Quote of the Day:
“I don’t know him, I salute him. Because I’ve been waiting for someone to say this swamp’s too mucky for me.”
— Whoopi Goldberg, co-host, ABC’s The View, on Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) announcing that he’s not running for reelection 2018 and denouncing the President Trump era of politics on the Senate floor.
Biden in 2020?
“I haven’t decided to run,” he said, “but I’ve decided I’m not going to decide not to run. We’ll see what happens.” — Former Veep Joe Biden, Vanity Fair. Read the whole piece.
‘Morning Joe’ host blasts Trump as a liar
Mika Brzezinski: “Has the president ever lied?”
Sen. Mike Lee: “I’m certain he has, but I am not here to focus on that.”
The Observer: What is this, Mean Girls?
Chad Pergram, FNC: “GOP Senators now filing out of lunch with Trump. Corker doesn’t respond to question if he made up with Trump.”
Tim Miller, partner, DefinersDC: “A Senator is sounding the alarm that the President of his own party is a danger to the country and press treats it like a Mean Girls feud.”
Kasich, Flake and ‘Cocksucker’
Kurt Schlichter (senior columnist, Townhall): “Kasich” is polish for “Flake.”
Get Me Roger Stone (Stone’s Documentary): “Hm. Always thought it was Polish for ‘Cocksucker.'”
Snapshot.
Paul Kane is a reporter for WaPo; Thrush writes for NYT.
That’s @GlennThrush successful dash – Dirksen subway basement, up to 1st floor, around 2 corners, down flight of stairs – catching a source. pic.twitter.com/KI2J3VfvQ8
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) October 25, 2017
Tough guy…
“I could kick Karl Rove’s ass on the schoolyard pretty easily.” — Patrick Howley, editor, Big League Politics.
Tabloid-Gossip Roundup
TMZ: This never ends…Former Prez George H.W. Bush gets accused of playing grab ass at photo shoot in 2014. See here. Also: the site catches up with media whore Montel Williams at LAX this week. Of course he says President Trump and COS John Kelly need to man up and say sorry to the Gold Star widow. See here.
NYP’s Page Six: A montage of NBC “TODAY” Show Megyn Kelly’s weirdest show moments. See here.
Daily Mail: Columnist Piers Morgan brags about his prediction that Trump would be Prez. He also says Trump can pull it off again. Here’s why.