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05-17-2017 , 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by suzzer99
They're already asking for Loretta Lynch memos. Probably saving Susan Rice for when they need another big deflection.
Excited for when Chaffetz or whoever subpoenas Comey and asks him to testify and once he gets there, they only ask him about Seth Rich.
05-17-2017 , 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian
they also reported that trump called senator cornyn back after cornyn turned down the job initially to try to change his mind. trump really wanted a republican politician in that job so he could further influence the fbi investigations against him
Maybe Trump thinks the ****storm of leaks prompted by the Comey firing can't be repeated if he makes a bad hire for a replacement. I'm not sure if that's true.
05-17-2017 , 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
Please. These Senators talk the talk but when it comes to action, they all vote party line. They're spineless twits puffing out their chests to make themselves look like they aren't.

The only way they jump off of the Trump ship is if their constituents do it first because they know that if they jump off, it won't take much effort for their supporters to vote in somebody who will fall directly in line with Trump, making their sacrifice a futile decision.

If the GOP wants to save their ship, they would be better off overthrowing the leader and replacing him. They know that if they repair the ship that their supporters won't jump into the water to try to find a different boat. They've been on the same boat for decades and are nice and comfortable on it. Plus their legs hurt. They haven't exercised in a long time. Their eyesight is fading. It's just easier to stay on their boat then search for one that has a captain like Trump.
Bolded is just mantra some of you guys keep repeating until your blue in the face, but what is going on is beyond normal.

Sure, there are the Paul Ryans who are the modern day Petains of the world. However, when you have guys like Kasich, McCain, and ladies like Collins basically saying they have had enough AIDS from the WH, you're foolish to think others in their party aren't listening to them and will be willing to stomp out the trash fire in the WH if it means they get to rule the country in a more quiet fashion with Pence or whoever.
05-17-2017 , 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul D
Bolded is just mantra some of you guys keep repeating until your blue in the face, but what is going on is beyond normal.
No. It's a statement of fact. Look at their voting records and see for yourself. All they've done is voted party line despite their bluster about how unethical this is.

See, their morals, their code... it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people? They'll eat each other.
05-17-2017 , 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by DVaut1
Seems like Sheriff Clarke, noted most of all by being a Fox News pundit/commentator principally, is also or more importantly symbolic of Idiocracy America. The melding of the Fox News/right-wing infotainment industry and government is a fascinating phenomenon. It's frankly an under-reported phenomenon and people already talk about it a lot; that is, not only the influence of FNC/AM Radio/etc. on the rank-and-file and the masses but how the modern GOP and the entire ideological movement is highly, highly wedded up to the highest offices and elites to its entertainment and propaganda arm. It's not precisely a new political phenomenon at all (see the role of Pravda and Kamenev/Stalin in the early days of the Soviet Union) but it's seemingly largely been unremarked on that Fox News and the right-wing entertainers aren't just theater for the masses but are increasingly informing elites in the party.
Not so much the snake eating its own tail, but ****ting in its own mouth.
05-17-2017 , 05:39 PM
Lieberman on the FBI short list is so ****ing bizarre
05-17-2017 , 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by suzzer99
This is a thread OP in chiefsplanet:
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My personal Op-Ed...
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My personal Op-Ed...
05-17-2017 , 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian
they also reported that trump called senator cornyn back after cornyn turned down the job initially to try to change his mind. trump really wanted a republican politician in that job so he could further influence the fbi investigations against him
Also also reported that the Cornyn recommendation came from everyone's beloved Jefferson Sessions.
05-17-2017 , 05:43 PM
Laugh of the Day

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...esident-238505

Here's Trump, the billionaire, complaining that life is unfair. (Bill Clinton must have laughed out loud when he read this article.) I suppose Trump's next Executive Order will be observance of a [new] national holiday. The new holiday will be called: "Feel Sorry For The President" day.
05-17-2017 , 05:49 PM
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Trump: No politician 'has been treated worse or more unfairly'
05-17-2017 , 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Money2Burn
Not so much the snake eating its own tail, but ****ting in its own mouth.
It's also largely Trump but not just Trump. A lot has been written about how much Fox and the entertainers hold sway over the rabble but not so much about how Fox News contributors and pundits like KT McFarland and Sheriff Clarke are being given important government roles.
05-17-2017 , 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
No. It's a statement of fact. Look at their voting records and see for yourself. All they've done is voted party line despite their bluster about how unethical this is.

See, their morals, their code... it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people? They'll eat each other.
Voting records do not matter right now. This isn't a normal situation. Look at the stock market today. It might be a reaction to news.

Republicans do have a survival instinct. Public perception doesn't seem to be on Trump's side at the moment.

I don't expect an impeachment process to begin without an investigation. However, if the investigation turns up stuff, and Trump isn't reigned in and continues to make headlines for things like giving the Russians classified info, R's will flip on him.
05-17-2017 , 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DVaut1
Excited for when Chaffetz or whoever subpoenas Comey and asks him to testify and once he gets there, they only ask him about Seth Rich.
MSM is touting Chaffetz as a Republican turn coat and new hero to liberals for looking to subpoena Comey memos. I'm not quite sure what they're thinking.

Aside from the Clinton stuff everyone has talked about here, doesn't Trump want to know what the IC has on him too? It seems obvious. Chaffetz can't wait to run back to give the Pres a heads up.
05-17-2017 , 05:55 PM
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Trump: No politician 'has been treated worse or more unfairly'
05-17-2017 , 06:01 PM
Mueller as Special Counsel? Anyone else hear that? My local NBC station just said it.
05-17-2017 , 06:01 PM
Justice Department just appointed special counsel to investigate Russia, according to CNN.

EDIT: Yes, Robert Mueller. Don't know anything about him.
05-17-2017 , 06:02 PM
Lol special counsel
05-17-2017 , 06:02 PM
House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump
Before the conversation, McCarthy and Ryan had emerged from separate talks at the U.S. Capitol with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, who had described a Kremlin tactic of financing populist politicians to undercut Eastern European democratic institutions.

News had just broken the day before in The Washington Post that Russian government hackers had penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee, prompting McCarthy to shift the conversation from Russian meddling in Europe to events closer to home.

Some of the lawmakers laughed at McCarthy’s comment. Then McCarthy quickly added: “Swear to God.”

Ryan instructed his Republican lieutenants to keep the conversation private, saying: “No leaks...This is how we know we’re a real family here.”
05-17-2017 , 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by danspartan
Mueller as Special Counsel? Anyone else hear that? My local NBC station just said it.
Seems confirmed.
05-17-2017 , 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0
No, but after the operation, there was no point in releasing details of those people involved. That didn't stop Crazy Uncle Joe from opening his mouth. I'm sure you would be giving Pence a pass if he had done the same thing, right?
Hahaha while trying to backtalk the libtards about their outrage machine Inso gave a great example of how the right wing agitprop faux scandal machine not only can create a scandal from nothing it can last FOREVER without ever making it over to the newspapers for people whose lips don't move while they read.

He's talking about this:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...s-seal-team-6/

Well, Inso, your stories said Crazy Uncle Joe aka guy who reminded Wisconsin's own Paul Ryan that a Republican Wonk is intellectually inferior to a Democratic Running Joke put a target on the backs of those Heroic Operators.

How many of them has Al-Qaeda bagged? It's been 5 ****ing years. (also note the incredible bizarre single-serving-reality that article creates. SEAL Team 6 was well known as the most elite unite we had before bin Laden, identifying units that did **** happens all the time, and in that ****ing article about how unthinkable it was for Biden to do it he QUOTES FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE SEALS BY NAME ARE YOU KIDDING ME)

P.S. Gwen Moore is smarter than Donald Trump. She's also smarter than every single member of your immediate family.
05-17-2017 , 06:04 PM
Special Counsel Appointed!!

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politi....html?adkey=bn
05-17-2017 , 06:05 PM
Special prosecutor Robert Muller

And an insane wapo story about House rs knowing about Putin and trump

What a time to get on a plane
05-17-2017 , 06:07 PM
But all the said. ALL THAT SAID. Inso, this is important. This is a message I need you to be teaching you kids.

DONALD TRUMP LITERALLY THANKED A ****ING DEAD SEAL'S WIFE AT THE STATE OF THE UNION. BY NAME. SHE WAS THERE AND APPEARED ON CAMERA AT LENGTH. ARE YOU ****ING ****TING ME.

When you sign up for team "Simpleton" you don't get to ever expect to out-clever team "Smart", son.
05-17-2017 , 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian
House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump
Before the conversation, McCarthy and Ryan had emerged from separate talks at the U.S. Capitol with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, who had described a Kremlin tactic of financing populist politicians to undercut Eastern European democratic institutions.

News had just broken the day before in The Washington Post that Russian government hackers had penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee, prompting McCarthy to shift the conversation from Russian meddling in Europe to events closer to home.

Some of the lawmakers laughed at McCarthy’s comment. Then McCarthy quickly added: “Swear to God.”

Ryan instructed his Republican lieutenants to keep the conversation private, saying: “No leaks...This is how we know we’re a real family here.”
Ryan is Quisling or Petain. Biggest opportunist in US politics.
05-17-2017 , 06:08 PM
Just heard the Mueller news on CNN. Will DOJ really be completely removed from this like was just stated on tv?

      
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