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Y’all ready to pick sides and dig in heels?
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Y’all ready to pick sides and dig in heels?


Jun 30, 2020, 7:55 AM

https://apnews.com/425e43fa0ffdd6e126c5171653ec47d1

Bolton continues to be a fly in the ointment for the WH.

Seems like it’s a lot more than just the NYT reporting at this point, now including WSJ and AP.

Glad my old roommate is back home safely from the desert. Hoping my BIL doesn’t end up over there.

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This is where Trump could learn a lot from his enemies.


Jun 30, 2020, 8:08 AM

Hillary would have gotten Bolton an airplane ticket with the Ron Brown super saver fare before that book even got to first draft.

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I was thinking the other day, if Conservatives treated


Jun 30, 2020, 8:39 AM

police with the same level of murderous suspicion that they apply to Hillary, we might not be having marches.

Everyone would be like, “yeah they do do that don’t they?”

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And conversely, if liberals demanded the


Jun 30, 2020, 8:42 AM

Same burden of proof for infractions instead of casual inference that they did with Hillary, everyone would be like “what’s the fuss?”

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What’s interesting is that neither approach is helpful.


Jun 30, 2020, 8:46 AM

It’s a vice of conspiracy held by both sides although I’d posit that an officer with a smoking gun in his hand is more likely to be a murderer than an old dried up fruit bat. Maybe not a true equivalence but close.

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First and foremost, the left needs to drop all the


Jun 30, 2020, 8:49 AM

Murder crap. It’s not a thing. Stat after stat shows it’s not and it’s hyperbolic and counterproductive to continue acting like there’s some police murder epidemic.

Similarly, those on the right who are in denial need to acknowledge that there are absolutely differences in non-lethal police interactions with minorities.

Those two things happen, and we might make some progress.

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It’s got a better ring to it than voluntary manslaughterer


Jun 30, 2020, 8:52 AM

It’s the shocking language and shocking cases that move the needle in the movement.

Garden variety profiling and brutality is the bigger problem IMO.

But Hillary, still a straight up serial killer?

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Sigh. It’s humor.


Jun 30, 2020, 8:58 AM

Why does someone always think I’m dead serious when I make a Hillary/Bill murder joke?

And I’d say “move the needle” = “gets disproportionally and unfairly leveraged”

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Because half this bored believes it.***


Jun 30, 2020, 9:03 AM



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every time I see Bill and Hillary together...


Jun 30, 2020, 9:06 AM

I feel sorry for Bill. We all know THAT guy.

Bill is a genuinely nice guy. She is amazingly nasty.

But he probably never would have gotten to be POTUS without her.

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Re: every time I see Bill and Hillary together...


Jun 30, 2020, 9:34 AM

I actually hear the opposite concerning Bill and Hillary. Their private personas apparently do not match their public ones.

Hillary isn't great in public and comes across as stiff, unlikable, and frosty, but there's a reason she was a go-to for the State Department. In person she's apparently amazingly personable and charismatic, almost magnetic, and can read people and persuade like few others. People who have had person-to-person talks with her say she's cooler than cool. She can remember minute details about somebody she met twenty years ago and discuss them like no time has passed.

Bill's a lot more congenial and relaxed in a public setting and is always the life of the party. In smaller groups he supposedly gets a lot more abrasive and caustic, is sloppy, forgetful, and disorganized almost to a fault, and he's infamous for his explosive temper. He's known for destroying hotel rooms in fits of pique.

Always found that dichotomy fascinating.

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I don’t know if you are correct or not...


Jun 30, 2020, 9:46 AM

The fact that Bill became very close friends with the Bush family through H. W., makes me feel that Bill is decent guy. H.W., regardless of what you think of his politics, was a kind person.

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Those 'Lolita Express' flights were just letting off steam..


Jun 30, 2020, 10:10 AM

As to H.W., he was instrumental as C1A Director in setting up the military junta dictators in Central America... Who do you think was holding Ollie's hand during Iran-Contra?

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Re: Those 'Lolita Express' flights were just letting off steam..


Jun 30, 2020, 10:11 AM

CANCELED

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Your thoughts or my truth...?***


Jun 30, 2020, 10:15 AM



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the former POTUSes


Jun 30, 2020, 10:21 AM

I'm just kidding anyway

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I have some hand-written letters from H.W to a deceased


Jun 30, 2020, 10:24 AM

family member that I've saved, Texas oil man and all... That doesn't change the truth.

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Both Hillary and John McCain I thought were 8 years too


Jun 30, 2020, 3:31 PM [ in reply to Re: every time I see Bill and Hillary together... ]

late on getting their party nominations. I would have much preferred McCain over W back in 2001-2009, and thought Hillary would have been a very effective Pres in 2009 - 2012 tackling the recession. By 2008 McCain was a shell of his former self, and in 2016 Hillary just had too much baggage that had accumulated, including her stint as SOS. In each of those primary seasons, it was South Carolina that tipped the scales to the eventual nominee, who each went on to win the White House. Interesting as it was again SC this year that tipped the scales away from Bernie towards Biden, who has never looked back.

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We’re all busy breathing through our mouths


Jun 30, 2020, 9:09 AM [ in reply to Because half this bored believes it.*** ]



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Is that your issue? No one to give you a high 5?


Jun 30, 2020, 9:11 AM

An olive branch




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If there were videos of Hillary actually killing people by


Jun 30, 2020, 8:50 AM [ in reply to And conversely, if liberals demanded the ]

by multiple people from different angles, I am pretty sure even the most diehard member of the Hillary Fan Club would drop support.

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arent these cities run by Dems? like forever?***


Jun 30, 2020, 11:12 AM [ in reply to I was thinking the other day, if Conservatives treated ]



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What a shame


Jun 30, 2020, 8:20 AM



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The military has been patrolling their opium fields for


Jun 30, 2020, 10:30 AM

years while... Their world-wide production numbers went from the 5-10% range to 90+% after our invasion... Never gets talked about, does it...?

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Re: Y’all ready to pick sides and dig in heels?


Jun 30, 2020, 8:21 AM

This story and the WH denial are indefensible, so you won’t likely get much play from the Trump folks. I hadn’t heard about Dev Gru finding half a million in USD during a raid, that’s an interesting story.

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Re: Y’all ready to pick sides and dig in heels?


Jun 30, 2020, 8:26 AM

These are the same morons that rationalized Russia interfering in US elections. I'm expecting more of the same.

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Yeah, and they’re the same morons who said


Jun 30, 2020, 8:30 AM

"When you were asked, what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said 'Russia.' Not Al-Qaeda; you said Russia, and, the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back, because, the Cold War's been over for 20 years."

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You guys are such drama queens it’s hilarious


Jun 30, 2020, 8:33 AM [ in reply to Re: Y’all ready to pick sides and dig in heels? ]



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The “support the troops” party has had some strange takes


Jun 30, 2020, 8:35 AM

lately.

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Re: The “support the troops” party has had some strange takes


Jun 30, 2020, 9:13 AM



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No, I’m just talking about making moral equivalencies on the


Jun 30, 2020, 9:22 AM

actions of the US and Russia. It’s an odd pivot from the GOP I grew up with.

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Re: No, I’m just talking about making moral equivalencies on the


Jun 30, 2020, 9:25 AM



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Yup, these are the ones.***


Jun 30, 2020, 8:41 AM [ in reply to You guys are such drama queens it’s hilarious ]



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This is a non story...


Jun 30, 2020, 8:28 AM

Not very interesting or significant.

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I'm glad the POTUS wants to bring our troops home***


Jun 30, 2020, 8:29 AM



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If she's a hollerer, she'll be a screamer.
If she's a screamer, she'll get you arrested.


Agreed. Best thing about his presidency.***


Jun 30, 2020, 12:21 PM



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Couple of questions


Jun 30, 2020, 8:33 AM

1. Is that considered an act of war?
2. Assuming this made it to the president’s desk, what’s the reaction?
3. Could the military have taken action on this without the president’s blessing?

That’s pretty effed if true that Russia was offering bounties on our soldiers. I guess I’m just trying to figure out how we are/were supposed to respond.

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Pushing for them to be readmitted to the G7 is a novel


Jun 30, 2020, 8:34 AM

approach.

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Fair, I’m not picking a side and diggin my heels in


Jun 30, 2020, 8:38 AM

I’m truly just trying to understand the situation

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Yeah wasn’t saying you were. I don’t really know the answers


Jun 30, 2020, 8:41 AM

to those questions. Listening to the ones that do presents varying answers and assessments.

Apparently the Cold War never ended.

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The Saints got away with bounties...


Jun 30, 2020, 8:45 AM

All's fair in love, war and sports...

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dummy


Jun 30, 2020, 9:01 AM [ in reply to Couple of questions ]

it's always the opposite of whatever Trump did or did not do.

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Let me see.


Jun 30, 2020, 8:56 AM

Shall we pick the same side which pushed the Russia/Trump hoax for nearly three years and still believe the truth because of the hate in their evil hearts?

The side which remains silent while rioter destroy cities, arsons burn the property after stealing millions of dollars worth of goods and murder the innocent?

Shall we choose to side with those who just can't bring themselves to condemn the riotous crowds who carry the Black Power symbol, likenesses of Che Guevara and Karl Marx?

The side of those who want to take instead of earn?

I have mixed feelings so I'm considering the options.

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CT88 is ready!***


Jun 30, 2020, 8:59 AM



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Re: CT88 is ready!***


Jun 30, 2020, 9:00 AM

A glorious deflection.

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Did I leave something out.


Jun 30, 2020, 9:11 AM

I addressed the question then directly responded with my answer. This is going to be a tough one to decided.

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The stubborn white men who continue their adoration of DJT


Jun 30, 2020, 9:15 AM

would stand still in a train tunnel, watching the light come straight at them, feel the tracks rumbling and hear the whistle blowing.They would have this conversation...

White Man #1 (WM1) - You worried about ANTFA and BLM?
White Man #2 (WM2) - Nope commie ######## ain’t taking over my ‘Merica, got my gun right here.
WM1 - You worried about that Kung flue virus thing?
WM2 - Nope, it’s a Liberal Democratic plot, got my gun right here.
WM1 - You worried about the economy tanking?
WM2 - Nope it’s fake news, got my gun right here.
WM1 - Do you believe all this talk about Trump and the Russians?
WM2 - Nope just, just some Obama and Hillery BS, got my gun right here.
WM1 - You worried about that train doing 100 mph headed straight at us?
WM2 - What train?
WM1 - That f’ing train!
WM2 - Crap left my gun in my truck console. Guess we outta luck.

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I guess "right" created caricatures are as frustraing as


Jun 30, 2020, 9:25 AM

"left" created caricature.

skeptical of biased, chronically incorrect, agenda-driven media does not equal adoration for DJT

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If I was a cartoonist, it would be fun depicting both sides


Jun 30, 2020, 9:32 AM

The real question is whether any post in the Lunge has ever changed anyone’s opinion, ever.

Likely not, so at least get some entertainment value out of it.

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That is true


Jun 30, 2020, 9:41 AM

But I’ve also had some very good exchanges that have made me look at things differently.

The entertainment value comes from the....


Look Trump!
But Biden!
But Trump!
But Obama!
But Bush!

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Nor does supporting much of Trump's agenda and


Jun 30, 2020, 10:00 AM [ in reply to I guess "right" created caricatures are as frustraing as ]

opposing liberal democrat politicians = adoration of DJT.

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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
- H. L. Mencken


I've seen this dog and pony show somewhere before.


Jun 30, 2020, 10:10 AM [ in reply to The stubborn white men who continue their adoration of DJT ]

Let me think... ...was it 2016 when the MSM/DNC/Hillary had that George Jefferson strut, boasting of a double digit lead in the polls sure that everyone believed that Trump is racist and that seals the deal?

Yep, that's exactly how it happened.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do8yfcNDVJQ

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If only Obama were still here


Jun 30, 2020, 9:20 AM



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Re: If only Obama were still here


Jun 30, 2020, 9:25 AM

Is that worse than pretending you never heard it?

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Both accomplish the same thing


Jun 30, 2020, 9:30 AM



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Re: Both accomplish the same thing


Jun 30, 2020, 9:35 AM

I fundamentally disagree. Even just speaking out and saying “this is ###### up and I’m going to do something about it” sends a message that tells the boys in uniform and their families that you have their back. In fact, what you mocked in your post is exactly what I’d like to see Trump do. It’s what I expect out of the POTUS.

Pretending you never got the briefing? It’s a ########### puss move. What other message does it send?

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I agree with you if it is indeed true.


Jun 30, 2020, 9:38 AM

More troubling are the optics of 3 months of unrecorded conversations with Putin. Again, if true.

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And the fact that you are taking a “wait and see” approach


Jun 30, 2020, 9:36 AM [ in reply to Both accomplish the same thing ]

equates to “adoring Donald Trump.” Because it is such an unreasonable position to be skeptical of the press after 3 1/2 years of this.

Heck, I have a “Fatal Attraction” TDer following me around because his feelings are hurt that I won’t make some kind of public statement denouncing Trump.

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after he appoligized for


Jun 30, 2020, 9:42 AM [ in reply to If only Obama were still here ]

something

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Predictable responses.


Jun 30, 2020, 10:30 AM

At this point, there are people on this board who put Trump before country. People who probably once claimed that everyone should "support the troops". Here you have deflection, denial, sarcastic comments. I think one person yesterday or Sunday even made the argument of, "the soldiers knew what they signed up for." Nice.

Obed's post was funny, though.

For the rest of em still blindly defending Trump over this--and not even giving it one second to wonder if it is true and how bad this could be--not only can they not call themselves conservatives, they barely can call themselves Americans.

All their lives, they've wanted a demagogue they could worship. Now they have one.

I wonder if one day, years down the road, they'll realize how evil this man was and how foolish it was to blindly support him.

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Trump is not a phony. - RememberTheDanny


You’re really one whiny biotch


Jun 30, 2020, 10:58 AM



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#2 is the bait...


Jun 30, 2020, 11:12 AM

check it

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Re: You’re really one whiny biotch


Jun 30, 2020, 2:19 PM [ in reply to You’re really one whiny biotch ]

Hate to remind you, but you're the one who wants to fight people and then complain to the mods when someone hurts your feelings.

I know it stings, but when you've chosen a man over country because you've always wanted an authoritarian demagogue, you cease being a conservative or someone who stands for America.

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Trump is not a phony. - RememberTheDanny


Ooooooh it stings it stings!!!!


Jun 30, 2020, 2:21 PM



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We really don't know what happened though


Jun 30, 2020, 10:50 AM

He may have called Putin and ripped him over it. He may have put a bounty on Russian soldiers amongst private mercenaries. But, if it comes out he knew and did nothing... it's a big deal. To pretend otherwise is ridiculous. Really goes to show how dug in both sides are. Repubs will defend him even if he did nothing about it. Dems are ready to crucify him before facts even come out, and won't believe any facts that don't support this claim. Welcome to Murica 2020.

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Obama faced a similar situation in 2010 and did nothing.


Jul 1, 2020, 2:05 AM

Well, actually six years later he authorized payment of $1.7 billion to the offending party (Iran).

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This thread is A+***


Jun 30, 2020, 11:10 AM



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Is the + equivalent to 'ssbite'...? Left, Right, Left, Right***


Jun 30, 2020, 10:13 PM



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