COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN BREITBART
“16 Bombshells in the
Nunes Memo the Media Do Not Want You to Know About”
Sorry, I just do not see all the clamor over the Nunes'
memo.
Yes, it says a few things of interest, but none of them are
decisive or definitive.
First, we have no idea from this partial document what role
the dossier played for a FISA warrant. Was it 100% of supporting documentation
or 1%. I do believe anyone can see that makes a big difference.
The Dossier was understood by many quite early as a
political product and not a genuine report. See: https://chuckmanwordsincomments.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/john-chuckman-comment-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-so-called-dossier-on-trump-and-russia-what-secret-services-like-mi-6-or-cia-actually-do-for-a-living/
It is corrupt, but what is new about
corrupt political maneuvers in America? Of course, even corrupt products may
contain threads of truth and, indeed, are more credible when they do.
Second, the Nunes’ memo is itself the product of a party
partisan. I know very little about Nunes, but given the intellectual and
emotional chaos under which Washington has worked for a year or so, no
fair-minded person can take it as great authority. Counter claims about
everything under the sun are to be heard and read. When you kick up that much
dust, and from two sides, you can hardly expect to see anything clearly.
Third, I find it stunning that anyone is even the least bit
surprised that the FBI may have been used politically.
If you are surprised, in what remote place have you been
living or do you ever read anything? My God, the entire history of the FBI is
dirty with politics, both Republican and Democratic politics, and that’s to say
nothing of its shameful record of incompetence in criminal matters. There is a
huge list of bent operations and anti-Constitutional operations, a huge list.
The FBI has functioned for much of its existence as an
American Stasi. It has no honorable record of functioning as a proper, upright,
and authoritative agency.
For those who do not understand this, please see this:
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Response to a comment
that Trump will win by a landslide in 2020:
"There are none so blind..."
Any Democratic candidate perceived as honest and decent will
decisively beat Trump.
But before that, the Republicans are going to lose big in
2018 Congressional elections. Of that there is little doubt. Then, for Trump's
remaining two years, he will resemble a big, awkward bird with a broken wing.
His polls in the US are not at all strong even now, and he
is immensely unpopular with people in key allied nations.
There is nothing he has achieved that is admirable, and his
State of the Union address took credit for events which virtually have nothing
to do with a president, any president.
Presidents do not control the economy, although they like
blubbering about it. They take credit for good developments and hide from the
bad. Trump is absolutely no different in this regard.
He almost looked silly claiming credit for a number of
things which had no relationship to his office.
He also was pathetic on that stuff about religion and
family.
We all know he isn't in the least religious.
And he has never been anything in the way of a family man.
He and Milania live virtually separate lives, even sleeping in separate beds.
And, please, while he undoubtedly earned some good press
from the establishment for his dirty little Jerusalem stunt, does anyone
outside the Israel Lobby think that was wise or even right?
And the American War Machine is roaring on all cylinders
now. Trump has given them totally and in all cases what they want. In this, he
resembles Obama closely. A coward.
I can't see he has anything to take credit for except
insulting migrants and Muslims and harshly throwing some people out of the
country. Those are definitely not things admired by the majority.
