My gosh, how long ago did Reid die and you republicans still trot his withered remains out to justify anything. Y'all used that excuse to sit on former President Obama's supreme court nominee so you could overturn the court. Can't you come up with anything new to defend your convicted criminal candidate?
Ah, yes. The whole "You're going to pay for forcing me to stop being an *******" defense. Very principled.
dark rum and tonic is very nice, with lime. Lately I enjoy a Pineapple Rum Daiquiri: two part Pineapple Run, one part dry curaçao, two parts (or to taste) lime juice. Plantation Pineapple Rum: https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/r...-pineapple-rum/p/159424750?s=101&igrules=true Dry curaçao: https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/l...uracao-liqueur/p/129477750?s=101&igrules=true
It would be nice if this trend of "lawfare" continues and takes every crooked politician down but let's be real here...
Desperate Biden Camp Tries To Regurgitate Failed 2016 Race Hoax https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/3...p-tries-to-regurgitate-failed-2016-race-hoax/
To put it in perspective, there was a very significant (wealthy VC's) moderate block who openly supported Biden and pushed against Trump in 2020. Now you can insult them and demean them all you want, but it doesn't change the fact they have quite a bit of influence and while they are not openly supporting Trump, they are criticizing Biden. The only people who think this verdict is a victory are the liberal straight ticket types who would never vote for a Republican anyways. Nobody's opinion has been changed with this verdict.
During the Jim Crow era, black individuals were frequently denied fair trials and faced all-white juries. Black were often excluded from serving on juries due to discriminatory practices such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and intimidation. With very little political power and insufficient funds for competent defense lawyers, they were often unjustly convicted. Trump cannot be compared to a black person during Jim Crow. He is a highly privileged white individual with extraordinary political power and ample financial resources for the best legal representation. Comparing Trump's trial to the experiences of black individuals during the Jim Crow era is grossly inappropriate and diminishes the severity of the injustices faced by the Black community during that time.
https://open.substack.com/pub/johna...ry?r=2jsjm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email The Most Dangerous Day for Our Country in Our Lifetimes "I can play the game; just tell me the rules." JOHN A. LUCAS As the world now knows, former President Trump was convicted today of 34 criminal charges. It was a shameless political verdict shaped by an unscrupulous prosecutor, aided by a corrupt and incompetent judge, and rendered by a jury that supposedly considered six weeks of testimony and 55 pages of complex jury instructions, and then deliberated for one day. These are small minds, who do not give a flying fig leaf for the good of the Country. They and those gleefully cheering the result do not care about the damage that they have done to the nation. Some, although not all, doubtlessly lack both the intellect and a knowledge of history and human nature to recognize the fuse they have lit. And the fact that some are well known public figures does not mean that the foregoing does not apply to them. It applies to government officials of every stripe – congressional representatives, attorneys general and prosecutors, lying CIA and FBI grandees, and to the platoon of pygmies in that New York courtroom. I weep for my Country. Not because one man was convicted, but because this New York judge, jury and prosecutors have flung this Country into a downward spiral from which we may never recover. I hope that I am wrong, but I fear that I am not. One of my former law partners, a world class trial lawyer, when faced with an adversary who wanted to engage in unprofessional “hardball” litigation tactics would say, “I can play the game; just tell me the rules.” The Democrats have made the rules, and their opponents will have little choice but to play the game. This is not a game that can or will be played by one side only. The rules are now set. When Republicans have the chance, they will play the game. Many, perhaps most, will think that a response is mandatory and that “taking the high road” is no longer an option. Instead, it would be regarded by the “progressive” left — that is to say those now in charge of the Democratic party — as weakness if they roll over and fail to respond. This is an existential threat to the stability of our political system and nation. That risk makes this the most dangerous day in the history of the Country, at least in our lifetimes. Henceforth, weaponization of the justice system against a political opponent will be the norm. Political grudges will be resolved by political opponents in cherry-picked courtrooms where conviction is most likely. All this confirms that when controlled by scoundrels, our judicial system is becoming more like what we expect in places like China, Cuba or Venezuela, where political opponents are routinely imprisoned or worse. Regardless of what you think of former President Trump – and I have criticized him sharply in the past both privately and in public – you, too, should fear for our Country. Where do we go from here beyond a never-ending fight where the latest victors attempt to bankrupt and imprison their adversaries? Solving that problem has just become exponentially more difficult.
I would drag my nuts across a thousand miles of the Sahara desert just to hear Donald Trump fart through a walkie-talkie.
I am not trying to compare Trump to a black persons experience 60 years ago. And you know this. Don't strawman the point. You said, and I quote:
Some manage to avoid trial, like the Attorney General of Texas. However, these exceptions are not the standard. No one seem to want to talk about Senator Bob Menendez's trial.
