If Pete Hegseth was a good guy there's almost no chance that Senate Republicans would confirm him. If he gets through it will be *because* he is a moral cretin. www.thebulwark.com/p/vice-is-a-... - ThreadSky

jvl.bsky.social • 48 days ago

If Pete Hegseth was a good guy there's almost no chance that Senate Republicans would confirm him.

If he gets through it will be *because* he is a moral cretin. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/vice-is-a-moat

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jammaj.bsky.social•48 days ago

silkysylluvan8.bsky.social•48 days ago

This is part Christian revival meeting, part gaslighting seminar.
Will the hypocrisy be enough to repulse rational people?

mcpick.bsky.social•48 days ago

If Hegseth was a good guy Trump wouldn’t pick him. I think Trump believes that picking people with low morals and who have charges against them will be more loyal to him. Trump is saving their careers, giving them a chance and they will offer unwavering loyalty in return.

mcpick.bsky.social•48 days ago

If Trump picked someone with character he or she would be more likely to pushback and will have other career options. Hegseth doesn’t have a lot of career options given his sordid history.

jennifermc6.bsky.social•48 days ago

Are the three women behind him his wives or props or both?

rlen10.bsky.social•48 days ago

Excellent reasoning, explains so much.
"If a guy is willing to rape a woman, surely he can be counted on to visit destruction on Democrats, or woke generals, or whoever."

j-dave.bsky.social•48 days ago

In the GOP senators' defense, they are **switch to German accent** only following orders

treesforest.bsky.social•48 days ago

there's no way America can go forward as a country with half of the govt acting like this.

kalkanswimmer.bsky.social•48 days ago

The moral cretinism is the point.

carolannete.bsky.social•48 days ago

An inversion of ethics - purportedly to serve higher ends - as at the heart of Trumpism.

Trumpers have valorized the situational ethics & moral relativism that conservatives used to decry.

berfield.com•48 days ago

I think the only way to get Rs to vote against him is to hammer on his lack of competence, not his moral failings. They love moral failings.

jackbeingbad.bsky.social•48 days ago

It's true. The commonality with most of Trump's picks is that they're so compromised and/or incompetent that they're completely dependent on Trumps authority. They're tied to him

ajstansbury.bsky.social•48 days ago

I still believe the dubious character is a feature for Trump, he wants leverage when he gives an illegal order. He wants to be able to say "Oh you don't want to deploy troops into that sanctuary city? Why don't we release that report and see how you feel about it then."

opheliasmarbles.bsky.social•48 days ago

We inhabit the worst possible timeline.

kanelawless420.bsky.social•48 days ago

Hillary warned us first. Oh but NO.
No one wanted to see a Lady in the Oval office.
Both times.

Basically.
https://bsky.app/profile/kanelawless420.bsky.social/post/3lexgojjnok2i

agnathra.bsky.social•48 days ago

Ok just subbed to the new Atlantis bc jvl is always right

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