So is the crook rant-tweeting yet about his predicment? Or is he quiet as a mousy louse in a house hiding out?.

Oh, please.  You're complaining about the cost of a legitimate investigation into what could be very serious issues regarding election interference?  Why not complain about how much it costs every time your Messiah leaves D.C. to play golf at one of his resorts or flies to campaign rallies? 

:):):) Atta Girl!

Happy Wednesday. :)

Thank you L and Happy Thursday right back atcha m'dear! :)

Trump is not my Messiah....that is my Jesus Christ, my Lord of lords and King of kings. 

As I have told you before I did not complain when Obama went on his weekly golf outings and Hawaii vacations nor Martha Vineyards vacations. A president is not a prisoner of the WH and needs time to unwind. So no I do not complain about President Trump's golf schedule.

And yes I do complain that after all this all they got was Manafort ln old tax charges that Mueller did not bother to pursue when he was the FBI director. So that was actually nothing new from the Russian investigation. This post was edited by my2cents at August 23, 2018 7:42 PM MDT

Trump needs to unwind?  From what - his incessant tweeting?  His weekly campaign appearances?  His undoing of everything Obama?  I guess if you look at it that way, he DOES need to unwind.  Obama didn't vacation nearly as many days in eight years as Trump has done in 1.5. 

Did you complain when all those investigations into Benghazi that cost millions of dollars came up empty?

Obama golfed every weekend for 6 1/2 yrs. Plus his vacations and rallies. Trump needs unwind for the same reasons every other President in history needed to unwind. And as I said I did not complain then and will not now. But I do notice when others only complain about one party.

Benghazi proved Obama administration lied. They lied about the cause of the attack. But evidentally it was not criminal to lie to the American people about it. Yes waste of money if cannot charge anyone. This post was edited by my2cents at August 23, 2018 7:43 PM MDT

Perhaps you can back up your claim that Obama golfed every weekend for 6.5 years with some facts.  Trump watches hours of TV every day, runs to rallies, flies all over for golf weekends, uses his own properties to host visiting dignitaries and boards his Secret Servicemen in his own resorts and charges the taxpayers. 

Obama may have lied about the cause of the Benghazi attack, but it was the Republicans who failed to pony up the funds for more security at the embassy although it was asked for on several occasions. 

We have been through this before. I provided links to Obamas golf schedule. Feel free to look them up again if you want. 

State department officals have denied that security was compromised because of funding issues. But even if that were the case, how does that excuse Obama's lie about the attack? A lie that Clinton knew about from day 1? 

State Department Official Charlene Lamb Testified Before The House Oversight Committee That Budget Cuts Had Nothing To Do With Security Decisions In Benghazi.REP. DANA ROHRABACHER (R-CA): “It has been suggested the budget cuts are responsible for lack of security in Benghazi, and I’d like to ask Ms. Lamb, you made this decision personally, was there any budget consideration and lack of budget that led you not to increase the number of people in the security force there?” CHARLENE LAMB: “No, sir.” (U.S. House Of Representatives, Oversight And Government Reform Committee, Hearing, 10/10/12)

The Department Of Defense Site Security Team (SST), Which Left Libya In August 2012 Because The State Department Failed To Request Its Renewal, Came At “No Cost” To The State Department. “There has been considerable public discussion about the DOD’s Site Security Team in Tripoli. The SST, which was provided by the DoD at no expense to the State Department, consisted of 16 special operations personnel detailed to the Chief of Mission in Libya, although its numbers fluctuated slightly due to rotations.” (“Review Of The Terrorist Attacks On U.S. Facilities In Benghazi, Libya, September 11-12, 2012 Together With Additional Views,” Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, 1/15/14, p. 20)

Robert Baldre, The State Department’s Chief Financial Officer For Diplomatic Security, Wrote That “I Do Not Feel That We Have Ever Been At A Point Where We Have Sacrificed Security Due To Lack Of Funding.” “Robert Baldre, your chief financial officer for diplomatic security, stated, and I quote, ‘I do not feel that we have ever been at a point where we have sacrificed security due to lack of funding,’ Rep. Steven Chabot, Ohio Republican, told Mrs. Clinton.” (Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman, “Tears And Rage: Clinton Testily Defends Depiction Of Benghazi Events,” The Washington Times, 1/23/13)

Senate Homeland Security Report: Congress Has Been Responsive To Appropriating More Money To The State Department For Security-Driven Requests, But Neither The President Nor The State Department Requested Additional Funds For Libya. “At the same time, Congress has generally been responsive in providing supplemental and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds to the Department of State – more than $1.7 billion since 2007 – in response to emergent, security-driven funding requests, although primarily for facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, there was no supplemental or OCO request made by the President for additional diplomatic security enhancements in FY2010 or FY2011. Neither the Department of State nor Congress made a point of providing additional funds in a supplemental request for Libya, or more specifically, Benghazi.” (“Flashing Red: A Special Report On The Terrorist Attack At Benghazi,” United States Senate Committee On Homeland Security And Government Affairs, 12/30/12, p. 17)

The Washington Post Fact Checker: “The Reality Is That Funding For Embassy Security Has Increased Significantly In Recent Years.” “Moreover, while Boxer claims that Republicans ‘cut’ the budget, she is only comparing it to what the Obama administration proposed. The reality is that funding for embassy security has increased significantly in recent years. The Department of State’s base requests for security funding have increased by 38 percent since Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, and base budget appropriations have increased by 27 percent in the same time period,’ said the bipartisan Senate Homeland Security report on the Benghazi attack.” (Glenn Kessler, “Barbara Boxer’s Claim That GOP Budgets Hampered Benghazi Security,” The Washington Post's Fact Checker, 5/16/13)

I wasn't arguing that they lied to the public about the Benghazi attack.  I don't recall seeing your Obama golf schedule, but it couldn't have been as extensive as Trump's because I don't recall the GOP going on about it while he was in office or even now that he's out of office.

EDIT:  Additional research:

"In total, according to CBS News reporter and presidential historian Mark Knoller, President Barack Obama played a total of 333 rounds of golf while President. That means Obama played golf for 1,665 hours of his presidency, which was, officially, 55,008 hours. In other words, Obama played golf for 3 percent of the time Obama was President."

https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2017/03/19/how-many-rounds-president-barack-obama-play-golf-office-103838/

"How many times has Trump played golf as President of the United States? Since taking office on Jan. 20, 2017, Mr. Trump has reportedly been on the grounds of his golf courses or played golf elsewhere 147 times since becoming President, and that's as of August 13, 2018.

The cost of Trump's golf rounds to the American taxpayer varies by round and course, but it has totaled so far in the tens of millions of dollars.

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He previously was on pace to visit his golf clubs more than 650 times in an eight-year presidency. However, his pace as of Aug. 6, 2018 now indicates Trump would spend as much as 745 days of his presidency at a golf course if he wins a second term and serves both terms to completion.

Trump has spent nearly 25 percent of his days in office at one of his golf properties for some portion of the day."

https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2018/08/15/how-many-times-president-donald-trump-played-golf-in-office-103836/

And, if you want a comparison to both Obama and Bush, check this out:

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-often-trump-golfed-during-first-100-days-compared-to-obama-bush-and-clinton-2017-4


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This post was edited by SpunkySenior at August 23, 2018 7:27 PM MDT

So you agree they lied about the "video" and the funding for security. Good to know.

You don't remember the GOP complaining about Obama's golfing?  They did. I did not,  I don't care. But 333/52=6.4 yrs so not quite weekly for 6.5 yrs. He missed that mark by 5. 

Just going to one of President Trump's properties does not mean he was golfing. Just about all of his properties have a course. 

But I still say it comes down to policy and I am happy with those. 

This post was edited by my2cents at August 25, 2018 1:00 PM MDT

Even if you discount the number of times he went to a golf resort and did not golf, he has exceeded the number of times Obama played golf in the same period in their terms.

Again I do not care how much Obama golfed nor how much Trump golfs. Just like to point out the hypocrisy among the parties/media.

Well, I DO care because being on the golf course means he isn't attending to the business of the country which is what he was elected to do. 

So of course you cared when Obama played golf and vacation as much as he did because it took him away from the doing what he was elected to do. 

Once again (and I'll type more slowly), Obama did not take nearly the amount of time away from his presidential duties in eight years that Trump has taken in 1.5 years.  I agree, as you stated, that a president is entitled to time away from the job - just not as much as Trump has taken and he isn't even halfway through his term.

Trump has used his time at Marl a go to conduct WH business hosting many foreign leaders there. Not all work must be done in DC. Some is even done on golf courses....always has. 

We don't and won't agree on this....nothing new there. 

Do you care about Trump's hypocrisy?

This post was edited by Slartibartfast at August 24, 2018 12:29 AM MDT

I expect a politican to lie.....that is what they do. I do not support the majority of things President Trump has done in his personal life. 
I vote on policy issues and on policy I am happy. 
No I don't care about golf, vacations etc regardless of which party they are a member.

His tweets are getting more and more apoplectic.  Now he claims that "flipping," (in reference to Cohen divulging info on him) should be illegal.  So, telling the truth should be illegal.  How Trumpian!

Ya he is even saying that using campaign funds to buy silence isn't illegal - it's illegal here in Canada and I'm pretty sure it's just as illegal in America .Anyway by Trump saying that it shows  how he thinks. Cheers1

Using campaign funds to buy silence is illegal.  Even if it was not for that purpose, but to reimburse Cohen, it would be illegal because it exceeded the $2750 permitted by law.