Comments on: Robert Barnes on the Jack Smith indictment of Trump

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:44:24 +0000

Artfldgr,
The House Pelosi selected committee learned it from Hillary! Make your records disappear. Deliberately.

If you’re gonna lie, LIE BIGLY! But disappear the records.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:45:40 +0000

@Bauxite:It’s very easy to rationalize the faults of your own candidate by pointing to the other guy. Supporters of the other guy are doing exactly the same thing.

In my case, this is not why I think the Trump news will have no effect on the election. (Trump is not my guy, I don’t have one.) The reasons are:

Only a few states are close enough to swing Electoral College votes from Democrat to Republican: in these states Dems can harvest ballots in the blue metro districts they control and overcome any plausible swing to the Republican side.

The mainstream media and social media will blackout the news. The mainstream media in the obvious way by not reporting on it, social media in a less-obvious way by tweaking algorithms to suppress the news, banning people and posts, demonetization, etc.

Most people already have made up their minds about Trump. He’s not obscure, and he’s the focus of 24/7 news coverage. Anything that could possibly come out about Trump is already baked in, unless maybe he got Epsteined, in which case he’d be ineligible to serve if elected (being dead).

By: Frederick

Frederick — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:32:24 +0000

@stan: Trolls post hoping to provoke a response. No point wasting your time with them, their behavior never changes and they have nothing substantive, apparently, to contribute.

I use a script to block known trolls so I don’t even see the comment in the first place, but you can just scroll on past too. If you start a back-and-forth it’s just a waste of your time, an annoyance for neo, and the attention the trolls crave.

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 17:47:25 +0000

dread pirate roberts, rarely fails to dissapoint, after all he didn’t uphold atty client priviledge after all,

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 17:46:36 +0000

Bauxite,

“…decision that tries to minimize the precedential damage.”

And minimize the Presidential damage.

By: neo

neo — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 17:21:14 +0000

stan:

The MSM is dedicated to making sure a lot of people don’t even get the Biden corruption news, much less care about it.

And even if they do get the news, if they believe that Biden is running against Hitler, they’ll vote for Biden as the lesser of two evils.

By: Bauxite

Bauxite — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 17:08:20 +0000

Rufus T. Firefly and Paul Harmon – You’re both right. That’s why I’m not so sure that they will rule for Trump, especially after the trial judge refuses to allow an appeal until after the trial (and certain conviction). I think it’ll by 5-4 or maybe 6-3 against Trump with Roberts writing a “strategic retreat” decision that tries to minimize the precedential damage.

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:50:15 +0000

Paul Harmon @6:44pm,

Yes. Absolutely. Crucial point!

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:48:54 +0000

Regarding whether unjust prosecutions can move independents or anti-Trump voters toward Trump:

It seems to be the opposite, in my opinion. I continue to be shocked by how many people I hear say something like, “I’m so glad we have Biden if office. He’s returned decorum and calmness to the Office and nation.” A “return to normalcy” defense.

I guess the “Republicans pounce” news reporting really does reach a lot of people. By throwing tantrums when Republicans win the Left appears to convince a lot of people to not vote Republican in order to restore order.

By: Bauxite

Bauxite — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:30:45 +0000

stan said – “Apparently, no one thinks that Biden crime and corruption will have any impact on election.”

It’s very easy to rationalize the faults of your own candidate by pointing to the other guy. Supporters of the other guy are doing exactly the same thing.