[I think it's profitable to continue the discussion about how the progressive Left is certain about President Trump's unsuitability for office in light of his domestic and foreign policy record, and the record of investigations that to no avail have sought to nail him. And in light and in spite of this record, how our Left has become more confident that all their evidence-free allegations and more are true beyond the need for any further substantiation. gjr]
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353 responses to “Sandbox – 19feb19”
Morning laughs: “America, if you are going to break the law, don’t use a check.”
https://www.waynedupree.com/charles-barkley-jussie-smollett/
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George 6:28. -” the incontrovertible evidence about Hillary paying the Russians for the fake Trump ‘dossier’.”
1). that dossier was originally started and paid for by republicans…BTW — isn’t intelligence gathering on an opponent part of the game anyway..
2). who gives a crap about what Hillary did or didn’t do — she IS NOT THE president
3). the whole Blame Hillary deflection is getting pretty stale..but apparently that is the only defense you can muster to mitigate trump’s muddy waters… WEAK
4). Is the dossier really fake ..like, according to you, every other story in the media that puts trumpy in a bad light? GET REAL .. The odds of all that being fake news is little and none.
5). It should be obvious to anyone with a brain that the whole fake news thing..the press is the enemy of the people.. etc, etc. is a feeble attempt at a smokescreen. If it were a democrat in office you all would be holding tailgate parties celebrating the free press as a bastion of democracy instead of attacking it as lies. Who is the real liar here.. the press or the trump? Does the press lie over 15 times a day on average like trump does?
AV Man 8:22 — such tactics are classic Karl Rove — whatever cheat you are using, accuse your opponent of doing it to deflect attention away from your own high crimes and misdemeanors. That is what the whole ”Hillary is a crook’ is all about. Accuse Hillary of being what trump is.
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Robert Cross
I can’t wait for Mueller report to written, completed, and handed over to the AG. . At that moment, Trump will order all the other documents released. The FISA warrrant doc’s, Senate. testimony behind closed dorrs, etc. The IG report will be released if completed, everything I have been waiting for will be released. No longer any concerns about interfering wiiih the Mueller report. This is so cool. Nunes will be doing an Iris jig …or the Mexican Hat Dance.
The Mueller report, when released, will be torn into by the Leftinista Media. Good. It don’t really matter what is in the report because the Lefties have already declared repeatedly every hour on the hour that they moving on to Trump’s taxes. They have eight (8) separate House and Senate committees going after Trump’s tax returns. While that is going on, any Congresssman can stand up on the House floor and read the other released docs into the record without repercussions. Sweet.
Go ahead and copy and paste exerpts from the Mueller report and commentaries from Huff-n-Post and the old Grey Lady til the cows come home. It’s dancing in the streets time.
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@8:44 am
Listen to the children. It’s a hockey team, not a safe place. Why not call the team the Puppies or Unicorns? Reminds me when that high school in Utah changed its name from Coyotes to something less offensive to those fine older housewives on the prowl looking closer at their sons best friends. Edward Scissorhands. Mrs.Robinson. Nowadays Coyotes mean human smugglers. The passing fads of time…..
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/students-suggest-nashville-predators-change-name-sabercats-213432217.html
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@9:12 am
Oh, we have moved beyond Hillary’s e-mails. She ain’t going to be locked up with a couple of nasty women rubbing their hands all over her body asking her if she can keep a secret. Nah, ain’t going to happen. Besides, we already know Hillary can keep a secret. We have moved on past the e-mails and on to much bigger fish to fry. We are on to the biggest story in our lifetimes.
You, Mr.Cross, are not insinuating that we cannot discuss topics that interest us, are you? That would be so Leftinistaesque. Kinda like trying to squelch free speech and the open exchange of ideas. Ok, if you find the topics stale or old, that is your right. Your opinions are very important only to you, as my opinions important only to me. Meanwhile, as we wait for the Mueller Report, what should we talk about? How about McCabe’s interviews or the Nigerians trying to lynch a gay man during the Polar Vortex? Would that be ok with you? Personally, the Tuna Sandwich from Subway story is getting old.
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Angry Bob sez: “who gives a crap about what Hillary did or didn’t do — she IS NOT THE president”
Well, me for one. She is probably the sleaziest politician of our generation and I have the same interest in her that I might have in Boss Tweed.
Just look at it as being of historical interest while the facts, what little we know, are fresh in our minds.
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Posted by: scenes | 22 February 2019 at 10:40 AM – She is probably the sleaziest politician of our generation and I have the same interest in her that I might have in Boss Tweed.
,,,still waiting for the arrest(s) and convictions…waiting…waiting…waiting…
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Daily Quotes from this moment in time and space. The last one is my favorite. Control the language and you control what can be discussed. Something we have discussed here before.
For the record: “Republicans were explicit about the goals of the tax cuts. They want you to have more money in your paycheck. If you have more money in your paycheck, you aren’t giving the government as much. Ergo, they will not be holding as much of your money at the end of the year. What they give back will be less. Math anyone?” —Stacey Lennox
Friendly fire: “My dear departed grandmothers … as well as my deceased parents must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation, and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not, with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics. Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty.” —retired Stanford professor Donald Harris, after his daughter, Sen. Kamala Harris, associated her previous drug use with her Jamaican heritage
Might want to reconsider that: “Jussie Smollett continues to be a consummate professional … and … he is not being written out of the show.” —Fox Entertainment
Non Compos Mentis: “In the court of public opinion, Jussie has lost. … And he lost that because of how — and not his fault. … You think it’s his fault? You think he was doing what he wants? … In cable news. Sean Hannity is going to eat Jussie Smollett’s lunch every single second. Tucker Carlson is going to eat Jussie Smollett’s lunch every single second. … The president of the United States is going to eat his lunch. And who does the president of the United States watch every night?” —CNN’s Don Lemon
Non Compos Mentis II: “No matter how you feel about the wall, I think it’s a moral abomination. I think it’s like the Berlin Wall. I think it’s like any other wall designed to separate human beings and block out people who are running away from the humanitarian disasters. I just think it’s wrong.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Non Compos Mentis III: “I have friends who are in Caracas right now. There is, so far, no civil war, no mayhem, no murder, no apparent dictatorship, no mass imprisonment of opposition, no suppression of the press — none of that is going on even though that is the narrative that is being sold to the rest of us.” —songwriter Roger Waters
And last… “Beware of euphemisms. Radical changes in vocabulary are usually admissions that reality is unwelcome or indefensible.” —Victor Davis Hanson
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Posted by: scenes | 22 February 2019 at 10:40 AM – She is probably the sleaziest politician of our generation and I have the same interest in her that I might have in Boss Tweed.
,,,I don’t know where you have been the last two years,,,there is a new ”’sleaziest politician of our generation”’ in town that totally eclipses Hillary
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Posted by: AV Man | 22 February 2019 at 10:52 AM
….there is a new ”’sleaziest politician of our generation”’ in town that totally eclipses Hillary
That’s a shitty thing to say…….other than serving as Willie Browns sex toy Kamala hasn’t had time to get to Hillary level corrupt!
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Hillary go to jail? What would our Proggys do without their working double standard?
Try the excuse that was made FOR her.. In court. Go ahead. get charged with “gross negligence” and have your lawyer just change it to “extremely careless”.(extremely careless is not a crime)
Think the judge and jury will buy it?(if you pack the jury with LIBS)
I will give the job to our resident criminal,,, Dougy.
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Bernie “my honeymoon in the USSR” Sanders is being exposed for his love of the commies in Nicaragua and elsewhere. High praise for those Castro boys of Cuba. I wonder if the history books will expose this commie love fest by the man that never had a real job?
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Todd sez:
“[Bernie] never had a real job”
You would know Todd. Bernie worked as a carpenter after graduating from the University of Chicago. At least he completed higher education before resorting to not having a “real” job as a knuckle dragging hammer swinger.
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Talk about backfiring –
Fox announced on Friday Jussie Smollett was suspended from the hit show “Empire” after the actor was accused of paying two men to attack him last month in what police say was a ploy to raise his profile because he was unhappy with his salary.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/02/22/jussie-smollett-empire-fox-statement-staged-attack-career/2949135002/
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So Swallowed says construction isn’t a real job?
Post your verifiable creds of gainful employment.
Otherwise GFY.
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No Walt. Todd J did. He said Bernie never held a real job. Bernie was a hammer swinger..
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Bernie Never had a real job. Funny how the lib lemmings believe all the commie idiots say. And it looks like Swallows job was in the prison restroom. Pack of smokes for a >>>>
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Posted by: Todd Swallows | 22 February 2019 at 12:22 PM
Wonder what he studied……? Certainly wasn’t economics…….!
”At least he completed higher education before resorting to not having a “real” job as a knuckle dragging hammer swinger.”
You’re right……we need far fewer “hammer swingers” and far more 500lb guys who sashay about town writing about nouveau cuisine and interior decorating!
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Bernie, Bernie, Bernard.
https://thelibertarianrepublic.com/lazy-bernie-was-once-kicked-out-of-hippie-commune/
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Chicago PD releases new of video of Smollett assualt.
https://www.facebook.com/thc1776/videos/2423446571063902/UzpfSTEwMDAwMDg0NjQyOTM4NDoyMTg5NzY5NjcxMDYxMjI2/
Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid. ———John Wayne.
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Lock um’ up!!!
It’s poison to be friend or colleague of Trumps. Cohen, Fynn, Manifort guilty and headed for the slammer with Roger Stone soon to follow.
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,,,Trumpski has been cowering in his bed since the news of the Coast Guard white nationalist wannabe terrorist was busted with his guns and ammo…
But he is all over the news with his condolences when he finds out Roger Kraft was soliciting prostitutes…
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Posted by: AV Man | 22 February 2019 at 02:25 PM
…..yeah …….was wondering when you were going to mention Kraft! You two aren’t so different ….both old white men, both progressive democrats, both with a penchant for the exploitation of brown people! Him in a Florida massage parlor…..you in the parking lot of the Home Depot.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 22 February 2019 at 02:22 PM
Then I should decline that barbecue invitation I got from Trump Punchy?
Good to know!
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Yeah fish. Stay away from Trump. What few friends he has are headed for the slam.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 22 February 2019 at 02:56 PM
Pity! I had so hoped to see the White House. Well Fiddle-dee-dee.
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So I guess I have to release my interest in the Trump Tower? Damn.
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Todd
Go ahead and be Trumps pal. You admire his studlieness and he’s your kind of guy.
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RobertC 912am – Thanks for the detailed response. Using your numbered points –
1. The dossier was not originally paid for by Repubs who just used the same outfit to do oppo research, not attempt to smear Trump. Hillary paid for the smear job dossier. And yes, intelligence gathering on an opponent is “part of the game”, except when Republicans do it on Democrats, then it’s ‘collusion’ and ‘conspiracy’ and possibly ‘treason’.
2. We “give a crap” on what Hillary did only to the extent that how she was treated may, just may, be the way that other politicians should be treated. But that apparently is not the case.
3. Hillary’s crimes, forgiven and under the rug, are decades long. And she was the most recent and prominent Democrat to be exonerated by Team Obama. There is nothing “stale” about what happened in 2016 because Mueller is still spending millions investigating it. Most certainly there is nothing stale about the Dems pulling up the litany of Nixon’s sins.
4. Were the dossier to have even a smidgen of verity connected with it, the criminal parts of it would have been leaked long ago and Trump would have been immediately impeached in preparation for indictment. That nothing has come out so far indicates to most thinkers that the odds of the dossier’s allegations being fake news is pretty much certain.
5. Nobody on the Right was celebrating the ‘free press’ when Team Obama ruled DC; it was biased and fake then as it is now. The press lies constantly.
AV Man – Hillary was already known and accused of her sins before the advent of Trump. The Alinsky method was generated, copyrighted, and practiced by the Left for decades.
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George
Do you consider Breitbart to be an honest and unbiased news source?
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The worst they can do RECAST the role!
https://tvline.com/2019/02/22/empire-recasts-jamal-jussie-smollett-leaving-season-6/
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The Buzzard of Broad St. says,”Do you consider Breitbart to be an honest and unbiased news source?”
Way and above you. So what is it?? The tenth time you have asked that same lame ass question?
Prove it fake news Emery,, DARE ya’.
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Trump and I are two studs Paul Emery. I know you are just jealous. But maybe a “make-over” for an old hippie like you is due?
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What the pony tail of ignorance forgets is that most of brietbart is aggregated from other news sources.
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 22 February 2019 at 04:26 PM
Don
Do you consider Punchy to be a dishonest and incompetent news source?
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Walt
It’s not my business to prove Breitbart to be a fake news service. They do a good enough job of that on their own.
To quote Ronald Reagan and apply it to Todd:
“There you go again”
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Hmmmm……after that unpleasantness how about a nice palate cleansing poll?
Well……that’s a hell of a thing…….
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/suburban-woman-want-the-wall-buoying-trump-after-fleeing-in-2018
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Breitbart?
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/?fbclid=IwAR222vvmerb4cOIQKO_iHyokBIT6TlAU7gDnrXaBA3L_jmjTkR1Wh05H_nY
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Sorry fish
Zogby is a vanity poll not an accepted poll by any standards
Here’s their own definition of what they are. “Custom Research” indeed:
“Zogby Analytics provides custom research and insight to leaders of businesses and communities, as well as to individuals.”
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George @ 3:18 pm
A brief summary of the Hillary Campaign funded Dossier
http://thefederalist.com/2019/02/22/thinking-pulling-25th-amendment-isnt-real-scandal-spygate-coup-attempt/
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 22 February 2019 at 04:48 PM
NO…….SAY IT AIN’T SO!
Actually it’s just fun watching you go full fanboi about the most important thing in your life….political polls.
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So you have NOTHING,,, So nothing new there.
Gotta love the Daily Caller. They have taken down many a dirty LIB politician.
Funny,, you never hear of a Right leaning news outfit having to lay off employees, or having to sell.
LIB news, on the other hand,, is in deep trouble… Can you tell us why,,, Emery?
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I have never seen Emery sited, or referenced by ANY POLL critic.
Nor have I seen a polling outfit put in print “endorsed and approved by Paul Emery”.
Yet I have heard many news outfits site Zogby as a source.. Never have they mentioned KVMR.
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Posted by: Walt | 22 February 2019 at 04:57 PM ”’Gotta love the Daily Caller. They have taken down many a dirty LIB politician.”’
,,,Gee Walt I thought I heard that Daily Callgirl was just a news aggregator
,,,So how many reprehensible Republican pols have they taken down???
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@ 4:57
“Funny,, you never hear of a Right leaning news outfit having to lay off employees, or….”
The reason is clear, Mr.Walt. Outlets that speak the truth do not live and die by government subsidies, federal grants, handouts, and begging for donations. No solitictors allowed.
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Reparations: As Cornell West once quipped, “Forget the forty acres and a mule. I want a Jaguar and a condo.”
https://nypost.com/2019/02/22/kamala-harris-elizabeth-warren-both-support-reparations-for-slavery/
Hmmm. That should lose more votes than they gather.
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Here is the most disturbing article I have read this year. Designating pedophilia as sexual orientation? Protected by “Equality Act”? Guess this is the natural extension of the Left’s religion of identity politics. (Sorry I posted this before dinner)
“O’Carroll’s goal is to make the case that pedophilia is simply a sexual orientation that should have all the protections of anti-discrimination laws for other sexualities.”
http://thefederalist.com/2019/02/21/pedophile-project-7-year-old-next-sexual-revolutions-hit-parade/
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Zogby is not included in the RCP averages Walt. Nor is it one of the polls Nate Silver uses in his analysis.
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Well Emery,If you don’t like them,, they MUST be good.
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OH Dougy… Slamming the Daily Caller? You get kicked off again for being a TROLL?
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And there is this to end the week –
The Dow (^DJI) closed at 26,031.81 points, having climbed 0.7%, or 181.18 points, by the end of Friday’s session. This was the first time the index crossed 26,000 points since November 9, and its nine straight weeks gains marked the longest streak since a 10-week run between March and May 1995.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-news-february-22-2019-132420891.html
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BillT 451pm – Much grass Mr Tozer.
BTW, with PaulE et al badmouthing Breitbart, does anyone have a link to a reliable report on all the fake/false news that Breitbart is constantly accused of having published? (And I wonder how that compares with the crap out NYT, WaPo, HuffPost, …) In short, on what do they base their accusations?
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