John Yoo, a law professor who wrote the legal justification for W's use of torture, said of Trump: "He thinks all kinds of crazy things about prosecutions," and "I don't think he has a very good sense of how our law enforcement system works." This is the John Yoo who said in an interview:
Cassel: If the president deems that he's got to torture somebody, including by crushing the testicles of the person's child, there is no law that can stop him?Charlie says:
Yoo: I think it depends on why the President thinks he needs to do that.
The latest from Camp Runamuck in Manhattan seems to indicate that Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of the president-elect, is now the straw boss of the larval regime. It has been reported by various people that Kushner has purged from the inner circle anyone who was in any way friendly to Chris Christie who, as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, sent Kushner's pappy to the federal sneezer for a spell, partly because Kushner's pere had gotten back at his brother-in-law by setting the poor sap up with a pricey woman of the town.Enter wingnut Frank Gaffney. Charlie says:
As a result of the purge, Mike Rogers is out, and Frank Gaffney is in, and Frank Gaffney is notable for the fact that he is so bullgoose loony that he was refused a gig at CPAC, the annual extremist hootenanny. HuffPost was kind enough to catalog Frank Gaffney 's greatest hits:He goes on to list a lot of crazy, extreme things Gaffney has said. If you're too over-the-top for CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference), that's saying something.
Charlie goes on to recommend that everyone ignore the frenetic rumor mill for a while, and concludes:
But, at this point, the president-elect is just as likely to appoint Omarosa as he is anyone else. (As Himself tweeted on Tuesday night, he's the only one who knows who the "finalists" are. Finalists? The swimsuit competition between Giuliani, Carson, and Bolton must have been a sight to see.) Relax, folks. The actual parade of horribles will come in due time.
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