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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    No.
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Was Joe Biden’s description of Obama openly racist?

    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."
     
  3. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I guess sensibilities vary.

    But my thoughts for including him on that list. ... He's a guy who insisted on flying the confederate flag at his concerts for years and argued there was nothing offensive about it. He punched out a DJ at a strip club (pled guilty / anger management classes, etc.), has several drunken rampage incidents in his past, had a sex tape of him getting blown by groupies that he fought to keep from being released by a porno film company. ...

    To my way of thinking, that is "negative stuff that usually accompanies fame and fortune."

    But if you disagree, so be it.

    EDIT: Oh, I forgot to include the public fight with Tommy Lee when he was dating Pamela Lee Anderson. Oh, and the fight he got into at a Waffle House (pled guilty there, too).
     
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    No.
     
  5. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    You follow him more closely than I do. Closet fan of his music?
     
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Damn you, Wikipedia!
     
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    See, I’m just looking for a baseline.

    The Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden remarks were public and not in dispute.

    But, what we get is people giving the folks they like the benefit of the doubt.

    Now, I may be as guilty of this as anyone, but how do we impartiality judge something like this?

    There’s no standard.
     
  8. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member



    If you can’t kill with impunity, what’s the point?
     
  9. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    It's what you *do* with the baseline.

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  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    It's remarkable how quickly you have come around to Lizza's level of sourcing in the New Yorker piece. What changed?
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Helen Thomas? Openly anti-Semitic when she said Jews should get the hell out of Palestine and go “home” to Poland?
     
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