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ScratchCat

(1,975 posts)
3. Because if he isn't indicted
Mon Dec 10, 2018, 01:52 PM
Dec 2018

It means that the laws of the United States reward an individual for cheating to become President by making him immune from prosecution and potentially able to pardon co-conspirators, or possibly, himself.

How could anyone, regardless of political party, support such a system? It would be an outright admission that one can commit any crime to become President, and just as long as you win, you can't be prosecuted. Nobody is for this.

Botany

(70,428 posts)
4. Napolitano to Trump; It is under the bus for you.
Mon Dec 10, 2018, 02:59 PM
Dec 2018

Judge Andrew Napolitano just threw Trump under the bus and he did it live on Fox News.

kag

(4,078 posts)
5. If fox did more commentary like this...
Mon Dec 10, 2018, 03:15 PM
Dec 2018

even with the right-wing spin, I wouldn't object to them so much. I actually learned a new thing or two from this interview, even though I know that Napolitano is a hack most of the time. Still, what I object to with fox is the obvious spin masquerading as "news".

I still wouldn't watch them, but I wouldn't be quite so pissed off at them all the time.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
6. He's been a Trump-defending nut before, but recently....
Mon Dec 10, 2018, 03:30 PM
Dec 2018

... he seems to be convinced Trump is in real trouble.

pnwmom

(108,950 posts)
8. I was going to share this further but I was disturbed to hear him compare
Mon Dec 10, 2018, 04:21 PM
Dec 2018

the situation with John Edwards, who was found not guilty of a campaign violation.

Edwards's payment was NOT a campaign expense.It was given more than a year before the election, before he started his campaign -- and it was given by a friend so his dying wife wouldn't find out.

Kablooie

(18,603 posts)
10. Fox only presents commentator views that follow the direction they have decided to go.
Mon Dec 10, 2018, 04:52 PM
Dec 2018

Therefore Fox has decided to state that Trump is guilty of a felony.
This could be the turning point where Fox starts to throw Trump under the bus.

Their editorial decisions are made to maximize viewers and profit so it seems they've decided that positioning Trump as a felon will bring in the most viewers. This could possibly be the beginning of the spectacle of watching Trump go down.

Their Stepford Trump viewers are easily influenced and would soon join in the tar and feathering of Trump, delighting in their blood lust and therefore eliminating his base.
Once the base turns on him, of course, the Republican politicians will follow like the toadies they are.


It may not go this way but it will be interesting to watch and see.

Botany

(70,428 posts)
12. This is the 2nd time that Napolitano has thrown Trump under the bus and called him a crook on Fox
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 07:42 PM
Dec 2018
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211534597

I am getting the idea that some of the PTB are done with Trump.

Funny, when Andrew N. skips his right wing act he is as good as Jill
Wine Banks @ explaining the law.
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