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maggot has begun crowing MFM008 Mar 2019 #1
What do you think Nixon said throughout all of '73-74? RHMerriman Mar 2019 #3
Was he basically exonerated by a Special Counsel? mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #9
Ever hear of John Mitchell? RHMerriman Mar 2019 #12
So ... no, then? mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #14
Barr's own words aren't even an exoneration... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #15
You are familiar with the 'standard' when it comes to 'criminal justice', yes? mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #22
You're the one who brought it up in the original post RHMerriman Mar 2019 #24
It's a short term win...make no mistake. But Mueller farmed out enough corruption to bring him UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #2
It's not even a short-term win... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #4
Let's see if Barr allows congress to see the full report. CentralMass Mar 2019 #5
Ever hear of the Pentagon Papers? RHMerriman Mar 2019 #6
Thread winner malaise Mar 2019 #18
Thanks ... I'm trying RHMerriman Mar 2019 #20
THIS is important! bluestarone Mar 2019 #7
Yes it is... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #11
Not of his own volition, he won't, because I hen he's on the hook for obstruction, too. Volaris Mar 2019 #21
If they didn't find the tapes Nixon would have survived the investigation. shockey80 Mar 2019 #8
And the difference between 2019 and 1973 in terms of electronic data records is RHMerriman Mar 2019 #10
So is the earnestness of the public and of the senate leadership lostnfound Mar 2019 #13
Assuming facts not in evidence, counselor. RHMerriman Mar 2019 #16
You think they'll be persuaded by facts? The cult believes in trump more than their own eyes. Nt lostnfound Mar 2019 #68
You mentioned the Senate, the House, and "Americans" - which ones are corruption tolerant, and RHMerriman Mar 2019 #70
I did not mention the House for exactly that reason. Nt lostnfound Mar 2019 #81
It also doesn't hurt kurtcagle Mar 2019 #52
Good point... as it stands at the moment, RHMerriman Mar 2019 #54
'start acting like it' Volaris Mar 2019 #17
Damn straight... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #19
I like to play pretend too. Drunken Irishman Mar 2019 #23
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I'm plenty grown... Drunken Irishman Mar 2019 #28
So what are you going to do about it, Mick? RHMerriman Mar 2019 #29
Yes. That's all I can do. I'm done hoping, tho. Drunken Irishman Mar 2019 #33
Perhaps you'd benefit from some more liquid courage, Mick RHMerriman Mar 2019 #37
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Nothing wrong with liquid courage if that's all you've got... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #50
I agree, HOPE is a nice platatude but little else. Kinda like 'thoughts and prayers'; NotHardly Mar 2019 #49
Who the hell said we're "hoping"? RHMerriman Mar 2019 #51
Mick? sheshe2 Mar 2019 #83
Right? MrsCoffee Mar 2019 #84
"Mick"? To an Irishman? Got any more ethnic slurs you can throw out? George II Mar 2019 #85
It ain't over till it is OVER. and...IT AIN'T OVER..nt Stuart G Mar 2019 #25
True enough, Coach Berra. RHMerriman Mar 2019 #27
Why it ain't Over... Stuart G Mar 2019 #30
Indeed ... historical perspective is a beautiful thing RHMerriman Mar 2019 #31
Jaworski just said Nixon is innocent. That's what we're looking at. dem4decades Mar 2019 #32
A, Mueller has not said Trump is "innocent"... he hasn't said anything, honestly; RHMerriman Mar 2019 #34
Mueller folded his hand. I'm supposed to be happy. I went all in on him. dem4decades Mar 2019 #36
Based on what, exactly? Barr's 4-page press release? RHMerriman Mar 2019 #38
You don't think Trump, the master of communications, will exploit this to his advantage? dem4decades Mar 2019 #42
Have you ever been persuaded of anything by Trump? RHMerriman Mar 2019 #43
I don't think so..I think what was said..no federal laws were broken. Stuart G Mar 2019 #35
It is most definitely not "over"... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #40
I'm kicking every positive thread I see! lunatica Mar 2019 #39
Damn right RHMerriman Mar 2019 #41
Me too. Tipperary Mar 2019 #44
True that... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #47
Unrealistic expectations treestar Mar 2019 #63
Hear, hear... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #66
Recommended. Tipperary Mar 2019 #45
Thanks ... as always, the Republicans NEED the Democrats to clean up the mess RHMerriman Mar 2019 #46
I'm 70 years old so I've been around long enough also lunatica Mar 2019 #69
Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it RHMerriman Mar 2019 #71
That's good! lunatica Mar 2019 #72
Stole the first part from Georges Santayana, of course RHMerriman Mar 2019 #74
It's the second part I was talking about. lunatica Mar 2019 #77
A janitor found some tape over a door lock at the Watergate hotel cutroot Mar 2019 #53
True, but what is clear is that the Democrats aren't buying it... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #57
OP:"now the whole scandal is firmly in the hands of a patriotic Congress" HUH? The SENATE,patriotic? BamaRefugee Mar 2019 #55
"the only patriots in all this are the Democrats in Congress"... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #58
Good luck with all that. DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #56
Your understanding of " the gravity of what Mueller did" is based on what, exactly? RHMerriman Mar 2019 #59
Reality. nt DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #61
Well that's, like, your opinion, man. RHMerriman Mar 2019 #64
No use overstating the obvious nt DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #82
Had a different zentrum Mar 2019 #60
Different Democratic Party, as well... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #62
Hope you're right, but zentrum Mar 2019 #80
i don't have to have guts. i need my leaders to have guts Kurt V. Mar 2019 #65
Two-way street, Mr. Vonnegut RHMerriman Mar 2019 #67
And he's a criminal a jillion times over thegoose Mar 2019 #73
Indeed he is... RHMerriman Mar 2019 #75
You know it! thegoose Mar 2019 #76
Yes, it's not as much of a disaster as it could have been or as trump is "claiming"... George II Mar 2019 #78
Not a disaster, but gloating about plausible deniability in being unknowingly used by Russia Freethinker65 Mar 2019 #79
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