Guy Chamberlin Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 btw....when you do this much signaling about "Third World!" and "banana republic!' you're projecting your own ways and motives. I believe the far right -- by which I mean everyone to the right of Ben Sasse --- is willing to threaten another violent insurrection if anyone moves to imprison or even try Donald Trump, and DTs messages to his masses have already dropped most of their coding. This is Mobutu Sese Seko stuff. 3 Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 46 minutes ago, teachercd said: I just watched this video and the idea behind it was that if the raid on his place doesn't turn up anything "important" it is like the DOJ just handed him the White House in 24. I did not really think of it like that but it was interesting. I can see that. Although as Moiraine pointed out, anything juicy they do find would simply have been planted by an out-of-control federal agency looking to destroy Trump. His base can have it both ways. But I do think yet another failure to prosecute could push a few fence sitters back into the Witch Hunt camp. The idea that a less damning trove of documents somehow absolves Trump of his blatant treason is what bugs me. Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said: btw....when you do this much signaling about "Third World!" and "banana republic!' you're projecting your own ways and motives. I believe the far right -- by which I mean everyone to the right of Ben Sasse --- is willing to threaten another violent insurrection if anyone moves to imprison or even try Donald Trump, and DTs messages to his masses have already dropped most of their coding. This is Mobutu Sese Seko stuff. I guess we now know the Dem media machine and Schumer/Pelosi we’re projecting back in the day!! https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/378381-voters-reject-trumps-banana-republic-presidency/ https://guardian.ng/opinion/america-and-trumps-banana-republic/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/is-america-becoming-a-banana-republic https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-kleptocracy-could-be-turning-the-us-into-a-banana-republic-2017-05-03 https://dailycaller.com/2018/05/21/chuck-schumer-trump-banana-republic/ https://nypost.com/2022/01/09/what-schumer-said-about-the-filibuster-when-the-shoe-was-on-the-other-foot/ https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/484448-schumer-on-trump-intel-shakeup-disgrace-closer-to-a-banana-republic/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/what-banana-republic-pelosi-unloads-trump-over-gassing-protesters-outside-n1223346 https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/7/29/the-united-states-is-a-banana-republic/ 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said: I can see that. Although as Moiraine pointed out, anything juicy they do find would simply have been planted by an out-of-control federal agency looking to destroy Trump. His base can have it both ways. But I do think yet another failure to prosecute could push a few fence sitters back into the Witch Hunt camp. The idea that a less damning trove of documents somehow absolves Trump of his blatant treason is what bugs me. I am just trying to think of people that are on the fence. I suppose it could push them to the Trump side but it just seems odd, seems like it was an odd thought when I saw it. But hey, who knows! Things are pretty weird! Link to comment
commando Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, knapplc said: Let's play another round of shot/chaser with the cheeto's own words... Shot: Chaser: well...looks trump was right about something Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 The world renown expert at everything finally weighs in... 2 Link to comment
Scarlet Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Imagine believing habitual liars like Rand Paul, Mike McCarthy, Donald Trump, et al when what they are saying can easily be disproven. Trump could clear the air himself if he'd let us all see the warrant and the the inventory of what was seized. I do see MAGAts have their marching orders. Deny, deflect, blame the "Deep State" and gaslight granny. 4 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, suh_fan93 said: The world renown expert at everything finally weighs in... I would love to know how many people like Paul fall into each of these camps: a) Think the US is invincible and it's okay to say things like this and our government will hold up just fine when they keep telling the public that the whole system is rigged. They do what they do for the votes/whatever office they hold, but don't think anything truly bad will come of it. b) Are okay with autocracy, even if Trump is the autocrat, and think they will gain from it/get some of the power c) Are actually stupid enough to believe the bulls#!t - we're at a point in time now where many of the GOP leaders were raised on Fox News, so it's possible some of them believe what they're saying. 1 2 Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 As embarrassing as the Republican party has been and better believe it's been more/worse than embarrassing I never thought I would see them look this pathetic. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Soon to be "former legal analyst." 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Just thought about something. How is he going to function as President if they took all his classified documents? Link to comment
nic Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said: Soon to be "former legal analyst." They absolutely have the right to collect classified docs improperly removed from a classified setting, but I read somewhere the feds have known about the possible doc removal for many months. Anyone know why they waited? I would acted immediately to protect classified info. I think at this point we need to know what they found. I haven’t talked with any Trumpsters yet, but I suspect they are amping up. This could get ugly. Link to comment
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