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The Magistrate

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40. And His View On Voting In 2016, Ma'am, I Certainly View As Idiotic
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 09:15 AM
Jun 2020

The mark of sound judgement is to penetrate to the essential elements of a situation. In 2016, the essential element of the situation was that installation of this cheap deranged thug in office was to be prevented at all costs. No one who failed to see that, and to act on it, is worth paying the slightest attention to in any matter of political consequence. This fellow not only failed this test, he went to some effort to persuade others to share his destructive foolishness. He made what positive contribution he could to the cause of putting the cheap thug in office, because that is what not lending wholehearted support to Mrs. Clinton amounted to. I see no reason to rate people who did this from the left any higher than the lowest red-hatted maggot with the stars and bars on his tee-shirt, and can make a case for it that is a damned sight better than any that can be made for the proposition that Mrs. Clinton was no better than Trump, and it hardly mattered which became President.

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I heard that. MoonRiver Jun 2020 #1
Calling Clinton the first African American President was always bullshit. milestogo Jun 2020 #2
But was he a racist Trumpocalypse Jun 2020 #3
No. He was not a racist. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #10
No, but he was not African American. milestogo Jun 2020 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author Dem4Life1102 Jun 2020 #31
One More Far Left Trump Enabler, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #4
+1 dawg day Jun 2020 #5
This was not about Hillary Clinton. It's about Bill Clinton. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #12
His Judgement Being So Poor In Regards To Mrs. Clinton's Candidacy, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #14
Esteemable sir. If this moment in history demands anything from us, it is to Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #15
It Is Never Wise Or Appropriate, Sir, To Listen To An Idiot The Magistrate Jun 2020 #17
So true! R B Garr Jun 2020 #20
At least, in this modest exchange, we can see why the voices that spoke truth, even in Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #21
The third party shading you are using isn't "truth". R B Garr Jun 2020 #35
I have no idea what you mean by connecting Gore to the Iraq War. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #38
Perhaps You Mis-Understood, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #47
And this proves one thing, Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #52
This, Sir, Is Beginning To Seem Like Cross-Talk The Magistrate Jun 2020 #54
You really don't see it, do you Magistrate? Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #57
Now This, Sir, Is A Line Long Familiar The Magistrate Jun 2020 #59
You are the one who brought up third-party points about R B Garr Jun 2020 #48
I'm sorry, but you know how I feel about how you try to dismiss other people's opinions Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #56
Please, you are the one who chose easily recognizable R B Garr Jun 2020 #58
+1. Sir. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #22
+1 R B Garr Jun 2020 #13
Kanye West said "George Bush doesn't care about black people" SoonerPride Jun 2020 #6
Glaude was referring to Clinton's speech at Stone Mountain GA mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #7
Because he named Trump and Reagan Trumpocalypse Jun 2020 #24
I would guess he was also thinking of the "Sistah Souljah Moment" JHB Jun 2020 #32
Eddie "Why I can't vote for Hillary" Glaude ? OnDoutside Jun 2020 #8
Yeah, THAT Eddie Glaude. Paladin Jun 2020 #11
After she got the nomination, why Ilsa Jun 2020 #27
Because he's firstly an ideologue, secondly a hypocrite and thirdly OnDoutside Jun 2020 #55
Clinton was the triangulation president. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #9
This seems to be the cynical Bernie supporter view...? R B Garr Jun 2020 #18
"He did alienate some groups in the process," Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #25
Clinton ran on "It's the economy, stupid" and he R B Garr Jun 2020 #33
Stop dismissing everything you don't like as a right-wing trope. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #34
You are the one pushing the third party shading. R B Garr Jun 2020 #37
ha-ha-ha. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #41
ha ha to you, too R B Garr Jun 2020 #42
"It gets really old to read the same simplistic stuff." Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #45
Great, because the third party distractions are easily R B Garr Jun 2020 #49
Don't overplay your membership. Polly Hennessey Jun 2020 #43
Before this thread, I didn't even know him by name. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #46
+100 GrapesOfWrath Jun 2020 #62
What does the chair of the Department of African American Studies and the James S. McDonnell TristanIsolde Jun 2020 #16
Evidently, Ma'am, Much Less Than Might Be Expected From His Credentials The Magistrate Jun 2020 #19
I disagree with you. I personally respect his opinion on this matter TristanIsolde Jun 2020 #23
Yet it is idiotic, whether you dismiss it or not. MrsCoffee Jun 2020 #36
And His View On Voting In 2016, Ma'am, I Certainly View As Idiotic The Magistrate Jun 2020 #40
I think I'll take Vernon Jordan's opinion over what's his name's DFW Jun 2020 #26
You know I respect your opinion, Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #44
Vernon came from nowhere and refused to buckle under when he was told he could be DFW Jun 2020 #51
He is a great role model. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #53
While I agree that the white culture sought tokens DFW Jun 2020 #61
+100 GrapesOfWrath Jun 2020 #63
Tired of listening to him all the time on MSNBC FloridaBlues Jun 2020 #28
Bill Clinton was called The First African American Boomerproud Jun 2020 #29
Oh well, bothsiders gonna "bothsides". dawg Jun 2020 #39
I dont think Clinton's a racist but "100,000 more cops on the streets"... jcgoldie Jun 2020 #50
The welfare reform bill was extremely racist Sewa Jun 2020 #60
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