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In reply to the discussion: BOTTOM LINE: This is a DISASTER for Donald J. Trump [View all]RHMerriman
(1,376 posts)58. "the only patriots in all this are the Democrats in Congress"...
..."the only patriots in all this are the Democrats in Congress"... as in the original OP.
The GOP lost their chance to use the Mueller probe to forge some sort of "compromise/bargain" along the lines of Nixon-Ford. With a (small) number of honorable exceptions, the Republicans - certainly at the level of Barr and McConnell have made their bed and climbed in for the last time.
Today was Trump last "good" day in a lot of ways, and anyone on the right side of the aisle not laboring under Trump's personal intellectual and moral handicaps can see it.
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You are familiar with the 'standard' when it comes to 'criminal justice', yes?
mr_lebowski
Mar 2019
#22
It's a short term win...make no mistake. But Mueller farmed out enough corruption to bring him
UniteFightBack
Mar 2019
#2
Not of his own volition, he won't, because I hen he's on the hook for obstruction, too.
Volaris
Mar 2019
#21
And the difference between 2019 and 1973 in terms of electronic data records is
RHMerriman
Mar 2019
#10
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 agree, HOPE is a nice platatude but little else. Kinda like 'thoughts and prayers';
NotHardly
Mar 2019
#49
A, Mueller has not said Trump is "innocent"... he hasn't said anything, honestly;
RHMerriman
Mar 2019
#34
You don't think Trump, the master of communications, will exploit this to his advantage?
dem4decades
Mar 2019
#42
Thanks ... as always, the Republicans NEED the Democrats to clean up the mess
RHMerriman
Mar 2019
#46
OP:"now the whole scandal is firmly in the hands of a patriotic Congress" HUH? The SENATE,patriotic?
BamaRefugee
Mar 2019
#55
Your understanding of " the gravity of what Mueller did" is based on what, exactly?
RHMerriman
Mar 2019
#59
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