As Gomer Pyle would say, “Surprise, surprise, surprise!”
Actually, not surprised. It was obvious he was neck deep in Russian collusion and that he lied before the Senate confirmation committee.
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In related news: water is reportedly wet
Dangerous when slippery!
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Exactly. Like the stupid clickbaits on Yahoo that claim “We can guess your education with only 3 questions!” Hey, I can guess a person’s education without the questions, but it may not be an accurate guess.
I hate those clickbaits.
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I’m in favor of your joke, but I’m a little sad about the choice of Hermie, my childhood misfit, socialist hero.
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Nothing against him. Just not a lot of elf prison pics out there.
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Still you have to admit it was kind of messed up that the dude was practicing dentistry with zero formal training whatsoever.
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The impeachment of Clinton wasn’t specifically about the blowjob, but about him lying to Congress about the blowjob. Fortunately, although the Republican controlled Congress will never prosecute Sessions because they’re utter hypocrites, he isn’t above prosecution and no one has to impeach him for Mueller to prosecute him.
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The unprosecuted crimes I was thinking about had to do with misbehavior in the banking industry. Obama didn’t lift a finger to change that, but I dont consider him or his cabinet guilty of anything as bad as Trump and his cabinet, so… Yeah.
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Sessions vetoed the suggestion of meeting Putin. at the 5/16 meeting. Then, at the confirmation hearing, he said that he did not meet with the Russians. I am not sure where the perjury is. If he had sworn under oath that no person who worked for or volunteered for the campaign has ever met a Russian, that would be provably false.
That does not mean he has not done some dodgy stuff. But perjury is pretty hard to prove, and needs to meet specific criteria. I don’t think this even comes close.
So, you are suggesting that if
a) you are in a Senate hearing, testifying under oath to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God, and
b) you are asked what you’d do if there was any evidence somebody was in communication with the Russian government, and
c) you know about a guy who said, to your face, that he can set up a meeting with the leader of the Russian government…
…that it’s perfectly and wholly truthful to claim that you aren’t aware of any such activity, because when a guy tells you he can get a meeting with the Russian President that doesn’t count as evidence that he might have spoken to any Russians about it.
I wish you luck in your future legal endeavours.
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Even though many here are not Obama superfans, if you are not careful how you criticize him someone will get on your case about it.
Seems like it boils down to signaling that you might be part of the wrong “tribe”. I suspect, but cannot prove, just about any community is like that sometimes.
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Sessions didn’t just say that he himself had not communicated with the Russians. Sessions also said he was unaware of any communication with any element of the Russian government by anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign, when a member of the Trump campaign had told Sessions that he could set up a meeting with the leader of the Russian government.
But, you know, feel free to keep ignoring the relevant part of the testimony.
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Isn’t that true of pretty much any ‘incendiary’ topic here, though?
I concur with your assessment.
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He was receiving training, he just didn’t have his DDS yet!
Plus, it does appear he did some clean extractions. 
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You need a lawful government.
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Anyway, I think goblin would have been a better depiction than elf, but it’s hard to change it once it’s gained traction.
I don’t know…a haircut, some silver tones in the hair, some reading glasses…maybe it’s a good likeness?
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“It’s cool, I got a book about dentistry from the library.”
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I guess we need to see the transcript of the meeting. If P suggested meeting with Putin, or claimed he could get a meeting with Putin, or even said that he knows someone who can get a meeting with Putin, that would still not mean that Sessions was aware of campaign members having contacts with the Russian government.
P would need to have said something like “I have been, in my capacity with the campaign, meeting with officials of the Russian government, and I believe they can get us a meeting with Putin”.
Then, it would need to be proved that he said that, that Sessions heard him say it, and that Sessions remembered him saying it at the confirmation hearing. Even then, additional elements would need to be proven for it to be perjury.
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I’m not seeing it… Unfortunately, the question is a mess, and the “those activities” is ambiguous in the context of the question as asked.
True statement: Senator Franken, I’m not aware of any of those activities.[…that I will do if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the russians.]
Not asked: are you aware of any evidence. Not asked: what did you do.
Also probably a true statement: I … did not have communications with the Russians,
Not asked: did you have communications with intermediaries who who communicated with intermediaries who communicated with Russians?
Also probably a true statement: I’m unable to comment on it.
