The Swamp

EnochRoot wrote:I mean, I think the sport is boorishly derivative of a time we've long since evolved from as a species, but I guess I'll give it another look?

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All of Wolff’s excerpts from Fire & Fury so far (the book was rushed into stores today) read like jayvee fan fiction. They read like a pilot that Steve Bannon himself wrote, pitched to Hollywood, and had rejected 17 times over. They read, in short, like bullshit. And yet…Wolff has audio. He’s got hours upon hours of audio. Not only that, but the book has already caused legitimate upheaval in the administration, opened a permanent rift between President Trump and Bannon, AND it confirms what we have all always known to be true: that the president severely lacks the cognitive ability to do this job, and that he is surrounded at all times by a cadre of enablers, dunces, and outright thieves. As much as I wanna discredit Wolff, he got receipts and, more important, he used them. Wolff got it all. Wolff nailed them.

A White House lawyer determined that it was his duty to mislead the president* so that the president* would not commit a blatant act of obstruction of justice that would imperil his presidency.

Johnnie wrote:Got a Kindle or Nook? The digital versions should be ready instantaneously. (The digital version is definitely available on torrent sites.)

Pruitt wrote:This guy just doesn't know when to turn the other cheek, or when it might be better to just ignore your enemies...

DSafetyGuy wrote:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064

I think it should just be pointed out to him that Obama actually won the presidency on his first try, just to see the reaction.

Avram wrote:

DSafetyGuy wrote:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064

I think it should just be pointed out to him that Obama actually won the presidency on his first try, just to see the reaction.

so did George W Bush and Herbert Hoover (neither would be considered geniuses)

Avram wrote:

DSafetyGuy wrote:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064

I think it should just be pointed out to him that Obama actually won the presidency on his first try, just to see the reaction.

so did George W Bush and Herbert Hoover (neither would be considered geniuses)

Wiki wrote:...his mother died in 1884, leaving Hoover (age nine), his older brother, and his younger sister as orphans... he went to Newberg, Oregon, to live with his uncle Dr. John Minthorn, a physician and businessman whose own son had died the year before. The Minthorn household was considered cultured and educational, and imparted a strong work ethic... Hoover attended Friends Pacific Academy (now George Fox University), but dropped out at the age of thirteen to become an office assistant for his uncle's real estate office in Salem, Oregon. Though he did not attend high school, Hoover attended night school and learned bookkeeping, typing, and mathematics. Hoover entered Stanford University in 1891...He became a successful mining engineer around the globe and retired in 1912. In the First World War, Hoover built an international reputation as a humanitarian by leading relief efforts in Belgium during the war, and in Eastern Europe afterwards. He headed the U.S. Food Administration during World War I. His reputation as a progressive businessman fighting for efficiency and elimination of waste was built by his service as the Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928).

P.D.X. wrote:Magary's take is goooood.

All of Wolff’s excerpts from Fire & Fury so far (the book was rushed into stores today) read like jayvee fan fiction. They read like a pilot that Steve Bannon himself wrote, pitched to Hollywood, and had rejected 17 times over. They read, in short, like bullshit. And yet…Wolff has audio. He’s got hours upon hours of audio. Not only that, but the book has already caused legitimate upheaval in the administration, opened a permanent rift between President Trump and Bannon, AND it confirms what we have all always known to be true: that the president severely lacks the cognitive ability to do this job, and that he is surrounded at all times by a cadre of enablers, dunces, and outright thieves. As much as I wanna discredit Wolff, he got receipts and, more important, he used them. Wolff got it all. Wolff nailed them.

sancarlos wrote:

Avram wrote:

DSafetyGuy wrote:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064

I think it should just be pointed out to him that Obama actually won the presidency on his first try, just to see the reaction.

so did George W Bush and Herbert Hoover (neither would be considered geniuses)

Hoover's policies as president were failures during the depression, but I don't know why you imply that he wasn't intelligent. Compared to Trump he was Albert fucking Einstein.

Wiki wrote:...his mother died in 1884, leaving Hoover (age nine), his older brother, and his younger sister as orphans... he went to Newberg, Oregon, to live with his uncle Dr. John Minthorn, a physician and businessman whose own son had died the year before. The Minthorn household was considered cultured and educational, and imparted a strong work ethic... Hoover attended Friends Pacific Academy (now George Fox University), but dropped out at the age of thirteen to become an office assistant for his uncle's real estate office in Salem, Oregon. Though he did not attend high school, Hoover attended night school and learned bookkeeping, typing, and mathematics. Hoover entered Stanford University in 1891...He became a successful mining engineer around the globe and retired in 1912. In the First World War, Hoover built an international reputation as a humanitarian by leading relief efforts in Belgium during the war, and in Eastern Europe afterwards. He headed the U.S. Food Administration during World War I. His reputation as a progressive businessman fighting for efficiency and elimination of waste was built by his service as the Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928).

DSafetyGuy wrote:I think it should just be pointed out to him that Obama actually won the presidency on his first try, just to see the reaction.

Pruitt wrote:Bannon's Mea Culpa

Trump Jr. good! Manafort bad!

Pruitt wrote:Doesn't Bannon own Breitbart?

degenerasian wrote:

Pruitt wrote:Bannon's Mea Culpa

Trump Jr. good! Manafort bad!

All Republicans don't agree on much but they all love Bannon getting his ass kicked. He's just a despicable lapdog. Will Breitbert fire him and cut all his strings/access?

Jerloma wrote:

degenerasian wrote:

Pruitt wrote:Bannon's Mea Culpa

Trump Jr. good! Manafort bad!

All Republicans don't agree on much but they all love Bannon getting his ass kicked. He's just a despicable lapdog. Will Breitbert fire him and cut all his strings/access?

As far as I know, Bannon isn't some extremist version of what Breitbart is supposed to be. Andrew was every bit as much of a lying, racist, sexist sack of shit that Bannon is.

degenerasian wrote:I don't think Andrew intended the company to be his own personal tool (aka a lapdog). Yes it was ultra-right wing bashing the left but I can't imagine Andrew would have been this involved in DC politics and latch onto, get hired by and outright campaign for Donald Trump or Roy Moore like Bannon did. That would be like Hillary Clinton hiring Ariana Huffington to campaign for her.

You could be right though if they still keep Bannon after all this.