The Trump Card...

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Trump is going into full meltdown mode, apparently claiming at a rally in Lakeland, FL yesterday that not only will he put Clinton in jail, but also her lawyers as well ...

ROTFLMAO

#bananarepublican

As well as putting the FBI and DOJ "on trial" too apparently

 

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It is about Trump. More specifically, it's about this election cycle and the effect Trump's presence has within it. It's not really a thread designed or to be used to blatantly further an agenda, such as, for example, an anti-Trump agenda.

Or an anti-Hillary agenda ?

Oh, wait ...

 

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You won't hear many calls for his removal because the entire subject is being pushed and hammered by the SJW and the left in general in order to distract from the real actions of Hillary to get her elected.

In any case...

"The Weekly Standard's characterization of comments I made following Sunday's Presidential debate is completely inaccurate. My hesitation was based solely on confusion of the contents of the 2005 tape and the hypothetical posed by the reporter, which was asked in a chaotic post-debate environment. I regret that it resulted in an inaccurate article that misrepresented my views. Of course it is crystal clear that assault is unacceptable. I would never intentionally suggest otherwise." - Senator Jeff Sessions

Typical non-answer "answer" ...

Are you referring to me or to Session? If Sessions, I can't say that I blame him. He was cornered by a reporter (John McCormack) in order for the reporter to get a quote from Sessions saying that Trump was bragging about sexual assault. The same reporter asked the same question of nearly everyone in the Trump campaign after the debate, looking for the same quote. It's a very smart ambush, really, because you either get the quote, or you get them refusing to admit it was sexual assault. A win-win.

 

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Does addressing a candidate's character and fitness to hold office somehow constitute having an "anti-Trump" agenda ?

 

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Sessions

 

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Third possibility: They answer the question correctly.

 

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It is about Trump. More specifically, it's about this election cycle and the effect Trump's presence has within it. It's not really a thread designed or to be used to blatantly further an agenda, such as, for example, an anti-Trump agenda.

Or an anti-Hillary agenda ?

Oh, wait ...

No need to wait. The answer is "yes" to not being a thread to blatantly for furthering an anti-Hillary agenda, as well. This is not really a thread designed or to be used to blatantly further an agenda.

Stating an opinion or taking a position, whether it is pro- or anti-, is fine. Welcomed, even. Slathering the thread with a bunch of "Hey, this makes so-and-so look bad! (or good)," especially when the posts contain links to other people's opinions, is blatantly furthering an agenda rather than attempting to further a discussion.

 

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Speaking of that hypocrisy thing you mentioned earlier, is this something I should be disturbed by ?

How Donald Trump’s and his campaign’s own words are coming back to bite them

One could say that the above speaks of the competence - or lack thereof - of campaigns to avoid getting their johnsons caught in the proverbial wringer ...

 

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Third possibility: They answer the question correctly.

I recall a recent exchange with CNN's Don Lemon and a guest he was interviewing. Lemon asked a question and the guest answered it. But it wasn't the answer Lemon was after. Lemon pressed several times, phrasing the question different ways, and kept getting the same type of answers. Finally, he just told the guest to "Just answer the question correctly, and say the right thing." Clearly, to some, "correctly" means to answer with an opinion and wording that agrees with the questioner.

 

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Does addressing a candidate's character and fitness to hold office somehow constitute having an "anti-Trump" agenda ?

"Addressing" in and of itself? No, of course not. That is in part what this thread is about. But making post after post, on essentially the same subject, regardless of whether it is pro- or anti-, regardless of whether it is Trump or Hillary, is furthering an agenda.

 

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I recall a recent exchange with CNN's Don Lemon and a guest he was interviewing. Lemon asked a question and the guest answered it. But it wasn't the answer Lemon was after. Lemon pressed several times, phrasing the question different ways, and kept getting the same type of answers. Finally, he just told the guest to "Just answer the question correctly, and say the right thing." Clearly, to some, "correctly" means to answer with an opinion and wording that agrees with the questioner.

For some, no doubt ... but then there is the matter of the failing to press for actual answers to the questions they ask, rather than allowing themselves to be diverted.

Probably why they are held in such low esteem.

 

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It appears we may have the nascent beginnings of another world apology tour ... prior to even being elected.

Anyone have any thoughts on that?

 

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Speaking of that hypocrisy thing you mentioned earlier, is this something I should be disturbed by ?

How Donald Trump’s and his campaign’s own words are coming back to bite them

I dunno if you should be disturbed by it or not. It's just Blog post of someone else's opinions.

One could say that the above speaks of the competence - or lack thereof - of campaigns to avoid getting their johnsons caught in the proverbial wringer ...

One could certainly say that. Both of these candidates and their campaigns are rife with hypocrisy. It almost defies belief how much hypocrisy there is on both sides.

 

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I dunno if you should be disturbed by it or not. It's just Blog post of someone else's opinions.

As well as some actual facts said opinions may be based on.

 

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. One could certainly say that. Both of these candidates and their campaigns are rife with hypocrisy. It almost defies belief how much hypocrisy there is on both sides.

Agreed

 

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It appears we may have the nascent beginnings of another world apology tour ...

Anyone have any thoughts on that?

I'm not sure to what you are referring. If you are referring to the interview conducted via email correspondence with Trump campaign senior adviser Suzanne Ryder Jaworowski and Marko Prelevic, the managing editor of the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik, I don't know if I'd characterize it as the beginnings of a world apology tour, especially considering the isolated circumstances of the interview, and especially considering Trump isn't know to be much of an apologist, certainly not in the same way that Obama has been.

 

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I'm not sure to what you are referring. If you are referring to the interview conducted via email correspondence with Trump campaign senior adviser Suzanne Ryder Jaworowskiand Marko Prelevic, the managing editor of the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik, I don't know if I'd characterize it as the beginnings of a world apology tour, especially considering the isolated circumstances of the interview, and especially considering Trump isn't know to be much of an apologist, certainly not in the same way that Obama has been.

I wonder if anyone else had any thoughts on it ?

 

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I dunno if you should be disturbed by it or not. It's just Blog post of someone else's opinions.

As well as some actual facts said opinions may be based on.

Well, yeah. The facts there are well known and not in dispute. The opinions, and the reason for the entire piece, is to further the anti-Trump bandwagon. The Fix section at the Washington Post, as well as it's editor Chris Cillizza and his sprawling staff (of 5 now, I think) certainly have their own biases and agendas. For the last several months The Fix has been pretty much all anti-Trump and pro-Hillary. And that's fine. Cillizza is a good writer. It's usually a good read. I read it nearly every day.

 

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So part of the MSM "conspiracy" then ?

 

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I'm not sure to what you are referring. If you are referring to the interview conducted via email correspondence with Trump campaign senior adviser Suzanne Ryder Jaworowskiand Marko Prelevic, the managing editor of the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik, I don't know if I'd characterize it as the beginnings of a world apology tour, especially considering the isolated circumstances of the interview, and especially considering Trump isn't know to be much of an apologist, certainly not in the same way that Obama has been.

Irony of it is that the guy warming the crowd up for Trump recently in Palm Beach said:

"Trump doesn't apologize for America"

Funny huh ?