Fortunately kurtster is generally above the frequent ad hominem swipes taken at him and his character that some members here take glee in producing. He seems to be a principled and thoughtful person regardless of the opposing opinions and
seldom attacks people personally. He has shared windows into his own life including life threatening health battles and is a member here since '02. Whether or not I share his politics he deserves respect and I am personally beginning to dislike very much the way he is treated.

 

 VV wrote: 

 Red_Dragon wrote:

 kurtster wrote: 
Silence, because nothing definitive has been established yet. You are easily whipped up into a lather. True to form, you raise your level of indignation to match Trump’s. Worse than Watergate? Was there a break in that we didn’t hear about? I don’t hear anyone making that comparison other than Trump... and we all are smart enough to know by now not to listen to anything he says.

 VV wrote: 

 Coaxial wrote: 
Sorry, fixed now. I must have channeled Trump during the composition of that post. All Hail Melanie!

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
It's like something the VV from old would say....Or Hitler.

There's a typo there that I may never unsee.
 

 kurtster wrote: 
...and your blind loyalty blinds your perception... no? Who is begging? I didn't see any reports on that. Trump found an excuse to walk away because he isn't equipped with the tools to successfully negotiate something that important.
 
Fine job? I think you must be mistaking failure for success. I want to come work for you... your measure of success is quite low. I would be president of your business within a couple of days. I’m smart. Everybody says that I’m the smartest person they know.

"The president’s unwavering commitment to this ethnonationalism persuades his followers that he is incorruptible, despite his use of his own powers for personal gain and profit. “You know, I tried to talk about good roads and good schools and all these things that have been part of my career, and nobody listened,” the segregationist George Wallace once said of his rise to power. “And then I began talking about niggers, and they stomped the floor.” (These days, they stomp the floor for “son of a bitch” or “animals.”) Any effective hustle persuades the mark that they’re the ones profiting."

 sirdroseph wrote: 

 kurtster wrote: 
This post just had me in stitches.  I haven’t had a good laugh in a while. It’s too bad you couldn’t have posted it on Monday instead of Friday when I really could have used it.

EVIDENCE RUSSIA TIPPED ELECTION FOR TRUMP ‘STAGGERING,’ SAYS FORMER U.S. INTEL CHIEF JAMES CLAPPER

 miamizsun wrote: 

 kurtster wrote: 
Seems to me you are saying the government should not be allowed to investigate national security issues related to the Trump campaign. This is what they do to go about the job, and it should be no different if it is Trump or anyone else. I have no doubt that there are some in the FBI who see Trump an his international associates as a threat to American democracy. Afterall, there are reasonable people working in the agency. But that is no more relevant than someone who is anti-drugs investigating drug crimes. As long as they follow the rules of evidence, cops are allowed to act on their suspicions. 

I'm far more concerned at the amount of information on the investigation that is being inappropriately shared with Trump and his lawyers.

 kurtster wrote:

Whatever else is true, the CIA operative and FBI informant used to gather information on the Trump campaign in the 2016 campaign has, for weeks, been falsely depicted as a sensitive intelligence asset rather than what he actually is: a long-time CIA operative with extensive links to the Bush family who was responsible for a dirty and likely illegal spying operation in the 1980 presidential election. For that reason, it’s easy to understand why many people in Washington were so desperate to conceal his identity, but that desperation had nothing to do with the lofty and noble concerns for national security they claimed were motivating them.

I suspect you didn't/wouldn't care then. Partisan schmartisan.

 kurtster wrote: 
Can you show where he's "begging?"

You see the strategy here by Kim: "I'm willing to talk with America, but Trump can't/won't. He is afraid of me, nation." President Stable Genius is handing him propaganda. 

Also, remember "big beautiful wall, and Mexico will pay for it"? He's met with Mexico, and the guy who makes the Best Deals hasn't even been able to get that one clear and unequivocal campaign promise to happen.
So it's very easy to imagine his advisors saying "please don't go negotiate in NK. It'll turn out badly. Instead, cancel."
Which is what he did. If he were really as strong as he's supposed to be, he'd be 1) all into "Let's GO, NK!" and 2) "Any news organization can interview me. I can express myself well enough to handle it, even if it's tough."

But he's clearly not good at any of this. He told us all this from the beginning, that he's not part of this world. A hell of a reason to put him in charge, but there you go.

 Beaker wrote: 
Nobody cares.  I've brought up similar for a couple of weeks now.  

Something that is totally egregious, worse than Watergate by miles and no one cares.

Just crickets, other than you so far.

Well it seems all you never Trumpers get it wrong again.

Y'all's hate blinds your perception.  But y'all like it that way.

It seems that Kim is now begging for the talks to go on.

Who's the fool ? 

And even if nothing happens we still got 3 of our guys back, alive.

I'd say Trump is doing a fine job so far.