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SushiSquid posted...

Zeus posted...

You could probably summarize much of that article -- which partly relies on WaPo quotes -- as throwing a lot of shit at something and seeing what sticks, which has pretty much been the approach of Trump critics.

Did you just... did you just argue against something I was using to show that you were right about something? I can't even... what?

I didn't argue against the rest of your post because you were arguing against me and against arguments I didn't make. Ad hominem and strawman bullshit isn't worth the effort.

The argument you cited didn't really support or distract from what I said, although it implied wrongdoing in several places from what I saw when glancing over it.

faramir77 posted...

plagamesforeva posted...

I am still in shock that less than half of Americans thought it was smart to vote for Trump. I'm still waiting for an intelligent reason(s) as to why that was such a great idea.

There wasn't an intelligent reason to vote for either of your candidates.

It was really a no-win election all around. The only Democrat who seemed to make a lot of sense was Jim Webb, who dropped out first. None of the Republican candidates were thrilling but, out of all of them, Trump seemed to be the only one actually concerned about certain economic and foreign issues. The other candidates almost never seemed to address things like currency manipulation and -- out of everybody running -- Jim Webb was the only other person iirc who brought up China's illegal attempts to seize the South China seas without being prompted.

Of course, Trump's downside is not having deep connections within Washington which would help him get things done.

darkknight109 posted...

This.

There's a whole lot of smoke here, but while this seems incredibly damning of Donald Jr., I see nothing that unarguably proves Trump Sr.'s involvement. Hell, given that Donald is notoriously gunshy around micromanaging and studying minutiae I'd actually probably give him more of a benefit of the doubt than I would most other politicians in this scenario (still think it's very likely that he knew all the same, but it's premature to declare that he knew without a doubt).

The problem with the court of public opinion is how frequently it's wrong. People like to bring up OJ, yet they forget all of the times when public perception wasn't just wrong, but that wrong belief continues even long after the fact. Keep in mind that the 9/11 Truthers *still* exist. Some people continue to mention that Obama was born in Kenya (possibly including the current president). Hillary is credited with several murders, including the death of Vince Foster.

darkknight109 posted...

Funny you should say that - Don Jr. recently retained a lawyer, but only *after* he'd already been talking and tweeting about this (and he immediately went dead silent afterwards - I'm guessing under legal advice).

Source? Because the Trump family already *has* lawyers on retainer, in addition to the ones he has access to through his father's administration.
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