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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts) Sat Mar 21, 2015, 09:45 PM Mar 2015

"The other kids did it too" [View all]

We've been teaching our teenager, for more than a decade, that this is not an excuse. My guess is that most other parents do the same.

Why is this a bull@$%& excuse for child's behavior, but perfectly acceptable for a national political figure?

Another thing I'll just never understand, I suppose.

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"The other kids did it too" [View all] MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 OP

Crisis of imagination Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #1

So that's my problem. nt MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #2

Crisis of denial. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #12

but, but, but, it wasn't illegal!!!11!1!! Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #3

Rules don't apply to Clintons Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #4

"If the other kids jumped off a cliff, would you?" Archae Mar 2015 #5

We can't let a Republican hit the bottom of the cliff first! Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #6

She asked that because rock Mar 2015 #9

Probably something to do with lacking the "fawning groupie" gene.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #7

That thread should be subtitled OnyxCollie Mar 2015 #14

Sailing close to breaking the law, sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #8

What if the "other kids" are Republicans, doesn't that make it even nastier? NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #10

How to handle this . . . or not. ashling Mar 2015 #11

Democratic Party has become a souless for-profit corporation, desperately trying to convince people whereisjustice Mar 2015 #13

Fear, plain and simple Revanchist Mar 2015 #15

Hillary Clinton has too much of a debt to pay to Wall Street for her candidacy, her tone deaf whereisjustice Mar 2015 #16