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Clarence Page: The Democrats’ lawsuit isn't as nutty as it sounds
The Chicago Tribune ^ | April 24, 2018 | by Clarence Page

Posted on 04/24/2018 2:44:21 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

When you don’t know what else to do, sue.

To critics in both major national parties, the Democratic National Committee seemed to be following that dubious legal advice by filing a lawsuit last week that alleges collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Some from both parties ridiculed the suit as a distraction from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and the cash-strapped DNC’s rebuilding efforts as midterm elections approach.

Trump has a long record of threatening more court fights than he actually wages.

You might recall his similar promises to sue the publisher of Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” or CBS News for a Stormy Daniels interview or the many women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. None of those has yet materialized. Countless journalists are waiting for the discovery process that any of those actions might open up.

Also important, since Trump’s surprising election win shook things up in 2016, Democrats have been scoring significant victories in special elections. That’s given Perez a little more running room to try such offbeat stunts as the lawsuit against Team Trump.

But to win the midterms or prepare for the 2020 presidential campaign, Democrats need to offer answers for issues like good jobs, health care and school funding, just for starters. Lawsuits are not enough.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; dnc; dnclawsuit; fake; fakenews; nuisancesuit; progressives; stupidity; trumprussia
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To: goldstategop
Let these guys keep dreaming of a Blue Wave in November.

Yeah, well don't over estimate the cognitive abilities of the average voter. Most of the news on FR is not well known to the general public who can barely read and has little interest in ferreting out the facts.

21 posted on 04/24/2018 4:09:20 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: goldstategop

Just like they had Karl Rove “frogmarched” from the White House in handcuffs ... wait, that never happened.


22 posted on 04/24/2018 4:20:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That Clarence Page doesn’t see the incredibable danger the DNC has placed it self in is no surprise. Page has been a mindless DNC whore for decades. He only writes what they tell him to.


23 posted on 04/24/2018 4:53:07 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: ClearCase_guy
What's that from? "Rent-a-Goalie"?

Not a goalie stick, and the production value looks too high.

24 posted on 04/24/2018 5:18:45 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

How I Met Your Mother

Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky, the somewhat wacky Canadian girl.


25 posted on 04/24/2018 5:21:27 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: ClearCase_guy
Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky, the somewhat wacky Canadian girl.

She can join me in the penalty box, anytime.

26 posted on 04/24/2018 5:22:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ClearCase_guy

I’ve passed the desired demo of a lot of shows, so I don’t think I’ve ever seen “How I Met Your Mother”.


27 posted on 04/24/2018 5:24:25 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yes it is and only a moron who is nuttier than a squirrel turd would think it is not.


28 posted on 04/24/2018 5:49:15 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Democrat’s Chicago lawn jockey weighs in...


29 posted on 04/24/2018 7:55:10 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: scottinoc
Even liberals are admitting that it sounds nutty.


30 posted on 04/24/2018 9:07:25 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Paladin2

Idiot Perez doesn’t seem to understand that discovery runs both ways.


31 posted on 04/25/2018 4:43:23 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
From the article: Team Trump peddles right-wing conspiracy theories that it was the Clinton campaign that actually colluded with the Russians, although that theory is built on more speculation than hard evidence.

Really Clarence???

32 posted on 04/25/2018 4:50:23 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Hey Clarence. There sure are a lot of folks from Hussein’s regime hiring lawyers.


33 posted on 04/25/2018 4:59:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: pfflier

“A civil suit does not require evidence to be “beyond a shadow of a doubt” like in criminal law.”

Criminal law does not require that either.


34 posted on 04/25/2018 9:17:23 AM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: ChildOfThe60s

“Yeah, well don’t over estimate the cognitive abilities of the average voter.”

Hard not to over estimate since it is nearly impossible to underestimate it.


35 posted on 04/25/2018 9:21:59 AM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

...no, it is “nuttier”. Clarence is a LIB LOSER lunatic .


36 posted on 04/27/2018 7:38:16 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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