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BooScout

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34. So? Hillary has been accused of being a terrorist...what's your point?

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #33)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:20 AM

Jul 2016

You and I both know the level of nasty rhetoric aimed at Clinton has been much higher and much more prevalent than that directed at Corbyn. Why make it a pissing match about something totally unrelated to the subject at hand?

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Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith opens the contest with a disgraceful smear against Corbyn [View all] Ken Burch Jul 2016 OP

Pffft! T_i_B Jul 2016 #1

Corbyn and his supporters have been abused, disrespect, slandered and lied about from the start. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #2

So much bullshit, so little time... T_i_B Jul 2016 #17

I'm not a cultist, and I've done nothing to deserve personal insults from you. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #21

You don't look at the facts T_i_B Jul 2016 #26

I constantly look at the facts. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #27

That's not a smear RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #3

That's not what the report said. And Corbyn, as a life-long opponent of all forms of bigotry Ken Burch Jul 2016 #4

He has platformed with anti semites on multiple occasions RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #6

This smear is so trite that it's amazing you think it's worth trotting out endlessly. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #8

What smear? RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #9

Yeah, fucking trite. James Bloodworth's an opportunistic ally of the delightful Will Straw. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #10

Oh, and in case you're tempted to drag Bloodworth Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #13

Those were at civil liberties events. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #22

So probably have all party leaders LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #15

True. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #23

Frankly, I think there has always been antisemitism in all parties LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #5

Absolutely RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #14

Well, so much for my guarded optimism that Smith wanted to talk about policies. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #7

Could it be that the Big Hitters on the Labour Right see him as a useful stooge .... non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #11

T_I_B and I have discussed elsewhere Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #12

I think many of them couldn't win due to RW baggage T_i_B Jul 2016 #16

Corbyn tried to assemble a shadow cabinet of rivals, Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #18

All the stories I keep hearing T_i_B Jul 2016 #19

We'll maybe find out something like the truth one day. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #20

The "stories you keep hearing" are the rumors spread by Portland Communications Ken Burch Jul 2016 #25

If they want amazing competence, they should go with John McDonnell. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #24

So you admit Corbyn is incompetent? T_i_B Jul 2016 #29

No. But McDonnell may be MORE competent than Jeremy. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #30

I really wonder if there is anyone capable of leading Labour... BooScout Jul 2016 #28

It's telling that the anti-Corbynites haven't been able to offer a compelling alternate leader. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #31

Gotta totally disagree with your RE: Corbyn's treatment being worse than Hillary's.... BooScout Jul 2016 #32

Corbyn's been falsely accused of praising terrorists. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #33

So? Hillary has been accused of being a terrorist...what's your point? BooScout Jul 2016 #34

Wasn't intended as a pissing match-I was hoping you'd feel some empathy. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #35

I have no empathy for Corbyn... BooScout Jul 2016 #36