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Obama also tried that "let's

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 02:28:00 +0000

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Obama also tried that "let's look forward" thing which allowed the GOP to focus on shoving branches in his spokes while making him the devil. Sometimes you gotta make em wear the dunce cap a while and sit in the ciener, even if distracts the rest of the class.

In any case, this is all optimistic - bigger chance is that they + Russians hack the election and we spend the next years howling about unfair while they continue the kleptocracy.

Makes me think of big picture

artappraiser — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:01:42 +0000

In reply to Excel hell: paybacks come January? (he's checking it twice)

Makes me think of big picture. How much manpower and time and effort all those investigations would take and, if Dems were in charge of Congress, how much they might steal from positive projects getting done. And even steal from the messaging that this is a party that wants to get things done for the people and not just attack the other side for wrongdoing.

(Yes, it is similar to the Gerald Ford pardon of Nixon argument: let's move forward. And you recently did point out a poll showing how the majority didn't seem to like that idea much. So there's that.)

The other important big picture thing to keep in mind: how the troll is not going away until he dies, even if no longer the president, even as a jailed martyr. And that the size of the troublesome fanbase that stays with him until and after his death could vary depending upon what is revealed in investigations. Fox News et. al. plays a crucial role in all of that. That's why I like watching for signs they are turning on 100% support of the troll.

the anonymice reporting in

artappraiser — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:48:33 +0000

In reply to Excel hell: paybacks come January? (he's checking it twice)

the anonymice reporting in that any contingency plans considered must be vast enough to consider the conspiratorial dreams of a madman:

“TRUMP IS NUTS. THIS TIME REALLY FEELS DIFFERENT”: TRUMP REJECTS “WAR COUNCIL” INTERVENTION, GOES IT ALONE

With his closest allies defecting, the president increasingly trusts only his instincts. He “got joy” from stripping former C.I.A. director John Brennan’s security clearance. And after betrayals by Allen Weisselberg and David Pecker, a former White House official says, Trump “spent the weekend calling people and screaming.”

NEW: Privately, Trump attorneys have suggested that he should admit to having affairs with women and paying hush money to them for years. Trump rejected this advice: “It was because of Melania,” one source said https://t.co/kxrHoDoTXQ
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) August 27, 2018

I am thinking that without an extensive psychological profile, they have a hopeless task.