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He'll never get over the black man who mocked him because of racist lies.

 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Shock Doesn't Begin To Cover' This Lobbying Tactic | HuffPost

On the one hand, this is bizarre. On the other hand, I'm sure the homeless appreciate the "work", especially being indoors during the winter.

 

Lawmakers demand Nielsen punish top DHS official

 

I understand it is the nature of the beast - but whether it is Howard Schultz masquerading as a presidential candidate to get publicity for his book or McCabe coming forth with new details as his book comes out, it kind of sickens me. Why respected news outlets are allowing themselves to be co-opted by Schultz, why they are not roasting McCabe for not being more forthcoming sooner (like when he was a sworn law enforcement official) is beyond me.

 

Ralph Northam Still Doesn’t Understand What It Takes to be Forgiven

 

Fox feeding Trump more cues.

Fox's Napolitano: Manafort is old and facing "so much jail time, he might very well be a candidate for a pardon"

 

It says a lot that it seems like that controversy was so long ago - we've moved on to other outrages and distractions. It's always a good idea to not make any rash decisions when dealing with a sudden media controversy. The internet can blow stuff up within hours and it can blow away just as quickly (Covington kids) and something else will come along to be a newer outrage.
Despite the media maelstrom, I think all three officials in Virginia offer examples on how to deal with these things. Northam should never have admitted he was in the photo. Should have claimed he never saw the yearbook, never bought one and was too busy serving in the military after med school to track one down and no one reached out to him about it until now. Fairfax demanded an investigation of the charges against him. And the AG rightly came out and admitted what he did before any fotos surfaced. You give the media no place else to go.
I think a lot of these things get blown up and there is a push to force a resignation before the media gets distracted by something else. After a week, it's "old news."

 

True. So what are you going to do to about it?

 

I'd just get rid of the whole line thing beforehand and do a lottery. The end.

And you bet your behind the homeless will take that money. AOC has a plan that'll save em all in eleventy billion years tho, I'm sure.

 

There isn't anything Ralph can do to be forgiven. It's not earned. It's given. And, beyond that, he can be forgiven and still run out of office. Forgiveness has nothing to do with perks.

 

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