"Everything's on the table": Kellyanne Conway floats mass recess appointments of Trump nominees

[Miles Archer]

‘Everything’s on the table’: Kellyanne Conway floats mass recess appointments of Trump nominees



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/everythings-on-the-table-kellyanne-conway-floats-mass-recess-appointments-of-trump-nominees/

“Hey, I just want him to do, there are sleeper cells of Obama appointees throughout this government who are in political jobs. They’re not civil servants, and I want them, I really want them gone yesterday,” Hewitt said.

Hewitt then asked Conway if the administration is willing to consider recess appointments, which occur when the Senate is not in session, in order to bypass Congressional oversight.

“Would you push that, because we’ve got to stand up this government, and Senate Democrats are not going to do anything to assist us in getting going.”

“Everything’s on the table. All of that is being discussed, Hugh. And you make some excellent points. You’re right about the Democrats,” Conway asserted. “I mean, to see sort of congenital, presumptive obstruction and negativity is very concerning, because it just means that the government can’t function fully, and that they’re obstructing regardless of who the individual is that’s being considered, regardless of the post that needs to be filled. And it’s very frustrating.”

[greymattermom]

1. The two halves of her face

are so different. What's with that? I love the last sentence. What goes around, comes around.

[Ms. Toad]

3. I noticed that, too. Wonder if she's been silent becuase she had a TIA. n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

4. She has aged terribly since she joined Trump's retinue. I think it's due to her soul being

sucked out of her.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Not Dr Frankenstein's best work

[Arkansas Granny]

2. This is a case of perception versus fact. Trump's cohorts make it sound like Democrats are

obstructing his appointments at every turn and that's the reason he doesn't have all his appointments. That is not entirely true.

TAMARA KEITH, National Public Radio: In terms of getting them confirmed, he is behind schedule. That’s not entirely his fault. Senate Democrats have been slow-walking the nominations, in part because they say that many of these nominees are sort of out of line with the mainstream.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, just the other day said that this is the most conservative Cabinet he’s seen. Democrats take that as validation of their arguments.

But in terms of broadly, beyond just the Cabinet, the Senate-confirmed positions, President Trump has named 34 people so far. That is just slightly behind pace of President Obama and ahead of the pace of President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush. So he’s not actually behind, despite many stories saying, oh, my gosh, he’s behind.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/trump-staffing-legislation-messaging/

[Achilleaze]

5. KGOP kristo-fascists tighten grip on America's throat

[meadowlander]

6. "Sleeper cell" is not an acceptable way to describe

government officials appointed by your political rivals and she needs to be called out on that shit now.

This is just the first step in labeling all Democrats terrorists and the career civil service as "the enemy".

Nevermind the obvious hypocrisy, this is dogwhistling to their base who have been fed forty years of faux news bullshit and are convinced everyone who disagrees with them is a traitor.

[Johonny]

21. +1

It's disgusting way to treat the federal work force.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Looks like she's back

and the "establishment" GOP gasbags are telling them some of the nefarious tools they can use to further screw the people.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Yeah, With Hugh Hewitt

Not exactly an impartial observer of politics.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Only ones willing to have her on

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Exactly Where I Was Going!

CNN says no thanks. She disappears from the 3 networks. She's barely on Faux. But she shows up on Hewitt's show. Of course.

[Achilleaze]

8. Move your hand to cover one side of her face, then the other

The distinction is vivid.

As I see it, her right side is a repulsive rictus of fear, hate and malice. The left side kind of agape as if at some deep level below her conscious mind she is in absolute, stark horror of her own self (as she should be).

[Goblinmonger]

18. Almost looks like a minor stroke

in the left hemisphere.

[mcar]

9. Were they under a rock for the last 8 years?

[Vinca]

10. So what about the hundreds of jobs still empty that require no Congressional approval?

Maybe she should drag her lying behind back to the White House and come up with some candidates for those positions.

[Solly Mack]

12. "sleeper cells of Obama appointees" We're not inept. Obama is sabotaging us.

Trump has named ONLY *34 people to be confirmed out of almost 600 plus staff needed (most don't need to be confirmed). But, somehow, that's Obama's fault because of Obama minions running about DC with their hands over Trump's mouth, preventing him from giving names.

Obama's "sleeper cells" rewired the WH to make it harder to find the light switches.

Obama's "sleeper cells" wouldn't even explain how to flush the toilets!

Obama's "sleeper cells" are the leakers (naturally) causing all the trouble in Trump's government, making them all look bad.

Obama's "sleeper cells" spend their nights letting out Spicer's suits causing him to look like he's wearing his Daddy's clothes.

Obama's "sleeper cells" have secretly been plucking one strand of hair a day from Kellyanne's head and then patting her arm while telling her how sorry they are that stress is causing her to lose her hair.

Obama's "sleeper cells" told Melania Trump that the ghosts in the WH don't like her. At night, Trump walks about the WH in his dirty robe that reeks of Big-Macs and KFC looking for the ghosts, in case they're hot. At least an 8.



* At last count, 20 waiting to be confirmed, 14 confirmed. The rest - Trump hasn't bothered suggesting anyone. The numbers could have changed since last week. I saw the chart on MSNBC.

[KittyWampus]

14. That's a rare post you just did. Very fine piece of satire. You may have created a new meme!

[Solly Mack]

15. Alternative facts Trump can embrace, repeat, and his followers will believe.

Sadly.

Now I feel dirty.

[KittyWampus]

13. Sleep Cell? So Obama appointees are terrorists?

Sleep Cell: a secretive group of spies or terrorist agents that remain inactive within a target population until ordered to act.

[zagamet]

19. Pro forma

Regarding recess appointments during the current recess, at least when I looked last Friday, the Senate had pro forma sessions scheduled for this week.

SCOTUS has ruled that when Senate maintains pro forma sessions, they aren't in recess.

Besides, recess is supposed to be 10 days or longer. Friday to the following Monday week is 9 days.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Given the makeup of the Senate and the party in the Presidency

I was wondering if they would still do them since they could pretty much jam through whoever they wanted normally. After Shrub had Bolton recess-appointed, doing pro formas pretty much became standard practice however.

[TrekLuver]

22. She's got the lazy lyin eye.

[spanone]

23. and fucking hewitt is now a regular pundit on m$nbc...he's a shitstain on talk radio

they talk like republicans never obstructed a fucking thing.