I am voting for Gary so I will have a clean conscience.
Vers posted Johnson's 11 key issues and they were NOT very detailed. In fact, most were a couple sentences and none of them go into detail about how he would achieve them. He seems rather one-dimensional to me.
But...I welcome him in the debates and think he should be included. As he will be on all 50 ballots (and PR?) it isn't democratic to not allow him to participate.
You can look up his platform on his website if you really cared about his stance on the issues. Gary is a MUCH better choice than either of the two trainwreck candidates.
Seriously... I wish you brain-damaged Browns Fans would STOP using the "Quick Post" feature on the main post page, and actually link your responses to the individual posters you're responding to.
It's exhausting me.
90% of the posts I'm geared up to respond to aren't really directed at me personally. You dummies are using the type field that's conveniently located at the bottom of the post page.... but each one registers as a personal post to me on my DT thread page.
If you are just generally posting a thought, please feel free to use my thread as your outlet.
If you are responding to a specific poster in a thread.... PLEASE use the 'old school channels.'
Click their post, and respond to them the way you always did, in The Old Days.
Don't just use the dialog box at the bottom of your screen as a general default.
It's great short cut for general comments.... but it's not the best default 'go-to' when you're trying to engage in targeted conversation.
Sorry... I just HAD to ask this, for the sake of 'board continuity'....
You and Arch are by far the worst at following along in the quick post.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Clem, with all due respect this is a topic should discuss with Purp. It's obviously a popular feature designed to make game day posting more easy with the amount of traffic the site receives. It's not our fault for using a feature that is easy and convenient. It's not our job to accomadate those who don't know how to use it or find it frustrating.
Purp actually did a fantastic job making this website updated to the 21st century.
It's just another example of young folks being to lazy to take the time to do something right. I mean the extra 1.5 seconds it would take to reply to someone is 1.5 seconds in their day that they can't be rubbing their boogers on their phone.
I didn't listen to this, and why would I. Rudy is the guy who said that there were NO SUCCESSFUL TERRORIST ATTACKS on american soil except during the Clinton and Obama admins.
The guy is an idiot. I can't believe he forgot about 9/11. What a dope. I used to respect him. But now, he's a doddering old fool
#GMSTRONG
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynahan
"Alternative facts hurt us all. Think before you blindly believe." Damanshot
I didn't listen to this, and why would I. Rudy is the guy who said that there were NO SUCCESSFUL TERRORIST ATTACKS on american soil except during the Clinton and Obama admins.
The guy is an idiot. I can't believe he forgot about 9/11. What a dope. I used to respect him. But now, he's a doddering old fool
From the presidential thread part 4, in response to someone posting a link about this:
Quote:
Context: he mentions Mike Pence coming to ground zero (9/11) and the ensuing passage of the PATRIOT Act. He's talking about how there were no Islamic terrorist attacks in the U.S. after passing that act until Obama came into office. This was all said in the span of about 30 seconds.
edit2: What he said was still not technically correct, but he obviously did not forget 9/11
The problem is that the video that was posted had left out that important bit of context. The more complete video made his acknowledgement of that attack quite obvious. It was still a pretty clumsy speech as I recall.
You demand more from a candidate? You expect them to lie over and over to you like Hillary does? She plays liberals for fools and you guys fall for it hook line and sucker.
Quoted for truth.
It's weird how the hillary supporters poo poo all her lies, misdeeds, theft, etc.
But most of them couch it with a statement similar to this "I don't like hillary, but................." and attack Trump.
Yep, the liberals on this board give hillary a free pass on everything.
It's supposed to be hard! If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great!
It obviously is not impossible. Guys do it all the time.
However, I don't think they are really watching. They are too busy typing to watch closely.
It's like watching a highlight show. They see an interception or a sack and then determine that guy had an outstanding game when in fact that said players may have given up several completions or got abused in the running game.
And I really don't get what is so hard about clicking on the reply button to a specific poster???????
Yep, the liberals on this board give hillary a free pass on everything.
That's interesting as it seems the Republicans gave Bush Jr and his cronies a free pass on Iraq Pt. II as well as the economy as it swirled down the toilet WELL before 2008. Bengazi is also often cited. Let me ask...how many US embassies were attacked and how many folks killed under Bush's reign? Just curious. Free pass? Contradiction? Yep.
So, my thinking is a lot of folks are just tired of the witch hunts and have tuned it out into background noise. We saw it with Obama and now we are seeing it with Hillary. It gets old and tiring pretty fast.
But, I guess you can say that at least the Republicans are predictably consistent.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
More than 800 immigrants mistakenly granted citizenship
Associated Press
The U.S. government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants who had pending deportation orders from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud, according to an internal Homeland Security audit released Monday.
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general found that the immigrants used different names or birthdates to apply for citizenship with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and such discrepancies weren't caught because their fingerprints were missing from government databases.
The report does not identify any of the immigrants by name, but Inspector General John Roth's auditors said they were all from "special interest countries" -- those that present a national security concern for the United States -- or neighboring countries with high rates of immigration fraud. The report did not identify those countries.
Clicking your link, homeland security said this has been a long problem. As in, not a new one.
Which begs the question, who is responsible for making sure immigration has updated files and digital fingerprints?
Congress? Presidential administrations, or homeland security themselves?
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
There's a possible new scandal brewing on reddit. Apparently a user on that site that went by the name of 'StoneTear' happened to be Paul Combetta, the IT director for Hillary Clinton around the time of the email scandal.
This user StoneTear made a post a couple years ago asking for help on how to change out the names of emails on already sent and archived emails because the person whose email it was would be immediately recognizable and was VIP/Very VIP (you can't make this stuff up). Lots of his other post history gives thorough evidence that it is indeed Paul Combetta (I am merely relaying this information; I have not done any research myself). This morning, when the person who has control of that account got wind of this, mass editing and deletion of that account history began.
However, some conservative bloggers archived his posts extensively before they went down. There are some videos of the content being taken down as it was happening. This could be a major scandal. Whether and to what extent it goes viral and hits mainstream media remains to be seen, but expect to hear more about it soon.
Next, you're gonna come with some stuff talking about the lizard people shot Reagan.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Yes, Reddit. That is the site that Hillary Clinton's IT guy posted asking for technical advice on how to remove or replace the to/from address on archived emails. I believe this was during the time they were being investigated by the FBI, but don't quote me on that. It's complicated trying to untangle this whole mess. It will be interesting to match this up with statements the Clinton camp made to the public and to the FBI.
Lots more where that came from. Don't worry, I'll keep you updated
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Angela Merkel's party slumps as far-right surges in Berlin election
(CNN)Germany's two largest parties were facing up to losses in the nation's capital Monday after large numbers of Berliners turned to the far-right.
Anti-immigrant party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) will enter Berlin's state parliament for the first time, after winning 14.2% of the vote. Angela Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was knocked out of a ruling coalition with the center-left Social Democrats, after winning just 17.6% of the vote. After the poll result, Merkel acknowledged mistakes and shortcomings with the controversial refugee policy which allowed hundreds of thousands into the country. "If I could I would play back time so I and the German federal government and leaders could have been better prepared," she said.
Trump calls for confronting 'cancer from within' amid terror attacks
Donald Trump revived his calls for tightening immigration following a rapid-fire succession of terror attacks involving foreign-born suspects spanning from Minnesota to New York and New Jersey, describing the threat as “cancer from within.”
The Republican presidential nominee, in an interview Monday morning with Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” pointed to the latest threat in doubling down on his criticism of his Democratic opponent wanting to boost refugee admissions.
“Hillary Clinton wants to allow hundreds of thousands of these same people,” Trump said.
Trump has called for “extreme vetting” for U.S.-bound immigrants and for a temporary suspension of all immigration from certain countries with a history of terror – proposals his critics have blasted as overly broad.
The Obama administration, meanwhile, wants to boost the total number of refugees to the U.S. next year to 110,000, a nearly 30 percent increase. Clinton specifically wants to increase the number of Syrian refugee admissions from 10,000 to 65,000.
Donald Trump said Monday he did not care if his former primary challengers endorse him, but expressed agreement with Reince Priebus, chair of the Republican National Committee, who warned that measures may be taken against Republicans who refuse to get aboard the Trump train.
"These people all want to run in four years, right?" Trump said on Fox News. "If I were the head of the Republican Party, I'd say you can't do it, but what do I have to do with it?"
The real-estate mogul added: "In the meantime, we're either tied or leading, we're doing very well, and it'd be nice to have their support, but at this point, I don't really even care about their support. Whatever happens, happens."
During a Sunday interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," Priebus said Trump's former primary challengers might face trouble in 2020 or 2024 if they did not announce their support for Trump.
"Those people need to get on board," he said. "And if they're thinking they're going to run again someday, I think that we're going to evaluate the process — of the nomination process — and I don't think it's going to be that easy for them."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush have prominently refused to endorse Trump since he wrapped up the party's nomination in May. Priebus said the party would "look at" potential penalties for those who have not endorsed Trump who are considering a future presidential bid. Every GOP presidential hopeful signed a loyalty pledge last summer stating they would support the eventual nominee no matter who it was.
"People in our party are talking about what we're going to do about this. I mean, there's a ballot access issue in South Carolina," Priebus said. "In order to be on the ballot in South Carolina, you actually have to pledge your support to the nominee, no matter who that person is. So what's the penalty for that? It's not a threat, but that's just the question that we have a process in place.
"And if a private entity puts forward a process and has agreement with the participants in that process, and those participants don't follow through with the promises that they made in that process, what — what should a private party do about that if those same people come around in four or eight years?"
Kasich's chief strategist for his presidential run, John Weaver, fired back at Priebus late Sunday, saying the Ohio Republican would not be "bullied by a Kenosha political operative," referring to Priebus' hometown in Wisconsin.
The Manhattan billionaire praised Priebus in his Monday interview, saying he is doing "a very good job."
"But it shows he's a tough cookie," Trump said. "He doesn't like it when you sign a pledge and then you use their data. They signed an agreement ... and now they're violating it."
Calling out Kasich specifically, Trump said the only reason Kasich is not backing him is because the real-estate magnate defeated the governor "so badly."
"But Kasich isn't on board, and the only reason he's not on board is that he got beaten so badly," Trump said. "He got beaten as badly as anybody can get beaten. I don't mind it. If Kasich doesn't endorse me that's fine. But I will say this: He and Bush and all of these people signed pledges."
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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
NBC's Lester Holt, the moderator of the first presidential debate, which is next week, on Monday announced the topics to be discussed during the much-anticipated event.
The three topics to be discussed during the debate, held at Hofstra University in New York, will be "America's Direction," "Achieving Prosperity," and "Securing America," per a release from the Commission on Presidential Debates.
The debate format calls for six 15-minute time segments, and each of the topics will take up two of the six time slots. The debate will start at 9 p.m. next Monday and will run for 90 minutes without any commercial interruption.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
