tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post8182026606296801180..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Mafioso In The White HouseOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-6466117727348610972018-04-13T20:33:55.599-04:002018-04-13T20:33:55.599-04:00Despite their flaws, Mario Puzo saw a certain nobi...Despite their flaws, Mario Puzo saw a certain nobility in the Coreleones' loyalty to family, e.a.f. The difference between Puzo's characters and Trump is that Trump recognizes only one loyalty -- loyalty to him. He does not return loyalty to anybody.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-27934705973603525602018-04-13T20:05:47.172-04:002018-04-13T20:05:47.172-04:00the old mob bosses were bad guys, but they weren&#...the old mob bosses were bad guys, but they weren't in the W.H. and they were clear what business they were in. They may have also had a tad more loyalty to others than Trump does. They were smarter than Trump and tougher. Given the choice as to who to have over to dinner, mob boss: better table manners.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-74475725595156451002018-04-13T15:55:21.773-04:002018-04-13T15:55:21.773-04:00Trump doesn't think anything through, Mound. H...Trump doesn't think anything through, Mound. His approach to the world is totally visceral. So far, he's been able to blame his failures on others -- and a significant number of people have kept investing -- not in his company -- but in him.<br /><br />Comey's probe will prove that Trump runs a family business -- in the same sense that the Mafia is a family business.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-31893933215017845862018-04-13T15:38:34.028-04:002018-04-13T15:38:34.028-04:00Trump's attack on Comey recalls Harper's a...Trump's attack on Comey recalls Harper's abortive attack on then Supreme Court chief justice, Bev McLaughlin. Harper started a credibility battle with the Chief Justice and the blowback was fearsome. Trump is more arrogant and delusional than Harper and far more sullied. Why does he want to break himself on the wheel of James Comey unless he has become mortally desperate?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-56368331473674684802018-04-13T14:17:33.514-04:002018-04-13T14:17:33.514-04:00You can be sure that they're coming down, Moun...You can be sure that they're coming down, Mound. I read that Michael Cohen is going to court to protect what Mueller seized. And in that treasure chest there are -- reportedly -- audio tapes. Shades of Nixon?Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-53971142609983180272018-04-13T13:44:45.350-04:002018-04-13T13:44:45.350-04:00With so many Congressional Republicans bailing out...<br />With so many Congressional Republicans bailing out before the mid-terms, the Trump regime will have to be extremely lucky to survive intact. There was an interesting piece in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald about the unusually tumultuous week this has been for the White House. There's even talk that a faction of Republican Representatives are willing to break ranks and vote with the Dems on impeachment if Trump fires Mueller. Apparently he has been warned rather forcefully.<br /><br />And now, with John Bolton's first week as National Security Advisor, Trump has suddenly decided to pardon Bolton's old neocon soulmate, Scooter Libby. What a coincidence, eh?<br /><br />Now it's Trump himself musing about getting America back into the Trans Pacific Partnership, reversing the one cardinal action for which the Gullibillies worship him.<br /><br />It's about time for another round of indictments from Bob Mueller.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-18217774180716065132018-04-13T12:31:45.322-04:002018-04-13T12:31:45.322-04:00Men like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell will not ma...Men like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell will not make it into the Pantheon of American History, Sal. There are no Abraham Lincolns in the modern Republican Party.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-6376777368047573482018-04-13T12:21:14.659-04:002018-04-13T12:21:14.659-04:00I suspect that Comey will confirm in spades what w...I suspect that Comey will confirm in spades what we already know about Trump, Lorne. I find it fascinating that Comey's impression of Trump is that he is -- first and foremost -- a crook.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-38899783318312864222018-04-13T10:22:11.531-04:002018-04-13T10:22:11.531-04:00.. when the Trump tree falls it will be the sound ..... when the Trump tree falls it will be the sound of old rotted wood hitting the forest floor.. lots of pieces.. no glam, no glory. No lawyer will be able to soften the fall.. just a disgusting piece of dead garbage tree.. roll it to the side. A special place in history awaits this thug.. kind of a Benedict Arnold kind of piece of history... and the GOP who enabled this are tarnished for life.. Someone this morning pointed out 'Profiles In Courage' apply to none of these self serving and smug parasitesthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67619005263565263772018-04-13T09:55:41.441-04:002018-04-13T09:55:41.441-04:00I have put the book on old at the library, Owen. I...I have put the book on old at the library, Owen. It promises to make fascinating reading, although I doubt it will lend new understanding of Trump, given the patent shallowness and infantile egoism that obviously drive and largely define him.Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com