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FlownOver, Unraptured's avatar

Self-confidence in the face of competent legal advice is a helluva drug.

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SterWonk's avatar

As law professor Steve Vladeck points out, this is in direct contravention of the Vacancies Reform Act, which states that "a person may not serve as an acting officer for an office under this section, if ... the President submits a nomination of such person to the Senate for appointment to such office."

Which is why they withdrew the nomination. Now he can be appointed and not run afoul of the VRA.

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FlownOver, Unraptured's avatar

And I swear the note said "I have a gub."

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SterWonk's avatar

It’s called GIFT. Or if you want to be more formal, online disinhibition effect.

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FlownOver, Unraptured's avatar

Aurora, Joliet and certain gerrymandered points thereabouts.

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SterWonk's avatar

what you are in the dark

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beingreleased's avatar

I took "fickle devotion" to mean Donnie used it inconsistently.

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Bostonian in Brooklyn's avatar

And for goodbye

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CC Vet's avatar

Ahhh....the Bill Ayers story that just won't quit, even though Ayers called on Obama to be tried for treason for using drone warfare - McCain and the media played that card way too much

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fifthdentist's avatar

He's real, and he's not spectacular!

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fifthdentist's avatar

"Out of my 8,000 tweets only a handful -- dozen, 20 at the most -- are in praise of Adolf Hitler.How could anyone dare call me a Nazi?" -- this guy, probably

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lmurr's avatar

Twitter should change it's name to The Asshole Outer Machine.

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Khavrinen's avatar

"Where do they find these losers?"

If you'll look in the lower left corner of that picture at the top, you'll find a clue.

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Khavrinen's avatar

Also, too, a car company in India:

https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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LoCoJo's avatar

I hate guys like this. He could've taken his comfortable O7 retirement and spent his days being that loud, racist, obnoxious relative that everyone avoids at Thanksgiving, but no. He needs more power, more money, a bigger platform from which to spread his hateful bullshit. I guess I know why guys like him do what they do, but I can't wrap my brain around it, no matter how hard I try.

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Gigglesnort's avatar

Probably, like Trump, he thinks he is S-M-R-T, and doesn't have the slightest realization that he's gotten promoted way, way above his competence level, or that he is taking in garbage information and spouting out the same, only amplified.

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