You hit upon it! He was slightly nauseous, so he didn’t want any of the Special Imported tea Donald urged himto have with the chocolate cake. When Comey saw the dessert, he realized Trump was about to reveal Top Secret military info so he went with the la-la-la can’t hear you gambit until he could get out.
That was a close one.
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Want to place bets on whether the Senate will actually take him up on the offer?
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Trump says he fired Comey to stop the investigation cuz it was “without merit”. Is that not obstruction of justice “prima facie”?
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I would, I imagine they would too, especially if they could persuade him to do a closed hearing later.
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I suspect the Democratic party will want to let him speak openly.
I think the GOP will be split.
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Which one’s Donald? Since it’s dark in the photo I can’t see whose skin is orange.
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From Trump’s tape, confirmed by both Comey’s tape and Putin’s tape:
DJT (with a face full of cake): Jim, can you promise me your loyalty?
JC: I’m sorry, Mr. President…my… toiletries?
DJT (still jammed with cake): I’m asking you for your loyalty.
JC: I can’t give you my toiletries, Sir. I’ll need them for my trip to LA. But I can give you my honesty.
DJT (coughing out cake slobber): Oh, when will you be out of town?
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Trump: “But only in public setting” ? Showboat ! There, I called it …
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Sorry, had to go away for a bit. You may be correct, but there is other material, as @mattinpa suggests, that he can get into. And with a public hearing, everyone’s on the same page. There’s no he said-she said ‘insights’ from ‘trusted sources.’
O.T. Here. But more Trumpian distain for learning, facts and science in as public service.
Trump’s Expected Pick for Top USDA Scientist Is Not a Scientist
Sam Clovis likely to be named undersecretary of the USDA department that manages research on everything from climate change to nutrition.
The USDA’s research section studies everything from climate change to nutrition. Under the 2008 Farm Bill, its leader is supposed to serve as the agency’s “chief scientist” and be chosen “from among distinguished scientists with specialized or significant experience in agricultural research, education, and economics.”
But Sam Clovis — who, according to sources with knowledge of the appointment and members of the agriculture trade press, is President Trump’s pick to oversee the section — appears to have no such credentials.
Clovis has never taken a graduate course in science and is openly skeptical of climate change. While he has a doctorate in public administration and was a tenured professor of business and public policy at Morningside College for 10 years, he has published almost no academic work.
Clovis is better known for hosting a conservative talk radio show in his native Iowa and, after mounting an unsuccessful run for Senate in 2014, becoming a fiery pro-Trump advocate on television.
This is both disgusting and unconscionable.
Addendum:
Clovis was also responsible for recruiting Carter Page, whose ties to Russia have become the subject of intense speculation and scrutiny, as a Trump foreign policy advisor.
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Is it possible that Comey wants to have a public hearing to address the items you mentioned, thereby polishing his image (to himself, at least) and then, after that, would be willing to testify to classified materials in a closed hearing? Maybe he wants to satisfy his ego before getting into the nitty gritty stuff.
[/quote]I think both public and private testimonies are likely. Although, I don’t think the public testimony is so much to satisfy Comey’s ego as it is to quickly and publicly respond to Trump’s innuendos and lies - and as an added bonus, publicly contradict, humiliate, and infuriate Trump. And if Comey can do this to the point of Trump having a complete psychological meltdown - I say, go for it.
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OK BOB, BRING IN THE POPCORN!!
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continue DJT:
“Cause ther’ve been a rash of third-rate burglaries recently. Let me make one thing perfectly clear. Jim, I like you. And I’m worried that your precious body, uh, uh. I mean possessions might be at risk. I’ve got a wonderful home monitoring service I use. I can have them there tomorrow at 11 GMT to install the service for you. All courtesy of the Trump organization. Like the ad says, whaddya got to lose?”
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One of the things most dismaying about Dubya and now much worse with Trump is the degradation of a government that typically, in good times, supports and manages a tremendous amount of fine work in the sciences and humanities as befits a rich, advanced nation. It’s just terribly sad to see that light dimmed. Just sad.
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“… becoming a fiery pro-Trump advocate on television.”
…is the ONLY credential one needs for acceptance in Rump’s regime.
That is, unless one lets themselves become a Rump dignity wraith.
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Don’t know if you recall my Most Deliberately Obnoxious Appointment contest, won by @clemmers with his nomination of Stephen Miller. This falls barely short of toppling Miller, but only because there are a lot more women than there are scientists.
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One of the first questions asked:
Sen: As the President claims, did you on any or as many as three separate occasions inform the President specifically that he was not the subject of an investigation?
JC: Senator, if I may address each of the alleged incidents separately with both brevity and bluntness, my answers to you are, 'No,‘Hell, no,’ and ‘Fuck, no’
Sen: Thank you. I yield the remainder of my time.
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Comey is not to be trusted. The enemy of your enemy is not your friend.
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I. Can. Hardly. Wait.
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You can’t spell “comedy” without “Comey” (you also need a “d”, though).
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