2016 Postmortem

griffi94

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51. Then change it

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 12:50 PM

Apr 2016

Until then you seem to be upset because things aren't like they should be.
The OP was about defending Hillary for taking money from billionaires
just because it was legal.

It doesn't need a defense. It's not against the law.
It's not a moral outrage to me.
I don't spend a lot of time worrying about how things should be.

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Lastest Hillary defense: It's okay to take huge contributions from gazillionaires because ... [View all] KPN Apr 2016 OP

Actually, it is. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1

Only in a court. KPN Apr 2016 #5

Is that what I said? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #6

Extrapolate. Can you do that? KPN Apr 2016 #8

You extrapolated that out your backside. I said nothing about 2008. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #12

You made my last point for me ... thank you. KPN Apr 2016 #15

Nonsense, but I know your type. Have the last word if that pleases you. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #21

But not defensible...She donlt walk the talk like Bernie Armstead Apr 2016 #56

Well - how else do you expect to go from being millions in debt to worth over $130mil in 15 yrs? jmg257 Apr 2016 #2

Think about poor starving Chelsea... Yurovsky Apr 2016 #11

YES!! Do it for the children! nt jmg257 Apr 2016 #18

.heehee 840high Apr 2016 #67

This Sanders voting GOTV activist disagrees with you. I don't want either Dem blm Apr 2016 #3

I disagree....Bernie hasn't disarmed. Armstead Apr 2016 #57

I don't trust that up against a fully armed GOP, Armstead. blm Apr 2016 #62

I should have amended that...It is a little late this time for a complete clean up Armstead Apr 2016 #64

This is why I fear some of the purity talk - it's actually crazy and impossible to do blm Apr 2016 #66

As long as it was legal griffi94 Apr 2016 #4

Legal = Good, eh? KPN Apr 2016 #7

Legal = legal griffi94 Apr 2016 #9

Legal because those same people bought the politicians who wrote the law for them. polichick Apr 2016 #14

Doesn't make it any less legal griffi94 Apr 2016 #17

Legal corruption. What a high bar! polichick Apr 2016 #20

It's legal and it's also quite common in politics. griffi94 Apr 2016 #24

Of course it's legal - bought and paid for legality.. polichick Apr 2016 #28

Oh look: a conservative in our midst. Maedhros Apr 2016 #59

Been a democrat since 1980 griffi94 Apr 2016 #60

Slavery was once legal. pangaia Apr 2016 #77

Yep griffi94 Apr 2016 #79

Your brain can't move beyond that?? KPN Apr 2016 #16

I don't need to do better than that griffi94 Apr 2016 #19

Therein the problem KPN Apr 2016 #23

I don't see a problem griffi94 Apr 2016 #29

Really. If it was legal to torture kids, that poster would be cool with it... polichick Apr 2016 #30

Wow you're really comparing campaign finance to torturing children. griffi94 Apr 2016 #33

I'm pointing out how shallow your thinking is. If it's legal, it's cool... polichick Apr 2016 #36

No you're really not griffi94 Apr 2016 #38

I'm not "POd" - just amused at your inability to connect dots. polichick Apr 2016 #39

I connect dots just fine griffi94 Apr 2016 #41

Good thing Americans fighting for justice over the years didn't think like that... polichick Apr 2016 #42

I'm not sure what your point is griffi94 Apr 2016 #46

My point is * being legal does not equal being right * and it's especially vile when... polichick Apr 2016 #48

Being legal = not against the law griffi94 Apr 2016 #49

Laws don't change UNTIL people care. Think hard. polichick Apr 2016 #50

Then change it griffi94 Apr 2016 #51

"I don't spend a lot of time worrying about how things should be." Obviously. polichick Apr 2016 #55

We are trying to change it. KPN Apr 2016 #75

Interesting - do you disagree with her on this whole PLCAA lawsuit thing? jmg257 Apr 2016 #25

I don't know enough about that case to render an opinion. griffi94 Apr 2016 #35

You should check it out - its one of her main arguments against Sanders. jmg257 Apr 2016 #43

Is it against the law to take huge sums of money from a billionaire Trajan Apr 2016 #31

Then reject it griffi94 Apr 2016 #34

Sanders has always been funded by rich, he just lies or omits it. seabeyond Apr 2016 #10

If that were true, you would show it. Octafish Apr 2016 #45

Same defense corporations use to avoid taxes. polichick Apr 2016 #13

But, as an ordinary 1%er, I'm still allowed to give? brooklynite Apr 2016 #22

Still waiting to see the Bernie Sanders model applied to the entire election brooklynite Apr 2016 #26

Seriously though, she has only a very small percentage of $ coming in from average Joe supporters NorthCarolina Apr 2016 #27

If she didn't take cash from the wealthy... Ino Apr 2016 #40

If she didn't take cash from the wealthy ... KPN Apr 2016 #47

That is what the prez said about arresting wall street crooks too. "It's not illegal." wendylaroux Apr 2016 #32

Latest Podium Bird Logic: Lets go to a gun fight with a baseball bat cause MORALS!!!! uponit7771 Apr 2016 #37

Why do I think of that scene in The Magic Christian? hobbit709 Apr 2016 #44

+1000000 for the reference SwampG8r Apr 2016 #53

Yep. Legal...just like subprime loans, ARMs, gun shows. All legal. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #52

And there you have stated the problem in a nutshell. merrily Apr 2016 #54

She's awful Carolina Apr 2016 #58

And that has always been her M.O. ... Yurovsky Apr 2016 #61

Exactly! Carolina Apr 2016 #63

Jebbie Bush amassed twice as much money as all of them running & no speech for donation needed. Sunlei Apr 2016 #65

So? KPN Apr 2016 #68

What? Sunlei Apr 2016 #70

Do you have a point? KPN Apr 2016 #74

Sounds ok to me and perfectly consistent with the personality of Our Lady of the Loopholes HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #69

Our Lady of the Loopholes, Pray for Us! QC Apr 2016 #71

I'm still shocked she invoked 9/11 to justify Wall St. donations in a debate icecreamfan Apr 2016 #72

She got those donations the old fashioned way... she earned them HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #73

My 2 cents on this... Joob Apr 2016 #76

The idolatry of money felix_numinous Apr 2016 #78