The potential breakdown/fracture of Repub support of trump - - could this lead to a Watergate/Nixon situation, maybe a trump resignation ???
Sep 28, 2019 21:11:18 #
Republicans show signs of discomfort in defense of Trump
Republicans, even as they generally show support for President Trump, are showing signs of discomfort amid an impeachment fight that has engulfed the country.
The battle over Trump's actions toward Ukraine marks the biggest test to date for Republicans, who are juggling the president's demand for loyalty with questions about his push for a foreign government to investigate a political rival.
While the party has largely rallied behind him against the Democrats' impeachment push, there are some signs of cracks just days into the scandal that is likely to dominate the rest of 2019.
" . . . "
[Note: THAT " . . . " is called an ellipsis, which is used in quoting text when part of the original material is omitted, much as it was in the so-called "Transcript of trump's call to Zelensky".
The difference HERE is that the portion I choose to leave out is for brevity to guide readers of my topic to the salient point(s) I wish to make.
The portions left out of the "Transcript" appear to be conveniently omitted at such points in time as to obscure to whom the words following were to apply which, had such omissions been left in, there would be no question as to the meaning.
HINT: There exist neither logical nor justifiable cause to have left those missing parts out of a true "Transcript" - - it is one thing had they been said to be redactions for National Security, but it is quite another when the omissions are obvious obfuscations meant to manipulate readers' thinking to "get out in front of" the real meaning by way of an illegitimate summary, much as was clearly done in Barr's early release of a Mueller "summary".
HOUSE OF CARDS, FOLKS, AND IT MUST STOP.]
But some Republicans have suggested members of their party are standing by Trump not because they support him but because they are afraid of a high-profile break with the president, who is known for relishing public feuds and lashing out at his critics.
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who was one of Trump's most vocal critics while in the Senate, said he personally wasn't a fan of impeachment but predicted that 35 of his former GOP colleagues would vote to impeach Trump if they could do so as part of a secret vote.
"Anybody who has sat through two years, as I have, of Republican luncheons realizes that there's not a lot of love for the president," Flake said during an interview with NPR's "Here and Now." "There's a lot of fear of what it means to go against the president, but most Republican senators would not like to be dealing with this for another year or another five years."
Asked why he was one of the only Senate Republican criticizing Trump, Romney also appeared to suggest that some of his colleagues were making a political calculation.
"There's such enormous power associated with being the party in power, both in the White House as well as in the Senate and the House," Romney said during the Atlantic Festival. "I think it's very natural for people to look at circumstances and see them in the light that's most amenable to their maintaining power and doing things to preserve that power."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/463463-republicans-shows-signs-of-discomfort-in-defense-oftrump
Republicans, even as they generally show support for President Trump, are showing signs of discomfort amid an impeachment fight that has engulfed the country.
The battle over Trump's actions toward Ukraine marks the biggest test to date for Republicans, who are juggling the president's demand for loyalty with questions about his push for a foreign government to investigate a political rival.
While the party has largely rallied behind him against the Democrats' impeachment push, there are some signs of cracks just days into the scandal that is likely to dominate the rest of 2019.
" . . . "
[Note: THAT " . . . " is called an ellipsis, which is used in quoting text when part of the original material is omitted, much as it was in the so-called "Transcript of trump's call to Zelensky".
The difference HERE is that the portion I choose to leave out is for brevity to guide readers of my topic to the salient point(s) I wish to make.
The portions left out of the "Transcript" appear to be conveniently omitted at such points in time as to obscure to whom the words following were to apply which, had such omissions been left in, there would be no question as to the meaning.
HINT: There exist neither logical nor justifiable cause to have left those missing parts out of a true "Transcript" - - it is one thing had they been said to be redactions for National Security, but it is quite another when the omissions are obvious obfuscations meant to manipulate readers' thinking to "get out in front of" the real meaning by way of an illegitimate summary, much as was clearly done in Barr's early release of a Mueller "summary".
HOUSE OF CARDS, FOLKS, AND IT MUST STOP.]
But some Republicans have suggested members of their party are standing by Trump not because they support him but because they are afraid of a high-profile break with the president, who is known for relishing public feuds and lashing out at his critics.
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who was one of Trump's most vocal critics while in the Senate, said he personally wasn't a fan of impeachment but predicted that 35 of his former GOP colleagues would vote to impeach Trump if they could do so as part of a secret vote.
"Anybody who has sat through two years, as I have, of Republican luncheons realizes that there's not a lot of love for the president," Flake said during an interview with NPR's "Here and Now." "There's a lot of fear of what it means to go against the president, but most Republican senators would not like to be dealing with this for another year or another five years."
Asked why he was one of the only Senate Republican criticizing Trump, Romney also appeared to suggest that some of his colleagues were making a political calculation.
"There's such enormous power associated with being the party in power, both in the White House as well as in the Senate and the House," Romney said during the Atlantic Festival. "I think it's very natural for people to look at circumstances and see them in the light that's most amenable to their maintaining power and doing things to preserve that power."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/463463-republicans-shows-signs-of-discomfort-in-defense-oftrump
Sep 28, 2019 22:43:16 #
EllieLady wrote:
The potential breakdown/fracture of Repub support of trump - - could this lead to a Watergate/Nixon situation, maybe a trump resignation ???
NO
And, your link is broken............
Try...https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/463463-republicans-shows-signs-of-discomfort-in-defense-of-trump
Sep 28, 2019 22:59:35 #
David Brooks, paraphrased: "A clear case of illegal DJT activity. Don't count on Republicans doing the right thing as they did during Watergate. That's not the way the game is played any longer."
Mark Shields, paraphrased: "I have more faith in current Republicans than David does."
We'll see.
Shields and Brooks on the politics of impeachment PBS News Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPVNUlXqJ4
Mark Shields, paraphrased: "I have more faith in current Republicans than David does."
We'll see.
Shields and Brooks on the politics of impeachment PBS News Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPVNUlXqJ4
Sep 28, 2019 23:02:06 #
slocumeddie wrote:
NO
And, your link is broken............
Try...https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/463463-republicans-shows-signs-of-discomfort-in-defense-of-trump
And, your link is broken............
Try...https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/463463-republicans-shows-signs-of-discomfort-in-defense-of-trump
Thanks - - and you may be right - - it would be his style to fight it out to The Bitter End, even to the detriment of the country...
It hurts me to see my Ellies in bad behavior.
Sep 28, 2019 23:27:22 #
Texcaster wrote:
David Brooks, paraphrased: "A clear case of illegal DJT activity. Don't count on Republicans doing the right thing as they did during Watergate. That's not the way the game is played any longer."
Mark Shields, paraphrased: "I have more faith in current Republicans than David does."
We'll see.
Shields and Brooks on the politics of impeachment PBS News Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPVNUlXqJ4
Mark Shields, paraphrased: "I have more faith in current Republicans than David does."
We'll see.
Shields and Brooks on the politics of impeachment PBS News Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPVNUlXqJ4
Excellent link Tex - - you're pretty savvy for an Ozzie - - KEEP IT UP - - trump is a worldwide problem...
Sep 29, 2019 00:22:51 #
EllieLady wrote:
... trump is a worldwide problem...
And THAT is why people from other countries are concerned about US politics.
Sep 29, 2019 01:01:07 #
JohnFrim wrote:
And THAT is why people from other countries are concerned about US politics.
And lest we forget (sorry, couldn't resist)...
Sep 29, 2019 01:59:25 #
Sep 29, 2019 02:05:03 #
Angmo wrote:
Evil leftie dem propaganda. Fail.
There are hopes & dreams on both sides. I'm so sorry that you are such a hostile character that you have to call others names like EVIL because they think differently than yourself - - you can't see that others have a right to their beliefs that your thinking is repub propaganda - - nowhere is it written that you are the one who's correct.
Sep 29, 2019 02:37:15 #
EllieLady wrote:
Excellent link Tex - - you're pretty savvy for an Ozzie - - KEEP IT UP - - trump is a worldwide problem...
I've got the interwebs and everything these days. lol
Sep 29, 2019 03:34:21 #
Texcaster wrote:
I've got the interwebs and everything these days. lol
That may be true - - but you KNOW that you COULD choose to watch or listen to Rash Limburger, Not-So-Brite-Bart, or the like AND YOU DON'T - - that makes you smarter than the average bear, Yogi !!!
(ps - - this is really Bart (from the great film, The Bear), he's my favorite bear, cuz I was in a caretaking/husbandry seminar with him before he passed away - - 2nd & 3rd photos are with Doug Seus, his friend & guardian)
Sep 29, 2019 04:27:30 #
EllieLady wrote:
There are hopes & dreams on both sides. I'm so sorry that you are such a hostile character that you have to call others names like EVIL because they think differently than yourself - - you can't see that others have a right to their beliefs that your thinking is repub propaganda - - nowhere is it written that you are the one who's correct.
Evil leftie Dems:
slavery
KKK
White supremacy
Imprisonment of Japanese
Slaughter of American Indians
Enslavement of the black population even today.
Lots to be proud of. Shall I continue?
Antifa, leftist evil policies copied by Nazi Germany.
Lie, cheat, steal, murder.
Lots to be proud of. What’s next.
Lies about kavanugh, trump, anyone who is against evil leftie Dems.
Lots to be proud of. If you’re evil.
Sep 29, 2019 05:01:39 #
Angmo wrote:
Evil leftie Dems: slavery KKK
White supremacy Imprisonment of Japanese
Slaughter of American Indians Enslavement of the black population even today. Lots to be proud of. Shall I continue? Antifa, leftist evil policies copied by Nazi Germany. Lie, cheat, steal, murder. Lots to be proud of. What’s next. Lies about kavanugh, trump, anyone who is against evil leftie Dems. Lots to be proud of. If you’re evil.
White supremacy Imprisonment of Japanese
Slaughter of American Indians Enslavement of the black population even today. Lots to be proud of. Shall I continue? Antifa, leftist evil policies copied by Nazi Germany. Lie, cheat, steal, murder. Lots to be proud of. What’s next. Lies about kavanugh, trump, anyone who is against evil leftie Dems. Lots to be proud of. If you’re evil.
Wow - - you've "bought" the radical right wing agenda hook, line and sinker - - so you set your-self up to be an authority on their agenda, that's all. It seems that you "see" their conspiracy around every corner.
Please locate an intelligent therapist and stop watching Faux, Limburger & Not-So-Brite-Bart...
It might only take time, but see a psychiatrist because it may actually take medication to heave you over your obsessive brainwashing.
Sep 29, 2019 05:17:38 #
EllieLady wrote:
Wow - - you've "bought" the radical right wing agenda hook, line and sinker - - so you set your-self up to be an authority on their agenda, that's all. It seems that you "see" their conspiracy around every corner.
Please locate an intelligent therapist and stop watching Faux, Limburger & Not-So-Brite-Bart...
It might only take time, but see a psychiatrist because it may actually take medication to heave you over your obsessive brainwashing.
Please locate an intelligent therapist and stop watching Faux, Limburger & Not-So-Brite-Bart...
It might only take time, but see a psychiatrist because it may actually take medication to heave you over your obsessive brainwashing.
What do you plan to do to survive Trump's landslide in 2020 ??..........then again, you may not survive.
Sep 29, 2019 05:22:07 #
slocumeddie wrote:
What do you plan to do to survive Trump's landslide in 2020 ??..........then again, you may not survive.
That might be best..........
That might be best..........
Landslide? Lord Piggy is looking for an off-ramp as we type.
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