Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

The Gallant Pig Man wrote:

Michelle Goldberg continues to be the best opinion writer at The NYT.

"Donald Trump flouts the Constitution, raking in money from supplicants who curry favor with him by patronizing his gaudy hotels. Congress is silent. The president’s commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, was accused of effectively stealing more than $120 million in various schemes — Forbes described him as possibly one of the “biggest grifters in American history.” It barely registered in the headlines. ProPublica reported that a trio of random Trump cronies with neither military nor government experience is secretly running the Veterans Affairs Department out of Mar-a-Lago. Republicans have made no plans for hearings. The president’s former lawyer testified that Trump directed him to commit felonies to cover up alleged affairs in advance of the election. The shock lasted about 48 hours."

There is no defending any of this, but Republicans have gone to extraordinary lengths and exercised deliberate negligence in order to cover it all up. The slightest amount of congressional oversight would yield mountains of evidence easily worthy of impeachment. The importance of the November elections cannot be overstated.

The Gallant Pig Man wrote:

Michelle Goldberg continues to be the best opinion writer at The NYT.

"Donald Trump flouts the Constitution, raking in money from supplicants who curry favor with him by patronizing his gaudy hotels. Congress is silent. The president’s commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, was accused of effectively stealing more than $120 million in various schemes — Forbes described him as possibly one of the “biggest grifters in American history.” It barely registered in the headlines. ProPublica reported that a trio of random Trump cronies with neither military nor government experience is secretly running the Veterans Affairs Department out of Mar-a-Lago. Republicans have made no plans for hearings. The president’s former lawyer testified that Trump directed him to commit felonies to cover up alleged affairs in advance of the election. The shock lasted about 48 hours."

There is no defending any of this, but Republicans have gone to extraordinary lengths and exercised deliberate negligence in order to cover it all up. The slightest amount of congressional oversight would yield mountains of evidence easily worthy of impeachment. The importance of the November elections cannot be overstated.

Tyrone ReXXXing wrote:

Johnny99. wrote:

If Benghazi had happened the exact same way under Trump's watch, he'd have been hunted and ripped apart for years. I guess you didn't lose a love one in Benghazi , did ya little fella?

sigh....STILL with the "BENGHAAAAZIII !!" , huh?? Dude, you literally are out of your mind if you are still ranting and obsessed with "BENGHAAZZZI!!"

Did YOU "lose a loved one in Benghazi ,... little fella" ?? Unless you are related to U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, or CIA contractors Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty" (which I highly doubt you are), then you didn't either.

While I got you here, let's compare two tragic attacks on the US.

DATE:

1) 9/11/01

2) 9/11/12

LOCATION:

1) on US soil, multiple major US cities (NYC, D.C., )

2) not on US soil, one foreign city (Benghazi)

CASUALTIES:

1) 2500+ Americans died, almost 400 foreigners died. Nearly 6000 injured.

2) 4 Americans died, roughly 10 injured

DAMAGE/DESTRUCTION COST:

1) Trillion $'s?? Add in the response of the Iraq War, TrillionS of $'s

2) A pittance compared to above. 1000's of $'s

WARNING OF POTENTIAL OR EVEN IMMINENT ATTACKS, AND REQUEST TO TAKE THESE SERIOUSLY?

1) YES, most certainly, many warnings of imminent attack given to admin including memo entitled: "Bin Laden determined to strike in US" which referenced recent "suspicious activity related to preparations for hijackings." Also, Richard Clarke (chief counter-terrorism adviser on the National Security Council) and others repeatedly warned Bush admin to take the Al Q threat in the US more seriously.

2) YES , warnings were made that terrorists groups were gaining strength in Libya, and requests were made for more security

WARNINGS OF POTENTIAL ATTACK HEEDED?

1) No, completely ignored by an Admin obsessed with figuring out a way to remove Saddam Hussein from power, and by a president spending much of his time mountain biking and clearing brush on his ranch

2) No, extra security was not given.

PARTY OF PRESIDENT:

1) Republican

2) Democrat

So...we have 2 tragic attacks on the US, both occurring on 9/11. In both cases warnings of potential attacks were given. In both cases, they were not properly heeded. Both were tragic.

BUT..... the one on 9/11/01 resulted in 1000 x more deaths and injures, and a 10000000x more damage, destruction, and $ down the drain than the BENGHAZI one on 9/11/12. The first one absolutely dwarfs the second by a massive amount in every measure of tragedy/horrible event for the US.

But your response to the first 9/11 ??

"Oh well $hit happens, no one's fault, no one ever could have seen that coming. Let's not point fingers or blame anyone. No need to hold anyone responsible. Go BUSH, SHOCK and AWE that damn Saddam and those Iraqi's for attacking us!! USA, USA! "

And your response to the 2nd 9/11 ??

"OMG, OMG, OMG!! this is the WORST TRAGEDY in our HISTORY!! I want someone's head, and I want it NOW!!! Someone must pay for this! This is the worst crime in US history. The worse security lapse in our history! And the coverup, OMG, OMG, OMG!!! Someone must pay!! That evil Clinton, Obama, and Rice are responsible for this! We must investigate, WE MUST INVESTIGATE!"

And you say that, DESPITE.....

" Despite persistent accusations against President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Susan Rice, ten investigations — six by Republican-controlled congressional committees — did not find that they or any other high-ranking Obama administration officials had acted improperly. "

In conclusion, you are a typical insane right winger, with absolutely no sense of objectivity.

Awsi Dooger wrote:

As always...Never Prevent a Conservative from Sounding Like a Conservative

It is the greatest political truism of all time. They will define themselves and limit their upside far beyond millions of dollars in propaganda from the other side.

Ron DeSantis was going to have a slight advantage to open the general election campaign of the Florida governors race. Not any more. No, he too care of that within 12 hours of being nominated. Well done. Instant motivation.

And when an additional 100 black voters turn out, that's like a net of +84 since it will be something like 92-8. To offset that and match the +84, the other side would have to find more than 400 new voters, even in a 60-40 category. That's how meaningful the African American vote is. Hillary didn't turn them out. Bill Nelson by himself wasn't going to turn them out. But an incredibly passionate voice like Andrew Gillum combined with Nelson in the same state has terrific complimentary potential:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/29/ron-desantis-andrew-gillum-monkey-florida-elections-801685

Whiner Alert on Doogie Poop wrote:

Awsi Dooger wrote:

As always...Never Prevent a Conservative from Sounding Like a Conservative

It is the greatest political truism of all time. They will define themselves and limit their upside far beyond millions of dollars in propaganda from the other side.

Ron DeSantis was going to have a slight advantage to open the general election campaign of the Florida governors race. Not any more. No, he too care of that within 12 hours of being nominated. Well done. Instant motivation.

And when an additional 100 black voters turn out, that's like a net of +84 since it will be something like 92-8. To offset that and match the +84, the other side would have to find more than 400 new voters, even in a 60-40 category. That's how meaningful the African American vote is. Hillary didn't turn them out. Bill Nelson by himself wasn't going to turn them out. But an incredibly passionate voice like Andrew Gillum combined with Nelson in the same state has terrific complimentary potential:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/29/ron-desantis-andrew-gillum-monkey-florida-elections-801685

As always, your liberal fairy tale mind is never wrong. Are you douche bag of the year? Grow up and get with the real world, Hillary Clinton sucked worse, AND you should have known that coming in as the evidence was all there old man. Grow and pair and stop your b*tching.