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SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116501: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:12:29 AM

The article is very clear: Clinton and Trump discussed politics and the 2016 race. This is confirmed.

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#116502: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:14:26 AM

If it's not true, Bill is more than welcome to deny it. He has yet to do so.
He also has yet to deny being an alien lizard-man seeking to become the First Gentleman so that he can more easily harvest children's delicious, delicious organs.

"They were accused of it and haven't denied it, there must be something to the accusations!" is patently ridiculous.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#116503: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:15:07 AM

[up][up]And again, so what? You are presenting this information as if there is an obvious conclusion that supports your core argument that the Clintons are corrupt tools of Wall Street and/or closet fascists.

edited 18th Mar '16 8:15:19 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116504: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:16:02 AM

You really can't see the difference between those types of accusations?

No one is accusing Clinton of being a lizard-person. The entire GOP establishment and plenty of Republican voters are and continue to accuse Trump of being a Clinton plant. Seems like something that would be relevant to make a comment on?

math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#116505: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:16:19 AM

Absence of evidence mistaken for evidence of absence.

Next thing you're gonna tell me that Shakespeare is a fake who stole other peoples' works because he didn't have a bachelor's degree.

Two people having a conversation on the phone randomly pieced together from four witnesses involved in the conversation is, what. Proof that two people had a telephone conversation about politics?

This is fucking weak tea.

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116506: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:17:34 AM

It was confirmed by both camps. Jesus. Read the article. I'm not just inferring nothing that isn't outright stated.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#116507: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:17:39 AM

Bill Clinton and Donald Trump having a conversation about politics is proof that Clinton and Trump had a conversation about politics. That's it.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116508: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:18:42 AM

It doesn't interest anyone in the least that Bill was advising Trump on how to run just weeks before his own wife was going to run as the opposite candidate?

math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#116509: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:20:36 AM

No.

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116510: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:22:00 AM

Sometimes I feel like the only person interested in politics around here.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#116511: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:23:12 AM

You have created a narrative and are searching for every possible form of evidence to support that narrative, regardless of whether said evidence is plausible or relevant. In that regard, you are no better than a Trump supporter.

edited 18th Mar '16 8:24:13 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116512: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:27:45 AM
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NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#116513: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:30:24 AM

I find it unspeakably hilarious that you try to discredit Clinton by making mountains out of molehills, get called out on it, and respond by changing the subject to a different "Clinton is the devil" non-story.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#116514: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:32:22 AM

Dude. Knock it off with the "Clintons are the devils" shit. You've only ever come in here to bash them and spout ridiculous conspiracy theories about them. It's getting old.

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#116515: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:32:42 AM

You're going to get banned if you keep doing that.

SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116516: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:32:49 AM
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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#116517: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:34:38 AM

What evidence?!

Clinton and Trump talked politics? So do I and my dad! And he's got the complete opposite views from me. People talk about politics. Its a friggin' common subject of debate.

SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116518: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:35:59 AM
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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#116519: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:37:10 AM

You mean the piece of crap phones that flat out don't work at the best of times? The ones that would just eat messages or send them to random people on the contact list? The ones where the batteries would fail at random? Oh yeah, how dare someone use a phone that, you know, works.

edited 18th Mar '16 8:38:02 AM by Zendervai

SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116520: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:37:50 AM
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NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#116521: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:38:13 AM

To recap:

Willy told Trump to run on the GOP side and act like a boarder line fascist on the off chance that a good number of Republicans would actually eat that shit up? So that he could help his wife, who he has been unfaithful to, while hoping that the Jewish guy wouldn't beat her in the Democratic nomination?

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#116522: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:38:29 AM

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edited 18th Mar '16 8:38:52 AM by ILoveDogs

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#116523: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:39:17 AM

There's no kind of person I tolerate less than a conspiracy theorist, and you, sir, are a conspiracy theorist.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#116524: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:39:57 AM

What would Bernie think of you?

SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#116525: Mar 18th 2016 at 8:40:20 AM

Again, how is it a conspiracy theory when both camps confirmed it?


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