Cleanup in Aisle Lunatic (h/t romad1)

[romad1]

  On 6/23/2022 at 10:11 PM, Motown Bombers said:

Hillary Clinton sat for 11 hours answering questions about emails and none of these elected officials will testify. 

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"Anyone who runs is a VC.  Anyone who stands still, is a well-disciplined VC"

[mtutiger]

 

[pfife]

 

 

[mtutiger]

  On 6/23/2022 at 8:43 PM, pfife said:

I didn't understand what you meant when you said it before but now I do and its totally true.

It's quite ingenious from a purely tactical level.   

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A lot of folks downplay what happened in the First Impeachment, saying it wasn't impeachable, etc.... but it's honestly one of the most clear and instructive events as to how Trump operates. And how it's more like what we associate with a Mob Boss than an American President. 

The parallels between what he asked Zelensky to do with what he himself attempted to have done with the DOJ are hard to miss.

[chasfh]

  On 6/23/2022 at 11:06 PM, Motown Bombers said:

Interesting theory. 

 

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Perhaps his idea is that he'll simply replace anyone in leadership who quits with loyalists just competent enough to do his exact bidding.

And if rank-and-file employees quit by the thousands, he'll either recruit out of C and D county law firms, or simply defund Justice at the field level and make do.

[mtutiger]

 

[romad1]

  On 6/26/2022 at 1:37 AM, mtutiger said:

 

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that is shocking but not surprising, or is it the other way around?   Or, maybe we are all exhausted by the evil and self-indulgent crap these people have been getting away with for 5+ years.

[Tiger337]

  On 6/23/2022 at 11:06 PM, Motown Bombers said:

Interesting theory. 

 

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Has Abramson ever predicted anything correctly?  He's been talking about Trump getting nailed for six years and nothing ever happens.  

Edited June 26, 2022 by Tiger337

[romad1]

  On 6/26/2022 at 3:49 AM, Tiger337 said:

Has Abramson ever predicted anything correctly?  He's been talking about Trump getting nailed for six years and nothing ever happens.  

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I have heard this change of tone from some people who I sort of trust.  Benjamin Wittes of Lawfare and the guy who used to be solicitor general who is often on NBC.   I would take Seth with a grain of salt but he might be right about this.

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

  On 6/26/2022 at 1:37 AM, mtutiger said:

 

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They don't even try to disguise their brown shirts anymore.

[mtutiger]

  On 6/26/2022 at 9:21 AM, Mr.TaterSalad said:

They don't even try to disguise their brown shirts anymore.

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And Trump just sits there like a grinning bobblehead when she says it.

But the media will pass because something something both sides something something.

[romad1]

You ask...why put this in the "cleanup" thread, Romad?   Because it absolutely belongs.

[Jim Cowan]

  On 6/26/2022 at 9:21 AM, Mr.TaterSalad said:

They don't even try to disguise their brown shirts anymore.

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She made sure to use the word "patriot" there too, which is now a value-loaded dog whistle word unfit for use by anyone except a white supremacist.  "Heritage" has been ruined in the same way.

[Archie]

  On 6/26/2022 at 1:37 AM, mtutiger said:

 

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I am honestly at a loss for words at how absolutely stupid that woman's comments are.  It makes all of the people on the right look bad.  That ruling, whether you agree or disagree with it, had nothing to do with race.  If it had, and this lady had any brains, she would see that black women have more abortions than any other demographic and white women the least.  The correct response would've been Trump correcting her and then tell her he wouldn't share the stage with her. 

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[ben9753]

When has Trump ever admonished neo nazis that support him? He never has  because he’s gutless. And that’s the most charitable explanation. 

[romad1]

He might have told her to stand by for when he wanted to try to storm the Capitol in order to murder the VP and overthrow a democracy 

[gehringer_2]

  On 6/26/2022 at 6:04 PM, ben9753 said:

When has Trump ever admonished neo nazis that support him? He never has  because he’s gutless. And that’s the most charitable explanation. 

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Good people, don't forget.

[CMRivdogs]

The look on his face tells the whole story. He approves to the message

[CMRivdogs]

Uvalde, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Oxford parents would like a word or three.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Tiger337]

  On 6/26/2022 at 6:04 PM, ben9753 said:

When has Trump ever admonished neo nazis that support him? He never has  because he’s gutless. And that’s the most charitable explanation. 

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in his eyes, there is nothing wrong with a neo nazi.  If that neo nazi can help him in some way, that is all that matters. The nazi vote is useful to him.   

[Tiger337]

  On 6/27/2022 at 1:17 AM, Motown Bombers said:

 

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Vicious attack!

[pfife]

  On 6/26/2022 at 4:31 AM, romad1 said:

I have heard this change of tone from some people who I sort of trust.  Benjamin Wittes of Lawfare and the guy who used to be solicitor general who is often on NBC.   I would take Seth with a grain of salt but he might be right about this.

 

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One in the media I like a lot is Michael Isikoff on Skullduggery and he's been on the skeptical side of all of this but recently hard this change of tone as well.

[pfife]

Wait no way 

 

[romad1]

  On 6/27/2022 at 11:48 AM, pfife said:

Wait no way 

 

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those 10 people need to go to jail for fraud