Okay, I just fell in love with Neil Katyal on Deadline White House

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Nicolle Wallace was talking to him about Patsy Baloney wanting Pence to get the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he said, "Well, maybe I guess by their bottom-feeder standards they should all get medals [referring to those who FINALLY decided to tell the truth].)

[Ocelot II]

1. He's always excellent.

I LOLd when he referred to the 12/18 meeting as the Star Wars bar scene.

[Trueblue1968]

2. Neil Katyal SHOULD BE ON THE supreme court !!!!

[Deuxcents]

3. I agree.

[Rebl2]

16. Agreed!

[AmBlue]

19. Totally

So smart and well-spoken.

[Botany]

4. Please get it right. It is Pat Capicola.

BTW it has been 18 months and Capicola could have said something during the 2nd impeachment
trial ... and he defended TFG in the 1st impeachment trial too. The who helping Putin to attack
Ukraine by with holding weapons from Zelenskky to blackmail him into making up stuff on the
Bidens.

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5. Sorry! I got Patsy Baloney from the mangled close captioning of his name on the PBS stream.

But capicola works too.

[SharonClark]

22. ABC close caption had proud boy Enrique Tarrio

as “and Rita Tartio”. Made me smile.

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25. Closed captioning provides a valuable service, but sometimes it's unintentionaly hilarious.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Huh?

I thought this was about Cipollone. There was another witness discussing the same topics?

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10. No, it was Cipollone.

We were just joking about his name. The PBS close captioning of the hearing kept spelling his name as "Patsy Baloney" instead of Pat Cipollone and capicola is sort-of Italian bologna, so I guess that fits too. Sorry for the confusion!

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Ah, A Pun

Thar lunchmeat is spelled Capacollo, in italian.
My aunt's in-laws had a shop that made it back in the day, so that spelling stuck with me.
It wasn't until now that the Subway ads popped into my head & i recalled i noticed the spelling difference.
Sorry for the interruption.

[ShazzieB]

26. Thanks for the chuckle!

Close captioning is a mess. I use them all the time, because I'm a little hard of hearing and they help me catch details that I'd miss otherwise, even with my hearing aids. And I have see my share of mangled messes!

Close captions are a great concept and I find them very helpful, when they work right. When they don’t...

[Hortensis]

6. Spot on! I wondered to my husband if he was apple polishing. Nt

[onecaliberal]

7. You don't get a medal for doing your fucking job.

[erronis]

17. In that (r)epuglicon/trump/russian world, medals go to the worst.

Pence or others that have very belatedly come forward to ask for their medals are the worst.

The ones that left in the first few months and tried to tell the US and the world that something stank in Denmark (pardon me) are the real heroes.

I'll even give some credit to people like Michael Steele who was one of the architects of the (r) takeover who has been touting ($$$) his views about the perfidies of the (r)s. Shit, there are more ex-(r)s that write books and are on talk shows than there are real people. Money to be made, I guess.

[Traildogbob]

20. Let's not forget

Trump gave Rusty Limpballs and Gym Jordon the medal. Ya can’t get a bar any lower.

[AngryOldDem]

9. That was over the top hyperbole.

Pence had to ask Dan Fucking Quayle about what to do.

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12. They're all bottom-feeding butt kissers, so pathetic.

You don't get a medal for doing your goddamned job, ffs. Ugh!

[ShazzieB]

27. And thank gods Quayle managed to convince him that what Trump wanted him to do

was totally illegal and absolutely out of the question. I don't even even want to think about what might have happened that day otherwise.

I always thought Quayle was a doofus as veep. At the time, I remember hearing that Bush Sr. only picked him because he was good-looking and Bush thought that would help attract votes from women. (Yes, ladies, Poppy Bush thought we were THAT shallow!) With an intro like that, I was never able to take him seriously.

But I think Quayle did the country a solid when he set Pence straight about the certification, and I am grateful to him for that.

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11. To quote the great philosopher Stephanie Miller...

"He's up to his albino eyebrows in this."

[Upthevibe]

23. rubbersole........ I LOVE Stephanie Miller and all the amazing

people in her orbit.

In fact, when Glen Kirshner was in studio this past Friday I was able to call in and ask him a question. I've called in a few times and am: "Nanci from L.A."

It was Sean (who used to be the engineer for the show until he had to move out of the state) who said that.
He hardly ever said anything so they all (as well as their listeners) would get a kick out of it when he would say "a funny."

"Mike Pence is up to his albino eyebrows in this." I can hear it in my head....

If anyone on the Stephanie's show checks us out here on DU: YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!

[rubbersole]

28. Hey Nanci from LA!

I've been a Stephhead for 15 years. You can literally get all the political news you need in 3 hours (2 hours with a stephcast..only $4.95 a month, if you buy a year in advance) to be as informed as anyone. And laughing the whole time! Her guest are world class people. I still miss Jim Ward and of course Eric Bolhert. Nice to meet you!

[Scrivener7]

13. I love that we're all calling him Patsy Baloney now. We should never change this.

[3catwoman3]

29. I laugh to myself every time...

…I see or hear this -

[Trueblue1968]

15. i have been "in love" with intelligent, compassionate, real life hero type Neil Katyal for long time

he should be a Supreme Court Justice.

[Ilsa]

18. The next R pres will give trump the PMoF for tying his own shoes.

They won't be able to elaborate on anything great he's done.

[alotus51]

21. The diffence between a brown nose and a kiss ass.

Depth perception !

[Upthevibe]

24. catbyte...............

I ADORE Neil Katyal! He's yummy and oh so smart..............