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Pat Buchanan: It Isn’t Watergate Yet, But How Long Can This Sustain?
The Daily Caller ^ | 17 May 2017 10:28pm | Alex Pfeiffer

Posted on 05/19/2017 6:46:59 AM PDT by blueplum

Pat Buchanan says the nonstop uproar following Trump’s firing of former FBI director James Comey is not comparable to Watergate, but he does wonder if the Trump presidency can function with this level of drama. {snip}

I knew when Trump got in, he’s going to have to fight for his agenda every day. A part of the Republican Party disagrees with it and a part of the Republican Party will also seek to sabotage and stop it. It’s going to be a long slog. I accept that.

Indispensable to the agenda is the president himself. It doesn’t depend as much on the people around him as long as he stays true to his goals and on trade it looks like he really is trying to do that. I’ve got my own ideas on what he ought to do. I think you’re going to need a tariff and then use all the revenues from the tariff to cut taxes on American corporations. I think he’s trying to do something there.

He’s clearly working on something on the borders. He retains his reluctance to get involved in a major war in the Middle East. A new war which would consume his presidency.

The people we’ve been battling with all these years they didn’t say, “Well it’s all over we’re going home.” As soon as the election was over, the same old interests began to advance the same old agendas without much opposition.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: buchanan; draintheswamp; maga; trump
Buchanan is right - we knew going in we'd have to fight thru the mud of 'status quo'.

Steady on!

1 posted on 05/19/2017 6:46:59 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum
...but he does wonder if the Trump presidency can function with this level of drama.

Me thinks that is the plan of the media.

2 posted on 05/19/2017 6:59:31 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: blueplum

Presenting a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.


3 posted on 05/19/2017 7:05:37 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: blueplum

The left is already at their wits end. They are acting like a three year old who has used all of it’s energy in a violent rolling and pounding on the floor tantrum. Now, if they get a good spanking and are sent to bed, we may well have some peace and quiet. Otherwise, they will be acting out again in hope that they will wear us down. Far too much attention is being paid to what they are saying and far too little to what needs to happen to ill behaving children. This includes the RINO’s who need to pay a heavy price for their treachery.


4 posted on 05/19/2017 7:05:43 AM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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To: blueplum

The problem is that Trump got out of the fight when he allowed the media to turn Russia into a fake enemy — equal to a real enemy like North Korea. Once this happened, every contact with the fake enemy turned into an excuse to seek an investigation or a special prosecutor. The Republicans have no response other than a weak, “The Democrats did it too.” Meanwhile, everything the Democrats did wrong goes uninvestigated.


5 posted on 05/19/2017 7:06:01 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: blueplum
It's time for President Trump to go on offense. I would suggest he tweet this video of Benedict Comey of testifying under oath that he was never told to stop an investigation of anything just a few days before he released a "memo" that said President Trump told him to stop the Flynn investigation.

So, he was either lying UNDER OATH on May 3rd or he was lying on May 17 when he released his memo.

Either way, he's a liar.

Video: Comey testifies he was never told to stop any investigation.

"Report": Comey "memo" says Trump asked him to stop Flynn investigation.

6 posted on 05/19/2017 7:06:47 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: blueplum; miss marmelstein

Trump has lifted the veil. Traditional Americans no longer have to imagine their worst fears, but can plainly see how deep and wide the political and philosophical corruption truly is, in DC.

It’s like half our country is gone, and we’re stuck with either beating back the Neanderthals of the Left from DC to the city streets, or just burning daylight in limp hope that the DC system will correct the DC system. (smirk) %:/


8 posted on 05/19/2017 7:21:24 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: blueplum

Fake news, fake evidence, fake reporters, fake scandal

FAKE WATERGATE


9 posted on 05/19/2017 7:28:10 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: RitaOK
Tucker Carlson had the most amazing opening monologue last night in which he spoke about the rolling coup that is happening. He spoke to what would happen if Trump left office and it wasn't pretty. Tribalism. That is what we are descending into already and it will accelerate if Trump is vanquished.
10 posted on 05/19/2017 7:33:03 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: RitaOK

A world wide economic collapse is going to eclipse everything. I can’t say when but a decade or so of 80% of Americans living hand to mouth and begging for work will fix everything.


11 posted on 05/19/2017 7:38:41 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: RitaOK

President Trump has been lifting the veil since he announced in June of 2015.

He did this with the statement he made with John McCain being no hero...and he did it with Linda Graham’s phone number, and kept on going...he showed us what each candidate was about...

Then he showed just what type of people the Clintons were during the election...a lot of our people didn’t live through those horrid years of the Clintons...

Now he is showing us the Representatives, Senators, who works in what departments, and now he is onto the World Stage showing us how corrupt the World is...

Yes, he is lifting the veil on everything, and boy it takes your breath away sometimes to see what lays in front of you...

We are so fortunate to have a man like President Trump who wants to make our Country to the point of how great it is, and how great our people are...

I don’t think we have ever seen a person who just works all the time, building, encouraging and performing just what the Office Of President Of the United States really means...

God Bless Him .


12 posted on 05/19/2017 7:53:25 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: rarestia

“Presenting a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.”

As long as President Trump just keeps doing his job he will continue to have the support of the voters. The cr@p coming out of Washington is all noise with nothing behind it.


13 posted on 05/19/2017 7:57:16 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Socon-Econ
Oh yes, if they ever find a hot mike quote of Trump telling Medvedev, “I will have more flexibility after the election.” He will be toast. (mega-sarc)
14 posted on 05/19/2017 8:08:13 AM PDT by Know et al ( Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

well said. God Bless Trump and God Bless the Undefeatable Deplorables.


15 posted on 05/19/2017 8:22:34 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: miss marmelstein

I saw that powerful monologue! I believe that was the best definitive profile of the new Left, ever. The old farmers Democrat Party is dead. This new fascist party is a different beast.

You read me to the tee. It was from that monologue that I chose to use in my initial comment one of my favorite terms, “Neanderthals”. That is who it is that is endangering our country— Neanderthals.


16 posted on 05/19/2017 8:28:24 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: HarleyLady27
President Trump has been lifting the veil since he announced in June of 2015.

Kinda like this?

17 posted on 05/19/2017 8:39:02 AM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink is dangerous ...)
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To: HarleyLady27; miss marmelstein

Another thing.. FYI. There was an article on Sp Daily (I believe it was Michael Brown) discussing the satanic witches, who have been calling down curses on TRUMP, to bind him and his administration. This brood of vipers are calling for even more witches to engage the evil craft.

He said it is important for the faithful to not dismiss this evil circling our nation and our president.

We, also, have our Remedy and many of them. We must pray our Remedy in times of spiritual warfare.

St. Michael Archangel, defend us in battle...


18 posted on 05/19/2017 8:41:08 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Socon-Econ
The problem is that Trump got out of the fight when he allowed the media to turn Russia into a fake enemy — equal to a real enemy like North Korea.

+1

Russia is not our enemy and treating them as such is insulting.

I keep waiting for Trump to fight back. Why isn't Hillary lawyering up? Or Loretta Lynch? Or Susan Rice? Or Obama! They're walking around with smiles on their faces while Trump is getting investigated for two scoops of ice cream. Meanwhile, GOP Congressional leadership has scattered to the wind.

We are on our way to the greatest squandering of opportunities we've ever seen and we'll never have this chance to turn things around again.

As someone who has sent Trump money, it is endlessly frustrating! WHERE IS THE FIGHT?!?!?!

19 posted on 05/19/2017 8:56:01 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: jeffc

Donald Trump needs to start indicting people like the Clintons and obama. There is plenty of real evidence of major crimes committed by them.


20 posted on 05/19/2017 8:59:09 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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