where russian media is concerned, always.

Exactly.. Left Wing media (95% of US media) think it's not news because they fully agree with morons like McGowan..

Thank you for conceding my point..

! You don’t mind being lied to, you just want it to entertain and comfort you!

Yea, I already addressed this lame BS point..

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/01/08/looking-forward-to-a-democratic-foreign-policy-debate/#comment-151396

It's a factual report of Ron Howard's twit and how he was slapped down by REAL Patriotic Americans..

Are the FACTS in question??

hehehehehehehehe

What is really odd is that for the most part, only right-wing media outlets report on famous people’s political opinions. You give it importance, you make it into news! Seriously, YOU are the only one claiming that past-their-prime one-time-actors-now waiting-tables speak for all Democrats.

Fox News loves articles pointing out the political musings of anyone who has ever been in TV show or movie. Conservatives love their reality TV, which is not based on reality at all...which explains their love for the GOP! You don’t mind being lied to, you just want it to entertain and comfort you!

I don't either.. But some really bad Trump/America haters stand out..

Rose McGowan is one of those.. She took hundreds of thousand of dollars from Weinstein to remain silent and allowed Harvey to victimize dozens of more women..

Rose McGowan is the quintessential Democrat...

And if you believe holding the President accountable for his actions and investigating him when the evidence warrants it makes someone an “America hater”,

That's just it. The evidence DOESN'T warrant it..

That's why ya'all lose in your Russia Collusion delusion..

That's why ya'all will lose this faux impeachment coup..

The evidence ONLY warrants it in your deluded hate filled psyche..

And since you’ve never been able to refute this, it must be a winning argument! Right?

The problem is, with your claim, there are no FACTS to support.. Just your hate-filled bullshit and bigotry..

On the other hand, I have OODLES of facts that PROVE Democrats fawned over Democrat Donald Trump, gave him all sorts of awards and such...

That's the difference between ya'all and me..

I have FACTS to support my claims..

All ya'all have (NEN) is hate filled bigotry and bullshit..

But I wouldn't expect you to know THESE FACTS...

Yeah, unlike you, I don’t keep lists of every person who disagrees with the President. Nor do I believe everyone who disagrees with the President hates him. That’s the reactionary-emotional thinking of a petulant 4 year old that eats paint chips.

And if you believe holding the President accountable for his actions and investigating him when the evidence warrants it makes someone an “America hater”, then it further demonstrates that you must be pleasuring yourself to images of Trump and writing pro-incest fan fiction while you are posting to this site.

And since you’ve never been able to refute this, it must be a winning argument! Right?

Stocks rise, lifting Nasdaq to a record, after Trump’s comments on Iran attack ease tensions

The Dow was up as much as 282 points, or 1%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained as much as 0.9% and 1.1%, respectively. In the final minutes of trading, the major averages came off their highs amid unconfirmed reports of explosions near Baghdad’s Green Zone.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/08/stock-markets-today-us-futures-fall-following-attack-in-iraq.html

I swear, Trump/America haters should simply shut up and let people THINK their morons..

Rather than opening their mouths and spew bullshit and remove ALL DOUBT that they are morons...

“Nice audition, Ron! We have a lot of other people in Hollywood just exactly like you that we are considering. But your seeming sincerity and your vicious hyperbole comforts us that you are TRULY 'one of us!' We'll be in touch!” quipped actor and director Nick Searcy.
https://www.rt.com/usa/477348-ron-howard-trump-twitter/?utm_source=miximedia&utm_medium=miximedia&utm_campaign=Miximedia

Love it when ignorant, know-nothing Trump/America haters get their well-deserved come-uppance from REAL patriotic Americans.. :D

It restores my faith in humanity.. :D

President Trump done did good..

Whomsoever cannot admit this is simply a Trump/America hater...

Analysts of all ideological stripes argued that Soleimani was irreplaceable to Iran and that his death was a devastating blow to the regime. The major debate concerned whether the benefits of killing Soleimani were worth the risks of triggering an Iranian response that would eventually escalate into a bloody war.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-this-was-irans-response-qassem-soleimani-killing-was-a-major-victory-for-donald-trump

President Trump takes out a *MAJOR* Iranian player and terrorist..

All Iran got out of it was a few bomb craters in empty areas of Iraqi bases that house American operators..

Once again...

PRESIDENT TRUMP RULES

His enemies, both foreign and domestic drool... :D

Who could have **POSSIBLY** predicted that Iran would just resort to a token response as an attempt to save face...

Oh.. Wait... :D

This could not have gone more poorly if the Democrats had tried. Any Republican senator on the ballot this year knows it would be suicide to join Pelosi or Schumer's hapless crusade now. Better to let the people decide Trump's fate in November than allow the Washington partisans to try in January.

These are YOUR Democrats people... You simply CANNOT tell me that ya'all approve of the Democrats' handling of impeachment...

Is there no one here who can speak facts and reality instead of partisan bullshit and Party slavery??

Anyone???

"Anyone?? Anyone?? Beuhler???.."

And then the Senate can decide what it wants to do about witnesses. Maybe they will want to hear from some. Maybe they won't. Even if they do, don't bet on a quick resolution. No matter what former National Security Adviser John Bolton says about being willing to testify under subpoena from the Senate, it is likely the White House would invoke executive privilege to try to prevent his testimony.

Democrats are looking more like incompetent fools every day... :eyeroll:

McConnell just ate Pelosi and Schumer's lunch

McConnell won this round against his Keystone Cops opposition because he has something Schumer and Pelosi don't: a reasonable argument.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/opinions/mcconnell-impeachment-pelosi-schumer-jennings/index.html

Even CNN gets it right once in a while...

The vast majority of Americans are behind President Trump in his dealings with Iran.

And the Democrat Party is, once again, the APPEASEMENT PARTY...

Nov 2020 is going to be an utter WIPE OUT for the APPEASEMENT Party...

Except Iran was aiming for US Military bases..

OMG! Seriously, this is the best you could do?!?! Rose McGowan (I had to look her up because I knew the name, but could not figure out from where) is an Independent, and she is best known as the replacement for Shannon Doherty on the TV show Charmed...that ended in 2006! She is no politician. But I guess when you are as desperate as you apparently are to find someone to paint all Democrats as being just like to fit your dishonest assessments, you really cannot be too picky!

Actually, Rose McGowan is famous for taking down Harvey Weintein after he payed her off a couple hundred thousand..

She is also a dyed in the wool Democrat and Trump America hater..

But I wouldn't expect you to know THESE FACTS...

We can all tell when you are desperate to defend Trump but there just isn’t anything for you to use to do so because you use the old, “You loved my master when he had a “-D” after his name, bullshit line that has been thoroughly debunked by just about every person on this site. I

ANd not a single one of ya'all have been able to refute it..

Of course I trot out the winning arguments.. I love making ya'all (NEN) look foolish.. :D

Only if you now call our pointing out your lies “Iran appeasement”.

No, I call lifting sanctions and give Iran billions of dollars so Iran can continue to fund their terrorist activities 'appeasement'...

Democrats.. The Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century...

How does Trump’s base feel about that?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/08/trumps-war-mongering-with-iran-wont-be-political-winner/

18,000 more US military personnel have been sent to the ME in response to Trump’s mishandling of Iran!

And doesn’t seem out of character for Trump not to be boasting about that imminent attack that he saved us from? I mean, the man tried to say he was down there with the first responders on 9/11, so it is really odd that he would refrain from sharing every heroic detail at length with the American public. I am guessing that Trump is unable to create a scenario in his head that terrorist experts wouldn’t laugh him out of the room if he claimed was their plan.

Write a check for more than $1 billion and give it to the mullahs? Send a plane under the cover of darkness carrying pallets of $400 million in unmarked cash for the ayatollah? Wipe out effective sanctions so that Soleimani might sow even more terrorism around the world?

Let’s be clear — Iraqi’s attacked the US consulate in Iraq. They may have been backed by Iran, they may have been funded by Iran; but it was Iraqi’s that did the damaging and attacking!

Do you know why Iran received that pallet of cash? It is because that was THEIR money that we had frozen in their US bank accounts. They were able to get that money back after they agreed to the demands that WE had set for them!

Why did they agree to our demands? Because they had suffered for decades under the sanctions we had imposed on them and realized the best thing for their country’s people was to agree to what we were demanding. Their economy could not grow and get stronger unless they got out from under our sanctions. They signed the nuclear agreement with us and four other countries — agreeing to our terms in exchange for removing the sanctions on them — and suddenly Iran was not the world’s leading bad player anymore! With the sanctions removed, Iran’s economy improved greatly.

They were happy. We were happy. The world was happy.

Then Trump got elected and decided that Iran was lying to us and were not following through on their promises. Trump had no proof that Iran was not keeping its word (And Trump cannot be taken seriously anytime that he dares to complain that someone else is lying!). In fact, every time you ordered your people to find evidence of Iran lying, they came back and reported that they could not!

So what was the stupidest thing someone in Trump’s position could do? Walk away from the deal, breaking our word and telling the world that the US cannot be trusted to keep its word. No agreement, no treaty, no “you have our word” will ever carry the same weight that it once did. Trump dumped the old sanctions back on Iran, but not before making them harsher, for not agreeing to the conditions that they had agreed to!

Iran had finally caved into our demands after decades of sanctions crushing their economy. There was peace where it had not been in decades...but Trump chose to undo that! Iran is back to their old tricks now. Iran was no longer working towards creating their nuclear arsenal... now they are again! All because Trump could not stand that Obama had mocked him during the WH correspondents dinner years ago...

Only if you now call our pointing out your lies “Iran appeasement”.

Well, it is pretty tough to cause casualties when you aim at areas that are known to have very few people in the area and, just to be safe, you also call ahead to warn the ones there to get out ASAP! Iran wasn’t looking to escalate this matter...which is why they aimed their missiles where they did and called Iraq to warn them when & where the missiles were going to strike.

Yea?? And yet, you have Democrats like Rose McGowan APOLOGIZING to Iran...

OMG! Seriously, this is the best you could do?!?! Rose McGowan (I had to look her up because I knew the name, but could not figure out from where) is an Independent, and she is best known as the replacement for Shannon Doherty on the TV show Charmed...that ended in 2006! She is no politician. But I guess when you are as desperate as you apparently are to find someone to paint all Democrats as being just like to fit your dishonest assessments, you really cannot be too picky!

Little secret I will share with you... We can all tell when you are desperate to defend Trump but there just isn’t anything for you to use to do so because you use the old, “You loved my master when he had a “-D” after his name, bullshit line that has been thoroughly debunked by just about every person on this site. It’s just filler that wreaks of desperation!

Hey uncle sam put your name at the top of his list
And the Statue of Liberty started shakin' her fist
And the eagle will fly it's gonna be hell
When you hear mother freedom start ringin' her bell
And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Brought to you courtesy of the red white and blue

Brave Sir Robin Ran Away..
Bravely Ran Away.. Away...
When Danger Reared It's Ugly Head..
He Bravely Turned His Tail And Fled...

It's really simple, people..

Don't mess with the US..

"Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.."
-Toby Keith

And one again.. Iran appeasement is the way of the Democrats..

The attack was planned, funded and approved by Iran..

Using your reasoning, the guy who hires the hitman to kill is completely innocent and blameless and only the hitman is to guilty...

You DO realize that THAT is complete and utter bullshit...

Right??

:D

I seem to recall Odumbo making the claim, "Donald Trump will NEVER be President Of The United States" or words to that effect..

So, it's obvious to all but the most virulent Trump/America haters that Donald Trump.... excuse me.. PRESIDENT Donald Trump got the last laugh at Odumbo's expense.. :D

President Trump could wipe them off the map with a single order..

Iran tweaked the tale of the tiger but had no plan in place for dealing with the teeth of the tiger..

Not hard at all.. Think Las Vegas shooting.

With ballistic missiles fired into a crowded base, it's hard NOT to hit or kill someone..

Funny also how Iran comes off as more reasonable than Trump in trying to deescalate things!!!

So you side with Iran against your own country..

Yep... That's what I figured..

I swear.. Demcorats and their media puppets..

They simply have no shame..

"Do you know how HARD it is to fire 15-20 ballistic missiles and targets and NOT cause any casualties...???"

Actually its VERY HARD. If you know anything about missile guidance systems and trying to control ballistic trajectories!

Funny also how Iran comes off as more reasonable than Trump in trying to deescalate things!!!

"Why the heck aren't they making it?"

1) Democrats already know this and are going to vote for the Democrat no matter what anyway.

2) Republicans will never believe this no matter how many actual facts you throw at them, can never be persuaded and will never vote for anyone other than Trump.

Trump promised economic growth of 4, 5, 6 percent, yet has never achieved more than 3 percent. The economy's growth is due more to the leftover effects of Obama than anything Trump has done. The huge Republican tax cut did nothing, zip, nada to long term economic growth except saddle the economy with with more debt.

But will Republicans believe that? No, to them Trump is the Second Coming. So why bother?

3) The only case to be made is to the small percentage of swing independent voters. And honestly, Democratic resources might be better spent on fighting voter suppression and get out the vote efforts of the Democratic base rather than on trying to persuade a small handful of independent swing voters.

“The missiles fired last night at us and our allies were paid for with the funds made available by the last administration,” Trump said from the White House, referring to settlement money the U.S. paid to Iran in 2016.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-iran-missiles-obama-administration

OOOOBBBAAAMMMMAAAA Whaaat it is he's good for..
Absolutely nothing..
Sing it again...

The president has plenty of trump cards up his sleeve as he moves forward on his campaign to reelection this year.

Trump’s move to kill this Iranian terrorist has roiled the Democratic primary, caused the left to embrace him as a martyr and sent the mainstream media into conniptions.

President Trump has DEMOCRATS defending Sillyman.. Democrats are saying Sillyman should have been allowed to live and should have been allowed to go on killing Americans by the boatload..

As I have asked...

Are Democrats **TRYING** to lose the elections in Nov??

Predictability used to be the hallmark of America’s international policy. But Trump has changed that equation.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/477039-feehery-trump-is-holding-all-the-cards-this-november

Democrats and other Trump foes constantly underestimate President Trump.. They think that conventional rules apply..

That's why they always lose and President Trump always comes out on top..

Do you know how HARD it is to fire 15-20 ballistic missiles and targets and NOT cause any casualties...???

As I predicted, Iran employed a face saving measure that was designed NOT to cause American loss of life..

Iran capitulates with a whimper...

Who could have POSSIBLY predicted that!!???

Oh.. wait.. :D

Sorry Democrats.. You don't have a hundred dead Americans you can use to bash President Trump over the head with..

Aren't ya'all so bummed....

And what does that say about Democrat's chosen champion who got beat down big time by that "fool"??

Again, I have to point out how hilarious it is that you Democrats **LOVED** Donald Trump when he had a -D after his name.. :D

First, NO ONE is mourning Soleimani in this country.

Yea?? And yet, you have Democrats like Rose McGowan APOLOGIZING to Iran...

Trump insults our intelligence agencies

Only the ones who tried to stop him from becoming POTUS..

He refuses to say anything even remotely critical of Putin’s actions...he might say something about Russia, but NEVER Putin! He called Putin to let him know about the plan to kill Soleimani before he let Congress know!

Which was the tactically sound thing to do..

You DO realize you have a McCarthy-esque fixation with Russia, don't ya Russ??

The Russia-Trump connection is dead.. Your golden boy, Mueller, killed it..

You sound exactly like a Birther..

Trump ordered the State Dept. to NOT issue a statement calling out Russia for ramming an Ukrainian tug boat and taking its crew captive after the story broke.

I cannot think of anything Trump ever did that was “rough” on Russia. OK, there was that one time when Trump laid out a bunch of sanctions against Russia — which made him look tough — at least it did until he refused to have our government put those sanctions into action. Yeah, they were never implemented, despite being passed! Ohhhh, Trump is so tough!

Facts to support?? ANY facts at all??

No?? Of course not...

it's a lie to leave out pie.

Don't ever take anything I write as an endorsement of Warren, but I'd point out that what Geithner, Paulsen, etc. did for and to AIG during the financial crisis was simply bankruptcy by another name.

The company was basically sound (as an insurance company), they just ran out of cash going into the gambling business (and making a lot of very bad bets) and had to undergo what amounted to a de-facto bankruptcy reorganization. Basically, same thing as Gen Motors and Chrysler.

Democrats must also admit to their mistakes when it come to their economic prowess … they needn't worry, there aren't that many.

And, they have a fairly easy economic case to make …

They need to make the case that they are the best stewards of the economy. They are repeatedly having to clean up the economic messes created by Republican economic ideology and policy, as it were.

If they can't do this, then I predict a Trump victory. You heard it here first!

Yeah, and everybody who banks with big banking. :)

Well, Secretary Geithner ate her for lunch at the hearings during the financial crisis and its aftermath.

Of course, the news media reported that she won. Whatever. Geithner turned the economy around and we are where we are thanks to his efforts to save Main Street … and my registered retirement savings plan (RRSP), thanks in no small part to his efforts, I might add.

I would be happier than a pig in mud if Biden tapped him to be secretary of the Treasury again. It would take no small effort at persuasion, though, on Biden's part!

Sorry, but I gotta disagree! Warren may be one of the best people at being able to break down complex financial matters into words that anyone can grasp. And she, more than any of the other candidates, has provided details on how her ideas would work and how they would be funded. Big Banking definitely fears her becoming president! If anything, she’s been too specific on her policies; which might be info overload for some people.

Yep. That would tell a lot. But, I wouldn't want to have, say, Biden telegraph everyone he would want working with him until after he won the general election. He might pick someone who ill-informed voters would derail his election.

Now, someone who hasn't the background and knowledge base that would leave you quite comfortable having those specifics left until after the election - like a Pete Buttigeig - might want to telegraph that very thing just to prove how wise he was in picking those people.

That's probably about as clear as mud ...

I think she has alienated a lot of regular-type people who may have some relatively small exposure to the stock and bond markets and mutual funds and the like as a way to secure their retirement, for example, and just don't like the way she comes across as the one with all the answers but no explanation of how she will get half the stuff done.

Fundraising, campaigning - and debating, as it were - do not properly distill down the qualities and attributes and breadth of knowledge of the candidates that will allow for a serious assessment as to who might be the most effective president.

I agree. Personally, I wish we could get candidates to provide a list of their “dream team” staff — the folks they feel would be great in the different advisory positions and that they intend to ask to be on their staff if elected.

I think we would learn far more about the candidate’s from seeing who the people are that they respect and who they would want to work with.

A few reporters who once were very impressed with Warren now seem to be looking for reasons to criticize her, often over the stupidest of arguments — WaPost’s Jennifer Rubin is one that comes to mind. Granted, she is a conservative and so it isn’t surprising how she has put all her love into the more moderate Mayor Pete. I have to wonder if Bezos didn’t “encourage” less love being poured on Warren’s campaign.

Having said that, I think the way Americans settle on their nominee and president is wholly counterproductive to deciding which candidate will be the most effective president.

Fundraising, campaigning - and debating, as it were - do not properly distill down the qualities and attributes and breadth of knowledge of the candidates that will allow for a serious assessment as to who might be the most effective president.

They will always be looking for that elusive Biden "gaffe" and never understanding the context of anything Biden has done or voted upon.

Just today, the NYTimes ran a story about how Elizabeth Warren is highlighting her great experience on the bankruptcy issue and contrasting her "for the people" stance with Biden and his vote for the 2005 Bankruptcy bill, perhaps even calling it "his" bill.

Well, let me say one thing about Elizabeth Warren and her expertise on bankruptcy - she still believes that, in the midst of the most destructive global financial crisis since the Great Depression, the best way to go about resolving the AIG issue was … wait for it … bankruptcy law. UN-FREAKIN-BELIEVABLE! We'd still be suffering the greatest impacts of that financial crisis if she were running things.

But, back to the Times story - absolutely no context provided as to what Biden's positive role in that bill was nor was there any analysis of the politics that ensued at the time. PATHETIC piece of "journalism" so typical of the asinine media storyline on Biden for the better part of a half century of thankless service to the country.