Calixtus

They will argue that they never voted for the war, and they will be technically correct.

"You want me to cast an up or down vote on an urgent matter of vital public interest? A vote that will be remembered for years? That's pretty risky.... how about we let the President decide."

see also: "he came looking for a confrontation and he got one"

I have a follow-up about Sunday liquor sales...

"Why are you asking tabloid questions to a tabloid secretary working for a tabloid President?"

#ImpeachReagan

Has Paxton filed a lawsuit yet?

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow!

...it'll soon be here...

maybe

I simply can't understand why "I'll run the government like a business" appeals to voters

Purely based on the gallery of crypto-evangelists ... Run. Run far away.

"they're the same picture"

Presumably MS-13? perhaps he'll be flying bombers over LA soon

I was wondering recently if one of these election day emergency rulings was brought to SCOTUS whether they would strike it down using the conveniently ever-flexible Purcell Principle

I'm having a hard time getting past calling those "puppet strings"

Like taking comfort in the fact that the US no longer has bases named after Confederate soldiers

The scandal should be that an ally was able to persuade the president of the United States to start a war like he was selling him a used car.

It's a primary. It's a party function.

"Donny, do you have something you'd like to share with the country?"

Always deflect and deny before acknowledging the question

Surely we would have no problem if Spanish fighters just dropped in at a US airfield without permission.

The ghost of Atahualpa looks on with jealousy

Makes one wonder where exactly in Tehran the Green Zone will be located

This time there aren't even planes for people to hang off of

Eight other guys war-gaming and calculating out probabilities to 6 decimal places (repeating) vs one Leeroy Jenkins

He's trying to get out in front of "we don't have what we need to do this all fro long range so we will have to send in troops" and blame Biden for it

As churches embraced politics that chased out everyone to the left of Trump, they had to double down on the fringe

When asked to explain, he cited the extra delicious margins

Combining the two raises the question of whether the conservative justices believe "parental authority" is jointly and equally bestowed upon both parents

Is there some legalistic reason why he says military action was taken "against the *Government* of the Islamic Republic of Iran" as opposed to simply the nation as a whole?