A Higher Loyalty
"Donald Trump's presidency threatens much of what is good in this nation. We all bear responsibility for the deeply flawed choices put before voters during the 2016 election, and our country is paying a high price: this president is unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values. His leadership is transactional, ego driven, and about personal loyalty. We are fortunate some ethical leaders have chosen to serve and to stay at senior levels of government, but they cannot prevent all of the damage from the forest fire that is the Trump presidency. Their task is to try to contain it."
James Comey
from the epilogue of A Higher Loyalty
I've come away with a new respect for Jim Comey that I hadn't had before reading the book that everyone has been talking about since its release on Tuesday. I was furious at the man (as were a lot of us) when he announced the reopening of the Clinton email investigation a mere ten days before the election of 2016. At the time I believed it to be some cheap, partisan trick to get Donald Trump elected to the presidency. As it turns out, he defends the FBI's reasoning for reopening that can of worms quite ably. When additional classified material was found on Anthony Weiner's laptop, he was duty-bound to do what he did. That may be; but had I been in his shoes I would have held off the announcement until at least one classified document was found. None ever was. Whether or not he is responsible for the current debacle we'll be forced to live with for at least the foreseeable future will be debated forever. This much is beyond debate: it was a bad move.
It was obvious from reading this that Trump came into office without so much as a molecular clue of the constitutional role of the president. He believed, as he made all-too-clear during the 2016 campaign, that he would continue as CEO, barking out orders, expecting them to be followed by congress. That's not how it works. During the campaign of 1992, Ross Perot had the same goofy idea. Fortunately the electorate was a bit smarter then. He also had no idea the president and the attorney general are separate powers, independent of one another. When he attempted - in a single setting - to make Comey take a loyalty oath and shut down the investigation into Mike Flynn's dealings with Russia, Comey should have reported him to the House Ethics Committee - which in turn should have initiated impeachment proceedings. I live in a dream world, I know.
It was obvious from reading this that Trump came into office without so much as a molecular clue of the constitutional role of the president. He believed, as he made all-too-clear during the 2016 campaign, that he would continue as CEO, barking out orders, expecting them to be followed by congress. That's not how it works. During the campaign of 1992, Ross Perot had the same goofy idea. Fortunately the electorate was a bit smarter then. He also had no idea the president and the attorney general are separate powers, independent of one another. When he attempted - in a single setting - to make Comey take a loyalty oath and shut down the investigation into Mike Flynn's dealings with Russia, Comey should have reported him to the House Ethics Committee - which in turn should have initiated impeachment proceedings. I live in a dream world, I know.
In the final analysis, the reason Hillary Clinton lost that election was simply because she was not a good candidate. I realize that she is a sharp and able woman, a far cry from the rolling disaster on two feet that is Donald Trump. For all her ability, she was never going to inspire much of the base to get out to the polls. She was always too much of a moderate for many of us. When a candidate has a history of giving closed, off-the-record speeches to the Goldman Sachs crowd, how is a true progressive expected to be inspired?
The curious thing about the Comey book is that it doesn't go into the Trump presidency until about two/thirds of the way through. I would have wanted a little more of that - although I'm force to admit that his story is interesting nonetheless. The book reinforces something I have known for many decades: Donald Trump is an arrogant, vile and unstable human being you could not contrive in fiction. I had previously read so many accounts from within that I don't think there was really anything in it that I hadn't already learned about. If you have the time and the inclination - and the cash - this one is highly recommended. This is an administration that cannot be allowed to continued. The fact that this maniac has his finger on the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet is something that should scare the shit out of anyone bothering to pay attention. America's international stock is lower than it's ever been and, I strongly suspect. than it's ever going to be. Then again, I said the same thing about George W. Bush not terribly long ago. You just never know how deep into the sewer these silly Americans are going to reach when they go to the polls on any given Election Day.
Robert Mueller's investigation is obviously going in directions that the Donald would rather it not go. He is unravelling more with the passing of each day. This house of marked cards is crumbling. This cannot end well.
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
SUGGESTED READING:
A Higher Calling
by James Comey
posted by Tom Degan @ 2:54 PM
66 comments
66 Comments:
The best part is how Trump exposes his guilt every time he tries to "discredit" comey or the book.
And CLucky...
WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING?
President Trump has been in office 1 year, 89 days.
Clucky,
WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING?
Trump will never be President. There is more to the job than tweeting all night and golfing all day. He won't even hold the title much longer the way things are going.
The swamp is deeps deep.....and so is coincidence….
From 2001 to 2005 there was an ongoing investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
A Grand Jury had been empaneled.
Governments from around the world had donated to the “Charity”.
Yet, from 2001 to 2003 none of those “Donations” to the Clinton Foundation were declared.
Hmmm, now you would think that an honest investigator would be able to figure this out.
Guess who took over this investigation in 2002?
Bet you can’t guess.
No other than James Comey.
Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it?
Guess who was transferred in to the Internal Revenue Service to run the Tax Exemption Branch of the IRS?
Your friend and mine, Lois “Be on The Look Out” (BOLO) Lerner.
Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it?
It gets better, well not really, but this is all just a series of strange coincidences, right?
Guess who ran the Tax Division inside the Department of Injustice from 2001 to 2005?
No other than the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Rod Rosenstein.
Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it?
Guess who was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during this time frame???
I know, it’s a miracle, just a coincidence, just an anomaly in statistics and chances, Robert Mueller.
What do all four casting characters have in common?
They all were briefed and/or were front line investigators into the Clinton Foundation Investigation.
Now that’s just a coincidence, right?
Ok, lets chalk the last one up to mere chance.
Let’s fast forward to 2009.
James Comey leaves the Justice Department to go and cash-in at Lockheed Martin.
Hillary Clinton is running the State Department, on her own personal email server by the way.
The Uranium One “issue” comes to the attention of the Hillary.
Like all good public servants do, you know looking out for America’s best interest, she decides to support the decision and approve the sale of 20% of US Uranium to no other than, the Russians.
Now you would think that this is a fairly straight up deal, except it wasn’t, the People got absolutely nothing out of it.
However, prior to the sales approval, no other than Bill Clinton goes to Moscow, gets paid 500K for a one hour speech then meets with Vladimir Putin at his home for a few hours.
Ok, no big deal right?
Well, not so fast, the FBI had a mole inside the money laundering and bribery scheme.
Guess who was the FBI Director during this timeframe?
Yep, Robert Mueller.
He even delivered a Uranium Sample to Moscow in 2009.
Guess who was handling that case within the Justice Department out of the US Attorney’s Office in Maryland.
No other than, Rod Rosenstein.
Guess what happened to the informant?
The Department of Justice placed a GAG order on him and threatened to lock him up if he spoke out about it.
How does 20% of the most strategic asset of the United States of America end up in Russian hands when the FBI has an informant, a mole providing inside information to the FBI on the criminal enterprise?
Guess what happened soon after the sale was approved?
PART 2
~145 million dollars in “donations” made their way into the Clinton Foundation from entities directly connected to the Uranium One deal.
Guess who was still at the Internal Revenue Service working the Charitable Division?
No other than, Lois Lerner.
Ok, that’s all just another series of coincidences, nothing to see here, right?
Let’s fast forward to 2015.
Due to a series of tragic events in Benghazi and after the 9 “investigations” the House, Senate and at State Department, Trey Gowdy who was running the 10th investigation as Chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi discovers that the Hillary ran the State Department on an unclassified, unauthorized, outlaw personal email server.
He also discovered that none of those emails had been turned over when she departed her “Public Service” as Secretary of State which was required by law.
He also discovered that there was Top Secret information contained within her personally archived email.
Sparing you the State Departments cover up, the nostrums they floated, the delay tactics that were employed and the outright lies that were spewed forth from the necks of the Kerry State Department, we shall leave it with this…… they did everything humanly possible to cover for Hillary.
Now this is amazing, guess who became FBI Director in 2013?
Guess who secured 17 no bid contracts for his employer (Lockheed Martin) with the State Department and was rewarded with a six million dollar thank you present when he departed his employer.
No other than James Comey.
Amazing how all those no-bids just went right through at State, huh?
Now he is the FBI Director in charge of the “Clinton Email Investigation” after of course his FBI Investigates the Lois Lerner “Matter” at the Internal Revenue Service and exonerates her.
Nope couldn’t find any crimes there.
Can you guess what happened next?
In April 2016, James Comey drafts an exoneration letter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, meanwhile the DOJ is handing out immunity deals like candy.
They didn’t even convene a Grand Jury.
Like a lightning bolt of statistical impossibility, like a miracle from God himself, like the true “Gangsta” Homey is, James steps out into the cameras of an awaiting press conference on July the 8th of 2016, and exonerates the Hillary from any wrongdoing.
Can you see the pattern?
It goes on and on, Rosenstein becomes Asst. Attorney General, Comey gets fired based upon a letter by Rosenstein, Comey leaks government information to the press, Mueller is assigned to the Russian Investigation sham by Rosenstein to provide cover for decades of malfeasance within the FBI and DOJ and the story continues.
FISA Abuse, political espionage..... pick a crime, any crime, chances are...... this group and a few others did it.
All the same players.
All compromised and conflicted.
All working fervently to NOT go to jail themselves.
All connected in one way or another to the Clinton's.
They are like battery acid, they corrode and corrupt everything they touch.
How many lives have these two destroyed?
As of this writing, the Clinton Foundation, in its 20+ years of operation of being the largest International Charity Fraud in the history of mankind, has never been audited by the Internal Revenue Service.
Let us not forget that Comey's brother works for DLA Piper, the law firm that does the Clinton Foundation's taxes.
Clucky,
WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING?
No one cares about your cut and paste bullshit.
Clucky just copied and pasted an anonymous post from a "happy hayride" on Facebook. So far NO ONE can find the original source. Go figure.
Wrong Mozart, a LOT of people care.
Mozart, so what if Majormajor cut and pasted? What about the myriads of damning facts presented by him? Does cut and paste negate the truth laid out there?
Doesn't matter, does it? After all, it spells out all of the bad actors and corruption that you are supporting. Right?
T Paine, it helps when we know WHERE the ALLEGED "Damning facts" came from. You know there are bulk e-mails full of bullshit that Clucky follows like hiss favorite Saturday cartoon.
And if you want bad actors and corruption, you live in a VERY THIN glass house. So since Clucky is to CHICKEN to answer a simple, logical question (again) I'll ask YOU...
WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING?
The only people that care about his cut and paste BULLSHIT are those looking for ANY reason NOT to talk about Trump's issues.
I thought Tom was going to keep you guys on subject, but if he tries, Clucky whines.
Clucky, one more time.
WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING
Why are you afraid to answer?
You guys are so worried about an "outlaw e-mail server (that was never hacked BTW) but you don't mid Trump doing the nation's business INCLUDING ordering military action, over an unsecured phone! You don't mind him warning our enemies before he attacks so they can move assets.
Come on, that cut and paste job is bullshit, like everything else Clucky posts. NO ONE knows who wrote it, NO ONE buys the BS except a few DESPARATE conservatives. Let me ask this about that.
WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING?
Mozart, on another blog I have backed Chuck into a corner with the fact that Donald Trump is a known racist. He wiggles and turns, deflects and projects, but he realizes he has nowhere to go.
He refuses to openly acknowledge the obvious (that Trump's a bona fide racist), so the best and only response he can offer is "drivel".
Because of Chuck's unwavering support of the racist demagogue in the White House, he realizes once he acknowledges Trump's racism this makes him a racist sympathizer, at best.
So, yes, Chuck is apparently afraid to answer a lot of questions. I suppose potential racists would be.
"[Hillary Clinton] was always too much of a moderate for many of us. When a candidate has a history of giving closed, off-the-record speeches to the Goldman Sachs crowd, how is a true progressive expected to be inspired?" ~~ Tom Degan
She was too much of a moderate, Tom? Let's call her what she was and is: a corporatist. The corporate-democrats have taken over the party that once sided with the working-class, the poor and downtrodden. Now the party has devolved into "Republican-Lite", and it's less-fulfilling and tastes horrible.
I'm afraid a blue-wave this fall will not change this. It'll still be a corporate-backed political entity catering to its corporate donors.
Well JG, I'm going to keep asking him. I know he's to much of a COWARD to answer, but it's fun to see him "squirm". LOL
And it is a legitimate question. And there is no such thing as a "potential" racist. It's a binary thing. You is or you aint. He clearly IS.
Tom is very generous allowing Majormajor to dump his unsourced propaganda.
For some reason, Mr. Paine doesn't question a bit of it. He believes it all because it FEELS good to see charges against Hillary. Some are true, some are not, but that doesn't matter to the radical Right. Truth takes a back seat to propaganda all the time.
Mr. Paine's thoughtful criticism inquires, "Mozart, so what if Majormajor cut and pasted? What about the myriads of damning facts presented by him? Does cut and paste negate the truth laid out there?"
Why does Mr. Paine's fondness for facts ignore the fact Majormajor's copy and paste is not from a credited source, with ZERO supporting evidence offered?
It is from a commodities and foreign currency trader's website. Yes, a Wall Street money-man is who they trust over journalists. Propaganda, FAKE NEWS and LIES. This is the con in con-servatism.
They are at war with our free press, siding with Wall Street elites and an ignoramus authoritarian serial liar over the established press.
Why does Mr. Paine's fondness for facts ignore the fact that, unlike the Trump Foundation, the Clinton's foundation actually went mostly to, you know, charitable causes.
Unlike Trump, the Clinton Foundation discloses IRS records:
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/sites/default/files/clinton_foundation_report_public_2014.pdf
When will Mr. Paine and MM whine about Trump's secrecy, hiding his tax returns, and shady dealings? When will they whine about the Trump Foundation paying for huge portrait of Trump?
I kid, of course. Authoritarian followers don't question their authoritarian leaders.
Instead they get angry with us for doing just that.
Maybe TP and MM can help us with this one.
Who disclosed top secret information to Russians in the Oval Office, with only Russian media present, as he bragged about shutting down the Russia investigation by firing the FBI Director?
(Comey's notes were NOT classified, Just the facts documenting an inappropriate and illegal obstruction of justice demand by an authoritarian president.)
Says the supporters of the political party of Byrd and the cradle of the KKK. The Party of the President who imprisoned hundred of thousands US citizens because of their race, but whose statues have not been torn down. The Party of President Wilson, who was "backwards and bigoted when it came to race". (Christian Science Monitor) The Party's whose members have their pictures taken with the leader of the LARGEST racist organization in the USA (The Nation of Islam). Whose Party's members have accepted money and endorsements from the NOI.
As to sources, Mozart all you to do is ask Google if and when Comey worked for LOCKHEED, or where his brother works, etc. But that would be asking YOU to work instead of scream. BTW, isn't the subject of Tom's post Comey and Trump? Doesn't that make the background and history of Comey fair game?
Find any of the things listed on my post that aren't true.
List them here.
Remove them, and see what you still have left remaining.
But you won't. Too lazy I suspect. Or too afraid. Or too dull.
Mozart, I think the system is so broken that Hillary can get away with myriads of national security violations. I think Trump is also morally unfit to be president, right along with her fellow congenital liar Trump. Despite that, Trump has still managed to do a few good things with his tax reform and cutting expensive and unnecessary regulations. That is already far more good than what Hillary would have done. Neither are deserving of the office though.
As for Dave's expected comments, I am not surprised that Dave ignores the facts cited simply because he doesn't like or recognize the source. He trusts the corpo/leftist media implicitly if it says anything bad about conservatives or Trump though. It sure would be nice if the media would actually report the facts on ALL relevant stories, REGARDLESS of the political ideology of the person or subject in question, WITHOUT their bias and editorializing masquerading as actual objective journalism. Oh wait, I just saw a unicorn prance by with his pet Sasquatch! (The latter is far more likely to happen than the former.)
Hmm.
DD: “Some are true, some are not, but that doesn't matter to the radical Right. Truth takes a back seat to propaganda all the time.”
TP’s judgment: “He trusts the corpo/leftist media implicitly. Dave ignores the facts.” This is a lie. Period. Two words, assuming the accusation is the New York Times is “leftist”. Judith Miller.
This is same kind of lie when he accused me of being “Stalinist”. Stop telling lies about me TP, and I will stop telling the truth about you. ;-)
“Trust implicitly” wouldn’t be “putting words in my mouth” would it? We know, we know. IOKIYAR to whine about “putting words in my mouth”.
This statement is made after he accepted without question a partisan political hit piece from a Wall Street money-man, showing who he trusts over journalists.
It sure would be nice if the media would actually report the facts on ALL relevant stories, REGARDLESS of the political ideology of the person or subject in question, WITHOUT their bias and editorializing masquerading as actual objective journalism.
I would agree, but isn’t FOX(R) fair and balanced enough? As we might learn from Mr. Paine and Majormajor, “Honest Don” Trump and his State Media NEVER lie or admit to a falsehood. Never.
Again, here is the truth.
They are at war with our free press, siding with Wall Street elites, a Republican propaganda network, and an ignoramus authoritarian serial liar over the established press.
That is the way to tyranny. The founders knew the critical value of a free press in a democratic republic. The radical Right demonizes the press and demands only their propaganda be heard. They are anit-American in their war on our First Amendment.
And just because they employ Goebbels’ “Lügenpresse” tactic, I won’t even call them Nazis.
T.Paine, name ONE ACTUAL "national security violation" from Hillary. I give you Trump and his entire staff using commercial unsecured phones, even when ordering military action. I give you Trump allowing the KGB into the OVal office WITH ELECTRONIC GEAR BUT NO American PRESS ALLOWED (We found out when Pravda published photos)I give you Trump announcing pending military action over Twitter, TWICE allowing Putin and Assad to move assets. I will ask again...
WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING?
Why are all the cons here afraid to answer?
Mozart,
I can not help it if Tom does not publish my response to your question. Take it up with him, if he dare publish this.
For the record, if this gets published, Tom has not published my reply's to Mozart.
You made several posts that were published. You have evaded answering every direct question put to you since I joined this forum. NOW you claim he doesn't publish your answers.
WHO to believe....
Try again.
WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING?"
Tom stop censoring Clucky! LOL
Why, will you publish my response or allow Mozart to continue to live in ignorance?
Chuck, like nearly all conservatives you're ignorant of history.
Yes, the Dems were at one time the party of the KKK. In 1965,after a Democratic president made it a crime to deny black people the right to vote, all of those racist dixiecrats fled that party by the millions
POP QUIZ:
Which party did they flee to?
I'll wait in vain for your answer.
As usual when it comes to things like this, it is not as simple as you make it out to be.
The Democrats controlled both houses of Congress in 1965. The Civil Rights Bill of 1965 will not pass without support of the GOP. The bill passe because of the GOP, some democrats flee their party for the GOP. But here's the hook you seem to be ignorant of, not enough leave for the GOP to put Congress in the hands of the GOP. Further, since it took the votes of the GOP to pass the Bill, why did the Democrats jump ship to the party that by their vote got it passed, IE the GOP?
Also Tom, why haven't you published my answer to Mozart? Any why did you over look FDR's racism as well as Wilson's? Too close to the bone for you?
Mozart,
Typing real slow for you. "WHAT WOULD YOU BE SAYING IF OBAMA OR HILLARY HAD SAID AND DONE EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS DOING?"
Here's my answer.
Are you ready?
Into your 2 six pack of PBR?
What does your question have to do with anything? Pure drivel on your part, trying to deflect from the corruption the past 8 years. Further, you claim President Trump is "doing something", but alas you can't seem to focus long enough to tell us what he is doing and give the proof that he is. So how can I answer a non question?
Proof Mozart, something I gave you in a post listing the crimes of the past 8 years but you treated as a blurb on TMZ. Have you Googled any of the things I listed? Of course not, because to do so might, just might shake you of your dogged belief that HRC was the most qualified person to ruin for President. A statement that would bring roars of laughter if said by Jimmy Kimmel.
So when DFO we tear down the statues of the greatest racist President in our history, FDR?
Tom,
You got my answer, do I now wait in vain for you to publish it?
So, just as I predicted, Clucky can't answer a simple, logical question. Either trump is doing NOTHING, good or bad, or "The Cluck" is once more a coward.
The HONEST answer is that had Obama or Hillary showed up to campaign talking like Trump and refusing to show taxes or divest of business, the right would have gone batshit nuts!
IMAGINE A BLACK MAN SHOWING UP WITH 5 KIDS FROM 3 DIFFERENT WIVES, ALL OF WHO HE PROUDLY CHEATED ON, BRAGGING ABOUT "MOVING ON MARRIED WOMEN LIKE A BITCH., GRABBING PUSSY, AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE HE'S RICH".
Come on Clucky, don't even TRY to act insulted. You answered EXACTLY as I thought you would.
NO ANSWER AT ALL. You typed some words (if they were even your own) but they had NOTHING to do with the question. YOPU DEFLECTED AS WE ALL KNEW YOU WOULD.
Oh, and I seldom drink alcohol at all, but if I DO enjoy a beer, it's not piss water PBR, it's usually a nice IPA, or something from one of the many fine microbreweries in my area.
Now YOU go back to YOUR diversion. Oxycontin and Moonshine.
Cluck, you posted a bulk e-mail with no source you found on Facebook. As usual you have NO THOUGHTS OF YOUR OWN.
Hillary. Lawyer.
8 years as First Lady so she's seen how the White House operates.
8 years as Senator so she' knows congress
4 years as Sec of State so she knows foreign policy.
not to mention 11 hours in front of a hostile congress NEVER ONCE PLEADING THE 5TH AND WALKING AWAY CLEAN, proving she's TOUGH.
But you'd rather have a con artist and game show host that can't even keep from blowing his OWN case out of the water with his tweets and calls to Fox Entertainment.
You have no argument. If Obama was where Trump is now, he'd already have been impeached. But Obama ISN'T where Trump is now, and never would be, along with Hillary, and you know why/
NO ACTUAL CRIMES COMITTED!!!
And OF COURSE I gooogled the LIST, that's how I found it on Facebook. I Could not find a SOURCE though. I figured since YOU posted it YOU can provide the source.
But you CAN'T. Can you? LOL
"Stop telling lies about me TP, and I will stop telling the truth about you. ;-)" ~ Dubya
Dave, you have been lying about me for years. You are simply angry that I am no longer pulling punches and am now calling you out on your lies. Hell, the way you deflect, demonize, and project, I think Hillary might have won if she had hired you as her spokesman. :)
As for the importance of a free press to hold our government accountable, I agree that is an absolute necessity if we are to maintain our liberties in this republic. That said, the fact that you absolutely refuse to see the leftist bias in some of the stories told or intentionally spiked only speaks to either your ignorance or partisanship.
I have no problem of actual sourced legitimate stories that are critical of Trump and his many failings as president. In fact I demand that they continue to publish them. I only wish you were similarly concerned when the rare occasional story on a progressive is published (or spiked) instead of minimizing them or calling them right wing biased. I know... its okay if you are a leftist, amirite? :)
Mozart, I agree with you regarding Trump's asinine concern for security. I think he should be held accountable for this, just like Hillary should have been for sending and receiving classified emails on her private server which Comey confirmed and you still deny or minimize. How about some consistency, sir?
Mozart using the word logic is a bit of an oxymoron..
8 years as First Lady so she's seen how the White House operates.
The Cook knows how the White House operates so they are qualified?
8 years as Senator so she' knows congress
The Sargent of Arms knows congress, so is he/she qualified?
List the Bills HRC sponsored, not co-sponsored, in the Senate. Never mind here they are.
S. 1241: A bill to establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in the State of New York. Bush signed the bill Dec. 3, 2004.
S. 3613: A bill to name a post office the "Major George Quamo Post Office Building." Bush signed the bill Oct. 6, 2006.
S. 3145: A bill to designate a highway in New York as the Timothy J. Russert highway. Bush signed the bill July 23, 2008.
Hard hitting, not!
4 years as Sec of State so she knows foreign policy.
Oh yes, the famous re-set button sec. of state.
WALKING AWAY, hint Mozart, two words I wouldn't use with HRC, stumble maybe.
Isn't it odd how Mozart can not disprove the items listed in my post? He's more concerned about the source, not the truth found in it. Have you found one falsehood in the list? NO but the source is what you want? Why is that Mozart?
P.S. Didn't find on Facebook but the list is still factual and true, so you must SCREAM to deflect from those easy to check trues.
TOM
"POP QUIZ:
Which party did they flee to?"
I've answered you and again you have have chosen not to publish...It is odd that you claim to be waiting in vain for my answer. Since you rarely answer my questions to you
( in this you're not alone Dave, & jG come to mind) isn't it a bit ingenious on your part to claim you are waiting in vain (not that you will answer) ?
Not that you will publish this either...
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Clucky. The cook is not married to the POTUS, has her own office and helps with social policy. That's a stupid example, but I'd have ANY white house MAID over Trump. At least they'd have common sense. SHE WAS ALSO A SENATOR YOU IDIOT.
And try better sources for your posts. Here's a "Greatest hits"
https://www.thebalance.com/hillary-clinton-s-accomplishments-4101811
How about you PROVE the items in your post? YOU Made the statements (well, you copied SOMEONE else's but without a source we don't know WHO)YOU Back them up.
and stop WHINING. Tom isn't there to wait for YOUR posts. Maybe if you posted something RELEVENT. You've never HONESTLY answered a direct question, you post bullshit you can't back up, and then you WHINE when your posts aren't posted INSTANTLY.
TRUMP JUST BELW HIS OWN CASE WHEN HE WENT ON FOX AND FRIENDS AND MADE A 29 MINUTE FOOL OF HIMSELF. Even the hosts were squirming for it to end. People are STILL laughing about it, and the FUNNIEST thing, was that within HOURS the prosecutors added many of his statements to THEIR legal case!!! LOL!!!
"Since you rarely answer my questions to you ( in this you're not alone Dave, & jG come to mind) isn't it a bit ingenious on your part to claim you are waiting in vain..." ~~ Majormajor (aka, Chuck Morre)
You're projecting again. I answer your asinine and off-topic questions more than I should, yet you continue to evade and deflect my questions -- my last one being do you agree Donald Trump is a racist based upon proof he was discriminating toward blacks in his company's rental practices?
C'mon, Chuck, yes or no? The government's evidence claims he was. Why don't you?
Mr. Paine,
"liberal bias" in the NY Times? Judith Miller. Status quo, pro war, and corporate bias are real.
Has it occurred to you maybe "left wing bias" is closer to fact than "right wing bias"? The Right is at open war with the truth, federal law enforcement, science, education, and journalism. All because they don't conform to your far Right ideology. Of course that will appear as bias to an extremist position.
Dave, you have been lying about me for years. You are simply angry that I am no longer pulling punches and am now calling you out on your lies. Hell, the way you deflect, demonize, and project, I think Hillary might have won if she had hired you as her spokesman. :)
Thank you for additional Trump-like false accusations. We've long noted your pattern, accuse without evidence or even citing the alleged offense. IOKIYAR, in your case "Reactionary", as you are not a Republican.
Now you spread the filthy demonizing lie that I oppose the Constitution. For that I say, SHOVE IT, ever so delicately, of course.
But I needn't be offended by reality-denying fabrications coming from a deranged white supremacist. ;-)
No hard feelings. You can't help it. It is your nature.
Dave,
Did you see that on CNN or is it the truth?
Clucky, can you explain the conservative hardon for CNN?
Hell, what am I thinking, asking YOU a question. You'll probably go off on something a Democrat did in 1847, or copy and paste some anonymous diatribe that supports your batshit theories.
You know what? I Gave up on CNN after Ted Turner left, and they have had their silly moments. But I think I'm gonna have to let em out of the doghouse and start watching. If they have YOU and the rest of your deplorable gang so worried they must be doing something right.
C'mon, Chuck, I'm still waiting for your answer. Is Trump a racist?
jg,
Was LBJ a racist?
Was FDR a racist?
Was Wilson a racist?
Mozart,
and you ignore my post in response to your claims about HRC?
Interesting.
Is Kanye West a racist?
Chuck, Kanye West isn't your or my president. He doesn't represent the United States, or you or me. Mr. West has no impact on me. He's not the so-called "leader of the free world".
Donald Trump is the president of this country, and what he does is reflective of you and me, and what he does affects you and me, my family and your family, plus every other american living here or any where else on this planet.
Now, take your dance shoes off and answer my question truthfully. Is Donald Trump a racist?
Give it up JG. Clucky is a typical conservative, and as such will NEVER answer a simple logical question. He'll deflect, ask irrelevant questions, and then claim he's being "censored" by the "mean ol media".
Trump's lawyers tried a new tactic" leaking "questions" from Mueller. The problem is, Mueller and his team never saw those questions. They were written BY Trump's "Lawyers" based upon some notes form a meeting. They don't actually represent ANYTHING other than another failed attempt at distraction.
"His Father was Klan"
Got proof Mozart?
JG was FDR a racist?
Neither was Mr Trump our President in 1971.
WOW! Trump's own lawyer just went on Hannity and admitted that Trump lied and not only knew about the Stormy Daniels payout, but paid it back "funneled through a law firm"
The Ukranians just agreed to stop cooperating with Mueller in return for a missile defense system, that the Trump administration had been in the process of turning down, and 2 HOURS after he goes on a blog and says Mueller is a good man and should be allowed to continue, another Trump lawyer Ty Cobb "retires".
He was also trying to encourage Trump to voluntarily sit with Mueller, so He and other attorneys could be present and the questions controlled a BIT. If Trump is subpoenaed, he'll sit ALONE in front of a grand Jury, unless he refuses, which would REALLY make him look "innocent" and open up a constitutional can of wormsike nothing before (The three others in the same situation were less cowardly. At least Nixon fell on his sword)
LOL. Obstruction? NAAAAAHHHHHHHHH.
Trump's father was a klan member. That is documented.
Fact Check Politics
Donald Trump’s Father Arrested at KKK Rally?
A 1927 New York Times article about KKK arrests mentioned Donald Trump's father Fred, but the reporting was vague and inconclusive.
CLAIM
Donald Trump's father was arrested following a Ku Klux Klan-related altercation in 1927.
RATING
Mixture
WHAT'S TRUE
A 1927 New York Times article named Fred Trump among the individuals arrested after a "near-riot" involving the KKK and New York City policemen at a "Memorial parade."
WHAT'S FALSE
The article did not document that Fred Trump was a KKK member or supporter, or that he was charged with a crime in connection with the KKK event.
You mean this documentation?
Mozart 1220 >
They didn't figure out the easy payment plan can be illegal if they are trying to hide it.
Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and LBJ, some of the Democrats' greatest icons, were all racists. Wilson and LBJ were exceptionally so in their personal behaviors.
So what?
Trump's father was a racist. So what?
Trump himself has done some things that are bigoted in the past. So what?
I don't know if there has been so much hate, division, and mistrust between Americans since the Vietnam war era. I know the left has been licking their lips at the prospect of possibly regaining the House and Senate in order to impeach Trump. And this, despite no impeachable offenses rising to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors thus far. What is next? If they gain power again, do they round up all of the conservatives and Republicans and "re-educate" them? Do they require them to wear an elephant insignia, like an erstwhile star of David?
Where does this hate on both sides lead us if we don't find a way to reach common ground as Americans? It frightens me to think what the future holds if we continue down this path.
Clucky, Trump isn't President NOW.
Wow, Mozart is watching Hannity!!!
"The Ukranians just agreed to stop cooperating with Mueller in return for a missile defense system, that the Trump administration had been in the process of turning down"
Is this the truth or did you see it on NBC?
Late on Thursday, NBC News issued a correction to a false news report they published earlier in the day which dominated the news cycle for the majority of the day.
NBC News had claimed that federal investigators had a "wiretap" on the phones belonging to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen and that "at least one phone call between a phone line associated with Cohen and the White House was intercepted."
That turned out to be false.
NBC News was forced to issue a retraction to their story, writing:
Earlier today, NBC News reported that there was a wiretap on the phones of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal attorney, citing two separate sources with knowledge of the legal proceedings involving Cohen.
But three senior U.S. officials now dispute that, saying that the monitoring of Cohen’s phones was limited to a log of calls, known as a pen register, not a wiretap where investigators can actually listen to calls.
NBC News has changed the headline and revised parts of the original article.
The authors of the NBC News' report, Tom Winter and Julia Ainsley, both issued tweets stating that they had to correct their report:
Correction: Michael Cohen's calls are being monitored but not being listened to. Pen register and not wiretap.
— Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) May 3, 2018
Correction: Earlier today NBC News, and this reporter, said that Michael Cohen's phone lines were wiretapped. 3 Senior U.S. Officials now dispute that, saying the monitoring was limited to a log of calls (pen register) not a wiretap of Cohen's lines. We will continue to report.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) May 3, 2018
To make matters even more embarrassing for NBC News, the network tried to downplay its colossal screw-up by calling their retraction an "editor's note."
This should be a retraction, not an "editors note"
ffs pic.twitter.com/l6II0Fx9zC
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) May 3, 2018
CORRECTION: Feds have pen-register, not wiretap on Michael Cohen pic.twitter.com/gXLckdKPeX
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 3, 2018
Who is refereed as Cluck?, Kanye West is kissing Trumps ass because his wife is seeking a pardon for convicted felon on drug charges.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/02/kim-kardashian-seeks-white-house-pardon-for-imprisoned-great-grandma-alice-marie-johnson-report-says.html
Trump's behavior was partly caused by his father instilling in him that Germans were superior. If I find story I will post it. Reason why he was put in the military academy.
Trumps flip flop behavior with his questionable pal Vladimir is cause for concern with the Ukrainian arms deal.
Mr. Paine declares FDR the real racist while Trump has done "some bigoted things in the past". Did FDR defy a court order to deny rent to Blacks? No. Did FDR lead a party that makes it harder for them to register and vote? No.
FDR appointed record numbers of Blacks to positions of responsibility, and issued Executive Order 8802, which created the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC), the most important federal support of the rights of African-Americans between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The shameful internment of Japanese was at the urging of conservative Republicans, mind you. And it was not racism against Asians in general.
Mr. Paine is dismissive of reality, "despite no impeachable offenses rising to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors thus far. What is next?
Just because there are no criminal convictions on Trump yet, doesn't mean there were no impeachable offenses. In fact impeachment can be without conviction.
Never heard of the Trump Tower meeting with Russian agents? It's called conspiracy to defraud the US. Then there are Election law violations with Cohen, and obstruction of justice in several cases, to name a few.
Mr. Paine asks a good question. “Where does this hate on both sides lead us if we don't find a way to reach common ground as Americans?”
Of course, once the Right is radically indoctrinated, and the Left demonized by them, “common ground” is impossible.
THEY have made it so. The Right actively suppresses voter rights and representative democracy. They attack the press, the media, educators, and scientists because they do not conform to the Right’s ideology.
There can never be common ground as long as propaganda of the far Right defines their own reality and the belief system of so many Americans. They make up their own definitions, so the only common ground would be on their terms alone.
Mr. Paine and his fellow conservatives have decided I am a “Leftist who opposes the Constitution”. Redefining and smearing the words liberal and leftist has been their tactic for decades. This absurd hateful accusation all but rules out common ground. Those they decide are “leftists” next become “enemies of the people”, just like they are redefining dissent, journalism and our free press.
It is the MO of fascism. I take a stand and refuse “common ground” with fascism.
Mr. Paine declares, “Trump himself has done some things that are bigoted in the past. So what?"
"So what?” Says it all, doesn’t it?
"I know the left has been licking their lips at the prospect of possibly regaining the House and Senate in order to impeach Trump." ~~ T. Paine
Would that "left" be liberals or leftists? ;-)
"And this, despite no impeachable offenses rising to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors thus far. ~~ T. Paine
Not yet. The investigation isn't complete. Let's wait and see what the special counsel finally offers. I suspect it's going to be bigger than you ever imagined.
"Do they require them to wear an elephant insignia, like an erstwhile star of David?" ~~ T. Paine
I think an artistic rendition of an asshole would be more representative.
"Where does this hate on both sides lead us if we don't find a way to reach common ground as Americans?" ~~ T. Paine
Civil war, most likely.
Mr. Paine, what is your definition of "common ground"? Possibly a conservative authoritarian theocracy?
Major Major is "Clucky" Because he's too chicken to answer logical questions honestly.
2> T. Paine.
Do we have a right to choose who we rent to. Yes but not based on their color, ethnicity or religion.
That's why there are background checks. To weed out scammers, freeloaders and others that have known histories of destroying others properties and disturbing the peace.
Just as you have the right to refuse to do business with with known persons that will lie, cheat, are irresponsible to society, are immoral and con others into bad deals.
Trupm's CON MEN.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/former-mccarthy-aide-showed-trump-how-to-exploit-power-and-draw-attention/2016/06/16/e9f44f20-2bf3-11e6-9b37-42985f6a265c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d032365a369f
It was October 1973 and the start of one of the most influential relationships of Trump’s career. Cohn soon represented Trump in legal battles, counseled him about his marriage and introduced Trump to New York power brokers, money men and socialites.
Cohn also showed Trump how to exploit power and instill fear through a simple formula: attack, counterattack and never apologize
Sent to military academy because of childhood rebelliousness
Q: Your high school experience? "I went to New York Military Academy for five years, from the year before freshman."
Q: "So eighth grade on?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "Whose idea was this?"
A: "Well, I was very rebellious and my parents thought it would be a good idea. I was very rebellious."
Q: "How did it evidence itself?"
A: "I was a very rebellious kind of person. I don't like to talk about it, actually. But I was a very rebellious person and very set in my ways."
Q: "In eighth grade?"
A: "I loved to fight. I always loved to fight."
Q: "Physical fights?"
A: "All types of fights. Any kind of fight, I loved it, including physical, and I was always the best athlete. Something that nobody knew about me."
Source: Politico.com article with Trump's "Never Enough" biographer , Sep 25, 2015
I surely hope that his hatred and insults to to all Americans and other citizens of this world, will disqualify him from the silly notion that he want's to be nominated by the republican congress for the Nobel peace prize.
http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Principles_+_Values.htm
Donate to political candidates, regardless of party
Trump was no political naif. He and his father had thrived in New York City's pay-to-play culture for years, in part by cultivating local elected officials. Trump almost always answered political operatives' calls for money. His criterion was simple: he wanted a winner, someone who would be an ally once in office. Sometimes he donated to opposing candidates in the same local race. He showed no concern about a candidate's views or political party.
Source: Trump Revealed, by Michael Kranish & Mark Fisher, p.323 , Aug 23, 2016
I never forgive people who deceive me
source: GOP "Your Money/Your Vote" 2015 CNBC 1st-tier debate , Oct 28, 2015 The same as his good friend Vladimir. Former KGB agent trained to deceive the citizens of his country and infiltrate other governments.
Build your reputation as "responsible, professional & loyal" ! ?
"( my opinion) Did he meet Kellyanne CON-way in 2010 and use her alternate facts. Or has he been dilutional for quite sometime, are his standard above the rest of us.)"
"DJT" Apr 27, 2010:Most of us need letters of recommendation now and then. I write them as well as receive them, and I always look for the words "responsible, professional, and loyal." If you can build your reputation on three words, those would be three at the top to choose from. I also think of those words when it comes to the Trump brand--to be authentic when it comes to responsibility, professionalism, and loyalty--to my buyers, clients, students, readers, audiences, and so forth. I'll be the first to admit it's not always easy. I am responsible for a lot of people. But high standards are high standards, and that's what I stand for. I will not accept less from myself."
Source: Think Like a Champion, by Donald Trump, p.170-1 , Apr 27, 2010
Apr 27,
When someone crosses you, get even!
Source: Think Big, by Donald Trump, p. 29 , Sep 8, 2008
Is this the man that needs to be nominated for a Nobel peace prize, be your son in law.
2> Mozart
Thank you.
He likes to pick from the best fruit out of the basket.
Like a indiscriminate electric flip-flop circuit inside Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders brain . I wonder if she wears ear piece while she does the White House press briefings and receives advice on what to say from legal council.
Jay Carney press secretary to former president practiced that ritual.back then the reporters often received the answers in advance of the briefing, too.
Sarah's answers seem to scripted at times.
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https://www.weeklystandard.com/daniel-halper/reporter-wh-press-secretary-gets-questions-from-reporters-before-press-briefing
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/degrading-ritual-sarah-huckabee-sanders-pre-thanksgiving-press-briefing
“Did FDR defy a court order to deny rent to Blacks? No. Did FDR lead a party that makes it harder for them to register and vote? No.” ~ Dubya
Nope, but he did round up AMERICANS of Japanese ancestry without due process simply because of that ancestry. THAT sounds like a pretty egregious example of racism to me.
“FDR appointed record numbers of Blacks to positions of responsibility…” ~ Dubya
Well by that reasoning, you better drop all claims of Donald Trump being racist. Just ask HUD Secretary Ben Carson, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley: all “non-Caucasian” appointments.
“The shameful internment of Japanese was at the urging of conservative Republicans, mind you. And it was not racism against Asians in general.” ~ Dubya
Good Lord, the mental gymnastics you will go through to defend one of your own is amazing. Even if that were the whole truth Dave, I guess the buck didn’t REALLY stop with the president until Truman came into office, right? Further, if it wasn’t “racism against Asians in general” then how do you reconcile that with Trump wanting to only ban Muslims from SOME unstable countries that could not verify the identity of these individuals? Trump only wanted to protect America from potential terrorists that we KNOW infiltrated refugee groups seeking asylum here. He was not against all Muslims, using your same standard; he was only against those that could not be vetted from some dangerous nations.
“Of course, once the Right is radically indoctrinated, and the Left demonized by them, 'common ground' is impossible.” ~ Dubya
Yep, sadly there has been plenty of this on the right, although the left has typically been the instigators of this and have just as much political blood on their hands when it comes to this. Its working out great so far, huh Dave?
“The Right actively suppresses voter rights and representative democracy.” ~ Dubya
Bovine excrement. While there are some jurisdictions that have made voting more difficult, and which I fully disavow, the requirement to have all Americans show a form of I.D. to vote is NOT voter suppression. The fact that some rabid bed-wetting leftists want to allow illegals to vote in common alliance with their unconstitutional agenda is what this is REALLY about, isn’t it, Dave?
“They attack the press, the media, educators, and scientists because they do not conform to the Right’s ideology.” ~ Dubya
Then perhaps the leftist media should work harder to report the facts and stop editorializing. They should not spike stories harmful to their candidates and causes. Educators should teach facts and not their opinions to indoctrinate students to a leftist world agenda. It is because of them that we have so many “educated” students that know nothing of history, economics, civics, or even biology today. As for science, well I’d be more inclined to buy that if the left would actually acknowledge science that is repeatable and follows the scientific method instead of that which is dubious and only supporting of their political agenda. It is amazing how some leftists screamed when Pruitt with the EPA said that they would now publish the science behind any policies enacted. So much for the left wanting transparency. What do they want to hide?
“Mr. Paine and his fellow conservatives have decided I am a ‘Leftist who opposes the Constitution’.” ~ Dubya
“Leftist” and “opposes the constitution” is redundant sir. :)
Mr. Paine,
You make a point.
He(FDR) did round up AMERICANS of Japanese ancestry without due process simply because of that ancestry. THAT sounds like a pretty egregious example of racism to me. .
He didn’t trust Japanese Americans the same way the Right regards Muslim Americans. The difference being then was then and now is now. And I condemn such bigotry, both then and now. You don’t. That’s the difference between us.
It was NATIONAL ancestry. You then go on to say IOKIYAR for Trump to discriminate against refugees who happen to be Muslims, from “some unstable countries”. Like Imperial Japan was? Which way do you want it? Both, I’m sure.
Further, if it wasn’t “racism against Asians in general” then how do you reconcile that with Trump wanting to only ban Muslims from SOME unstable countries
I know you don’t pay much attention, but Trump ran on a “MUSLIM BAN!” If he had his way he’d make America White Again. His “very fine people” love him.
I like how you equate Trump’s incompetent corrupt nepotist like Carson with FDR’s advancing a significant civil rights advance. That’s all ya got? Carson??
Then perhaps the leftist media should work harder to report the facts and stop editorializing. They should not spike stories harmful to their candidates and causes
Like FOX(R) State Media? LOL!! Your projection, and IOKIYAR rule, are hilarious. Never mind that running up to the election, the “leftist media” published more stories about Hillary’s email than on her policies. That beam in your eye is a fat one.
I’d be more inclined to buy that if the left would actually acknowledge science that is repeatable and follows the scientific method instead of that which is dubious and only supporting of their political agenda.
So the warmest years on record, rising sea levels, thawing tundra, vanishing glaciers, greenhouse gases, etc. don’t count because of “liberal thermometers” or some such idiocy? You wonder,“that if the left would actually acknowledge science that is repeatable and follows the scientific method”. Where have you been? YOUR side denies the science. YOUR side ignores those “liberal thermometers” as it parrots paid shills of Big Oil.
Your narrow mind, disdain for dissent, and myopic vision fits that of a cult.
It is amazing how some leftists screamed when Pruitt with the EPA said that they would now publish the science behind any policies enacted. So much for the left wanting transparency.
Mr. Paine, your lack of understanding and candor is glaring. Pruitt censored all climate change info!! And he has offered no “science supported” polices. Your song and dance is deflection from facts. So much for Right wing transparency.
“Leftist” and “opposes the constitution” is redundant sir. :)
And Jews and Blacks are inferior to Angry White Americans? Got it. Your “very fine people” have been quite clear.
The hate is very visible behind this “fake joke”. You really believe that authoritarian CRAP. There is a dark malevolence at the very heart of this. You are not only wrong, you insist on a viscous lie. But only con-servative may take authority to unilaterally define words and other human beings.
Otherwise you’d have no issue with anyone saying “conservative” and “ fascist racist” is redundant sir. That’s the game you are playing.
Mozart,
I have answered your question, but Tom has not published them...
Here's a question, if Tom publishes it, for you...
Do you agree with the antifa group in LA who on May Day, hung President Trump in effigy?
Bullshit, Chuck. I publish all your answers. You are unable to give intellent answers to his questions.
Clucky, I don't even believe that actually took place. There is no actual organized group called "Antifa" but it means ANTI FASCIST. Are you saying you are PRO fascist?
Tom, can't you just block this troll? He's claiming censorship, show him what it means.
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