Discussion: WH Brainstorms Ways To Smoke Out Op-Ed Author: Lie Detector Tests, Sworn Affidavits

I think that polygraph operators are right up there with phrenologists (head bump analysts). You would expect this from Rand Paul.

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He’s never let failure help him try new methods.

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This season of The Apprentice is definitely the most riveting yet.
This op-ed was so wonderful for the mind-f*cky implications that it leaves behind. The Trump White House, divided against itself… and a President who will never admit HE’s the problem and so will chase his tail consumed by paranoia until the Feds finally step in, handcuffs ready.

The whole thing is beautiful to behold, and would make for a truly heartwarming story if other people’s lives hadn’t been ruined or deeply affected in the fallout of Cheeto Jesus’ Apocalypse.

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But it was just a light drizzle.

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They don’t give it up. They just have to accept the consequences, which is firing.

Political appointees whether federal state or local work at the whim of the executive. That almost always requires keeping your political opinions to yourself.

Government employees working under civil service protections can say anything we goddamn well please.

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“You’re the amominous!”

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I’ve got a suspicion that the original Night of the Long Knives was nowhere near this entertaining.

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Fear.

Indeed.

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John Yoo is standing by to take your call to assist.

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Dollars to donuts the writer is not a cabinet level office holder. Probably 1-3 levels below. Still a “high ranking official” but not so easy to deduce.

Meanwhile all the drama and havoc just serves to prove the author’s and Woodward’s point per the manic instability behind the Resolute desk. Fat Nixon has no clothes - and is baring it all.

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Thank you to Bob Woodward who said, "That is a garbage document...it never should have been presented...Trump's right to be upset (angry)...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
He was talking about the Dossier, that has been proven almost entirely correct, over time.

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From the article:

"Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) suggested President Donald Trump make his advisers take a polygraph test, an idea that was at least briefly discussed among administration officials.

Another idea reportedly knocking around is that senior officials sign affidavits affirming that they did not write the piece, documents that could later be used in court."

Key here is used in court. The WH does not have to go to court to fire anyone, so this suggests some other form of punishment is intended.

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“There has to be some form of punishment”

Abortion, free speech, maybe soon voting for Democrats…

/s

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The thing I love about this op-ed, which I saw coming the second I read it, is that it inspired a cannibalistic orgy of backstabbing within the administration. Every nut job and grifter Dump has surrounded himself with is now using the letter to gut each other to their crazy boss. It’s great.

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For people who spend all their time complaining about perjury traps, it’s amazing that their first instinct is to create one.

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But yet he won’t make a sworn statement on Russia… or any number of other things…

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“White House brainstorm”. That’s almost equivalent to the average human fart, right?

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It’s like a game of Clue:
“General John Kelly. In the drawing room. With any microscopic iota of dignity he las left.”

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Indeed…

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“Morning J.O” puts their money on human toilet brush Kellyanne Conway, and she wants to take down VP Micro Penis:

I despise Joe Scabrous more than grout mold, but it is a pretty fun scenario to think about.

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