Had enough yet

[mark blazejewski]

Fox News is reporting that Robert Mueller will make a public statement of his investigation at 11:00 a.m. this morning.

My questions:

Are these anticipated comments a preemptive strike against the upcoming Horowitz report and the Durham probe?

Did this decision by Michael Steele impact Mueller's decision to speak?:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...FYLlNcdT7_q6Wc

[Lee Chowaniec]

Mueller added nothing to his report, yet the Dems feel they have Trump by the cajoles and are aching to impeach. Go for it. There is a lot to dislike about the arrogant, narcissistic, offensive man.

That said, the spurious allegations and plot concocted by the Dems and mainstream media to get rid of have thus far failed, and in the process have left a paper trail that could adversely impact some of the rogue agencies players – and possibly impact Hillary and Obama as well. And, yes, it was a plot, even a coup.

The Dems and liberal media are renowned for protecting their own. Remember, the Senate Minority Leader, Mr. Schumer, snidely told the incoming President Trump at the get-go that the Intel community “has six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.” I guess we’ll finally get to see about that because the CIA’s former director, the wicked Mr. Brennan, is grand jury bound. I suspect he will not be protected by his former colleagues. His downfall may presage a more thorough cleanup, and perhaps a major reorganization, of this monstrous agency.

According to a New York Times report from April, the FBI reached out to some of Steele’s foreign sources in an attempt to determine their credibility, and as early as January 2017 agents had concluded that some of the dossier’s contents may have been based on “rumors and hearsay” which were “passed from source to source.” The agents believed that some of Steele’s information may have even been based on “Russian disinformation.”

Steele’s dossier, which was packed with unverified claims about Trump's ties to Russia, formed a key part of the FISA applications that were used to justify surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Steele was working for Fusion GPS, which received funding through the Perkins Coie law firm from the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Steele's Democratic benefactors were not revealed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Barr said this month that “it’s a very unusual situation to have opposition research like that — especially one that on its face had a number of clear mistakes and a somewhat jejune analysis.” Barr’s pointed critiques of the Steele dossier’s flaws comes after former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI General Counsel James Baker defended their handling of the dossier in recent weeks.

With rare exception, all politicos suck!

[Lee Chowaniec]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...cid=spartandhp

"If you are a member of Congress + leave, you shouldn’t be allowed to turn right around & leverage your service for a lobbyist check," Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "At minimum there should be a long wait period."

A short time later, former Republican presidential candidate Cruz tweeted, "Here’s something I don’t say often: on this point, I AGREE with @AOC. Indeed, I have long called for a LIFETIME BAN on former Members of Congress becoming lobbyists. The Swamp would hate it, but perhaps a chance for some bipartisan cooperation?"

Now that’s compromise and on a matter that would assure positive impact in the country’s best interest. They should continue to drain the swamp by visiting the generous pension and health care entitlements Congress receives. This should be a no-brainer for the Democratic Socialists who clamor on about income inequality.

[Lee Chowaniec]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...cid=spartandhp

Sixty-three percent of voters said the investigations into Trump are hurting the country. Fifty-eight percent of voters said it's time for Congress to turn the page on the Russia investigations.

It’s time for Congress to move on and focus on its legislative job – focusing on real issues. If the Trump hating Dems, especially the Democratic Socialists, don’t change their agendas they will be handing Trump a victory in 2020.

[mark blazejewski]

It’s time for Congress to move on and focus on its legislative job – focusing on real issues.

Good luck with that Lee.

I agree with your observation 100%, but for over thirty years, the Left has weaponized a sycophantic Main Stream Media and the Office of Special Counsel against the "conventional" political process, and have relied on the likes of Lawrence Walsh, Patrick Fitzgerald, and Robert Mueller to hysterically win in court of public opinion, what they could not, and can not, substantively win at the polling place.

[mark blazejewski]

It’s time for Congress to move on and focus on its legislative job – focusing on real issues. If the Trump hating Dems, especially the Democratic Socialists, don’t change their agendas they will be handing Trump a victory in 2020.

AND, I should in fairness point out the the "Never Trump" Republicans, IMHO, were even more disgusting when they had control of the House.

Their hatred of the President resulted in squandered opportunities to implement many of their 2016 campaign pledges and commitments.

Goes to show you, just how united the Socialist Democrats and the "Establishment" Republicans can be when confronting a perceived challenge to the status quo.

Kinda like the 2019 Lancaster campaign, eh?

[Lee Chowaniec]

AND, I should in fairness point out the the "Never Trump" Republicans, IMHO, were even more disgusting when they had control of the House.

Their hatred of the President resulted in squandered opportunities to implement many of their 2016 campaign pledges and commitments.

Goes to show you, just how united the Socialist Democrats and the "Establishment" Republicans can be when confronting a perceived challenge to the status quo.

Kinda like the 2019 Lancaster campaign, eh?

In all fairness, Mark, it's like I always say: "With rare exception they (politicos) all suck!" They're best interest is they're best interest and/or intent to destroy their political party opponents regardless of adverse impact to the country.

[mark blazejewski]

in all fairness, mark, it's like i always say: "with rare exception they (politicos) all suck!" they're best interest is they're best interest and/or intent to destroy their political party opponents regardless of adverse impact to the country.

spot on.

[Lee Chowaniec]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/power...=.8eaf116d8c91

“We’ve got to clearly show that we reject socialism,” Hickenlooper said. “We’ve got to do that because Republicans will try to make us into socialists even if we’re not. If we’re not willing to draw a bright line and say we’re not socialists, we could quite possibly reelect this president.”

Hickenlooper’s presidential campaign had previewed the remarks hours before he spoke. The Coloradan, who was a geologist and a brewer before entering politics, has repeatedly argued for Democrats to embrace and reform capitalism.

In a May op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, he wrote that he was “running to save” the “only economic system that can support a strong middle class.”

Some in the audience disagreed with Hickenlooper’s thinking. Jonathan Tasini, a labor activist who endorsed Sanders in 2016 and published a book about the senator’s ideas, said that Hickenlooper had effectively talked his way out of the 2020 race. Hickenlooper had also been booed for saying that Democrats should not “[remove] private insurance from over a hundred million Americans,” a reference to Medicare-for-all legislation.

“Every single presidential candidate who came into this hall was treated with respect,” Tasini said. “He red-baited us and got down in the mud, and I think it finished him.”

So, there are Democratic presidential candidates running who see socialism as a failed system. Booed for expressing his opinion brings home the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party’s mantra of tolerance and inclusiveness. Pointing a finger at the toxic Trumpster and saying he does it doesn’t fit here as they are chastising one of their own and threatening to banish him from the race for expressing an opinion other than their own.

Free speech my ass! "You don’t think my way, it’s the highway."

[Lee Chowaniec]

Good luck with that Lee.

I agree with your observation 100%, but for over thirty years, the Left has weaponized a sycophantic Main Stream Media and the Office of Special Counsel against the "conventional" political process, and have relied on the likes of Lawrence Walsh, Patrick Fitzgerald, and Robert Mueller to hysterically win in court of public opinion, what they could not, and can not, substantively win at the polling place.

Never say never, Mark.

Trump is in a strong position because of a good economy and job market. If his tariff policy adversely impacts the economy and the job market he very well could be toast!

I would have to believe that there are individuals out there who hate Trump so much that they would bite off their noses to spite their face - going so far as to hoping the stock market and economy would tank to damage Trump - not thinking or caring about where all that money would come from to handout all the free **** or to provide services for all the illegals in the country.

Picking sides in this toxic period of politics is like trying to pick up a turd on its clean end.

[mark blazejewski]

Mueller added nothing to his report, yet the Dems feel they have Trump by the cajoles and are aching to impeach. Go for it. There is a lot to dislike about the arrogant, narcissistic, offensive man.

That said, the spurious allegations and plot concocted by the Dems and mainstream media to get rid of have thus far failed, and in the process have left a paper trail that could adversely impact some of the rogue agencies players – and possibly impact Hillary and Obama as well. And, yes, it was a plot, even a coup.

The Dems and liberal media are renowned for protecting their own. Remember, the Senate Minority Leader, Mr. Schumer, snidely told the incoming President Trump at the get-go that the Intel community “has six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.” I guess we’ll finally get to see about that because the CIA’s former director, the wicked Mr. Brennan, is grand jury bound. I suspect he will not be protected by his former colleagues. His downfall may presage a more thorough cleanup, and perhaps a major reorganization, of this monstrous agency.

According to a New York Times report from April, the FBI reached out to some of Steele’s foreign sources in an attempt to determine their credibility, and as early as January 2017 agents had concluded that some of the dossier’s contents may have been based on “rumors and hearsay” which were “passed from source to source.” The agents believed that some of Steele’s information may have even been based on “Russian disinformation.”

Steele’s dossier, which was packed with unverified claims about Trump's ties to Russia, formed a key part of the FISA applications that were used to justify surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Steele was working for Fusion GPS, which received funding through the Perkins Coie law firm from the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Steele's Democratic benefactors were not revealed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Barr said this month that “it’s a very unusual situation to have opposition research like that — especially one that on its face had a number of clear mistakes and a somewhat jejune analysis.” Barr’s pointed critiques of the Steele dossier’s flaws comes after former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI General Counsel James Baker defended their handling of the dossier in recent weeks.

With rare exception, all politicos suck!

Lee, may bad, but I just noticed this post, which I believe is the most concise encapsulation of the basics of this case that I have seen.

The problem with so much of the network and cable news coverage, including Fox, is that many people emerge from the nightly noise with confused eyes and facial twitches.

Too often, the "expert" commentators and investigative reporters are shoved into mid-sentence silence by redundant, ego-driven hosts, who believe the viewer values their excited, spit-flying insights over the calm, learned facts of the suppressed guest specialists.

The result being: Noise without understanding, and tutorials without informed result. For simplicity sake, the viewing student finds comfort in just tuning-out, and embracing the default narrative it holds by prejudicial favor.

To illustrate, viewing the prime time bedlam reminds me of one of my Italian grandmother's card club meetings during the 1950s and 1960s. With all of the indecipherable foreign squawking and hyper-animation, it was difficult to tell if these women actually liked each other, or were the second incarnation of the Milan mob that hung Mussolini by his feet.

In any event, your comments cut through all of the crap and serve as a refocusing set point, so that, every night, this whole thing makes some sense.

I'm impressed.

[mark blazejewski]

Picking sides in this toxic period of politics is like trying to pick up a turd on its clean end.

This too, is concise, understandable, and accurately described!

[Lee Chowaniec]

Send in the clowns

In today’s world of fake news, I don’t know if the following ever made to a media outlet or whether there is a Mr. Bardmessar, however, the correspondence well reflects what many in the public are thinking and feeling. A recent poll indicated that the public is tired of the media’s BS and rate it higher in their list of concerns than climate change and immigration issues.

Unfortunately for Biden, the radical left and their socialism agenda will continue attacking him, pushing him further left, making Trump the lesser of two evils as in 2016.

It was written by George S. Bardmesser, an attorney in private practice in the Washington, DC area:

SEND IN THE CLOWNS

by George S. Bardmesser

It’s a damn shame I have to wait another 20 months to vote for President Trump. I wish I could do it now. Twice. Or better yet, in as many jurisdictions as I can. Preferably in every swing district and every swing state.

Yeah, yeah, I know — sadly, I can’t. It’s been a hell of a ride these past couple of years, and I sure hope it doesn’t end next November.

I am a middle-of-the-road Republican who voted for Trump with the utmost reluctance in 2016. He sure wasn’t perfect. He was no Cicero, either ––though he can give a decent speech when the chips are down. He had a few extra skeletons rattling in his closet, especially compared to colorless non-entities like Jeb. So yeah, I was queasy about voting for an ex-registered-Democrat-from-New-York-and-possible-liberal-now-turned-Republican.

Was I worried? Hell, yeah! Was I depressed? You bet. But, really, what options were there? Hillary? Jill Stein? Seriously? Trump wasn’t my first choice or my second choice or my third choice, but by the time November 2016 rolled around, Trump was the only choice on the menu. So, I swallowed hard, took a leap of faith, and pulled the lever for the Donald. And let me tell you, every time one of these newly minted Democratic “stars” opens their mouth, the same thought goes through my mind: Thank God for Trump. Trump is my last line of defense. Trump is the only thing that stands between me and these hallucinogenic socialist nut jobs. Trump is what’s keeping chaos and left-wing insanity at bay.

Maybe I am not a gettable voter for the Democrats. Certainly not easily gettable, but had Trump turned out to be a closet Nelson Rockefeller, and the Democrats were to nominate a genuine centrist, who knows what could’ve happened? Isn’t that what politicians running for president are supposed to do –– spend a few months promoting themselves as the reasonable choice, and the other guy as unacceptable?

But today, every single Democrat I can name is working overtime to make damn certain that I will pull the lever for Trump again, and with both hands this time. Trump need not worry about locking down my vote; the Democrats are doing all the heavy lifting.

Every time the Democrats and their media allies peddle yet another “end of the Trump presidency bombshell,” I laugh hysterically. If I laughed any harder, people would think I was having an epileptic seizure.

I can’t even keep track of half the revelations that were supposed to bring Trump to an ignominious end. Even the Democrats forget most of them within days. Remember Papadopoulos? Flynn? Gates? Roger Stone? Some 77-year-old guy I’ve never heard of, getting a handjob at a Florida massage parlor?

Say what? This is a Trump scandal because apparently the former massage parlor owner posed with Trump and various Republicans who know or have spoken to Trump. Who? What? Huh? Democrats don’t just own crazy anymore; Democrats left crazy in their rearview mirror months ago.

Stormy Daniels? Right. Who gives two ****s about Trump’s sex life 12 years ago? But, but, “Trump paid her off! It was hush money!” you say? Yeah, okay. He probably did. Oh, hell, who are we kidding here? I am certain that he did. And I care about all this why? I can see why Melania would care, but why do I care?

Heck, I’ll go even further––it wouldn’t surprise me if Trump paid off a bunch of other women over the years. In fact, and here I am really going out on a limb, there was some reason to suspect, even before the election, that Trump hasn’t always been a faithful husband to his various wives. But, dear Democrats: I just checked my Vanguard and Fidelity account balances, and I just don’t give a squat about Trump’s sex life or his ex-mistresses or how much they cost him.

Michael who, you say. Michael Cohen? Oh, yeah, the sleaze ball who took Trump’s money for years and years, and then, once his taxicab schemes and assorted other shenanigans fell apart and prison time loomed, suddenly had an epiphany about Trump? The guy who plead guilty to lying to Congress? The guy who begged Trump for a pardon? That Michael Cohen? If Democrats think Michael Cohen’s pathetic drooling before some congressional committee will change my mind, they are beyond delusional.

Trump Organization, you say? Something about possible non-compliance with New York State health insurance purchasing regulations? Congress will investigate, you say. Uh huh. I am fatigued out with these investigations. You want me to vote for some Democrat because Andrew Cuomo says Trump didn’t follow his insurance regulations? Are you people for real?

What’s that? Russia? Mueller? Collusion? I am sick of Russia and I am sick of Mueller. I am sick of Comey, Rosenstein, Ohr, McCabe, Yates, Strzok, Page, Baker, and the rest of the gang. I am beyond sick of them. I am vomit-inducingly sick of them. (And, for the record, I was born in Russia, so I know Russia like these Democrat clowns can’t even imagine.) After years of nonstop investigations, all they actually have on the collusion front is Manafort’s tax evasion from 10 years ago. That’s it?

Remember that New York Times monster 15,000-word article about Trump’s inheritance taxes 30 years ago? Ask me if I care, Jared Kushner? Next! Ivanka’s shoe line? Whatever. Trump Hotel in DC? Yawn. The Emoluments Clause? Puuuuhhhhlease. Obstruction? Here, I agree. Trump made a mistake. He should have fired Comey’s ass on day one instead of waiting two months to do it.

But then, this is all yesterday’s news. Who needs last year’s bombshells when we have today’s contestants! The Donkey Party has a new leader: someone called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Every time her bright red lips form a sentence; I hear a clarion call: Must Vote for Trump! Unlike AOC, I actually know firsthand what socialism is. I don’t need to imagine the future that AOC is trying to shove down my throat. I lived in that future and I pray I’ll never have to live in that future again.

Every time AOC proposes to build trains to Europe or wants butt plugs for cows to control their flatulence, or wants to spend $93 trillion on fairyland, I really, really want to vote for Trump. So, make Ocasio-Cortez more visible! Make Ocasio-Cortez speaker of the House! Make her the keynote speaker at the convention!

All the CNN talking heads agree that Trump is an idiot. Maybe, but at least he isn’t planning to ban my car. Trump lies? Maybe, but with Trump, we’ll still have airplanes - and my 401(k) plan has been doing great since his election.

This gets us to the next installment of “Friday the 13th,” a.k.a. the Democratic presidential candidates. Kamala Harris, you say? You seriously want me to vote for Kamala Harris? And you say that Cory “Spartacus” Booker is just like Kamala, only better and balder? Are you kidding me? Pete Buttigieg? Ask me again when I stop laughing.

Bernie? Really? This grumpy near octogenarian “public service” millionaire with three mansions is running for the presidency of the wrong country. All his best ideas have already been put into practice --- in Venezuela.

This is a guy who pseudo-honeymooned in the USSR (two years before it collapsed!) and didn’t notice that people were waiting in mile-long lines for literally everything. This is a guy who has never met a paleo-Stalinist dictator he couldn’t be best pals with. Bernie doesn’t need to pretend he is a complete crank; he is a complete crank.

I will personally call every one of my friends, neighbors, and acquaintances, and beg them to vote for Trump. I will even offer to come and wash their cars while in the nude, if only they’d vote for Trump.

Did someone say Warren? Warren, the first Cherokee candidate — that Warren? Doesn’t she now want reparations not just for African Americans, but also for Native Americans? Where, oh where, is that lever to pull for Trump

Biden? The creepy old guy who likes to massage women and 13-year-old girls in public? That guy? I have a 19-year-old daughter, and I sure hope he never goes anywhere near her. But I do hope he runs. It feels like he’s been running for president in every election since Eisenhower. Can he lurch far enough to the left this time, to satisfy the woke police? I doubt it, but it will be fun to watch him try.

Ilhan Omar? Maybe she should run for president too. Nancy suggests that Omar is a good person who is simply too ignorant to understand what her words mean. I disagree. Omar is only saying what all the other Democrats are thinking. Yes, she is an anti-Semite. Yes, she is totally mainstream within the Democratic Party.

Throw that toxic Tlaib person into the mix, and we’ve got the triumvirate that truly runs the Democratic Party now –– Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, and Tlaib. I see this nutterfest, and let me tell you, dear Democrats: I am motivated as hell. If ever given a choice (in this election or in other ones) between Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, Pelosi, Warren, Harris, Booker, Biden, Sanders, or Trump, I will take Trump any day of the week.

I am a highly motivated Trump voter because the Democrats have motivated me up to my eyeballs. I have never been more motivated in my life because the Democrats are terrifying me. I am locked, cocked, and ready to rock in that voting booth. I just wish I didn’t have to wait 20 months.

[Lee Chowaniec]

“Trump’s escalation of tariffs between the United States and China has “crushed” farmers in Iowa. He thinks he’s being tough,” Biden said. “Well, it’s easy to be tough when someone else is feeling the pain.” Biden repeated his oft-stated claim that Trump is a "threat to our core values."

The New York Times just dropped a brutal story reporting that President Trump is instructing his aides to lie about his poor standing in internal polls. Trump trails all six by between five and 13 points, with Joe Biden holding the biggest advantage and the lesser-known candidates — Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) and Mayor Pete Buttigieg — holding the smallest leads.

Whose core values are being crushed by whom?

Freedom of speech

Attack on freedom of speech and/or opinion by the radical left on those who dare challenge their ideology or opinion – so-called political correctness by a group who deems itself tolerant, civil and inclusive. A counter opinion and you are labeled a ‘deplorable’, racist, etc.

Illegal Immigration

We have progressed from ‘illegal aliens’ to ‘undocumented immigrants’ to immigrants; and where immigrants are now recognized by some as having equal rights to American citizens. Open borders has become acceptable to some and the resources spent to accommodate such ‘humanitarian crisis’ is warranted.

Climate change

Yes, climate change is real and has to be addressed. Wake up Trump! The New Green Deal is outlandish and unattainable for myriad economical reasons and consequences to the middleclass.

Does anyone think about the need to mine large tracks of land to get the rare earth minerals used in the manufacture of solar cells and wind turbines?

At the same time does anyone think about what 7+ billion people are doing to the environment? Landfills 240-ft high; plastic and other toxic waste materials found in our oceans and waterways; clean drinking water becoming less abundant.

Free stuff

Paying people for not working? Baby banks? Free education? Then again, Mayor de Blasio and most of the other presidential candidates are confident there is enough money to do everything – with no cost to the middleclass. Really?

Decriminalization

Decriminalizing recreational marijuana and prostitution, advocating late term and full term abortion.

Socialism

If history and conditions in many countries practicing socialism isn’t enough to demonstrate the shortcomings and/or failures of socialism, then who gives a **** about climate change or the environment.

Congress

Worse of all, we have a feckless, dysfunctional, inept partisan Congress that promises solutions and can’t even see their way to sitting across the table from each other and discussing what’s in the country’s best interest, not they’re own.

Thanks’ guys. That goes for the media as well. We must look like the ‘****hole’ to other countries.

[Lee Chowaniec]

Just when you think national politics can’t get anymore bizarre, both major political parties find a way to heighten the madness.

Trump is bizarre, unconventional, untruthful, inconsistent, narcissistic, whatever, and so difficult to support. One would think he would be a soft target for the Dems to defeat in 2020 -, or to impeach, as is their main agenda to assure he doesn’t get re-elected in 2020. How can a Trump supporter remain one when they read and hear the barrage of negative charges against him daily by the Democratic Party and the complicit mainstream media?

Trump’s claim that he would take information from foreign governments on an opponent has further incited the Democrats to strengthen their impeachment charge. Ludicrous as it was a hypothetical and has yet to happen. However, the left and media will use any venue to discredit and demean the president - as foolish as most of their assault has become.

Pelosi and the left charges Trump with obstruction. It’s all there in the Mueller report. Representative Adam Schiff who boldly stated that he had the proof that there was collusion between Trump and the Russians has been silenced and marches on unembarrassed.

Yet the hypocritical Dems appear to be quite involved in a cover-up of their making, purchasing bogus information from a foreign source and peddling it to our intelligence agencies (Steele dossier) - now considered as the origin of the illicit Mueller report. And now the intelligence community and the Dems are crying foul that they are under investigation for conspiracy and collusion.

The left and their media and celebrity cronies label Trump as unpresidential, a despot, a threat to democracy and freedom, on par with Hitler, unhinged, deserving impeachment and jail, clueless in foreign diplomacy and often publicly mocked without reason. So much for the civility, political correctness ad inclusiveness the left preaches.

They all help to divide this country, bring global shame and mistrust, and are certainly not acting in anyone’s best interest but their own.

Can’t wait for the Democratic primary debates to begin. The left is trying to not only push Biden further to the left, but to push him right off the stage. Today Beto O’Rourke charged that going back to the Obama administration is not good enough. One has to wonder what Mr. Obama has to say about that – or moderate / centrist Democrats.

I am hoping to learn how a socialist form of government bests the system we have in place. To learn how the New Green Deal costs will be accounted for and the impact on the middle class.

As a retiree I will be interested to hear whether their will be any conversation on Social Security or will the conversation center on improving the wellbeing of illegal immigrants, free stuff and the usual promises to be broken.

18 months to election day, a lot will change. But as I said in a previous post, choosing a candidate at this moment is analogous to picking up a turd by its clean side.

If Diogenes roamed our streets today with his lamp looking for an honest politician or media report, what would he find today?