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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/28/2018 3:56:29 PM
From: tonto	3 Recommendations Recommended By DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck Sedohr Nod TideGlider Respond to of 224750

True...and people have cautiously been waiting for agreements. But, South Korea made very clear to be at this point, the credit goes to Trump. I think what stands out is how clear the linaction was under Obama.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/28/2018 4:05:00 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 224750

Ken do you believe Joy Reid and her statement that she did not write those nasty things? Even though there is no proof that her account was hacked.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/28/2018 4:45:11 PM
From: FJB	4 Recommendations Recommended By DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck rayrohn TideGlider tonto Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

Time to admit that Trump is doing a good job By Russ McSwain April 28, 2018 americanthinker.com It's been drilled into everyone that "past performance is no guarantee of future results." That piece of wisdom is a double-edged sword. Most Trump critics, be they Democrats or NeverTumps, miss the second edge. However bad Trump's pre-election behavior is perceived to be, it has almost no value in evaluating the obvious success of his presidency. Just as there are naïve investors who are incredulous when a surefire opportunity becomes a money-loser, there are pundits who, in their own minds, know that a person or a policy will lead to disaster. They are unable to grasp when reality makes their predictions worthless. It is not a surprise that Trump was sexually active prior to his election. For some people – surprisingly, mostly on the left – that is a sign of our downfall as a civilization. They ask how they can explain it to their children. In the post-New Deal era, the following presidents have been sexually promiscuous while actually in high office: FDR, Kennedy, Johnson, and Clinton. There is no sense in which the Trump presidency is any less a model of propriety than that of either Bush or of Obama. For people living in the past, Trump is a bigot for preventing all Muslims from entering the country. His actual policy is a ban on Muslims coming from five countries that contain 8% of the world Muslim population. When the decision is viewed in those terms, it is perfectly reasonable. What he said before the election is irrelevant. During the campaign, Trump scared me and many other free-traders. He kept saying he was a free-trader but wanted to impose some tariffs to compensate for unfair trade practices and to motivate trading partners to respect American intellectual property. He argued that tariffs would not be permanently in place to stifle free trade. They would be negotiating tools to facilitate trade. Turns out he was right. In fairness to the laissez-faire crowd, free trade probably would eventually solve these problems. It is also true that eventually is a very long time. Trump's negotiating style is the key to understanding his success. During the campaign, Trump-supporters continued to emphasize his business acumen. Many people found the claim absurd. I was certainly among them, but the group included highly successful investorslike Mitt Romney. Trump's investment decisions were certainly erratic. My point was and is that no one should take investment advice from this guy. Trump-supporters had the stronger case. Their man's specific business skill is as a marvelous negotiator. There is no doubt that he is ruthless and relentless in his willingness to leverage American power. America has desired outcomes all over the world. Trump has proven to be the best available agent to achieve those outcomes. Here are a few examples: 1. The already mentioned trade concessions from people previously all too happy to take advantage of previous administration weakness. 2. Getting our allies to carry a heavier load. Most NATO nations are now meeting their obligations for defense spending. Middle Eastern countries are moving more aggressively to counter terrorism and to stand against Iran. 3. Russia is no longer buzzing our planes and ships and otherwise testing our troops or our border. 4. North Korea has agreed to stop testing nuclear weapons and missiles. It has agreed to talks and to accept a peaceful end of the Korean War, rather than just the prevailing ceasefire. It is true that the North Korean nuclear test site may no longer be usable. For those who think that if Obama were still president, Kim Jong-un would not merely test above ground or even use aerial testing, I repeat my longstanding offer to sell some of my Florida orange groves. They are wonderfully green. No one needs advice to understand the value of these achievements. It took Trump to make them a reality. Trump moves in mysterious ways. Some of his moves are likely to fail, but some of even the oddest of them work. When he was still head of the CIA, Mike Pompeo made it clear that Trump's tweets affect our adversaries. Measurable favorable behavioral changes were observed by our intelligence community. Sometimes there is a method to apparent madness. What can be criticized about this president's actual performance? There are criticisms of the tax cut. They are lame. With no modesty at all, I recommend this as an antidote. There are hopes and prayers among a dwindling number of partisans that the Mueller investigations will turn up wrongdoing of some sort. Let's just wait and see. While we wait, it will add to the health of our republic if we judge our president by what he does as president rather than by what people predicted he would do or predict that he will do. There are people who call this approach being reality-based.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/28/2018 8:57:59 PM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations Recommended By Oblivious rayrohn tonto Respond to of 224750

Crowd at Trump rally chants ‘Nobel’ over North Korea. The crowd at President Trump’s rally in Michigan on Saturday chanted “Nobel,” referring to the Nobel Peace Prize, when Trump brought up negotiations with North Korea. Trump was praising Chinese President Xi Jinping for putting pressure on North Korea when the crowd began chanting “Nobel, Nobel, Nobel.”

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/28/2018 8:58:46 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By GUNSNGOLD Respond to of 224750

EVEN THIS SWEDISH MINISTER SAYS YOU ARE THE PROBLEM KENNY. Swedish minister says the country’s elderly are the problem, not refugees https://t.co/XGHs6T0TnN — Voice of Europe (@V_of_Europe) April 28, 2018

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/29/2018 9:52:42 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224750

Ken do you believe that Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/29/2018 10:23:34 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 224750

Action or fake news??? Get over your irrational hate Ken and embrace reality

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/29/2018 10:51:55 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Sedohr Nod Respond to of 224750

Even the states that didn't vote for me are enjoying RECORD LOW unemployment! You’re welcome! Donald Trump Prosperity extends right across the board...All levels and every matrix. This is an employment economy...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/29/2018 10:54:39 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Oblivious Respond to of 224750

No action here...nope!!!!! No way!!!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)

4/29/2018 12:14:35 PM

From: FJB

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Clinton pollster blisters Mueller witch hunt
Don Surber by Don Surber

Pollster Mark Penn was one of the men who helped keep Bill Clinton president. Penn innovated new methods and used a microcomputer kit in the 1970s to calculate overnight results.

Buthe is more than a numbers cruncher, and a piece Penn penned for the Hill displays a sharp anaysis that goes beyond the polls.

Beneath benign numbers -- most people think Mueller will find an "impeachable" ofense -- lies a constitutional crisis. And Penn, Harvard '76, is enough of an American to call them out.

"The investigation was polluted from the beginning. Former British spy Christopher Steele was a government contractor when he illegally leaked the dossier and lied about it. Mueller team members and FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok operated with such open hatred for Trump that they were removed from the investigation after managing key parts of it. The heads of the FBI and CIA participated in spreading and vouching for a Trump dossier they never verified and yet used to spy on Americans," Penn wrote.

Penn follows the facts, and compares them to the talking points. The church of Russian collusion is built on the shifting sands of lies.

"Perhaps most puzzlingly, Rosenstein wrote a critical memo supporting the Comey firing and then appointed a special counsel after the firing. By doing this, combined with the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Rosenstein set up a government within the government, with a super broad charter and practical immunity from being removed. The Mueller investigation then operated without any independent supervision from outside the agency, review by any elected officials or contemporaneous judicial review," Penn wrote.

Setting up a government within a government is a coup. Penn -- who studied law at Columbia University -- realizes the ramifications.

He believes that because the investigation was based on a lie, and the people managing key parts of it (Page and Strzok) are liars, Mueller's work is invalid. The brutal Third World dictator tactics against targets in the investigation alarm him.

His advice at the end is to get the courts to stop this charade.

"The best way to end all this is not to fire Mueller and Rosenstein or wait for them to wrap it up but to challenge this entire process in court as irretrievably tainted. If Mueller does not agree to end the investigation in exchange for presidential interrogatories, then it may be time to try to block the whole thing in court, with full discovery into whether its foundation was so corrupted — and the stonewalling actions so blatant — that the doctrine of the fruits of a poisonous tree can be invoked to stop this national distraction," Penn concluded.

I am surprised that Penn who has so much to lose by speaking out (friend or foe, Marxists will destroy you) has spoken out.

I applaud him.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/29/2018 6:00:45 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Respond to of 224750

Come on Phillipps cough it up!!! Dem Sen Coons: I Give Trump ‘Credit’ for Creating an ‘Opening’ in North Korea

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/29/2018 7:08:54 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

How dare reality prove you wrong Ken! I hope this reality doesn’t trigger something in you and you don’t have a nasty event of some sort!!!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/29/2018 8:34:10 PM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations Recommended By DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck longnshort rayrohn Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

While they were calling him a warmonger, a homophobe, and a racist, Donald Trump ended the Korean War, appointed the first gay ambassador to Germany, and got endorsed by Kanye all the same week — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) April 28, 2018

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/29/2018 9:01:50 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider tonto Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224750

You should be very proud Kenneth though I imagine you are miserable and will grump for the old days of hate.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/30/2018 7:13:39 AM
From: FJB	5 Recommendations Recommended By Alan Smithee DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck rayrohn TideGlider tonto Respond to of 224750

South Korea’s Moon says President Trump should receive the Nobel Prize

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (209001)	4/30/2018 8:03:33 AM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll - WHO HAS LED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS KENNY? OUR GREATEST PRESIDENT YOU DUMMY... Reuters ^ \| 30 April 2018 \| Chris Khan The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years, to 46 percent overall. And they increasingly say the Republican Party is a better steward of the economy.