...and that Georgia case is every bit as much a "smoking gun" as the documents. actually, more so.
he can invent (and has invented) any number of reasons (all of them, of course, are lies and completely inconsistent ones at that) for having the documents. the Georgia phone call is out of a bad old movie. think Edward Arnold in any Capra m…
...and that Georgia case is every bit as much a "smoking gun" as the documents. actually, more so.
he can invent (and has invented) any number of reasons (all of them, of course, are lies and completely inconsistent ones at that) for having the documents. the Georgia phone call is out of a bad old movie. think Edward Arnold in any Capra movie. and what's TFF's defense? "It was a perfect phone call." yes, a perfect phone call made by an evil mogul in a Capra movie (add Lionel Barrymore in "It's a Wonderful Life").
sometimes I find myself trying (one of my silly "thought experiments") to figure out what the fuck TFF's "thought processes" are. has anybody else here found themselves wasting time in this way? tell me I'm not the only one...
and while I'm here...isn't that OLC opinion more of a "tradition" or "understanding" or "strong suggestion" than an actual rule? my understanding of the logic behind it is that "such things aren't done" because the POTUS already has a lot on his plate, etc. but it seems to me that it was meant to apply to a POTUS who actually works on more than just his personal damage control. and it certainly wasn't intended to apply where the issues in question address whether or not said POTUS belongs in that position.
I mean, like, it's getting downright METAPHYSICAL.
The OLC "decision" was written by Nixon's OLC while it seemed Nixon would be indicted over Watergate. "Self-serving" is the proper term I believe. They all just call it a rule because no one wants to touch this radioactive pile of shit known as Indicting and Trying a President.
yeah, I sorta remembered it was something like that.
obviously, special times call for special circumstances, but obviously, it's radioactive enough to avoid. of course, such avoidance means that theoretically, if a sitting president did, in fact, shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue, we'd have to wait until his term was over to indict him. given these special times and circumstances, the logic is pretty close to that of Mutually Assured Destruction. actually, MAD makes somewhat more sense.
special times, special circumstances.
and isn't the OLC the piece of the DOJ whose main function is to cover POTUS's ass?
...and that Georgia case is every bit as much a "smoking gun" as the documents. actually, more so.
he can invent (and has invented) any number of reasons (all of them, of course, are lies and completely inconsistent ones at that) for having the documents. the Georgia phone call is out of a bad old movie. think Edward Arnold in any Capra movie. and what's TFF's defense? "It was a perfect phone call." yes, a perfect phone call made by an evil mogul in a Capra movie (add Lionel Barrymore in "It's a Wonderful Life").
sometimes I find myself trying (one of my silly "thought experiments") to figure out what the fuck TFF's "thought processes" are. has anybody else here found themselves wasting time in this way? tell me I'm not the only one...
and while I'm here...isn't that OLC opinion more of a "tradition" or "understanding" or "strong suggestion" than an actual rule? my understanding of the logic behind it is that "such things aren't done" because the POTUS already has a lot on his plate, etc. but it seems to me that it was meant to apply to a POTUS who actually works on more than just his personal damage control. and it certainly wasn't intended to apply where the issues in question address whether or not said POTUS belongs in that position.
I mean, like, it's getting downright METAPHYSICAL.
The OLC "decision" was written by Nixon's OLC while it seemed Nixon would be indicted over Watergate. "Self-serving" is the proper term I believe. They all just call it a rule because no one wants to touch this radioactive pile of shit known as Indicting and Trying a President.
yeah, I sorta remembered it was something like that.
obviously, special times call for special circumstances, but obviously, it's radioactive enough to avoid. of course, such avoidance means that theoretically, if a sitting president did, in fact, shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue, we'd have to wait until his term was over to indict him. given these special times and circumstances, the logic is pretty close to that of Mutually Assured Destruction. actually, MAD makes somewhat more sense.
special times, special circumstances.
and isn't the OLC the piece of the DOJ whose main function is to cover POTUS's ass?
Chump’s “thought processes” Me, me, me, me, ad nauseam. Now it’s the fools that think he’s actually got a brain