(02-17-2022 01:24 PM)banker Wrote: It would be nice to see justice, but my faith in the fairness of our institutions is pretty low at this point.
Regrettably, I agree. There are specific individuals who are allowed to roam free in society regardless of their crimes. The Clintons, most former Presidents* REGARDLESS of party affiliation, and true long time Swamp residents will NEVER get the true justice they deserve for the deliberate raping and ruination of America.
If push comes to show re Hillary facing jail time for the Durham probe, Biden* or - if he has resigned - Harris will pardon her. The Clintons will have to fork over half their amassed fortune to get the pardon but they will do it.
Hillary will NEVER see the inside of a 7 x 11 cell. Hard stop.
* Nixon's impeachment for "knowledge of Watergate" was for the public masses. The real reason was his disastrous decision to take the USA off the gold standard in August 1971. That ruined the U.S. dollar and is the grandfather of the inflation that has grown to gargantuan levels today.
Remember when the MSM laughed off President trump's accusations that he was being spyed on? Yeah, seems that the Facts show that President Trump WAS being illegally spied on by The Clintons, etc...
Seems for the past several years whenever the MSM laughs something off as allegedly 'baseless' that it ends up being Factual and True
Watergate: attempted break-in on campaign of opponent results in resignation of President
Hilliary-gate: successful break-in, hacking and spying on campaign of opponent and then continued spying on sitting President by loser of election: Lying Media says nothing to see here.
(02-17-2022 01:51 PM)GoodOwl Wrote: Watergate: attempted break-in on campaign of opponent results in resignation of President
Hilliary-gate: successful break-in, hacking and spying on campaign of opponent and then continued spying on sitting President by loser of election: Lying Media says nothing to see here.
Wow.
Watergate was more than just that one break-in. By the end, over 70 people and 15 corporations were indicted for things done by the committee to reelect Richard Nixon.
(02-17-2022 01:24 PM)banker Wrote: It would be nice to see justice, but my faith in the fairness of our institutions is pretty low at this point.
I agree. We see the two tiered (in)justice system slapping normal everyday Americans in the face almost every day.
The politically connected and monied interests bend/break the law with virtual impunity. If it’s a cause or group those interests push, even the low level people get away with almost everything……..and the bought and paid for media covers for all of them.
……meanwhile, Joe American gets ignored or made an example of if they dare squawk too loudly.
It really has become disheartening. There are virtually no one in politics looking out for the little guy.
(This post was last modified: 02-17-2022 02:55 PM by Crebman.)
Quote:“Dirty tricks” was a term used to describe the behavior of operatives within the Nixon administration to smear the reputations of opponents and undermine the appeal of certain politicians. Fifty years ago, these dirty tricks included a false allegation that Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson had fathered an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old girl and the break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, when Nixon aides and operatives attempted to find materials the Nixon team could use against his perceived “enemies.”
Dirty tricks are not to be confused with negative campaigning, which at least has some component of truth, but a filing by special counsel John Durham that alleges the 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton paid a technology company to “infiltrate” or “spy” — the word former President Donald Trump uses — on his presidential campaign and later while he was president, goes beyond dirty tricks into the illegal.
In a court filing, Mr. Durham alleges the purpose behind Russian “collusion” allegations was to establish a “narrative” between then-Republican presidential candidate Trump and Russia.
Mr. Trump denied it at the time and many times since, including during an interview with Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes.” Ms. Stahl said there was “no evidence” for Mr. Trump’s claim. Mr. Trump said there was and that her job was to investigate and find it. Now that there is at least a credible allegation, will Ms. Stahl deliver a correction? Not likely, and neither is it likely other major media, which flogged the Russian collusion story, will acknowledge error. These include The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, NPR and numerous liberal websites. They seem to have their own narrative, and it is based on a visceral hatred of Mr. Trump. Consider this: Mr. Trump was being effectively slandered as a Russian agent, or minimally a Russian asset.
On Tuesday, The New York Times published a story about the Durham report on its website but seemed to dismiss it as “old news,” a familiar tactic often used when it reported on the various Clinton scandals.
The Times and Washington Post won Pulitzer Prizes for basically repeating Democrat talking points. The prizes should be returned, and the newspapers penalized by not allowing them to apply for another one for at least 10 years.
Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat, did not cover himself in glory as he chaired a House panel investigation into all things Mr. Trump and repeatedly accused Trump of violating laws. Don’t expect an apology from him, either. And then, there were the four FISA warrants obtained because of allegations by then-FBI Director James Comey and others that proved untrue. The Justice Department later admitted that two of the warrants lacked probable cause and said information from all four warrants would not be used.
A New York Post editorial summed up the matter: “A candidate for president (Hillary Clinton) weaponized the nation’s Justice Department to pursue an investigation into their political opponent based on what they knew were lies. Americans were wiretapped! Some were entrapped for flimsy claims of perjury. The director of the FBI (Comey) went into the Oval Office to tell the president that there was a sexual rumor floating around so that it could be promptly leaked to the media. ‘Outrageous’ doesn’t cover it.”
Mr. Durham has only scraped the surface of what could, if proven, be the biggest scandal in American political history, and that’s saying something, given past political behavior by members of both parties.
Will the grand jury that is being presented with this information issue indictments of higher-ups? Will the powerful and connected finally be held accountable when so many have escaped accountability in the past? News consumers may have to search for their information in other places than the major media because so far, they are engaging in a cover-up that resembles what Richard Nixon did.
(02-17-2022 01:24 PM)banker Wrote: It would be nice to see justice, but my faith in the fairness of our institutions is pretty low at this point.
I'm with you on this. Everyone else will get "justice" while the ruling elite will just poo-poo any wrongdoing by their friends in politics. I can only say that if the Republicans don't start putting their actions where their mouths are many will be chasing ambulances and as lawyers many deserve to do that.
It pains me but it looks that at some point we will have a real "erection", er, I mean insurrection. The people we are putting in Congress only care about themselves and their corrupt pocketbooks. That's sad, *sigh*.
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