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16. False Equivalence Again

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:36 PM

Jun 2016

I support Bernie, but this is all too indicative of our media playing the "both sides do it" card. Lemme see here - a former Senator and Sec. State is a troubling individual to give briefings??? WTF? I can see the worries about tRump, but guess what - you gets the candidates who wins the race. To put them both into the same worry pool is bunkum, pure donkey fazoo.

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US intelligence officials concerned about briefing Trump, Clinton [View all] seafan Jun 2016 OP

What a fucking something or other this is...!! pangaia Jun 2016 #1

Well, you made me feel better! Wilms Jun 2016 #6

Great. One should always try to bring joy to other human beings. pangaia Jun 2016 #8

Think I'll skip the Bookers and go right to hookers Frank Cannon Jun 2016 #33

I don't even know what a '70s dystopian sci-fi trope is. pangaia Jun 2016 #35

Movies like Silent Running, Rollerball... Frank Cannon Jun 2016 #44

I have heard of all those films but never saw them, if you can imagine that. pangaia Jun 2016 #46

Oh, well, then you've got some movie watching to do! Frank Cannon Jun 2016 #59

the city scape Marty McGraw Jun 2016 #63

That's the one that came to my mind too. bjo59 Jun 2016 #69

I have the titles copied and will get them from Netflix. pangaia Jun 2016 #65

There is a sequel, you know--it is called tblue37 Jun 2016 #73

Are they giving us a reason bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #2

Pathetic. nt OnyxCollie Jun 2016 #3

The Corporate-Oligarchy has us where they want us. It's time to fight back. nm rhett o rick Jun 2016 #4

I think that is maybe what a lot or at least some of Clinton supporters do not see. pangaia Jun 2016 #9

I agree. I think a lot of failures have been do to the fact that the challenger rhett o rick Jun 2016 #36

Hillary has a proven record of ignoring security measures. Trump, not yet. nt thereismore Jun 2016 #5

Give him time, I am sure he can outdo Clinton. AntiBank Jun 2016 #20

It's possible. nt thereismore Jun 2016 #25

That would take a L-O-N-G time. BillZBubb Jun 2016 #41

They're probably also worried that Trump will try to sell or otherwise profit from the information. forest444 Jun 2016 #7

Does he have a Foundation......? 840high Jun 2016 #45

Zing! It's one of life's great ironies, as you know, forest444 Jun 2016 #64

More like he is too ignorant and thoughtless to know when to keep his mouth shut or tblue37 Jun 2016 #74

maybe they should just skip it for both until after the election Angel Martin Jun 2016 #10

+1 JBoy Jun 2016 #23

No problem with Colin Powell, though, despite his DELETING all of his emails pnwmom Jun 2016 #11

At least he didn't have a private server in the basement. Duval Jun 2016 #12

A private server could be much more secure than AOL was, depending pnwmom Jun 2016 #17

The point isn't that her server was more or less secure, she didn't have the authority rhett o rick Jun 2016 #38

And she wasn't forbidden from doing it either. The law specifically allowed pnwmom Jun 2016 #42

For confidential documents? Then why the investigation. I think Clinton rhett o rick Jun 2016 #52

For anything that wasn't classified, She used her SCIF secure system, pnwmom Jun 2016 #58

She claims she did know which was and wasn't classified. Again, the FBI is interested in rhett o rick Jun 2016 #60

I don't even know what your first sentence is supposed to mean. n/t pnwmom Jun 2016 #61

This private server wasn't more secure than AOL. frylock Jun 2016 #51

Yup dbackjon Jun 2016 #13

Colin Powell is running for president????? AlbertCat Jun 2016 #29

LOL. No, that's the "they did it too so it must be ok" excuse. Didn't work for me with my Mom rhett o rick Jun 2016 #39

Is Powell running for POTUS? I must have missed that... Raster Jun 2016 #32

I know it's difficult, but maybe try and stay on topic? frylock Jun 2016 #50

don't even bother trying to defend this situation grasswire Jun 2016 #57

This is NOT NEWS, it's opinion!!!!!!!! George II Jun 2016 #14

it's news AntiBank Jun 2016 #22

What, are you going to tell. How childish. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #49

15 more days hurr durrrrrrrrr frylock Jun 2016 #54

Eight (8) exclamation points! This must be something really important! FailureToCommunicate Jun 2016 #56

Well, on Clinton's behalf, fuck them. She was the Secretary of State!!! PatrickforO Jun 2016 #15

OP is idiotic SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #26

False Equivalence Again shadowmayor Jun 2016 #16

You can imagine who those anonymous sources were. n/t pnwmom Jun 2016 #19

Absolutely spot on post!!! hamsterjill Jun 2016 #43

in Honduras, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and now Iran, not once did she listen to experts MisterP Jun 2016 #72

Maybe the fundamental question is: SheilaT Jun 2016 #18

So they can hit the ground running? scscholar Jun 2016 #27

'when they rule' -- Careful, your authoritarian stripes are showing. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #67

The time between the election and the Inauguration SheilaT Jun 2016 #71

Why are there so many threads sourced from The Hill lately? passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #21

The worst thing EdwardBernays Jun 2016 #24

She was SOS, who are these current and former officials? Republicans? wisteria Jun 2016 #28

I have developed a healthy scepticism for vague unnamed sources, however gordianot Jun 2016 #30

While I understand the concern about Trump... Mike Nelson Jun 2016 #31

Attempting to level an uneven playing field Zambero Jun 2016 #34

Well, actually she is! Both are incompetent! Herman4747 Jun 2016 #40

I do. 840high Jun 2016 #47

Weddings don't count Zambero Jun 2016 #70

Trump Intelligence Briefing bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #37

Guess who WON'T get any briefings? George II Jun 2016 #48

He wont be listening anyway because he already knows.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2016 #53

Lol. You think you are concerned now, wait 'til November. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2016 #55

Good Lord of the Flies, how effed up is this development? nc4bo Jun 2016 #62

"Some" only?!? intrepidity Jun 2016 #66

Why would they give this kind of top level info out to candidates? LiberalLovinLug Jun 2016 #68

LOCKING THREAD AS ANALYSIS/OPION LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #75