Menendez is objectively awful, and likely won’t get past a primary challenge, but I see no reason to force him out now. Why? Because unlike Manchin and Sinema, he’s a reliable vote and that seat needs to be a D. The Republicans can’t say shit about Menendez because it opens them up to valid claims of hypocrisy, not that they care, but it weakens their case for Trump in the eyes of the independent voters (read: the assholes who will decide the 2024 election).
It’s an ugly case of “fight fire with fire” and “two can play that game.”
It strengthens the "both sides are awful" narrative that keeps voters home. Also, low information voters will see Santos gone and Menendez still there, and the message they will get is that the Ds are corrupt and the Rs are stand up guys. Opposite of reality, but that's what it looks like on first glance. Not a good look,.
In the past I would often run over two or three people a month in the old Benz and that rarely even dented the fender. Of course, in those days they were made out of steel!
The gold bars they found in a shoebox in his closet, on the top shelf, in the back, came from his NJ developer pal. Bob needs to start thinking about what time it is and it's plea deal time!
Well ... his term is up this year and there are already two Dems running to replace him -- one of them being the governor's wife. It would certainly look terrible for the governor to appoint his wife when there is also a real live Dem congressman running.
He should just announce he will run for president at some point in the next few years. It's my understanding if he did that, no law can touch him. It's why I now have a card that says "potential presidential candidate" that I hand out any time a cop stops me for speeding through a school zone. Absolute Immunity! Baby!
Dems don't have enough votes to remove him, and Repugs don't want to remove him because (a) it would set a precedence they don't want to set, and (b) they want him to stay so they can use him as a punching bag whenever Trump and his uptillion charges are brought up.
It’s a lovely watch, by Speidel! This 9.75K gold, three jewel timepiece with leatherette band will become a cherished heirloom in no time! Speidel, for the best that Rexall has to offer in timepieces, SPEIDEL!
Also, Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat! Rice-a-Roni, now in seven microwaveable flavors, including wet dog, it’s always Rice-a-Roni time!
All this, for a combined value of fifty seven dollars and ninety seven cents! Back to you, Monty!
The seven repub senators who tried to prevent the votes to be counted on Jan 6 are far more worthy of removal. That's treason. Meendez is a slimy, greedy puke, but he didn't try to overthrow democracy. Them first.
I don't mind the cat pics, but anything from that "now and forever" musical is too much.
How about Top Cat? One of Louis Wain's later period cat paintings? I'd even take a drawing of a "Cat from Saturn" (see Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos).....
"Fred Daibes allegedly offered Menendez a selection of fancy watches ranging in price from $10,000 to $24,000".
I've got this thing, and it's fucking golden. I'm just not giving it up for fucking nothing. It's a fucking valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing.
Menendez et ux are sinverguenzas -- shameless.
And that photo from the terrible, awful, no-good POS musical is NOT a cat.
I want actual photos of “real” cats for CAT PHOTO WEEK, damnit!
You've probably seen this before (if for no other reason than I've posted it before), but I love the Pitch Meeting for "Cats":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsNAu72v2Yc
Don't worry, Merrick Garland is on the case!
Charges coming down in 564733 ... 564732 .... 564731...
“At all times, Senator Menendez acted entirely appropriately with respect to Qatar, Egypt, and the many other countries he routinely interacts with”
Do tell. Which other countries and what kind of cool stuff do they give out?
aka "his constituents".
Maybe those Egyptians and Qataris were the Arabs tfg saw dancing in Jersey following the collapse of the WTC towers on September 11, 2001?
Never thought of that, did you?
Menendez is objectively awful, and likely won’t get past a primary challenge, but I see no reason to force him out now. Why? Because unlike Manchin and Sinema, he’s a reliable vote and that seat needs to be a D. The Republicans can’t say shit about Menendez because it opens them up to valid claims of hypocrisy, not that they care, but it weakens their case for Trump in the eyes of the independent voters (read: the assholes who will decide the 2024 election).
It’s an ugly case of “fight fire with fire” and “two can play that game.”
It strengthens the "both sides are awful" narrative that keeps voters home. Also, low information voters will see Santos gone and Menendez still there, and the message they will get is that the Ds are corrupt and the Rs are stand up guys. Opposite of reality, but that's what it looks like on first glance. Not a good look,.
The best part of this story is that Nadine needed the new Mercedes because she had killed a guy with the old one.
They just don’t make ‘em like the used too…
In the past I would often run over two or three people a month in the old Benz and that rarely even dented the fender. Of course, in those days they were made out of steel!
It seems you've got the high score!
The gold bars they found in a shoebox in his closet, on the top shelf, in the back, came from his NJ developer pal. Bob needs to start thinking about what time it is and it's plea deal time!
He doesn't have a bigger fish to offer up. He IS the big fish.
If he did resign, would a Democrat be appointed to replace him?
Well ... his term is up this year and there are already two Dems running to replace him -- one of them being the governor's wife. It would certainly look terrible for the governor to appoint his wife when there is also a real live Dem congressman running.
I guess it's academic, since he won't resign. Expulsion requires a two-thirds vote, and who knows if the Republicans would go along.
He should just announce he will run for president at some point in the next few years. It's my understanding if he did that, no law can touch him. It's why I now have a card that says "potential presidential candidate" that I hand out any time a cop stops me for speeding through a school zone. Absolute Immunity! Baby!
That's some real lawyering right there.
“At all times, Senator Menendez acted entirely appropriately with respect to Qatar, Egypt, and the many other countries he routinely interacts with…”
Yeah, they were perfect calls, I bet.
“At all times, Senator Menendez acted entirely appropriately with respect to Qatar, Egypt, and the many other countries he routinely interacts with…”
Yeah, they were perfect calls, I bet.
I know the answer to your rhetorical question!
Dems don't have enough votes to remove him, and Repugs don't want to remove him because (a) it would set a precedence they don't want to set, and (b) they want him to stay so they can use him as a punching bag whenever Trump and his uptillion charges are brought up.
Also he's too much of a shitbag to resign.
DING, DING, DING!...Tell him what he's won, Bob!
Please let it be gold bars, please let it be gold bars, please let it be gold bars....
It’s a lovely watch, by Speidel! This 9.75K gold, three jewel timepiece with leatherette band will become a cherished heirloom in no time! Speidel, for the best that Rexall has to offer in timepieces, SPEIDEL!
Also, Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat! Rice-a-Roni, now in seven microwaveable flavors, including wet dog, it’s always Rice-a-Roni time!
All this, for a combined value of fifty seven dollars and ninety seven cents! Back to you, Monty!
And that's not all!
He also wins an autographed pair of TFG's used Depends!
The seven repub senators who tried to prevent the votes to be counted on Jan 6 are far more worthy of removal. That's treason. Meendez is a slimy, greedy puke, but he didn't try to overthrow democracy. Them first.
or at the very least barred from running for office again
I don't mind the cat pics, but anything from that "now and forever" musical is too much.
How about Top Cat? One of Louis Wain's later period cat paintings? I'd even take a drawing of a "Cat from Saturn" (see Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos).....
Hail Cathulu!
"Fred Daibes allegedly offered Menendez a selection of fancy watches ranging in price from $10,000 to $24,000".
I've got this thing, and it's fucking golden. I'm just not giving it up for fucking nothing. It's a fucking valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing.
Qatar you say?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/politics/us-qatar-agreement-largest-base-middle-east/index.html
Trump says, "I would've gotten more out of them, ...directly into my pocket"