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I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    #24

    None of the charges are about actual justice. They are political in nature, designed for one purpose.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
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      #25

      It's interesting to see the differing opinions of McCarthy and Barr. Barr seems to think that there's some there there.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        None of the charges are about actual justice. They are political in nature, designed for one purpose.

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        @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

        None of the charges are about actual justice. They are political in nature, designed for one purpose.

        Yes, Trump is as innocent as the day is long.

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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          @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

          None of the charges are about actual justice. They are political in nature, designed for one purpose.

          Yes, Trump is as innocent as the day is long.

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          #27

          @jon-nyc said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

          @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

          None of the charges are about actual justice. They are political in nature, designed for one purpose.

          Yes, Trump is as innocent as the day is long.

          Let's put it this way...There are people in politics guilty of much worse things than Trump. Yet, Trump seems to be the only one worthy of such scrutiny...

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            NobodySock
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            Let's see, worse than causing an insurrection and an attempted coup to override a fair election. Worse than molesting and raping dozens of women and just grabbing them by the pussy. Worse than lying to America and saying that Covid is nothing to worry about and will just vanish, poof!, while doing nothing in the first critical days of its spread except to keep Chinese from flying to America. Worse than stealing top secret documents and most likely having already sold many of them to Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.
            Hmmmmm, those people must have done something pretty bad.

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            • N NobodySock

              Let's see, worse than causing an insurrection and an attempted coup to override a fair election. Worse than molesting and raping dozens of women and just grabbing them by the pussy. Worse than lying to America and saying that Covid is nothing to worry about and will just vanish, poof!, while doing nothing in the first critical days of its spread except to keep Chinese from flying to America. Worse than stealing top secret documents and most likely having already sold many of them to Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.
              Hmmmmm, those people must have done something pretty bad.

              George KG Offline
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              George K
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              @NobodySock said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

              Let's see, worse than causing an insurrection and an attempted coup to override a fair election. Worse than molesting and raping dozens of women and just grabbing them by the pussy. Worse than lying to America and saying that Covid is nothing to worry about and will just vanish, poof!, while doing nothing in the first critical days of its spread except to keep Chinese from flying to America. Worse than stealing top secret documents and most likely having already sold many of them to Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.

              QFT

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • CopperC Offline
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                I have to admit, I don't believe most of the post that was just quoted.

                I'm sure most of you guys believe all of it, I'm feeling a little left out.

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                • N NobodySock

                  Let's see, worse than causing an insurrection and an attempted coup to override a fair election. Worse than molesting and raping dozens of women and just grabbing them by the pussy. Worse than lying to America and saying that Covid is nothing to worry about and will just vanish, poof!, while doing nothing in the first critical days of its spread except to keep Chinese from flying to America. Worse than stealing top secret documents and most likely having already sold many of them to Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.
                  Hmmmmm, those people must have done something pretty bad.

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                  @NobodySock said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                  Let's see, worse than causing an insurrection and an attempted coup to override a fair election. Worse than molesting and raping dozens of women and just grabbing them by the pussy. Worse than lying to America and saying that Covid is nothing to worry about and will just vanish, poof!, while doing nothing in the first critical days of its spread except to keep Chinese from flying to America. Worse than stealing top secret documents and most likely having already sold many of them to Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.
                  Hmmmmm, those people must have done something pretty bad.

                  He did all of that? Shocking!

                  The Brad

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                  • JollyJ Offline
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                    Is there anything Trump can't do?

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      Is there anything Trump can't do?

                      George KG Offline
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                      @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                      Is there anything Trump can't do?

                      Keep his mouth shut?

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        @jon-nyc said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                        @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                        None of the charges are about actual justice. They are political in nature, designed for one purpose.

                        Yes, Trump is as innocent as the day is long.

                        Let's put it this way...There are people in politics guilty of much worse things than Trump. Yet, Trump seems to be the only one worthy of such scrutiny...

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                        @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                        Let's put it this way...There are people in politics guilty of much worse things than Trump.

                        I suspect it is not in the interest of either tribe to examine corruption too closely as it is so thoughtfully interwoven into the fabric of our nation's system of governance.

                        As for DJT, he's got a pretty long history of grift, deception, theft and such. A review of the 7 heavenly virtues vs sins versus the 7 deadly sins would suggest Trump does better the latter, than the former.

                        Vitrue: Temperance, Diligence, Kindness, Patience, Humility, Chastity
                        Sin: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath, Pride

                        On the other hand, I suspect very few congress critters do well with integrity or most of the virtues. It's not like one team owns integrity.
                        The system encourages (requires?) that politicians sell themselves. And looking backward, while the scale of corruption may be more ingrained, it was always there.

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                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            #36

                            To me, saying that others maybe did the same thing is no excuse. Fine, go after them also. But to say that President Trump should get a "free pass" because of this is a bad idea.

                            Normalizing the behavior is a downward trend.

                            Suppose you are traveling down a road side by side with another car. The speed limit 60 kph and you two cars are going 80kph. The police man stops just you and the other car continues. You get a ticket. Should you not get the ticket because there was another car (that did not get a ticket) doing the same thing? Do you think a judge would agree to that strategy?

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                            • kluursK kluurs

                              @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                              Let's put it this way...There are people in politics guilty of much worse things than Trump.

                              I suspect it is not in the interest of either tribe to examine corruption too closely as it is so thoughtfully interwoven into the fabric of our nation's system of governance.

                              As for DJT, he's got a pretty long history of grift, deception, theft and such. A review of the 7 heavenly virtues vs sins versus the 7 deadly sins would suggest Trump does better the latter, than the former.

                              Vitrue: Temperance, Diligence, Kindness, Patience, Humility, Chastity
                              Sin: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath, Pride

                              On the other hand, I suspect very few congress critters do well with integrity or most of the virtues. It's not like one team owns integrity.
                              The system encourages (requires?) that politicians sell themselves. And looking backward, while the scale of corruption may be more ingrained, it was always there.

                              JollyJ Offline
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                              Jolly
                              wrote on last edited by
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                              @kluurs said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                              @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                              Let's put it this way...There are people in politics guilty of much worse things than Trump.

                              I suspect it is not in the interest of either tribe to examine corruption too closely as it is so thoughtfully interwoven into the fabric of our nation's system of governance.

                              As for DJT, he's got a pretty long history of grift, deception, theft and such. A review of the 7 heavenly virtues vs sins versus the 7 deadly sins would suggest Trump does better the latter, than the former.

                              Vitrue: Temperance, Diligence, Kindness, Patience, Humility, Chastity
                              Sin: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath, Pride

                              On the other hand, I suspect very few congress critters do well with integrity or most of the virtues. It's not like one team owns integrity.
                              The system encourages (requires?) that politicians sell themselves. And looking backward, while the scale of corruption may be more ingrained, it was always there.

                              You probably know as well as I do, there aren't any saints who inhabit the Oval Office.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              • George KG Offline
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                                George K
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                                There's no question that bad behavior on the part of one party doesn't excuse similar bad behavior on another party.

                                But...when one party is not prosecuted and another one is, that's problematic. The situation isn't quite as simple as a cop stopping one speeder and not another. Clinton's mishandling of classified materials, and destruction of potential evidence doesn't excuse Trump, but it makes you question what the Department of Justice is doing.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • George KG George K

                                  There's no question that bad behavior on the part of one party doesn't excuse similar bad behavior on another party.

                                  But...when one party is not prosecuted and another one is, that's problematic. The situation isn't quite as simple as a cop stopping one speeder and not another. Clinton's mishandling of classified materials, and destruction of potential evidence doesn't excuse Trump, but it makes you question what the Department of Justice is doing.

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                                  @George-K I understand what you are saying, but a defense of "others are doing the same thing and not getting arrested" isn't much of a defense.

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                                  • George KG George K

                                    There's no question that bad behavior on the part of one party doesn't excuse similar bad behavior on another party.

                                    But...when one party is not prosecuted and another one is, that's problematic. The situation isn't quite as simple as a cop stopping one speeder and not another. Clinton's mishandling of classified materials, and destruction of potential evidence doesn't excuse Trump, but it makes you question what the Department of Justice is doing.

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                                    @George-K said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                                    But...when one party is not prosecuted and another one is, that's problematic. The situation isn't quite as simple as a cop stopping one speeder and not another. Clinton's mishandling of classified materials, and destruction of potential evidence doesn't excuse Trump, but it makes you question what the Department of Justice is doing.

                                    No, Trump's mishandling of classified material is singularly bad, there is no equivalent in the history of the US that has not been prosecuted by the government.

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                                    • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                      To me, saying that others maybe did the same thing is no excuse. Fine, go after them also. But to say that President Trump should get a "free pass" because of this is a bad idea.

                                      Normalizing the behavior is a downward trend.

                                      Suppose you are traveling down a road side by side with another car. The speed limit 60 kph and you two cars are going 80kph. The police man stops just you and the other car continues. You get a ticket. Should you not get the ticket because there was another car (that did not get a ticket) doing the same thing? Do you think a judge would agree to that strategy?

                                      JollyJ Offline
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                                      @taiwan_girl said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                                      To me, saying that others maybe did the same thing is no excuse. Fine, go after them also. But to say that President Trump should get a "free pass" because of this is a bad idea.

                                      Normalizing the behavior is a downward trend.

                                      Suppose you are traveling down a road side by side with another car. The speed limit 60 kph and you two cars are going 80kph. The police man stops just you and the other car continues. You get a ticket. Should you not get the ticket because there was another car (that did not get a ticket) doing the same thing? Do you think a judge would agree to that strategy?

                                      Better yet, how about two cars are going down the road, one doing 80 and the other doing 100. The cop has orders to let the 100kph go, while stopping the 80kph car. Better yet, the news media is waiting with multiple reporters and camera crews to cover the traffic stop of the person doing 80. They notice the other car doing 100, but ignore it.

                                      Now, you have a better analogy.

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                        @George-K said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                                        But...when one party is not prosecuted and another one is, that's problematic. The situation isn't quite as simple as a cop stopping one speeder and not another. Clinton's mishandling of classified materials, and destruction of potential evidence doesn't excuse Trump, but it makes you question what the Department of Justice is doing.

                                        No, Trump's mishandling of classified material is singularly bad, there is no equivalent in the history of the US that has not been prosecuted by the government.

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                                        @Axtremus said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                                        No, Trump's mishandling of classified material is singularly bad, there is no equivalent in the history of the US that has not been prosecuted by the government.

                                        Sandy Berger, and Hillary Clinton come to mind.

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • JollyJ Jolly

                                          @taiwan_girl said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                                          To me, saying that others maybe did the same thing is no excuse. Fine, go after them also. But to say that President Trump should get a "free pass" because of this is a bad idea.

                                          Normalizing the behavior is a downward trend.

                                          Suppose you are traveling down a road side by side with another car. The speed limit 60 kph and you two cars are going 80kph. The police man stops just you and the other car continues. You get a ticket. Should you not get the ticket because there was another car (that did not get a ticket) doing the same thing? Do you think a judge would agree to that strategy?

                                          Better yet, how about two cars are going down the road, one doing 80 and the other doing 100. The cop has orders to let the 100kph go, while stopping the 80kph car. Better yet, the news media is waiting with multiple reporters and camera crews to cover the traffic stop of the person doing 80. They notice the other car doing 100, but ignore it.

                                          Now, you have a better analogy.

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                                          @Jolly said in I don’t really think they’ll be able to convict Trump…:

                                          Now, you have a better analogy.

                                          Does that make the driver of the car going 80 kph less guilty? I dont think so.

                                          It may not be fair, but sometimes life is not fair.

                                          As the saying goes, "suck it up buttercup!" LOL

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