A concern I have with men is their habit of rating women out of 10, based solely on the woman’s appearance. Then those same men cry when the women they choose solely based on appearance divorces them, take their kids and half their stuff. I have the same problem with Trump. He seems to choose people based on their appearance, and based on whether they say flattering things about him.

Trump was in court on Tuesday, and we’re getting reports about how his lawyer performed. So, do you think that Trump chose a lawyer based on education and demonstrated ability? Or do you think that he chose based on appearance – what he could see with his eyes?

Here is his lawyer Alina Habba:

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I solve problems in Information Technology by writing code. So, if I were hiring a lawyer, I would ask “where did the candidate go to law school?” and “how many years of legal experience does the candidate have” and “how many trials like this one has the candidate won in federal court?”. I’m concerned about hiring someone who can do the job. Not about how someone looks, or what someone wears.

Where did Alina go to school? “Widener University Commonwealth Law School”. I’ve never heard of Widener University. And it’s not ranked very highly as a law school. And Alina is very young, without a lot of experience.

So how did Alina Habba do in court, defending Trump?

Here’s an article from Newsweek, entitled “Alina Habba ‘Violated Court Order’ Within First 10 Seconds of Opening”:

Legal experts have suggested one of Donald Trump’s lawyers violated a gag order early on in a trial in New York.

Alina Habba is representing the former president in the civil defamation case brought in New York by columnist E. Jean Carroll. The trial in the case began with jury selection earlier this week.

Multiple news reports said Habba earned a stern comment from U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is presiding over the case.

Making the judge angry doesn’t sound smart to me.

Another article from Newsweek, entitled “Alina Habba Blasted by Judge in Fiery Courtroom Exchange: ‘Sit Down'”:

Amid court proceedings on Wednesday in former President Donald Trump’s defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll, Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba faced a “testy” courtroom exchange as Judge Lewis Kaplan told her to “sit down.”

[…]On Friday, lawyers for Trump requested that Kaplan, who is overseeing the trial, postpone the trial to the following week because of the sudden death of Trump’s mother-in-law, Amalija Knavs, as the former president will be traveling on Wednesday to attend the funeral scheduled for Thursday.

However, Kaplan denied the request and said that while the court “offers its condolences” to the Trump family, the trial would continue as scheduled.

On Wednesday, Habba, who is representing Trump in the case, had a tense courtroom exchange with Kaplan after she asked for an adjournment of the trial tomorrow so that Trump could attend his mother-in-law’s funeral.

In response to Habba’s request, Kaplan said her application had been denied and for Habba to sit down.

I should be happy about this, but actually, I’m furious. If Trump somehow becomes the nominee, then these courtroom antics are sure to land him in prison. And we know from polls that this will lose him 10-15% of his support, ensuring a Biden victory in 2024.

Here’s a 6-minute video from CNN summarizing the fiasco, featuring Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb (!):

We are in a Republican primary. We don’t have to choose the weaker candidate. We have to pick the candidate who is best for the country, and best for us. We need to pick a candidate who can beat Joe Biden (or Michelle Obama) in November. We owe Trump nothing. He was an employee, and he did some things well, and other things poorly. Now we have a new position open. And we have to pick the best candidate available. Someone who is involved in 4 criminal trials, facing 91 felony indictments, who picks lawyers like Alina Habba, is not the right candidate for us.