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Prophecy0 posted:I am holding down vomit after reading this. It's beyond obvious that Trump isn't at all a believer in a higher power, yet the religious right will believe every drat word he says. He says he's a republican that's all the proof they need.
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Kaddish posted:Well, you don't need to say anything more - unfortunately it doesn't make you right. The President has the authority to fire the FBI directory for any reason, or no reason, as Comey himself stated earlier today. The word authority doesn't mean what you think it means.
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Kaddish posted:Well, you don't need to say anything more - unfortunately it doesn't make you right. The President has the authority to fire the FBI directory for any reason, or no reason, as Comey himself stated earlier today. you are impressively stupid
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I did find Kamala Harris' line of questioning pretty funny. "I was a prosecutor so I know how these things go..." Proceeds to ask a bunch of sensitive questions that Comey can't answer in an open forum.
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I'm sitting in a room full of republicans watching Fox news coverage of this. Their takeaway is that this is very bad for democrats because of the Loretta Lynch thing. They keep saying he "dropped a bomb" on democrats.
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Rigel posted:Firing the FBI director because you don't like him, or you think he's bad at his job, or because you think he has a goofy face and wears cheap suits are all fine and legal. Right, but intention is the key word there. If Trump says "I fired Comey because I don't like how he handled the Russian investigation" (which he did say), that's still perfectly fine.
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Kaddish posted:Well, you don't need to say anything more - unfortunately it doesn't make you right. The President has the authority to fire the FBI directory for any reason, or no reason, as Comey himself stated earlier today. This has to be a troll.
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Rigel posted:Firing the FBI director because you don't like him, or you think he's bad at his job, or because you think he has a goofy face and wears cheap suits are all fine and legal. Comey phrased his testimony purposefully. Whether or not the Republicans actually do anything about it, Comey put quite a few more pieces on the board justifying obstruction of justice if not other issues.
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Hellblazer187 posted:Pelosi is excellent at the job of whipping votes. Politically she seems like a net negative, but pretty much 100% of voting is based on 1) Tribal identity and 2) Opinions about the president. So, it's debatable whether anyone else in her shoes would be any better at the "get/keep dems in power" part of the job. Nobody bases their vote on their opinion of the personality of the Speaker of the House. The only "bad" thing Pelosi has ever done for the Democratic caucus was pressure Democrats in vulnerable districts to vote for Cap and Trade. That was a great thing and the Senate totally screwed her over on that after they assured her that they vote on it and she rounded up the votes. She got the House in line for a public option, national Obamacare exchanges instead of state exchanges, Medicare buy-in and let the most vulnerable members take hall passes, but still get the bills passed. She is very good at her job. The Democratic Caucus in the House has never been a roadblock for Progressive reforms under her leadership.
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Vegetable posted:what the hell did he think was gonna happen in the comey testimony, having an interviewed scheduled in the first place Have you considered that the trump admin is entirely made up of dumb people with a few competent ones screaming at them to stop doing poo poo
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Kaddish posted:Well, you don't need to say anything more - unfortunately it doesn't make you right. The President has the authority to fire the FBI directory for any reason, or no reason, as Comey himself stated earlier today. what you need to do to obstruct justice 1) take an action 2) with the intent that action interfere with an investigation the action can be something entirely within your authority and completely legal without the corrupt intent in (2)
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Testimony had the expected impact on the few brokebrain trumpers on my FB wall:quote:Comey is a freaking idiot puppet... fired for his inability to do his job when it meant investigating the "hand that feeds him" ... and now crying sour grapes like a disgruntled employee.... lmao !!! I'm just waiting for the "but he started it" like a kid in front of his parents!!! quote:First Comey broke the law making his July speech because that is not his job and he protected Lynch, Clintons ect. They called for a special prosecutor but HE said there was no case. Now he is saying he was in fear of Trump. What an absolute joke. Double Standards is amazing.
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Kaddish posted:Right, but intention is the key word there. If Trump says "I fired Comey because I don't like how he handled the Russian investigation" (which he did say), that's still perfectly fine. ok so you just admitted that your nonsense about his authority to fire comey being the end of this discussion was wrong, correct? i just want to make sure we've cleared that bit of stupidity up
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Vegetable posted:what the hell did he think was gonna happen in the comey testimony, having an interviewed scheduled in the first place
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theflyingorc posted:you are impressively stupid You are impressively naive if you think congress is going to impeach based on an obstruction argument based on the Comey firing. There may be better argument for the Flynn conversation but not the firing.
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Burning_Monk posted:I did find Kamala Harris' line of questioning pretty funny. Kamala Harris did what she wanted to do. Her entire block of time was basically a softball of "I can't comment on that" on purpose to highlight ongoing investigations.
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Burning_Monk posted:I did find Kamala Harris' line of questioning pretty funny. That's what she wanted. And she wanted to let him know she knew what it was. She just wanted to get the questions answered like that for the implications and to let people know what she was gonna ask in a closed session.
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Burning_Monk posted:I did find Kamala Harris' line of questioning pretty funny. That was the goal. It gets a lot of those questions into the public arena and on people's minds and Comey for his part won't definitively say no. whether or not that is actually the case. Plus the Republican lines of attack had been shut down by that point.
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Petr posted:I'm sitting in a room full of republicans watching Fox news coverage of this. Their takeaway is that this is very bad for democrats because of the Loretta Lynch thing. They keep saying he "dropped a bomb" on democrats. Are they aware that Hillary Clinton is not president and Loretta Lynch is longer AG?
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Petr posted:I'm sitting in a room full of republicans watching Fox news coverage of this. Their takeaway is that this is very bad for democrats because of the Loretta Lynch thing. They keep saying he "dropped a bomb" on democrats. One of my wife's hyper-conservative friends thinks McCain's questioning was a slam dunk. Witch hunt! I then had one of those moments where I type out a longish, thoughtful Facebook comment, think about it for a moment, then hit backspace and go on with my day.
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Kaddish posted:You are impressively naive if you think congress is going to impeach based on an obstruction argument based on the Comey firing. There may be better argument for the Flynn conversation but not the firing. do you think that nobody remembers what you said its right there, on the page, we can read it and notice that every time you're called an idiot you have a trumpean response where you pretend that the past never happened and make something up about it
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So I missed the last hour of Comey testimony, but to sum up, it sounds like the anonymous reports we've been hearing about in the news on the firing and Flynn were confirmed, Mueller's probably got a lot going on behind the scenes, and the conservative response is that KC Green "this is fine" cartoon?
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evilweasel posted:ok so you just admitted that your nonsense about his authority to fire comey being the end of this discussion was wrong, correct? I'm very confused - you seem to have actual evidence that Trump fired Comey to end the Russia investigation. Where is this evidence?
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Burning_Monk posted:I did find Kamala Harris' line of questioning pretty funny. It's pretty funny that you don't get what she was doing there.
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Kaddish posted:You are impressively naive if you think congress is going to impeach based on an obstruction argument based on the Comey firing. There may be better argument for the Flynn conversation but not the firing. I didn't say they were going to impeach, and now you are a double moron
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Didn't Trump cancel his speech as well today?
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Kaddish posted:Well, you don't need to say anything more - unfortunately it doesn't make you right. The President has the authority to fire the FBI directory for any reason, or no reason, as Comey himself stated earlier today. Lots of things people usually have the authority to do become crimes when they do them to obstruct an investigation.
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Okay, I read through the last several pages and may have missed this, but why did Eichenwald even bring up tentacle porn in a long series of tweets? This loving timeline...
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What was the kos tweet? It's been deleted.
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Vegetable posted:what the hell did he think was gonna happen in the comey testimony, having an interviewed scheduled in the first place Not like he has anything better to do.
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Dogwood Fleet posted:Okay, I read through the last several pages and may have missed this, but why did Eichenwald even bring up tentacle porn in a long series of tweets? He tweeted a screenshot of his computer and he had hentai open in a separate tab. Yes, really.
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Kaddish posted:There is nothing legally wrong with firing Comey because of the Russian investigation. Kaddish posted:Well, you don't need to say anything more - unfortunately it doesn't make you right. The President has the authority to fire the FBI directory for any reason, or no reason, as Comey himself stated earlier today. Kaddish posted:Right, but intention is the key word there. If Trump says "I fired Comey because I don't like how he handled the Russian investigation" (which he did say), that's still perfectly fine. Kaddish posted:You are impressively naive if you think congress is going to impeach based on an obstruction argument based on the Comey firing. There may be better argument for the Flynn conversation but not the firing. Kaddish posted:I'm very confused - you seem to have actual evidence that Trump fired Comey to end the Russia investigation. Where is this evidence? just because you have the memory of a goldfish doesn't mean we can't remember your previous posts
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This was a few pages ago, but Al-Udeid airbase isn't just home to some forward elements of CENTCOM (though most of it is in Florida) but also the Air Force's equivalent of the Navy's Bahrain, aka, their component command.
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DaveWoo posted:Are they aware that Hillary Clinton is not president and Loretta Lynch is longer AG? They're trying to gin up Fox News headlines. Bottom Liner posted:He tweeted a screenshot of his computer and he had hentai open in a separate tab. Yes, really. And he's digging further in by claiming he and his sons were trying to prove to his wife that tentacle porn exist. His brain is utterly broken. https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/872862858073296897 Flip Yr Wig fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Jun 8, 2017 |
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Retro42 posted:Kamala Harris did what she wanted to do. Her entire block of time was basically a softball of "I can't comment on that" on purpose to highlight ongoing investigations.
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Kaddish posted:I'm very confused - you seem to have actual evidence that Trump fired Comey to end the Russia investigation. Where is this evidence? He literally said so in his interview with Lester Holt.
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Bottom Liner posted:What was the kos tweet? It's been deleted. it basically said hey if we take control of the house and senate we could impeach trump and pence and have president pelosi!!!!! because the author was an idiot who didn't realize you need 67 votes in the senate to convict, not 51
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Kaddish posted:Right, but intention is the key word there. If Trump says "I fired Comey because I don't like how he handled the Russian investigation" (which he did say), that's still perfectly fine. Unfortunately for Trump, we have an official white house transcript where he bragged to the loving Russians in the oval office that he fired Comey to stop the investigation. So, he's guilty as all hell.
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