slugsrbad wrote:

JUburton wrote:If Dems see Collins/Murkowski/Flake in the yes column then Donnelly/McCaskill/Manchin/Jones can vote yes. If McCain isn't there and there's a no then they''ll do the same. I don't think they'll ever be a tipping point vote but we'll see.

Exactly. There is very little political risk to the red state Dems. You let Murkowski/Collins make the tough choice and then vote however you think best suits your political survival. If Murkowski/Collins votes no and a Democrat is the deciding vote to confirm a Justice I'll eat a nickel sized piece of shit.

Donald Trump wrote:The United States is spending far more on NATO than any other Country. This is not fair, nor is it acceptable. While these countries have been increasing their contributions since I took office, they must do much more. Germany is at 1%, the U.S. is at 4%, and NATO benefits Europe far more than it does the U.S. By some accounts, the U.S. is paying for 90% of NATO, with many countries nowhere close to their 2% commitment. On top of this the European Union has a Trade Surplus of $151 Million with the U.S., with big Trade Barriers on U.S. goods. NO!

Rudy Giuliani seemed to confirm on ABC's "This Week" Sunday that President Donald Trump actually did ask former FBI Director James Comey to drop the probe into ex-White House national security adviser Michael Flynn despite Trump's previous denials that he said anything of the sort.

"He didn't direct him to do that," Giuliani said. "What he said was, can you, can you ..."

"Comey says he took it as direction," host George Stephanopoulos interjected.

"Well, that's okay. He could have taken it that way, but by that time he had been fired," Giuliani responded. "He said a lot of other things, some of which has turned out to be untrue. The reality is, as a prosecutor, I was told that many times, 'can you give the man a break,' either by his lawyers, by his relatives, by his friends. You take that into consideration. But you know that doesn't determine not going forward with it."

pacino wrote:the best people:

Rudy Giuliani seemed to confirm on ABC's "This Week" Sunday that President Donald Trump actually did ask former FBI Director James Comey to drop the probe into ex-White House national security adviser Michael Flynn despite Trump's previous denials that he said anything of the sort.

"He didn't direct him to do that," Giuliani said. "What he said was, can you, can you ..."

"Comey says he took it as direction," host George Stephanopoulos interjected.

"Well, that's okay. He could have taken it that way, but by that time he had been fired," Giuliani responded. "He said a lot of other things, some of which has turned out to be untrue. The reality is, as a prosecutor, I was told that many times, 'can you give the man a break,' either by his lawyers, by his relatives, by his friends. You take that into consideration. But you know that doesn't determine not going forward with it."

traderdave wrote:

pacino wrote:the best people:

Rudy Giuliani seemed to confirm on ABC's "This Week" Sunday that President Donald Trump actually did ask former FBI Director James Comey to drop the probe into ex-White House national security adviser Michael Flynn despite Trump's previous denials that he said anything of the sort.

"He didn't direct him to do that," Giuliani said. "What he said was, can you, can you ..."

"Comey says he took it as direction," host George Stephanopoulos interjected.

"Well, that's okay. He could have taken it that way, but by that time he had been fired," Giuliani responded. "He said a lot of other things, some of which has turned out to be untrue. The reality is, as a prosecutor, I was told that many times, 'can you give the man a break,' either by his lawyers, by his relatives, by his friends. You take that into consideration. But you know that doesn't determine not going forward with it."

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The funniest part of that, to me, is the parsing of "direction" vs. "asking for a break"; as if the latter is any less inappropriate than the former.

Monkeyboy wrote:

traderdave wrote:

pacino wrote:the best people:

Rudy Giuliani seemed to confirm on ABC's "This Week" Sunday that President Donald Trump actually did ask former FBI Director James Comey to drop the probe into ex-White House national security adviser Michael Flynn despite Trump's previous denials that he said anything of the sort.

"He didn't direct him to do that," Giuliani said. "What he said was, can you, can you ..."

"Comey says he took it as direction," host George Stephanopoulos interjected.

"Well, that's okay. He could have taken it that way, but by that time he had been fired," Giuliani responded. "He said a lot of other things, some of which has turned out to be untrue. The reality is, as a prosecutor, I was told that many times, 'can you give the man a break,' either by his lawyers, by his relatives, by his friends. You take that into consideration. But you know that doesn't determine not going forward with it."

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The funniest part of that, to me, is the parsing of "direction" vs. "asking for a break"; as if the latter is any less inappropriate than the former.

they're just trying to win the pr battle and most people don't know the difference. If you can't arrest a sitting president and the gop won't start impeachment proceedings with his numbers in the high 30's, then the battle for them is won. the state level charges will be waiting for him when he's done, unless he can be president long enough to reach the statute of limitations. Imagine what they would have done to obama.

slugsrbad wrote:Kavanaugh apparently left Circuit Court with secret service but Trump loves misdirection and hype so who knows

jerseyhoya wrote:Conservatwitter has decided it is Kavanaugh

jerseyhoya wrote:Trump appointing the ultimate insider, Bush-y guy. Good times.