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Not sure what I prefer

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 07:42:00 +0000

In reply to Really good points and I am

Not sure what I prefer matters. Avenatti feeds the machine in a well-executed hard-hitting *informed* way, while Mueller does the plodding thorough work in the relative darkness. Together it covers most of the bases, except for a needed Cohen or Omarosa or Broidy or Manafort or Papadopolous other *relevant* news of the day (i.e. *not* including Trump's parade and other make-do scandals)

Really good points and I am

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:19:32 +0000

In reply to I object to Avenatti's

Really good points and I am sort of reserving judgment on him even though I have seen his very own self argue that he does Trump better than Trump. I'm just so tired of what the reality show faux narrative/drama queen thing is doing to the world. But then I never liked the whole "where's the outrage?" way of running things, I want less stress from government, not more. I prefer more of a Mueller type.

I object to Avenatti's

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:15:37 +0000

In reply to And I like Frank Bruni's

I object to Avenatti's inclusion - he provokes with facts to break up the too-careful-by-far both-sides-do-it logjam, including Bruni's media. A few months ago, it looked like they'd slutshame Stormy Daniels and tut-tut her breaking an NDA with Cohen lording over her. Avenatti changed that dynamic behind and in front of the scenes, brilliant lawyering. But now there's an oh'-my-gosh movement to play the "he's gone too far" card. I imagine his legal smarts will help the immigration/child removal issue as well - *NOT* that there aren't other people working on it, but sometimes it's a bunch of tweets rather than a legal brief for discovery, habeas corpus, search warrant, or subpoena, not to mention so many newscasters and politicians suck at TV speaking or cutting through the lies. Franken was good at it, which is why they targeted him.

And I like Frank Bruni's

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:02:03 +0000

In reply to All that said, I don't think

And I like Frank Bruni's insights here

The Revenge of the Lesser Trumps

Imitators are turning their teacher’s lessons against him.

[....] Manafort’s ongoing trial provides daily reminders that Robert Mueller’s investigation is no “witch hunt.” And it’s a peek into the vanity and chicanery that earn too many people entry into Trump’s world, crowded with hucksters in whom he sees himself or through whom he replicates himself.

The genre usually invoked to describe his presidency is reality television. Science fiction is more apt. He’s an entity whose components split off to form independent existences that now threaten to undo him. His hunger for attention became Rudy Giuliani; his thirst for pomp, Scott Pruitt; his taste for provocation, Avenatti; his talent for duplicity, Manigault Newman. They’re an army of emulators, adding up to Trump. And they’re on the march.

Jennifer Rubin preaching the

artappraiser — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:07:52 +0000

In reply to Good sermon about Trump

Jennifer Rubin preaching the same thing: Trump’s ranting about the Russia probe isn’t winning over voters

I would add that probably

artappraiser — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:05:21 +0000

In reply to Good sermon about Trump

I would add that probably inherent in enough poll answerers on these issues that make results a little confusing is a cynicism along the lines of "they all do it": The Clinton campaign sought dirt on Trump from Russian officials. Where’s the outrage? rather than wholehearted support for Trump's spin.

Good sermon about Trump

artappraiser — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:36:28 +0000

In reply to How to Break Up with Donald Trump

Good sermon about Trump derangement syndrome when one gets too carried away with The Troll's distractions:

As Trump keeps raging at Mueller, another poll shows his lies are failing

By Greg Sargent @ WashingtonPost.com, Aug. 14

Because so many of us got it wrong in 2016, we often tend to reflexively tell ourselves that President Trump must be working some kind of hidden magic over public opinion that we’re all missing. One place this constantly manifests itself is with special counsel Robert S. Mueller’s III’s investigation: If Mueller’s approval falls a few points, a throng of pundits and hand-wringing liberals rushes forth to tell us that Trump is “winning” his battle with Mueller.

But what if public opinion about Trump and the Russia probe is a lot simpler than we think? What if the story is that large majorities think Trump is probably guilty of some sort of wrongdoing; believe that Mueller’s investigation is legitimately in keeping with the rule of law and is pursuing matters that are important to the public interest; want Trump to face questioning over these matters; don’t like Trump’s constant attacks on the investigation; and believe Trump has been trying to interfere with the probe and has been steadily lying about it all along?

This morning, Trump is once again raging at Mueller on Twitter, calling for his probe to be shut down. Uh-oh. His base will march in lockstep with him on this, and that’s all that matters! He’s flooding the media zone!! We are doomed to helplessness while his mighty social media presence mesmerizes the electorate!!! He’s winning!!!!

Except … no, he isn’t. A new CNN poll finds:

Only 34 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the Russia investigation, vs. 55 percent who disapprove.

58 percent say this is a serious matter that should be investigated, vs. only 37 percent who think it’s mainly an effort to discredit Trump.

56 percent say Trump has interfered with the investigation, vs. only 38 percent who say he has not.

Only 37 percent say the things Trump has said publicly about the investigation are true, vs. 56 percent who say they are false.

70 percent say Trump should testify to Mueller, vs. only 25 percent who say he should not.

57 percent say Trump knew about contacts between his campaign operatives and Russians, vs. only 36 percent who say he did not.

Trump is losing every single public argument about the Mueller probe. His latest, in a tweet citing Judicial Watch, is that the firing of former FBI agent Peter Strzok [....]

On it! Donald Trump has been

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:21:34 +0000

In reply to As you know since we've

On it! Donald Trump has been suspended from dagblog for ad-hominem attacks, racist language, and other sundry ToS violations.

Really? Like w Jerry McGuire,

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 04:47:42 +0000

In reply to Wait what? You mean ass

Really? Like w Jerry McGuire, show me the money. *Show Me The Money*. Or at least comp tickets or sumptin.

All that said, I don't think

artappraiser — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 04:03:39 +0000

In reply to How to Break Up with Donald Trump

All that said, I don't think there's anything wrong with objectively going over the history of a relationship and analyzing it, it can actually be a very healthy thing to do. I recommend this very good piece along those lines:

The Archeology of Trumpism

By Josh Marshall @ Editor's blog @ TalkingPointsMemo.com, August 13, 2018

As Josh concludes

Understanding how this happened is well worth our time.