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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Given we're seeing sexual crimes used by the GOP in literal frame up jobs now (see Mueller), I'm not as inclined to automatically make a snap judgement as I usually am. Especially as there are no details about the person or their relationship to him.
And I *HATE* that I have to be suspicious now.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.I bet more indictments are coming.
Or it could just be projection, but don’t be suprised I’d we do.
Universities will someday study what highly conflicted (and NOT Senate approved) Bob Mueller and his gang of Democrat thugs have done to destroy people. Why is he protecting Crooked Hillary, Comey, Mc Cabe, Lisa Page & her lover, Peter S, and all of his friends on the other side?
Edited by megaeliz on Nov 15th 2018 at 9:55:43 AM
I really would like Comey to get arrested for... something. Man's a total Karma Houdini.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Comey might not be the best guy around, but unless he's done something actively illegal, I don't see why he should be in the slammer.
I get that people are mad that he potentially caused Trump to win, but remember that even he figured that Hillary was going to come out on top. It was his way of covering his ass in case someone asked him about the investigation later.
He was probably as nonplussed as anyone else when the GOP took power.
And frankly, Trump coming to power was the perfect wake-up call to a lot of people that there's a long way to go for the United States to live up to it's ideals. I think that's not a bad thing - it's got people motivated and on the clock.
I hold the secrets of the machine.Comey using his positon to influence the election was a direct violation of the Hatch Act, at a minimum he should be stripped of his pension and other benefits associated with an office that he abused to help his party win an election.
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Uh. I think the kids with lifelong trauma from being torn from their parents, the murdered Jews from the Pittsburgh synagogue, and the many, many other people directly harmed by Trump’s vicious policies would disagree. Like, I don’t think you meant it that way but that’s a horrifically callous and privileged statement.
Trying to claim Trump's win was a good thing because it's a wake up call is privileged accelerationist bullshit. It ignores the fact that Trump's win and his administration has caused real lasting damage. People's lives have been ruined. Peoples' lives have ended.
Trump's win was not a good thing.
Edited by M84 on Nov 15th 2018 at 11:40:42 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedYa, Trump being a fool is probably a good thing as it tempers his bad-ness. There be a reason why many people say that Trump isn't any more evil/racist/what-have-you than the rest of the (especially: Congressional) Republicans, he just doesn't put any effort in fig leafing it or at competently carrying out.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanTrump has done and will do a lot of damage to the US. But I admit, I have hope that it will come out better this time around than back when Bush did it, because for once people started to pay attention.
The US in general needs to take a hard look at itself, and not just because of Trump and not just since 2016.
Edited by Swanpride on Nov 15th 2018 at 7:47:32 AM
I could definitely see history framing the narrative as such, but history has the benefit of hindsight.
Read my stories!Trump's malignant narcissism, sheer incompetence, and cruelty has done a lot to poison the Republican brand. Without the chaos of his presidency, I doubt the Democrats would be resurgent or, indeed, even that popular. If a different Republican had won, we would have had atrocities at the border, a strained reputation abroad, and tax cuts for the rich, but it would have been met with indifference or even approval, and if Hillary won, there would have been a groundswell of conservative opposition translating to an unassailable conservative majority. Trump made everyone disgusted and terrified like no one else could, and most people in America only start doing the right thing when you scare the shit out of them. His presidency's causing chaos, but it's creative destruction, without which any progressive accomplishment would have been either lukewarm or downright impossible.
Edited by CrimsonZephyr on Nov 15th 2018 at 11:27:50 AM
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."Every time Trump whines about how the Mueller Investigation isn't looking at Democrats, I feel like he just got back from whining to the Justice Department about it and is using Twitter to vent his impotent frustration.
- Trump: No, listen, I know I was just in here last week, but I just heard on InfoWars that Hillary—
- Rosenstein: Mr. President, what does any of this have to do with Russian collusion in 2016?
- Trump: Hear me out. Have you heard about this Uranium One thing? Big. Problem. Hillary was buying nuclear weapons from Russia by disguising them as child prostitutes or something. You should look into it.
- Rosenstein: Uh-huh. You know what, I'll get back to you.
- Trump: No, really. The very best people have all said it's true.
- Rosenstein: Have a good day, Mr. President.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Nov 15th 2018 at 9:27:46 AM
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Looks like the guy behind Surefire Intelligence tried to take credit for the Avenatti arrest. So if that's not just him trying to stay relevant this could all be fake.
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