Lets see if we can keep this thread a little more civil.

I found this interview very interesting.  A lot of soft balls thrown at Trump, he explained his back pedalling on his more extreme issues as a lot of his claims as opening bids for negotiation purposes.  Which .. whatever .. I still think that those are insincere claims he used to get elected.

He does now come across way more presidential then he did prior to the election.  A lot of his noise, yelling, and rhetoric has been scaled back.

Do respect this one though:

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Lesley Stahl: Are you gonna take the salary, the president’s salary?

Donald Trump: Well, I’ve never commented on this, but the answer is no. I think I have to by law take $1, so I’ll take $1 a year. But it’s a -- I don’t even know what it is.

Donald Trump: Do you know what the salary is?

Lesley Stahl: $400,000 you’re giving up.

Donald Trump: No, I’m not gonna take the salary. I’m not taking it.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-family-melania-ivanka-lesley-stahl/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483491-trump-pardons-ex-nypd-commissioner-kerik-financier-milken

I think if you try to sell a U.S. Senate seat, you should rot in jail for a good long stretch.

Trump draining the swamp.....at least the one in Federal prisons, that is....

35 minutes ago, johnzo said:

I think if you try to sell a U.S. Senate seat, you should rot in jail for a good long stretch.

Not that they have ever been bought and sold, before........

1 hour ago, johnzo said:

I think if you try to sell a U.S. Senate seat, you should rot in jail for a good long stretch.

Trumps reasoning is that all politicians do that.  So it tells you a lot about him.  

3,2,1....

But Clinton...........

 

Swampy, the Lying President. 

note that Blagojevich is a Democrat, so we must speak favorably of him on MBB or else we are giant hypocrites who have lost the moral standing to ever call politicians out for bad / criminal behavior. 

that's how this works, right?  just need to know what I have to post in  order to remain shielded from charges of lefty hypocracy.

Edited February 18, 20205 yr by johnzo

3 minutes ago, johnzo said:

note that Blagojevich is a Democrat, so we must speak favorably of him on MBB or else we are giant hypocrites who have lost the moral standing to ever call politicians out for bad / criminal behavior. 

that's how this works, right?  just need to know what I have to post in  order to remain shielded from charges of lefty hypocracy.

Totally innocent! Do nothing Republicans were in on the bigliest SCAM ever to railroad a good ol guy! Failing Illinois is a failure. Might get de-funded unless they stop these prosecutions!!!! 

 

Am I right? 

 

Ef' Blago. Crook. 

24 minutes ago, JCon said:

Swampy, the Lying President. 

Interestingly enough... this is the primer on how to manipulate the most powerful office in the world.

 

 

Appear on Fox

Say so and so was as badly mistreated as trump

invoke some of trumps enemies

 

and viola. 

26 minutes ago, JCon said:

Totally innocent! Do nothing Republicans were in on the bigliest SCAM ever to railroad a good ol guy! Failing Illinois is a failure. Might get de-funded unless they stop these prosecutions!!!!

your trump tweet voice is spookily proficient and convincing.

Edited February 18, 20205 yr by johnzo

1 minute ago, johnzo said:

your trump tweet voice is spookily proficient and convincing.

#BeBest

1 hour ago, johnzo said:

your trump tweet voice is spookily proficient and convincing.

I agree.

and, like making faces, if you do it too many times, it becomes permanent!

These are just a warm up.  Trump would love to pardon more "good men, treated unfairly"   Like Stone, Manifort, and Flynn.

Unfortunate that Charles Manson died. Trump would have pardoned him.

 he predicted/hoped for a future black v. white civil war, .... 

Im guessing the usual alt right folks here will implode over the idea of a criminal Democrat being pardoned by Trump.  Does. Not. Compute.  

'Dark Towers' Chases Scandal-Ridden Deutsche Bank's Mysterious Ties To Donald Trump

February 18, 202011:52 AM ET

 

"Some of the world's largest and most powerful banks spent the past decade mired in scandal, but none descended as far into ignominy as Germany's Deutsche Bank. Its rap sheet includes a staggering array of ethical and legal lapses, including money laundering, tax fraud and sanctions violations — not to mention mysterious ties to President Trump that federal investigators are even now looking into."

..........

"Just how disconnected the bank became can be seen in its ongoing relationship with a then New York real estate developer named Donald Trump, whose multiple bankruptcies had made him a pariah in the banking world. One part of Deutsche Bank turned down Trump's request for a loan. But the private banking division, which catered to the rich and famous, arranged the loan anyway — and then, when Trump stopped making payments, arranged another one."

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/806984703/dark-towers-is-a-cautionary-tale-of-pursuing-profits-at-any-cost?utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR1unqZL6uAUO0xc8FfoZF9miKhHJKm7yVioZjDF8o6iZqtMK1sgAVFlVGk

If Trump's tax returns ever got out it would be the end of him and his family, he will fight tooth and nail with the help of his enablers to hide how laundered Russian money has propped him up.

Shows you how desperate they are to win.  Its literally the difference between wealth and prosperity and the entire house of cards tumbling down and a vast array of people ending up in jail.  The greatest thing that could happen is Dem control of the White House and both sides of Congress.  It would be glorious...and shocking, what the resulting investigations would reveal.

...Cool. 

 

 

Unfortunately... there will be no action, no consequence. Nothing matters anymore...

It’s like the final scene of The Godfather. Trump is settling all family matters. 

Bernie is bad news.  I’ll keep saying it. He can’t win.  Trump will celebrate the day Bernie gets the nomination. 

 

Journalist planted to benefit trump? Whaaaat?

 

 

 

More coverage here:

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/19/hill-john-solomon-failed-disclose-details-115976

 

"The Hill's news team said serious doubts about the credibility of Solomon's Ukrainian sources were evident even before his interviews with them. Those include, most notably, two former Ukrainian prosecutors — Yuriy Lutsenko and Victor Shokin — who were the principal sources behind unsupported allegations of corruption by former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter."

"The Hill also raised questions — which it says remain unanswered — about Solomon's relationships with President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his associate Lev Parnas, who were central figures driving the suggestion of wrongdoing by the Bidens in Ukraine."

"Solomon's columns were routinely amplified by Trump and featured on Fox News' prime-time opinion shows. They also formed a significant part of the rebuttal to the House's impeachment charges by Trump's allies in Congress and his legal team."

"When appearing on television to discuss his Ukraine columns, Solomon was not typically labeled an opinion writer by the broadcast programs. The Hill did not contact television producers to label Solomon as an opinion columnist. It should have," the review concluded. "Solomon’s subsequent appearances on Fox News where he was often identified as an investigative journalist further potentially blurred the distinction between news and opinion in the minds of some readers."

 

 

Edited February 19, 20205 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

16 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Bernie is bad news.  I’ll keep saying it. He can’t win.  Trump will celebrate the day Bernie gets the nomination. 

 

4 years ago Bernie rated higher against Trump then Hillary which in hindsight would have been enough.

6 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

4 years ago Bernie rated higher against Trump then Hillary which in hindsight would have been enough.

Maybe before the national campaign he did.  Its different when you're the nominee.  And Hilary beat Trump in every way but criminally.  It will be easier to cheat against Bernie because the moderates will already be uneasy.