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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#135051: Aug 12th 2016 at 8:27:39 AM

Anyone heard about the Clinton Foundation stuff today? haven't had time to research it today.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#135052: Aug 12th 2016 at 8:33:51 AM

Something about an FBI investigation in it or other.

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#135053: Aug 12th 2016 at 8:48:52 AM

The FBI decided not to investigate potential ties between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department.

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#135054: Aug 12th 2016 at 8:53:17 AM

Sure this will be used as evidence of how Hillary is crooked by the Trumpets, because somehow she can buy off the FBI.

Inter arma enim silent leges
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#135057: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:20:12 AM

[up]He should have used the word "Hyperbole".

Leviticus 19:34
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135058: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:28:26 AM

And heeeeere's the backpedal

In reversal, Trump says IS claim about Obama was sarcastic: http://bigstory.ap.org/82383cd02a034ac2a2d8a4252b5267e1&utm_source=android_app&utm_medium=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=share

Edit: [nja]

edited 12th Aug '16 9:31:04 AM by sgamer82

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#135059: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:30:43 AM

If that's indeed the case, then he should have clarified that in his earlier interview.

By my reckoning, if your sarcastic remarks are being taken as serious statements, then you should probably clarify them, not give more sarcasm.

edited 12th Aug '16 9:31:02 AM by KarkatTheDalek

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#135060: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:34:23 AM

"It's just a prank, bro!"

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#135061: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:37:09 AM

"The no-good, lying liberal media just got..."

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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#135062: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:40:16 AM

Regarding the F Bi thing...I'm seeing it reported on CNN apparently that some people in the FBI wanted to and the DOJ said no?

Stormtroper from Little Venice Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
#135063: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:45:28 AM

Trump finally backpedals from his "Obama directly created IS" comments, claiming it was sarcasm.Whatever you say.

Obligatory.

And that's how I ended up in the wardrobe. It Just Bugs Me!
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135064: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:46:29 AM

[up][up] How many is "some"? And how prominent?

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135065: Aug 12th 2016 at 9:56:48 AM

Judge: Ohio must accept Planned Parenthood grant application: http://bigstory.ap.org/abcd00ace3464bb0809065669afaa923&utm_source=android_app&utm_medium=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=share

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge says Ohio's health department must consider a grant application from Planned Parenthood as a law that seeks to divert public money away from the organization is being challenged.

The law was set to take effect in May, though a court order has placed it on hold while the judge weighs the challenge. That order is set to expire Friday.

The legislation targets money Planned Parenthood gets through grants administered by the health department. That money is mostly federal and supports initiatives that provide HIV tests, cancer screenings and other prevention services.

The law bars such funds from going to entities that perform or promote abortions.

edited 12th Aug '16 9:58:30 AM by sgamer82

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#135067: Aug 12th 2016 at 10:01:13 AM

Yeah, the "sarcasm" remark is an unholy hybrid of "Just Joking" Justification and You Keep Using That Word - in no way was the comment itself "sarcastic".

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#135069: Aug 12th 2016 at 10:13:09 AM

[up]

Ugh, an investigation of the Clinton Foundation is a mixed bag either way. If it was investigated and the investigation concluded with no evidence of wrongdoing by the election, people would feel more confident about voting for her, though obviously be bad if it wasn't concluded by that point. However, by not investigating, the government saves money on what may very well be another false lead... but it also gives the "Clinton is a criminal with politicians in her pocket!" something to cling onto, and raises doubts among those that aren't supporting her outright.

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kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#135071: Aug 12th 2016 at 10:23:21 AM

[up]Is it so wrong to want an election where I feel like there's an actual real choice? Because rather than feeling like I'm choosing between two or more completely valid and legitimate choices, it instead feels like a contest between decency, stupidity, insanity, and a fusion of the latter two. (Figure out which is which.tongue) Which is no real contest at all.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#135072: Aug 12th 2016 at 10:44:55 AM

So long as media networks and the politicians themselves continue dredging up half-baked attempts at discrediting political opponents which are then immediately assumed to be fact by the general audience at large, there will never be a "real choice" candidate. What you are asking for is a candidate who is so holy, so composed of all-consuming grace that none could even dare to speak against him or her.

Which does happen, but you wouldn't like the leaders who rise to power that way. The Kim dynasty, for example.

edited 12th Aug '16 10:45:12 AM by TobiasDrake

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#135073: Aug 12th 2016 at 10:57:19 AM

That is not a "choice" you are describing, Tobias.

A real choice would be several candidates, several of them to choose from rather than one acceptable, a few chanceless and one Pure Evil.

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#135074: Aug 12th 2016 at 10:58:22 AM

I may have misinterpreted "real choice" to mean a candidate who is worth choosing on their own merits instead of as the lesser evil, rather than "A legitimately difficult decision between upstanding individuals of equal merit."

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#135075: Aug 12th 2016 at 11:05:17 AM

It isn't "real choice" you lack, it's better candidates you lack.

Leviticus 19:34

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