Dems Should Be Careful...

[WiffenPoof]

...not to overplay their hand. They do not want to appear to be on a witch hunt.

Just saying.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. LOL

you forgot something

[JHan]

64. lowkey comment of the thread lol

[TDale313]

2. Oh screw that!

They're always careful. Never wanna run too fast or push too hard. Done playing softball while they go all Negan on our ass.

[kimbutgar]

8. Last night I said Negan is chump to my husband and he did not tell me I was crazy!

Usually he says"oh you are overexaggerating".

[NurseJackie]

58. Yes. Thank you!

[kimbutgar]

3. Eight years of petty witch hunts on Obama and beneghazi beneghazi beneghazi on Hillary

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The rethugs overplayed, put cards in their socks and overturned the playing table against Obama and Hillary!

We Dem's need to push back hard and stand up to the bullies.

[lpbk2713]

17. Benghazi and email server.

We have a lot of room before we even come close to overplaying anything.

[kimbutgar]

47. Fat fingers

Corrected

[Ken Burch]

54. OK...thought it was some new thing I hadn't heard of.

n/t.

[sarcasmo]

5. A witch hunt, like Benghazi and E-mails.

[Blecht]

6. Thank you for your concern

[Demsrule86]

7. A witch hunt implies there is nothig to be found...like

Benghazi and the email bullshit...this modern watergate and will end with Trump resigning.

[WiffenPoof]

10. I said "appear" to be a witch hunt. NT

[Demsrule86]

21. The GOP went after Obama and Hillary and never paid any price...besides

this is about saving our democracy in my opinion.

[lagomorph777]

92. I don't give a crap what it appears to be; this is war.

And for once we have to win it with brute force.

[putitinD]

77. and prison time with any luck.

[Demsrule86]

84. This is an attempt to help a foreign power compromise our Republic.

I don't care if we are at war or not...this is treason. The groper and his minions and some in Congress need to be introduce to orange jumpsuits.

[guillaumeb]

9. It is not a witch hunt if numerous Intelligence Services are coming forward with

similar evidence.

My feeling is that at a minimum, a Special Prosecutor should be appointed.

In Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald was the Special Prosecutor who successfully prosecuted 2 Governors. One, George Ryan, was a Republican. The other, Rod Blagojevich, was a Democrat. He would be a good choice.

[KingCharlemagne]

16. I preder Sally Yates - nt

[guillaumeb]

18. Irony squared? eom

[rzemanfl]

29. I will trade you an "f" for your "d" and a vowel to be named later.

[kentuck]

11. Yeah, they'll find themselves in the minority...

if they're not careful.

[Peacetrain]

68. ROFL!!!!!

so true Kentuck.. so true..

[DefenseLawyer]

12. You're pistol. You're really funny.

It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy.
It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, you know the way you tell the story and everything.

[wishstar]

13. Why not? Repubs were quite successful with that tactic, with less justification

[WiffenPoof]

14. I'm thinking of public perception...

You may not think it is important to move cautiously...but I do.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

34. So, how do you do that without risking moving too slowly while more Russians are "accidented"

and whatever evidence that's left is destroyed?

[Gothmog]

91. I was at an Indivisible meeting last week where we had 100 people

A dozen or so people spoke about being afraid of losing their health care and others were worried about trump starting a war. People are scared and want to take action. There is another independent group that has 900 face book members who wants to see some protests and actions. We have a large number of people calling or going by the local GOP congressman to ask for a town hall. If the local GOP congressman has a town hall do you want us to not show up? Do you want us to not ask him questions about health care or Russia?

What do you recommend? Not confront the GOP. Not recruit candidates to take advantage of the feelings against trump? What exactly are you proposing. Do you think that it is wrong to organize groups to register voters at the local schools (in Texas public high schools are required the school to register but this is not done unless we provide the volunteer deputy registrars)?

I am volunteering on voter protection issues. Should we ignore the GOP voter suppression efforts? I have been told that polling shows that voter id is popular (this was actually argued on Tuesday by the state of Texas in the federal voter id lawsuit) and so should we let the state of Texas take the right to vote from 1.3 million eligible voters?

How cautious do you think that we need to be?

[JustAnotherGen]

94. No time to retreat

Only to reload. Understand - shit is getting real. I'm in NJ - we need to keep it up. Our year for voting is NOW. Everything local and state is on the deck. Primary is the 1st week of June. No caution. Hammer the fuck out of this Admin.

[NastyRiffraff]

95. Straight out of the Trump playbook

He'd love for Dems to shut up about the clusterfuck that is his administration. Sorry, but we should scream his treason from the rooftops.

[Iggo]

15. It's not a witch hunt. It's an honest to goodness spy hunt. (n/t)

[WiffenPoof]

20. Geeze....

I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS A WITCH HUNT.....

I didn't want it to APPEAR to be a witch hunt.

[Crunchy Frog]

71. Well geeze,

The Rs will make up any old shit about the Dems, and accuse them of witch hunts and pretty much anything else, NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO! So, they can either cower in fear and get accused of being on a witch hunt, or they can act aggressively and be accused of the same thing.

The cowering hasn't seemed to work out too well. Maybe it's time to try something different. Just something for you to consider as an alternative to getting the vapors.

[hatrack]

74. Who's going to say it's a "witch hunt"?

Uh, that would be GOP elected officials, Fox News, turd-hunters like Drudge and Breitbart, and Trump voters.

And you know what? That's exactly what they'd say and what they'd perceive in the FIRST FUCKING PLACE, NO MATTER WHAT THE FACTS!!!!!!!!

So why the FUCK are you soft-peddling this?

[spanone]

19. republicans spent 8 years of witch hunts and won the senate, house & presidency.

we should be fucking bold

[Crunchy Frog]

72. To say nothing of 8 years of witch hunts during Clinton's presidency.

People have short memories.

[Wellstone ruled]

22. Bullshit!!!!

Nail their sorry Asses to the barn door.

[Caliman73]

23. You do understand that Conservatives will cry Witch Hunt regardless yes?

Can you explain how you think Democrats might over play their hand rather than just saying they should be careful? What specifically would you as an adviser to the Democrats tell them to do or NOT to do?

If we were to go simply by perception, then we should just roll over and let them do what they want because that is what conservatives always demand of us. We cannot let conservatives set the rules for what is "acceptable" with regards to trying to uncover Russia's interference into our affairs. We already know that people chosen by of for Trump have deep ties to Russia, we need to find out how far up this goes.

We need to be trying to control the narrative and not let conservatives get away with calling it a witch hunt.

[WiffenPoof]

24. I need to be more careful myself...

How my post does not support exactly what you are saying is beyond me.

I want their asses nailed to the wall.

But I want us to move cautiously, methodically, etc.

[Oneironaut]

25. Agree. Don't fall for low, rotten fruit.

Hit Trump and hit him hard. The problem is, Liberals are too easily baited by tabloid garbage (and Repubs too). Forget Conway sitting on a couch, or Milo whatshisface - we need to stay on message.

[JHB]

26. They investigated whether "W" keys were pried off keyboards in the WH...

...even though the whole "trashed the White House scandal" was made-up bullshit from start to finish.

We live in overplay-proof times.

[BeckyDem]

27. Facts vindicate the Democrats but there will be some of his supporters who will believe

its all fake or rigged despite the evidence.

[Wounded Bear]

30. Your concern is duly noted...

I suggest you get out of the way.

[Rex]

31. Sorry, but since Trump got installed I've had a hard time telling satire from reality.

[NewRedDawn]

32. You are not serious

are you? Because if you are... Well

[LaydeeBug]

33. Let it sink. The perfect can no longer be the enemy of the good.

[mcar]

35. So should we criticize them for being spineless or overplaying their hand?

I get confused.

[Skittles]

36. it's only a witch hunt if there's NOTHING THERE

there's PLENTY THERE with these fascist bastards

[Rex]

38. Keep that powder dry!

Plenty of time left...yep...

[Mr. Ected]

37. But we ARE on a witch hunt

A witch hunt in which the witch knows he's a witch but he thinks he's too clever to be discovered.

Witch couldn't be further from the truth.

[roamer65]

39. We are on a which hunt.

Which ones are the GRU moles?

[onecaliberal]

40. They're on a criminal activity hunt, which clearly there is ALOT of in the maggot WH

[titaniumsalute]

41. You smoking crack?

I mean really are you a right wing plant?

[0rganism]

42. right gotta keep that powder dry

UPS guy: "hi Democrats, here's another shipment of dry powder for ya"
Democrats: "yeah yeah, just put it over there with the others..."

[demtenjeep]

43. fuck that. They ALL should be united and come out together and call this bullshit for what it is

fucking bullshit and dumpt and co have GOT to go

[manicraven]

44. Ridiculous! Doubt Flynn was booted due to a "witch hunt!" And there's so much more!

The Russian dossier has been partially verified and the Russians associated with it have all been murdered. The former British MI6 officer is still in hiding. The freakin' AG was just caught lying to the Senate. Trump has bent over backwards being chummy to Putin for months! Numerous agencies are all reporting ties, lots of them, and that they run deep. This isn't a "witch hunt;" it's an investigation and probably will lead to a full unraveling of this criminal regime. Sessions could be on his way to serve time. Why do you suppose he lied?

[coco22]

46. Lock them up! Lock them up!

[theglammistress]

48. It's too early to worry about that just yet

Let these drips keep on coming. They are getting more and more significant. We've got a ways to go kids. Keep the popcorn handy.

[muriel_volestrangler]

49. This should be expanded to a general demand for transparency - tax returns

and all of Trump's (and his family and companies') financial links overseas. It's not a witch hunt, it's cleaning out the Augean Stables.

[anglesphere]

50. Hunt?

Witches be falling from the sky.

[annabanana]

96. Hee!

(You should post more, ... you funny)

[Quixote1818]

51. Republicans routinely "overplay there hand" and it works beautifully for them. nt

[Tanuki]

52. ......

[Blue Idaho]

53. The Democrats aren't overplaying their hand...

The news organizations are breaking stories - daily. The Washington Post and the New York Times- along with other reputable organizations are ripping the scab off the festering mess that is the Trump White House.

More power to them!

[canetoad]

55. The thing about witch hunts

Was that pretty well all the victims were innocent. Charges were trumped up (like that?) that they had committed heresy and consorted with the devil. The difference here is that it's a legitimate investigation, needed to answer some very good questions.

[msanthrope]

56. You seem concerned. Please feel free to share more of your concerns, and enjoy your stay. nt

[TNLib]

57. Trump is that you?

n/t

[Cattledog]

59. Interesting that tRump just echoed OPs concerns in his latest tweet.

[Ligyron]

60. I considered the possibility that we were being set-up at first.

But there's just way too much there there now.

Every Dem spokesman should be angry, outraged and demanding accountability every time they're on teevee. They wouldn't even have to be doing any acting either.

It's coming hot and heavy now.

[jzodda]

61. Fight fight fight

The Russian intelligence probably coordinated the hack of the Clinton campaign with Trumps lackeys. They probably also discussed how best to use the information gained.

[anneboleyn]

62. Pleeaase!! A witch hunt no evidence. There is an ABUNDANCE OF EVIDENCE HERE

At this point the lack of an aggressive investigation into Trump (except for whatever the FBI is up to) is ridiculous, his ass should be in front of the senate answering questions, and the fact is that we have an ABUNDANCE of evidence -- meetings b/n virtually every high level of Trumper and Russians. Seriously, think about it -- we are talking about TREASON. Fuckheads like Newt Gingrich etc tried to bring down the gov. over Clinton lying about Lewinsky. Hell, this makes Watergate look tame. Nixon wasn't selling us out to a foreign adversary.

Frankly I think some people haven't grasped how very, very, very serious this crisis is -- we have a presidential candidate, now president, whose team met actively with Russians during the campaign WHILE RUSSIA WAS RELEASING DAMAGING INFO ON CLINTON.

[caroldansen]

63. I'm sorry but it is not a witch hunt and dems should keep going for it until it is accomplished!

[JHan]

65. To engage in a witch hunt requires some power at one's disposal..

to persecute someone.

Dems don't have that, Republicans are closing off avenues to a transparent investigation of the Trump-Russian connection.

Dems wouldn't have questions if there wasn't obstruction from the White House.

Dems wouldn't have questions if Trump had released his tax returns.

In all polling I've seen, most people want this resolved and the GOP are trying to throw a wench in the works for the sake of political expediency.

Further, if the Press, Dems and others hadn't applied so much pressure, Flynn would still be in the White House.

[bdamomma]

66. a witch hunt??????????

this is NOT a witch hunt the facts are there.

[nolabels]

67. Are you sure you are talking to correct party?

Me kind of thinks that since I could ever remember we as a society have had it drilled into our heads as the general public goes, about being cautious about or dealing with anything that had Soviet or Moscow associated with it. So really are you sure that you are in the correct company when you are spewing this noise about being carefull.

Seems to me that us people with Democratic leanings have been careful for since forever. Then again, perhaps you are still worried about hurting somebodies feelings. Well, that is the kind of thing that happens when people need to be questioned or detained by law enforcement, so get over it. If you cannot take people reacting to the news perhaps you should read a book or watch some movies to disconnect you from your worries and relax a little.

[McCamy Taylor]

69. Trump's not smart enough to be witch.

This is more like a pest hunt.

[Squinch]

70. Oh, FFS. Trump sold our Democracy to Vladimir Putin, and you want us to be polite about it.

Fuck that.

[hatrack]

73. Van? Is that you?!!?? Man, I LOVE your stuff!

Especially that thing about reaching out to people who voted for President Shitstain, y'know, understanding them and all that!

Awesome piece, dude!

[bravenak]

75. Awwwww! You sound 'concerned'....

[ananda]

76. Sorry, friend of 45, I don't speak Russian.

I only speak truth and justice, like Tom Hanks.

There is no hand to overplay. This is not a game of cards.

This is high treason and criminality.

[Foamfollower]

78. This thread is silly

You can't be serious.

[MFM008]

79. Despite a nest

Of traitorous vipers beginning at the top with the rotten maggoty head to the low level scumbags we will be very careful I'm sure.

[briv1016]

80. The first person that comes forward and testifies against the others gets 20 years for treason.

The rest get life. Offer ends in 48 hours.

[tblue37]

81. Pbftt! nt

[LibraLiz1973]

82. HA. F that noise

Sorry- but this IS a hunt. And we aren't overplaying shit.
These people are dangerous to our country. We need to fight.

The end.

[workinclasszero]

83. Benghazi, emails, Clinton foundation, Jade Helm, birthers and birth certificates...

Whitewater, Troopergate, Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Travelgate, Vince Foster’s suicide, Juanita Broaddrick, etc.

You were saying???

The damned fascists republicans and their evil trolls on hate radio and fox have been "overplaying" their hand for decades and now they control the government God help us!

Democrats need to attack, attack, ATTACK the fascist republicans, 24/7/365 just like those shitstains do to us!

NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER, RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MineralMan]

85. So, are you being careful?

We should all be careful, I think.

[NastyRiffraff]

86. Right. We don't want to offend anyone

or be accused of hunting witches.

Please add the smilie you evidently forgot.

[LanternWaste]

87. Sometimes there are witches that need to be hunted.

Sometimes there are witches that need to be hunted.

Just sayin', part II.

[dchill]

88. There is, however, a whole coven of them...

And we know it. So, get ready to be hunted. WITCHES.

[Gothmog]

89. Why?

The OP sounds like a GOP talking point

[wishstar]

90. Too late to be careful- Trump already knows what we're up to- Look what he said in his tweet:

Quoting from Trump: " The Democrats are overplaying their hand....It is a total ‘witch hunt!’ “

[lagomorph777]

93. Same author, evidently.