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51. Why should Putin save a doomed fool who couldn't help him anymore?

Reply to tableturner (Reply #46)

Sun Jun 11, 2017, 06:43 PM

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He's caught, he knows it, and will throw every hail Mary he's got: 1. Fire Mueller.... [View all] tableturner Jun 2017 OP

What's the point of a Special Prosecutor who can be fired by the suspect? Orrex Jun 2017 #1

I believe that he would do that or anything else if he thought it would keep him out of prison. tableturner Jun 2017 #4

He will. tazkcmo Jun 2017 #6

Agree. That's why in hearing with Rod Rosenstein last week, Kamala Harris tried to get him... iluvtennis Jun 2017 #24

He'll just fire Rosenstein too. briv1016 Jun 2017 #28

Well then we can call that the bowling green massacre, Volaris Jun 2017 #45

Lawfare has a good podcast on the special prosecutor law sharedvalues Jun 2017 #61

I agree 100%. n/t tazkcmo Jun 2017 #2

0. Rely on the spineless Republicans in Congress to keep him in power. klook Jun 2017 #3

I know many don't want to get their hopes up, but there will be a point when enough of the GOP tableturner Jun 2017 #10

I am not sure of that. If it has not happened yet I am not sure it ever will. n/t USALiberal Jun 2017 #14

More and more will come out....very serious charges will be shown to be true...it will happen. tableturner Jun 2017 #20

I sure hope you are right! n/t USALiberal Jun 2017 #32

Not this bunch. CentralMass Jun 2017 #19

Don't forget, it doesn't take a huge number of GOP defections. tableturner Jun 2017 #21

They have traitors in their midst. Who will be the honest men? WinkyDink Jun 2017 #49

Might remember that Rump has NO power base in congress. Hortensis Jun 2017 #66

I look forward to the day when the steady drip-drip-drip becomes a flood. (nt) klook Jun 2017 #31

I do fully expect MFM008 Jun 2017 #5

The Brownshirts Are Coming stephensolomita Jun 2017 #7

They hookuped and networked yesterday at their stupid Sharia march kimbutgar Jun 2017 #11

"III Percenters" are a spin-off of OathKeepers... VOX Jun 2017 #57

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jun 2017 #62

Keeping their distance from WHAT, though? DC? Hortensis Jun 2017 #65

True but very scary especially his followers TEB Jun 2017 #8

He can do any damn thing he wants mchill Jun 2017 #9

See # 10 above..... tableturner Jun 2017 #12

just my two cents bdamomma Jun 2017 #60

We are months or years away from anything really happening. Took 2 years for Nixon. n/t USALiberal Jun 2017 #13

Nixon wasn't this dumb though. Kentonio Jun 2017 #48

But unlike Dolt45, Nixon had an exit plan... n/t Pluvious Jun 2017 #55

True, but he had tapes that we do not have. n/t USALiberal Jun 2017 #56

It has to be clear now to all but the most absolutely dumb and clueless in the country there is RKP5637 Jun 2017 #15

And here we go....the trashing of Mueller by Gingrich....it's coming..... tableturner Jun 2017 #16

I can't stand "no-neck Newt." LOL Lib Jun 2017 #25

His underlings won't all go down with the ship greymattermom Jun 2017 #17

I agree....there will be a race to garner one of a few opportunities to flip. tableturner Jun 2017 #63

Republicans will do ANYTHING many a good man Jun 2017 #18

Yes they will, but not all of them. The true believers will go wild, though. tableturner Jun 2017 #22

absolutely AlexSFCA Jun 2017 #23

He has to win - KT2000 Jun 2017 #26

Attention American People: "Vladimir Putin is in charge now, get used to it!" Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #27

Wrong. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #30

Yes. Thank you. Silver Gaia Jun 2017 #38

I'm afraid so.. defacto7 Jun 2017 #29

He may fire 1 more person, but his personality says that martial law will come pretty quick. LiberalArkie Jun 2017 #33

One small point of disagreement. byronius Jun 2017 #34

I agree with you on the FBI/CIA rage, and the weakness of his supporters.....they won't win! tableturner Jun 2017 #35

All true, but there might be some real deaths in the battle. Civil Rights, Kent State, WinkyDink Jun 2017 #50

Yes. And they are amassing airtight, irrefutable evidence LuckyLib Jun 2017 #40

Agree wholeheartedly! Silver Gaia Jun 2017 #41

Thank you! Duppers Jun 2017 #44

+ 1,000,000 orangecrush Jun 2017 #52

I pretty much agree with every word of this and just want to add one thing. Charlotte Little Jun 2017 #59

I fully expect a Reichstag fire before then. Amimnoch Jun 2017 #36

I agree re capitalizing on an "incident", but don't think it will work for reasons stated earlier. tableturner Jun 2017 #43

Bingo! kentuck Jun 2017 #37

tRump* acts guilty because he knows no other way... Raster Jun 2017 #39

He will go zentrum Jun 2017 #42

By the way, I still think that if he feels doomed, there is a chance he will flee to Russia. tableturner Jun 2017 #46

Why should Putin save a doomed fool who couldn't help him anymore? WinkyDink Jun 2017 #51

He could get a lot of intelligence that Trump at this point doesn't have the ability to pass on tableturner Jun 2017 #54

Plus, Junior's already called us "not even people." Easier to attack. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #47

The senate investigation mercuryblues Jun 2017 #53

As time goes on he will get more desperate lovemydogs Jun 2017 #58

One other Hail Mary that scares the shit out of me... robertpaulsen Jun 2017 #64