Posted on 02/15/2016 11:04:32 AM PST by Starman417
I am sick of Donald Trump. Utterly sick of him. I'm sick of his bullying, I'm sick of his whining, I'm sick of his profanity and I'm sick of his constant repetition.
Now I'm sick of his lying too.
Last night he blamed 9-11 on George W. Bush and he came right out and said that Bush lied the US into the war in Iraq. I think this time he has burned one too many bridges.
Asked to defend his 2008 comment that George W. Bush should have been impeached, Donald Trump said: "They lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none, and they knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction."Watch this exchange. Bush does not interrupt Trump but Trump can't shut up.Interviewers should press Trump on this: What evidence does Trump have that George W. Bush and his top advisers knowingly lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? How many other government officials does Trump believe were in on the deception? What does Trump believe would have been the point of such a lie, since the truth would soon come out?
BTW, Donald, the official tome on Iraq, the Silbermann-Robb report, says Bush did not lie.
"Even people at the highest level of the Iraqi regime believed Saddam had weapons of mass destruction," Silberman explains. "Saddam was running a bluff. He was bluffing his own people, and he was bluffing Iran. It would have been impossible for any intelligence agency in the world … to have determined that Saddam had destroyed his weapons of mass destruction."Silberman recently addressed the constant lying from the left (and from Trump):Even if the intelligence agencies had performed flawlessly, they would therefore have found themselves advising the president of grave dangers. "A first-class [intelligence] opinion would have said, 'We [the intelligence agencies] know Saddam once had weapons of mass destruction, we know that he proved capable of using them, and we have no evidence that he has destroyed them. Although we cannot prove that Saddam still has weapons of mass destruction, we think it highly likely that he has.'"
"It is astonishing to see the 'Bush lied' allegation evolve from antiwar slogan to journalistic fact."He added "as I recall, no one in Washington political circles offered significant disagreement with the intelligence community before the invasion. The National Intelligence Estimate was persuasive - to the president, to Congress and to the media."
Though it's politically convenient to constantly repeat the lie that Bush lied, no one from the left really ever bothers to explain why Bush would lie, as Kristol asked above. Trump sure as hell doesn't offer an explanation.
Never mind the fact that WMD's were found all over Iraq. I suspect there were far more found than we are left to know. It would be kept quiet so as not to tip off Al Qaeda and ISIS to its existence.
Never mind that a large part of the reason for the Iraq war was the same as the excuses for the war on Libya:
The Bush administration made the argument that in the post-9/11 climate there should be a belated reckoning with Saddam Hussein. He had continued to sponsor terrorism, had over the years invaded or attacked four of his neighbors, and had killed tens of thousands of his own people. He was surely more a threat to the region and to his own people than either Bashar Assad or Moammar Qaddafi was eight years later.Trump compensates for his lies with increased volume. When Jeb Bush chipped Trump for his reality show history, Trump went  nuts:
While Donald Trump was building a reality TV show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. And I'm proud of what he did."As if that wasn't enough, Trump kept stabbing:"The World Trade Center came down during your brother's reign," Trump reminded Bush.
"The World Trade Center came down during the reign of George Bush," Trump said to a strong reaction from the audience. "That's not keeping us safe."Again- blaming George Bush for 9-11. It's something I found and do find detestable for a self-proclaimed conservative. This is the mindless throw-away line of a liberal. It was following 9-11 that Bush built the security structure which kept the US safe since and which Obama has enjoyed and in some ways expanded upon. Trump has frequently accused Bush of knowing that 9-11 was coming and ignored the warnings. About that, Politifact says:
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And why did he bring it up? To score cheap points against Jeb, who will be lucky if he comes in 4th instead of 5th in SC. So unnecessary.
“...How’s it feel to be code pink’s bitch? ...”
You’re asking Trump, right?
LMAO!!!! That is awesome!!!!
Wow, does Trump know he’s responsible for Code Pink too? /s
When you’ve given all you have and still got your ass handed to you, go right to the personal insults.
Coming from someone who is so eager to trust someone who was just recently a liberal, that’s a joke!
How many Code Pink bitches are posting on FR lately?
Lots and lots, from the what I can see.
And I agreed, 100%. But now he's spouting Democrat BS. What Republican on any level can possibly go along with that?
My vote is based on what I think. And that jackass is sounding like a Democrat, through and through. I need to take a shower after watching him. Ick
I predict you won’t make it to your one year anniversary.
Enjoy it while it lasts pal.
ROFLOLOL! Get your facts straight please!
In 2004 he said that "I probably identify more as a democrat". In 2000 he was in favor of gun control.
In 1999 he said "I am very pro-choice".
In 2007 he was questioned on who he thought would be the best person to make a deal with Iran and he said "I think Hillary would do a good job."
In 2008 he complimented Pelosi and said "I'm very impressed by her, I think she's a very impressive person, and I like her a lot."
In regards to Obama's stimulus speech, he said, "I thought he did a great job tonight. I thought he was strong, and smart, and it looks like we have somebody that knows what he's doing. And he's a strong guy who really knows what he wants, and this is what we need."
In 2004 he said that the "economy does better under the democrats than under the republicans."
Agree.
The N00b sure is mouthy.
I predict you will embrace everything Code Pink says—as long as Trump says it too.
We wring our hands over Trump's rough edges and course language. But his ability to play the game the way the DemocRATS have played will give us a chance to win this time.
I say good for Trump for learning how to play the game to get the win.
Get with the program, that was more then ten years ago. Hell, if that is your standard, then cruz and bush are on in the same page platform wise.
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