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"Obamagate" terrifies me (Original Post) cilla4progress May 2020 OP
Bill Barr is unhinged. Yavin4 May 2020 #1
Relax. If they want civil unrest unseen in American history, they'd 'arrest' President Obama. tman May 2020 #2
That's how I feel. cilla4progress May 2020 #6
Stop repeating the word. marybourg May 2020 #3
It doesn't worry me in the least. SoonerPride May 2020 #4
I agree. But we ought to stop talking about prosecuting trump when out of office. Hoyt May 2020 #11
Yes, but leftieNanner May 2020 #15
For sure. Go after him just like trump "University." Hoyt May 2020 #20
So far, the Republican senators... lame54 May 2020 #5
my view is there isnt a goddamned thing donnie-t can do RT Atlanta May 2020 #7
I suspect so winetourdriver01 May 2020 #8
Classic projection GreenEyedLefty May 2020 #9
If the president does it, it's not illegal. onecaliberal May 2020 #10
Yeah. Dick Nixon tried that one too leftieNanner May 2020 #16
That's when we had an actual functioning government onecaliberal May 2020 #22
I would bet that he has done so privately leftieNanner May 2020 #24
I'm sorry. My language should always come with a warning... onecaliberal May 2020 #26
Oh good heavens! leftieNanner May 2020 #27
You're in good company. onecaliberal May 2020 #28
All this is is yet another feebleattempt by trump to deflect attention away from himself calguy May 2020 #12
It is a propaganda scheme and we give it legs by using their newspeak. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #13
This SoonerPride May 2020 #17
It's a HOAX. GeorgeGist May 2020 #14
Fake. He will say in a few minutes he never said it. kairos12 May 2020 #18
I remember throughout his 2 terms.. stillcool May 2020 #19
The Strategy is a Huge Mistake peggysue2 May 2020 #21
i agree KayF May 2020 #23
You can see from the protests his cult is suffering. Although they project that onto haircuts & bars Runningdawg May 2020 #25
I don't think anyone cares about this right now Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #29

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
1. Bill Barr is unhinged.
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:49 AM
May 2020

He's capable of going after anyone for anything. So I expect Barr to announce an investigation into Obama.

tman

(983 posts)
2. Relax. If they want civil unrest unseen in American history, they'd 'arrest' President Obama.
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:49 AM
May 2020

If they want to ensure record Black voter participation in every state in the union...

It's another diversion.

cilla4progress

(24,728 posts)
6. That's how I feel.
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:51 AM
May 2020

I would lay down my life...

At least HRC still not "locked up".

What has become of this country? Or is it karma for all our bad faith through the centuries...?

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
4. It doesn't worry me in the least.
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:50 AM
May 2020

If they are dumb enough to try to prosecute a former president, then they all but assure that Biden will use that precedent to put trump away forever.

This is all noise and distraction to get you and the media to talk about something else, ANYTHING ELSE, other than the 82,000 dead Americans and 22,000,000 unemployed.

Don't worry about it at all.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
11. I agree. But we ought to stop talking about prosecuting trump when out of office.
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:57 AM
May 2020

Sure, he deserves it more than anyone in history. But it's just not a good precedent. Just vote his sorry ass out of office by a landslide and let him whine for the rest of his life.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
15. Yes, but
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:04 PM
May 2020

I wouldn't mind it if New York State pursued some of his "business" interests. Uncover a little fraud. Fine him and seize his assets. That would be OK with me!

RT Atlanta

(2,517 posts)
7. my view is there isnt a goddamned thing donnie-t can do
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:52 AM
May 2020

about this manufactured controversy. he's just ginning it up with his chaos theory.

What it HAS done is once again have many people chasing that 'hey look it's a squirrel' distraction du jour.

This is more bull shit.

 

winetourdriver01

(1,154 posts)
8. I suspect so
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:52 AM
May 2020

Obama is his nemesis, and it's something his base can distract themselves with. Obama will always be the "other", the black man, Chumps personal boogie man. These are dangerous times. He has the full power of the Executive branch, the Senate and the Supreme Court behind him, to one degree or another. The election is approaching fast, and there is fear in the air.

onecaliberal

(32,852 posts)
22. That's when we had an actual functioning government
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:54 PM
May 2020

With morals. Obama should tell trump to kindly fuck off.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
24. I would bet that he has done so privately
Tue May 12, 2020, 01:09 PM
May 2020

But he's too cool to say that out loud.

I know that my language choices have veered more toward "potty mouth" in the last 3 years!

onecaliberal

(32,852 posts)
26. I'm sorry. My language should always come with a warning...
Tue May 12, 2020, 01:34 PM
May 2020

It's terrible. Only outmatched by my anger.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
27. Oh good heavens!
Tue May 12, 2020, 01:45 PM
May 2020

I swear like a sailor. I just look innocent.

And these times have unleashed the magic fuck word in my vocabulary!

calguy

(5,306 posts)
12. All this is is yet another feebleattempt by trump to deflect attention away from himself
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:02 PM
May 2020

He's throwing anything and everything out there hoping something sticks. Unfortunately for him the only thing that is sticking is his obvious incompetence and stupidity.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
13. It is a propaganda scheme and we give it legs by using their newspeak.
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:03 PM
May 2020

Stop using lock X up, fake news, obamagate, stop using their propaganda.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
19. I remember throughout his 2 terms..
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:11 PM
May 2020

things had a boomerang affect. They'd throw sh*t, he'd be patient, and they ended up covered in their own sh*t. I'm hoping he's still got that mojo. He can definitely outsmart them, and they are definitely playing with hell-fire if they mess with him.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
21. The Strategy is a Huge Mistake
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:49 PM
May 2020

Which means I'm cheering the Trump team on because President Obama is far more popular than the Squatter-in-Chief. Trump has spent the last 3+ years acting out his petty jealousy of all things Obama. He wants to make that his reelection centerpiece? More power to the jerk and his enablers.

He'll lose badly.

Runningdawg

(4,516 posts)
25. You can see from the protests his cult is suffering. Although they project that onto haircuts & bars
Tue May 12, 2020, 01:21 PM
May 2020

They are losing $$$, businesses and health care - falling behind on the car payments and mortgage and their kids have all moved back home with their kids. They are beginning to figure out you can't eat bullets and prayer isn't working. They know he is responsible, but they are in denial. He may be stupid but he knows this too. This is just a little bone to keep them happy until he can get back on the campaign trail. Nothing more.

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
29. I don't think anyone cares about this right now
Tue May 12, 2020, 02:17 PM
May 2020

and it isn't going to change any minds. Same thing with Biden's accuser. No one cares. If it was something real she would have said something a long time ago. She has a Trump lawyer. It's total bullshit.

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