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DFW

(54,443 posts)
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 06:53 PM Mar 2019

Republicans want Adam Schiff to resign? Sorry, guys, we're done falling for that one.

It's bad enough that they maneuvered the resignation of Al Franken.

Does anyone remember that less than 2 months ago, there were voices screaming for the resignations of VA governor Northam and VA Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax? Man, the both of them, or just one of them (take yer pick, resignation of the month club!), but someone HAS to resign!! (Don't they?) And today? How many posts have we seen on here in the month of March demanding that one or both of them resign? Oh, yesterday's news? Wow, that cooled down fast, didn't it? Maybe not news (except Fox "News" ) to begin with?

And they think that after a few rounds of this, we're ready to indict Hillary for.....well, everyone has forgotten exactly what, but surely SOMEthing, and now Adam Schiff as well.

In short, if it is a Democrat, and they left their halo at home on any given morning, stir up a grand movement to get them to resign! Harry Truman once posed with an inaccurate newspaper headline! He should resign, too! Oh? He posed with the headline as a joke in 1948? He hasn't been president since January, 1953? Well, he should have resigned when he had the chance!

Sorry, Republicans. Yeah, we're a little slow on the uptake every now and then, but we usually figure out what you're up to. Just because we don't think you can sink any lower, that doesn't mean we discount the possibility altogether.

And while I'm on the subject, forget trying to get Pete Buttegieg to resign because you "found out" he's gay. Maybe you missed it, but he's told everyone already. Maybe Falwell, Jr. and Franklin Graham will ultimately care. No one else does. No one else will.

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Republicans want Adam Schiff to resign? Sorry, guys, we're done falling for that one. (Original Post) DFW Mar 2019 OP
Have Trump resign the presidency first. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2019 #1
He won't, but I give one scenario at least an even chance DFW Mar 2019 #4
Kick Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #2
ALLL Done w that little three ring circus of false piety Chin music Mar 2019 #3
Hey, pukes - can you spell M-I-N-O-R-I-T-Y? dchill Mar 2019 #5
The ones that realize it the most are probably the ones shouting the loudest for Schiff to resign. DFW Mar 2019 #6
I loved the look on Nunes' face during Schiff's rant! dchill Mar 2019 #7
I wish I could have seen it DFW Mar 2019 #8
Nunes is plainly visible in the clip of Schiff's rant. dchill Mar 2019 #13
Look at Nunes sitting next to him, pretending to ignore him, BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #18
It's on YouTube Leith Mar 2019 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2019 #9
I wish he added to his list of "I don't think it's OK..." BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2019 #20
"Donald Trump- You're Fired!" NBachers Mar 2019 #10
That is why I think he might just declare "victory" and go home DFW Mar 2019 #12
Tell them we want McConnell to resign. Many others. notdarkyet Mar 2019 #11
Yeah, I think because they maneuvered Franken out, they're going to try it again. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #14
I believe this will happen. SlogginThroughIt Mar 2019 #16
Why wasn't Nunes indicted form breaking every rule in the book..... machoneman Mar 2019 #15
Careful DFW Mar 2019 #22
A big fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2019 #19
I think it is way past time that Democrats cured themselves of "resignation fever." DFW Mar 2019 #23
Franklin didn't resign because republicans were calling for it. hughee99 Mar 2019 #24
Franklin? DFW Mar 2019 #25
Sorry, think autocorrect may have gotten me. hughee99 Mar 2019 #27
JC, as his staffers called him, was a more complicated issue DFW Mar 2019 #28
JC was also pressured by Dems to resign, though the claims against hughee99 Mar 2019 #29
You Pukes were clever at one time. Now your old and predictable. We don't buy your disinformation pwb Mar 2019 #26

DFW

(54,443 posts)
4. He won't, but I give one scenario at least an even chance
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 07:12 PM
Mar 2019

If he is convinced that he won't get re-elected, he'll just declare, "I accomplished more in four years than FDR did in twelve. My work is done here," and talk himself into believing that to be true.

The lives of most Trumpanzees will improve as soon as the new Democratic president takes office, and they will manage to convince themselves that the opposite is true. "Yes, it took half the time and half the expense to get me employed and cure my illness, but now I have too much free time on my hands, and I sent my extra money to my megachurch, so I'm no better off than I was before!"

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
3. ALLL Done w that little three ring circus of false piety
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 07:12 PM
Mar 2019

The gop has said war on the opposition is what's up. Giving up Gen Patton isn't going to happen.

dchill

(38,539 posts)
5. Hey, pukes - can you spell M-I-N-O-R-I-T-Y?
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 07:13 PM
Mar 2019

I think you can! I also think you know Schiff is OWNING you just by actually doing his job.

DFW

(54,443 posts)
6. The ones that realize it the most are probably the ones shouting the loudest for Schiff to resign.
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 07:17 PM
Mar 2019

He terrifies them.

Good.

DFW

(54,443 posts)
8. I wish I could have seen it
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 07:21 PM
Mar 2019

Was it on American TV? I don't get that here, have to look up clips.

BigmanPigman

(51,630 posts)
18. Look at Nunes sitting next to him, pretending to ignore him,
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 09:34 PM
Mar 2019

staring straight ahead like the spineless, little enabler he is.


Leith

(7,813 posts)
21. It's on YouTube
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 09:49 PM
Mar 2019

Put "Adam Schiff hearing" in the search engine. The one that's 3 1/2 hours long has the entire thing at the very beginning. It's about 12 minutes and it's amazing.

Response to dchill (Reply #7)

BigmanPigman

(51,630 posts)
17. I wish he added to his list of "I don't think it's OK..."
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 09:32 PM
Mar 2019

"I don't think it is OK for Nunes to run to the W House with info on secret matters in the middle of the night in order to help the fucking moron".

Response to BigmanPigman (Reply #17)

DFW

(54,443 posts)
12. That is why I think he might just declare "victory" and go home
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 07:47 PM
Mar 2019

He'll never want to admit defeat at the polls, so if it looks like that is the probable scenario, he'll just declare "mission accomplished," declare that America is now great "again," and go home to whichever Bahamian Island has the loosest credit laws......

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
14. Yeah, I think because they maneuvered Franken out, they're going to try it again.
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 08:26 PM
Mar 2019

If they find a Republican woman Schiff was alone with for five minutes, watch out. We'll have a Franken redux on Schiff. The bandwagon will be pulled out and dusted off.

machoneman

(4,010 posts)
15. Why wasn't Nunes indicted form breaking every rule in the book.....
Thu Mar 28, 2019, 08:58 PM
Mar 2019

by informing Trump's legal team of every step of the Repub's phony investigation findings?

We need to have his head in a basket!

DFW

(54,443 posts)
23. I think it is way past time that Democrats cured themselves of "resignation fever."
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 04:48 AM
Mar 2019

The Democratic Party already seems to have responded well to the hysteria about the Governor and Lt. Gov. of Virginia. Adam Schiff has wisely already inoculated himself with Republican-resistant antiresignotics. I only wish they had been around to preserve Al Franken's Senate seat.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
24. Franklin didn't resign because republicans were calling for it.
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 04:14 PM
Mar 2019

He resigned because Dems were calling for it.

DFW

(54,443 posts)
25. Franklin?
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 04:43 PM
Mar 2019

Benjamin or Roosevelt?

If you meant Al Franken, that is precisely what I meant. Democratic Senators fell for a Republican-instigated scam, and treated their "evidence" as if it were credible. As soon as Al was gone, his "accusers" also went silent or vanished in a puff of smoke completely. We and our Congresspeople HAVE to stop falling for this ruse.

DFW

(54,443 posts)
28. JC, as his staffers called him, was a more complicated issue
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 09:35 PM
Mar 2019

I only met him after his stroke, when he was well into his seventies. He was pretty docile then. My brother worked for him during his fiery days, and said he was wild blood at the time, so accusations from that era are apparently harder to dismiss for those who knew him. On the other hand, those who know (and knew) Al Franken say such accusations are so completely out-of-character for Al as to be absurd to anyone who was personally familiar with him and Franni.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
29. JC was also pressured by Dems to resign, though the claims against
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 09:44 PM
Mar 2019

Him seemed to be more numerous and serious. Neither was given a proper investigation or due process.

pwb

(11,291 posts)
26. You Pukes were clever at one time. Now your old and predictable. We don't buy your disinformation
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 04:50 PM
Mar 2019

anymore.

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