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| Silverfiddle Rant! |
President Trump's letter to Speaker Pelosi was a work of rhetorical beauty. It cogently and comprehensively hit all the notes in the Democrats' discordant three-year Opera of the Grotesque.
The letter is a thing of beauty, professionally stated but still in the President's own voice. Clearly, this was not fired off, tweet-like while sitting on the toilet. Some professional staff work went into it.
This on the heels of IG Horowitz's stinging rebuke of FBI procedures, and Comey's admission that he was wrong and "there was real sloppiness." It vindicated Rep Nunes and shows Adam Schiff to be a liar. Mr. Horowitz confirmed significant FISA abuse and concluded the salacious and unverified dossier played a “central and essential role” in the bureau’s decision to seek a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Now comes Senate Leader McConnell rightly telling Democrats the Senate impeachment trial will not be turned into an ad hoc fishing expedition. The Senate will try the case as the Democrats bring it to them.
The Democrat ship is sinking... and it's on fire... in shark-infested waters. My Prediction: Democrats will do what they always do when caught with their pants down: They will scream louder into their media megaphone.
Please go read the letter and tell us what you think.
My head of Moscow Mitch's pronouncements is he and his lockstep republicans will be acting in cooperation and coordination with Trump's legal team.
ReplyDeleteTalk about f'd up. Bye by America as we've known it.
Trump 2020.
DeleteBut Government alphabet agencies spying on Americans doesn't bother you at all. You're a prog patsy, Les.
DeleteNope Silver. Not at all. I simply do not abide liars, cheats, and blatant immorality. That's all. More more... No less. Trump personifies those traits fully. As do many in the GOP/conservative camp as well as some on the other side.
DeleteThe fact you cons choose to support such a character, especially being Christian is, remarkable to say the least.
Feel free to call me a prog, a commie, or whatever. None of that bothers me.
When and if, and this is looking to be a BIG if, the GOP actually runs a principled, basically honest, candidate with some real integrity I will gladly consider a conservative again. Not until that happens for sure.
Merry Christmas
Les,
DeleteYou add confidence to my theory that progressives have never had a problem with state power itself, rather, their problem was that awesome and dangerous power was not in their hands.
LMAO! Hilarious!!
DeleteWake up Silver. If anyone thinks Trump and McConnell et all are not interested in power and total control I've a wall that Mexico built for sale.
It is good to know just how many folks will openly support a confirmed liar, a confirmed cheat, and a propagandist that would make Goebbels proud.
I am surprised you do.
Prepare for the future of American politics being every bit as corrupt and personality centered as any corrupt administration anywhere in the world. Trump has managed to do THAT remarkably well.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Politics are and always have been all about power and control.
DeleteYou just now realized that???
I would not have read the letter but for your prompting. Thank you, I'm glad that I did read it.
ReplyDeleteWhile it lays out the points that most of us Deplorables already know, the wisdom of this forward-thinking President is made clear in the last two sentences.
Trump 2020.
Well, I wouldn't say it's "professionally written." It's actually a little bit rabid. But it is on point and everything it says to and about Pelosi and the Democrats is well deserved.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's "ad hoc" fishing expedition; no hyphen and no k. The Latin version of "for this."
Thanks. We could use you on our editorial staff. That's what I get for dashing off a post between work and an evening of Christmas shopping.
DeleteI thought ad hoc has sic the SICK-sties, generally been used to mean "spontaneous," "informal," "off the cuff," "improvised," As in raucous demonstrations by the hastily formed "Ad Hoc Committee to Establish Compulsory Bisexual Origies on Campuse Once a Week at the Student Union," etc.
DeleteThere was a helluvalotta vulgar, inanely irreverent crap like that tha came in during the SICK-sties.
He could have saved a lot of ink and paper wasted and just wrote "f___ you"
ReplyDeleteHe's really not going with the whiney "ya'll are so mean to me" defense, is he?
Pathetic.
Apparently, Nancy Pelosi called the letter "really sick."
ReplyDeleteShe needs to look into the mirror and see her own insanity and old-age frailty.
Think Lisa Murkowski, Romney, Susan Collins for starters in throwing the Senate impeachment into chaos. Several other Rino's are waiting in the wings. It only takes three to change whatever McConnell has in mind as far a short sweet impeachment trial. There will be three more than happy for payback...
ReplyDeleteGreat letter though... put me down as cynical as I watch this nonsense.
The letter was great... but a happy ending is highly in doubt.
You can bet those three stooges will play their role to the hilt, complete with theatrical histrionics about defying their own party, honesty, etc.
Deleteour government is a farce.
Thank you for providing access to this important document, Silver.
ReplyDeleteI had planned to publish it verbatim, myself, but was unable to find a version I could access easily, then Enlarge, Copy, Print, then take excerpts from..
Thanks to you I WAS able to read this heavily protected facsimile of the original letter, but it was heavy sledding, because of the inability to MAGNIFY and BOLDEN the typeface, which is my usual custom, because of my nearly-blind, deteriorating eye condition.
I do think the letter, –– while a perfectly accurate, truthful account of the heavy doses of ABUSE and CALUMNY inflicted on both our president, our founding principles, and the people of our beleaguered nation –– contains many redundancies and is too long-winded in general to be of much vlaue in influencng the general public to espouse the president's point of view whoeeartedly.
From the dismal, waspish, emarrassingly ignorant, bitterly partisan, stupidly truculent responses garnered here so far today, I had to proclaim te president's eloquent letter FAILURE in the art of rational dicourse and persuasive argumentation. But then both DemonRats and NeverTrump RINO's rarely-if-ever bother to READ or LISTEN to anythimg that contradicts their damnably insolent bigotry.
I'm with President Trump 100%, and steadfstly refuse to acknowledge any of his faults, whih I regard as mere pecadillos not worth discussing. Neither will I attempt to quibble with his detractors whom I openly regard with utter contempt and loathing.
Any attempt to "REASON" with a Never-Trumper is not only a complete waste of energy, it also confers on stupid, bigotted bastards a degree of Dignity, Recognition and Respect they most certainly do NOT deserve.
I, personally, CONDEMN any and all attempts to exercise Tact, Cordiality, Patience, Judicious Consideration, and Diplomatic Restraint on people I regard as fractious fools at best and dngerous, treasonous BASTARDS at worst –– not for reasons of personal animus, but because I am certain such individuals constitute a Grave and Deadly Danger to the Health, Strength and Security of our blessed constitutional republic.
It is now clear: Democrats are incapable of accepting election results they don't like.
DeleteThey will sling excrement and throw noisy tantrums to deny everyone the ability to enjoy the fruits of a free election.
Yup, long winded it is. Which is a problem for most. But for me, reading the inaccuracies and OUT RIGHT falsehoods resulted in cutting my reading short.
DeleteReading Propaganda just isn't my cup of tea.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I didn't ASK for YOUR worthless, opinion, you sodding, stinking traitorious, POS.
DeleteIt would be a lovely present to the blogging communty if you were to catch double pneumonia, spend Christmas in bed, then DIE before New Year's Day, you wretched malodorous patch of germ-laden scum.
Nor I yours Franco. But I am chuckling at it. Comedy is great medicine.
DeleteBTW, not to worry Franco. I will die someday. Just not this Christmas. Sorry.
It is comforting to know you are living up to your Christian Values. I am positive God will bless your godly pronouncement.
Be well Franco. And have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Yes, it's the vast left wing conspiracy to make Mike Pence President of the United States.
ReplyDeleteThe crack smoking at Team Trumptard is real.
One of President Trump's many accomplishments is provoking the continual howls and screams from Batshiteville's TDS Insane Asylum.
DeleteThe real accomplishment is getting himself impeached. Kick rocks.
DeleteBut the ultimate accomplishment comes next November, when President Trump becomes the first impeached president to win reelection. Heh heh heh
DeleteCue the screams
With Democrats controlling the House *AND* the Senate. Trump will be like "Are you tired of Pyrrhic victories yet?"
DeleteI found it to be the standard drivel that we’ve come to expect from Tump. The entirety that of the letter seemed to serve no other purpose than to poke his base and give them something to talk about in their echo chambers.
ReplyDeleteI’m much more inclined to pay attention to things like his efforts to restart our national uranium program. But I don’t much give a damn for political theater.......
Do you disagree with this?
DeleteYou are turning a policy disagreement between two branches of government into an impeachable offense—it is no more legitimate than the Executive Branch charging members of Congress with crimes for the lawful exercise of legislative power.
Sadly FT, that is a you problem, not remotely a me problem. You'll just have to suffer through it.
DeleteYou see, I absolutely love it when you pen your typical, tired screeds. I revel in the petulant, impotent rage of fellating sycophants....who lust after an authoritarian to bow, grovel and scrape to.
Once again, you've made my day and brought a wry smile to my face. Please don't ever stop.
Now, back to the adults in the room.
DeleteSF - I don't necessarily disagree with it; I've ever advocated for impeachment of Trump. While I think he's certainly guilty of the allegations, I believe that if anything were to be levied against him, it would be no more than censure.
We've tolerated garbage from our politicians for this long, why start setting standards now?
"ever" should be "never".....
DeleteTrump 2024...because impeachment invalidated his first term.
ReplyDelete:P
DeleteCareful. You'll trigger the diaper rash tantrum-throwing TDS toddlers.
DeleteIsn't that what ALREADY lead us to Impeachmas?
DeleteJoe,
DeleteHilarious videos!
Trumps own actions invalidated his 1'st term legitimacy. Not the impeachment proceedings.
ReplyDeleteElections are only legitimate when Democrats win
DeleteWho disagrees with this?
ReplyDeleteThe second claim, so-called “Obstruction of Congress,” is preposterous and dangerous. House Democrats are trying to impeach the duly elected President of the United States for asserting Constitutionally based privileges that have been asserted on a bipartisan basis by administrations of both political parties throughout our Nation’s history. Under that standard, every American president would have been impeached many times over. As liberal law professor Jonathan Turley warned when addressing Congressional Democrats: “I can’t emphasize this enough…if you impeach a president, if you make a high crime and misdemeanor out of going to the courts, it is an abuse of power. It’s your abuse of power. You’re doing precisely what you’re criticizing the President for doing.”
Do you believe that prohibiting subpoenaed staffers from appearing before Congress is obstruction? I ask because everything POTUS does (any POTUS) becomes precedent. If it’s supportable under one, it’s supportable under the next.
DeleteIts up to the courts to decide. By my reading of the constitution, no president is obligated to give a lynch mob congress the rope.
DeleteThe strategic error congressional Democrats made was rushing straight to impeachment. They should have exercised their legitimate oversight duties of the president's conduct of our foreign affairs viz Ukraine. Based on past precedents, they have a right to everything except internal presidential deliberations.
The branches are coequal.
DeleteThey should have exercised their legitimate oversight duties of the president's conduct of our foreign affairs viz Ukraine.
DeleteAbsolutely......but we both know that Congress and the Executive stopped caring about their legitimate duties, and prohibitions. If they even remember what they are these days.....
IF THIS DOESN'T BRING A SMILE TO YOU LIPS, AND RAISE A JOYFUL SONG IN YOURR HEART, YOU'RE A HOPELESS IMBECILE AS WELL AS A DIRTY SOB:.
ReplyDeleteBreaking News: Paul Manafort has New York State Fraud Prosecution DISMISSED Because of 'Double Jeopardy' - Opening Way for Donald Trump to Set Him Free with a Pardon
Daily Mail (UK)
by Louise Boyle
New York - Paul Manafort's state charges in New York were thrown out by a judge on Wednesday in a dramatic court victory for the former Trump campaign chairman. He won a claim that the prosecution brought by New York state's attorney general, Letitia James, was invalidated by 'double jeopardy' laws because it overlapped with the federal crimes of which he was convicted earlier this year. However Manafort remains in federal custody and is not scheduled for release until Christmas Day 2024. But the judge's ruling opens the way for Donald Trump to set Manafort entirely free by presidential pardon or by commuting his setence. . . .
MERRY CHRISTMAS, PAUL! GOD LOVE YOU!
The ONLY thing that could turn me against President Trump would if he FAILS to pardon Mike Flynn, Paul Manafort, and Roger Stone.
That loudmouth NY Atty General has egg on her face. Bigly
DeleteFranco IS right. Not only will elections never be legitimate again, corruption at the executive level will be nothing to bother ourselves with. Trump floated it and the GOP will legitimize corruption at that level by their vote in the Senate. So Be It.
ReplyDeleteWhen a democrat is elected to the presidency, and that president, lets say, is as corrupt as Trump is, and lets say he or she does exactly the same as Trump has done. The WORLD will be watching to see just how hypercritical repubs will be. My money is riding on full blown blatant hypocrisy ruling their agenda.
I have not forgotten the repubs attempt to unseat Clinton over a BJ and then not being immediately forthcoming and contrite about it. But Clinton at least went truthful at some point. Trump never will be.
It isn't Trump/s policies we're talking about here. It's his total lack of honesty, character, and integrity IMO. You love him. I think he is scum.
Each to their own.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Clinton lied under oath.
DeleteGOOP was stupid for impeaching him, but lets keep the facts straight.
I have not forgotten the repubs attempt to unseat Clinton over a BJ and then not being immediately forthcoming and contrite about it.
DeleteTHOSE ARE the facts.
Now, lets hear you support Trumps 15,000 plus KNON misstatements and or lies. All documented fr those interested.
HYPOCRISY abounds in the GOP and conservative Evangelical circles. An absolute verifiable FACT.
As dumb as the Clinton impeachment was, he was impeached for lying to the grand jury and obstruction of justice. The charges are pretty easy to Google....
Delete........"THOSE ARE the facts"
You google. I don't need to. I followed that one as it was happening.
DeleteMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I was offering you a lifeline, you doubled down on the stupid, cool.....every authoritative source disagrees with you. And you’re not the only person following the event
DeleteCI... wouldn't people call the charges against Clinton "process crimes?"
Delete...and wasn't the "perjury" about said BJ?
DeleteWe're all in agreement the GOOP was stupid to impeach Clinton, and they paid for it in subsequent elections.
DeleteLes is incapable of accepting basic facts.
I'm just tired of Trumptards removing the context to try to paint the Clinton impeachment as more substantive and deserved than the current impeachment of Trump. It wasn't. A slight majority of people understand and agree that Trump's impeachment is substantive, valid, deserved, and a serious matter. That slight majority isn't just composed of all people that consider themselves Democrat or even left-wing. Republicans in the Senate would do well to understand they are choosing between the Constitution of the United States and Donald J. Trump, and vote accordingly to the electoral consequences baked into either choice.
DeleteAre you trapped in a room with Rachel Maddow?
DeleteNo, I'm here in the real world where 23 Republican Senators are up for re-election and the impeachment trial of Trump will be done well before the filing deadlines of primary challengers.
DeleteTrump Anhedonia
ReplyDeleteReader Donna Montero thinks the left is infected with something even worse than Trump Derangement Syndrome. She writes: “They have what I call Trump Anhedonia. Anhedonia is a clinical term for when you don’t feel any pleasure, and none of these folks have felt pleasure since 2016.
“If Trump gets elected for a second term, the psychosis will top any measurable scale. I yearn for that day already.”
She's right, but I dread the day. Trump haters are enraged toddlers who cry, kick, scream, throw things and soil themselves because they are miserable and they want to make everyone around them miserable.
SF,
DeleteTrump Anhedonia? That's what they've got, all right!
I dread what will happen if DJT wins in 2020.
I dread what may happen if Trump loses. THAT could cause our next crisis.
DeleteLMAO! Right, middle America hates socialism but republicans LOVE corporate welfare. And, middle America loves social security. So do the repubs.
DeleteYour reality is but an illusion Silver. Someday you'llrealize that.
Merry Christmas.
I love your polished political twisting of the truth.
Les,
DeleteAre you capable of making a cogent and relevant comment?
Wow.....Pearl Harbor and the trial and crucifixion of Jesus just got cheapened on the House floor.
ReplyDeleteThere certainly is a “derangement syndrome” alright......
This is why normal people (the vast, vast majority) don't get overly-excited about politics anymore and can't be manipulated by political theatrics. Its all hyperbolic kabuki.
DeleteI tend to disagree....with the social media-ization of our culture...I think the vast, vast majority do get overly excited about politics. It's quite evident to me that most get emotional gratification out of said kabuki.
DeleteBOOM! DONE
ReplyDeleteOur system has worked as designed by our founders.
Tonight does honor to their vision and foresight!
So Mitch McConnell will receive the articles today so he can begin the Senate Trial, right?
DeleteOoooops... The House Permanent Impeachment Investigation Committee is now in session as the new acting 4th branch of Government.
The House now exploits their "refuge in audacity"...
DeleteSomeone does something outrageous by finding a loophole in the rules, which were too narrowly written to consider such impossibilities. Loophole Abuse is a form of Refuge in Audacity—which still allows the agent to claim they were following the rules.
"This is so offensive... that it really isn't offensive any more!"
Delete—Marzipan, "Homestar Runner"
...breaking the Constitution's Rule Zero of a "Senate Trial" for arbitrating Impeachment.
Delete
ReplyDeleteTo "Fundamentally Change America" as Obama, and Ms Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plan to, you have to first Kill off every Patriot America. Every American who proudly served this Nation in all of her was, and in time of her need, and who voted for Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, etc. You will have to disarm us all, and round us all up. And THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN,,
So, My Question for Democrats is....: After Trump is IMPEACHED, BUT NOT CONVICTED, AND IS RE-ELECTED, what are you going to do?
Hope the great Orange Blob collapses and has to retire prematurely to an insane asylum. Exactly where he belongs.
ReplyDeleteThe progressive Democrat agenda, at its foundations, is driven by hate and rage.
DeleteThank you Les for showing us that.
Lester is a total brain washed Progressive FOOL. He is also blinded by his comrade the Queen of Moronics.
DeleteHe relishes in Leftist Bull so much that the Whites of is eyes is Brown
You're welcome Silverfiddle. The fact you dislike the truth is not my problem.
DeleteMerry Christmas and a Happy Trumpian New Year to Ya.
What truth? You expressed a hateful opinion bereft of any facts.
DeleteWhat he expose was the FACT that he’s living proof that there are IMBECILES alive, and living amongst us.
DeleteWhy don’t we investigate Nancy Pelosi?
ReplyDeleteI haven’t seen the Democrats do anything for the people of our country, only complain about President Trump.
Nancy Pelosi is a disgrace to our country, only wanting the president’s job without spending her own money.
ReplyDeleteIf there were any abuse of power, it was the progressive socialist democrats engaging in a conspiracy to overthrow a duly-elected President of the United States
YES, sir, Mr. Shadow, and that should be the FINAL WORD on this ineffably dreary, moronic, totally ILLEGITIMATE subject that has WASTED the NATION'S TIME, spoiled milloins of personal relationships with stupid disagreements based on wicked misinformation churned out by the EVIL LEFTIST PROPANGANDA MILLS known as the MSM, and clogged the blogosphere with RAW SEWAGE since BEFORE President Trump was even ELECTED.
DeleteThe letter reads like it's from a petulant child with serious narcissistic issues and edited by Stephen Miller for syntax.
ReplyDeleteThe man is guilty.
Of course he is Goose. If his income tax returns are ever made public we will without a doubt know that he wears the mark of the Russian Beast and his Income Tax Pin # is 666!
DeleteLOL!
Excellent letter befitting a 3-year (well almost 4, as it began in mid-2016) witch hunt of an impeachment in search of a crime.
ReplyDeleteMore ... Washington Post headline from 1/20/17 (inauguration day): The Campaign to Impeach President Trump has Begun.
ReplyDeleteLike wildcatters hitting dry holes, the Left has trotted out a series of shadows and straw men (starting with 'Russian Collusion') with more hope than substance.