Roger Stone "Self-Proclaimed Dirty Trickster" Says "That's a misnomer"

He always had Nixon's back

Nixon now has his back

(Yes, a real Tattoo)

Yes, that photo Roger Stone’s back with Nixon’s face as a tattoo is real – cite the photograph captured by photographer Platon and was featured for a profile of the Stone, GOP operative, and published by The New Yorker in 2008.

Stone and the photo has received renewed attention just recently, when it was mentioned in a New York Times article about Stone’s possible ties to Russia.

Roger J. Stone Jr., the onetime political consultant and full-time provocateur, has been one of the few constants — a loyalist and self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” who nurtured the dream of a presidential run by the developer-turned-television-star for 30 years.

Now two months into the Trump presidency, Stone, known for his pinstripe suits, the Nixon tattoo spanning his shoulder blades, and decades of outlandish statements, is now under investigation for what would be his dirtiest trick of all: “colluding with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton and put his friend in the White House.”

“Now the rest of the story” (as the late great Paul Harvey used to say):

Drawn from this article (Huffington Post), in part (my emphasis added throughout):

“I reiterate again, I have had no contacts or collusions with the Russians,” Stone said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

Stone was singled out by the House Intelligence Committee during the questioning of FBI director James Comey last Monday. He is one of at least three people close to Trump being investigated by the FBI over possible ties to the Russians, The New York Times reported in January.

Ranking committee Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) brought up Stone’s earlier comments about his communication with hacker Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Although Comey refused to comment on Stone, intelligence officials said both WikiLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 are linked to Russian intelligence.

On “This Week,” Stone said the Democratic congressman was “full of Schiff.” He admitted to communicating with Guccifer 2.0 after the FBI said the hacker leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee, but that he would have “needed a time machine” in order to collude.

He Stone added: “My exchange with Guccifer, based on the content and the timing, most certainly does not constitute collusion. My brief exchange with him is six weeks after the hacking of and publication of the DNC documents, which I’m accused of colluding with him on.”

Stone insisted that he had made public all of his exchanges with Guccifer 2.0. He called the correspondence “entirely benign.” (Early this month, Stone tweeted that he had a “back channel” to WikiLeaks, then deleted the tweet.)

During a speech in Florida last August, after WikiLeaks printed hacked DNC emails, Stone said he had “communicated” with Assange and predicted that more documents would be leaked in an “October surprise.” — Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) August 21, 2016

Then just weeks later — in October — emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta were leaked in an operation the FBI again linked to the Kremlin as a bid to sway the presidential election to Trump. Stone backtracked and said told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that he “wasn’t referring to Podesta’s emails, but to his business dealings,” but which he did not detail, then he added: “There is no collusion, none — at least none that I know about, in Donald Trump’s campaign for president.”

Stone also said he was not convinced that Guccifer 2.0 was linked to the Russians also saying: “I don’t concede Guccifer is a Russian agent.”

Then he concluded with his version of a coup de grâce on the FBI and intelligence agencies who have been investing and reporting on him and his activities saying: “Just because the intelligence services say something, as we know from history, does not make it true.” He then went on to imply that these attacks on him were like “McCarthyism.” (Sound like anyone else you heard use that phrase).

Now Stone has offered to testify before the House Intelligence Committee as it examines possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s aides.

Summary with these few points:

1.  Of course Stone or anyone else will not admit “collusion” (under our law standard one is presumed innocent until proven guilty).

2.  Stone wants to be proven guilty NOT admit he is guilty… and I agree to that time-tested standard.

3.  However, Stone may get his own version of “a big surprise” just like he said John Podesta would get, only his will be a March surprise but not an April Fool’s joke.

4.  Based Trump tweets and Stone’s words and Spicer’s daily BS and other such tap-dancing to cover or excuse themselves and Trump that we see hear from everyone ever connected to Trump in this spider web mess, including Trump himself, are being couched by Stephen Bannon.

5.  The conspiracy-type responses and “Fake news” and all sorts of Breitbart-style accusations and innuendo based on crap, not facts leads me to believe that.

6.  All the while those around Trump and especially him lying practically 24/7 doe nothing but deny any facts, dodge the truth, and throw up more roadblocks while blaming everyone in the room except themselves.  

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said on TV recently that “there is still lots of smoke.” What about the fire? Is there fire out there soon to burn out and just leave more smoke – that seems to be the Trump/Bannon plan: stall, duck, dodge and deny as long as possible hope this all dies just like the fire we have not yet found – but folks, it’s out there, bet on it.

Conversely on the other end, we may never find out 100% especially in this day and age of so much disinformation based on mistrust and disbelief yet firm belief and trust in Trump by his team and especially by his loyalists and staunch allies.

They are hard core hate anti-everything about government – diehards who will fall for anything Trump says and that is why he out “campaigning” all over again – that’s all he knows what or how to do – he sure can’t govern as President.

It is easy to say that no matter the outcome, Trump's diehard fans will stick with him even as he sticks it to them.

In closing, Roger Stone’s, Carter Page’s, Paul Manafort’s, Michael Flynn’s, and possibly even son-in-law Jared Kushner’s testimonies should all be enlightening to say the least, if not just for show.

Stay tuned … I sure will.