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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSteve Schmidt just compared DT and his org to a patient
who comes to a doctor complaining of stomach pains.
The doctor does some tests and then tells the patient -- sorry, I found cancer -- EVERYWHERE.
That's what's Mueller is discovering in his investigation -- the cancer of corruption EVERYWHERE.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)about "the cancer on the presidency." Except that this time the presidency is the cancer.
oasis
(49,454 posts)each time he appears on MSNBC. Count on Schmidt to always give a colorful update of his laundry list of Trump's high crimes and misdemeanors.
calimary
(81,565 posts)LVED how he described trump as sitting there with his arms crossed like a dime store Mussolini!
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Just kept mentioning one example after another example.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)scared Trump has done so much damage to their brand that is my take three or four generations to over come.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Exotica
(1,461 posts)https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8x5jez/how-the-mafia-fueled-richard-nixons-political-career
Richard Nixons first sit down came before he ran for Congress in 1946. Tricky Dick was later said to deal with the mob primarily through intermediaries like his bagman Bebe Rebozo or the attorney Murray Chotiner. But at this early stage, the military veteran and aspiring politician felt safe meeting face to face with Mickey Cohen, the notorious Jewish gangster based in Los Angeles. Despite Nixon's notorious anti-Semitism, Cohen was an important figure in California politics. Cohen, for his part, later said he got approval for the meeting, a lunch at Goodfellow's Fisherman's Grotto, from Cosa Nostra bosses in New York and Don Santos Trafficante in Florida.
With corruption rampant and looking increasingly unstoppable in todays political landscape, it's worth reflecting on the storied tradition of American politicians galavanting with the mob. Thanks in part to the release of tens of thousands of classified documents related to Richard Nixons term as president, it's clearer than ever that his legacy should not be confined to Watergate, the War on Drugs, and his weird obsession with the peace sign. On the contrary, Nixon may also have been the president who most unabashedly rubbed elbows (and did business) with the mob at the peak of its powers.
Of course, it's no secret that Nixon, despite his constant protestations to the contrary, was in fact a crooked guy. But in his new book, The Mafias President: Nixon and the Mob, veteran White House reporter Don Fulsom digs into just how deeply Nixon got tied up with the mob. VICE talked to Fulsom by phone about the president's alleged plot to kill Castro with Mafia help, details on the $1 million deal to spring union boss Jimmy Hoffa from prison, and what it all means for Donald Trumpa president with his own history of business ties to organized crime.
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)calimary
(81,565 posts)everything old is new again.
pnwmom
(109,021 posts)had decided to run as a Democrat -- which he has been, in the past -- and he was representing our party.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)DIXIECRAT! Hed have fit right in. Todays Democratic Party not so much.
pnwmom
(109,021 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)people to comment on the current occupant of the WH and his admin! I always listen to him when he's on MSNBC. I keep shaking my head in agreement.
Where are the rest of the Pubs like Steve?
pnwmom
(109,021 posts)emulatorloo
(44,261 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 10, 2018, 02:10 AM - Edit history (1)
Another conservative who puts country before party
calimary
(81,565 posts)And I believe Sykes is a former or soon-to-be-former Congressman. There are a few good ones coming out of that rats nest.
Exotica
(1,461 posts)emulatorloo
(44,261 posts)Exotica
(1,461 posts)https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/02/28/trumps-iran-approach-is-every-bit-as-weak-as-obamas-was/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b773cdbf6ba9
emulatorloo
(44,261 posts)I dont think we agree with any of these folk on policy. But they recognize the treat Trump and Trumpism poses to our democracy.
Exotica
(1,461 posts)Just remember that Rubin dislikes Trump to a substantial degree because he (so far) is not being agressive enough militarily.
But I welcome her get-him-out sentiment simply for removal's sake. Pence will be another nightmare as he is a crazed dominionist with zero qualms about 'bombs away'.
MaryMagdaline
(6,858 posts)Every word was true.
I marvel that we have one honest person left in this country, but now I am beginning to see a coalition of professionals doing an honest day's job. You are not taking our country.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)No way are those comments spontaneous
Hekate
(90,978 posts)...all the time. He just reels it out. Schmidt Furioso.
dalton99a
(81,673 posts)Hamlette
(15,412 posts)pnwmom
(109,021 posts)Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Hamlette
(15,412 posts)pnwmom
(109,021 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,440 posts)She gives him a lot of air time. (Nothing salacious here. Just people who feel comfortable with one another.)
blake2012
(1,294 posts)Schmits Weekly roast of Trump isnt doing it for me anymore.
emulatorloo
(44,261 posts)What power does Schmidt have besides his advocacy? He cant certainly doesnt have the power to arrest or impeachTrump.
I Am personally glad to see a serious Republican like Schmidt speaking out so powerfully. Maybe those Republicans in power will start to listen
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Me thinks you will have some "serious hard hitting proof" very soon from more than just what Schmidt expresses his opinion on....and then watch Schmidt and many others let loose....that might do it for you....
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)I can't help but think Schmidt has better sources than I do. He's seen something. He was talking about stuff I don't know about and follow this stuff pretty closely. Although I'll admit to having taken breaks for a day or two at a time when I just can't take any more.
I wish more Republicans would stand up and defend our government. Didn't think that was asking too much.