Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Rod:

Interesting how this story has evolved.  Last summer the press slandered anyone who even mentioned that the virus might have escaped from a Chinese lab as a tin-foil-hat grade right-wing whack-job.  I'm sure that you saw that Politifact has recently retracted last years "pants on fire" awarded to a righty who was favoring the lab escape theory.

Now the press seems to consider the lab leak theory to be plausible, if not proven.  Where was their curiosity and skepticism last year?

No doubt the occupant of the oval office influenced press behavior.  It is a travesty that they put their all-consuming mission of painting Trump and his people as buffoons before their actual jobs of investigating and reporting the news.  I am not sure if the press can recover their credibility any time soon.

Meanwhile, did you get up early today?  I am a bit too far East for a proper view - the moon dipped into some low clouds on the horizon just before totality.  Still, it was pretty.  

Jim

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Cognitive dissonance at work for Rod here......even though the guy saying "look, the emperor has no clothes" regarding the "fact checkers" is a liberal he wont admit it   

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Rod:

Compare your statement above to the literal oceans of Russian collusion writing spewed by the press for the first two years of Trump's presidency - compare your statement above to the hysterical tone of that reporting, compare it to the results, up to and including impeachment.  

Wow, I have to shake my head and maybe roll my eyes.  If this nit of a fact about Manafort is what you are going to hang your hat on to deny the totality of the Russian collusion hoax... then I'm not sure what to say.   

Jim

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Really defending that cognitive dissonance huh Rod?.......This is no where near the 1st time someone pointed out the emperor has no clothes when it comes to fact checking. Guess it hurts more when one of your own points it out though right?  

The fact is fact checking has devolved into a political tool and its not exactly something new......Which is why I get a good chuckle every time you throw up something from a fact checking site as if it is the last word because it supports your position......Given the obvious left bias that has crept into the whole game regarding media/fact checking it is a wonder one can find the truth.....ever.

Besides, it is one of your own saying it not me LOL

Originally Posted by James Brown

Yes, I'm calling it a nit. There is no connection to Trump - see the last line of the article.  See the Mueller report. 

Look, I'm no fan of Trump's, but I never thought he was a Russian stooge, and I never thought he would die in jail as so many in the press promised us. 

The Manafort link to Russian intelligence is small potatoes compared to the outrageous magnitude of the whole "Russian Collusion" fabrication.  If Manafort illegally passed campaign intelligence to Russia then I hope some day he is further prosecuted.  He can rot in jail for all I care.  You seem to think the entirety of the Russian Collusion Hoax was about Paul Manafort.  It was not, he hoax was about Trump.  Was Manafort even mentioned in the bogus Steele dossier?  Please keep you eye on the ball!

Jim

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

I dont know if it was or if it wasnt.....that said at last count I saw the left has over 100 lawyers fighting to prevent investigations of the elections CURRENTLY on multiple fronts in multiple states. Wonder why that is? Smoke/Fire etc......About all I will allow at this point is perhaps the fat lady has not actually sung yet and there is more to be revealed.....

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Rod:

Given Trump's personality and basic idiocy, I would not be surprised if his subordinates were doing all sorts of things behind his back.  No one has ever accused Trump of being an insightful, detail oriented, micro-manager.

I have not read much about the investigation, so I won't be surprised one way or another.  A grand jury proceeding is secret and a good prosecutor can get whatever result he wants by carefully selecting the evidence he presents to the grand jury.

Politically, I would be a bit surprised by a Trump indictment because that would keep him in the press, rally the faithful, and enhance his chances in 2024 if he survives.  Does the prosecutor really want to take that risk?  In other words, if they take a shot at Trump, they better have the goods to put him in jail or he will come out stronger than before.

Jim