Is Trump the Swiftboat Admiral?

[L. Coyote]

Last edited Tue Mar 21, 2017, 12:52 PM - Edit history (1)

History repeats. Watergate 2.0 started yesterday. Except this time things are far worse, an election is on trial, not a burglary. An election was swiftboated.

Deja vu, Trump also has a lying Attorney General who will likely also go to jail. This also mirrors Bush and the AG Firings scandal--getting rid of people who won't politicize the DoJ. As history repeats, we should examine history for some lessons and insights into what is happening today.

Trump did not come out of nowhere politically, he has known associates like Abramoff, Stone, Manafort, and mobsters, and has been handing out cash to politicos of ill repute for a long time. Trump is long connected to gaming and the cast of shady lobbyists. Trump is a Swiftboat Admiral, the guy who stayed out of the political spotlight while manipulating and corrupting the system for personal gain. Today, Trump epitomizes the vast right wing conspiracy, the funding fathers of the far right, the owners of Big Oil, the billionaires who elevate themselves above democracy and equality of all.

History repeats. And we sure don't have to go to Russian to find protagonists, we have our own vast, right-wing continuum. So, let's go back and review, let's get some context, let's see who we are dealing with, let's look beyond the clothes the emperor says he wears and strip him naked. Check out this old and now very relevant thread:

[center]
Bush vs. Gore, the 'Arkansas Project,' the USA firings, and the Swiftboat Admiral

[L. Coyote]

1. Rachel Maddow reports on the testimony before the House Intelligence Committee

As ground shaking as an atomic explosion, to be sure, no doubt the 2016 election was swiftboated. Was the outcome altered? Not much doubt.

A lot of questions remain. Rachel has a great handle on where we are at today.

Does the FBI already have all the evidence they need for proving Trump's collusion?

[L. Coyote]

2. FBI and DoJ: Trump Campaign Under Investigation for Ties to Russia

Mar 21, 2017

http://democracynow.org - FBI Director James Comey has confirmed the FBI is investigating whether President Trump’s campaign collaborated with Russia to sway the 2016 election. Comey also said the FBI has "no information" that supports Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that President Obama tapped Trump’s phones in Trump Tower during the election. The director of the National Security Agency, Michael Rogers, also refuted President Trump’s claims that President Obama asked the British intelligence agency GCHQ to carry out the wiretap on Trump Tower. For more, we speak with journalist Marcy Wheeler, who runs the website EmptyWheel.net. We also speak with Eric Lipton, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times.

[L. Coyote]

3. House Intel Chmn Nunes tells @DavidCornDC he's never heard of Carter Page or Roger Stone

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[L. Coyote]

4. Tell Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente to appoint a special prosecutor

Tell Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Russian interference and any role by the Trump campaign.

Demand a special prosecutor on Sessions and Russia

Our attorney general may have committed perjury and a foreign government may have interfered in our democracy.

The American people need answers about Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential campaign – and what role Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have played.

That’s why the ACLU is calling on Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente, the official in charge of this investigation, to appoint a special prosecutor.

Following revelations that Sessions didn’t tell the whole truth at his confirmation hearing about his contact with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential campaign, Sessions recused himself from leading the investigation into Russian involvement – passing that responsibility to Boente.

But recusal isn’t enough – only an independent special prosecutor can ensure a full investigation free of partisan politics and conflicts of interest, the kind of investigation the American people deserve.

Add your name now to demand that Boente appoint a special prosecutor – because no one is above the law in America, no matter their political connections.

[L. Coyote]

5. Here's a chart even Trump supporters can read: Russian Dossier Timeline