The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 21st February 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Firstly Donald Trump warns that he may impeach Hillary for deliberately lying to FBI and deliberately destroying the over 30 000 emails already under an FBI order from FBI Director James Coomey had request Hillary Clinton to hand them over
Then Trump decides out of kindness to drop the impeachment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/03/no-honeymoon-for-hillary-congressional-republicans-openly-discussing-impeachment/?utm_term=.33013d33bd90
Then this week the Democrats are calling for Trump to be impeached.
Have they gone mad????
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0219/Too-soon-What-comes-of-Democratic-talk-of-impeaching-Trump
+100 CLEANGREEN to all of those comments
…he is not letting himself or the USA any favours by letting her and the Clinton Foundation off the hook…it reflects badly on himself as well
Domocrat’s want to impeach Donald trump????
Why didn’t Trump impeach Hillary after FBI found she lied to them and destroyed the over 30 000 emails deliberately on her server they placed a warrant firstly on???????
Now who’s the Fascist?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0219/Too-soon-What-comes-of-Democratic-talk-of-impeaching-Trump
This is a good article for circumspect.
http://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/09-01-2017/welcome-to-election-year-in-nz-heres-how-labour-can-make-it-a-real-race/
QUOTE
“None of which makes Bill English unbeatable. He could fuck it up all by himself. He lacks Key’s great attribute as a leader – a calmness under pressure, which derived from his lack of concern for what happened.”