Wow. This is a terrific half-hour with Scaramucci

[PCIntern]

On a podcast with Blumenthal and Wilentz.

He makes some excellent observations, one in particular about Vance.

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[haele]

1. Some of the best observations on human nature come from

"Reformed" grifters.
They understand the various motivations and weaknesses of their fellow humans well enough that if they weren't so greedy or selfishly ambitious - and truly honest with themselves - they could be a force for significant progress.
As it is now, they are good for pointing out flaws.

[marble falls]

3. Or has Scaramucci found a new grift?

[haele]

4. Well, I did put reformed in what would be air quotes...

Ya, he's got a new grift going. But he's still an astute predator.

[marble falls]

2. I take issue with one thing Scaramucci says, that the Constitution was failing even in the first term. ...

... the Constitution did not fail. We citizens failed. Our leaders failed. The Constitution isn't failing us, our leaders are failing to follow the Constitution. We are failing to keep our leaders on the track.

[PCIntern]

5. In this interview

He says that many of us are failing, especially the media and Congress. Given who it is, I thought it was a great interview.

[marble falls]

7. When the truth is out there and in the media day after day I question the need for the insight of a person who spent ...

... 10 or 11 days in the White House in 2016. Nobody left or right gave a hoot on his opinions after his boot in 2016. Where's his voice been the last nine or ten years in his struggle to develop some sort of relevance? Now that Trump is FINALLY going down he jumps in. After MT Greene did a year ago.

That said, he said a lot I absolutely agree with, most of what he said was right on.

[PCIntern]

8. Of course they are all Johnny-come-latelies.

I mean Lookit MTG… she’s right on but my God, remember the shit that used to come out of her mouth?

[marble falls]

9. That's exactly how I feel about her. Her differences with TACO is over two or three issues, Epstein being ...

... number one. I don't go looking for any of her thoughts on anything. Cut the the two or three issues out and those two walk in lockstep.

[ChicagoTeamster]

6. Great inside take on Trump wanting to destroy everyone that he used to get where he is. He probably had Epstein arrested

He was President in 2019. Now that he's in his second term and not doing well and he knows he's going to be dead soon he wants to destroy everyone around probably with the exception of Ivanka and Baron. And yes, he hates Vance, Rubio, he'll turn on Hegseth, Wiles, and Blanche eventually too.

He doesn't care if there's a nuclear war. He almost dead. In his mind, as long as he had more money than anyone else when the world as we know it ended, he wins.