Discussion: House Intel Dems: 'Tragic,' Yet 'Predictable' That Memo Was Released

This whole episode stinks, and it’s a setup to undermine the Mueller investigation. The memo itself isn’t anything new, and even cherry picked it’s a ladle of weak sauce. The FBI and the Democrats need to push hard to show how politicized this is, and stay on it through whatever the Republicans try next. This will only help the Democrats in the election with people who don’t want the government to do things like this, and sow more distrust of Trump. It will hopefully also open eyes at the FBI…they may have thought Republicans are on their side, but it should be clear to them now that Republicans only want power and will destroy anything that gets in their way.

It’s a dangerous time for our nation, lawless actions like this from the government can easily spill over into even worse ones. Only good people, and their will to change the course, can stop this.

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Now thát’s a statement. Go Schiff.

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Trump is who he is -a raging narcissistic monster not capable of seeing anything outside his own immediate needs, and Nunes is his lackey. The person who could have and should have put a stop to this is Paul Ryan - the grinning psychopath. Completely derelict in his duty and no longer able to differentiate right from wrong, he’s the worst Speaker in my memory…and that’s including Hastert, Gingrich and DeLay. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I hope the FBI is taking names.

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President Schiff has a nice ring!

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This statement is a good start from House Dems. But—and I know it’s early yet—where are the highest profile Dems on this? The ‘20 candidates? I don’t mean, what’s their opinion. I mean, where are they today, and why aren’t any of them in front of a throng of fed up, cheering people, providing a glimse at an alternative to the madness from this lawless administration? Signing up voters, providing hope and enthusiasm? Somebody, please?! I like Schaff but is he all we’ve got? Warren, Sherrod Brown, Sanders with that enormous mailing list? Where are they, what are they doing? Is there any sort of organized response in the works?

If its Monday and all we have to show are some emails from Perez and lingering hope that Mueller can actually harpoon the big fish, I will officially transform to Charlie Brown next to the “The doctor is out” sign.

This is a great statement for thoughtful people - we also need a lot of Dems shouting treasonous liar from the rooftops also for the vast majority who don’t dig into the details. The time for nuance is over.

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how many times can I ditto this?

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Help me – if this memo is the “nothingburger” that so many say it it, then why were the Democrats and FBI leadership so against it coming out?

Just because something is a shitty lie doesn’t mean it isn’t a lie or that it shouldn’t be challenged as such.

Yeah, I liked the way Schiff handled the repukes at the 11 hour long Marathon Kill Hillary Grillathon, fending off serious pukes like Trey Gowdy and the “wicked witch of the west” look-alike Martha Roby from the miserable state of Alabama.

I’d like him to stay in House so as Chair he can undo some damage to HPSCI done by #TeamTreason.

Cc @hobbitdave

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If potential intelligence sources know that their identities might be compromised when political winds arise, those sources of vital information will simply dry up, at great cost to our national security.

I find this quite persuasive. This was indeed a good statement.

Probably because so many American simpletons won’t be able to conclude on their own that the memo indeed IS a nothingburger. And also for other reasons presented in the Dems’ statement.

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thank you

Also they didn’t know it was going to be a dud. They didn’t know what was in it for certain because they had no control over whether or not Nunes had altered it since I guess the Committee saw it.