Walter_Sobchak
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The book is one of the best selling in years. https://ijr.com/2018/09/1123259-book-sales-bob-woodward-fear/. Like it or not, people are reading it.
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I pointed out an obvious fact. I did not assign a value judgement to it. Don't put words in my mouth.
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Considering that the book is in its ninth printing and has been out for less than a week, I am guessing quite a few people find him credible. Anyhow, public trust in journalism is failing, but mostly with conservatives. https://news.gallup.com/poll/195542/americans-trust-mass-media-sinks-new-low.aspx
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I'm guessing quite a few people believe the "fan fiction" of Bob Woodward. Unlike Trump, he has something called credibility.
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Apples and Oranges. The Trillion Dollar coin idea you mention was a gimmick response to the debt ceiling crisis and it was not taken seriously. Watch the video you linked, Obama is very dismissive of the idea. As to the references to the Woodward book, you can read it for yourself here. Trump was not discussing the debt ceiling. He was talking about the US government printing money to reduce debt, a concept everyone knows is a recipe for inflation. As to the idea that Trump was just joking, I don't believe the man jokes. If there is one thing I have learned, it's that Trump means everything he says. It's just that much of what he says is so outlandish or off the wall that reasonable people assume he must be joking. He is not. As far as I can tell, the only time he exhibits a sense of humor is when he is mocking or belittling other people.
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Assuming Woodward's book is correct, and given his record I suspect it is, this is not surprising and also very scary. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/406085-trumps-plan-to-help-eliminate-federal-debt-was-to-print-money
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People complaining that Willie Nelson has endorsed the Democrat in the Texas Senate race must have ignored Willie's entire career.
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Is that a Panzer III with 37mm gun at Kursk?
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I can't think of any prior American President that has had serious financial connections to Russia. That's the stuff that causes people to be concerned.
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Walter_Sobchak replied to Belesarius's topic in Fiction & Entertainment
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I believe that there are plenty of credible connections between Trump and various Russian interests. Hopefully, Robert Mueller's investigation will provide the truth regarding these matters.
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Hey, I'm not the one that thinks everything is some grand conspiracy and that the only one we can trust is the Reality TV star now occupying the White House. I mean, that is some crazy shit right there.
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Really? You really believe that? He released his birth certificate in 2008, before he was even elected. Then, in 2011, he released his "certificate of live birth", also known as the long form birth certificate as well as accompanying birth announcements from Hawaiian newspapers. And yet, the conspiracy theories continued, despite the complete lack of any evidence. This bullshit should have ended in 2011. In no way did this crap benefit Obama. The ones who benefitted were the ones pedalling this bullshit to their gullible believers. You know, Donald Trump.
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Anyhow, it seems pretty obvious to me that this anonymous op-ed is an attempt from within Trump's own administration to prepare the ground for implementation of removing him under amendment 25, section 4. It is not an accident this was timed with the release of the Woodward book. Plenty of people were willing to talk to Woodward, he didn't make this shit up. This administration has been the leakiest ever seen. You can't blame this on Democrats or "deep state" for that. These are the people Trump picked himself. And they all seem to hate working for him. Whether or not they collectively have the guts to do something about it other than whine anonymously remains to be seen.
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Very convincing argument.
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yes.
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Hardly. According to the Chicago Tribune "63 percent of Americans support Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, with 52 percent saying they support it strongly; 29 percent oppose the probe." More people support the Mueller probe than support Trump at this point.
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The fact that a senior white house official feels compelled to write an anonymous op ed is pretty startling. Frankly, I think it's a bit cowardly to hide behind the "anonymous" label. If they think Trump is really that much of a danger, then resign and state it publically. That said, I don't doubt that Trump is "not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making." Also, comparing him to Grant is just wrong and an insult to Grant.
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Got my review copy of "Professor Porsche's Wars" yesterday. Looks like it's got some interesting stuff in it.
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Woodward book is going to be fun.
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Pretty sure liberals don't love Jeff Sessions. Not at all happy with his misguided, antiquated war on pot. That said, Sessions seems to have enough integrity to know, at least at the barest minimum, of the proper role of the Attorney General as the head of the Justice Department. He is not the lawyer for the President. He is not there to protect the President or the Republican party. He is there to lead the Justice department. The "libtards" are not cheering for individuals such as Sessions or Comey, they are cheering for the institutions they represent to survive the threat posed by the would be dictator King Donald.
