The Inevitability of Impeachment

[Stoked]

https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/donald-trump-aides-russians-campaign/index.html

The Trump campaign was in frequent and constant contact with Russia during the campaign. Also Trump waited 18 days to ask Flynn to resign.

Even if nothing wrong was done this is a horrible look for his presidency.

 

[green]

https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/donald-trump-aides-russians-campaign/index.html

The Trump campaign was in frequent and constant contact with Russia during the campaign. Also Trump waited 18 days to ask Flynn to resign.

Even if nothing wrong was done this is a horrible look for his presidency.

Sally Yates informed Trump about this a month ago. He fired her.

It has come out how Trump did not want to fire Flynn because of how loyal Flynn was.

Shady as hell. Even for you right wingers. How is there NOT a full fledged investigation into this? I mean, it doesn't look like Trump is a full fledged Nixon, you know, not ending the Vietnam war and killing up to 30,000 Americans for political gain, but, come on. Let's use some common sense here.

This is not good.

 

[moevillini]

What exactly is an "operative"? Is it something shady or does it just sound that way?

One of Trump's campaign advisors is described as a Republican operative who had close ties to Russia.

 

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It's becoming more and more apparent that trump and Russia worked together to win this election. As many on here have stated (and have been ridiculed by the far right wing deplorables on this site) having Russia meddle in our democracy is NOT ok.

It's all a matter of time before Donald is impeached/forced into resigning. It's been less than 4 weeeks and his presidency is being rocked almost daily by scandals that would sink presidents far more established and far more popular that he

 

[Zombie]

What exactly is an "operative"? Is it something shady or does it just sound that way?

One of Trump's campaign advisors is described as a Republican operative who had close ties to Russia.

I don't think it's necessarily a negative term. It's often used to describe advisors and aides to political figures. Their duties can be fluid. Somebody like Conway could be called a GOP operative, remember it wasn't so long ago she was slamming Trump for the Cruz campaign.

*Edited to add*
In this case I think they may be referring to Carter Page or Paul Manafort.
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[babe]

It's becoming more and more apparent that trump and Russia worked together to win this election. As many on here have stated (and have been ridiculed by the far right wing deplorables on this site) having Russia meddle in our democracy is NOT ok.

It's all a matter of time before Donald is impeached/forced into resigning. It's been less than 4 weeeks and his presidency is being rocked almost daily by scandals that would sink presidents far more established and far more popular that he

you fail to have a realistic or factual view of Russia. Russia, of course, did great business enriching Hillary with about a $100 Million in order to get her support for their purchase of major United States uranium and rare earth resources.

And of course, the Chinese did great business with the Clintons as well, getting the needed technology for guided missiles and other advanced weaponry during the Clinton years.

You should expect Russia to have operatives working both sides of any political aisles anywhere in the world.

You should expect them to work the closets and halls of Congress for any advantage they ever can get.

They were able to hack Hillary's private server and the DNC servers as well. People's disgust with Hillary is not the result of Russian information or resources, though. We don't believe our own lying mainstream media anymore. We want America to be strong and independent, and we will reject players who place us at risk.

So why wasn't it news for the mainstream when Ted Kennedy betrayed our foreign policy under Reagan? Well, if it helps the global push, it's just all good. Reagan was "dangerous" because he cared to make a strong move for us.

https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/t...eagan-opinions-columnists-peter-robinson.html

 

[moevillini]

I don't think it's necessarily a negative term. It's often used to describe advisors and aides to political figures. Their duties can be fluid. Somebody like Conway could be called a GOP operative, remember it wasn't so long ago she was slamming Trump for the Cruz campaign.

*Edited to add*
In this case I think they may be referring to Carter Page or Paul Manafort.
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both Page and Manafort were mentioned in the article, but in this case it referred specifically to Roger Stone

 

[b_line]

https://toe.prx.org/2017/01/885/

First ten minutes of this podcast are earth shattering if true. It's about a book that is basically trumps presidency, written in 1981. And Trump read it, and was obsessed with it.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

Lock

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

Him

 

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[NAOS]

I'm watching this Russian stuff with keen interest. True or not, it all raises serious questions and rocks the confidence people have in the system. I don't know whether or not I believe our institutions have the ability to self-correct with respect to the underlying causes of failing confidence. We've needed reform on a multitude of issues surrounding campaigns, elections, etc. for a long time.