US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[shosta]

He was a big fan of Mark Steyn and Elon Musk so there's that.

Isn't benji also a fan of Mark Steyn? 

[Boogie]

So, here's a little amuse bouche you may enjoy.

A year ago, I was on a course at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa, and I was browsing its law-enforcement-centric library when I came across this gem, published in June or July, 2000.



I opened it up, and saw the following prologue:



That first paragraph.  Well said, Rudy.

[Rman]

Rudy was a hotshot US Attorney of the SDNY. Most of the commentariat weren't born at that time lol.

[Boogie]

Rudy was a hotshot US Attorney of the SDNY. Most of the commentariat weren't born at that time lol.

Yes, I am aware of that.

[thisismyusername]

https://twitter.com/drmistercody/status/1177406322565713920

https://twitter.com/anangbhai/status/1177393356370042885

[kingv]

Does anyone think that some one ghost wrote that for Rudy now?

Like does anybody else see Rudy in an interview and say “it is 100% impossible that man is capable of writing that”?

[thisismyusername]

https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/1177317191429120000

 

Trying to hawk her book, I guess.

But the question is: Is Greta going to be any different than David (show) Hogg? AKA: Makes some noise, needle isn't moved, life goes on (to the eventual extinction of the species and many more)

[Great Rumbler]

Does anyone think that some one ghost wrote that for Rudy now?

Like does anybody else see Rudy in an interview and say “it is 100% impossible that man is capable of writing that”?

He did used to sound like a normal functioning human being at one point.

[benjipwns]

remember when he handled the Yogurt Crisis so well he won election as mayor?

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/davidjoachim/status/1177569887990034433

[benjipwns]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/opinion/impeachment-trump-mistake.html

This is completely elitist. We’re in the middle of an election campaign. If Democrats proceed with the impeachment process, it will happen amid candidate debates, primaries and caucuses. Elections give millions and millions of Americans a voice in selecting the president. This process gives 100 mostly millionaire senators a voice in selecting the president.

As these two processes unfold simultaneously, the contrast will be obvious. People will conclude that Democrats are going ahead with impeachment in an election year because they don’t trust the democratic process to yield the right outcome. Democratic elites to voters: We don’t trust you. Too many of you are racists!

...

This could embed Trumpism within the G.O.P. If Trump suffers a withering loss in a straight-up election campaign, then his populist tendency might shrink and mainstream Republicans might regain primacy. An election defeat would mean the people don’t like Trumpism. But the impeachment process reinforces the core Trumpist deep-state message: The liberal elites screw people like us. If Trump’s most visible opponents are D.C. lawyers, Trumpism becomes permanent.

This could distort the Democratic primary process. It’s already obvious that impeachment upstages the Democratic primaries. In the months ahead, the Democratic candidates are going to have a harder time getting attention. Democratic policy debates are going to be obscured. Congressional Democrats will become the most visible party leaders.

Impeachment will doubtless roil the Democratic primary race in unpredictable ways. The most bellicose candidates may profit as the impeachment wars grow more vitriolic. The moderates may be further marginalized.

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Josh
Columbus
Sept. 26
Times Pick
First off, let me say how much I enjoy your columns.  You are often the voice of reason on these pages.

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ClydeS
NorCal
11h ago
Times Pick
You’re right we don’t need to impeach Trump this close to an election year. But we do need to effectively “impeach” Republicans in the senate. And that’s what all these Watergatesque sound bites will deliver when McConnell refuses to convict.

Pelosi be nimble.
Pelosi be quick.
Pelosi will knock McConnell out with this trick.

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[team filler]

https://twitter.com/tcita/status/1177572805325524992

 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Did he tell them that they won a boat too?

https://twitter.com/davidjoachim/status/1177569887990034433

This seems like a trap.

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[team filler]

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1177582328803155968

[benjipwns]

“I’m the real whistleblower,” declared Giuliani, who claimed to possess more damaging information and insisted that he, too, should be entitled to whistleblower protections. “If I get killed now,” he warned, “You won’t get the rest of the story.”

“Everybody,” he said, “thinks Soros is at the bottom of it.”

whoops

[Nintex]

“If I get killed now,” he warned, “You won’t get the rest of the story.”

ffs Rudy no spoilers!

[Joe Molotov]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1177539052683309056

 

[Occam]

Who says mental illnesses can't be funny.

And then you remember he has the nuclear launch codes.

[VomKriege]

“I’m the real whistleblower,” declared Giuliani, who claimed to possess more damaging information and insisted that he, too, should be entitled to whistleblower protections. “If I get killed now,” he warned, “You won’t get the rest of the story.”

“Everybody,” he said, “thinks Soros is at the bottom of it.”

whoops

Just saw the clip commented by Sam Seder so I am maybe missing key elements here but I don't follow (does anyone) the bit where his answer with why he was tasked with making/receiving a call for diplomatic affairs because he is Trump's lawyer.

[Great Rumbler]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1177539052683309056

 

But that's...not a hyphen...

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"discribing"

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[Cauliflower Of Love]

Trump so salty he has Liddle Syndrome.

[TakingBackSunday]

“Wow, he’s purposefully looking stupid to illustrate the absurdity of the situation!  Get fucked libs!”

Ninetx, probably

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1177553723746344961

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[Cauliflower Of Love]

“He recently went into a kind of trance and delivered his own prophetic version of what he believed must have happened between President Trump and the president of Ukraine. Keep in mind, that isn’t some guy babbling in the men’s room at Starbucks,” Carlson said. “That is the man who chairs the mighty House Intelligence Committee. We trust him with the most sensitive information, and yet he is clearly, demonstrably mentally ill.”

Carlson said the media is partially to blame for the situation, setting up “terrible incentives” for people to make “extreme and mindless statements” to get on television. Schiff, he added, was “a prime example.”

- fox news anchor carlson tucker


https://deadline.com/2019/09/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-adam-schiff-mentally-ill-1202746214/

[team filler]

our fave's can't all be reactionaries 

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/davidjoachim/status/1177569887990034433

This would actually be appropriate for Nintex to  at as it's blatant trolling from Putin and is kind of funny

LMAO how did I miss this.

Trump: "What, this is illegal?" 

Rudy: "Well actually I'm the Whistle blower"

Russia: "Oh fuck these morons are releasing the transcripts themselves"   

“He recently went into a kind of trance and delivered his own prophetic version of what he believed must have happened between President Trump and the president of Ukraine. Keep in mind, that isn’t some guy babbling in the men’s room at Starbucks,” Carlson said. “That is the man who chairs the mighty House Intelligence Committee. We trust him with the most sensitive information, and yet he is clearly, demonstrably mentally ill.”

Carlson said the media is partially to blame for the situation, setting up “terrible incentives” for people to make “extreme and mindless statements” to get on television. Schiff, he added, was “a prime example.”

- fox news anchor carlson tucker


https://deadline.com/2019/09/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-adam-schiff-mentally-ill-1202746214/

Future Secretary of State and President Tucker Carlson. 

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1177669563477118976

The production values of the Trump campaign 

What do the Dems have? Rob Reiner, Ted Lieu? LMAO.

[TakingBackSunday]

CatsCatsCats told me not to post reactionary posts anymore, but listen man, fuck you

[shosta]

Can't you put him on ignore

[Nintex]

This'll either take out Trump or Biden so a better Democratic candidate can take his place.

I'm not seeing any downside to this. 

I mean, just watch Laura slowly die inside as Rudy reads to her the messages that incriminate him.

https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1177593059573424128

After Manafort, Cohen, Flynn and a dozen others got caught. You gotta respect the hustle of trying again.

[Ghoul]

Hillary sitting at home thinking, fuck email doesn't mean a damn thing in this race.

[Dickie Dee]

Can't you put him on ignore

ignore feature is gone isn't it?

[shosta]

ignore feature is gone isn't it?

Profile -> Forum Profile -> Modify Profile -> buddies/ignore list

You can venmo me if you want.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Works for me

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i kid i kid

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[Nintex]

lmao

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stormy-daniels-receive-450-000-settlement-over-arrest-ohio-strip-n1059676?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

[CatsCatsCats]

CatsCatsCats told me not to post reactionary posts anymore, but listen man, fuck you

[Nintex]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stormy-daniels-receive-450-000-settlement-over-arrest-ohio-strip-n1059676?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

It really feels like the montage of the season finale is starting.

[Trent Dole]

https://twitter.com/tcita/status/1177572805325524992

 

'Sorry about inviting the SS to the jewish community center!'

[benjipwns]

lmao

(Image removed from quote.)

Getting an update on THQ Nordic's AMA I see.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/natemcdermott/status/1177691244195205121

 

[shosta]

https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1177413000334102533

This image is going to be burned into my brain forever.

[benjipwns]

I think the best part is the sound of his suit rubbing as everything else is silent.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1177692174831509504

 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Geraldo

[nachobro]

https://twitter.com/bad_takes/status/1177725488615346179

big dobbs

[shosta]

Lou Dobbs is one of those people that manages to own themselves every time they open their mouth and they have no clue so they just carry on

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1177721670435405824

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1177676789436559360

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1177722906920521731

[nachobro]

Lou Dobbs is one of those people that manages to own themselves every time they open their mouth and they have no clue so they just carry on

he may be my favorite person on tv, endless entertainment

https://twitter.com/bad_takes/status/1177722364097904640

[Nintex]

I wonder how far this crazy train will go.

Sandbags in front the white house?
Armed Trump militia?
Russian special forces extracting Trump from his Tower?

[shosta]

He's going to get impeached for misusing the power of his office and we can finally, finally stop reading your dumb fucking posts in this thread.

[benjipwns]

I warned you about the Lou Dobbs bro, I told you dog

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Imagine being ______ and finally getting whistleblowned by Ivanka.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/IbrahimAS97/status/1177719744096559110

 

[benjipwns]

"I actually overheard someone saying" -> "I thought it was interesting" -> "I think there's maybe something to it"

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1177621671324241920

https://twitter.com/grynbaum/status/1177308394107133952

 

[curly]

https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/1177317191429120000

 

Trying to hawk her book, I guess.

But the question is: Is Greta going to be any different than David (show) Hogg? AKA: Makes some noise, needle isn't moved, life goes on (to the eventual extinction of the species and many more)

Is one person going to turn the tide on a global struggle? No, of course not. That doesn't make her efforts worthless.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

al franken was on conan.

He's clearly mad under the surface, but keeping on trucking.

Would have made a great president.