saltwind 78 Loc: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Here we are about three months plus into Trumps Presidency. From what I read in news sources with a good reputation, like the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN, Trump has been a terrible President. I won't go over the long, long list of actions that makes him so. What is becoming so obvious is that no matter what the news sources say, Trump still enjoys the absolute support of his base of supporters. The Republicans of the House of Representatives, are pulling out all the stops to cover up possible actions of the administration's policies concerning the all too cozy relationship with Putin's Russia. They use diversions, half truths and outright partisan lies to accomplish this. If Trump was a Democrat, I would scream for further investigations and maybe impeachment.
It's really turning out to be a political cult. No matter what this President does, from sexual assault to possible treason, Trump's base continues to give their hero unlimited support and dismiss all the charges and evidence against him as some kind of media conspiracy.
They refuse to imagine that Trump could be guilty of any of of these charges. They ignore known negative facts about him like the constant outpouring of lies from him. His popularity continues to slide to around thirty percent, and still his hard core base refuses to believe what most of the US population thinks about him.

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

Yes, it's true.. All political hacks are not Democrats.

That said, the NYTimes WaPo and CNN have been caught repeatedly farming out false stories about Trump and hiding the truth about the corruption of the Obama admin.

Example: To date, there has been exactly ZERO evidence of Russian/Trump collusion... ZERO.. Not a little evidence, ZERO.. Yet your favorite sources hound the 'alleged possibility of evidence' with breathless reporting.

Meanwhile: There is real evidence of less/non-reported issues of Obama/Hillary corruption with everything from Benghazi to Fast-n-Furious to Susan Rice spying on private citizens from the PM of Germany to the Trump campaign. The latter being at least 12,000 times as big as Watergate.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

And that's why you "just don't get it!"

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

eagleye13 Loc: Fl

"Here we are about three months plus into Trumps Presidency. From what I read in news sources with a good reputation, like the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN, Trump has been a terrible President." - saltwind

Just two sentences and I have to laugh LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Didn't get past that laugher yet. This guy has any credibility?

"The Republicans of the House of Representatives, are pulling out all the stops to cover up possible actions of the administration's policies concerning the all too cozy relationship with Putin's Russia."
Salty, must be staying in his hole, tuned only into the ABCNBCCBSCNNPBS network with Rabbit Ears.
The Cat is out of the Bag:
Situation Normal All Farked Up


HANNITY AMBER ALERT: "Evelyn Farkas Get An Attorney Immediately"
https://youtu.be/xy2oHDhpZjU

LIMBAUGH: 'Tunnel Visioned Ideologue' Evelyn Farkas May Have Outed Herself As Source Of Leaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC0lnMY_eV0

Not going into the dirt on Podesta at this time. Too much to chew on already.

ed4short Loc: New Hampshire

Excellent response Super Dave!!!!
Some people are just blind to the obvious

mongo Loc: TEXAS

SEMPER FI

private

But stop and think for a moment, in light of the numerous ways all three sources have been busted with erroneous headlines and stories, some of which even they have retracted, this poor guy calls them reliable sources. How sad is that?

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Any idea what your talking about? The three media outlets your referring to have been caught repeatedly covering Obama's ass or just ignoring. Now who sold uranium to the Russian's, who brought in the reset button or whom was paid 1/2 million dollars for a speech. Whom said if you like your doctor, whom called ISIS the JV team or removed troops. How about who ran the National Debt to 20 trillion after calling Bush unpatriotic, Bush added 4 trillion Obama added more debt than all Presidents combined.

Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

President Trump’s Report Card After 50 Days In Office

By Michael Goodwin ~ Mar 12, 2017 ~ New York Post

(As You Read About The Presidents First 50 Days, Remember This All Took Place With The Dems Fighting Him On Everything, Including Toilet Paper! Don D.)


President Trump is halfway through his First 100 Days, so it’s time to give him the Ed Koch test. “How am I doin’?” the late New York mayor used to ask, and he always got an answer.

Trump isn’t asking, but he gets a report card anyway. Assessing his start in three key subject areas, I see a mix of solid hits and key misses, with huge potential and reasons for optimism.

On Subject No. 1, whether he is keeping his campaign promises, Trump scores an A. His focus on doing what he said he would do is the best part of his young presidency because faithfulness is the key to restoring Americans’ trust in government.

Corruption in the halls of power is a perennial problem, but more corrosive these days is the near-universal belief that all politicians say one thing and do another. Trump was elected largely because he was an outsider untainted with that baggage, and on that score, he is proving that voters made the right choice.

His focus on fixing immigration, creating jobs and replacing ObamaCare is consistent with his main campaign themes. Two others, tax reform and rebuilding the military, are next in line. Even those who disagree with Trump must concede he is serious about his pledge to put Americans first.

On Subject No. 2, whether he is delivering results, Trump gets a B. From the moment of the election, he eyed low-hanging fruit he could pick through executive orders, which he issued right out of the gate. Those changes already show impressive gains.

Economic confidence is rising among businesses, entrepreneurs and consumers, thanks in part to the president’s push to keep companies from moving plants and jobs to Mexico. He meets regularly with corporate titans, small business owners and unions, all of whom have ideas on getting the economy roaring.
Trump’s order that federal agencies reduce two regulations for each new one is boosting animal spirits, and the stock market surge has added more than $2 trillion to national wealth. To top it off, Friday’s strong jobs report and firm wage growth for February add to the happy sense that growth is accelerating.

Something positive also is happening on immigration, with officials saying the number of people caught trying to enter illegally from Mexico in February was the lowest in five years. Even the New York Times grudgingly concedes the Trump effect, saying interviews in America, Mexico and Central America turned up few people who “quibbled with the idea that President Trump had altered the climate for immigration.”

Simply put, even before the wall is built, America is finally on course to getting border control and creating an immigration system of our choosing.

The contrast with President Obama’s lackluster performance on the economy and immigration is stark. Good ideas and new presidential leadership are bringing swift results that Obama never delivered.

Alas, not everything went as Trump planned. His first order on immigration and refugees had a clumsy rollout and was blocked by the courts, while his second, though more tailored, is drawing suits from states trying to stop it. It is also mystifying that the White House can’t say what, if anything, officials are doing to tighten security vetting in the meantime.

Regarding ObamaCare, the complexity of health care guarantees results will not be immediate, but Trump is not ducking the fight.

With legislation roiling the GOP, he is playing a constructive role by meeting with both sides and encouraging swift resolution while also staying open to changes. His promise to help sell the final measure to the public reflects his commitment.

Subject No. 3, working with others, is the least impressive part of the president’s start and earns him a mediocre C.

His lack of political experience shows in his slow, uneven actions in forming a government. On one hand, his cabinet is generally first-rate, with Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Homeland chief John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson looking like stalwart pillars.

Still other leaks are coming from Trump’s own team. Unflattering reports about him cite sources “close to the president” or “people around him,” which signals inner-circle discontent. That is troubling so early in an administration.On the other hand, the White House has only itself to blame for being behind schedule in nominating people for the bulk of the 1,100 positions that require Senate confirmation. Combined with the Democrats’ obstruction, the result is too many empty desks and too many Obama holdovers, some of whom are undermining Trump by leaking secrets.

Most worrisome, Trump often seems like a lone ranger fighting the world. Even Superman needed help, and governing is a team sport.

His explosive tweets accusing Obama of wiretapping him caught Trump’s aides off guard, and reportedly resulted in him having furious arguments with Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus.

While Trump is right to suspect he is the victim of dirty tricks started by the last administration, his accusing Obama personally was a combustible way of making the point and probably ended any possibility of a constructive relationship.

Some critics blame Trump’s use of Twitter, but he has no intention of giving it up and I don’t blame him. Twitter gives him a fast way of speaking without the filter of a press corps that is biased and hostile, and conveys a personal touch that official statements don’t.

Yet the advantages disappear when he uses it to pick a fight nobody on his team is ready for. The all-hands-on-deck alarm pulls everybody into an emergency and locks him into an agenda that hasn’t been discussed and may be a mistake.

On other subjects, such as his response to challenges from foreign adversaries, it is too soon to offer a grade.It also reinforces fears that Trump is too undisciplined. While his free-wheeling style is often refreshing, many Americans still find his unpredictability unnerving.

When I interviewed Trump before the inauguration, he said he didn’t expect to be tested by Iran, Russia, China and North Korea.

“I’m not a game player,” he told me. “They understand me.”

Yet many of those powers are indeed testing the new president to see how he reacts to provocation.

Trump so far has kept his cool while signaling he won’t turn the other cheek. Still, we have no idea how any of this will turn out, so a grade would be premature.

The domestic report card then shows an A, a B and a C, giving the president a solid B average for the first 50 days. That’s a very good start and there is opportunity for big improvement when he gets more experience and has his full team in place.

Here’s the best news: We have a president determined to succeed and willing to work tirelessly to make America great. That’s why I remain optimistic.


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nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

And we know for a fact that the spying on Trump and his transition team unmasked names, a felony, and dispersed those names to facilitate the leaking of them to the media. That is fact. They want to question Rice to see if she did this upon request by Obama, himself.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Farkas is actually bragging about it.

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

That may actually be legal.

The laws give a wide range of reasons for the gobmit to look up your ass.

The laws need to be changed.

But that said.. There is no cure for a corrupt government.

working class stiff Loc: N. Carolina

What's not to get? He said he could shoot someone in Manhattan in daylight and his followers wouldn't bat an eyelash. They will be the crowd that cheers as the President and his cronies, the 1%ers, loot the federal govt. Only in hindsight, when they see the US govt is broken, even further in debt, and fewer services, will they see that they've been conned.

But at least he hadn't shot anyone.

eagleye13 Loc: Fl

"But at least he hadn't shot anyone." - working class stiff?

Over 48 and counting:

Clintonistas:
If guns were removed from the Clintons and their associates; a lot of dead people would still be alive:
The Clinton Corpses
http://12160.info/profiles/blogs/the-clinton-corpses?xg_source=activity
Clinton Corpse Collection
This is just the short list, The long list will blow your socks and jocks off.

I've investigated a lot of crimes over the last 32 years, including murders. Any criminal investigator with the slightest bit of experience and training could easily see (and most have seen) the many flaws, holes and gaps in the so-called Vince Foster "murder" investigation by, of all the fede...ral law enforcement agencies, the Park Police. But, when one does a little more checking into the past of Bill and Hillary Clinton, they will find a long path of former friends, associates and business partners of the Clinton's who have died young and under mysterious circumstances. The following is a partial list of those whose blood cries out for justice.

Kevin Ives and Don Henry: Died August 1987. Reportedly, they had stumbled upon the Arkansas Mena Drug Operation (many stories and articles have been written about Clinton's affiliation with the Mena Mafia) It was first reported that these two young boys died as a result of falling asleep on a railroad track. It was later revealed that Ives had received a crushed skull prior to being placed on the tracks and Henry had been stabbed to death. The following 7 deaths were all of people who reportedly had knowledge and information concerning the mysterious, unsolved murders of Kevin Ives and Don Henry:
1.Keith Coney:died July 1988 from injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident. Some reports indicated that he was being chased by an unidentified vehicle.
2.Keith McKaskle: died Nov. 1988 from multiple stab wounds
3.Greg Collins: died Jan. 1989 from a gunshot wound to the head. No suspect was ever found.
4.Jeff Rhodes: died April 1989 from a gunshot wound to the head. His body was burned and thrown in a dumpster.
5.James Milam: died 1989. His death was ruled as being from natural causes, until his head was later recovered from a trash bin!
6.Richard Winters: died July 1990 from injuries sustained during a robbery attempt. He was a suspect in the death of Kevin Ives and Don Henry. Some reports claim the robbery was only a setup.
7.Jordan Kettleson: died June 1990. He died from gunshot wounds and was found sitting in his truck.
•Suzanne Coleman: died when Clinton served as Arkansas Attorney General. She was alleged to have been "romantically" involved with Clinton. Although she died from a gunshot to the back of her head, the death was ruled a suicide! She was pregnant at the time of her death.
•Alan Sandorf:died 1991. Sandorf was an employee of NSA (National Security Agency). He was reportedly providing info. to Danny Casolaro, who was an independent reporter investigating the INSLAW case (INSLAW involved Justice Dept. theft, cover-ups, missing records, fraud and gov. corruption of all sorts) Sandorf's body was found in the back seat of a car at the Washington National Airport.
•Dennis Eisman: shot to death in 1991. Eisman was an attorney, who was also working on the INSLAW case.
•Danny Casolaro: found dead in a Virginia motel room in 1992. His arms had been slashed multiple times. Casolaro was an independent investigative reporter who had extensive files and information on the INSLAW case against the Justice Dept. and other "high ranking" government officials. Even though his body was found, his files and documentations were said to have never been located!
•Victor Raiser II: died in 1992 from an unexplained airplane crash. He was co-chairman of the "Clinton for President" campaign. Montgomery Raiser, his son, also involved with the Clinton campaign was killed in the plane crash with his father and 5 other people.
•Ian Spiro: died in 1992. His wife and 3 children were found murdered in their home. They had been shot to death (execution style) Several days later Spiro's body was found in the Borego Desert. His autopsy revealed the cause of death as cyanide poisoning. He held files and evidence to produce before a grand jury in the INSLAW proceedings.
•Paul Tully: died 1992 from unknown causes. His body was found in a motel room in Little Rock Arkansas. He was supposedly one of Clinton's closest friends, and served as the National Democratic Committee Chairman.
•Jim Wilhite: died 1992 in a one person skiing accident. Wilhite had close ties to Clinton and was a former associate of Mack Mclarty (long time friend and counselor of Bill Clinton)
•Paula Gober: died 1992 from an unwitnessed one car accident. She traveled with Clinton and was his speech interpreter for the deaf for 4 years.
•Paul Wilcher: died 1993 from an "undetermined cause". He was a Washington attorney, who was investigating gov. corruption in the Mena Arkansas drug running organization and the BATF assault in the Waco ordeal. He had turned in a lengthy affidavit to Janet Reno only 3 weeks prior to his mysterious death! His body was found in a Washington apartment. His reports and documents have never been released.
•Robert Williams, Todd McKeehan, Conway LeBleau and Steve Willis: all died in 1993 from identical gunshot wounds to their left temples. They were the only BATF agents killed in Waco, Texas during the Branch Davidian raid. They also just happen to have been Clinton bodyguards!
•Scott Reynolds, William Barkley, Brian Hassley and Tim Sabel: all died in a "freak" helicopter crash in 1993, All 4 men had served as Clinton bodyguards. The helicopter crash site, near Quantico Virginia was barred from reporters and a video of the crash site, taken by a fire fighter, was seized by military officials.
•Gary Rhodes, William Robertson, William Desberger and Robert Kelly: all died in another helicopter crash in 1993. This one occurred in Germany and the cause was never determined. All 4 men were Clinton Bodyguards. They, along with 8 other men who were associated with Clinton's previous visit to the U.S.S. Roosevelt, died within a 4 month period!
•Vince Foster: died 1993 from a gunshot wound to the head. Long time "friend" of Hillary (Bill too) Clinton. He was the White House Deputy Counsel at the time of his murder....oh!. excuse me, suicide. Why do so many people who know the Clinton's want to kill themselves? I may add another page later to explain my many reasons for believing Foster's death to have been a murder and a sloppy cover up attempt. Many people, including some Republican Congressmen, have tried (as recently as July 1998) to get the Clinton Justice Dept. to re-open the investigation into Vincent Foster's death.
•Jon Parnell Walker: died 1993 from injuries received after "falling" from an apartment balcony at the top of the Lincoln Towers. This was a place in which Vince Foster was reported to use as a getaway! Walker was an investigator for the RTC (Resolution Trust Corporation) who was investigating the Whitewater affair and the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan bankruptcy scandal. Walker was attempting to have the investigation moved from Arkansas to Washington at the time of his alleged slip off the top of the Lincoln Towers.
•Luther (Jerry) Parks: died from multiple gunshot wounds in 1993. His body was found by an intersection on I-10 outside Little Rock. He was the head of the Security Team at Clinton's National Campaign Headquarters in Arkansas. He had compiled a large file involving illicit activities (including sexual affairs) by Bill Clinton.
By the way,just prior to his death, his house was burglarized and all of his files and photos on Clinton and "friends" were stolen! With 9 bullets having been removed from his body, the suicide theory has not yet been applied to this one!

•Stanley Heard and Steven Dickson: died 1993 in an unexplained airplane crash near the Dulles airport. Dickson was counsel to Heard, who was the chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Committee. Heard had also known and treated Clinton's mother and other Clinton family members.....