Session's poor memory re Russians

[mellincf]

Think of it this way. Your sixth grader forgets his homework at school one time. Chances are, you are willing to chalk it up to being an honest mistake. When he forgets his homework the second time, you are less convinced it's just by chance. When he forgets it the third time, you are totally sure that he is forgetting his homework on purpose.
This is at least Sessions' third time forgetting his homework.

In his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions is asked this by Minnesota's Al Franken: "If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?"
Sessions responds: "I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians, and I'm unable to comment on it."

Why this is wrong: We now know that Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Trump, says he told Sessions that he was planning a trip to Russia in July 2016.

In response to a written questionnaire Sessions submitted as part of the confirmation process, he responded "no" to this question from Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy (D): "Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?"

Why this is wrong: We know that on at least two occasions Sessions met with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the campaign.

Sessions again testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Franken, again, asks him a tough question: "You don't believe that surrogates from the Trump campaign had communications with the Russians? Is that what you're saying?"
Sessions responds: "I did not and I'm not aware of anyone else that did, and I don't believe it happened."

Why this is wrong: Page says he told Sessions that he was going to Russia in July 2016. And Sessions intervened when Papadopoulos bragged that he could set up a meeting with Russian officials as far back as the end of March 2016.

Jeff Sessions sure does forget a lot of stuff about Russia and the 2016 election - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/jeff-sessions-russia/index.html?sr=fbCNNp110217jeff-sessions-russia1007PMStory&CNNPolitics=fb)

[jebartle]

Convenient memory loss!

[rubicon]

Think of it this way. Your sixth grader forgets his homework at school one time. Chances are, you are willing to chalk it up to being an honest mistake. When he forgets his homework the second time, you are less convinced it's just by chance. When he forgets it the third time, you are totally sure that he is forgetting his homework on purpose.
This is at least Sessions' third time forgetting his homework.

In his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions is asked this by Minnesota's Al Franken: "If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?"
Sessions responds: "I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians, and I'm unable to comment on it."

Why this is wrong: We now know that Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Trump, says he told Sessions that he was planning a trip to Russia in July 2016.

In response to a written questionnaire Sessions submitted as part of the confirmation process, he responded "no" to this question from Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy (D): "Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?"

Why this is wrong: We know that on at least two occasions Sessions met with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the campaign.

Sessions again testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Franken, again, asks him a tough question: "You don't believe that surrogates from the Trump campaign had communications with the Russians? Is that what you're saying?"
Sessions responds: "I did not and I'm not aware of anyone else that did, and I don't believe it happened."

Why this is wrong: Page says he told Sessions that he was going to Russia in July 2016. And Sessions intervened when Papadopoulos bragged that he could set up a meeting with Russian officials as far back as the end of March 2016.

Jeff Sessions sure does forget a lot of stuff about Russia and the 2016 election - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/jeff-sessions-russia/index.html?sr=fbCNNp110217jeff-sessions-russia1007PMStory&CNNPolitics=fb)

My friend the Clinton's and many of the progressive leaders are masters at feigning memory loss.

It would be more balanced and fair to simply say politicians all seem to be experiencing the onset of Alzheimer .

Partisan gloats are dog whistles for politicians that their behavior is acceptable. Immorality breeds immorality and all politicians need to be brought to task

Personal Best Regards:

[Rockyrd]

My friend the Clinton's and many of the progressive leaders are masters at feigning memory loss.

It would be more balanced and fair to simply say politicians all seem to be experiencing the onset of Alzheimer .

Partisan gloats are dog whistles for politicians that their behavior is acceptable. Immorality breeds immorality and all politicians need to be brought to task

Personal Best Regards:

Including the President ???????

He seems to be totally immune from your speeches, and is able to lie and deceive and never be critiqued by you.

He directly lies from the seat of our government and YOU are silent.

[mellincf]

My friend the Clinton's and many of the progressive leaders are masters at feigning memory loss.

It would be more balanced and fair to simply say politicians all seem to be experiencing the onset of Alzheimer .

Partisan gloats are dog whistles for politicians that their behavior is acceptable. Immorality breeds immorality and all politicians need to be brought to task

Personal Best Regards:

This is akin to Roosevelt "forgetting" he met Hitler several times before the war.

[rubicon]

Including the President ???????

He seems to be totally immune from your speeches, and is able to lie and deceive and never be critiqued by you.

He directly lies from the seat of our government and YOU are silent.

I said ALL right is right and wrong is wrong and has nothing to do with race, gender politics, etc

Personal Best Regards

[Rockyrd]

I said ALL right is right and wrong is wrong and has nothing to do with race, gender politics, etc

Personal Best Regards

That is the closest you have ever come to condemning lying from the White House, and maybe someday you might grow up and call this for what it is......a crisis of honesty.

He is not bringing you the changes you hoped for.

Instead the change is lowering our standards and expectations for a President.

I consider that damn significant....and extremely dangerous.

YOU have been defending his lying even as if he was not doing it, so this is a step forward, but still ranks pretty low on the patriotic scale.

"“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.”

I, as you, wish for change in Washington, but that necessary change cannot be used as a foundation to tear apart the fabric of our country.

It cannot be used to tell other future leaders that we condone lying from the White House; that we condone maligning our own country; that we condone felonious unfounded accusations, AS LONG AS IT FITS OUR POLITICAL PLAN

In my opinion we have not just the right but the RESPONSIBILITY to speak out against a "leader" who lies for certain, makes terrible felonious accusations for certain. To do otherwise is unpatriotic to the core and pragmatically, frankly, if we get a future Democratic President, he/she appears to have full authority to lie as much as he or she feels necessary for his/her own agenda, personal or otherwise.

YOU and those who allow it are the forces behind that, and I think you should keep that in mind.

[ColdNoMore]

I said ALL right is right and wrong is wrong and has nothing to do with race, gender politics, etc

Personal Best Regards

:1rotfl:

Being preached to by the person who has to plagiarize because of a lack of any original thoughts and worships the most unethical POTUS in our history...is certainly one way to elicit guffaws from decent people. :oops:

Thanks for that at least. :thumbup:



Deepest Sincere Wishes: :wave:

[Rockyrd]

:1rotfl:

Being preached to by the person who has to plagiarize because of a lack of any original thoughts and worships the most unethical POTUS in our history...is certainly one way to elicit guffaws from decent people. :oops:

Thanks for that at least. :thumbup:



Deepest Sincere Wishes: :wave:

He is very scary...Rubicon.

If he actually believes what he types, he is not an american at all.

"If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president.”

― DaShanne Stokes

"“The messages of racism, the lies, the fraud, the sexism--he’s sending a lot of really horrible messages to our children.”

― DaShanne Stokes