Red Mosquito

spike wrote:

tree_ wrote:It's just that this is something I bet most people wouldn't have much of an ethical concern about, and surely for many politicians past and present something like this is standard operating procedure. Trump sucks for so many reasons, but this is very low on that list.

Are you talking solely about the hush money, or the conspiratorial steps he took to hide it because he wanted to be president?

Both. I bet more people who ran for president did both than didn't. Trump is such an idiot he couldn't get away with it.

I mean if you commit enough sketchy stuff in life it catches up to you. And I'm sure he'll be held accountable for the other pending cases, too. He's gonna be like a pinata after this.

haha nope that perp walk, fingerprints, frown, etc was all worth it

and the cop not holding the door for him, he was in shock

tragabigzanda wrote:He will die a free man, with no criminal nor punitive damages for any of this. All that will be lost is your time for having paid attention to any of this.

Yes, and like Pennywise the Clown, when you stop paying attention to him he loses his power.

tragabigzanda wrote:All that will be lost is your time for having paid attention to any of this.

Take it to the Mandalorian thread

Breaking now: Mike Pence is a BIG, FAT ONE

haha it's funny cause he looks like an erect penis

Bi_3 wrote:

elliseamos wrote:I don't think we have to imagine it...

"...leaders who left office since 2000 have been jailed or prosecuted in at least 78 countries — including in democracies like France, Israel and South Korea."

I've seen this idea several places now, but I'm not sure it's the same thing. Were those situations where "a government arrested the main opposition candidate" or that they prosecuted a corrupt ex-PM?

Seems like a fit:

Netanyahu submitted a request for immunity to the parliamentary speaker, Yuli Edelstein, on 1 January 2020.[27] Many MKs, including Avigdor Lieberman of Yisrael Beiteinu, Benny Gantz of Blue and White, and Stav Shaffir of the Green Party, were critical of the move. Lieberman called for the Knesset to bring back committees that had been dissolved (and also indicated that his party would vote against a bid for immunity); without a Knesset committee, there would be no action on Netanyahu's immunity until after the March election.[28] According to The Times of Israel columnist Raoul Wootliff, the election had in effect become a race to gain enough seats so that Netanyahu can successfully request immunity from over half of the MKs

tragabigzanda wrote:He will die

Ah... the warm blanket of certainty.

Peeps wrote:life comes at you pretty fast kimberly gargoyle

Following the hypocritical stance of republicans for sure

elliseamos wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

elliseamos wrote:I don't think we have to imagine it...

"...leaders who left office since 2000 have been jailed or prosecuted in at least 78 countries — including in democracies like France, Israel and South Korea."

I've seen this idea several places now, but I'm not sure it's the same thing. Were those situations where "a government arrested the main opposition candidate" or that they prosecuted a corrupt ex-PM?

Seems like a fit:

Netanyahu submitted a request for immunity to the parliamentary speaker, Yuli Edelstein, on 1 January 2020.[27] Many MKs, including Avigdor Lieberman of Yisrael Beiteinu, Benny Gantz of Blue and White, and Stav Shaffir of the Green Party, were critical of the move. Lieberman called for the Knesset to bring back committees that had been dissolved (and also indicated that his party would vote against a bid for immunity); without a Knesset committee, there would be no action on Netanyahu's immunity until after the March election.[28] According to The Times of Israel columnist Raoul Wootliff, the election had in effect become a race to gain enough seats so that Netanyahu can successfully request immunity from over half of the MKs

Seems like a fit:

Lula attempted to run in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election but was disqualified under Brazil's Ficha Limpa law.[20] Before the annulment of his cases, he was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison, and after an unsuccessful appeal, Lula was arrested in April 2018 and spent 580 days in jail, until being released in November 2019, when the Supreme Federal Court ruled that his imprisonment was unlawful.[21][22][23][24] In March 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal judge presiding over the case, Sergio Moro, who served as Minister of Justice and Public Security in the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro,[25] was biased,[26] and all of the cases Moro had brought against Lula were annulled in June 2021. Following the court ruling, Lula was legally allowed to make another run for president in the 2022 elections, defeating Bolsonaro in the runoff.[27]

elliseamos wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

elliseamos wrote:I don't think we have to imagine it...

"...leaders who left office since 2000 have been jailed or prosecuted in at least 78 countries — including in democracies like France, Israel and South Korea."

I've seen this idea several places now, but I'm not sure it's the same thing. Were those situations where "a government arrested the main opposition candidate" or that they prosecuted a corrupt ex-PM?

Seems like a fit:

Netanyahu submitted a request for immunity to the parliamentary speaker, Yuli Edelstein, on 1 January 2020.[27] Many MKs, including Avigdor Lieberman of Yisrael Beiteinu, Benny Gantz of Blue and White, and Stav Shaffir of the Green Party, were critical of the move. Lieberman called for the Knesset to bring back committees that had been dissolved (and also indicated that his party would vote against a bid for immunity); without a Knesset committee, there would be no action on Netanyahu's immunity until after the March election.[28] According to The Times of Israel columnist Raoul Wootliff, the election had in effect become a race to gain enough seats so that Netanyahu can successfully request immunity from over half of the MKs

Seems like a fit:

Lula attempted to run in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election but was disqualified under Brazil's Ficha Limpa law.[20] Before the annulment of his cases, he was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison, and after an unsuccessful appeal, Lula was arrested in April 2018 and spent 580 days in jail, until being released in November 2019, when the Supreme Federal Court ruled that his imprisonment was unlawful.[21][22][23][24] In March 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal judge presiding over the case, Sergio Moro, who served as Minister of Justice and Public Security in the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro,[25] was biased,[26] and all of the cases Moro had brought against Lula were annulled in June 2021. Following the court ruling, Lula was legally allowed to make another run for president in the 2022 elections, defeating Bolsonaro in the runoff.[27]

I think you left out the part where he was already serving a 12 year sentence, the part about a biased prosecution and judge does seem similar

I think the Israel is pretty much the same. Hows it working out for them over there? All good?

Coach wrote:I mean if you commit enough sketchy stuff in life it catches up to you. And I'm sure he'll be held accountable for the other pending cases, too. He's gonna be like a pinata after this.

commit sketchy shit AND openly insult hundreds of incredibly powerful people

people seem to forget how many Fortune 500 CEOs, Senators, Congresspeople, Judges he openly personally insulted

people in the GOP

Wealthy, powerful people

EVERYONE hates him

except peasant morons with white power machinations (this includes old people in Florida)

You don't fuck over 50 Rex Tillersons and expect to get a pass once you are out of office

this guy hid behind presidential impunity for years - and had the nerve to send an angry mob to raid the capital to ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN AN ELECTION

he deserves EVERY fucking charge people can give him AND MORE

traffic tickets, bribes, LEAKING NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS, campaign finance laws, election laws, GIVE HIM ALL OF IT AND LET HIM DIE IN JAIL

fuck i bit the apple and i am back in the trump game

this is like an old drug habit

'this time will be different'

'this time we'll get him'

The point still stands that we don't have to "imagine any other country" doing this, bi. It's happened. And in both cases I took the time to look up, the former candidate that was indicted is in power again... though I'd say one was likely targeted bc of his party and his opponent being in power only to be exonerated. And one is trying to stack the court to get his charges thrown out as we speak, hence the massive protests against him.

He’s raised $8 million in 4 days selling those mugshot mugs and t shirts

tragabigzanda wrote: All that will be lost is your time for having paid attention to any of this.

This.

Why are you idiots wasting the storage space on the RM server with this topic. Let it fucking die.