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TRUMP PRAISES SESSIONS
Powerline ^ | Aug. 5, 2017 | Paul Mirengoff

Posted on 08/06/2017 12:47:00 AM PDT by EliRoom8

Normally it wouldn’t make news when a president touts the work of a cabinet member. As the old song goes, that’s the way I always heard it should be.

But in the Trump administration, “dog bites man” can easily become “man bites dog.” Thus, it’s news that President Trump is praising Attorney General Sessions for cracking down on illegal leaks of classified information.

Writing on (where else) Twitter, Trump declared: “After many years of LEAKS going on in Washington, it is great to see the A.G. taking action! For National Security, the tougher the better!”


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It's good to see this. And regarding the Special Prosecutor, someone wiser than me said that Mueller is baiting Trump to fire him. This would get him out of a poor case, make him look like a martyr, and cause turmoil for Trump.

Pray for our great president!

1 posted on 08/06/2017 12:47:01 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: EliRoom8

It could also be viewed as damning him with faint praise meaning “About Time!”


2 posted on 08/06/2017 12:50:44 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Trump the anti politician. About time!)
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To: EliRoom8
Mueller is baiting Trump to fire him.

Trump should immediately oblige him. A special counselor should be appointed only when there is clear reason to suspect wrong-doing, not because the media and the Democrats object to a presidential election outcome and refuse to believe that the American people could have defied their wishes. Sessions is a gutless fool who caved in to media pressure and Beltway thinking - say what you will about Eric Holder, he never launched a witch-hunt like this against his president.
3 posted on 08/06/2017 12:57:59 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: EliRoom8

Sometimes you just have to build a fire under an old boys arse just to get his attention.


4 posted on 08/06/2017 4:51:05 AM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: EliRoom8

Sessions would earn more respect un-recusing himself to fire mueller.


5 posted on 08/06/2017 5:54:21 AM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Now that he has convened a grand jury he has an ethical duty to the citizens of the United States to disclose any criminal accusation of the President that he is pursuing.


6 posted on 08/06/2017 6:08:16 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: EliRoom8

As I suspected. President Trump was taking the political heat for Sessions. The public push put all the heat on Trump and not on Sessions. Keeps Sessions clean. Smart move.


7 posted on 08/06/2017 6:31:01 AM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Trump’s criticism of Sessions’ disastrous and unnecessary recusal sent him a message to get more aggressive.


8 posted on 08/06/2017 6:54:08 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I think far better than firing would be to set strict guidelines and a firm time limit on Mueller. He should be confined to the Russia issue with no ability to wander to other areas and given 1 month to conclude. He must immediately release any information at least to the AG. Firing gives too much chaos for libs.


9 posted on 08/06/2017 7:01:47 AM PDT by nclaurel
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To: EliRoom8

Or everything we have been fed about lazy, good for nuthin Sessions is Yuge steaming pile of excrement.


10 posted on 08/06/2017 7:22:07 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: Revolutionary
Took the political heat? Hell, he got the entire U.S. Senate to stand behind Sessions and make threats that no harm will come to Sessions on pain of enduring the wrath of Linda.

You don't get carte blanche like that in D.C.

That Linda figured out how had he had been was evident when he tried to introduce unconstitutional legislation to prevent the firing of Mueller.

11 posted on 08/06/2017 7:52:48 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Dusty Road

You said it!


12 posted on 08/06/2017 9:26:55 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: chief lee runamok; All

Trump should fire Mueller and take the heat for a week or two vs the crap he and his family are going to endure for months-years.


13 posted on 08/06/2017 9:28:42 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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