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Title: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2018, 12:12:27 am
Who is it?

Pick your top two choices.

Story here:  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,330938.0.html (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,330938.0.html)
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Frank Cannon on September 07, 2018, 12:16:25 am
When in doubt, go Huntsman.

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Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Wingnut on September 07, 2018, 12:21:44 am
I think it is a snowflake chick.  I'll go with a staff member from HLS or someone from DeVos's staff.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Bigun on September 07, 2018, 12:22:24 am
Who is it?

Pick your top two choices.

Story here:  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,330938.0.html (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,330938.0.html)

My top two choices are none of the abovementioned.   I think the NY Times wrote it themselves.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Frank Cannon on September 07, 2018, 12:23:32 am
My top two choices are none of the abovementioned.   I think the NY Times wrote it themselves.

This right here.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2018, 12:27:11 am
@Frank Cannon @Bigun, I should have included that.  You can cast your vote now.   Thanks.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Frank Cannon on September 07, 2018, 12:27:23 am
Who is the jerk that voted Kirstjen Nielson? She is too hot to be a Commie Plant.

(https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180511092205-01-nielsen-trump-file-large-169.jpg)
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: 240B on September 07, 2018, 12:28:16 am
My top two choices are none of the abovementioned.   I think the NY Times wrote it themselves.

I agree. Spreading calumny and chaos seems to be their new job.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Frank Cannon on September 07, 2018, 12:28:51 am
@Frank Cannon @Bigun, I should have included that.  You can cast your vote now.   Thanks.

I can't because unlike @Bigun I am a sheep and voted for the unacceptable choices you forced on me.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Wingnut on September 07, 2018, 12:28:54 am
Who is the jerk that voted Kirstjen Nielson? She is too hot to be a Commie Plant.

(https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180511092205-01-nielsen-trump-file-large-169.jpg)

That would be me.   And not her....a staff infection.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Frank Cannon on September 07, 2018, 12:33:59 am
That would be me.   And not her....a staff infection.

I feel better now.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Gefn on September 07, 2018, 12:45:14 am
Deep throat?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Wingnut on September 07, 2018, 12:59:20 am
I feel better now.

You should.  I'd let her do an invassive pat me down and a cavity search on me.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: GrouchoTex on September 07, 2018, 01:00:59 am
None of the above.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2018, 01:04:28 am
None of the above.

So who do you think it was?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: GrouchoTex on September 07, 2018, 01:07:06 am
So who do you think it was?

I think it came from inside the Oval Office.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2018, 01:11:08 am
I think it came from inside the Oval Office.

Interesting.  What would the motivation be?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Wingnut on September 07, 2018, 01:12:13 am
I want to change my vote.  I know firmly believe..... Barron Trump wrote it.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: GrouchoTex on September 07, 2018, 01:23:55 am
Interesting.  What would the motivation be?

I find it odd the the op- ed went out of its way to say good things have been done.
They said that it happened in spite of President Trump.
If it were a cabinet Secretary, or someone who belonged in a specific cabinet, their grievances,and praises, would be more connected to that role, that department, I would think.

I think it was someone who is closer to the President on a daily basis.
Not as high a level of a cabinet secretary, but more of a consistent visitor/advisor.
The interesting thing is that they are still there, ruling out a Prebius, Bannon, Mooch, etc.

Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: GrouchoTex on September 07, 2018, 01:24:27 am
I want to change my vote.  I know firmly believe..... Barron Trump wrote it.

Perhaps John Barron?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: XenaLee on September 07, 2018, 01:34:29 am
Perhaps John Barron?

If I changed mine, I'd pick someone on Huntsman's staff.  His daughter just joined the hags on The View.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2018, 01:38:09 am
If I changed mine, I'd pick someone on Huntsman's staff.  His daughter just joined the hags on The View.

Oh, really?  Hmmm.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on September 07, 2018, 01:38:26 am
Come on people, we all know it was @corbe.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Frank Cannon on September 07, 2018, 02:08:27 am
It's settled. 2 votes for Huntsman. He is the malcontent! Burn him like a witch!

(https://thecryptojournalist.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/jon-huntsman-palms-up.jpg)
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2018, 02:12:21 am
It's settled. 2 votes for Huntsman. He is the malcontent! Burn him like a witch!

(https://thecryptojournalist.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/jon-huntsman-palms-up.jpg)

Wait, we're going to write @corbe off just like that?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Frank Cannon on September 07, 2018, 02:16:23 am
Wait, we're going to write @corbe off just like that?

We can't burn him. People would get too high.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: ABX on September 07, 2018, 02:18:37 am
I'm going with John Barron.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: XenaLee on September 07, 2018, 02:21:40 am
Wait, we're going to write @corbe off just like that?

Sure.  Why not.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: ABX on September 07, 2018, 02:23:21 am
..and joking aside, I did see a good argument today that it very likely could be Larry Kudlow; someone who abhors tariffs and would not be the type thrilled about all the calls to regulate the internet and social media. He would also fit the age demographic speculated due to some language used in the article. And he had already been a writer for the New York Times in the past and has seemed friendly with them. Plus, his recent heart attack may have him rethinking priorities.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Frank Cannon on September 07, 2018, 02:26:24 am
..and joking aside, I did see a good argument today that it very likely could be Larry Kudlow; someone who abhors tariffs and would not be the type thrilled about all the calls to regulate the internet and social media. He would also fit the age demographic speculated due to some language used in the article. And he had already been a writer for the New York Times in the past and has seemed friendly with them. Plus, his recent heart attack may have him rethinking priorities.

Kudlow is a happy warrior. Always has been. He would never do this. He would just resign because of health issues and retire.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on September 07, 2018, 03:05:26 am
Wait, we're going to write @corbe off just like that?

Think about it for a moment.  Have you ever seen @corbe and Huntsman in a room together?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2018, 03:18:51 am
Think about it for a moment.  Have you ever seen @corbe and Huntsman in a room together?

 :pondering:
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Gefn on September 07, 2018, 10:51:31 am
Perhaps John Barron?

The British actor?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: ABX on September 07, 2018, 12:30:17 pm
The British actor?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself/)
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Gefn on September 07, 2018, 01:41:40 pm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself/)

Ok. Actually the British actor has been dead since the 90s I believe. He was in Reggie Perrin
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Jazzhead on September 07, 2018, 01:51:04 pm
I find it odd the the op- ed went out of its way to say good things have been done.
They said that it happened in spite of President Trump.
If it were a cabinet Secretary, or someone who belonged in a specific cabinet, their grievances,and praises, would be more connected to that role, that department, I would think.

I think it was someone who is closer to the President on a daily basis.
Not as high a level of a cabinet secretary, but more of a consistent visitor/advisor.
The interesting thing is that they are still there, ruling out a Prebius, Bannon, Mooch, etc.

That makes sense, I think.   The thrust of the op-ed is that the administration is succeeding in spite of Trump's erratic behavior,  due to the behind the scenes efforts of those who control access to the President, and the President's access to the levers of power.   I voted John Kelly or (more likely) someone on his staff.   I think it is significant that Kelly has perservered throughout all the noise and,  it has been suggested, his personal dislike of the President.  He is on record as being willing to continue to serve through the end of the President's term.    That sounds like the kind of discipline exhibited by a military man - with an eye single on the mission and the good of the nation.   It is also, I think, significant that Kelly himself is leading the investigation into the identity of the author.   He is therefore in a position to control the information once he acquires it.   
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: XenaLee on September 07, 2018, 03:43:13 pm
Maybe the leaker is Madeleine, The Key....?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: the_doc on September 07, 2018, 03:50:57 pm
@Sanguine

I voted for the first and the last items in the poll.  I assume that Mike Pence's wife is considered to be part of his "staff."  She hates Trump.  The final item, the NYT, assumes that the whole thing is fake (D'Souza's theory).

Anyway, have you noticed that there is a BIG push to try to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump?  It seems coordinated, time-wise, with the NYT op-ed.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2018, 10:43:43 pm
@Sanguine

I voted for the first and the last items in the poll.  I assume that Mike Pence's wife is considered to be part of his "staff."  She hates Trump.  The final item, the NYT, assumes that the whole thing is fake (D'Souza's theory).

Anyway, have you noticed that there is a BIG push to try to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump?  It seems coordinated, time-wise, with the NYT op-ed.

Thanks, Doc.  It seems much of this depends upon what an "administration official" is.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Applewood on September 08, 2018, 07:36:23 am
I don't really care who it is and don't care to speculate.  I'm just sitting back watching the meltdown. 
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on September 08, 2018, 10:42:19 am
I think it's none other then the Dem plant.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: the_doc on September 08, 2018, 05:32:09 pm
Thanks, Doc.  It seems much of this depends upon what an "administration official" is.

That's especially important since the NYT is known to exaggerate to the point of lying.

BTW, americanthinker.com had an interesting article (yesterday?) arguing that the op-ed anon was not a high-ranking official and may not even exist in the Trump admin (which is D'Souza's theory).  Full disclosure:  Americanthinker is actually my favorite website.

Today I saw something on another site somewhere claiming that the anon is actually a student at USC.  There may be a youtube vid for that one.

***

As I insinuated in my previous post, I think the whole thing is a concerted, conspiratorial frame job for attempting to invoke the 25th Amendment.   
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: sneakypete on September 08, 2018, 06:19:09 pm
Bubbette!'s main squeeze,Huma.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 08, 2018, 06:20:54 pm
Bubbette!'s main squeeze,Huma.

She's part of the Trump administration?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: sneakypete on September 08, 2018, 06:59:44 pm
She's part of the Trump administration?

@Sanguine

The headline says "Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?"

Where does it say Trump administration official?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 08, 2018, 07:07:01 pm
@Sanguine

The headline says "Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?"

Where does it say Trump administration official?

"In the NYT editorial" and giving a link to the story.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: sneakypete on September 08, 2018, 07:12:44 pm
"In the NYT editorial" and giving a link to the story.

@Sanguine

NONE of which I quoted in my reply.

Did you have your sense of humor surgically removed,or did it die in some sort of freak accident?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 08, 2018, 07:25:21 pm
@Sanguine

NONE of which I quoted in my reply.

Did you have your sense of humor surgically removed,or did it die in some sort of freak accident?

I get tired of pointless contrarianism.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Wingnut on September 09, 2018, 12:41:25 am
contrarianism.
@Sanguine
I had to run to my mothers basement for a webster.   

Are you sure that is a word. 
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Sanguine on September 09, 2018, 12:56:44 am
@Sanguine
I had to run to my mothers basement for a webster.   

Are you sure that is a word.

If it's not it ought to be.

And, I owe @sneakypete an apology.  I did lose my sense of humor there for a minute.  Sorry, Pete.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Wingnut on September 09, 2018, 01:08:00 am
If it's not it ought to be.



I will take the steak I thusteted  into your heart then.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: sneakypete on September 09, 2018, 01:16:00 am
If it's not it ought to be.

And, I owe @sneakypete an apology.  I did lose my sense of humor there for a minute.  Sorry, Pete.

@Sanguine

Not to worry. It happens to me sometimes,too.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: XenaLee on September 09, 2018, 01:56:27 am
I will take the steak I thusteted  into your heart then.

Doesn't count if it's not rare or med rare.  Just an FYI.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: Wingnut on September 09, 2018, 02:16:01 am
Doesn't count if it's not rare or med rare.  Just an FYI.

Blood rare. 
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: goodwithagun on September 09, 2018, 02:23:31 am
I think it's none other then the Dem plant.

Wingnut?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: sneakypete on September 09, 2018, 02:13:15 pm
It's going to be someone with a Big Red "R" behind their name that worked for or still works for the Bush Crime Family of traitors for hire. Given all the political "inbreeding" amongst the Professional Party People in DC,I know that doesn't narrow the list down much.
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: goodwithagun on September 09, 2018, 09:11:34 pm
It's going to be someone with a Big Red "R" behind their name that worked for or still works for the Bush Crime Family of traitors for hire. Given all the political "inbreeding" amongst the Professional Party People in DC,I know that doesn't narrow the list down much.

I taught at Big Red for 15 years. Maybe it’s me  :rolling:
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: the_doc on September 09, 2018, 09:13:15 pm
I taught at Big Red for 15 years. Maybe it’s me  :rolling:

U of A?
Title: Re: Who do you think the anonymous "senior official" leaker in the NYT editorial is?
Post by: goodwithagun on September 09, 2018, 10:39:37 pm
U of A?

Nah. Steubenville.