Originally Posted by hatari
Take a look at the change in tone and content of his conversation from 5-17 to today. He's gone gonzo off the deepen. Started as reasonably debating the situation from the Dem angle, and if you take the time to thumb through his posts, they get more biting and shrill as his frustration mounts. Additionally, I'd guess that the Dem Talking points are now directing him to be more forceful in the bomb dropping and drive by sniping as their position weakens.

If anyone wants to doubt that Trump is winning, take a look and witness the emotional meltdown yourself.




5-17


Originally Posted by Jeff_O


Originally Posted by hatari
I don't think Comey was playing for Trump with the election and don' think he's x with the Dems over Russia. I do think he's just a bad fit and that there are better people to run the FBI.


That's about exactly how I see it. However, better fit or not, I think this firing will be politically disastrous for Trump for the exact reasons you elucidate. Comey had, through circumstance and action, a level of bipartisan credibility.

The sharp knives are coming out and Mr. Trump has mighty thin skin. Hold onto your hats boys.



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Originally Posted by Jeff_O

Swamp-draining is fine by me but this wasn't that. In a bizarre way, Comey had credibility across the aisle. This was an ego- and emotion-based decision and, IMHO, a big mistake.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/comey-firing-trump-russia-238192?cid=apn

When was the last time we had a POTUS turtle up, fume for days, then fire the man investigating him? How'd that turn out?

My belief has been that there's a lot of "there" there in the Russian collusion mess. Might not reach Trump- might be confined to Page, Stone, Manafort, Flynn, or some combo, but I think it happened. I think law enforcement has been doing what they do: methodically building the case. I think this brings all that to a head. Guess we'll see. I kinda hope I'm wrong but I doubt it.



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Originally Posted by Jeff_O
Pretty telling that POTUS is such a habitual LIAR that his counsel doesn't want him to sit for an interview out of fear he'll lie and/or contradict prior statements he's made.

What it brings into focus is Trump's apparent belief that if HE wants something to be "true", he can, by force of personality, make it so. We've seen this over and over and over with him. His problem now is that the special prosecutor's office (and for that matter the rule of law in general) doesn't operate on that principle; rather, the words that comprise our various laws and the Constitution actually possess meaning beyond Trumps sticky grasp; beyond his ability to basically bullshit his way through to a self-serving alternative-facts-based "truth" of his own liking and creation.

It's a microcosm for the whole conservative movement in the last decade: all y'all seem to think if you just yell loud enough and keep the circle-jerk going and stay in your news bubble you can just create a reality that's seperate from the observable, testable realities that folks normally operate within. While it apparently gives you comfort, it's actually very snowflaky if you think about it: reality hurts your precious feelers so you pitch a fit and spin, spin, spin. Again I can only offer this: golf clap.

Anyway, the moral and intellectual vacuousness of such an approach notwithstanding, it's also just fücking retarded. Circling back, for example A of this look no further than the fact that our POTUS cannot have a conversation that matters because he just plain lies too much and/or can't keep track of actual reality as it relates to his attempts to manufacture same. crazy


That's because in addition to being a drug addled scumbag, he's a pathological liar. One need only read myriad times he's been caught lying on just about every topic he's smeared his feces on...

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”