LOL well, you’ll get no argument from me regarding lawyers. I’ve learned to despise all of them.... unless, I actually NEED one. I always want to love my own lawyer.
Sphinx laid out the preferred way of getting the task done. It’s not THAT hard to do. This situation is a bit more complicated than firing a room cleaner that doesn’t show up for work. There’s politics involved.
This case will almost surely go to the courts.... it probably already has. But more importantly, it will be fodder for the court of public opinion. Us die-hard MAGA types may not give a crap how this lady was treated, but a LOT of voters will.... especially women.
There’s just no reason to create yet another ‘Circus of Mean’ to feed the media echo chamber for another month.
Trump may not have to face election again, but Republicans will... in 2026. And it already ain’t looking great for them. If they don’t codify more of the DOGE findings, it could be an epic wipeout. And then, you can forget about Trump getting anything else done.
Correct.
FR has become too much of an echo chamber regarding Trump. A lot of freepers are all in on the inerrancy and infallibility of Trump, and anyone who does not follow along is the enemy.
But this is not about what you or I, or any freeper, thinks. This is what a Republican candidate running for Congress in a swing district can defend in a town meeting when members of the teachers union — the biggest political force in many suburban and rural districts — roll in with their “he fired the first black female head of the LOC” rants.
Trump can do no wrong is not a winning argument to anyone but the hardest of the hard core cult of personality types.
Give reasons, for Pete’s sake. Give the people on your side something to fight back with. Define the story on your own terms before the other side defines it in theirs.
And a little basic courtesy goes a long way. In this case, we’re talking about the head of an iconic cultural institution. Her appointment was hailed as a symbolic breaking of barriers when it happened, and while freepers (including me) don’t like that kind of DEI fetishism, it is noticed by a lot of people and is an easy talking point for the other side. Trump could have asked her to come over to the White House for a short meeting. Show her every courtesy. If Trump can’t find the decency to do that, let JD Vance or his Chief of Staff take the meeting.
I have hired many lawyers over my life, civil lawyers, criminal lawyers even lawyers that knew who would take a bribe {not that I would ever admit to breaking that law}.
Even the ones that "won" civil cases and I got some of my own money, I hated.
The criminal lawyers that kept me out {or got me out} of jail I had more respect for because they never pretended to care about my innocence or guilt, they were only in it for the money.
Whether on a retainer being paid by the milli-second, or on a percentage basis, I hated all of them.
I still have a very good lawyer that I almost don't hate very much {he's been a social friend for several decades} but what vampires those bastards are, and I can never "love my lawyer".