There is a price to pay for the embrace of racism and other ugliness. Sometimes it takes a while, but it does happen. Looks like the invoices are starting to roll in.

Hey, Mustang and ROC,

Even the Republican Party brass has a problem with this latest attempt at a quid pro quo, calling it "inappropriate" and cutting ties with Manchester. But you guys are fine with it. Interesting.

What will the Age of Trump be known for?

#2 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2019-11-18 11:17 AM | FLAG:

Ummm, let me think.

Transparency and honesty? Restoring respect for America around the world? Justice and equality? Eliminating the deficit? Great health care plan? Hiring the best people?

Pathological liar is pathological.

The accumulation of lies, corruption and cruelty - the very habits that serve as comfort food to Trump - will inevitably become his undoing. May his fall be swift and merciless.

Come on, y'all. The deputy thought the kid was reaching for a gun. The deputy was in fear for his life!

Anti-vaxxers are an existential threat to all of us.

Finally, looks like Nixon is going to prison!

(swiped from Twitter)

This is nothing! The Dems were even worse when the Deep State RINOed a Nothing Burger on the Fake News after Benghazi Clinton had the Steele Dossier all Tan Suited up and ready to Biden some Monica Lewinski until Epstein died!

But do you even mention that? No.

The cult thinks "Never Trumpers" just pop up out of the blue because they're hysterical partisans. Even if they're lifelong patriots and/or Republicans.

The cult tries to pretend the list of outrageously inappropriate actions this president has taken isn't a mile long, or that they're all inconsequential - - or even fabricated. They think it's ok for a president to hold up aid to an ally unless it agrees to dig up dirt on a guy gunning for the president's job. They think defending Saudi Arabia in the dismemberment of a US citizen is ok. They think it's ok that he has affairs, talks about grabbing women's --------, and lies every time he speaks.That he insults our allies and falls in love with dictators. It's all a witch hunt, they insist.

Nothing will change the minds of these Ever Trumpers. What a sad time for my country.

America has turned into a Petri dish for far-right extremism. Trump saw it as cover for his corruption, but it appears his irresponsible drum-beating on paranoid conspiracies has unleashed the fury of those who think even he isn't extreme enough. American democratic ideals are increasingly imperiled by this lunatic fringe.

You leftist liberals, convinced you wanted a black man and woman elected President back to back, are the ones who are responsible for this.

#29 | POSTED BY BOAZ AT 2019-11-10 03:34 PM | REPLY

What a hot steaming load.

He's doing this to distract people away from the Ukraine issue. Don't oblige him.

#13 | POSTED BY SENTINEL AT 2019-11-08 08:34 PM | FLAG:

How does going to the country at war with Ukraine distract from Ukraine? It's an addendum to the same bizarre story.

Your "don't engage the troll" argument is misguided and very tiresome.

Interesting testimony from Fiona Hill: "He told me, and this is a direct quote from Ambassador Bolton: You go and tell [John] Eisenberg that I am not part of whatever drug deal Sondland and Mulvaney are cooking up on this, and you go and tell him what you've heard and what I've said."

Not one response from a DR rightwinger?
I hoped that at least one of them would have some huevoes and come to defend this P.o.s president .. but not one.

#32 | POSTED BY 503JC69 AT 2019-11-08 12:25 PM | FLAG:

If they did, it would follow this 10-step evolution:
1. Fake news. Never happened.
2. Where's your proof it happened? Witch hunt!
3. The judge is a foreigner.
4. The process is not being properly followed. Who wants pizza? I'm drunk.
5. Benghazi!
6. Monica Lewinski was all about perjury.
7. Biden and his son are bad.
8. So what if Trump misused a few dollars here and there? He's losing hundreds of millions of dollars serving our nation as president.
9. It might have been wrong, but it wasn't impeachable wrong.
10. Even it is impeachable, we are ready to fight another civil war and kill many Americans if you try to remove him.

Insane in the Ukraine
Insane in Ukraine!

Dang it! We're busted!

Yes, Lindsey, Null, Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs: It's all a giant conspiracy that has somehow has managed to ensnare 90 percent of humanity, including donors, disillusioned Trump cabinet members, Trump's former attorney and confidant, Army generals and our allies.

But you brave soldiers know the real truth!

(rolls eyes)

New GOP campaign slogan: "We may be corrupt, but at least we're dumber than hell!"

Response from Trumpian base: "Ooh, they owned them libruls!"

As with most of today's election news, my comment is ha ha ha ha!

Yes! Bevin lives within a couple miles of me, and it's been hilarious to see all the STOP BEVIN yard signs go up in the yards surrounding his fancy estate.

He's a first-class --------, and everybody knows it. Truly a mean-spirited individual who couldn't help engaging in pointless disputes with teachers, unions, mayors, the local PVA, the media, Twitter accounts he didn't like, and many others. He has poor political instincts. Oddly, he's actually a pretty decent speaker. But he's childish and spiteful, like Trump. Kentucky recognized it and sent him packing.

It's always Russia with this group. Weird.

ZED
After three long years you still don't get it. Trump beat the billy gal. Take a deep breath, wait for the impeachment or his defeat in 2020.. Neither of which will happen.
5 more years of this and you haters will all have bleeding ulcers.

#7 | Posted by phesterOBoyle at 2019-11-03 04:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

We get it. You have no conscience.

Jimmy Carter gave up his peanut farm.

Keep that in mind.

#13 | Posted by LostAngeles at 2019-11-01 07:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

Right! And it's not like some peanut farm would have any sway to curry favor with foreign governments.

This is actually a key component of the Ukraine situation. A president with integrity would be eager to avoid situations that create a potential clash between personal interests and the national interest. Even if Joe and Hunter Biden were doing something underhanded in Ukraine, the fact that Joe is running for president should be all the current president should need to butt out. Any normal president would want to steer clear of this matter entirely lest he be accused of putting his desire for reelection ahead of international relations. Ethics policies for governments, corporations, nonprofits and every other conceivable organization make it clear that even the appearance of a conflict of interest jeopardizes the individual's and the organization's credibility and, therefore, its effectiveness.

I cannot stress this enough. It's not a technicality. It's not a rule that only prissy purists support. It's a basic tenet of integrity and trustworthiness. It doesn't matter who the whistleblower is or what anybody else testifies to in regard to the July 25 phone call. The president and his lackeys are already on record. The unwillingness of Trump and his flock to acknowledge this clear conflict of interest should disqualify them from any discussion of what is proper and what is not.

The rat has been cornered.

Conflict of interest is one of the most basic components of any ethics policy, and it's especially important in government. The reason such a standard exists is that a government official's actions should always be in the best interests of the country he is supposed to be serving. Period. It's not "rabid" to demand that the president act in accordance with this requirement. In fact, it's irresponsible not to demand it.