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They can always dream. Maybe Trump will graciously drop out after winning a hard-fought primary and after he’s tied and surpassed Hillary in polls. Just the normal thing to do.

In another vein, it’s not like we haven’t had talks about Joe Biden jumping in there if Hillary gets indicted. Well we know that didn’t happen, but people definitely were talking in private.
 
They can always dream. Maybe Trump will graciously drop out after winning a hard-fought primary and after he’s tied and surpassed Hillary in polls. Just the normal thing to do.

In another vein, it’s not like we haven’t had talks about Joe Biden jumping in there if Hillary gets indicted. Well we know that didn’t happen, but people definitely were talking in private.
Clinton won’t get indicted. We already know that.
 
They can always dream. Maybe Trump will graciously drop out after winning a hard-fought primary and after he’s tied and surpassed Hillary in polls. Just the normal thing to do.

In another vein, it’s not like we haven’t had talks about Joe Biden jumping in there if Hillary gets indicted. Well we know that didn’t happen, but people definitely were talking in private.
Maybe you are right; but this seems a lot more complicated.
 
I’m just pointing out that Trump has an apparently never-ending pattern of misstatements. So does Hillary, of course. And the “bottom-of-the-barrel” metaphor is equally applicable to Trump as it may be to the DNC.

My comment about Bill Bratton was in jest. I thought LOL was enough to convey that. I couldn’t care less about either Bratton’s or Trump’s multiple marriages.
They never should have gotten rid of Frank Regan
 
The ISIS/A.Q. split had nothing to do with Bush or any of his policies. It had to do with a disagreement within A.Q. It might come as a surprise to Fawaz Gerges to imagine that Arabs can actually have policy disagreements among themselves. They don’t actually depend on the west for everything they think or do. Too much “colonial mindset” among some of these “experts”. The “Little brown brothers” can actually think for themselves.
Fawaz Gerges is Lebanese and was born in Beirut. So I don’t know why you would accuse him of having a “colonial mindset”.
 
Seems possible. I mean ABC, Fox, RawStory, NBC… they’re all reporting it’s being explored as a contingency. What’s really frightening from the Republican perspective is that if Trump does drop out, but doesn’t do so by very early September, there won’t be a Republican candidate on the ballot at all since the RNC wouldn’t be able to get a replacement name on the ballot in time in enough states to matter.
I bet the Republicans are wishing he’s go to the beach in Rio about now. lol
 
Seems possible. I mean ABC, Fox, RawStory, NBC… they’re all reporting it’s being explored as a contingency. What’s really frightening from the Republican perspective is that if Trump does drop out, but doesn’t do so by very early September, there won’t be a Republican candidate on the ballot at all since the RNC wouldn’t be able to get a replacement name on the ballot in time in enough states to matter.
Hillary is evidently suffering from severe problems from her 2012 head injury. Dizziness.loss of memory. Constant coughing. That coupled with the upcoming release of her personal emails could force her out What is the Democrat Party procedure for replacing a nominee?
 
There’s a lot of talk on TV and radio this morning. I wonder if that’s plan B if the intervention doesn’t work. I was wondering how it worked.
Just like there was a lot of talk prior to the convention of never trumpers usurping the candidacy. Definitely real and powerful because the media keeps talking about it. It’s not like they are grasping at any chance to bring down trump at all.

Meanwhile, the real story is that anti-trump republicans are getting primaried in their own states. One has already lost in a landslide–Tim Huelskamp of Kansas. Paul Ryan and John McCain are both getting primaried soon.
 
What proof do you have that trump is paying back his company using campaign funds?
Trump talked about it in interviews. Any time his company pays for anything related to the campaign he is required by federal law to reimburse the company from campaign funds.
 
Seems possible. I mean ABC, Fox, RawStory, NBC… they’re all reporting it’s being explored as a contingency. What’s really frightening from the Republican perspective is that if Trump does drop out, but doesn’t do so by very early September, there won’t be a Republican candidate on the ballot at all since the RNC wouldn’t be able to get a replacement name on the ballot in time in enough states to matter.
Seems like a pipe dream. The time for the GOP to reverse course and nominate an actual Republican was before the convention. Now they have to live with their choice and simply ride out the loss.
 
Trump talked about it in interviews. Any time his company pays for anything related to the campaign he is required by federal law to reimburse the company from campaign funds.
I’m sorry but you are not hearing the whole conversation. By law he’s required to charge the campaign so that he can’t just take money out of his company and use it directly for campaign purposes, but that doesn’t mean he can’t forgive the loan/charge, which he did. Good Tidings argued that the loan wasn’t forgiven. In that case he’d have to show proof that Trump is now using donors’ money to pay back his company.
 
There’s a lot of talk on TV and radio this morning. I wonder if that’s plan B if the intervention doesn’t work. I was wondering how it worked.
Or if the intervention does work depending on your POV. I mean if the intervention leads to Trump dropping out I think many might consider that a big win for the GOP.
 
Nooooo.

No agreement is forever. Many get renewed, and in doing that, negotiations happen. The Joint Chiefs and CIA recommended leaving 27,000 troops to keep the peace. The Iraqi government was okay with that, and it could pass the Iraqi parliament. But Obama wouldn’t do that. He insisted, at the last moment, on 5,000 (fewer than he has there today). The Iraqi president said he couldn’t sell that to parliament because it was obviously inadequate (just as it is today) to keep the peace. Finally the Iraqi president proposed a "presidential agreement’ at 10,000. Obama quit negotiating and pulled out.

Don’t take my word for it if you don’t want to. That’s what Leon Panetta said. It’s also what Obama himself said. He said he wasn’t interested in a “status of forces” agreement. He just wanted out. Look it up.
Here’s an interesting read.

DID GEORGE W. BUSH CREATE ISIS?

newyorker.com/news/news-desk/did-george-w-bush-create-isis
 
If Trump wins the US loses - it loses the respect of most of the World excepting Putin.
Building Walls is something Russia knows all about. They did it in Berlin in my youth. They also approve of waterboarding and killing muslims of all types. Good luck USA with your new found friends if you pick a Trump.
 
Just like there was a lot of talk prior to the convention of never trumpers usurping the candidacy. Definitely real and powerful because the media keeps talking about it. It’s not like they are grasping at any chance to bring down trump at all.

Meanwhile, the real story is that anti-trump republicans are getting primaried in their own states. One has already lost in a landslide–Tim Huelskamp of Kansas. Paul Ryan and John McCain are both getting primaried soon.
That’s right. I think the fact that Trump dissed Ryan and McCain is the straw that broke the camels back. Maybe they’ll change the campaign song from “You Ca’t Always Get what You Want” to I’ts My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To"
 
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Here’s an interesting read.

DID GEORGE W. BUSH CREATE ISIS?

newyorker.com/news/news-desk/did-george-w-bush-create-isis
The article is interesting, and is supportive of the idea that Al Quaeda and its evil offshoot, ISIS were on the ropes after the “surge” succeeded. ISIS found a better opportunity in Syria, and took it.

Whether disbanding the Iraqi army was a good idea or a bad one will be endlessly debated, one supposes. It was Sunni led and by men who had been Saddam’s henchmen. But the rank and file were mostly Shia. So one has to wonder whether it would have held together anyway.

But for sure, the Sunni tribal leaders supported the U.S. staying in force longer, as did the Sistani Shia and the Kurds. The only ones wanting us out were the Iranian-led militias of Al Sadr and related radical groups. After the American withdrawal, the Al Sadr forces came back with a vengeance, and they, led by Iranian professionals, are who we are supporting with our air force today.
 
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