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The Trump Presidency: Part 18

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Remember Trump’s trick of just saying “wrong,” conveying that people involved were either lying or stupid or both? I wish Democrats would try that. Maybe with a running chyron saying “wrong” whenever the media show video of him mouthing off. I’m not sure how well he’d take that. And they absolutely should give the White House a chance to fix or address the error. I don’t want them to fall into a trap of sounding righteous or whiny or pedantic. Just say “wrong,” with maybe a link of more-detailed explanations
And as repulsive as it sounds, perhaps people who don’t want Trump re-elected maybe should be monitoring conservative comments sections with ready facts and links if permitted.
 
Minoosh said:
Remember Trump’s trick of just saying “wrong,” conveying that people involved were either lying or stupid or both? I wish Democrats would try that. Maybe with a running chyron saying “wrong” whenever the media show video of him mouthing off. I’m not sure how well he’d take that. And they absolutely should give the White House a chance to fix or address the error. I don’t want them to fall into a trap of sounding righteous or whiny or pedantic. Just say “wrong,” with maybe a link of more-detailed explanations
And as repulsive as it sounds, perhaps people who don’t want Trump re-elected maybe should be monitoring conservative comments sections with ready facts and links if permitted.
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Trump has a powerful intellect but it can be defeated by anyone willing to say "I know you are, but what am I?" enough times.
 
When Trump tries to out the whistleblower (so he can be hanged, or something), isn’t he trying to intimidate a witness? Isn’t that like, a felony?

I don’t think the Dems need to investigate obstruction of justice too much, it’s all laid out in Mueller’s report, and then there are his idiotic tweets. What a pattern that would yield. They could make it a spreadsheet. One incident, meh but he’s got dozens if not hundreds of tweets and statements in which he tries to interfere with legal proceedings. WITH corrupt intent.

Too bad a judge can’t issue a gag order. (Or can one)?
 
Minoosh said:
When Trump tries to out the whistleblower (so he can be hanged, or something), isn’t he trying to intimidate a witness? Isn’t that like, a felony?

I don’t think the Dems need to investigate obstruction of justice too much, it’s all laid out in Mueller’s report, and then there are his idiotic tweets. What a pattern that would yield. They could make it a spreadsheet. One incident, meh but he’s got dozens if not hundreds of tweets and statements in which he tries to interfere with legal proceedings. WITH corrupt intent.

Too bad a judge can’t issue a gag order. (Or can one)?
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If the GOP didn't abandon the rule of law completely, Trump'd be out by now. But I fear that this is just a taste of things to come. And rampant criminality from the government can only lead to one thing.
 
Minoosh said:
When Trump tries to out the whistleblower (so he can be hanged, or something), isn’t he trying to intimidate a witness? Isn’t that like, a felony?

I don’t think the Dems need to investigate obstruction of justice too much, it’s all laid out in Mueller’s report, and then there are his idiotic tweets. What a pattern that would yield. They could make it a spreadsheet. One incident, meh but he’s got dozens if not hundreds of tweets and statements in which he tries to interfere with legal proceedings. WITH corrupt intent.

Too bad a judge can’t issue a gag order. (Or can one)?
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I disagree. They have to make a clear case for obstruction and that requires gathering facts including public statements but also private discussions of withholding evidence. Obstruction is ongoing and Mueller's report has already been dismissed by ther GOP, so new arguments are essential.
 
TragicMonkey said:
Trump has a powerful intellect but it can be defeated by anyone willing to say "I know you are, but what am I?" enough times.
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Well yeah, in fact he has a *towering* intellect. Maybe the tallest one yet, except for maybe Einstein.

Here’s something not related to your comment but I keep meaning to say it. When a local newspaper shut down, two staffers were retained to try to maintain an online presence. They tried running it by recruiting bloggers. Except it kept skewing to the liberal side. That’s because almost
none of the conservatives were willing to write under their real names. They wanted to write anonymously. That was a dealbreaker. I don’t know why the Conservatives felt that way ... maybe they knew they were full of ****.
 
Minoosh said:
Well yeah, in fact he has a *towering* intellect. Maybe the tallest one yet, except for maybe Einstein.

Here’s something not related to your comment but I keep meaning to say it. When a local newspaper shut down, two staffers were retained to try to maintain an online presence. They tried running it by recruiting bloggers. Except it kept skewing to the liberal side. That’s because almost
none of the conservatives were willing to write under their real names. They wanted to write anonymously. That was a dealbreaker. I don’t know why the Conservatives felt that way ... maybe they knew they were full of ****.
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I actually do write two political blogs under fake names. For the liberal one I'm Zak Chavez. For the conservative one I'm Ethan Chandler-Winstone IV.
 
phiwum said:
I disagree. They have to make a clear case for obstruction and that requires gathering facts including public statements but also private discussions of withholding evidence. Obstruction is ongoing and Mueller's report has already been dismissed by ther GOP, so new arguments are essential.
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I’m worried that they’ll never be able to finish if Trump keeps piling it on. Maybe that’s what Trump wants to do, run out the clock. Surely more will come.

I still have a suspicion that Senate GOP leaders already have something that could ruin Trump. Just a hunch that ex-staffers of the highest level have been quietly briefing senators and they are sitting on it for the time being. It’s a fantasy, I know, it sounds plausible to me.
 
TragicMonkey said:
I actually do write two political blogs under fake names. For the liberal one I'm Zak Chavez. For the conservative one I'm Ethan Chandler-Winstone IV.
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Kos or maybe Vox has a writer named Aldos Pennyfarthing.
 
Minoosh said:
When Trump tries to out the whistleblower (so he can be hanged, or something), isn’t he trying to intimidate a witness? Isn’t that like, a felony?
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He's already bribing the jurors (Senators) before the trial even starts. Why would he care about something as minor as witness tampering?
 
Parsman said:
Be fair now, Hitler was a much better painter than Trump is :)
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Hitler was an amazing painter.
He could do a whole apartment in one afternoon. Two coats!

- thank you, M. Brooks. You will always be in the Pantheon of Humor..

ETA:
Wait. He’s still alive?!
Someone needs to tell him the 2000-Year-Old Man was a comedy bit and not a life goal.

MORE ETA
I still waver between preferring Jack Benny’s version and Mel Brook’s version of “To Be or Not To Be.” I’ll always chuckle when I think of Sig Ruman saying “So they call me Concentration Camp Erhardt, eh”
 
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