Red Mosquito

meatwad wrote:The very strange denials about Russia being involved in this make me think Trump knew about it and was complicit or his campaign was directly involved. I don't understand why else they would so vehemently deny Russia was behind it.

meatwad wrote:The very strange denials about Russia being involved in this make me think Trump knew about it and was complicit or his campaign was directly involved. I don't understand why else they would so vehemently deny Russia was behind it.

McParadigm wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/politics/office-of-congressional-ethics-oversight-of-ethics-committee-amendment/index.html

House GOP guts ethics panel

House Republicans voted 119-74 Monday night in favor of a proposal that would gut Congress' outside ethics watchdog and remove its independence.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and other top GOP leaders opposed the change to ethics rules, but rank-and-file members disregarded their views and voted to approve the new structure for ethics reviews going forward, according to a senior House GOP leadership source familiar with the closed door discussion.

digster wrote:Cause when it's not done to 'your side', it's acceptable. You see the same thing in the arguments over the hacking. Republicans aren't pushing the issue by and large because it didn't happen to them. It's just how our brains work; our policies follow the party we belong to, rather than the other way around.

Strat wrote:WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump criticized House Republicans Tuesday for voting to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, arguing that tax reform and health care should be higher priorities.

"With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority," Trump asked over Twitter the morning after the surprise and secretive move by the House GOP.

"Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance!" he added.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

digster wrote:Cause when it's not done to 'your side', it's acceptable. You see the same thing in the arguments over the hacking. Republicans aren't pushing the issue by and large because it didn't happen to them. It's just how our brains work; our policies follow the party we belong to, rather than the other way around.

Maybe if you're an idiot

meatwad wrote:

Strat wrote:WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump criticized House Republicans Tuesday for voting to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, arguing that tax reform and health care should be higher priorities.

"With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority," Trump asked over Twitter the morning after the surprise and secretive move by the House GOP.

"Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance!" he added.

Good for him, I'm glad to hear him say this even with his "unfair" comment. Would love to see some examples cited by these lawmakers about these so-called unfair investigations.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

digster wrote:Cause when it's not done to 'your side', it's acceptable. You see the same thing in the arguments over the hacking. Republicans aren't pushing the issue by and large because it didn't happen to them. It's just how our brains work; our policies follow the party we belong to, rather than the other way around.

Maybe if you're anidiot human

tragabigzanda wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

digster wrote:Cause when it's not done to 'your side', it's acceptable. You see the same thing in the arguments over the hacking. Republicans aren't pushing the issue by and large because it didn't happen to them. It's just how our brains work; our policies follow the party we belong to, rather than the other way around.

Maybe if you're anidiot human

FTFY. This behavior is pretty universal.

There are probably millions of registered democrats/liberal-identified voters who are angry at Hillary and the DNC. I don't think this behavior is very common if you're a self-aware person capable of self-examination and reflection. LV's shorthand response was sufficient, though.

dimejinky99 wrote:Is he going to continue to tweet when he's in office?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

digster wrote:Cause when it's not done to 'your side', it's acceptable. You see the same thing in the arguments over the hacking. Republicans aren't pushing the issue by and large because it didn't happen to them. It's just how our brains work; our policies follow the party we belong to, rather than the other way around.

Maybe if you're an idiot