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8th June 2017, 04:26 PM | #2086 |
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Bill Moyers put a detailed timeline of Pence's involvement out.
A Timeline: Pence’s Role in the White House’s Russia-Related Mess
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8th June 2017, 08:29 PM | #2087 |
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Under the EC? Trump won only because of the flawed EC and remember, both Clinton and Trump have attacked the EC in the past as well. Case in point:
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On the contrary, I am enjoying the licking that Trump is now receiving and no doubt, there will be more to come because I expect as multiple investigations continue, more derogatory information will be revealed. Since Trump took office, how many people have been fired or reassigned under the Trump administration? Now we hear that Sessions and Trump have undergone screaming matches against one another. Since Trump has taken office, the Russian connection has been made and let's remember how the Russians humiliated Trump with those WH photos.. |
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It's revealing how a rabid supporter of Trump would consider the popular vote as being irrelevant. Like how California and New York are not representative of the larger populace. To see how ridiculous this is, imagine a *very* scaled down country where the voting population comprises 6 people living in a hamlet and 5 others living alone, dispersed throughout the land.
In the view of such a Trumpist, the 5 widely scattered loners are more representative of the nation than the 6 huddled together. Supposedly, I gather, because the more disparate individuals will have a more varied outlook, while the crowd will likely be more of one mind. But then, it could be argued that the more congruent views of a close community would really be more 'representative' than would the less aligned views of an incohate 'diaspora.' But in the end, of course, the only fair scheme is one voice, one vote. All must be of equal weight in a democracy. |
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That *you* personally talked to? That's sure to be a representative sample size, perfectly matching Trump voters across the nation!
And where do the economy, terrorism, jobs and health care come into play? Sure, immigration is high up the list when it comes to Republicans, but your sample size is tiny. |
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Why is that not representative of the country? Why is fewer people in a lower density area more representative?
I think this is just ignorance of how big those cities are. New York City cast 780,000 votes for Trump. That is more than Wyoming, Alaska, and the Dakotas, combined. It is more than the number of Trump voters in Mississippi. A poll of NYC Trump voters has just as much weight as a poll of Mississippi Trump voters. |
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Nonsense. The Clintons are Democrats, whereas Russia helped us elect a Republican president. One thing is obviously much more serious than the other.
Nothing is more important than keeping stinking liberals out of power. So when it is finally revealed that the Russians did help Trump beat Hillary, we should thank them. They are the good guys! |
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Perhaps Stone will interview some of these journalists who have experienced Putin's 'humanity'. Oh wait, he can't - they're dead. |
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Trump's lawyer has his own Russia connections:
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But it won't because that would involve Trump "backing down" and admitting he was wrong about something plus of course he just can't let any perceived "slight" pass him by. He was sending photos of his hands to a journalist for over a decade because the journalist once said Trump had little hands!
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Trump is a dummy and a liar who saw a lot of suckers who took his bait and ran off with it. Now, many of those suckers are jumping off Trump's bandwagon because they now see the light. The Russians are having a field day making Trump look stupid after interfering with our election process. |
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You have a strange concept of intelligence. Trump proves the old saying parents would occasionally tell their children: "Anybody can be President." Sadly, he also proves something else: Not just anybody should be President. ETA: It also occurs to me that the position you, Antonio, express here is almost certainly a double standard. I believe I can assume with confidence that you have, possibly quite often, questioned the competence and intelligence of numerous people in various positions. And I would agree that a person merely holding a certain position is not necessarily proof of their ability to competently and effectively execute the responsibilities of that position, and may say even less about that person's intelligence. |
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The inner swamp would seem to be approaching toxic cesspool status. The denizens give the impression of a writhing mass of serpents, wallowing in their own excrement. Drain the swamp indeed--to make room for the massive influx of incestuously intertwined vipers whose aim is personal aggrandizement.
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And apparently, that's not his only undersized body part.
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Even if true, and I believe it may be not, now it is too late to dump Trump.
And the idea that a person who has become President and has 4 billion dollars is a "dummy" is below ridiculous After the US interfered with a zillion of election processes abroad they can hardly be complaining for this I think |
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Trump has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is totally unfit to be president of the United States of America as the Russians continue to make Trump look like the moron that he is. It is time for Trump to step down. Regarding Comey, Trump recently said that he would be willing to testify under oath, 100%, against Comey. I would welcome Trump's desire to do so because the sooner he does, the sooner that impeachment proceedings can commence against him simply because Trump has a history of lying under oath. Trump is no match for Putin and Putin and has interfered with our election process and will continue to do so in the future, and yet, Trump sees no problem with Russian interference. Time to dump dumb Trump! |
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From the disclaimer page of World News Daily Report.
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It would have been, 40 years ago. Unfortunately, we've got conservative media constantly attacking libruls, intellectuals, and even simple facts these days and that's been the case for a while, so it's sadly not ridiculous anymore. Personally, I'll choose not to weigh in about whether Trump's a dummy, given that I've considered him to be a conman for a long time. He's unfortunately good at being a conman and has heavily relied on demagoguery as much of that. Adding that to his nigh pathological lying and it's pretty close to impossible to tell how intelligent he actually is. He could be executing a well thought out long term plan of his to show off how intellectually and morally bankrupt the Republican party has become, for all we can honestly tell.
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He was born into wealth and privillage and has a poor bussiness record. He has long displayed the boneheaded arrogance and dishonesty that makes him a rubbish president today.
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