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Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by SnarkShark, Jan 22, 2016.

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  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Oh, my God. Donald Trump is going to be president.
     
  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    This is the first time I've been truly worried.

    That video is not good.
     
  3. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    I'm with YF, she should drop out for health reasons. Kaine has almost as extensive a resume and is 100x more likeable. That would make this easy.
     
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Oh, my God. Imagine the Bernie Bros.
     
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    LOL.

    I posted the first report, not the only report, which was still unverified by any other news org days later.

    This one was was confirmed shortly thereafter by every other news org.
     
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    YF, what do you think is wrong with her? General poor health?
     
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    LOL.

    Next headline will be about Republicans overplaying this.

     
  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Hard to say. MS? Something like that maybe.
     
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    If there wasn't video, the Clinton campaign would be blasting the FOX report as lies.
     
  10. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Yes, you went ahead with one flimsy report based on one anonymous source from an outlet with a history of bias. This is exactly the kind of thing you whine about constantly. You could have waited a short while for confirmation, but you just ran with it because you like the story. If you want to push for a higher standard, you should adhere to it yourself, but you are far too much of a hypocrite for that.

    Now if you had posted it with a disclaimer acknowledging the flaws in the report, saying we should look for confirmation, that would have been fine, but you didn't do that. You posted it as fact.
     
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  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    You know I'm not a journalist, right?

    This is a message board, not the New York Times. If no one else had reported this days later, and I was still promoting it as fact, you'd be right to mock me.
     
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    The correct answer is "I have no idea, nor am I qualified to guess based on the scant info and my lack of medical training."
     
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