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I think I get it, Ghoulini will be the next AG (Original Post) Motley13 Apr 2018 OP
They are playing with civil war. roamer65 Apr 2018 #1
The Repubs Will Call The National Guard & Declare Martial Law SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #14
Got that right!! The protests in the streets would be historic. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #19
Doubtful. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #2
Let's add possibly moving to active plotting to kidnap a Hortensis Apr 2018 #6
Oh, yeah. There's that. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #9
And to say nothing of the ferrets! jberryhill Apr 2018 #15
Lol! For sure. And Tom "The Hammer" Delay? Hortensis Apr 2018 #18
Was Ghouliani Involved With That Too - I Thought .... global1 Apr 2018 #20
Yes, Flynn was caught actually discussing it. Hortensis Apr 2018 #22
I don't think he could get confirmed in the senate PatSeg Apr 2018 #3
No manor321 Apr 2018 #4
That will only work if Sessions quits Loki Liesmith Apr 2018 #8
The Ghoulini may end up on the inside looking out. democratisphere Apr 2018 #5
He wont get confirmed rapidly enough to do all that Loki Liesmith Apr 2018 #7
Very possible Sherman A1 Apr 2018 #10
Will Never Get Approved Me. Apr 2018 #11
The confirmation hearings will be a hoot jberryhill Apr 2018 #12
I Don't Want A Fucking Hoot SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #16
One thing about LSD jberryhill Apr 2018 #21
Duuuude ... this really has been one bad, bad trip ... never scoring from THAT hippy again ... mr_lebowski Apr 2018 #23
The DNC and Podesta e-mails were stolen. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #13
He was part of it jberryhill Apr 2018 #17
Interesting. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #25
Bingo! Vinca Apr 2018 #24
Nope. Rudys got two weeks to deliver. Eyeball_Kid Apr 2018 #26
looks like another reason Rudy should keep his mouth shut Motley13 Apr 2018 #27
I think Sater's going in to McCabe's old spot at the FBI. Mc Mike Apr 2018 #28
 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
14. The Repubs Will Call The National Guard & Declare Martial Law
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:56 PM
Apr 2018

They will silence and punish all who dissent and protest. They will not allow Democracy to take hold.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
19. Got that right!! The protests in the streets would be historic.
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 06:05 PM
Apr 2018

They couldn't be THAT stupid... or could they?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
2. Doubtful.
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:28 PM
Apr 2018

Spanky might be dumb enough to nominate him but even this limp bunch of GOP senators probably wouldn't confirm him. By acting as Spanky's personal attorney he has a built-in conflict, and there's the fact that he was actually investigated by the FBI after he hinted that he knew in advance of the Comey letter. And there's the fact that he hasn't practiced law in 30 years.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. Let's add possibly moving to active plotting to kidnap a
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:33 PM
Apr 2018

Turkish cleric living in the U.S. -- for $15 (?) million -- and delivering him to the hell Erdogan reportedly was preparing for him on a remote prison island. I've read, and hope, that he may be prosecuted if investigation establishes a crime was committed. It would be an extremely serious crime, of course, but even discussing it seriously, as we have good reason to believe he did, revealed tremendous capacity for evil.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
9. Oh, yeah. There's that.
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:38 PM
Apr 2018

"A tremendous capacity for evil" seems to have become a requirement for working in the Trump Administration. I wonder why Spanky hasn't tried to hire Dick Cheney for something?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
18. Lol! For sure. And Tom "The Hammer" Delay?
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 06:04 PM
Apr 2018

W's shadow president probably scared Trump, but I wondered early on why that other swamp creature wasn't there. I just looked him up on Comey, and that produced ONLY

Newsmax Article: Tom DeLay Tears Into Comey: 'Liar, Hack, Political Animal' ... "And then his actions ever since then have shown that he's a liar, a liar and a liar. He's so self-absorbed and self-righteous."

Etcetera predictably.

But no mention of DeLay brought up for Fox, Breitbart and so on, just that one far-right trash site.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. Yes, Flynn was caught actually discussing it.
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 06:31 PM
Apr 2018

I was wrong in confusing them. As far as public info goes, Giuliani apparently has at this point only question of involvement due to his close connections to and close involvement with both Flynn and Erdogan during that time period.

PatSeg

(47,418 posts)
3. I don't think he could get confirmed in the senate
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:28 PM
Apr 2018

I'm quite sure there will be republicans who will vote against him. Hopefully I'm not being delusional.

 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
4. No
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:30 PM
Apr 2018

Confirmation would be a brutal process he wouldn't want to expose himself to. I think he's saving Pruitt for temp AG.

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
7. He wont get confirmed rapidly enough to do all that
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:37 PM
Apr 2018

It’s possible he doesn’t get confirmed at all. Senate Rs hate him.

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
16. I Don't Want A Fucking Hoot
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:59 PM
Apr 2018

I'd like for this country to function.

I know you're not hoping for this, but I'm tired of the country being a Reality Show. Boring as it would be, it would be nice to see nominations that do not cause confirmation hearings to be a hoot. You know, someone legitimate, that both sides could get behind.

I guess that's a fantasy world though.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
21. One thing about LSD
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 06:09 PM
Apr 2018

Is that I think the key thing is simply to hold on, at one’s core level, to the idea that you have taken a substance which is altering your perceptual mechanism. This may lead to having a different perspective on your existence from which you may have periods of valuable insight, or you may have periods of apprehensiveness or obsessive preoccupation with disturbing thoughts. The key, however, is to not let go of that little piece of you which knows that it will wear off in a period of hours, and that if you ride it out, you will be fine and can later reflect on your thought process.

This alternate timeline, like some bad episode of Star Trek, is annoying the fuck out of me. I have to wonder whether the version of myself that managed to swap timelines with me is happy with himself. Because, damn that guy! This is simply not wearing off fast enough.
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
23. Duuuude ... this really has been one bad, bad trip ... never scoring from THAT hippy again ...
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 06:47 PM
Apr 2018

Starting to wonder if he was even a real hippy ...

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
13. The DNC and Podesta e-mails were stolen.
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:52 PM
Apr 2018

The Russians had stolen e-mails.

The Trump campaign including Papadapoulous, Manafort, Don Jr., Kushner, etc. all knew that the Russians had stolen e-mails. What duty did they have to report the crime if any?

That is the crux of the matter for me.

If Giuliani forgives and forgets that and the other crimes of the Russians supporting the Trump campaign, then he will be impeached in my opinion.

This is just my opinion.

Please dissuade me if you can think of any reason that I am wrong about this.

We don't have a duty to report crimes, but the theft of the e-mails?????

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
17. He was part of it
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:59 PM
Apr 2018

I’m beginning to think that the remarkable job he did against Italian organized crime merely paved the way for Russian organized crime.

He was instrumental in manipulating Comey.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,431 posts)
26. Nope. Rudys got two weeks to deliver.
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 11:44 PM
Apr 2018

He’s tied to the impending failure to negotiate the end of the Mueller probe. He won’t produce as directed and he’ll be seen as a failure. And Trumpy doesn’t like the optics of hiring a failure. Besides, Rudy is an eyelash away from being a target in the Mueller probe. He has layers of conflicts of interest.

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