"The party of inclusion" front runners are old white CIS gendered males.  They really should run the "most qualified woman" candidate like last time.  She barely lost and did indeed win the popular vote.

Trump 2020 is guaranteed.

From the normally Trump-hating New York Times no less. 

After Trump’s vindication, the liberal media and its allies in government should face a reckoning. I’m not holding my breath.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/opinion/barr-media-trump.html

The only thing the Dems have is this smear campaign against Trump.  They have no candidate, no issues, no crimes against Trump, nothing except the smear campaign which has gone on since the day he announced his candidacy.  The voters see through it and Trump will win in 2020.

It's a sad day in Beantown when the land of the Kennedys has to admit they lost.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/19/mueller-report-means-the-end-of-trump-collusion-myth/

The Democratic party is toast.  They put all their eggs into the "get Trump" basket and lost.  It makes no difference who they run, it will be Trump in 2020.

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

He is clearly not fit to be president. He cares nothing about the people. It's all about protecting himself and his family. He is turning the U.S. into a Banana Republic. I would be OK to just get him out of there and hopefully to close down his twitter account. 

President Trump is indeed completely fit to be president and this is why he was elected "fair and square" in 2016.  He will be reelected in 2020 as the US continues to benefit from his policies.

20 minutes ago, candide said:

In the context of the current fuss about justice obstruction? ????

 

From reading the Mueller report, officials (starting with Barr) know that the best way to save their head is to refuse to obey Trump's attempts to obstruct justice.

 

In the context that the perpetrators of the attempted coup will be brought to justice.

10 minutes ago, quandow said:

We've had this discussion before, you were wrong then and you're wrong now. Barr can offer guidance or suggestions, but it is the SOVEREIGN District of New York. And your tag line is STILL a lie, Barr never said that. Water seeks its own level and liars gather.

Southern and again I'm right.  Not literally, but in so many words, Barr telegraphed my sig line.

It's all in automatic now.  Nothing anyone can do about it since the new sheriff is going to do the right thing.

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Yes, it's a political decision. I don't agree with you that it would be that damaging if congress impeaches and the Quislings in the senate don't convict. This isn't Bill Clinton. This isn't about lying about adult consensual sex. This is ten counts of obstruction of justice and countless counts of presidential abuse of power. Mueller left it for congress to decide. It isn't for Barr or Fox News to decide. Mueller respected that a sitting president can't be indicted. But he was very clear, a sitting president CAN be impeached, and that's what the constitutional power of impeachment is about -- situations like this. But because of the timing now with 2020 coming up, of course it's still a political decision about whether to proceed. I have no predictions yet. It's way too early to know whether they will proceed but it's not too early to see they have strong grounds to proceed. 

A count means a criminal charge.  There are no counts, no criminal charges.  Impeach away, I say.  Trump will just call it out for what it is and it will end up helping him in 2020.  No matter what happens, Trump will win in 2020.

The only criminal charges coming out of this will be against Obama and his gang for attempting the bloodless coup.

3 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

 

There will likely be some serious charges that can be proven for the people responsible for this. It's time to punch back bigly.

Yes.  This goes all the way to Obama.  Under normal circumstances, I would have believed Obama would skate, but not this time.  There's a new sheriff in town and he's aiming for truth and justice as he has recently demonstrated.  Obama's going down along with Brennan and all the others.

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

There we have what? Another propaganda statement from the president's lackey. Have you seen the report yet? No? 

Game Over

Sorry, gang I know several and I don't know that many people overall.  People are leaving.

Lots of people 50+ yo are leaving CM due to the changes in the Immigration laws.  So for those of us who remain, will things be better or worse?  I could see things getting better once those who are living essentially at the poverty line leave.  Some I know spend their days complaining about the cost of things and trying to squeeze the Thais for every last baht, thus giving us all a bad name.  OTOH, those of us who remain may end up worrying about when the next shoe will fall.  Will Immigration raise the financial requirements from 800000 THB to a million, or two?  It could happen and one might ask why wouldn't it happen?

So will CM improve or get worse for retirees?

6 hours ago, chokrai said:

His predecessor in the Oval office is the biggest slimeball to ever sit behind the desk. He was behind all of this Trump/Russia BS and I hope Barr exposes him for the for the little shit he is.

Barr has telegraphed to the American people that he knows what happened and will pursue it.  It's a given that Obama will be charged, no doubt about it.  But IMO it's important to remember that Obama like all Americans deserves the presumption of innocence until he is found guilty in a court of law. Not sure when that might happen, maybe even after Trump's reelection, but it's hard to believe Obama will skate, given the mountain of evidence against him.

It's a beautiful plan, dump 'em all into California.  The blue state can become even bluer, become a socialist paradise like Venezuela.  The dream can be realized!