Politics Thread

[Lloyd Braun]

If the leaks are in fact true that Trump asked Comey to go easy on Flynn...It's really only obstruction of justice because he fired Comey.

In other news this is interesting.

[Juice]

On the leak, maybe, but what about the obstruction of justice?

I love these dumb justifications. "The house is on fire.""Who the hell called the fire department?!"

Let's see how low we can go before you find your principles.

Two can play that game. Where were yours?

[Juice]

Huh? Didn't like 99% of intelligence personnel work for Obama? It's not like the President completely cleans out all intelligence organization personnel when he is elected. The source is likely someone who worked for Obama, and then probably Bush before him. Maybe even Clinton and HW Bush.

Our intelligence agents have a long history of serving our Country through multiple diverse political regimes. To doubt them now, and for Donald Trump of all people, strikes me as disrespectful. These agencies are leaking because they are concerned.

Hell, look at James Comey. He may have helped Trump get elected by releasing the statement about Hillary's email investigation a few days before the election, while he kept quiet about the fact that they were investigating Trump's campaign for colluding with Russia. I think it would be hard to argue that Comey was/is 'Pro-Democrat', but now he's been fired because he was investigating Trump's regime.

I should have been more specific. They think the source is a former Chuck Schumer staffer, which makes this all the more interesting: http://thefederalist.com/2017/05/17/...chuck-schumer/

And as I stated before, the media MIGHT have released more information than Trump: http://nypost.com/2017/05/17/the-med...el-than-trump/

[Caf]

Two can play that game. Where were yours?

Weak. I'm here waiting for an actual explanation of why James Comey was fired. Enjoy sitting there whispering, "but Obama" to yourself.

[Juice]

Weak. I'm here waiting for an actual explanation of why James Comey was fired. Enjoy sitting there whispering, "but Obama" to yourself.

He was incompetent. He handled the Hillary shit and the Trump shit horribly. I'm just happy that it made it so Hillary wouldn't get elected.

[Juice]

Weak. I'm here waiting for an actual explanation of why James Comey was fired. Enjoy sitting there whispering, "but Obama" to yourself.

And if you want a "but Obama", here you go: http://www.dailywire.com/news/16533/...ign=dwtwitter#

Impeach him and stuff, rabble rabble rabble...

[boozehound]

I should have been more specific. They think the source is a former Chuck Schumer staffer, which makes this all the more interesting: http://thefederalist.com/2017/05/17/...chuck-schumer/

And as I stated before, the media MIGHT have released more information than Trump: http://nypost.com/2017/05/17/the-med...el-than-trump/

There is A LOT to unpack in the first link. The link appears to be an article on a conservative/libertarian website and relies heavily on sources that (admittedly) have an ax to grind with respect to James Comey. It immediately gets pretty convoluted and conspiratorial. I'm not sure it's fair to call that a credible source. It seems more like a drudge report / breitbart level source to me.

The New York Post link appears to be an op/ed piece. I actually agree with the premise of that one, although I don't see it as exonerating Trump or ameliorating the impact of his indiscretions.

[Juice]

There is A LOT to unpack in the first link. The link appears to be an article on a conservative/libertarian website and relies heavily on sources that (admittedly) have an ax to grind with respect to James Comey. It immediately gets pretty convoluted and conspiratorial. I'm not sure it's fair to call that a credible source. It seems more like a drudge report / breitbart level source to me.

The New York Post link appears to be an op/ed piece. I actually agree with the premise of that one, although I don't see it as exonerating Trump or ameliorating the impact of his indiscretions.

And I'll agree on both of your points. My point is there are a lot of biased sources on both sides who have something to gain. But before everyone hollers out about impeachment, maybe we wait and see who actually reported what, what Trump actually did, etc. Again, Trump is a moron who might have did something illegal and/or dumb. But there is as good of a chance that this is another liberal/media freak out as we are accustomed to have almost daily nowadays.

[SemajParlor]

And if you want a "but Obama", here you go: http://www.dailywire.com/news/16533/...ign=dwtwitter#

Impeach him and stuff, rabble rabble rabble...

Quick question, does this fall under liberal/media freak out?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...directive.html

[Caf]

And if you want a "but Obama", here you go: http://www.dailywire.com/news/16533/...ign=dwtwitter#

Impeach him and stuff, rabble rabble rabble...

Weird, all of those instances listed were about people other than Obama. Kinda makes you think... Unless that's just not your thing.