but the President and his allies immediately seized on what they saw as a victory: Comey confirmed publicly that Trump personally had not been under investigation as long as he was at the bureau.
I have never understood, and probably never will, how they think that was some kind of magical GOJF card, as if the fact that there was no personal DT investigation 3 months ago means that there could never be one after that.
ETA: But I suppose itās right up there with the clowns who insist that this investigation will never be valid because the investigator has not yet made evidence public.
Perry Mason, these people aināt.
ābeclowned.ā LOL
How do you think the 5 clowns from above are going to weather the inevitable slow leaks from the Special Counsel minions (planned or otherwise)?
Trump will have an apoplectic strokeā¦
Trump is so stupid that heād declare āI had nothing to do with the murder of that hookerā before anyone had even noticed that she was missing.
Trump Before: Itās gonna be so easy. Youāre gonna have better healthcare for less money. Iām the only one that can fix it. Itās what I do; Iām a deal maker. I can be so presidential. Youāre gonna get tired of winning. I only hire the best people.
Trump After: Obama Wiretapped me. Fake news is the problem. Democrats are obstructing. The courts are the problem. Iām not under investigation. I fired Comey because of the āRussia thing.ā Canāt you see how much my cabinet loves me? Best cabinet in history. Most successful hundred days of any president. Did I mention how much my cabinet loves me?
Trump Before: Eating the giant burrito, slathered in chiles and packed with beans, for dinner.
Trump After: The next morning.
Donnieās personal lawyers are in over their heads. No experience, no connections, not even admitted to the DC Bar. They wonāt have any success in getting Donnie to put down his phone. No one is taking Krankyanneās calls any longer and that makes the Lich Queen most grumpy. Keep peeling away the outer layers of the onion and weāll get to the rotten core.
Spicer? Gets a subpoena. Kushner? Gets a subpoena. Krankyanne? The same. Manafort? A number of subpoenas. Flynn? You betcha. Bannon? If they can find what bunker heās hiding out. Gorka? If he hasnāt fled the country he gets a FISA warrant.
So much good news to look forward to.
Nor why that should mean the investigation should shut down, since the investigation has always been focused on Trumpās associates, about whom no such reassurances have been uttered.
Reality itself is now a rock and a hard place for the GOP. When you get down to it the GOP is doomed whether they say anything or not. Saying something is now shown to be contradicted in no time flat, making any spokespeople trying to damage control look like morons. However, if they say nothing then theyāre conceding the entire narrative to the Democrats who are WAY better at this than them, mostly due to the facts being in the Demsā favor.
Like Iāve said before, Iād start looking for scapegoats fast if I were someone in the GOP. No reason to be loyal to a party when the party is looking to be tainted for decades to come
I think they believe that they can manufacture their own reality. Just sortaā catapult the propaganda, as Dubya used to say. Shout it loud, get it on Fox and out into the echo chamber, and the base will believe.
As we say here in Florida
āTheyāre up to their ass in alligatorsā .
And every day Trump drops alligator bait in the pond .
āHis reputation is impeccable for honesty and integrity,ā
Newtās reputation, not so much.
The most clownish defense of all is the one proffered by Paul Ryan and echoed by numerous others in the GOP-the ārookieā defense. No one held a gun to Trumps head to force him to run nor to accept the nomination or the eventual job. With that came an obligation to learn what the fuck the law and the duties of the office are. That he didnāt is on him and he deserves no breaks cut his way for being too lazy and egotistical to learn. None.
inshah allah
āā¦2 ignorant to be guilty, then 2 ignorant to have the jobā
That is my new favorite verb.
Trump has turned Newt into a toady and that is why we hunt him like a witchā¦
I think the game Monopoly is how DJT actually thinks the world works.
Aw, cāmon, Ms. Ollstein. These are folks who are āliving in the momentā.
Hehā¦just kiddin. I love this piece.