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DUers please help me here (Original Post) malaise Sep 2019 OP
It doesn't change anything. madaboutharry Sep 2019 #1
It does not change anything. murielm99 Sep 2019 #2
Their panic mode has surpassed the 'red line' threshold and they are flailing. Siwsan Sep 2019 #3
Logically it doesn't, but since when do most Trumpsters think for themselves? hlthe2b Sep 2019 #4
It doesn't, but that's how Fat Nixon rolls. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #5
Fat Nixon! Love it. Claritie Pixie Sep 2019 #19
Attack! underpants Sep 2019 #6
Forget the whistleblower; we can make the case 100% using WH documents. lagomorph777 Sep 2019 #36
It works for the rubes... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #7
Right - he's still playing to those people FakeNoose Sep 2019 #18
It's all he has left...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #20
The pig in the white house is trying to feed his flock spanone Sep 2019 #8
In trumps mind if he keeps repeating .. CatMor Sep 2019 #9
Repeating bdamomma Sep 2019 #27
It distracts dotard from attacking republicans who aren't defending him enough. salin Sep 2019 #10
The "it's nothing but hearsay" defense BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 #11
Yep. This is why his 'persecuted' base love him n/t leftstreet Sep 2019 #22
It doesn't change ANYTHING. They've pulled this shite a few times... Raster Sep 2019 #12
Work with what you've got. brooklynite Sep 2019 #13
He's twisting in the wind. ooky Sep 2019 #14
Right! kentuck Sep 2019 #15
It doesn't change anything with this whistle blower mercuryblues Sep 2019 #16
It doesn't of course, he's just trying to sow confusion and warn others who may talk. Claritie Pixie Sep 2019 #17
Orange Anus is toast. Doesn't matter what the turd says. MoonRiver Sep 2019 #21
I firmly believe that this is it malaise Sep 2019 #24
It changes nothing. They are desperate. Flaleftist Sep 2019 #23
Benedict Donald wants to talk about anything other than... Kid Berwyn Sep 2019 #25
It doesn't, but it gives his base an excuse (stupid though it is) to disbelieve. nt tblue37 Sep 2019 #26
You are using prefrontal cortex thinking Bradshaw3 Sep 2019 #28
It's like the end of terminator 2 Midnightwalk Sep 2019 #29
It doesn't, but that is page one in their play/obstruction book. Hoyt Sep 2019 #30
iT IS ALL DIRECTED AT THE BRAINLESS. LIKE jON vOIGT pangaia Sep 2019 #31
LOL malaise Sep 2019 #32
ya want stupid? here's a little stupid pangaia Sep 2019 #33
It's too late. Turd already proclaimed his guilt, with that "transcript." lagomorph777 Sep 2019 #34
And they also admitted that they hid the transcript malaise Sep 2019 #35
Yup. Case closed. What whistleblower? Who cares? lagomorph777 Sep 2019 #37

murielm99

(30,745 posts)
2. It does not change anything.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:11 PM
Sep 2019

This is just standard trump bloviating. He accuses Obama of all sorts of fantastic things, like wire tapping. He accuses Hillary of even worse.

Ignore his crap or wait for Colbert to turn it into a joke.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
3. Their panic mode has surpassed the 'red line' threshold and they are flailing.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:11 PM
Sep 2019

I think they should hand out spittle guards for everyone to wear. And lots of towels for the flop sweats.

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)
4. Logically it doesn't, but since when do most Trumpsters think for themselves?
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:12 PM
Sep 2019

I guess that's all they've got at this point.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
5. It doesn't, but that's how Fat Nixon rolls.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:12 PM
Sep 2019

He always handles his scandals like this, as facts unfold:

1. I don't know anything about it, ask ___.
2. I heard something about it but I didn't do it.
3. I did it but there was nothing wrong with it.
4. People accusing me of wrongdoing are liars/Democrats/traitors/spies.

underpants

(182,829 posts)
6. Attack!
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:13 PM
Sep 2019

Between trying to discredit the whistle blower and demanding he come out they are showing that they’ve got nothing.

Heard an interview on NPR this morning- not sure who it was. He asked why doesn’t the whistle blower show who he is and face scrutiny. The NPR interviewer shot right back at him “That’s not how whistle blowing works!” It was a feisty interview.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
36. Forget the whistleblower; we can make the case 100% using WH documents.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 03:36 PM
Sep 2019

The "transcript" and the admission today that his NSC lawyers covered up the call records is all we need!

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
7. It works for the rubes...
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:14 PM
Sep 2019

and for their shrinking base.

For rational people, if the biggest idiot in the world says the sun is shining, that doesn't mean it's raining.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
18. Right - he's still playing to those people
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:24 PM
Sep 2019

... in Dumbfuckistan. Better known as the Faux Snooze watchers.



CatMor

(6,212 posts)
9. In trumps mind if he keeps repeating ..
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:15 PM
Sep 2019

the same thing it will become the truth. In his deluded mind the whistleblower is now the lying bad one and he thinks he can convince everyone of it.

bdamomma

(63,875 posts)
27. Repeating
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 02:43 PM
Sep 2019

that is in the dictator's handbook of controlling the masses, well in this case it's his cult supporters.

salin

(48,955 posts)
10. It distracts dotard from attacking republicans who aren't defending him enough.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:16 PM
Sep 2019

Like the role of the cloth swatches when the casinos/businesses were tanking.

BumRushDaShow

(129,097 posts)
11. The "it's nothing but hearsay" defense
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:17 PM
Sep 2019

gives the base cover to dismiss any further allegations as "left wing conspiracies" and some indies might believe that too, given the proximity of these events to the primaries. That's why they are steadily eliminating any GOP primaries to minimize any dissent.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
12. It doesn't change ANYTHING. They've pulled this shite a few times...
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:17 PM
Sep 2019

...and seem to think this is still a valid way to deal. I do believe they are going to find they are quite wrong.

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
16. It doesn't change anything with this whistle blower
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:24 PM
Sep 2019

But it will give the next one pause, before they come forward. The thinly veiled threats against this WB will deter others from filing complaints. This is not what democracy looks like.

Claritie Pixie

(2,199 posts)
17. It doesn't of course, he's just trying to sow confusion and warn others who may talk.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:24 PM
Sep 2019

Honestly though - what else does he have?

Nuthin'.

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
28. You are using prefrontal cortex thinking
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 02:45 PM
Sep 2019

dump is playing to the limbic region that guides emotion in his cultists.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
29. It's like the end of terminator 2
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 02:45 PM
Sep 2019

We’re going to see a lot of desperate tactics that worked in the past. At least for now none of them are working. The spell might have been broken.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
32. LOL
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 03:20 PM
Sep 2019

but we have him asking for a favor and they have admitted to the location of the transcript.

Are they that fucking stupid? I take that back - I expect some to jump ship this time.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
33. ya want stupid? here's a little stupid
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 03:30 PM
Sep 2019

for many years I played in a couple steel bands.. we played calypso, soca, jazz, 'island' stuff .
One was my band 15 people.
the other a friends 5-6. small band played a lot of parties, ya know..
OK thing is 'we're all white guys and one gal HA HA !!
And there IS another small band in the area- all from T&T. The guy who runs that band has so many gigs, he sometimes has to send 2-3 bands out. all with the same name LOL When he runs out of trinis he starts hiring us white guys !! When he would call me, I would always ask, "Eh, ya run out of trinis again?" He'd always laugh.
It's a standing joke between all of us.

OK- next thing is our band was way better than his..._Except for one guy, double seconds player, who was fantastic..).. ssshhhh..


So one sunday afternoon we (white band) arrive at the mansion by the lake BIG lake ! BIG mansion...
As we're setting up outside..., the owner comes over and says something like,... "OH, I thought I hired the REAL band !"


That's it, malaise.. that's the joke,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Get it?




lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
37. Yup. Case closed. What whistleblower? Who cares?
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 03:41 PM
Sep 2019

The WH has officially issued all the evidence needed to impeach and remove.

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