President Donald Trump

[senorsheep]

Wow, what's going on with Trump fans' favorite pollster, Rasmussen?

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history

He's gone from a +1 on April 9 to a -11 on May 16.

What's going on with my favorite poster, B-Fly? He's usually above trickery like taking two outliers from an arbitrary time frame and pretending it shows a trend that is really the opposite of what the long view of the numbers suggests.

The big drop the past two days is curious, though. Did he say or do something particularly stupid to piss off Republicans?

[B-Fly]

What's going on with my favorite poster, B-Fly? He's usually above trickery like taking two outliers from an arbitrary time frame and pretending it shows a trend that is really the opposite of what the long view of the numbers suggests.

The big drop the past two days is curious, though. Did he say or do something particularly stupid to piss off Republicans?

LOL. Fair. As for the past few days, I'd guess maybe the stock market reaction to the China tariffs/trade war.

[Sour Masher]

LOL. Fair. As for the past few days, I'd guess maybe the stock market reaction to the China tariffs/trade war.

Unless they are polling mostly Wall Street types, I'd be surprised if the market reactions to the Trade War to that are enough to move the needle that much. However, perhaps the stuff revo has been saying about this Trade War affecting Trump voters in other ways, besides the market, is the cause of this dip.

[DMT]

Apparently TDS has spread to Republicans. Or maybe TDS is an idiotic way for Republicans and their enablers to ignore legitimate criticisms. Hmmmm

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/05/18/politics/justin-amash-trump-impeachable-conduct/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F%3Frefresh%3D1

[onejayhawk]

You mean things like CNN's All Trump-hate, All the time. Nice.

J

[revo]

You mean things like CNN's All Trump-hate, All the time. Nice.

J

Just because Faux News didn’t report it doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen Jay.

[onejayhawk]

Just because Faux News didn’t report it doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen Jay.

I don't watch either CNN or Fox, so it does not really matter. Cut the cable years ago.

Still, why would you watch a supposed news organization that throws away half the news?

J

[revo]

GOP Rep. Justin Amash with a complete Twitter evisceration of Trump & Barr, is calling for Trump's impeachment. As a retaliation, Dopey can only muster up that Amash is a "loser."

[madducks]

In case you are wondering why Trump is pissed off at SNL this week.

[revo]

If Donald Trump didn't obstruct justice, why is he doing everything he can to prevent Donald McGahn from testifying in front of Congress?

[nots]

If Donald Trump didn't obstruct justice, why is he doing everything he can to prevent Donald McGahn from testifying in front of Congress?

What’s the upside for Trump if McGahn testifies? If he supports Trump’s version of things, do you think the media and the #Resistance are going to suddenly say ‘wow, no collusion, no obstruction, who’d have thunk it?’. As my good friend likes to say—not bloody likely.

[revo]

What’s the upside for Trump if McGahn testifies? If he supports Trump’s version of things, do you think the media and the #Resistance are going to suddenly say ‘wow, no collusion, no obstruction, who’d have thunk it?’. As my good friend likes to say—not bloody likely.

The President of the United States is allegedly asking someone to commit a crime (contempt of Congress) to impede an investigation. That doesn't concern you?

[nots]

The President of the United States is allegedly asking someone to commit a crime (contempt of Congress) to impede an investigation. That doesn't concern you?

Didn’t answer my question-what’s the upside for Trump if McGhan testifies? He gains absolutely nothing from that and neither does McGhan.

[revo]

Didn’t answer my question-what’s the upside for Trump if McGhan testifies? He gains absolutely nothing from that and neither does McGhan.

Well, by not testifying, McGahn now puts himself in line for up to a year of jailtime. So if he could afford to lose a year of his life to be the patsy for his now-former boss, so be it. I don't see how that's "nothing."

As far as Dandy Don, if it can be proven that he did in fact ask McGahn not to appear and be held in contempt, then that adds to his Obstruction woes and probably prods Congress to begin impeachment hearings. So the upside -- not getting impeached?

[Bernie Brewer]

Well, by not testifying, McGahn now puts himself in line for up to a year of jailtime. So if he could afford to lose a year of his life to be the patsy for his now-former boss, so be it. I don't see how that's "nothing."

As far as Dandy Don, if it can be proven that he did in fact ask McGahn not to appear and be held in contempt, then that adds to his Obstruction woes and probably prods Congress to begin impeachment hearings. So the upside -- not getting impeached?

He's been "getting impeached" since he first took office!

By the way, the White House has officially blocked McGahn from testifying tomorrow. There sure is a lot of contempt going on.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/20/politics/white-house-blocks-don-mcgahn-congress/index.html

The White House's move to block McGahn has similarities to President George W. Bush's efforts to prevent his former White House counsel, Harriet Miers, from testifying. A federal judge in 2008 ruled against the Bush administration.

But that court ruling didn't stop the Obama administration from making similar arguments. In 2014, the Obama administration's Office of Legal Counsel wrote a memo that a senior White House adviser subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee did not have to testify, arguing the President's immediate advisers had "absolute immunity from congressional compulsion to testify about matters that occur during the course of discharging their official duties."