We hold his corruption and dishonesty to be self-evident.
So do his own lawyers — the very first thing in ‘opening statements’ yesterday, Trump’s lawyer admitted that it was all true - the payoffs, the affairs, the scheme (his words) to catch& kill any negative news stories, fake stories about Cruz, Rubio, Cain, etc. -
The sole & only defense is to claim that these things are not technically criminal acts, rather that they are normal & acceptable.
- Done the most damage, sure. I dunno though — John Mitchell comes to mind. Barr is a blunt object (tool), whereas Meese & Mitchel were like cartoon supervillains come to life.
- Yeah, one can dig loyalty to particular beliefs and points of view — religion in government, white supremacy, male dominated society, denying legal rights to anyone not 100% hetero, forced pregnancy, police brutality, calling minorities animals, banning immigration, kissing up to Russia…
Mr. Trump at the moment is their best bet — but what they don’t realize is the irrevocable damage & betrayal to their cause(s) that he does.
Win or lose, Mr. Trump will soon be gone. The things he (failed to) stand for will always be associated with the craziest president, ever — not a good look.
Crickets from Mr. Trump — decided he don’t give a danm about aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Gaza.
Ms. Greene, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Jordan, etc….
How do like it now?
• He betrayed them on covid — The Trump Vaccine!
• He betrayed them on abortion — “The STATES should decide for themselves!!!”
• He betrayed them with ‘The Wall’ — 52 miles total, millions of $ ‘missing’
• He betrayed all of his wives, all of his business associates, all of his Apprentice picks, all of his lawyers, his CEO, Mike Pence, and just about everybody & everything else he has ever touched.
Shoddy propaganda from Mr. Ramirez, who knows better — the Star Wars lie was a deliberate (and successful) ruse to intimidate the Russians.
Meanwhile, most of Mr. Reagan’s administration went to jail or bought pardons from Mr. Bush.
• Iran–Contra affair
• Department of Housing and Urban Development grant rigging
• Lobbying scandals
• EPA scandals
• Savings and loan crisis
• Operation Ill Wind
• Wedtech scandal
• Debategate
• Hundreds of Reagan cabinet officers & appointees indicted and convicted — unprecedented corruption that stands to this day as the worst in American history.
“If you can establish an atmosphere in which information doesn’t mean anything, then there is no objective reality; what you wish to be true is all that matters.” — Stephen Colbert
Yeah, whatabout-ism — but it needed to be said.
PBS is a venerable non-profit American institution, — local outlets funded by private contributions and fundraisers, grants & endowments.
Virtually scandal-free in its entire existence — (who does that?) they are the good guys in all this.
PBS is dedicated to public service, and their longstanding reputation for excellence and integrity speaks for itself.
Even mentioning the Fox commercial propaganda vultures in the same breath as our own beloved national non-profit is kind of bizarre. PBS rocks!