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Hannity's failure to disclose his relationship to Cohen before making his pronouncements to millions of Americans who believe his opinions about the un-American and totally improper process of serving a search warrant on the President's lawyer, without mentioning that the lawyer is suspected of engaging in criminal conduct...shows his lack of integrity and a dangerous lack of concern for undermining the criminal justice system and the rule of law in the US.

Did you think the same thing watching a football game about Jon Gruden when he was calling NFL games after being a head coach? I mean, he knew the players, the coaches, the plays and all.

I will walk it back again...do you know how many lawyers he has on his radio and tv show a week? Personally, I don't know why Cohen even uttered his name except perhaps it would deflect from whatever they're trying to bury him with.

Hannity has gone on the record that he never paid for his services. Therefore there is no client/lawyer relationship beyond whatever he asked him for advice on...he says it was with property dealings...I don't really care as I see this as pure deflection with no substance. To think Sean Hannity is pulling the strings is laughable. He's good, but he's not that good.

Stop listening to MSNBC. You might actually hear an opposing view that will make you do your own research.

it reads different than I say it.

Us Heebs say AH-main, and that's what I gave you.
Shabat Shalom. my friend.

It would be unseemly for the one who made the statement that induced a call for an Amen to issue an Amen, so I will refrain from saying Amen...ahem...

Hannity knows Cohen. Yawn. Kind of a great big WGAF? Yawn.

And it's a damn good thing we did... Her crimes and the DNC's woulda been swept under the rug..

Great gig. Simply based on Donald's presidential power, he can now tell the cops to GFY.
You can't investigate me!
Didn't work for Tricky Ddick.

If I didn't have to shave twice a day I'd want that job.
It's like a super power!

Hannity posited an image of strings connecting people to Mueller with the heading "The Mueller Crime Family"
He contaminated the conversation with his slanderous bs. Only reason you're okay with this biased rantings is because....Trump.

Obama wasn't in daily communication with mainstream media personalities to coordinate messaging. That Trump was should scare you. Google 'the cult of Trump'. It's likely you've subliminally joined TG.
Cohen is more a fixer than a lawyer. If Hannity was using him to get real estate advice or to make payoffs or something else illegal and nefarious, I'm gonna let the investigators decide. Not you.

Remember The Maine

Of course the favorability drop wouldn't have anything to do with the constant media publications of "un-named source" bombshells that turn out to be "nothing burgers" or outright fabrications. It's all because Trump is a despot. Got it.

David (dpnewell)

As opposed to the non-stop propping up of Saint Barrack during his reign?

Obama, the guy who won a Nobel Peace Prize before he took his oath in office?
The guy who gives Chris Matthews "Thrills up his leg"?
The guy who called Police doing their Job "stupid" yet received a bye from the media?
The guy who had a debate moderator act as his fact-check DURING the debate?
Who compared his bowling skills to those of Special Olympic Athletes, yet was not ever criticized by the Main Stream Media?

I mean, you're kidding? Right?

There's that "open mind"......I think I almost saw it

Not if you keep an open mind

So Huck speaks for the entire left? You think this is how Frank thinks, or how I think?

Really?

If you were so worried about our democracy then you would be way less partisan.

Doc, I agree with you, imagine that. I voted third party to voice my disgust with Trump and Clinton. I realize that was almost the same as not voting.

Uhh, it was the major point of the OP (I should know) and it was discussed in detail on the first page.

Not saying it was YOUR point, nor am I saying your point isn't valid.
It's just a DIFFERENT point.

Google Trump's threat to democracy

Here's an article from NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/opinion/trumps-how-democracies-die.html


Here are the warning signs according to political scientists (from the same article )

1. The leader shows only a weak commitment to democratic rules. 2. He or she denies the legitimacy of opponents. 3. He or she tolerates violence. 4. He or she shows some willingness to curb civil liberties or the media.

It's one thing to be a conservative. But another to blindly accept this political atmosphere as a new, better normal. Even conservatives (see Joshua Goldberg new book: Suicide Of The West ) are speaking out against what's beginning to look like a tyrant's takeover.

Do some research folks. Read what even writers at the National Review are saying.

It's not a partisan issue.
We all should be genuinely worried about whats taking place in our country!

So, you got nuthin'
Cool.

A drunk dude in a bar went up to this hot chick and said "Man, I sure would like to have a little Pu$$Y."

She replied "So would I, Mine is as big as your hat!"

The White House’s increasing inaccessibility to the press; the violence against lawmakers and journalists; the apparent ease with which Russia preyed on Americans’ deep political divisions and distrust of government; and the president’s efforts to delegitimize the media, his opponents, unfavorable court rulings, and independent investigations into his campaign’s ties with Moscow, have all contributed to a sense that American democracy is battered and besieged.

“America is no more immune from collapse than were some of history’s most stable and impressive consensual governments,” Victor Davis Hanson wrote last week in National Review. “Fifth-century Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Florence and Venice, and many of the elected governments of early 20th-century Western European states eventually destroyed themselves, went bankrupt, or were overrun by invaders.”


In May, amid the fallout from Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, the democracy-monitoring group Bright Line Watch polled more than 1,000 political scientists in the United States on whether America was adhering to a list of 29 democratic principles. What they found is that the vitality of American democracy depends on your definition of “democracy.” The U.S. performed well on measures of free expression but poorly on measures of political civility and equality, with the quality of elections and checks and balances on power earning mixed results.

A poll by another democracy-monitoring project, the Authoritarian Warning Survey, helps place America’s political problems in an international context. In May, 68 democracy scholars compared the behavior of American political leaders since January to the typical behavior of politicians in other mature democracies. On average, the United States was judged to be within the norm for “consolidated” democracies in terms of the rejection of political violence and the protection of civil liberties. It was considered to be just outside the norm when it comes to constraints on executive power, respect for an independent press, and commitment to free and fair elections in which political opponents are treated as legitimate. And, most remarkably, it was deemed significantly outside the norm on political rhetoric that honors democratic principles. When asked what recent development posed the greatest threat to American democracy, the most common response was Trump’s dismissal of Comey.

From just one of dozens of articles about our waning democracy.
And democracy's gradual dissolution globally.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/american-democracy-trump/530454/

Tyranny doesn't suddenly appear and take hold. It's a slow process.
But, Hillary.

TG, Trump even before his inauguration antagonized, baited and denounced most media outlets. Its his MO. Its what he does best: bicker.

Call them liberal outlets if you need to but that's not how the majority of Americans see cnn or CBS etc. I know you do and I'm not gonna argue. Fox btw is an entertainment channel. Not a news source. Totally false equivalence.

Here's where I will argue with you though: if you honestly think Donald is the only one who is able to multi-task, that he is a capable and compassionate leader, if you're confident that this guy represents you and the west in a way you're proud of, then all I can do is wonder if you're even half as bright as I'd given you credit for. Either way I have to laugh.
Guy's a bumbling idiot.

So, you just lost some points.

Oh right. Limp wristed...really man?
Are you glib or do you just not know world history?
Or do you just like to play the devil's advocate?

Funny, for someone who'd defend the 2nd amendment like it was a baby taking a bath among wolves, you don't either know much about the fragility of democracy at this moment in time (or historically) or prefer to listlessly argue how Obama vs Trump vs cnn vs fox vs left vs right..


Russia.

There's that "open mind" again

during the debates, didn't CNN hand Hillary the questions that were going to be asked in one of the debates???????

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/07/donna-brazile-is-totally-not-sorry-for-leaking-cnn-debate-questions-to-hillary-clinton/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1fdd8b4ee1c4

is one covered by attorney/client privilege if the discussions are about committed crime(s)?

You're right about only one thing TG, it's a waste of time trying to 'argue' with folks like you.
Folks who desperately need to keep things simple. Do zero research. Keep things black or white. CNN bad. Liars. Other side. Leftists.

Pathetic.

Oh, you're right a second time! I should never had used the word compassionate.

Trump is ffucking up our country, our alliances, conspiring with enemies, walking away from the Paris pact endangering our environment and kids' futures, starting trade wars, and possibly breaking our alliances with multiple nations and scrapping the Iran deal which would mean that within just a matter of years, unmonitered, they'll have the bomb....

It's an impressive list. So maybe you're right a third time, he can multitask.

Heil Donald!