Boy oh boy were they on fire. democrats were in a feeding frenzy. They were delirious with anticipation. A rapture. Gravitas was flying from their mouths as fast as the words could be formed.
Words like the “biggest scandal in Washington”
The congressional intelligence committees announcedlast month that they will investigate the Russian hacking and also examine whether there were any improper contacts between the Trump camp and Russia during the campaign. (A series of memos attributed to a former British counterintelligence officer included allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.) Yet these behind-closed-doors inquiries have generated minimum media notice, and, overall, there has not been much outcry.
The Brits, who seem to have nothing else to do, were ready to arrest Flynn
Ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn could face federal charges if the FBI determines that he lied to investigators.
It is an offense not to tell the agency the truth and interviews do not have to be under oath. If the ex-general misled the FBI he could face an investigation with the possibility of felony charges.
Flynn talked to the agency on Jan. 26 about a call he had in December with Russia’s ambassador, the New York Times reported.
Investigators were so concerned that Flynn had not told them the entire truth, they warned the White House the very same day that the senior aide could be blackmailed.
Words like “impeachment”
Questions are growing following the resignation of Donald Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn over his communications with the Russian ambassador.
With Flynn now gone, some are asking: What did President Donald Trump know – and when? Flynn appears to have fallen on his sword (at least for now), writing in his resignation letter that he was apologizing to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. However, the “I” word is the topic of heated debate on on Twitter (impeachment):
https://twitter.com/Lewishamdreamer/status/830329668771393536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Dan “Fake News” Rather said it was bigger than Watergate
Tom Friedman put it up there with 9-11 and Pearl Harbor.
There were words like “treason”
Stephen Colbert Twists the Knife in Michael Flynn: ‘It’s Funny ‘Cause It’s Treason’
Once again, as Colbert pointed out, the situation is a testament to this administration’s ineptitude. Flynn was found out because our intelligence agencies listen in on calls made by the Russian ambassador—something Flynn apparently did not know despite being the incoming National Security Adviser. But Colbert also found time to twist the knife. After a barrage of jokes, he snuck in a no-nonsense aside:
“It’s funny, ’cause it’s treason.”
More words like treason:
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Tuesday said that if members of the Trump administration or campaign have been “conspiring” with Russia, “that’s the very definition of treason.”
National Security Advisor Michael Flynn resigned on Monday after reports surfaced that he had spoken with a top Russian diplomat about the U.S. sanctions against Russia.
“I mean, let’s not lose perspective on exactly who we’re talking about here,” he said on CNN. “Russia is the No. 1 enemy of the United States of America.”
“If members of the administration are essentially conspiring with Russia – either through the [2016 presidential] campaign earlier or now in the administration itself – I mean, look, Wolf, that’s the very definition of treason,” Moulton told host Wolf Blitzer.
You can imagine the disappointment and deflation coursing through the left today as Mike Flynn has been exonerated.
The FBI in late December reviewed intercepts of communications between the Russian ambassador to the United States and retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn— national security adviser to then-President-elect Trump — but has not found any evidence of wrongdoing or illicit ties to the Russian government, U.S. officials said.
The calls were picked up as part of routine electronic surveillance of Russian officials and agents in the United States, which is one of the FBI’s responsibilities, according to the U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss counterintelligence operations.
The game was “Kill Mike Flynn” and the democrats were all in, but golly do they look stupid now. Seems there was no sense in waiting for the facts. Hyperbole rules. And wait until they find out the Trump campaign was also cleared:
American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said. The intelligence agencies then sought to learn whether the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians on the hacking or other efforts to influence the election.
The officials interviewed in recent weeks said that, so far, they had seen no evidence of such cooperation.
The disappointment will be so great that you’ll be able to see it from Sarah Palin’s house.
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Further evidence of just how unhinged the left is. Remember when Bush was POTUS? The same left wing whack jobs accused of him trying to start a war with Russia and supported Putin as a hero claiming Bush was a “cowboy” because of his aggressive, tough stances. Then when Obama got in there and was bitched slapped more than once by Putin on the international stage embarrassing the country, they claimed no harm done. Now they are trying to concoct another conspiracy theory just like “the Russians stole(or hacked) the election for Trump” despite producing ZERO evidence.
One of Obama’s many policy failures was that he pushed the Russians and Chinese into an alliance the likes of which we haven’t seen since the height of the Cold War. Not good for the U.S. Nixon successfully dealt with the former by triangulating between the three countries starting with China. Did it ever occur to these bozos that what Trump is trying to do is triangulate only this time starting with Russia given they are by far the lesser economic threat of the two?
More left wing nutjobs have come out the last two days calling for Trump’s removal either through assassination (Eddie Griffin) or for him to be removed and replaced by Hillary (Michael Moore). The ultimate goal here is to remove the current administration by any means necessary (including violence) and replacing it with another left wing regime like we just had if not worse. Make no mistake, the left would be doing this regardless if the President’s last name was Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, Perry, Walker, Carson, Christie, or any of the others who ran in the primary. The left lost and they are not taking it well and the more unhinged they become, the more dangerous they become.
All Obama ever did in his eight years as Dictator was apppiligise,bow down his dirty head rub elbows with terrorists armed terrorists abused powers sneered his fat snout at the U.S. Constitution brought in so called refugees and released rapists,robbers,child molesters and lied about america he should be living on the ice planet of hoth
are we all missing the heinous scandals under the immigrant pres.?
I wonder if Dan “if the evidence doesn’t exist, I’ll just make it up” Rather thinks this is bigger than faking information to try and sway a Presidential election?
Really? The left guffawed when Romney pointed that fact out to them. Obama disarmed us in the face of this threat (and others).
We are seeing why we should never have any leftist with power in the government.
Great point.
Today I read that Trump has already convinced China to keep a closer watch over North Korea.
They are even guarding their border better than before!
As many have pointed out, Russia has the economy of Spain but with a nuclear arsenal.
Sanctions can really prod that bear!
Better to carry that stick AND a carrot.
Flynn has been cleared by those who had the right to listen to the secret recordings.
But Flynn was falsely accused by those who only ass-u-me’ed they knew what might be in them.
Democrat modus operandi: First tap, then entrap……………
@Nanny G:While I don’t particularly care for Trump’s position with Russia (I think it’s a lttle too complimentary),perhaps the another reason for the approach goes back to Reagan when he stated you have to negotiate from a position of strength, not weakness. Given the shambles Obama left the military in, we are probably not as strong as we need to be in order to take a more hardline approach. Be it the Army BCT’s, USN planes, or the shortage of USAF pilots, Obama decimated our military. But hey, they are probably well versed on how to get a sex change operation at government expense. Once the military gets built back up, perhaps we’ll see a more hardline approach towards Putin. The left’s messiah left a mess that will take some time to clean up.
Turns out it is not nearly as big as Rathergate. Ole Dan had a complete story fabricated to discredit GW Bush and the only one that got discredited was Dan Rather. Got him out of the News business forever. Makes you wonder how much of the Kennedy assassination news he manufactured.
@another vet: Unfortunately, somewhere Trump will have to use military force to reestablish that we ARE strong and we WILL use force if necessary. Obama made weakness and excuses such an integral part of his “foreign policy” that we will face numerous provocations until we pop a cap on someone. That’s just a part of the damage Obama has done. People will die.
@Bill… Deplorable Me: Yep. Our military was a little short after 9/11, especially when it came to SOF troops thanks to Clinton. The whole time he was POTUS they kept lying to American people telling them we could fight two regional wars at the same time, namely North Korea and Iraq. As it turned out, we had a tough time manning Afghanistan and Iraq which required far less troops. It’s no wonder some of those high echelon military people opposed OIF- it exposed their lies about our capabilities.
The WaPo accidentally admitted that all of the Flynn leakers were from the Obama Admin.
Note the words:
So, some left when Obama left.
Others are still on their jobs.
I wonder if draining the swamp includes ridding our nation of gov’t employees who put Obama over country?
@Bill… Deplorable Me:
That may be, but it won’t be against Russia or China. I think he should go ahead and do what is necessary to shut ISIS down. Obozo could have done it, but he didn’t want to. They were working for him.
Nanny;
absolutely and I understand those that you mention above got their notices yesterday.