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On May 18 2017 04:30 biology]major wrote:
My prediction: Comey will testify confirming report, memo will be obtained and will also confirm report. This will lead to Trump using a defense of : "idk?" or "jk", to which the repulicans will say "damn, good enough for me" and we will go about our business.

On May 18 2017 04:33 KwarK wrote:

I just want to say that I'm enjoying your new apathy bio.

On May 18 2017 04:33 KwarK wrote:

I just want to say that I'm enjoying your new apathy bio.

On May 18 2017 04:55 ShoCkeyy wrote:
Plansix is right here, I'm already witnessing a lot of old time republicans switch democrat because they don't want this garbage any more.

On May 18 2017 04:53 ZeromuS wrote:
There probably aren't enough republicans in the US willing to vote for a democrat no matter how much they dislike trump just because of their partisan principles.

On May 18 2017 05:02 chocorush wrote:
Don't know if anybody posted this, but jesus this guy can't prep for an interview worth shit:

http://www.economist.com/trumptranscript

Anxiety and dismay spread throughout the ranks of Capitol Hill Republicans on Wednesday as lawmakers reckoned with the fallout from the James Comey scandal and the damage it could cause to President Donald Trump and their own agenda.

Republicans quickly split into factions — from defending Trump and blaming the media on one end, to calling for a special prosecutor and even raising the specter of impeachment on the other — as they responded to news that Trump allegedly pressured the former FBI director to drop the agency's investigation of Trump's ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Many others demanded that Comey testify and turn over private memos documenting his conversations with Trump.

Privately, Republicans are plainly distressed and even panicked over what a prolonged scandal could mean for their agenda and grip on power. Some wonder if Trump will still be president next year, while others are frustrated that the White House hasn't done more damage control. Chatter has begun about what a President Mike Pence might look like.

And many lawmakers don't want to defend Trump publicly because they don't know what damaging revelation will come next.

“Things are tough now, we all know that,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said of the mood on Capitol Hill. “What do you think this is, a joy ride?”

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and party leaders appear mostly to be playing for time, and trying to provide political cover for their rank-and-file. Ryan said he would reserve judgment until the facts are out, but that Congress should seek out those facts. He's backing House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz’s effort to have Comey appear before his panel, one of at least three committees seeking to hear directly from the ex-FBI director. Chaffetz called a May 24 hearing with Comey, although the Oversight chairman hasn’t yet connected with him.

More than a half-dozen Republicans — including Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) — are joining Democrats in calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor or independent commission to investigate the Trump-Comey interactions, as well as the alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. Another bloc is open to such a move if more damaging information emerges. Murkowski said Wednesday that “it may be that we need to look” to the independent avenues to investigate the matter.

Trump backers — a small but vocal group — deny the president did anything wrong. They blame the media, the “deep state” and Democrats for the president’s problems.

And least three House Republicans — Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Carlos Curbelo (Fla.), and Walter Jones (N.C.) — have warned that the allegations against Trump, if true, could constitute obstruction of justice and an impeachable offense. Sen. John McCain compared Trump’s situation to Watergate.

"I think it could be" impeachable, Jones told POLITICO. "We have to see where the evidence goes. If the evidence proves — and there has to be a proof — that there is reason for a discussion on impeachment, then it needs to happen... If we don't protect the truth and defend the truth, then there's no hope.... This has probably been the four months that I have felt like my nation is upside down."

Multiple Republicans said there's been a palpable mood change inside the GOP, as lawmakers worry that a Trump implosion could wreck their own careers.

On May 18 2017 04:53 ZeromuS wrote:
The sheer fact that the GOP has become so absolutely partisan is the biggest issue here - not even Trump to be honest.

I mean if they hold onto him to keep his base, are there enough non-trump base voters who will support the GOP? If the answer is yes - you won't see any impeachment.

There probably aren't enough republicans in the US willing to vote for a democrat no matter how much they dislike trump just because of their partisan principles.

Its really a huge issue and it will take a LOT to turn died in the wool republicans into democrat voters even for one election cycle. And these aren't even trump cultists I'm talking about, just your GOP party lovers and Dem haters. I don't think anything will actually turn Trumps real base against him at this point.

On May 18 2017 05:16 biology]major wrote:


Breaking news would be if he became the next fbi director, that doesn't even seem remotely news worthy.

On May 18 2017 05:19 Plansix wrote:
he implied that Clinton should be assassinated

On May 18 2017 05:21 KwarK wrote:

That was actually Trump.

But yeah, Clarke is a nightmare.