Posted on 01/19/2018 5:05:37 PM PST by Jim Robinson
“Where are the rest of the GOP Reps?”
Where indeed.
I don’t see my congressman’s name on the list. >:-(
Trump won't do it!
We may get to see before the night is over.
“BREAKING: Rep @Jim_Jordan says the memo, application, all of it could be released today. #ReleasetheMemo
1:38 PM - 19 Jan 2018 “
https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/954468221394083840
I'm calling bullshit on that.
Jim, et al,
Rush pissed me off today and I hope he’s wrong...he said perhaps there is some stuff in the Fisa request which may make Trump look bad and Trump may not want the memo released due to that...I hope that is not true.
“I’m calling bullshit on that.”
Time will tell.
Ultimately, but the information is "compartmentalized" on a "need to know basis." He would have to at least know exactly what he was looking for to get the specific info.
This is why Nunes brought some of this info over to Trump after he was in office, that he had been tipped off to. Which is why the DOJ fought like heck even giving this latest info over to him, and he is the chairman of their oversight committee. Per reports there are whistleblowers that are tipping Nunes and others off, but Nunes etc still have to request the specific information before it's provided. At least from this DOJ.
Indicting a former president may be one step over the line, best to let Congress do it.
1. At each step in the process you have to be prepared for the Alinsky-trained opposition to say: “prove it”!
2. One of the better known strategies by the Axelrod generation, when they know they have been caught on severely damaging information, is to bait their political opposition into going too far.
3. It is a psychological strategy that has proven highly effective for years, arguably for over a generation.
4. Find a public face of the issue that everyone will recognize. Find a location and venue that is familiar to everyone.... then seed bait.
5. Get the opponent to make a claim that is too far beyond currently known evidence. Then, very strategically, and very publicly call them out with a simple: “Prove It”.
6. As soon as that opponent cannot “prove” that specific claim, then all subsequent downstream claims are dismissed through the use of the previous public down-dressing.
7. David Axelrod or Lanny Davis (or their VJ crew) would like nothing more than to see a highly visible figure make a claim right now that President Obama instructed political surveillance upon Donald Trump through the FBI and DOJ.
8. Fellow travelers, those who know the effective use of the technique, are right now looking for that opportunity. They are looking for that person, that visible person, who is bold enough to make that claim publicly.
9. As soon as they identify their very public *mark*, they will subtly position a counter operative prepared, seemingly at a random moment, to deploy the “prove it”.
10. If they can bait a well known public official, or a generally well known representative of oppositional media, into that position -TALKING BEYOND PROVABLE EVIDENCE-... they will.
11. If they are successful at getting a public entity, visibly on record, publicly making an accusation they cannot yet immediately prove - Axelrod, Davis, Brock, then flood the media cycle with use of that single example to diminish all else.
12. That strategy works like a charm, every time. See: Fast-n-Furious, IRS targeting, Benghazi, Pay-to-Play, etc. etc. etc.
13. Additionally, the same use of NSA surveillance didn’t just start with Donald Trump. It’s been going on for a lot longer. Even the FISC publicly acknowledged a pattern period from 2012 through 2016 that was deeply concerning.
14. So before a *kitchen cabinet* of White Hat-minded swamp drainers could even begin to confront the corruption and conspiracy, they would first need to identify people within their own team who were likely compromised.
15. That unfortunate reality means some “ranking political members” are likely to work against the interests of exposing corruption. Some members are invested in long term UniParty indulgences. It is the way of the swamp.
16. Notice how the “Senate Intelligence Committee” is entirely cut out from the current swamp draining endeavor?
17. Notice how the “House Oversight Committee” is entirely cut out from the current plan to expose the FBI and DOJ corruption.?
18. There’s a reason for that.
19. “Begin, with the end in mind”...
20. Nunes - Swam21. Grassley - Swamp Draining via FBI and DOJ oversight and corruption (emphasis on FBI)
p Draining via FISA-702 Abuse.
22. Goodlatte - Swamp Draining via DOJ oversight - using DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz investigation.
23. Batting Order:
Lead-off hitter: Devin Nunes
Second: Chuck Grassley
Third: Bob Goodlatte
Clean-up: Michael Horowitz
24. End
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Really thought out well on your part...if you were wagering, what would Trump do next...?
Perhaps toss it to the House or keep tweeting dangerously close to the flame or release the memo/declassify when it can do the most damage...which is not yet...?
Ultimately, but the information is "compartmentalized" on a "need to know basis." He would have to at least know exactly what he was looking for to get the specific info.
This is why Nunes brought some of this info over to Trump after he was in office, that he had been tipped off to. Which is why the DOJ fought like heck even giving this latest info over to him, and he is the chairman of their oversight committee. Per reports there are whistleblowers that are tipping Nunes and others off, but Nunes etc still have to request the specific information before it's provided. At least from this DOJ.
“We will see the Dems (and many Repubs) brought down and the Media brought down - the entire power structure, Soros et al. There will be no deals and the untouchables will be imprisoned.”
Let me guess...you are 28 years old and simply not jaded sufficiently yet about the realities of life. I envy your youthful optimism. I with I had a bit of it.
Rush probably got that idea from this article by Andrew McCarthy over at NRO:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455426/steele-dossier-fusion-gps-glenn-simpson-trump-russia-investigation
When does the batting order start hitting?
“Let me guess...you are 28 years old and simply not jaded sufficiently yet about the realities of life. I envy your youthful optimism. I with I had a bit of it.”
Nope. This is the first ray of hope I’ve had since Reagan.
Yeah...about a quarter of them. Absolutely disgraceful and pitiful. BTW, I think there are 238 Republicans, not 234.
It is disgusting and reprehensible that the vote yesterday to release was entirely on party lines.
I never noticed the swamp stench on Massie before. I certainly hope this isn’t early on stage of McConnellosis (we’re Kentuckians).
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A good start..........
We need more.
Contact representatives .....
LOL
Agree about this being the first ray of hope I’ve had since Reagan. I remember being SO disappointed that he couldn’t even kill the Department of Energy.
I hate to say it, but I still think you are hopelessly naive and overly optimistic. Time will tell.
Newtie used to tell him stuff, way back when; Levin too, when he was with W. Otherwise, Rush didn't know his arse from his from his elbow, used to do his show prop here and quoted posts here, as though they were his words.
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