But, but, but Rucker and DeYoung of the WaPo assure us–in a news article, not an editorial-“Although critics at home had predicted major gaffes, the president made none.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/alternately-charming-and-boorish-trump-plays-the-role-of-a-lifetime-overseas/2017/05/27/056ef04a-4230-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?utm_term=.e0dbda8f7457
OK he may have behaved like a tacky drunk tourist, he may have destroyed NATO, but the trip was a great success!
Excuse me. If I may just say …
Thank you for your indulgence.
This was not a backchannel. It was a direct request for a clandestine and encrypted FSB-owned communications channel. This was intended to facilitate the passing of national security secrets to the Russian intelligence agent and the transfer of quid pro quo payments.
https://twitter.com/IvankaTrumpHQ/status/868934910161043457
Astounding cluelessness. But Hillary was an out of touch elitist.
FOX: No matter how troubled anyone is, It’s Kushner’s right, as a successful real estate developer, to leverage his potential position to get free money from Russian Bank/Mafia. Who wouldn’t?
Marie Ivankatoinette: “Let them eat popsicles!”
he has a reason not to trust this government, as he is in it
And would journalists please stop normalizing this by using the ridiculous Luntzian spin “backchannel”?
He wanted to sneak into the Russian embassy and use KGB encryption to covertly contact the Kremlin.
He might just as well have used a hollowed-out pumpkin, a loose brick in a wall, or a cut-out library book.
Maybe a chalk mark on a mailbox, chewing-gum on a lamppost, or a newspaper on a park bench.
This. Is. Not. Normal.
But that just shows they are exactly the same, right? As my Bernie Bros friend helpfully explains the only actual difference in the world is between Bernie and everyone else. The rest is illusion.
As a fellow Viet Nam aviator who was not shot down let me just say that I detest this man McCain with all my soul. He makes the right sounds periodically but then never ever takes any action when the rubber meets the road because it would require him to buck the party rather than defend the country. He is the iconic symbol of the current version of the GOP whose oath is sworn to the party while their re-election depends on them making squeaky noises of resistance to the most odious and obvious flaws of party platform on occasion. He is not a hero for surviving the POW camps and the dead soldiers we remember and mourn on this Memorial Day are not heroes. They are simply dead in service to this country. The term “hero” has been so abused and compromised for nefarious political reasons that real heroism goes unrecognized. I also am greatly aggrieved by those ubiquitous POW flags flying at every Post Office in the nation when there are in fact no POWs anymore. The one unfortunate young man, Bowie Bergdahl, who was captured and released by the Taliban has been so maligned as to put the entire “Remember our POWs” campaign to shame. I am sick to death of this man McCain being treated as a wise old war hero who should be listened to when his fealty is obviously to the preservation of the GOP and not this badly wounded nation. That’s my Memorial Day rant. God help us. Peace.
what I really don’t understand about McCain right now is that he was just re-elected… is he really going to run again at in 6 years at age 86? I kinda thought he was done with re-elections. So what is he afraid of? What can the GOP even do to him at this point?
If he really wanted to make use of his “maverick” label, and go down in history as a “hero” he’s got his biggest chance sitting here right in front of him. If he were smart, he could define his legacy right here. IMO, the people who have the most power to do anything at the moment are these few “moderate” GOP senators (I know that label doesn’t really exist). They are the ones that could force something to happen. But I guess McCain is just too cowardly to stick his neck out.
I somEtiMes haVe tO reaD breiTbarT for ResearCh. I thiNK that might MAkE me A hErO.
No McCain. The only thing standard to you is your lame ass false outrage and then your party before country mentality.
Oh for the love of Dog. A direct line to the Kremlin is nothing like a back-channel. Why do you keep calling it that?
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(now if I could just get it to keep the font large but preserve the original format: what’s the trick for that?)
Spot on. “Maverick,” my ass. Just a used car salesperson.
Joel thanks you, I-dad
Glad McCain either ignored or missed Sen Lindsey’s ridiculous rant against the Washington Post Newspaper.
Acknowledging the “backchannel” communications to avoid US Intel, is simply UNHEARD of! Especially with RUSSIA!
He will be a serious person when he takes some action. Until then it is just meaningless pearl clutching for the cameras.