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48. Can the GOP kill the investigations ? Yes.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #44)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 01:34 PM

Jun 2017

How does it inure to their benefit ?

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Trump is playing chess with the Senate investigation, in my opinion. [View all] kentuck Jun 2017 OP

Trump is not an evil genius...he is a buffoon. Moostache Jun 2017 #1

Mueller will not be fired. It's just not going to happen. PubliusEnigma Jun 2017 #2

Ask archibald cox about that beachbum bob Jun 2017 #4

The firing has already happened. Didn't you notice? PubliusEnigma Jun 2017 #6

Do I really need to tell you cox was the special prosecutor fired by Nixon? beachbum bob Jun 2017 #14

Do I really need to tell you what happened to Nixon after that? regnaD kciN Jun 2017 #55

I don't doubt Trump would hesitate to have someone else do his dirty work. kentuck Jun 2017 #5

He is not a dictator yet. PubliusEnigma Jun 2017 #8

His "chess" is checkers, if even that. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #3

More like locusts, volstork Jun 2017 #7

Or maybe... True Dough Jun 2017 #9

Twister! leftstreet Jun 2017 #29

. jberryhill Jun 2017 #42

I was headed to the bottom of the thread to say shooting marbles Samantha Jun 2017 #60

If he did this BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #10

Confirmed by a "Republican" Senate. kentuck Jun 2017 #11

Sessions only barely got confirmed BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #22

Trump totally lacks the intellectual ability to play chess. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #12

He doesn't escape paying taxes for 20 years... kentuck Jun 2017 #13

I didn't say he's a dunce. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #17

He couldn't recognize a chess board RainCaster Jun 2017 #20

If a dunce can hire a good accountant, them yes... he may easily escape paying taxes. LanternWaste Jun 2017 #23

That's money not intelligence ... Kids can spend money YCHDT Jun 2017 #26

Even a right moron can hire accountants and lawyers. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #32

Not chess but crayons RainCaster Jun 2017 #15

Big mistake to underestimate... kentuck Jun 2017 #19

Obama played Chess. This one plays Checkers (and poorly). eom IllinoisBirdWatcher Jun 2017 #16

Your faith in his mental acuity and strategic oversight is admirable LanternWaste Jun 2017 #18

We should not assume that it is about "mental acuity and strategic oversight"... kentuck Jun 2017 #25

. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #21

You have got to be kidding! Kaleva Jun 2017 #24

Yes. kentuck Jun 2017 #27

While the house kills Dodd Frank and the Senate kills ACA Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #28

That's more 'go fish' than 'chess' C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #30

SMH/NT DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #31

Trump couldn't beat my cat at checkers. A-Schwarzenegger Jun 2017 #33

Trump Playing Checkers: ret5hd Jun 2017 #34

Not to nitpick.. SQUEE Jun 2017 #56

It is within his powers to ultimately kill the investigation. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #35

He thinks of temporary advantages... kentuck Jun 2017 #38

If you think of temporary advantage you are by nature not a strategic thinker. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #45

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Foamfollower Jun 2017 #36

Can he kill the investigation ? * Yes DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #37

Would the Senate approve Chris Christie? kentuck Jun 2017 #39

No. He's toxic. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #40

In my opinion, nothing is toxic to the Republican Party kentuck Jun 2017 #44

Can the GOP kill the investigations ? Yes. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #48

Surely you jest ... GeorgeGist Jun 2017 #41

You're giving Trump way too much credit. His only advantage at this point is the ability to Vinca Jun 2017 #43

He plays the Republicans like yo-yos... kentuck Jun 2017 #46

Republicans are a mystery. If Trump goes down, they go down. Their blind loyalty is strange. Vinca Jun 2017 #51

My thoughts exactly. I think some of them know this, janx Jun 2017 #54

They are in a Catch-22... kentuck Jun 2017 #58

you're kidding right. n/t. okieinpain Jun 2017 #47

He's not smart enough to play chess Thrill Jun 2017 #49

You had me at "Trump is playing Chess"! Sugar Smack Jun 2017 #50

Trump playing chess lol I don't think so stonecutter357 Jun 2017 #52

If trump is playing chess... Salviati Jun 2017 #53

Trump playing chess is like dogs playing poker. kwassa Jun 2017 #57

Trump doesn't get beyond tic-tac-toe. GaYellowDawg Jun 2017 #59

More like "pull my finger". n/t miyazaki Jun 2017 #61

LOL - I think the thought he leftynyc Jun 2017 #62