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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#146952: Oct 28th 2016 at 11:33:50 AM

So Comey's a partisan hack.

edited 28th Oct '16 11:34:04 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#146953: Oct 28th 2016 at 11:39:23 AM

Tactical, you have a habit of posting information without links or context that makes it hard to respond or understand. It'd be really helpful if you would start providing the context, please. And quoting Twitter posts is especially devoid of content and context.

Anyway, I don't think it'll change much. I mean, tons of votes have already been made. I think we're pretty much locked in.

edited 28th Oct '16 11:39:51 AM by AceofSpades

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#146954: Oct 28th 2016 at 11:40:45 AM

[up][up][up]It's kind of funny how someone is complaining about things being but in proper context with HRC but not DT, as if context is the issue with him.

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#146955: Oct 28th 2016 at 11:42:01 AM

What's do you guys make of the emails mentioning Eric Garner? I don't think they're that big a deal TBH so much as business as usual in politics. I think it's worth noting that this email was addressed TO Clinton, not written by her

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#146956: Oct 28th 2016 at 11:44:36 AM

Slightly related, but the DNC didn't actually act on any potential plans to sabotage Sanders right, they just mused about somethings?

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#146958: Oct 28th 2016 at 11:49:54 AM

[up][up] And if they did have plans to sabotage him, they wouldn't put it in an email, when they could do it face-to-face off-the-record.

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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.
#146959: Oct 28th 2016 at 11:57:14 AM

I'm going to have to agree with Ace, Tactical - some sources would be greatly appreciated.

@Xopher: I believe that Garner's daughter was - understandably - upset by them, but that's all I know.

Oh God! Natural light!
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#146960: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:08:28 PM

Guys, let's not jump down Comey's throat just yet. He's not going to win friends from the Trumpkins and all other republicans at this point want HRC to win, if only so that they can purge said Trumpkins from the party. Its also possible these emails are also not going to be worth a damn.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#146961: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:12:17 PM

They aren't. MSNBC confirmed the device the supposed emails were found weren't even related to Clinton at all.

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chartoc Since: Apr, 2010
#146962: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:14:18 PM

In fact three different sources said so. Here's Reuters https://twitter.com/ReutersPolitics/status/792078893670862848 For the those just joinin us few emails from a different device were found by the FBI. Unrelated to the server Clinton had at home.

edited 28th Oct '16 12:16:51 PM by chartoc

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#146963: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:16:42 PM

The facts don't matter when the initial sound bites are all most people ever hear.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#146964: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:20:27 PM

I'm of the opinion now, that the GOP hates the Clintons on a purely personal level, which I never got the vibe from with the Obamas. More a "Our base hates you, your black, and Democrat. Just sucks to be you."

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#146965: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:21:24 PM

So essentially Comey was just giving Congress a heads up that they found emails from a different investigation that might be relevant to their investigation, but can't confirms anything right now.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#146966: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:23:18 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/us/politics/fbi-hillary-clinton-email.html

So...over Anthony Weiner?

lmao.

That was a wild ride

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#146967: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:25:34 PM

I'm confused. Why were people bashing the Comey? It doesn't sound like he did anything wrong.

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#146968: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:25:40 PM

I had a Rush Limbaugh worshiping relative call me up at work and ramble on about how Hillary was being arrested and charged with treason and was confirmed as a Muslim Russian spy and blah blah blah and this was the best they could do, eh?

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#146969: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:28:00 PM

Muslim Russian? Does he know about Chechnya? Are they also saying she's with the Nazi Commies?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#146970: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:28:58 PM

[up] Yes. And probably also spying for the Dutchnote .

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#146971: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:31:22 PM

So I was about to ask about the new email controversy because CNN is going hog wild over it, but it's apparently what I expected: a bunch of nothing.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#146972: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:32:05 PM

[up][up]Whoa! Hillary's a shrewd brainiac, but she's definitely no Mata Hari!

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#146973: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:33:11 PM

This email controversy is the biggest case of political blue balls in the history of America. All that foreplay, no orgasm.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#146974: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:34:50 PM

@Tactical, please explain what they are when posting links like that. Don't just drop them and have us expect to know what they're about before clicking.

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#146975: Oct 28th 2016 at 12:35:43 PM

@ Handle: Don't worry, I've just made that up smile. Pulled the Dutch out of thin air — I mean, the Dutch, really now? surprised

edited 28th Oct '16 12:36:40 PM by Greenmantle

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