldozer. Name a Supreme Court Judge and start to repair the damage Obamacare gave us
steveg (5508fb) — 11/9/2016 @ 1:06 amYou should write up all these frustrated tirades into a letter, put the letter into a bottle then throw it into the Potomac. It’ll wash up somewhere, and the person who reads it might actually be able to look past your fifth grade temper tantrum and see the real pain in your soul.
Estarcarus (9f79f5) — 11/9/2016 @ 1:15 amSomeone — I can’t seem to recall who, at the moment — went to some considerable trouble to pin Trump down quite specifically with respect to his promise to choose SCOTUS nominees exclusively from the (revised) written list. The proof was on Trump’s campaign website in a formal press release — as close to “ironclad” as any written campaign commitment can ever be.
I linked it in comments here when it first came out, but here’s the Google cached version from September 23, which includes this (boldface mine):
No double-talk there. Certainly President-elect Trump should be held to this commitment by all concerned, including but not limited to Senate Republicans.
Beldar (fa637a) — 11/9/2016 @ 1:20 amWhy in the world would he care about the fever swamp ravings of yours? Do the folks you want to get appointed a favor – oppose them.
Bill Saracino (7bbb9e) — 11/9/2016 @ 1:35 amI’m not so sure Trump should nominate Mike Lee per se.
While Utah remained GOP, the Senate margins are slimmer. And there’s 2018 to think about.
If there were a conservative Representative, that would arguably be better/safer (preferably from a Republican-governed state). Or a judge with a clear conservative track record.
But, yes, he should be held to this commitment.
That being said, the people who will have the most credibility with Trump will be those who supported him from the beginning. So the pressure should be on them to hold Trump to his commitments. He might well listen to them, whereas he owes little to those who did not commit to him when he appeared unlikely at best.
Lurking Observer (61cd22) — 11/9/2016 @ 1:39 amThought you might show some class. Thought wrong…
Mike Schab (87ce66) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:50 amThe SC, or at least the hope that Trump would nominate conservatives to the SC, was the main reason I voted for Trump (and the fact that he wasn’t Hillary). Time will tell if I was the fool.
Ipso Fatso (7e1c8e) — 11/9/2016 @ 3:06 amWhat’s the difference between a Never Trumper and a 10-pound sack of feces?
The sack.
Deuce Frehley (8afd8b) — 11/9/2016 @ 3:38 amnow we can finally and gleefully add patterico and all his preposterous pontificating and all his lackeys to where theyve always belonged:
the trash heap of history
not unlike all the other click bait out there…beware the semi erudite who thinks he’s an erudite he fails to detect his own sophistry
sound awake (cd836f) — 11/9/2016 @ 4:01 amGotta say I’m floored.
Time for a lot of people to do some introspection and listening.
MayBee (a7822d) — 11/9/2016 @ 4:05 amHere’s hoping for the best.
Mike Rowe would do as well.
Jerryskids (16a4d5) — 11/9/2016 @ 4:08 amI’m very satisfied that the way of running campaigns that we’ve had may be proven unnecessary. Trump didn’t have all the expensive advisors and a big “ground game”. So many of the people against him (Wilson, Mair) I suspect were against him because he rejected that way of campaigning.
Too many people make too much money off our campaigns, and off our politics in general. I’d like to see an end to all of that. This seems like a good time.
MayBee (a7822d) — 11/9/2016 @ 4:24 ambig data couldn’t have been more all up in it with pig-sniffing svengali eric schmidt (good princeton boi) working his brilliance behind the curtain
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/9/2016 @ 4:28 amTrump will move into the White House.
nk (dbc370) — 11/9/2016 @ 4:39 amTrumpkins will still be in trailer parks.
On topic, Trump will get a lot of resistance from his base if he looks to appoint Mike Lee. Mike Lee does not pass the Trumpkin litmus test. He does not think that man-dog marriages are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
nk (dbc370) — 11/9/2016 @ 5:09 amAnd he won’t uphold Article XII.
Milhouse (40ca7b) — 11/9/2016 @ 5:35 amJust heard a truly stupid thing from NPR announcer. “Should senate Democrats do what Republicans did, and refuse to confirm Trump’s court nominees?”. He seems not to understand that Rs kept the senate, so the Ds can’t refuse anything. They can try filibustering and get it ended, but that’s not what the Rs did.
Milhouse (40ca7b) — 11/9/2016 @ 5:38 amDon’t you nevertrumpers EVER get tired of being wrong? LOL.
LBascom (77a37c) — 11/9/2016 @ 5:42 amI hope he goes off the list and nominates Cruz. Lee would be great but Cruz would be just as good and it would serve several political goals as well.
Rick Ballard (bca473) — 11/9/2016 @ 5:54 am“There are a lot of liberal pussies in Austin.”
— Kinky Friedman
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 11/9/2016 @ 5:57 amA good start would be to fire the entire Senior Executive Service.
TCNM (84433d) — 11/9/2016 @ 6:12 amHow exactly are the #NeverTrumpers wrong? Electing Trump didn’t disprove anything the #NeverTrump movement stood against. Only Trump can disprove #NeverTrumpers by not falling back on his Liberal tendencies, nominating strong Conservatives to the court, actually listening and using sound advice from his advisors instead of doing what he wants, and finally making good on his promise to stop flying off the handle at 3AM via Twitter and start acting Presidential.
If Trump can follow through then #NeverTrump will have been proven wrong in their concerns about Trump.
Sean (41ed1e) — 11/9/2016 @ 6:31 amHe needs two justices lined up since RBG is moving to France.
Pinandpuller (dd360c) — 11/9/2016 @ 6:36 amOh, no, the only way she’s leaving is feet first.
Milhouse (40ca7b) — 11/9/2016 @ 6:54 amCan one of you AZ guys get me into a poker game with Jeff Flake? I’m not tired of winning.
Pinandpuller (dd360c) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:02 amMaybee,
Trump used Cambridge Analytica for his polling and GoTV turnout targeting. It is Cruz’s programming and email lists that the Trump campaign rented and successfully used. That’s a different method than the typical GOP GoTV but that doesn’t mean it’s no method.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:09 amI don’t expect Trump’s most ardent supporters to give Cruz credit for anything and I doubt they’ll even acknowledge the effort made to GOTV (even if it was fairly late in the game) as today they seem to want to believe in the overwhelming magnetism of their man being enough to pull him to victory. Which is fine, they should enjoy the day, but the fear of them slipping deeper down the rabbit hole is still very real.
Sean (41ed1e) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:12 amMore about Trump and Cambridge Analytica here and especially here.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:18 amCA also impacted the Trump app, which was modeled on the Brexit campaign.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:22 amAren’t you in England, Maybee? Thus is a big win for CA.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:23 amharvardtrash ted went way way way out of his way to make an ass of himself at the convention
he showed america his character’s that of an immature butthurt sore loser
no backsies
happyfeet (a037ad) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:32 amI see happyfeet hasn’t changed, even in victory. Not surprising.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:33 amBut it was Trump and his son-in-law that turned to Cruz’s team.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:34 amGotta love spiking the football the morning after. Enjoy it happyfeet, I just hope Trump proves a lot of people wrong and doesn’t go back on all the promises he made to us during the campaign. I can’t imagine how distraught you’d be then.
Sean (41ed1e) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:36 amhappyfeet is annoying only if you read his comments, DRJ.
nk (dbc370) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:37 amAll is as it should be… https://www.instagram.com/p/BMlwzVNgbdZ/
Colonel Haiku (a7e08c) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:38 amnopers i still think the snotty hyper-entitled harvardtrash set needs a time out
obama romney cruz you name it
you lowlifes had your at-bat
happyfeet (a037ad) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:38 amOn the contrary, he made a dignified and principled speech that he can be proud of forever, no matter what happens to his career.
Milhouse (40ca7b) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:39 amKeep searching for that birthday pony, Sean!
Colonel Haiku (a7e08c) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:39 amit’s Mr. Trump’s turn now
if he wants to include some token harvardtrash in his administration then that would be a nice gesture I think
happyfeet (a037ad) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:40 amTime for all to work together! We’ve much work to do righting this ship.
Colonel Haiku (a7e08c) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:41 amCruz OR Lee for SCOTUS!
Colonel Haiku (a7e08c) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:42 amWho will Trump pick for his Cabinet? I have no clue other than it may be those who supported him early on.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:53 amSenator Mike Lee: Trump Can’t Win | RedState
http://www.redstate.com/patterico/2016/10/09/mike-lee-trump-cant-win/
Not. A. Chance.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:54 ami heard giuliani for AG
happyfeet (a037ad) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:56 am47.Who will Trump pick for his Cabinet?
Wait ’til next week’s People and TV Guide.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:56 amwhy he would want it i have no idea
happyfeet (a037ad) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:57 am@46. They’re done.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:57 amNormally I would assume Bridge gate would eliminate Christie but that may not be true with Trump. Trump probably appreciates someone who plays politics like that.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 7:59 amI agree that Cruz and Lee aren’t on Trump’s radar. They are more likely on his Get Even list, along with anyone who accused Trump of sexual harassment.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:01 amchristie would be a formidable chief of staff i think
happyfeet (a037ad) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:01 amConservative ideologues are the GOP woolly mammoths wallowing in the tar pits as of this morning.
Make lots of desperate noise for attention… and slowing sink into the goo of extinction.
Pragmatism is in. Ideologues are so, so very out.
“We’re done for!” – C-3PO [Anthony Daniels] ‘Star Wars’ 1977
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:03 amI must be hungover because that made no sense.
Sean (41ed1e) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:05 amGloria Borger on CNN is reassuring liberals that since Trump did not run as a conservative or with any conservative ideology, there is reason to believe he will engage with and adopt liberal positions.
I hope that is wishful thinking on her part but it’s a legitimate concern with someone like Trump, who lacks a core ideology.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:08 amSenator Mike Lee Calls Trump a “Distraction,” Calls on Him to Step [down]…
http://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2016/…/senator-mike-lee-calls-trump-distraction-calls-ste...
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Best morning ‘show’- Andrea Mitchell near tears.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:09 amGiuliani is an old man. Doesn’t he have some health issues?
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:18 am@60- Prostate cancer some years back. Homeland Security is his likely gig.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:20 amIt is Cruz’s programming and email lists that the Trump campaign rented and successfully used.
Exchanging money for success. That’s better than a kiss on the cheek at a convention anyday.
Getting tired of winning yet?
I’m not.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:25 am54.I agree that Cruz and Lee aren’t on Trump’s radar. They are more likely on his Get Even list, along with anyone who accused Trump of sexual harassment.
“Getting even” is a jaundiced formulation of the capitalist system that made America great in the first place.
Neither Cruz nor Lee who both stand to profit handsomely from interacting and cooperation with the Trump presidency, are on Trumps radar because they are on his side.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/9/2016 @ 8:36 amWarm place to be.
There was a lot of ground game and big data. The RNC was in charge of most of that, that’s what they are for.
Gabriel Hanna (64d4e1) — 11/9/2016 @ 9:12 amGet out your list.
Lee admitted yesterday he voted for McMullin.
Next.
Shipwreckedcrew (78f6de) — 11/9/2016 @ 10:22 amThe good news is that if he’s so foolish as to tell the IRS or DOJ to harass these women the IRS will not only refuse, they’ll make the order known, thus creating grounds for impeachment. They only take such orders from D presidents.
Milhouse (40ca7b) — 11/9/2016 @ 11:31 amRick Perry thinks he may get a Trump Cabinet appointment. If so, I hope he can remember which one.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 11:35 amSo, papertiger, elected office in America is about money and cronyism? It is the Trump way.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 11:37 amIn fairness, it’s also the Democratic way. New York Values!
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 11:38 amRick Perry will be financed to primary Ted Cruz.
And win.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 11:42 amNot going to happen, and if it did you can kiss that goal of party unity goodbye. Messing with Texas elections aren’t going to go over well, and trying to knock off the most conservative senator in our lifetime after he supported your guy is about as dumb a move as I can think of.
Sean (1d5074) — 11/9/2016 @ 1:21 pmIf Trump is as smart as his supporters say he is, he should seek the counsel of at least one NeverTrump person. Mike Lee would be a good choice. At least Trump knows that person would be honest with him and just tell him what he wants to hear.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:20 pm@71. It will.
And it’s a good bet he’ll win.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:21 pm@72- He’d likely consult several of the people who were debating him in the primary before Lee. Even McCain. But Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Jeb, not so much. Watch Firoina. Possibly Perry but I personally believe he will be bankrolled by GOP pragmatists to primary Cruz and Texans may reward him as their senator.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:28 pmSoothing a bruised ego through back channel patronage of the sort that only the wounded party can provide turns a loss into a win/win situation, without pesky questions of who is using who, what do I get out of it, how does this look , and so on, that a sloppy handshake on the convention stage would have brought.
It’s genius really.
papertiger (979789) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:33 pmInitially, the scuttlebutt had Mike McCaul running against Cruz with Perry’s blessing for the 2018 Senate seat. McCaul is wealthy and could self-fund, but its hard to beat incumbents in Texas. In addition, McCaul won by 57%-38% in his 2016 Congressional re-election, which sounds good but it’s on the low end compared to the percentages posted by most Texas GOP Congressional incumbents. Perry might run but his big financial backer died and I’m not sure he wants another campaign.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:34 pmEveryone is for sale, right, papertiger?
DRJ (15874d) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:36 pm@76- You’re in Texas, right? Perry was a fairly good governor- re-elected and so forth. GOP pragmatists may likely finance a primary/Senate run. Don’t see him fitting in a Trump cabinet after that ‘cancer on conservatism’ tirade. But Texans might reward him w/a Senate seat– he’s more ‘likable’ than Cruz.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:40 pmJustices and Presidents don’t usually consult, do they?
Not that I’m agin it. Maybe checking before would cut down on court cases and bad regulation.
papertiger (979789) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:40 pm67… now that was just mean!
Colonel Haiku (a7e08c) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:43 pmWhat country are you in that you hold such a sour view of businessmen?
Cruz’ GoTV lists are a product of his popularity and labors that
deservecommand compensation .To not pay him would be usury. Criminal.
papertiger (979789) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:44 pm“CRYING WOLF: The Republic Repeals Itself, claims Andrew Sullivan today”
But not before giving itself a hysterectomy…
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/248819/
Colonel Haiku (a7e08c) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:49 pmWhy wouldn’t Texas go hard with a Rohnert or D. Patrick; if Trump is slow with tightening immigration, I could see 1 of these 2 rather than Perry, McFaul or Hensarling being the primary challenger of Cruz.
urbanleftbehind (a9ef6b) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:51 pmGohmert, I meant.
urbanleftbehind (a9ef6b) — 11/9/2016 @ 2:52 pmSean, turn it down a notch, bro, the election’s over.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/9/2016 @ 3:03 pmSo are the primaries, for that matter.
Hassan and Cooper, I can live with that trade. The latter portends a LGblahblah and corporate vote that Trump got but not McCrory. That’s the epilogue to the 2012 anti.Mormon differential between Romney and McCrory.
urbanleftbehind (a9ef6b) — 11/9/2016 @ 3:11 pm