12-13-2016, 10:38 AM
(12-09-2016, 12:39 PM)The Wonkette Wrote:(12-08-2016, 07:56 AM)Odin Wrote:(12-08-2016, 01:35 AM)gabrielle Wrote: President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the Environmental Protection Agency
We're fucked...
Not if the Senate minority filibusters this appointment. The nomination is egregious enough that it may be a battle worth fighting.
I'm more than a bit baffled by the Democrats plan for the next Congress. The GOP made it clear from the day BHO was first elected that they would oppose everything, and got very well rewarded for the effort. The Dems, on the other hand, want to be the good guys (again) and join the Kumbaya circle. I don't see them standing tall unless some core GOP members lead the way.
I just don't see any coherent, or even quirky, effort to thwart the Donald. The Dems are neutering themselves, and the electorate is already shunning them as losers. The GOP stalwarts will pick few fights, this NOT being one of them.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.