Trump crosses the line

Flopping Aces ^ | 02-14-16 | DrJohn

[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.

Bill Kristol:

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."

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?

Watch this exchange. Bush does not interrupt Trump but Trump can't shut up.

https://youtu.be/I8cxTaaNZrw

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."

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.'"

Silberman recently addressed the constant lying from the left (and from Trump):

"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."

"The World Trade Center came down during your brother's reign," Trump reminded Bush.

As if that wasn't enough, Trump kept stabbing:

"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:

[mkjessup]

My bet is he’s a paid shill, perhaps Cruz, or more likely Bush since those fools will waste money on ANY no-talent out there, lol

[wildbill]

I have a problem with a political candidate telling me “I’m capable of changing into anything I want to be.” And when you look at his record, he’d never had any conservative principles or expressed conservative views on issues until he started asking us for our votes.

I’m still looking for a candidate—and at one time was strongly considering Trump—but lately I’ve begun to see him as someone who is simply feeding his ego and is conning all us Chumps for Trump.

[jaydee770]

Heh! What are you talking about? My only reply and participation in the thread so far was my *spot-on* reply to your *wholly* unnecessary insult. Here - go look and then come back and flail again for me, puppet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3397348/posts?page=52#52

You trump-pets never fail to keep it *far* from classy -- just like your "NYC-Values", "Reformed-Democrat" candidate! Thanks for demonstrating and proving that in this public forum for everyone to see. Spank you very much, trump-pet!

[MarvinStinson]

Sniff the air around you and it will smell like Code Pink.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

YOU said he was never a liberal. YOU lied. 'fess up! :-D

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Another x-factor that Trump offers is as a potential national cheerleader.

[JoSixChip]

YOU said he was never a liberal. YOU lied. 'fess up! :-D

Not all democrats are liberal and not all liberals are democrats. Please show me where I lied?

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Not all democrats are liberal and not all liberals are democrats. Please show me where I lied?

I already did. You're trying to cover your a** it's not working. If you want to class being "very pro-choice" and being in favor of gun control as "moderate" dem material, then Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton are definitely NOT liberals in your book.

[CincyRichieRich]

Worship Bush and the family? No sir, I despise them. That doesn’t mean I blame them for the towers attack.

[JoSixChip]

I already did. You're trying to cover your a** it's not working. If you want to class being "very pro-choice" and being in favor of gun control as "moderate" dem material, then Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton are definitely NOT liberals in your book.

No, what you did there is take things totally out of context. I'll just assume that you have to lie because you have nothing else.

[montag813]

Looks like I am not the only one who thinks this...

Saddam had no intention of attacking America, and no weapons to accomplish it. That insane War was over one simple thing, georgie jr heard Saddam didn’t like his daddy, so off go American working class kids to their deaths and thousands disabled for life, to avenge Georgie’s Honor.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Project much?

[JoSixChip]

Worship Bush and the family? No sir, I despise them. That doesn't mean I blame them for the towers attack.

Well the truth is that there were a lot of people that shared in the complacency that left us open to that attack. Not least of which was the POTUS. If you are saying bush had no responsibility for 911, then I just disagree. and that is all Trump said. But you go ahead and try to make hey of it. I don't think it will help cruz, maybe bush though.

[JoSixChip]

Project much?

I don't think so, no. Do you have a case to make?

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Just that you seem like a bit of an arrogant bluster-puss like your hero. Can't admit when you're wrong. But really, no one has ever chocked to death from swallowing their pride. Believe me, I've had to do it before.

[mkjessup]

*YAWN*

Like I said, you're a one trick pony.

On second thought, make that a one trick TROLL.

[MarvinStinson]

Are you a Code Pinko troll?

Read your own posts.

[mkjessup]

I know what I’ve said, all you’ve been doing is slinging around this “Code Pink” lame labeling routine and IF you had any credibility before, it’s zero now.

Say Mr. Mod? How about taking a look at this joker and see if life support should be terminated yet?

[MarvinStinson]

Poster jessup doesn’t like it when Code Pinko is exposed on Free Republic.

Code Pink praises Donald Trump after debate

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/269472-code-pink-praises-donald-trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is being praised by Code Pink, a group that has protested the Iraq War.

Trump garnered support from Code Pink dduring the GOP debate Saturday night when he called the Iraq War a mistake and accused the George W. Bush administration of lying before the invasion.

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Code Pink also wants Israel wiped out.

Code Pink played a part in setting up the Obama/muslim brotherhood attempt to take over Egypt.

Code Pink is a big HAMAS supporter and was part of the ‘flotilla” that tried to undermine Israel.

Code Pink was a big pusher of Obama’s enabling Iran to get the bomb and $150 million from the US.

[Future Snake Eater]

I’m curious, do you think this means that Trump and Medea Benjamin are BFFs, or do you think a radical, fringe organization latched onto a statement and are trying to garner press?