The following is a note I tried to post on a Fox News website for one of their opinion personalities regarding the raid on the one of the residences of the former president. For some time now, I feel my comments have been blocked as a persona non grata.
“Let of me get this straight. A judge issues a legal warrant in response to another alleged crime of the former president and the FBI conducts a raid to prevent the targeted information from being destroyed. And, this has been deemed worse than the former president instigating and involving himself in an insurrection against a branch of government based on a bogus claim of election fraud that he has been unable to prove in about 65 court cases (winning one case in PA) and every recount. My strong suggestion as an independent and former Republican is let’s get to the bottom of this before we equate the FBI with the Gestapo or some other poor comparison.”
To be frank, it frustrates me that opinion hosts try to drum up rebellion implying something has to be wrong. From my vantage point, there is one common denominator in these sordid affairs. He looks back from the mirror when Donald J. Trump shaves.
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Note to Readers: One thing to watch for is those who are most vehement in crying foul on the raid are likely those who may be persons of interest in
aiding and abetting or covering up the insurrection and Big Lie. I have already counted a few names such as Banks, Jordan, Bannon, eg who need to answer questions or are awaiting sentencing (Bannon).
Your last line nailed it!!
Joy, many thanks. The shaver blames every one else for his problems as he has tended to do throughout his life. But, the source of his problems is reflected in that mirror.
Exactly! And the fact that people are feeling sorry for him drives me crazy!
Joy, for people to say he is not corrupt overlooks he has settled cases where he has been charged with crimes. But, my favorite example is a judge ordered him to repay the Trump Foundation for money he used for personal reasons in violation of its by-laws and then the Foundation was terminated with all monies going to the purpose it was set up for. And, the judge ordered that no one named Trump could participate in the distribution process. Keith
My understanding is that Trump’s lawyer has a copy of the warrant and is free to share it with the media. They also have a list of all items taken in the search and can also release that information. That they are sharing neither speaks volumes.
Janis, good points. They don’t want to get in the way of a good story. Chris Christie, a former DA says it all looks legitimate. Keith
Note to Readers: I find it Machiavellian how supporters of Trump have been so easily duped that it is all the institutions fault for the major messes made by the former president. By getting their support to tear down these institutions, there will be fewer tangible entities to rein in the deceitful actions of the former president, as well as the wealthy folks who are catered to by the party they fund. In essence, his convincing people all institutions are bad means the more powerful will rule the roost with more impunity.
Sadly a predictable response from the republicans as they continue to support a fellow who has brought more disgrace to the office of President than any other. (Which says a great deal).
It can be said that the supporters of any political figure of note or notoriety would unconditionally act like this. However the site of those in the same party which has been meddling with electoral laws, restricting abortion rights, applauded the persecution and restriction of the LGBT community choosing ‘The Hill To Die On’ shows the depths of hypocrisy to which it has sunk.
A wretched set of circumstances.
Roger, “depths of hypocrisy” is an apt term to define the supporters, sycophants and rationalizers who make up the significant majority of the Republican Party. Per conservative pundit Michael Gerson it truly is in “decay.” Keith
I fear it is Keith. We must accept there is always a tribal element in political support but this is taking on cultish proportions.
If I may take this opportunity to ask you as supporter of the Republican Party when it was a respectable and mature grouping.
What were the basic appeals which attracted voters to the Republican Message of previous decades. What would have been the core beliefs? In those days.
It is appreciated this might be difficult as personalities and disillusionment with the Democrats at various stages would have been factors. And of course times and tides do play their part.
Roger, it was more respectable when it had folks like Congressman Jack Kemp and Senator Bob Dole. I think the worm turned when Newt Gingrich became Speaker and Fox News was launched. Keith
you and me both..”let’s get to the bottom of this before we equate the FBI with the Gestapo or some other poor comparison.”
what next Keith!💖
Thanks Cindy. Note the use of name calling to emphasize the point. Keith
Oh yes for sure!! 💖💖
Another of those situations in which I don’t know whether laugh (because it is so ridiculous) or cry (because it is so stupid and simply idiotic). But as we know T turns and twists everything to his needs and his “content-free” followers blow into the same horn. (sorry, when it was respectless what I wrote, but this is just so stupid). I am out of words but you nailed it.
Thanks Erika. I keep asking of these rationalizers, what will it take for you to recognize you have been duped? Keith
Good question but they may not even listen to it.
Keith, you wrote: it frustrates me that opinion hosts try to drum up rebellion. Don’t you recognize by now the Faux news folk (in particular) are being PAID to do just that?
Nan, it certainly is hard to figure out any honorable intentions with these opinion entertainers. The better news folks on the network left or were run off and the few that are left get vilified. Yet, what stymies me is do these opinion entertainers believe their own BS or are they just stirring things up? Keith
I expected some blowback by some of Trump’s most ardent boot-lickers, but even I was shocked by the level of vitriol over a search warrant that was fully justified. I keep hearing the word “unprecedented” … well yeah, but then … having a president who tries to rob the people of their vote, who plots to overthrow an election and thus an entire government, is fairly unprecedented in the U.S. as well! I’m sickened and disgusted by the Republican response … they know full well what a criminal he is. I’m even more concerned by the fact that some in his camp are directly calling for violence, telling people like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to be “locked and loaded”. We do NOT need more violence in this nation!!! Over 400,000 guns and 330,000 people, half of them angry … what could possibly go wrong?
Jill, I think the reaction is over the top, but I feel they are trying to overwhelm the search for the truth. It is a tactic right out of the Trump and Bannon playbook, smug righteousness. I do think the press tends to focus on the discord among a vocal group than what most people feel. Yet, I agree the call for violence should see what is happening to the January 6 insurrectionists in court. Keith
I agree … drama seems to be a large part of the GOP these days. Is it their way of getting attention, or riling the masses, or as you suggest, distracting from the reality? Maybe all three. I agree about the press … I’m 110% supportive of free press, but I expect them to act responsibly. They aren’t these days, giving Trump and his minions far more credibility than they deserve and printing every word they utter. That is not helpful.
Jill, the press has reported too many little things that have made us all numb to the bigger things. It is a reason he can get away with a child-like retort to his base, “they just don’t like me” which he feels salves over his criminal, sinful and lying actions and words. Keith
Note to Readers: Sadly, another person who swears allegiance to all things Donald J. Trump has been killed by law enforcement for attacking an FBI office. Unfortunately, he believed that the former president was being wronged when the FBI went to a judge and received a warrant to raid one of his houses for missing classified documents. When white washers and sycophants of the former president wind up these toy soldiers with misinformation and they have actual firearms, the toy soldiers pose a threat and some end up in jail or dead.
Taking Donald Trump at his word is a fool’s errand. The same goes for believing his sycophants with names like Hannity, Carlson, et al who have a microphone.
Note to Readers: Per an article in The Guardian today, “A handful of Republican governors have criticized the ‘outrageous rhetoric’ of their party colleagues in the US Congress, who have accused federal law enforcement officers of a politicized attack on former president Donald Trump after executing a court-approved search warrant on his Florida home this week.
Maryland governor Larry Hogan, a Republican moderate, described attacks by party members as both ‘absurd’ and ‘dangerous’, after a week in which certain Republicans have compared the FBI to the Gestapo and fundraised off the slogan: ‘Defund the FBI’.