John Edwards famously paid his mistress and the mother of his child while he was running for president, and was cleared of all charges having to do with campaign finance. Ken, I have to take issue with you regarding your comment about "Kardashian-like drama". Who created the drama, the unwarranted impeachments, the J6 "kangaroo court", the never-ending Trump-bashing, ridiculing anything he said or did, never giving credit for any achievements? Not Trump, but the democrat party, the entrenched RINOs, and the MSM who work for them. (BTW, did you ever read "The Grey Lady Winked"?) I live in Northern California and am very very familiar with TDS.
The Edwards case is interesting, and can probably be argued by both sides here. He was actually criminally charged for his violations, with a jury clearing him on one charge and deadlocking on the others.
I believe the drama certainly cuts both way, as people lost their minds dealing with him. Still, he gave them more ammo and drama than any president in my lifetime. I mean, even in this instance, it seems pretty clear that he and his people paid off a prostitute to keep her quiet. Trump was elected by being the best at whipping up controversy -- and attention -- that both got him elected, but had a lot of baggage.
You're not the first person to recommend that book, and I *do* bemoan the NY Times alot. It's probably #28 on my list of "books to read when I have time" list.
I also bemoan the NY Times as I was a subscriber for about 25 years and was ignorant of the lies I was being fed. I don't think that President Trump was elected by "whipping up controversy". The controversy was there already but ignored by MSM (and by people like myself who are not blue-collar and depended on the NYT to inform us). Large parts of our population were ignored in the quest for money from China in the technology sector and the manufacturing sector: for example, China killed our solar panel businesses through the practice of dumping. Schools were indoctrinating students rather than educating them. In 2008, while a black politician was running for President, my high school-aged niece, educated in Marin County, informed me that this was a racist nation with systemic racism, etc. We were signed on to the Paris Climate Agreement which further killed jobs here but not in China, not in India, the countries that contributed most to toxic air, water, etc. We were paying NATO while other member nations were not, in other words, things were lopsided. You have to ask yourself why this man is so heavily targeted and censored on social media. What was he saying that was so threatening? It should give us all pause.
If there were Democrats running around unindicted after circumventing campaign finance laws to cover up an embarrassing secret that might have hurt their campaign, I'd see a fairness problem. But that's not the situation here. There was a crime here, and Michael Cohen already went to prison over it. If Trump is implicated too, he needs to be held accountable.
I don't care if being indicted helps or hurts Trump politically, although my guess would be it hurts him in the long run. That's irrelevant. He's subject to the same laws as everybody else. Due process needs to run its course without regard for partisanship.
It's not like Bragg is going all Captain Ahab on Trump either. Bragg has taken heat from his own prosecutors for hesitating to charge Trump for financial crimes.
John Edwards famously paid his mistress and the mother of his child while he was running for president, and was cleared of all charges having to do with campaign finance. Ken, I have to take issue with you regarding your comment about "Kardashian-like drama". Who created the drama, the unwarranted impeachments, the J6 "kangaroo court", the never-ending Trump-bashing, ridiculing anything he said or did, never giving credit for any achievements? Not Trump, but the democrat party, the entrenched RINOs, and the MSM who work for them. (BTW, did you ever read "The Grey Lady Winked"?) I live in Northern California and am very very familiar with TDS.
The Edwards case is interesting, and can probably be argued by both sides here. He was actually criminally charged for his violations, with a jury clearing him on one charge and deadlocking on the others.
I believe the drama certainly cuts both way, as people lost their minds dealing with him. Still, he gave them more ammo and drama than any president in my lifetime. I mean, even in this instance, it seems pretty clear that he and his people paid off a prostitute to keep her quiet. Trump was elected by being the best at whipping up controversy -- and attention -- that both got him elected, but had a lot of baggage.
You're not the first person to recommend that book, and I *do* bemoan the NY Times alot. It's probably #28 on my list of "books to read when I have time" list.
I also bemoan the NY Times as I was a subscriber for about 25 years and was ignorant of the lies I was being fed. I don't think that President Trump was elected by "whipping up controversy". The controversy was there already but ignored by MSM (and by people like myself who are not blue-collar and depended on the NYT to inform us). Large parts of our population were ignored in the quest for money from China in the technology sector and the manufacturing sector: for example, China killed our solar panel businesses through the practice of dumping. Schools were indoctrinating students rather than educating them. In 2008, while a black politician was running for President, my high school-aged niece, educated in Marin County, informed me that this was a racist nation with systemic racism, etc. We were signed on to the Paris Climate Agreement which further killed jobs here but not in China, not in India, the countries that contributed most to toxic air, water, etc. We were paying NATO while other member nations were not, in other words, things were lopsided. You have to ask yourself why this man is so heavily targeted and censored on social media. What was he saying that was so threatening? It should give us all pause.
If there were Democrats running around unindicted after circumventing campaign finance laws to cover up an embarrassing secret that might have hurt their campaign, I'd see a fairness problem. But that's not the situation here. There was a crime here, and Michael Cohen already went to prison over it. If Trump is implicated too, he needs to be held accountable.
I don't care if being indicted helps or hurts Trump politically, although my guess would be it hurts him in the long run. That's irrelevant. He's subject to the same laws as everybody else. Due process needs to run its course without regard for partisanship.
It's not like Bragg is going all Captain Ahab on Trump either. Bragg has taken heat from his own prosecutors for hesitating to charge Trump for financial crimes.
Rigged Justice
One way
Not=.
Unless Dems experience same as Trump then things WONT change in DC etc.
Can U undergo the 6 years Trump had 2?
Can any Dems take it aside dish it out
Goes Both ways
Bad scene
Abuse Justice system & we lose