traderdave wrote:

I AM NOT A CROOK!!!

Stone's political career began in earnest on the 1972 Nixon campaign, with activities such as contributing money to a possible rival of Nixon in the name of the Young Socialist Alliance – then slipping the receipt to the Manchester Union-Leader. He also hired a spy in the Hubert Humphrey campaign who became Humphrey's driver. According to Stone, during the day he was officially a scheduler in the Nixon campaign, but "By night, I'm trafficking in the black arts. Nixon's people were obsessed with intelligence."[38] Stone maintains he never did anything illegal during Watergate.[37]

After Nixon won the 1972 presidential election, Stone worked for the administration in the Office of Economic Opportunity. After Nixon resigned, Stone went to work for Bob Dole, but was later fired after columnist Jack Anderson publicly identified Stone as a Nixon 'dirty trickster'.[39]

In 1975, Stone helped found the National Conservative Political Action Committee, a New Right organization that helped to pioneer independent expenditure political advertising.[40]

In 1976, he worked in Ronald Reagan's campaign for president. In 1977, at age 24, Stone won the presidency of the Young Republicans in a campaign managed by his friend Paul Manafort; they had compiled a dossier for each of the 800 delegates that gathered, which they called "whip books".[41]

traderdave wrote:I can only imagine what will happen if everyone jumps back on the federal dole only to have it taken away from them again in three weeks. There may actually be rioting in the streets around the WH.

TenuredVulture wrote:It wouldn't shock me if Cassidy's office got more calls about NFL reffing than it did about the government shut down.

The Savior wrote:Who directed Bannon? Junior Kushner or Big Daddy?

Rockinghorse wrote:"Hope your printer works" = savage

thephan wrote:Don warned that shutdown round two is likely because the negotiations are going to be hard. He will have no reputation when this ends, except for being grossly incompetent and destroying the foundation of the government.

Bucky wrote:

thephan wrote:Don warned that shutdown round two is likely because the negotiations are going to be hard. He will have no reputation when this ends, except for being grossly incompetent and destroying the foundation of the government.

his reputation will remain unchanged. anyone still in on him at this point is in in perpetuity.