No, the possibilities are not limited to your three, Matt. There are indications in the article and in your comments that you are familiar with the counter-counter-intelligence that has been developed since the corruptly hatched Mueller investigation was initiated. I wonder how seriously you have taken it, though. You suggest that Trum…
No, the possibilities are not limited to your three, Matt. There are indications in the article and in your comments that you are familiar with the counter-counter-intelligence that has been developed since the corruptly hatched Mueller investigation was initiated. I wonder how seriously you have taken it, though. You suggest that Trump is caught in some conspiracy theory, as the liberal media are wont to allege when their intent is to dismiss any assertion out of hand. A conspiracy theory, you well note, can be completely legitimate. There is abundant evidence in the public record now that such a conspiracy existed and persists. (Again, to your credit, you are on it.) Your third option is that “the agencies had a direct hand in creating the Steele nonsense.” What you fail to consider is that the ‘Steele nonsense’ is the tip of the iceberg of the conspiracy. (Here I imagine you and your audience getting a good chuckle. Ok, laugh, then. We shall see in due time.) I believe we will learn that the purpose of that Jan 7 meeting was nefarious. One wonders, for instance, why would Susan Rice have felt it necessary, at noon on Inauguration Day, to return to her official computer to send herself an official memo to memorialize that President Obama had instructed the attendees to do things “by the book”? The Mueller Report indicates that the investigation had determined before mid-2017 that the Russia allegations were unfounded. Why was it not wrapped up then? (Would it still be going on had William Barr not been appointed?). I have a favorite quotation, from Mario Puzo, about enemies: “Don’t hate your enemies. It clouds your judgment.” Easier said than done. It is clear to me, being someone who does not hate Trump, that hatred for Trump, or disdain or contempt, whichever one indulges in, has flooded this country with an utter blindness to reality. But Trump is only the purported target—the true target is Trump voters. You are right about the threat of a permanent coup. But I think it started long before Trump. There is a still small but very intense minority on the left which has begun to consider illegitimate those election results that don’t suit their fancy. This is the germ not of a coup but of a civil war. It was apparent when GWB was elected. It was obvious when Kavanaugh was appointed. It will happen again if Trump wins 2020. I surmise you’d grant that. But what about the next time a Republican wins? Where is the Republican who is not hated by the left? Where are the liberals who denounce the resistance? It is not just in the FBI/Intel nexus—it is millions of victims of Trump Derangement Syndrome. When Trump is gone, the resistance will shift to the next Republican. There is nothing dangerous about Trump. But we are in danger.
Yes. Assuming that you are a subscriber within Matt's paywall, then you can go and find my comment, in another thread, on the thought that Obama chose Biden as his VP in significant part because Joe had a pretty good history of insider dealings (as Obama also had within the Chicago machine) and we need not speak of the Clintons. Biden was the perfect senior guy to supervise the boundaries. It could be an administration "without a hint of a smidgeon of corruption" because all the key officials were the very best at it, (and were far slicker than the 'investigators' in the media).
Of course, as I spin this out this way, I'm obviously asserting a conspiracy that I can't quite prove. But just because we're paranoid does not mean our fears are not well-founded. And you (James Per) ask the question, how far back does this go? Since when has the Intelligence Community become a deliberate player? GWB was the son of a CIA director, and might have been allowed soem ground, but sometime later the IC might have begun to turn against him?
No, the possibilities are not limited to your three, Matt. There are indications in the article and in your comments that you are familiar with the counter-counter-intelligence that has been developed since the corruptly hatched Mueller investigation was initiated. I wonder how seriously you have taken it, though. You suggest that Trump is caught in some conspiracy theory, as the liberal media are wont to allege when their intent is to dismiss any assertion out of hand. A conspiracy theory, you well note, can be completely legitimate. There is abundant evidence in the public record now that such a conspiracy existed and persists. (Again, to your credit, you are on it.) Your third option is that “the agencies had a direct hand in creating the Steele nonsense.” What you fail to consider is that the ‘Steele nonsense’ is the tip of the iceberg of the conspiracy. (Here I imagine you and your audience getting a good chuckle. Ok, laugh, then. We shall see in due time.) I believe we will learn that the purpose of that Jan 7 meeting was nefarious. One wonders, for instance, why would Susan Rice have felt it necessary, at noon on Inauguration Day, to return to her official computer to send herself an official memo to memorialize that President Obama had instructed the attendees to do things “by the book”? The Mueller Report indicates that the investigation had determined before mid-2017 that the Russia allegations were unfounded. Why was it not wrapped up then? (Would it still be going on had William Barr not been appointed?). I have a favorite quotation, from Mario Puzo, about enemies: “Don’t hate your enemies. It clouds your judgment.” Easier said than done. It is clear to me, being someone who does not hate Trump, that hatred for Trump, or disdain or contempt, whichever one indulges in, has flooded this country with an utter blindness to reality. But Trump is only the purported target—the true target is Trump voters. You are right about the threat of a permanent coup. But I think it started long before Trump. There is a still small but very intense minority on the left which has begun to consider illegitimate those election results that don’t suit their fancy. This is the germ not of a coup but of a civil war. It was apparent when GWB was elected. It was obvious when Kavanaugh was appointed. It will happen again if Trump wins 2020. I surmise you’d grant that. But what about the next time a Republican wins? Where is the Republican who is not hated by the left? Where are the liberals who denounce the resistance? It is not just in the FBI/Intel nexus—it is millions of victims of Trump Derangement Syndrome. When Trump is gone, the resistance will shift to the next Republican. There is nothing dangerous about Trump. But we are in danger.
Yes. Assuming that you are a subscriber within Matt's paywall, then you can go and find my comment, in another thread, on the thought that Obama chose Biden as his VP in significant part because Joe had a pretty good history of insider dealings (as Obama also had within the Chicago machine) and we need not speak of the Clintons. Biden was the perfect senior guy to supervise the boundaries. It could be an administration "without a hint of a smidgeon of corruption" because all the key officials were the very best at it, (and were far slicker than the 'investigators' in the media).
Of course, as I spin this out this way, I'm obviously asserting a conspiracy that I can't quite prove. But just because we're paranoid does not mean our fears are not well-founded. And you (James Per) ask the question, how far back does this go? Since when has the Intelligence Community become a deliberate player? GWB was the son of a CIA director, and might have been allowed soem ground, but sometime later the IC might have begun to turn against him?