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08-01-2017 , 01:24 PM

#49801

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100,228

Quote:

Originally Posted by ligastar

84 year old lady friend of my parents, a staunch Trumpster, expressed misgivings about the orange menace for the first time y'day.

She must have missed the MS-13 specials. She'll catch on soon and be right back on board.

08-01-2017 , 01:27 PM

#49802

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100,228

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

I love CP when stories first break and Fox hasn't had a chance to give them talking points to parrot out yet.

Yeah it's like the first few seconds after a bomb goes off, when everyone is just wandering in different directions in shock.

Btw I am still bet-banned, so thank you for doing God's work needling them.

08-01-2017 , 01:28 PM

#49803

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

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Quote:

Originally Posted by champstark

So what do you guys think the realistic probability is we attack North Korea?

I'd say it's at least 50/50 by the end of this year. Maybe higher?

Trump won't do it to save the mid-terms. He'll do it to save himself. So I'm guessing sometime around Jan 2020.

08-01-2017 , 01:28 PM

#49804

wheatrich

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dunno why "trump loves anything that makes democrats look bad" is a story, he dgaf at how you do it, just that you do it.

08-01-2017 , 01:31 PM

#49805

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsjefe

[greenwald/tracey]You believe the head spook? Have you learned nothing?[/greenwald/tracey]

Greenwald is too busy scouring the internet for totally relevant one-off examples of hypocrisy from liberal thought leaders like Debra Messing.

But hey it's not like there was any other news on the 26th. Gotta fill the slow day with something.

And look Town Hall picked up on it: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattve...althy-n2360696

08-01-2017 , 01:39 PM

#49806

DrChesspain

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JordanIB

He could preemptively pardon Trump and Hillary, and frame it as the country moving forward from the circus of the 2016 election. Wouldn't put it past the GOP.

A pardon has to be accepted by the "accused" to be official, and according to the pundits I saw, accepting a pardon is the equivalent of a Guilty plea.

Consequently, there is no way HRC is accepting a pardon.

08-01-2017 , 01:42 PM

#49807

wheatrich

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Sessions put a general in charge of prisons.

08-01-2017 , 01:46 PM

#49808

AllTheCheese

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AllTheCheese

Jeff Flake does not like Trump.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...d-trump-215442

No1curr, I know, I know, but relevantly, he does state that preserving the fillibuster is a high priority for him.

Good write-up on the book from which the above excerpt was taken:

https://newrepublic.com/article/1441...e-rings-hollow

Quote:

Conscience of a Conservative is a lucid look at what ails the Republican Party. That it comes from a Republican gives it credibility, and that Flake mostly steers clear of attacking Democrats and liberals adds even more points. And yet, for all that’s laudable about Conscience of a Conservative—and there’s more than I expected there to be—this is not the bravest or most effective way of getting at the problem. McCain sabotaged Obamacare repeal in a self-indulgent and theatrical way, but he did ultimately take a stand against both the president and Mitch McConnell. Flake attacks Trump as a false prophet, a huckster, and a demagogue, but has done little to check his power in any way. Flake also sits on the Judiciary Committee, which among other things is investigating the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, and yet has not used his perch to conduct any meaningful oversight of the president.

08-01-2017 , 01:58 PM

#49809

otatop

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Ari Fleischer is all for eliminating the debt limit now. Let's see what he said about it previously:

Oh.

08-01-2017 , 02:05 PM

#49810

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100,228

Quote:

Originally Posted by otatop

Ari Fleischer is all for eliminating the debt limit now. Let's see what he said about it previously:

Oh.

Again with the 2016 takes itt. I bet you still eat hipster cupcakes. Debts and deficits don't matter. LOOK - MS-13!!!!

08-01-2017 , 02:07 PM

#49811

Our House

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Trump: Social media (37 million people x 3) is the only way for me to get the truth out!

Wrong. Blanket immunity is the only way for you to get the truth out.

08-01-2017 , 02:12 PM

#49812

FlyWf

It's the other way

Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 58,097

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrChesspain

Yeah, you have to accept to identify the pardoned conduct. There's no such thing as a blanket pardon for all conduct.

08-01-2017 , 02:31 PM

#49813

Dunkman

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Well-oiled machine

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/...47764998758401

08-01-2017 , 02:36 PM

#49814

otatop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

There's no such thing as a blanket pardon for all conduct.

Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.

08-01-2017 , 02:38 PM

#49815

Clovis8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunkman

Well-oiled machine

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/...47764998758401

This just isn't funny anymore. My god.

08-01-2017 , 02:40 PM

#49816

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

Quote:

Originally Posted by otatop

i can't wait to see mike pence pardon trump's whole family for any and all crimes that may have been committed after 1950 through the end of time

08-01-2017 , 02:46 PM

#49817

aflametotheground

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,851

08-01-2017 , 02:48 PM

#49818

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,100

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheatrich

Sessions put a general in charge of prisons.

Jingoes! We are defo in the ****.

08-01-2017 , 02:51 PM

#49819

OmgGlutten!

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Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 5,273

I like how Trump voters are all about the first responders and lives on the line but when it comes to the CIA and US intelligence, the fact that Trump believes Putin over those guy - they just look the other way.