Hi Gary! ?
Hi Gary! ?
Above post by "nontrumper" on December 14, 2017.
I accept your challenge, but it's not much of a challenge. It's quite easy.
For #1, you are wrong on the facts. We don't know the conclusions because the Mueller report has not been released. All we know is that whatever collusion may have occurred, it did not rise to the level of a prosecutable crime. I think all liberals on this board do accept that.
For #2, you are again wrong on the facts. There is plenty of evidence of collusion. Just the Trump Tower meeting by itself contains plenty of evidence. Again, we only know that Mueller determined it did not rise to the level of a prosecutable crime.
You claim,
It certainly was not unprecedented. The FBI does counterintelligence investigations every day. This started as a counterintelligence investigation long before the election.
You also claim,
There was credible evidence that the Russians were interfering in the election. Mueller determined that this was true and he chose to indict Russian companies and individuals involved. The investigation was successful and showed that, in Muller's opinion, crimes did occur.
Agreed.
Question is, how long with the streak last? I don't see it stopping anytime soon. Flagpole is a train wreck when it comes to politics. Just a total moran, if you will.
This last month proved what us on the Right knew all along.....
Mueller NEVER.
Clownpole FOREVER.
See, you are unable to reason because of your TDS. You are flat out lying, and you need to stop.
1) You are wrong. The report from the Special Counsel absolutely DID NOT conclude that "whatever collusion may have occurred, it did not rise to the level of a prosecutable crime". It concluded that "The special counsel did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in these efforts despite multiple offers from Russian affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign."
2) You are wrong. See #1. That meeting was deemed to not qualify as "collusion" of any sort.
Lie #3 by you- Counterintelligence investigations don't need to be politically-weaponized "Special Counsel investigations". THAT was the unprecedented aspect, you dolt.
Game over. Hit the road.
Turn off Faux News. You're brain will thank you later.
Democrats lose again wrote:
How’s that Russian collusion working out for you?
When is mueller going to escort trump out of the White House in handcuffs?
Mueller?
Mueller??
Mueller???
Hahahahahaha!!!
Democrats lose again!!!
Nothing better than watching hillary lovers continue to have meltdowns!!!!
It's kinda like going 1mph over the speed limit. Against the law? Yes. Fast enough to get a ticket for? Nah.
I know this is a misdirection from the Trump scandals but can you summarize and maybe give a few details of the Obama IRS scandal?
This is what I got:
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes.
So, conservative groups got extra scrutiny to make sure they weren't trying to be tax cheats.
That's the scandal.
Flagpole posted this January 2, 2018.
Yeah, it was definitely other people living in the alternate reality. Ha
L L wrote:
I know this is a misdirection from the Trump scandals but can you summarize and maybe give a few details of the Obama IRS scandal?
This is what I got:
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes.
So, conservative groups got extra scrutiny to make sure they weren't trying to be tax cheats.
That's the scandal.
Some liberal groups also got extra scrutiny.
But yeah, that was the "scandal".
Bottom line is that the FBI saw enough smoke coming out of the Trump campaign and later WH that a counter-intelligence investigation was deemed necessary.
You can't get around that other than to claim counter intelligence investigations are 'criminal' if there is no 'crime.'
Which is patently absurd of course. The whole point of counter-intelligence is to stop crimes (for example spying) from happening and figure out if any damage has been done.
Then when a person being investigated...FIRES THE GUY INVESTIGATING HIM...it's time for a special counsel.
No way. I'd hate to have been wrong like all these fools that believed the "RUSSIA!" narrative. How they aren't ashamed and hiding under a rock is beyond me. That's tribalism, I suppose.
All Americans should be offended by the actions taken by the powers-that-be (at the time) from the DOJ and FBI that both let Hillary off the hook (despite actual crimes and obstruction- not turning in the emails, the server, and busting phones- what is this, the 1990s?- ha), and attempted to frame Trump as a candidate and then as the elected President. Undermining democracy in such a way is despicable, and the swamp creatures need to be prosecuted as such.
Hopefully much more to come here. I don't see Trump letting bygones be bygones.
agip wrote:
Bottom line is that the FBI saw enough smoke coming out of the Trump campaign and later WH that a counter-intelligence investigation was deemed necessary.
You can't get around that other than to claim counter intelligence investigations are 'criminal' if there is no 'crime.'
Which is patently absurd of course. The whole point of counter-intelligence is to stop crimes (for example spying) from happening and figure out if any damage has been done.
Then when a person being investigated...FIRES THE GUY INVESTIGATING HIM...it's time for a special counsel.
Moran- everyone that testified- Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, Baker, and others- said there was ZERO evidence of collusion at the time of the Special Counsel.
And the next day, guess what? Yep- zero evidence.
And two days later? Yep- zero evidence.
A month later? Yep- zero evidence.
A year later? Yep- zero evidence.
Through today? Yep- zero evidence.
They could have done an investigation all they wanted, but it should have been done under wraps, like most of their other investigations. There was no reason to publicize it. Face it- they classified it as a counterintelligence investigation because a) they had no proof of a crime (remember, no one could articulate what the accusation even was), and b) it allowed them to maintain a broad scope, which of course is what resulted in the other indictments, to help create a guilty image..... which people like yourself ate up each day. You fool.
Silly Willy wrote:
agip wrote:
Bottom line is that the FBI saw enough smoke coming out of the Trump campaign and later WH that a counter-intelligence investigation was deemed necessary.
You can't get around that other than to claim counter intelligence investigations are 'criminal' if there is no 'crime.'
Which is patently absurd of course. The whole point of counter-intelligence is to stop crimes (for example spying) from happening and figure out if any damage has been done.
Then when a person being investigated...FIRES THE GUY INVESTIGATING HIM...it's time for a special counsel.
Moran- everyone that testified- Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, Baker, and others- said there was ZERO evidence of collusion at the time of the Special Counsel.
You are wrong. They did not say that.
... hard to dispute when disputing an opinion...
it's your opinion there was no evidence or there was no reason for an investigation... Russia did in fact try to influence the election... there was a great deal of circumstantial evidence that something odd was going on between the trump campaign and Russia... turned out they were actually just trying to make money... and there was not enough evidence to support the thought that there were coordinated attempts by the trump campaign to sway the election with Russia's help... So ultimately that is good for the usa....
all this doesn't mean trump is a good president or good for the usa... it's just they didn't have enough evidence move forward... time for all parties to move on...
I must admit that your ignorance makes for rather compelling theater.
So, "ordinary rate payers will not pay for electricity"? In other words, they will pay for it through their taxes rather than in a utility bill. What a bargain!
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Now as far as power being so plentiful that it might make sense to pay folks to take up load, you do realize that the marginal cost of off-peak power is often negative, right? This is a common occurrence right now and has been for decades.
L L wrote:
I know this is a misdirection from the Trump scandals but can you summarize and maybe give a few details of the Obama IRS scandal?
This is what I got:
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes.
So, conservative groups got extra scrutiny to make sure they weren't trying to be tax cheats.
That's the scandal.
Careful, that’s going to hit one of Gary’s nerves. Didn’t you know he was directly harmed by Obama on this? He’s a victim.
Hatter wrote:
nontrumper wrote:
Neither Flagpole or I (or others choosing country over party) have any evidence of 'conspiracy against the United States', but from what I've been reading, Mueller has tons of evidence against Trump, his cronies, other members of the GOP, Democrats, et al. I don't expect him to share such evidence with me either, but with the indictments and guilty pleas we've already read about, I am certain that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Remember in the beginning how there was NOTHING with Russia? Things have sure changed, haven't they?! The number of lies regarding conversations with Russians is astounding for a group that has nothing to hide.
Mueller... compromised or corrupt?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
As they say... "Buckle up!" It's going to be a rocky ride, but the rule of law will prevail.
Country over party.
Above post by "nontrumper" on December 14, 2017.
Well done! I'm impressed. As I've also posted many times, I do think conspiracy against the US will be very, very difficult to prove without a reasonable doubt. Even Judge Napolitano on Fox News stated he thinks there is evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. I'm still confident that there is much to Mueller's report that will be damning to Trump. I think Trumper's and the MSM jumped the gun with Barr's summary. Barr has already backtracked. I think many around Trump, including Jr. and Kush, are under sealed indictments. I naively thought this would wrap up much sooner than it has, but we haven't been to really rocky part of this ride. Buckle up!
it would have stayed under wraps. It was under wraps.
UNTIL THE PRESIDENT FIRED THE HEAD OF THE INVESTIGATION AND SAID 'WHEW GLAD THE INVESTIGATION IS OVER NOW.
JFC.