How’s this possible?!?! I mean, he’s a highly decorated retired law enforcement officer..except when he admitted that he wasn’t.....but...but...but, how can this be???

I'm not sure why, but it brought to mind that time Weigantia was discussing homosexuality and whether or not it was a choice. Of course -- and not surprisingly -- Mike insisted over the objections of yourself and every other poster that it was definitely a choice because "science" and his intimate personal knowledge of lots of gays and his bisexual wife!

Remember that? Perhaps I could search for that and find that for you, Russ. Be right back. *theme from Jeopardy*

I couldn't find it. ----> Just kidding! :)

Michale

Being gay is a lifestyle choice...

Nope. Not even close. [neilm]

Yep... You just don't accept the science that supports it..

Even if we disregard the science....

I have known many MANY gay people in my 54 years on this planet including family.. I know alternate lifestyles intimately.. My lovely wife is bisexual...

And I can personally attest to the fact that gay people turn it on and off like a light switch...

Being gay is no different than being a WOB or a greaser or a sosh... ~ Michael

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/04/15/ftp387/#comment-74016

Mike's inherent ignorance -- that we witness in so many of his personal anecdotal posts -- nearly always seems to go "bone deep"... for multiple reasons.

I can ask for no better confirmation of my domination. :D

Michale is not the subject of conversation here. Chris's columns are.

You must be new around here.. :D

J/K :D

Ya gotta ask yourself. What kind of sick person goes thru ALL of the Internet trying to find dirt on someone, SOLELY because said someone has been kicking their ass in a political forum for years..

It's a good thing myself and my family are all armed.. The fact that these people stalk myself and my family on the internet indicates they are one step away from taking it to real life..

I was able to go online and independently verify ALL of your narrative concerning M.

WOW....

So, let's take stock.

I kick your ass in a political forum on a daily basis..

Not being able to handle that, you actively search the entire internet for dirt on me personally..

What kind of sick puppy searches the internet for dirt on a person SOLELY because of differences on a political forum??

And you claim *I* have issues???

:eyeroll:

Also forgot to bring up the FACT that after it was discovered the funds were being withheld from Ukraine and the House called for an investigation into that and then after the whistleblower complaint was filed and the House thereafter called for another investigation into that, the White House suddenly had an epiphany and decided that Ukraine should get all the money being withheld right straight away BUT -- and that is a really big but -- also the addition of another $140 million of the taxpayers' money at the direction of "who the fuck knows" and for reason(s) that no one has as yet explained and Congress sure as hell didn't authorize... so who did and why?

Yes, sir... not at all unlike the inveterate moron who committed breaking and entering and theft of property of a private residence but not before leaving his unique DNA signature in the owner's toilet. :)

How’s this possible?!?! I mean, he’s a highly decorated retired law enforcement officer..except when he admitted that he wasn’t.....but...but...but, how can this be???

I was able to go online and independently verify ALL of your narrative concerning M. Things are not as nearly as rosy at his castle as he implies.

Yes, sir... not at all unlike the inveterate moron who committed breaking and entering and theft of property of a private residence but not before leaving his unique DNA signature in the owner's toilet. :)

Michale is not the subject of conversation here. Chris's columns are.

You might want to work on those reading comprehension skills, Elizabeth. We are clearly discussing the ignorant prevaricating gaslighting fake quote inventing troll whose focus is on posters individually and collectively rather than "Chris's columns."

* What I find funny is that no one here minded the word "retarded" when it's directed at President Trump.

Many have actually USED the word or, by omission, made no comment when the word was used by others. ~ Mike at [14]

Also see:

* [21] where "neilm" personally is the subject of Mike's conversation rather than discussing "Chris's columns."

* Multiple posts where Patrick is personally the subject of Mike's conversation rather than "Chris's columns."

* Posts by Mike where Russ is personally the subject of Mike's conversation rather than discussing "Chris's columns."

* Multiple posts where Mike discusses posters collectively and individually as bigots and slaves rather than discussing "Chris's columns."

Enough of that.

If Mike's raison d'être and modus operandi of repeatedly trolling individuals and making them personally the topic of conversation versus the discussion of "Chris's columns" were to be reflected back on Mike, that should seriously come as a revelation to no one whatsoever.

And you can keep your proclamations to yourself wherein everyone else should "be an example" as long as Mike continues this modus operandi bullshit of his unabated.

If what Biden is being accused of doing were true, wouldn’t it make more sense for Trump to instruct the DOJ to investigate it than to tell a foreign leader to handle it?

You'll just confuse him with facts.

So Trump needed to send his personal attorney to Ukraine regarding so-called "corruption" of Ukraine and Hunter Biden? Please.

Also, since when has Trump shown any interest in doing a damn thing about corruption in foreign government? And speaking of corruption, why such cozying up to Vladimir Putin and Russia and the easing of sanctions on Manafort's pal Deripaska to build in Moscow Mitch's State of Kentucky when it was Deripaska who paid Manafort tens of millions of dollars to further Russia's interests around the globe? Manafort wasn't just any GOP candidate's campaign manager, he was Trump's... the same Manafort who is not exactly a stranger to Ukraine and corruption.

Deripaska, Moscow Mitch, Ukraine, Paul Manafort -- I could go on -- are all connected events and tie back to the "same shit different day" of Russia's interference in the affairs of the United States through Benedict Donald... the "elephant in the room" foreign corruption that didn't seem to motivate the decisions of either Trump or McConnell until just very recently.

Connect the dots.

Wouldn't it be "sad" if Trump and McConnell's sudden interest in dealing with foreign corruption shined a giant Klieg light on foreign corruption?

I was able to go online and independently verify ALL of your narrative concerning M. Things are not as nearly as rosy at his castle as he implies. He seems to be using CW.com to write a long running serialized Walter Mitty-esque novel of his life and times. I would call this a form of self-psychiatry. It is sad. For both author and readers. I have a close relative who exhibits similar behaviors. At a certain point you have write the victim off. I learned that in rescue training...turning yourself into another victim only makes the crisis worse. Not that excessive, long winded and frequently ill-manored comments are fatal, but the are rather annoying.

You people had yer chance.. Wife is home so now I belong to her..

See ya'all bright and early in the morning.. :D

Once again, JUST like the Dorian/Alabama bullshit, OFFICIAL SOURCES have the FACTS.. Democrats are full of kaa-kaa

"Fine!!! I'll do it myself!!"
-Thanos, AVENGERS

Did he run away scared!!??

BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Joe Biden caught in a LIE..

Now, LIES seem to bother you people an awful lot..

At least when it's someone with a -R after their name who is allegedly lying..

Will ya'all condemn Joe Biden for his lie??

No???

Color me shocked!! :eyeroll:

BBBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Of course, Shokin was investigating Hunter Biden and VB Biden wanted it stopped.

So Biden withheld funds to Ukraine to fade the heat from Hunter Biden..

Joe Biden will be lucky to stay out of Prison...

“We looked at all things Russia and Trump, his family, everything about his family, everything transaction between the Trump campaign and Russia. Now is time to see whether or not the Ukrainians released information regarding Paul Manafort, who was Trump’s campaign manager," Graham said. "What relationships, if any, did the Biden world have with the Ukraine? What role, if any, did the Ukraine play in the 2016 election?”

Democrats are going down!!!!

BBBWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Can ya do that??

I'll take that as a "NO"...

Once my lovely wife of almost 40 years gets home, yer time for today is up...

Get a move on.... :D

Lindsey Graham calls for DOJ to investigate 'the Biden-Ukraine connection'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/lindsey-graham-calls-for-doj-to-investigate-the-biden-ukraine-connection

Joe Biden will not survive.. Hunter Biden is going to prison...

And all because Trump/America haters couldn't STAND to keep losing against President Trump...

Media Corruption On Perfect Display In One Washington Post Paragraph

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFEa8ODXUAA4X7w?format=jpg&name=small

This is why it's IMPOSSIBLE to take ANYTHING the hysterical Trump/American say seriously..

It's ALL bullshit...

Quote what part of them is factual and relevant or damaging..

Can ya do that??

https://www.lawfareblog.com/inspector-general-intelligence-community-letters-congressional-intelligence-committees

What took you so long..??? :eyeroll:

In other words, let's BOTH ignore "anonymous sources"..

If we do that, YOU have absolutely NOTHING at all and I don't NEED to have anything because you have NOTHING..

See how well that works out??

BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

It's ALL bullshit..

Ya'all are SO desperate in your hate, you'll believe ANYTHING...

Yes, I am using YOUR OWN "fact" methods on you..

So, you dispute the facts??

Finally. You ACTUALLY see the light now...

What took you so long..??? :eyeroll:

:D

Makes me proud to be an American.. :D

Then you say, You have nothing but 3rd hand hearsay, Russ.. when your statement came from ”a person familiar with the situation told Fox News”!

Do you not have any self-respect....oh wait, of course you don’t!

What part of "DOES NOT MEET THE DEFINITION OF 'URGENT CONCERN'..." is unclear to you???

What part of "concerned conduct from someone outside the intelligence community and did not relate to `intelligence activity'.." do you FAIL to comprehend??

You can't win, Russ.. Because all Democrats have on their side is hate, intolerance, bigotry and hysterical bullshit..

You do things your way, President Trump does things his way..

And all you can do is bitch and moan and whine about it.. :D

You LOSE, Russ.. AGAIN...

Democrats are, once again, just left with their dicks in their hands..

An all too familiar result for the Democrat Party.

BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Once again... President Trump rulez...

Democrats droolz.. :D

Not factually accurate..

The whistleblower who sparked a mounting controversy over President Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine’s president did not have “firsthand knowledge” of the conversation, a person familiar with the situation told Fox News -- even as the issue fuels impeachment calls from Democrats.

You have nothing but 3rd hand hearsay, Russ..

And, as with the Kavanaugh, ya fall all over yerself to condemn this action and then the FACTS make you look like an ass...

BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

The inspector general, a Trump appointment, has already reviewed the whistleblower’s complaint and deemed it credible and of “urgent” importance — which requires the DNI director to notify and send the complaint and related materials to both houses’ intelligence committees within 7 days. When that did not occur, the inspector general notified the intelligence committee chairs himself of the whistleblower complaint’s existence.

The policy does not instruct the director to second guess his agency’s inspector general’s conclusions and take it to the DOJ, it says that he SHALL send the information to the intelligence committee chairs within 7 days. So why won’t Trump tell his people to follow what the law instructs them to do in these situations?

Another thing that makes no sense: you claim that the whistleblower allegations aren’t true at the same time you claim that what Trump is supposedly accused of doing is completely legal. Why in the world would Trump not want the whistleblower’s allegations be made public if they are accusing Trump of doing something completely legal?

WHO could have POSSIBLY guessed that the whole whistle blower/Ukraine story would fall apart!!!???

Oh.. Wait!! :D

This is a rinse/repeat of the NOAA/Dorian hysteria...

Gods, you would think ya'all would LEARN!!!

:eyeroll:

How's that whistle blower "scandal" working for ya'all??

Seems to me, it's BIDEN who is having all the fallout!! :D

:D

No???

Republicans are totally over that shit, and have gone full-on ruthless culture war, a dynamic explored by Salon's Amanda Marcotte in her book "Troll Nation":

Sounds like name-calling to me..

because the language is harsher toward one side than the other it merits closer scrutiny and greater skepticism,

Exactly..

but that on its own is not sufficient basis to disregard an opinion.

Unlike ya'all who take my opinions SOOO seriously, eh?? :D

Here.... I'll help ya out..

"Well.. er.. uh.. THAT'S different" :D

easy perhaps, but not logical at all. you may interpret it as bigotry and bias, but unlike your comments on obama there's no name-calling, nor obvious fallacy. because the language is harsher toward one side than the other it merits closer scrutiny and greater skepticism, but that on its own is not sufficient basis to disregard an opinion.

the author's view is that politics are asymmetrical is supported by the factual evidence available, as well as by the quotation you chose from the same piece.

It's time to perk up and take notice if Rush Limbaugh condemns President Trump..

And put still ANOTHER way..

It's yawn city and same ol same ol if Democrats en masse condemn President Trump.. It's meaningless because it's nothing new..

It's time to perk up and yell, "Hoo doggie!! when Democrats condemn Obama..

"That shit MEANS something right there!!"
-Eddie Murphy, DELIRIOUS

So, you believe it IS factual, just exaggerated..

Fair enough.. I don't agree with the exaggerated part, but we are in completely agreement that it IS factual..

Now, to yours..

the relationship between our two major parties has become asymmetrical: Democrats cling to norms and standards of a bygone era, Biden-style, and also, by their nature, are driven by principles of dialogue, reasoned discourse and compromise. LOL! Republicans are totally over that shit, and have gone full-on ruthless culture war, a dynamic explored by Salon's Amanda Marcotte in her book "Troll Nation": They know they can’t win a fair fight on issues and policies, but when it comes to semiotic battles rooted in racism, nationalism and cultural division, they consistently hold the upper hand.

The claims of this part has to be taken with a HUGE grain of salt.. The LOL! and "Republicans are totally over that shit" are dead give always of a bigoted bias towards Republicans. Such bigotry and bias must be taken into account when accessing the factual nature of the claims..

Very similar to Liz's complaints about my use of the terms "Odumbo" and "dumbocrats"...

Since the obvious bigotry and hatred shines thru YOUR quoted part, it's easy (and logical) to disregard the quote as it is steeped in bigotry...

The part that I quoted comes across as a lot more factual as the author is actually talking about her own "people"...

Just as you people quote Republicans that hate on and attack Trump as "reliable" sources, I can point to this part of this Democrat's commentary as more reliable than the part where she condemns the GOP..

In short, it's same ol same ol when she condemns the GOP.. "yaawwwnnn What else is new" type stuff..

Her assessment of the Democrat Party is a lot more credible because she IS a Democrat..

Put another way..

It's same ol same ol if Rush Limbaugh condemns Nancy Pelosi..

It's time to perk up and take notice if Rush Limbaugh condemns President Trump..

Note, that I say "condemn" and not "attack".. My word choice is precise and relevant..

"I distinctly remember saying, 'Stop the bus.' Not 'shoot the bus'. '*Stop* the bus.' I'm very particular with my words. 'Stop.' 'Shoot.' 'Stop.' 'Shoot.' Do those words sound remotely the same??"
-Pagan Min

okay, i'll comment on the comment you quoted:

Conflicted about ideology and identity and deeply compromised by history, the Democratic Party is built to lose

my comment on this is that it is an exaggeration of the facts we already know about the democratic party. yes, democrats are conflicted about ideology and identity, substantially moreso than republicans. it's a much more diverse coalition, and with more diversity of opinion comes less unity of purpose. that drawback comes with the territory; the likelihood that any ideological stand you make may splinter a portion of your support makes it structurally more difficult to win. so, democrats sometimes snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. we can lament that fact, or we can accept it and try to win anyway. after all, democrats do win political and legislative battles from time to time.

JL

Todd also said during his "Fox & Friends" interview that the idea of confiscating firearms from private citizens is a personal affront and will leave millions defenseless while creating more problems than it would solve.

The words of a REAL shooting survivor...

An opinion from kid who was on the same property, but far removed, of a school shooting..

Ya'all feel his opinion has merit...

Columbine survivor: 'Biased' reporters didn't want to hear why I oppose Beto's gun ban
https://www.foxnews.com/media/beto-orourke-gun-ban-columbine-survivor

How about hearing from an ACTUAL FACTUAL survivor of a school shooting. Listen to HIS opinion on guns, which is MUCH more relevant than Hogg's..

Adam Schiff threatens to defund intel community unless Trump whistleblower details disclosed
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-whistleblower-adam-schiff-intel

Get that???

Schiff-head wants to totally decimate and destroy our intelligence assets if he can't get President Trump to do Schiff-head's bidding..

If there was ever any proof needed that Democrats are hell-bent on destroying this country... This abysmal and heinous act dispels all doubts...

Democrats would rather see this country destroyed and in ruins in their Ahab-esque quest to take down the legally, fairly, freely and DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED President Of The United States...

How utterly sad and pathetic Democrats have become..

They have far more to lose from the “whistleblower” scandal than does the president.
https://spectator.org/ukraine-bombshell-will-explode-in-democratic-faces/

Exactly... Democrats have so much more to lose than President Trump does..

I mean, let's face the facts.. The WORST that could happen is that President Trump is exposed for acting like President Trump..

Any and all revelations Democrats can make about President Trump are old hat and already well known..

The ONLY people who will care about President Trump's shenanigans is the Trump/America haters who would never vote for Trump anyways.. They would vote for Hitler incarnate before they would vote for Trump..

So, what THEY think doesn't matter because their minds are made up and closed..

But the people **WILL** care about the criminal activities of Joe and Hunter Biden...

THOSE crimes will matter a great deal to the Independents and NPAs...

In short, President Trump might get singed a little. MORE likely is that Americans will like it when President Trump plays hard ball and Trump support will likely increase..

But Democrats?? They are running as the NOT TRUMP candidate..

What will it do Democrat support amongst Independents and NPAs when it's out in the wild that Democrats AREN'T better than Trump as they claim.

What will happen when the Independents and NPAs find out that Democrats are no better than Trump and that they LIED about it when they claimed they were..

Tens of millions of new votes for President Trump..

"{Democrats}.... chose poorly"
-Knight, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE

I am totally and completely on topic with my comments!!

How about that!?? :D hehehehehe

Can it?

Democrat losing streak will come to an end when they wise up and start looking out for the country instead of their own crazy Anti-America agenda..

Yea.. I guess the Democrat losing streak CAN last forever..

Wondering what America is like if the elite can toss out an elected president because he refuses to play ball for Team Lib? Then check out my action-packed yet hilarious novels, People's Republic, Indian Country and Wildfire. The fake conservative grifter doofuses whine that my books are “appalling,” thereby providing the lead blurb for Book IV (coming soon)!

I can vouch for Mr Schlichter's fine Kelley Turnbull novels.. They are great reads!! :D

Then the Dems will vote to impeach and it goes to the Senate, where Cocaine Mitch ensures that the Biden’s dirty laundry gets a nice long airing before putting it to a vote. Then 50 Republicans vote to acquit, with only Mitt Romney insisting on further humiliating himself by siding with the Dems. Next, Trump strolls down from Capitol Hill with a necklace made of the skulls of his enemies and defeats Big Chief Sitting Bolshevik (or whichever other Dem who is not Joe Biden runs against him) next November.

Democrats need to think long and hard as to whether they want to pursue this course of action...

Because if they do.. It's extremely likely that it will go down just as Mr Schlichter postulates it will..

And of course, noted particle physicist Joe – because he’s smart – is on video bragging about how he told the Ukrainians that unless they fired a nosy prosecutor who was poking around sonny’s company they could wave dasvidaniya to a US loan. So, the whole extortion argument is…awkward.

It's funny..

You people are saying that President Trump extorting the Ukraine government is the worst thing about this "scandal"..

And yet, you have NO FACTS to support the claim of extortion..

NO FACTS...

But wait. We ***DO*** have facts that the Obama Administration DID extort the Ukraine government..

Joe Biden's **OWN** confession of doing JUST THAT..

So, for the record..

IS IT A BAD THING FOR A US ADMINISTRATION TO EXTORT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO ACHIEVE A POLITICAL AGENDA??

It's a simple YES/NO question..

Bet NO ONE here can answer it..

:eyeroll:

Christmas Morning..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNkniZU4VsA

:D

What’s hysterical is the blindness of these DC dummies who find it unsporting of Trump to call out the sordid corruption of their fellow grifters. Remember, they admire the Bidens. This kind of primo scam is what these swampies aspire to. And they actually believe that regular folks are going to think, “That’s not cricket! How dare that upstart Trump queer the Bidens’ deals!”

Democrats chose VERY poorly when they decided to make hay out of this twice removed anonymous claim about President Trump's actions.

Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if it's President Trump who is the "whistle blower" and this is some sort of elaborate mindfrak to blow Joe Biden out of the water and make Democrats look like idiots AGAIN..

This is the exact kind of 5th Level Machinations that President Trump would do.. :D

To which Normal Americans reacted by asking, “Wait, Joe Biden’s kid and brothers ended up with hugely lucrative sweetheart deals in that notorious Slavic cesspool of corruption?”

Like I said.. Independents and NPAs are going to ask themselves about Hunter Biden's and Joe Biden's actions.. They won't care about President Trump's actions to get the FACTS on the corruption of the Bidens.. Hell, President Trump's support will possibly INCREASE over this.. :D

No coffee for the liberal establishment, because coffee is for closers (NSFW language, sissies). These geebos have been trying to close the deal since 2015, but all they have to do it with are the Rio Rancho leads – they never get the Glengarry leads that will put a stake through the heart of the Bad Orange Man.

It's really amazing..

How many times do the Trump/America haters have to FAIL... FAIL... IMPRESSIVELY FAIL before they begin to realize that it's NOT President Trump.. It's THEM...

I mean, seriously.. How many times??

"At least once more, Ms Swann"
-Orlando Bloom, POTC THE BLACK PEARL

Ahh yes.. The indomitable Kurt Schlichter..

The Chris Weigant Of The Right.. :D

"Ukraine Foreign Minister disputes reports of any pressure from Trump. This conversation was long, friendly, and it touched on many questions.” @NBCNews Correct. If your looking for something done wrong, just look at the tape of Sleepy Joe. He is being protected by the Media!"
-President Donald Trump

Just like ya'all's NOAA/DORIAN fizzle...

"Fizzle my shizzle"
-Snoop Dog

.... this is ANOTHER case where Democrats scream and rant and rave about total bullshit and then the FACTS rear up and bitch slap Democrats to hell.. :D

The prosecutor, who was fired, was leading a corruption investigation into a company that employed Biden's son, Hunter

Biden's OWN WORDS on the subject..

“I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'.
Well, son of a bitch, he got fired.”
-Joe Biden

Do ya'all want to see the Youtube video of the quote???

Would it change anything regarding ya'all's delusional denial??

Once again... President Trump may be hurt a bit on this..

But Joe Biden is going down and Hunter Biden is going to prison...

So far, all we know is that the whistleblower at the heart of this situation didn't actually overhear anything. The one thing we do know is that in 2016, Joe Biden successfully pressured then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to ax the country's top prosecutor, who was investigating his son's company, by threatening to withhold $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees. Biden even bragged about it.

Yep.. None of ya'all have ANY **FACTS** to support ya'all's claim..

NO FACTS...

NONE.. ZERO... ZILCH... NADA... NOTHING..

NO FACTS..

But what do we DO have facts on??

Joe Biden used the office of the VP to extort a sovereign government for the purposes of fading the criminal heat from his son..

THIS IS ESTABLISHED AS FACT..

How do we know this is fact?? Because Joe Biden confessed to the crime..

Like I said.. President Trump might be singed a little bit.. Probably not, but might.

But this is definitely going to DESTROY Joe Biden..

And ya'all will have helped to that.. :D

All the reactions to the story since have been based on speculation as to what occurred on the call. Trump is alleged to have pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and offered a quid pro quo... which, according to the Wall Street Journal, there wasn't:

The president asked a foreign power to help him win an election.

Get that?? Hillary is complaining that President Trump did **EXACTLY** what she did in the 2016 election..

Again pointing out that if Democrats didn't have double standards, they would have no standards at all..

:eyeroll:

Much better.. :D

The president asked a foreign power to help him win an election.

:eyeroll:

The whistleblower didn't have direct knowledge of the communications, an official briefed on the matter told CNN. Instead, the whistleblower's concerns came in part from learning information that was not obtained during the course of their work, and those details have played a role in the administration's determination that the complaint didn't fit the reporting requirements under the intelligence whistleblower law, the official said.
Schow noted, "this is yet another anonymous source giving more context on what another anonymous source told a different outlet, but it still calls the entire story into question." The original Washington Post story, despite being on the front page, was vague, relying on “two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter” who were “speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly." They alleged that Trump had made a “promise” to a world leader—which, based on what we know right now, is incorrect.

Look at that??

didn't have direct knowledge of the communications,

“speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly."

And ya'all devote an ENTIRE commentary and comments to ^^^^^THAT!!!????

MIND BOGGLING!! Completely and utterly MIND-BOGGLING!!

Once again.. NOT FACTS...

Anonymous sources say that they heard someone who said they heard someone who said they heard President Trump on the phone...

And you people BUY INTO THAT!!!????

How desperate ARE you people???

How deep does your hate of America and President Trump REALLY go???

Yep...

Democrats have ANOTHER new shiny that will turn out to be nothing but a lame well-stacked NOTHING burger..

Works for me.. :D

Not only will it keep Democrats occupied and carry them to NEW heights before it dashes them to the ground and demolishes all their hopes and dreams.. AGAIN :D

But this new shiny has a very real potential to boomerang back on the Democrats and totally decimate their front runner's Primary campaign..

The only down side to this is Joe Biden, having buried one son lost to cancer will have to witness his other son going to prison..

That is truly sad..

The “Tool Man” on the MAN FOOL...

Women are upset at Trump’s naughty words -- they also bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Gray.

What a ridiculous comparison. Trump is a self-proclaimed practitioner of sexual assault, but women should be OK with that if they enjoy reading sexually erotic material...is that it?

Not one feminist has defended Sarah Sanders. It seems women’s rights only matter if those women are liberal.

Defended Sarah Sanders from what? Which women’s right has Sarah been denied? If Sarah wants to live out the rest of his life as a man, I support his decision.

No Border Walls. No voter ID laws. Did you figure it out yet?

Yeah, Tim’s back on the Peruvian marching powder! Who am I kidding? He was never off of it!

60 years ago, Venezuela was 4th on the world economic freedom index. Today, they are 179th and their citizens are dying of starvation. In only 10 years, Venezuela was destroyed by democratic socialism.

Wait... so nothing happened in Venezuela over the 50 years that you so expertly dismissed? Funny that they weren’t 4th on the world economic freedom index 10 years ago, because then your claim might make sense.

Russia donated $0.00 to the Trump campaign. Russia donated $145,600,000 to the Clinton Foundation. But Trump was the one investigated!

Trump was investigated for various crimes. Russia donating to a non-profit isn’t a crime. Not that difficult to understand.

I keep forgetting that conservatives are used to the Trump Foundation’s methods. The Clinton Foundation is an actual non-profit organization that does not benefit the Clinton’s personally in any way (I know that this is a foreign concept for anyone familiar to the Trump Foundation’s methods).

@m,

did you READ that salon article?

Tell ya what..

I'll comment on your quoted portion after ya comment on mine...

Fair?? :D

Small victories may be uninspiring, but not as much as defeat. O’Rourke’s provocative position makes sense as part of the melodramatic journey of personal discovery he seems to be on. But for those who would like to pass any gun regulations, it amounts to friendly fire.

And Independents and NPAs and patriotic Americans will remember in 2020 the source of that friendly fire.....

AND vote accordingly...

Not that I would favor such a measure, because gun-makers will find ways to modify their products to comply with the letter of the law — as they did after 1994. The legal market would continue to offer an array of firearms functionally identical to the banned ones.

Yep... Yep... Yep...

The ONLY thing this gun confiscation push by the 2020 Dem candidates has done is solidified in the minds of undecided Americans that Democrats DO, indeed, want to take law abiding Americans' firearms...

And history will repeat itself and Democrats will be decimated in Nov of 2020....

"These are the facts of the case. And they are undisputed."
-Captain Smilin' Jack Ross, A FEW GOOD MEN

Come 2021, a Democratic president would do well to get that obvious reform enacted. A more ambitious step, such as a ban on new assault weapons, is probably beyond reach.

As I have said before, and NO ONE has been able to refute...

If the political climate wouldn't allow significant anti-gun legislation after Sandy Hook, nothing will...

Ya'all will NEVER get your gun ban.. Ya'all MAY get your 100% background checks (sans family members). It's nothing but a throwaway WOULDN'T IT BE NICE LAW, but ya'all are going to have to compromise to get it.

A national CCW Reciprocity or a moratorium on future gun laws or something...

But a ban on rifles, shotguns or handguns??

It will never happen in our lifetime..

For Democrats to say they want to seize a class of common firearms is the equivalent of a homeowner who, failing to get her asking price, decides to triple it. Or maybe it’s the equivalent of losing a U.S. Senate race and then deciding you should run for president.

You people simply are not able to understand the 2nd Amendment and how it is an impediment to ya'all's gun confiscation plan..

"But! But!! But!!! The 1994 Assault Rifle Ban!!!!" ya'all would say..

Go ahead.. Say it.. I'll wait..

........

Got that out of your system??

The {sic} assault rifle ban was so flawed and impotent, it wasn't WORTH it to take it to the SCOTUS to nullify it..

All rifles covered under the ban were grandfathered in.. If ya already had those rifles, they were perfectly legal to own and use..

For new manufacturer or import?? There were RIDICULOUS "rules" to the ban..

For example, the ban stated that a rifle could not have the bayonet mount underneath the flash suppressor of the rifle..

So, manufacturers simply manufactured the EXACT same rifle without the bayonet mount..

THEN the rifle was **PERFECTLY LEGAL**!!!

The 1994 rifle ban was a joke and, as a joke, it wasn't worth the trouble to have it overturned and ruled unconstitutional...

This is the ONE overriding fact and ya'all better get used to it..

There is not a gun ban law possible that will pass Constitutional muster...

ESPECIALLY in today's political climate..

It WON'T happen..

Get used to that fact..

It was a thunderous vindication of the paranoia that afflicts a segment of the gun-owning population. Barack Obama ran in 2008 promising not to take away anyone’s firearms, and he was true to his word. Gun fanatics accused him and his party of plotting to do just that, though, and O’Rourke has given them the — what’s the term? — smoking gun.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-beto-orourke-guns-assault-weapons-confiscate-chapman-20190920-zaatvkyfp5gq5ljfpslltjd6wy-story.html

I just don't understand how Democrats could be so completely and utterly STOOPID in their gun confiscation craze...

In the aftermath of the 1994 {sic} "Assault Rifle" ban, Democrats were DECIMATED and totally thrown out of office en masse...

Again, it's as if Democrats WANT to be blown away in the 2020 Election...

Mind-boggling

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-campaign-coming-to-an-end-thanks-to-ukraine-story-linked-to-hillary-clinton-nunes-says

Biden's campaign likely coming to an end -- thanks to Clinton-linked Ukraine bombshell, Nunes says

The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee made the claim as The Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom poll showed Sen. Elizabeth Warren surging ahead of Biden as the first choice of 22 percent of the voters surveyed, while Biden was the first choice of 20 percent of the voters. Biden held a 9-point lead over Warren in the poll as recently as June.

BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

We have history repeating itself..

Just as it was Hillary who brought to the forefront the Obama Birther nonsense..

It was ALSO Hillary who brought up the Joe Biden/China/Ukraine debacle.. :D

So, when the Biden campaign is decimated and mortally wounded, ya'all can thank Hillary.. :D

Yep... Democrats may singe President Trump a bit..

But they are going to burn their own house to the ground..

And remind the few...
When ill of us they speak...
That we are all that stands between...
The monsters and the weak.....

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/13839e8d10b9303c8d9aee50576e15b15f4844be91d15073a21097a85b780c50.jpg

I wasn't able to post so much yesterday, being a workday and all.. But today...???

Today, ya'all have my undivided attention!!

Won't it be grand!!?? :D

WOW...

That sounds EXACTLY like OBAMA...

Uncanny!! :D

The bygone OBAMA era..

And we know how bad the country tanked during THAT era..

Who in their right mind would want to that mess??

The FACT is, conversations between President Trump and another world leader is the EPITOME of Executive Privilege and is not subject to whistleblower statutes..

Evidently, Russ is still on the 3rd grade playground.. :D

did you READ that salon article?

the relationship between our two major parties has become asymmetrical: Democrats cling to norms and standards of a bygone era, Biden-style, and also, by their nature, are driven by principles of dialogue, reasoned discourse and compromise. LOL! Republicans are totally over that shit, and have gone full-on ruthless culture war, a dynamic explored by Salon's Amanda Marcotte in her book "Troll Nation": They know they can’t win a fair fight on issues and policies, but when it comes to semiotic battles rooted in racism, nationalism and cultural division, they consistently hold the upper hand.

But the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, has now sharply disputed this, claiming that the complaint “relates to one of the most significant and important of the DNI’s responsibilities to the American people."

Strange how conservatives fail to mention these little facts in their reporting of the story!

Wow! I have to say that I have never seen you so desperate to avoid discussing your claimed FACTS in all my years on this board!

Your rush to post as many distractions as you could to bury your cowardly response to my request that you clarify whether you have ever actually served as a commissioned law enforcement officer at any point in your life — as you claim — is so obvious that pathetic does not even begin to do your cowardliness justice.

"If you need a disarmed society to govern, you suck at governing"
-Reality Truism

:D

More facts...

"Sauce for the goose"
-Captain Spock

Yea, I know it's so boring...

But hay... Liven things up and try to REFUTE the facts.. :D

Bonus points for using facts to refute my facts.. :D

This could keep us entertained for HOURS!!! :D

President Trump said — "They’re not after me. They’re after you. I’m just in their way."

SOME Hollywood celebrities actually have more than 2 brain cells to rub together...

Funny how those ones are ALL Trump voters.. :D

"Nice balls."
-President Donald Trump

heheheheheeheheheheheheehehehehehehe

Now THAT was funny!! :D

Democratic congressional leaders, Democratic presidential candidates and the party’s true-blue believers keep wandering through familiar patterns, like someone in a dream state out of a Kafka story or a surrealist film, clinging to the fading hope that this time around the nonsensical narrative will reach a satisfactory resolution. If you tried to design a center-left political party trapped between the traditions of social democracy and classical liberalism, unclear about its core beliefs and equally terrified by both its most vicious opponents and its most ardent supporters — in other words, a party perfectly positioned to capitulate to tyranny with nothing more than a few disapproving whimpers — I hardly think you could do better than the one we’ve got.

WOW.. This SALON author NAILS the Democrat Party perfectly.. :D

Conflicted about ideology and identity and deeply compromised by history, the Democratic Party is built to lose
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/22/doomed-delusional-divided-and-corrupt-how-the-democratic-party-became-a-haunted-house/

Well, how about that.. Someone at SALON gets it.. :D

I don't expect ya'all to see the facts.. But they will come out nonetheless... :D

I am not saying anything.. I merely relay the FACTS that the Obama Administration (of which Biden was part of) did the exact thing to Trump that President Trump is being accused of...

As far as Biden goes, there is plenty of evidence of impropriety with regards to VP Biden and Hunter Biden vis a vis China and Ukraine...

All of THAT will come out, should Democrats pursue this Ukraine thing...

If you DO take the time to read all the comments above (which, as I said, are FACTS) you will learn the facts and the reality..

I'm not reading all the comments above but, I hope you're not saying that what Biden, the Obama administration, the EU, reformers in Ukraine, and the World Bank did is the same as what Trump is alleged to have done, are you?

Obviously, you didn't even READ anything about what is going on..

Willful ignorance.. It's the Democrat way...