Guy Chamberlin Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 10 hours ago, Dr. Strangelove said: I know you added George Bush invading a country for teh lolz. But the effects of that choice were massive. Not lolz. Point was that it's especially hard to match up Dem scandals with GOP scandals in terms of actual consequences. Also, I think Dems were complicit in handing the unchecked power to Bush. 1 Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 22 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said: Not lolz. Point was that it's especially hard to match up Dem scandals with GOP scandals in terms of actual consequences. Also, I think Dems were complicit in handing the unchecked power to Bush. I think that's partially fair, half of Democrats at the time seemed in favor of war. The public, however, deserves equal culpability. They wanted to blame somebody for 9/11 and they were easily manipulated into favoring war, punishing politicians as anti Patriotic if they did not. And I apologize, I was not referring to you leaving out GWB's Iraq escapade as you leaving that detail out. I was referring to George Bush and other neoconservatives who invaded a country for the lulz. Link to comment
Scarlet Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 On 7/20/2023 at 4:29 PM, Guy Chamberlin said: Trying to crack the false equivalency thing. Naturally I'm biased, but I just don't see even weight distribution or outrage consistency. Democrat Scandal • As Governor and First Lady, Bill and Hillary Clinton use their political influence to get a sweetheart land deal in Arkansas • Bill Clinton has an affair with a young staffer – evidence includes the President’s semen on her dress. Clinton attempts to deny the affair, lying under oath. • Hillary Clinton is found to be using a private email server in her role as Secretary of State, and likely destroyed evidence. • Joe Biden is old. • Joe Biden’s son is a drug and sex addict, who parlayed his father’s role as then Vice-President into jobs with sketchy foreign interests that he would never have earned on his own. He continued to be a f#&%-up and embarrassment. • Robert Byrd (1917-2010) was once a member of the Ku Klux Klan Republican Scandal •Substantial evidence that the Ronald Reagan campaign delayed the release of American hostages to help win the 1980 campaign. https://newrepublic.com/article/172324/its-settled-reagan-campaign-delayed-release-iranian-hostages (https://newrepublic.com/article/172324/its-settled-reagan-campaign-delayed-release-iranian-hostages) • The Reagan administration trades arms for hostages against all standard protocols, including the President’s own promise that the U.S. doesn’t negotiate with terrorists. Same folks illegally funneled money to Nicaraguan revolutionaries without informing Congress. • Vice-President Richard Cheney’s company Haliburton profits heavily with no-bid contracts from a war his President, George Bush, declares on false pretenses. • The Trump campaign’s illegal involvement with foreign interests results in 34 conviction and indictments. Trump says he trusts Vladimir Putin over the unanimous consensus of 17 U.S. intelligence agencies. • Donald Trump pays hush money out of a campaign fund to silence the porn star he had sex with while his wife was at home with their new baby. • President Trump brags to Philippine President Duarte about the U.S. posting two nuclear submarines near North Korea, one of several security breaches that surprise and concern the U.S. military, which Trump consistently fails to inform or consult. • This includes Trump’s sudden friendship with Kim Jong Un, in which the President gives the dictator the photo op and endorsement North Korea has always coveted, while failing to curtail Kim’s nuclear ambitions and suddenly cancelling a joint U.S./South Korea military exercise without informing either military. • Donald Trump pressures Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election, threatening to withhold military aid. • Eric Trump is caught shifting money from the kids cancer charity bearing his name into Trump family business. Donald Trump’s own namesake charitable foundation is shut down by the State of New York for improperly serving Trump business interests. • Donald Trump spends considerable Presidential time at resorts and golf courses owned by his own company - meaning that U.S. government and taxpayers have been paying for presidential trips and security to properties that directly profit Trump himself, likely $150 million or more for the billionaire. • The Chinese government fast tracks 18 trademarks to companies linked to Ivanka Trump, followed shortly by Trump promising to assist China’s state-owned telecommunications company. • Donald Trump attempts to subvert the 2020 election through a concerted campaign of lies, illegal maneuvers, fraudulent lawsuits and White House pressure on state election commissioners. He tells the rioters who stormed the Capitol threatening to kill rivals and stop the transfer of power “You’re beautiful. We love you.” • Donald Trump buries his ex-wife on an unceremonious patch of his Bedminster golf course, earning a tax break afforded to cemeteries. • Investigations into Trump and Trump related fund-raising reveals high-level grifting, some of it illegal. • Donald Trump is indicted for putting national security secrets at risk by mishandling classified documents and scheming to block the government from reclaiming the material. The classified documents include plans to attack Iran, which were top secret for a very good reason. • Aspiring second-term President Donald Trump dines with avowed racists and antisemites at his private residence in Mar-a-Lago Here's one to add to your list. The shame of it all. Especially in a legal state. 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 12 minutes ago, suh_fan93 said: He’s a clown… 1 1 2 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 It’s amazing that there are white people that are such snowflakes that they can’t just admit that there was nothing good about slavery. 2 Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 24 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: It’s amazing that there are white people that are such snowflakes that they can’t just admit that there was nothing good about slavery. We never learn about all the money they made opening blacksmiths shops… Like I said, this guy’s a clown. I still think we’re getting “Punk’d”. There has to be hidden cameras somewhere. Right? Are people really dumb enough to eat this crap up? 2 Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 3 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: BREAKING NEWS!!!!! We're quickly reverting back to the Tan Suit of discourse on the Right. Good news is that means they don't have anything to actually complain about. The bad news is that Republicans still show up to the voting both which is terrifying. 1 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 2 hours ago, funhusker said: We never learn about all the money they made opening blacksmiths shops… Like I said, this guy’s a clown. I still think we’re getting “Punk’d”. There has to be hidden cameras somewhere. Right? Are people really dumb enough to eat this crap up? Unfortunately yes.….we went through two presidential cycles with millions voting for Trump. That’s all the proof you need. 2 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 38 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Unfortunately yes.….we went through two presidential cycles with millions voting for Trump. That’s all the proof you need. Hey; if the entire world can come together to cause economic turmoil around the world to make Trump look bad, surely half of a nations registered voters can get together to “own the libs”!!! 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 1 hour ago, funhusker said: Hey; if the entire world can come together to cause economic turmoil around the world to make Trump look bad, surely half of a nations registered voters can get together to “own the libs”!!! 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 5 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: It’s amazing that there are white people that are such snowflakes that they can’t just admit that there was nothing good about slavery. Check out the race of the people who helped develop the curriculum 2 Link to comment
Scarlet Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Here's some more outlandish behavior for the patriots to get all lathered up about. Imagine how enraged they'd be if an armed mob carrying the Confederate flag screaming hang the vice president stormed the Capitol and interfered with our democratic processes 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 58 minutes ago, Scarlet said: Here's some more outlandish behavior for the patriots to get all lathered up about. Imagine how enraged they'd be if an armed mob carrying the Confederate flag screaming hang the vice president stormed the Capitol and interfered with our democratic processes Well s#!t! I committed treason this morning at my kid’s swim meet… Link to comment
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