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https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/yes-houston-we-have-big-problem.htmlHullabaloo
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Yes Houston. We have a big problem
by digby
The New York Times:
It is astonishing to me that a president of the United States would take this so lightly or see it purely through the prism of domestic partisanship, said Daniel Fried, a career diplomat under presidents of both parties who is now at the Atlantic Council. He said it invariably raised questions about whether Mr. Trump had something to hide. I have no evidence that hes deliberately pulling his punches because he has to, but I cant dismiss it. No president has raised those kinds of questions.
No, one cannot dismiss it. Indeed, it is the most logical explanation. The only other explanation for his behavior is that he is batshit crazy which is just as bad.
Either way, we have a president in the middle of a major counter-intelligence investigation and at the center of the most shocking presidential scandal in history. That's not hyperbole. The worst case scenario here is that the president conspired with a foreign adversary (and yes, they are an adversary if not an enemy) to win the presidential election, either for their mutual personal benefit or due to some form of blackmail.
The best case scenario is that the president of the United States was an unwitting dupe but is so deranged and ignorant that he refuses to take action to prevent this from happening in the future and is actively covering up the scandal to assuage his fragile ego. And in the process, he's implicating himself in the scandal after the fact.
There are no other explanations for this and it's terrifying.
Meanwhile his cynical, nihilistic party is either turning a blind eye or actively helping him so that they can raid the US Treasury, free their friends in business and industry to wantonly pillage and burn and offer their religious zealot supporters as many human sacrifices as possible. They seem to know the end is nigh and that they can take it all with them.
Uh, so yes. It's astonishing. And it gets worse every day.
And, by the way, people who think that things will get better on any front while this dynamic exists are kidding themselves. With this depraved political party at the zenith of their lunacy, led by an unfit imbecile, we can hope that our democratic structure holds and we survive long enough to remove them from power. That's all we've got.
malaise
(268,913 posts)Get thee to the greatest page
skylucy
(3,739 posts)Different Drummer
(7,613 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)Beakybird
(3,332 posts)Hekate
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2left4u
(186 posts)Well said and spot on...these are the facts we must promote in order to remove his kind from any and all offices!
Great post
dlk
(11,548 posts)tiptonic
(765 posts)U nailed it young lady. Thank you!!
alfredo
(60,071 posts)paleotn
(17,911 posts)We're living through the most egregious political scandal in American history.
dchill
(38,471 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... do nothin... punk
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)The only thing they are actually unhappy about is the man himself. I'm sure they would have preferred a smooth operator rather than a whiney lazy unstable man-baby.
Cha
(297,136 posts)Oh, and the NYT asked for this.. as did all M$M bullshit
DLevine
(1,788 posts)voteearlyvoteoften
(1,716 posts)With this depraved political party at the zenith of their lunacy, led by an unfit imbecile, we can hope that our democratic structure holds and we survive long enough to remove them from power. That's all we've got.
HootieMcBoob
(3,823 posts)lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)Juliusseizure
(562 posts)The Trump campaign inexplicately reversed the GOP platform and removed Russian sanctions. Inclusion of those sanctions was a no-brainer previously. The only reason to reverse that was an illegal agreement.
On that issue alone, Flynn was caught advising the Russians not to immediately react to Obama's sanctions. Trump's focus early on was to drop them.
On a monthly basis after inauguration, he, Pence, or another admn official would say they weren't needed.
That's why the congress overwhelmingly passed the new sanctions bill. He's now not enforcing an overwhelmingly bi-partisan passed law.
That's just one obvious sign of collusion/conspiracy Trump cannot begin to explain.
The ONLY possible answer is there's a larger agreement made with Russia. Trump's campaign officials, and many cabinet appointees, were picked due to their relationships with Russians. What other use would Carter Page have? Manafort? Tillerson. Etc