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So, any concerns right-wingers? (Apparently none at all.) Also, is Japan a jerk? (Page 5)
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That... is an unusual take on that story. Does your story end with Officer Crowley and Professor Gates having a beer in the White House? Cuz I'm certain there are pix of that. Nothing in the record states Gates was drunk. Nothing in the record says Obama used the word Thug.
If you had trouble with your door, would your neighbors call the cops or come help? Why? What would you do if the cops came and asked you to prove it was your house? Is it possible a black guy could own a very very nice house?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_...st_controversy
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Why bother to ask this question? We all know *I* have already drawn a woefully wrong conclusion about it.
That's more like it...
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They were not drinking beers the next day, but after the facts got out. Any mention in YOUR version about he professor acting erratically and being nasty to the cop? Funny that the event either slipped by you or you forgot about it or.....? Do you have the quotes that Obama said right after?
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The "Beer Summit" was several weeks later. Gates was defensive to the cop, and the cop was rude to a homeowner, even after it had been proven it was Gates' house. Both admitted that they could have de-escalated the situation better. The arrest was completely unnecessary. I read all about it at the time. But your characterization is over the top, like it was filtered through hate-goggles. This is your example of Obama lying? Compared to all the certifiable things Trump has said?
Are you ok with Trump using his office to promote family businesses?
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and the Clinton's didn't?
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I don't recall Clinton using his formal press secretary, spokesperson, or media mouthpiece to read commercials for his brother's businesses, no. And certainly not threatening businesses that didn't hire/sell/etc.
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I think we should create a drinking game where every criticism about Trump that gets turned into a criticism about Obama or Clinton results in taking a shot.
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I think we should create a drinking game where every criticism about Trump that gets turned into a criticism about Obama or Clinton results in taking a shot.
Wait until Obama gets his Trump criticism shop up and running. He has already made it known he will not give Trump the hands off approach that W gave him. Then you have plenty of material to kill your liver and brain cells with!
How Obama is scheming to sabotage Trump’s presidency | New York Post
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I wish Obama would get on with it. I'm not sure he needs to though.
Conservatives can only ignore the creeping fascist tyranny for so long surely?
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So, Trump working with classified docs out in the open at maralago. Troubling or not troubling?
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So, Trump working with classified docs out in the open at maralago. Troubling or not troubling?
Peanuts in the grand scheme of things. In the worst case, he can declassify everything he wants to: the classification system is largely based on executive orders, and the President is the ultimate classifying authority in the US. That's also why Hillary Clinton wasn't going to “lose” her clearance in case she had won the election: she would have become the ultimate classifying authority. Which is also why Petraeous has access to classified information again.
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My angle is that he's not handling the information with any type of concern. Waiters, who I imagine have no security clearance continued to serve them as they worked. That strikes me as super casualness that would not be ok in a dem administration.
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Is he getting POTUS email, or just tweeting? If he is getting email, he needs to get one of Hillary's lackeys to take a hammer to it.
That was my take as well, but security experts claim you take over the phone to act as eavesdropping device that no one would realize (it's an old phone).
I doubt he can access his whitehouse email from it, but I wouldn't be surprised if his off-the-record RNC account was on there.
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Sorry, who's talking about Obama again? I didn't bring him up.
I asked you, several times now, about the factually false statements that Trump makes and how that reflects on his character.
Hey BadKosh, friendly reminder here. I've asked you many times now about your analysis of Trump's character and the frequency with which he lies.
You haven't yet answered this question without bringing up Obama or the Clintons. I would like a really simple statement about Trump's character without bringing anyone else into it. As I've said, this should be very easy for you, a good judge of character.
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Because the job has always attracted... umm... "embellishers" it's nothing new. Obama, Bush, and Clinton were all liars, Clinton was one of the best in history. Shockingly, however, Trump is following through with his campaign promises, something his predecessors didn't bother with, so despite his fibs to his opposition, he'll be very popular with his base.
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Hey BadKosh, friendly reminder here. I've asked you many times now about your analysis of Trump's character and the frequency with which he lies.
You haven't yet answered this question without bringing up Obama or the Clintons. I would like a really simple statement about Trump's character without bringing anyone else into it. As I've said, this should be very easy for you, a good judge of character.
So how do you not think you sound like a hypocrite when these questions didn't matter to you when it was the Clintons or Obama?
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So how do you not think you sound like a hypocrite when these questions didn't matter to you when it was the Clintons or Obama?
Because all politicians lie. They lie in certain ways about certain things. They exaggerate here, embellish there, put a positive or negative spin on this or that as it suits them. There is a well established baseline and most of them stick to it pretty consistently. Like a political etiquette.
This baseline is a dot to Trump. He just lies and lies and doubles down when he gets caught. He makes up stuff that never happened. 70% of what he says is crap.
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Originally Posted by Cap'n Tightpants
Because the job has always attracted... umm... "embellishers" it's nothing new. Obama, Bush, and Clinton were all liars, Clinton was one of the best in history. Shockingly, however, Trump is following through with his campaign promises, something his predecessors didn't bother with, so despite his fibs to his opposition, he'll be very popular with his base.
You've tried to bring this up before. Obama ended his tenure at 75% fulfilled.
Also, let's not forget the difference between normal campaign promises (raise minimum wage! help business! mild reform!) and batshit crazy campaign promises (build a wall! ban Muslims! pull out of all trade agreements!).
You keep saying that the left is mad at Trump's actions because people aren't used to campaign promises being filled. That's not true, per Obama's number. I couldn't find numbers for Bush but I wouldn't be surprised if they were similar.
People are mad because his campaign promises were crazy.
Originally Posted by BadKosh
So how do you not think you sound like a hypocrite when these questions didn't matter to you when it was the Clintons or Obama?
Wait...why do you think you know what matters to me? And why do you think I think either of the Clintons are people of good character? Check any of my posts pre-election, none of them say a positive word about Hillary. But that's a little too nuanced for you - it has to be black and white, for us or against us, right or left, proud conservative republican or stupid libtard democrap.
And why haven't you addressed the question I've asked like...six times now. What do the factually false statements that Trump makes say about his character? Is he a man of character? Is he a role model for men, teens, and young boys to look up to and emulate?
Or do you keep deflecting the argument to Obama or Clinton (or me now apparently) because you don't like the answer to that question?
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My angle is that he's not handling the information with any type of concern. Waiters, who I imagine have no security clearance continued to serve them as they worked. That strikes me as super casualness that would not be ok in a dem administration.
Under a normal president, of course this would be a big concern, and it still is. Ditto for parading the face of the guy carrying the nuclear football. That universally strikes me as an, ahem, universally bad idea. But with such a cacophony of what would normally be considered significant scandals in and of themselves, we have to carefully pick what to focus on. I'd focus on Flynn, because it points to a larger problem: the murky relationship between Trump and his administration and Russia. Flynn may have been fired for lying to the VP (not lying to the public!), but if I were the press, I'd pull on that thread hard and ignore less significant issues.
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Let's put it this way: If inquiries into how much Trump sucks makes you deflect to past democratic presidents, you're inadvertently admitting that he's no better than them and you're no better than the people you label hypocrites for asking you about it.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Let's put it this way: If inquiries into how much Trump sucks makes you deflect to past democratic presidents, you're inadvertently admitting that he's no better than them and you're no better than the people you label hypocrites for asking you about it.
And, if we play my drinking game, we take shots.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Let's put it this way: If inquiries into how much Trump sucks makes you deflect to past democratic presidents, you're inadvertently admitting that he's no better than them and you're no better than the people you label hypocrites for asking you about it.
Sure, and I did not mean to diminish the significance. Keeping up with news from the White House feels like drinking water from a hose, though, and I need to try and pick out the most important stories.
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That wasn't aimed at you Oreo. I'd have quoted you otherwise.
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I'm STILL trying to decide if this is part of a bigger plan to keep much of the world off balance or whether he's just another fuzzy thinking blowhard/liar. I said this before. Give it more time. Filtering out the media mis-coverage doesn't help as they are prone to mis-characterizations. Work has been hectic so I can't pay much attention to Trump or other news.
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I think this is probably the best we'll get, folks.
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Okay, we have one registered concern!
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I'm waiting for that first IMPORTANT EVENT for Trump & company to have to deal with and see if that changes the tone. If not, I'll start being disappointed.
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I'm waiting for that first IMPORTANT EVENT for Trump & company to have to deal with and see if that changes the tone. If not, I'll start being disappointed.
Does a scandal involving his NSA resigning count?
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That's not an IMPORTANT EVENT? Do you think it's completely normal for the NSA to resign after three weeks?Isn't NATIONAL SECURITY important?
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It also says something about the nominations, and the whole ignoring of the Russian issue from the outset.
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I'm waiting for that first IMPORTANT EVENT for Trump & company to have to deal with and see if that changes the tone. If not, I'll start being disappointed.
W's was obviously 9/11, what was Obama's?
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It also says something about the nominations, and the whole ignoring of the Russian issue from the outset.
But but, the 1980's called and wanted its foreign poly back.....
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But but, the 1980's called and wanted its foreign poly back.....
I wonder what changed between 2012 and now.
Meanwhile you can't even a give a straight answer on Putin and Russia in the Russia thread.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
It also says something about the nominations, and the whole ignoring of the Russian issue from the outset.
I'm sure BadKosh would not rush to judgement if Obama's NSA resigned under a dark cloud less than four weeks in.
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Some folks just aren't the right people for the job and vice versa. Its also about the emotional aspect unfortunately.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
W's was obviously 9/11, what was Obama's?
IRS?
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Shovel ready jobs?
Solyndra?
Obamacare passage methodology?
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Some folks just aren't the right people for the job and vice versa. Its also about the emotional aspect unfortunately.
Flynn wasn't fired for being a bad fit, he resigned because he defied political norms and lied to everyone about it.
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IRS?
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Might be cash for clunkers.
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Flynn wasn't fired for being a bad fit, he resigned because he defied political norms and lied to everyone about it.
Obama firing him should have been a red flag. It would be interesting to see if 'suddenly...the leaks stopped'.
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Flynn wasn't fired for being a bad fit, he resigned because he defied political norms and lied to everyone about it.
In my view Flynn resigned not because he lied but because he got caught. There's no way in hell he was speaking to the Russians about the sanctions that the Obama Administration had imposed just days earlier without Trump's knowledge. Especially when one considers the fact that suddenly Putin decided NOT to retaliate. I'd bet my next 3 paychecks that the message sent was essentially "There's no need to turn this into a pissing contest Vladimir. There will be a new sheriff in town shortly who will ease the overall sanctions regime against you."
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Obama firing him should have been a red flag. It would be interesting to see if 'suddenly...the leaks stopped'.
A red flag? I would have thought that if Obama had fired Pee Wee Herman, Trump would have picked him as Defence Secretary in a heartbeat.
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In my view Flynn resigned not because he lied but because he got caught. There's no way in hell he was speaking to the Russians about the sanctions that the Obama Administration had imposed just days earlier without Trump's knowledge.
Another brain teaser: Flynn served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, so he must have known about the NSA's capabilities. Moreover, he must have known that if the NSA is recording anyone's calls, then it is those of the Russian ambassador. Why didn't Flynn realize his phone calls were recorded by the NSA, and why didn't he discuss sensitive business so that it would be truly off the record?
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Originally Posted by Laminar
You've tried to bring this up before. Obama ended his tenure at 75% fulfilled.
Don't buy it. Where's the link?
Also, let's not forget the difference between normal campaign promises (raise minimum wage! help business! mild reform!) and batshit crazy campaign promises (build a wall! ban Muslims! pull out of all trade agreements!).
Your opinion of what's "batshit" is very subjective.
You keep saying that the left is mad at Trump's actions because people aren't used to campaign promises being filled. That's not true, per Obama's number. I couldn't find numbers for Bush but I wouldn't be surprised if they were similar.
I don't believe Obama's number, and the Left is mad because they've been indoctrinated into thinking the things that were fine 10 years ago are bad now. You're being played by the outrage faction who are angry over anything Trump tries to do.
People are mad because his campaign promises were crazy.
Again, subjective. Many, many people think your ideological stances are crazy.
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Another brain teaser: Flynn served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, so he must have known about the NSA's capabilities. Moreover, he must have known that if the NSA is recording anyone's calls, then it is those of the Russian ambassador. Why didn't Flynn realize his phone calls were recorded by the NSA, and why didn't he discuss sensitive business so that it would be truly off the record?
Presumably he thought he wouldn't get called on it. Which makes why he thought that the question.
Also, why did he burn Pence? Did he realize he was burning Pence?
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Presumably he thought he wouldn't get called on it. Which makes why he thought that the question.
Yeah, either the guy is terribly myopic and incompetent — or it is as you said, he didn't think he'd get in a position where this is a problem.
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Also, why did he burn Pence? Did he realize he was burning Pence?
That's the other million dollar question here, because Flynn wasn't fired for lying to the public, he was fired for lying to Pence. Moreover, I find it unlikely that Flynn acted without (implicit or explicit) consent from Trump. So why was Pence kept out of the loop here? What wasn't Pence supposed to know? Something doesn't smell right. And I don't think the odor can be attributed to an obscure 200 year-old, senseless law (Reagan and his team, for instance, negotiated the release of American hostages before he took office).
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Maybe Trump is smart enough to realise that the evangelicals see him as their puppet and the long term plan is to get rid of him and put Pence in charge.
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