You haven’t factored in the Lucifer role on the Left’s strategies of psychological warfare.

If it was just the Left, they wouldn’t be as important or as powerful.
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I know it’s there; I try to keep “secular” blog comments on-topic without going to the religious angle.

Satan’s biggest advantages are that he doesn’t care if anyone gets hurt (on any side, including his own);he gets to use tactics his Opposition is not allowed; he doesn’t really care what the ends or outcomes are so long as people are fighting over them; and he has absolutely no qualms about inconsistency and hypocrisy.

Gee, that does sound familiar, doesn’t it?

Of course it matters. But only to strategists and tacticians.

This is a war not between political bodies of humans, but between divinities that use humans as proxies the way the US used Vietnam and Korea.

So of course it matters where the Leftists sold their soul to in the spiritual warfare realm.

You haven’t factored in the Lucifer role on the Left’s strategies of psychological warfare.

If it was just the Left, they wouldn’t be as important or as powerful.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/05/democratic-situational-ethics-on-comey.php

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/05/a-final-word-about-james-comey.php

You’re making my point about critics with the wrong assumptions, and not being able to see where someone is more honest. …

Why should we trust what the media has to say?

We have to be able to know real deception when it occurs. We can make distinctions between something not being literally true, yet correct in its essential points. We should also be able to recognize a loose manner of speaking, exaggerations, and misstatements, and yet still be able to acknowledge a degree of honesty in someone.
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And don’t forget discerning the difference between taking someone seriously but not literally, versus the opposite.

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Sharon W Says:
May 11th, 2017 at 11:38 am
I opted out of media manipulation at the time of Hurricane Katrina.
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That was a wake-up call for me also.
Then I really began to watch how often the media invoked double-standards for Republicans and Democrats.
And then I began to observe how much ALL of them flat-out lied on top of the spin, mispeaking, and simple mistakes.

(The Guilt-Free theory was interesting, wasn’t it? I think it’s still operating in Trump’s actions in re Comey.)

You’re making my point about critics with the wrong assumptions, and not being able to see where someone is more honest.

The cited example of Deputy AG Rosenstein and his role in Mr. Comey’s termination: is that something he has actually said in public, on the record, or is it yet another speculative news report from yet another un-named source? Why should we trust what the media has to say?

For the difference between being more honest, and using words to intentionally deceive, then look at the words and actions of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. They are politicians who are willing to lie to advance their interests, or to protect themselves.

Let’s not forget that we would not even be talking about Mr. Comey today if not for a case that originated with real LIES and real WRONG-DOING from Hillary Clinton and others in the Obama administration.

We have to be able to know real deception when it occurs. We can make distinctions between something not being literally true, yet correct in its essential points. We should also be able to recognize a loose manner of speaking, exaggerations, and misstatements, and yet still be able to acknowledge a degree of honesty in someone.

“Sharon W @ May 11th, 2017 at 11:38 am ”

What she said. 👍

The bottom line is the firing of Comey is interesting and invites speculation unlike the firing of someone else. I don’t know if Trump and his team had anything to do with Russia before the election. But I will say that Trump is most likely unhappy with the distraction of the Russian investigation. Maybe he thought letting Comey go would cut off the investigations? He’s about to find out that is not the case. He added oil to a fire.

Excellent point. Absence of “guilt” is one of the reasons I feel immune to the outrage platform that has become a part of our current culture. I opted out of media manipulation at the time of Hurricane Katrina. I voted for Trump based on my hope that he would appoint conservative jurists and that he was not Hillary Clinton. I have never felt a need to defend or excuse him. I either approve of what he does or I do not–just like when George W. Bush was President. I never understood why liberals didn’t love him, as he enacted policies and supported so many things they uphold. Politics–it’s not everything.