Part of me is annoyed/impatient that these investigations are (seemingly) taking so long to unfold. But the benefit is that it is allowing so many half-wits and scoundrels to continue to defend Trump, ala the frog in the slow-boil pot of water. We are collecting so many amazing partisan denials and rationalizations that once this blows up for real (inshallah), all these dupes will be hung out to dry.
If it had all come out in one blockbuster DOJ move, everyone would just deny they ever knew Trump and attempt to save their integrity. But this way, itās coming out piece by piece, yard by yard, and defenders figure āwell, Iāve come this far, one more liāl dishonorable argument that beggars belief canāt hurtā¦ā and so on and on and on.
It will be a glorious day when (alright, if/when) the bills come due. Dem campaign ads are writing themselves!
I would expect this Tom Reed fellow to not be such a fatty. It must take an immense about of energy to develop that amount of willful ignorance in addition to maintaining his physical girth. Youād think heād look more like heād just been liberated from a camp. But apparently heās only been liberated from a conscience.
Hmmā¦if this was Obama or Hillary theyād be singing a different tune and thatās one question reporters should ask these Reeps.
Otherwise, either the Reeps are truly in denial this is all Mueller has or theyāre playing this out until the moment Murller drops a bomb on them and Trump.
Letās not forget that we have Trump on tape (courtesy of Cohen) discussing these payment and enthusiastically promoting them. Plus, we have him publicly denying everything about it ā which was a lie ā and telling the public that Cohen was the one to talk to about that. Plus thereās the every changing story of why the payments were made. Plus thereās the payments to Cohen to reimburse him for those rush money payments, with a little (a lot) extra to cover the his taxes for the earnings from it and the work. Plus ā¦ Plus ā¦ Plus.
If that doesnāt demonstrate both criminal intent AND knowledge of guilt, then you have a biased party deflecting the obvious criminal nature of the entire affair.
A more important aspect of Edwardsā payments to his mistress was not to steal an election, it was to shield his family from embarrassment. Indeed, the excuse was so believable that he was eventually acquitted.
Now, Cockholster saving anyone ā family, āfriendsā, anyone! ā embarrassment will be laughed out of court, with everyone involved rolling on the floor and eventually dying from the hilarity of the mere notion.
A caring and accessible leader, Tom values the thoughts and concerns of the people from across the district, which is why he has held more than 200 public town hall meetings since taking office.
So Tom is outright lying on his House bio page, figures heās a Republican.
Reed added: āObviously, thereās activity here, but I donāt think itās criminal. Whether or not it was wise, Iāll defer to the American people on that.ā
American person here, also fluent in written/spoken English. Thanks for deferring, Iām going with not wise, but also Cohen was convicted of a federal crime, so it really doesnāt matter what you think, itās criminal and thatās a fact.
