PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: JeffDG on June 03, 2016, 07:33:10 AM
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It t was summer, and a major U.S. political party had just chosen an inexperienced, unqualified, loutish, wealthy outsider with ambiguous party loyalties to be its presidential nominee. Some party luminaries thought he would help them win the general election. But many of the faithful were furious and mystified: How could their party compromise its ideals to such a degree?
Read the whole thing: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/history-campaign-politics-zachary-taylor-killed-whigs-political-party-213935#ixzz4AWjJBRFh
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Definitely some similarities to today, but still many differences. However the selection of Trump may well be the end of the GOP just like the Whigs. It will be interesting to see if there will be a rise of a third party in this election cycle, or over the next four years.
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Definitely some similarities to today, but still many differences. However the selection of Trump may well be the end of the GOP just like the Whigs. It will be interesting to see if there will be a rise of a third party in this election cycle, or over the next four years.
Agreed. My concern is what arises out of the ashes? A conservative, Constitutionalist party, or a bombastic entertainer party? It can be called The Orange Party.
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How come no one is bemoaning the fact that the opposition party is running a soon-to-be felon, who spent her entire life failing at every political job she managed to get?
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How come no one is bemoaning the fact that the opposition party is running a soon-to-be felon, who spent her entire life failing at every political job she managed to get?
Pfffft. Such things are resume enhancements for progressive Democrats.
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How come no one is bemoaning the fact that the opposition party is running a soon-to-be felon, who spent her entire life failing at every political job she managed to get?
What does she have to do with this?
This is about Zachary Taylor.
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What does she have to do with this?
This is about Zachary Taylor.
So says the man with TDS that turns any and all negative statements about anybody into rant against Trump.
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So says the man with TDS that turns any and all negative statements about anybody into rant against Trump.
I mentioned nothing about current political situations, simply a historical discussion of Pres Taylor.
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And a very interesting one at that, thank you.
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How come no one is bemoaning the fact that the opposition party is running a soon-to-be felon, who spent her entire life failing at every political job she managed to get?
no one?
anyone see the latest Dilbert?
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How come no one is bemoaning the fact that the opposition party is running a soon-to-be felon, who spent her entire life failing at every political job she managed to get?
You guys really crack me up. Keep in mind that Petraeus willfully and knowingly divulged classified information to his lover. They did nothing to him at all. Now they're going to throw Hillary in jail for using the wrong E-mail. Oh well, at least it isn't birth certificate or flag pins.
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You guys really crack me up. Keep in mind that Petraeus willfully and knowingly divulged classified information to his lover. They did nothing to him at all. Now they're going to throw Hillary in jail for using the wrong E-mail. Oh well, at least it isn't birth certificate or flag pins.
Are you going for some sort of award for understatement/overstatement.?
:D :D :D
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Are you going for some sort of award for understatement/overstatement.?
:D :D :D
truth as a victim is nothing new
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How come no one is bemoaning the fact that the opposition party is running a soon-to-be felon, who spent her entire life failing at every political job she managed to get?
Because that is their party's problem, not mine.
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You guys really crack me up. Keep in mind that Petraeus willfully and knowingly divulged classified information to his lover. They did nothing to him at all. Now they're going to throw Hillary in jail for using the wrong E-mail. Oh well, at least it isn't birth certificate or flag pins.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced David H. Petraeus, a former C.I.A. director and the highest-profile general from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to two years’ probation for providing classified information to a woman with whom he was having an affair.
Mr. Petraeus was also fined $100,000, more than double the amount the Justice Department had requested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/david-petraeus-to-be-sentenced-in-leak-investigation.html?_r=0
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/david-petraeus-to-be-sentenced-in-leak-investigation.html?_r=0
The Professor's ADHD is acting up again....
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/david-petraeus-to-be-sentenced-in-leak-investigation.html?_r=0
don't contradict the professor.
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Petraeus knowingly passed on classified information and saw no jail time and was given a small (by their standards) fine. Now you're telling me their going to do worse to Hillary despite the fact that there is no evidence at all that she knowingly passed anything to anyone.
Hey, I get it. She's arrogant as all get out and feels she's above the consequences. I don't like her one bit. But that doesn't mean I'm going to imagine felonies against her.
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Petraeus knowingly passed on classified information and saw no jail time and was given a small (by their standards) fine. Now you're telling me their going to do worse to Hillary despite the fact that there is no evidence at all that she knowingly passed anything to anyone.
Hey, I get it. She's arrogant as all get out and feels she's above the consequences. I don't like her one bit. But that doesn't mean I'm going to imagine felonies against her.
"imagine"? how's the river?
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Petraeus knowingly passed on classified information and saw no jail time and was given a small (by their standards) fine. Now you're telling me their going to do worse to Hillary despite the fact that there is no evidence at all that she knowingly passed anything to anyone.
Hey, I get it. She's arrogant as all get out and feels she's above the consequences. I don't like her one bit. But that doesn't mean I'm going to imagine felonies against her.
Petraeus's government career was ruined. That is all I ask for Hillary. Jail would be desesrt.
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Petraeus's government career was ruined. That is all I ask for Hillary. Jail would be desesrt.
Agreed. Hillary was criminally negligent (IMO) with our national secrets so that she could keep her own secrets.
All in the interest of avoiding FOIA access to insulate her for her run for POTUS. IMO.
The State Department just said that 75 YEARS!!! was "not an outlandish estimation" to take to respond to an RNC FOIA request for emails for Clinton's 3 former aids because it says the RNC's FOIA request was "very complex."
I shit you not. Those bureaucrats should go to jail too.
EDIT: Here's the story on the 75 year bullshit:
http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/state-dept.-75-year-wait-for-foia-request-not-outlandish/article/2593221
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This from the "most" transparent administration ever...
If LOL means I'm laughing can I use COL if I'm crying?