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| VDH - If Only Hillary Had Won |
| 2018-05-07 |
| [National Review] There are lots of possible counterfactuals to think about had Hillary Clinton won the presidency as all the experts had predicted. The U.S. embassy would have stayed in Tel Aviv. "Strategic patience" would likely still govern the North Korea dilemma. Fracking would be curtailed. The ‐ rather than "our" ‐ miners really would be put out of work. Coal certainly would not have been "beautiful." The economy probably would be slogging along at below 2 percent GDP growth. China would be delighted, as would Iran. But most important, there would be no collusion narrative ‐ neither one concerning a defeated Donald Trump nor another implicating a victorious Hillary Clinton. In triumph, progressives couldn’t have cared less whether Russians supposedly had tried to help a now irrelevant Trump; and they certainly would have prevented any investigation of the winning Clinton 2016 campaign. In sum, Hillary’s supposedly sure victory, not fear of breaking the law, prompted most of the current 2016 scandals, and her embittering defeat means they are not being addressed as scandals. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Meryl Strep Speaking of roles in which Streep could go out with a bang... I'm sure most of us who went digging for more info on the African "collector" story a few weeks ago came back thinking, among other things, "Crikey, what a great and terrible movie that would make!" Okay, not a funny topic, but I cracked up when I saw the guy's picture, hearing, loud and clear as a porkchop, "Meryl, baby, have I got a part for you!" Eye hod a fom in off ree kah. Totally wasn't thinking of Harveygate and all that, but damned if that doesn't work, too. So, who'll play Meryl playing the monster in an epic film about film, swan-singing as the Trumpkins blast their way into |
| Posted by: Ulusotle Elmomomp3524 2018-05-07 18:12 |
| #6 95% FISC approval because there is no consequence for cooking up this type of fraud. Until there's some slap downs for the prosecution or judge there's no reason not to just keep on keepin' on. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-05-07 15:55 |
| #5 For example, why would FBI director James Comey have been so foolish as to ask for a FISA warrant request without fully informing the judge of the compromising details of the Steele–Fusion GPS dossier? And why was the judge so easily hoodwinked? 95% FISC approval rate. Appears the rubber stamp was baked in. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-07 14:08 |
| #4 Meryl Strep. I like that one. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-05-07 12:59 |
| #3 For example, why would FBI director James Comey have been so foolish as to ask for a FISA warrant request without fully informing the judge of the compromising details of the Steele–Fusion GPS dossier? And why was the judge so easily hoodwinked? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-05-07 11:35 |
| #2 I don't think Harvey had to 'cruse' much. Meryl Strep, and not a few others Hollywood 'stars', were more than willing to provide him with victims right where he was. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-05-07 10:01 |
| #1 And don't forget Harvey Weinstein and his ilk would still be cruising. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-05-07 08:41 |