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03-05-2017 , 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by goofyballer
Slate: Did Jeff Sessions commit perjury? Probably not.

Yeah wow the liberals are really savaging Trump with all this fake news! Great job Sushy!
Well, your mate einbert here keeps pushing it pretty hard. (along with many others)
03-05-2017 , 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BroadwaySushy
Well, your mate einbert here keeps pushing it pretty hard. (along with many others)
The standard of "fake news" is "things random people post on internet forums"? Jesus you're unhinged.
03-05-2017 , 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by einbert
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Originally Posted by einbert
At least we are #1 in something:

I'm having a difficult time deciding which one of these is dumber.
03-05-2017 , 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by einbert
It is pretty goddamn ironic that people like the fine folks here actually think USA is the paradise and Europe is a hellhole. If anything it's totally the other way around, and our problems are all self-made (almost all due to Republican policies). It's really sad. It's always the people who have never left their home state that are terrified to death of being killed by ISIS.
These arguments are so disingenuous.

Einbert, what is the USA ranked in education and healthcare in the world?

In the top 100 lists of hospitals and universities in the world, which country is massively over represented?

Explain.
03-05-2017 , 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by einbert
Dan,

Why don't you write some really good op-ed's calling for Sessions to resign. I think that's something Democrats could be doing a lot more of right now. Let's see what you've got.
Afraid I am not much of a writer, as can be evidenced by my numerous run-on sentences, improper grammar and shoddy use of punctuation.
03-05-2017 , 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by goofyballer
The standard of "fake news" is "things random people post on internet forums"? Jesus you're unhinged.
Einbert, he's calling you a random posting fake news on the internet.

LMAO
03-05-2017 , 08:43 PM
I'm staring open-mouthed at my computer screen at the fact that you're bawling tears over the "fake news" being spread at Donald Trump because...of things that 2+2 forum posters write?

Maybe this post from earlier ITT will help educate you, but I'm not very hopeful for your potential to ever learn anything.

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Originally Posted by Original Position
Meh, even that isn't fake news. It has to not only be fake, but also pretending to be a news source, eg this. Wayne LaPierre doesn't pretend to be a news source, partisan or otherwise. The Onion is fake news.
03-05-2017 , 08:46 PM
There are mixed opinions on whether Sessions can be prosecuted for perjury. We all know he committed perjury, big difference.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...ecuted-perjury
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The answer is not exactly cut and dry. At the time of his confirmation hearings, Sessions was still serving as a senator from Alabama. The Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause shields lawmakers from prosecution for lying during proceedings in the House or Senate. The clause was written with the intent to foster debate in Congress without the threat of lawsuits stifling discussion. So, since Sessions was a sitting Senator when he allegedly misled Congress, does that mean he's off the hook? Mother Jones put the question to three constitutional law experts.

"There might be other things he can be prosecuted for," says Josh Chafetz, a law professor at Cornell University, referencing laws that allow Congress to hold individuals in contempt for providing false testimony. But, says Chafetz, Sessions can't be prosecuted for perjury.

Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe sees it differently. "That would be a laughable misuse of the Speech and Debate Clause," he says. "He was testifying under oath as an [attorney general] nominee, not in the discharge of any Senatorial business of his own."

Yale Law professor Bruce Ackerman says he's inclined to believe that Sessions is not protected by the clause. Still, Ackerman says there's no decisive case law on the issue, which muddies the waters. "Only one thing is clear," he says, "Sessions must recuse himself, and it is incumbent on the Administration to appoint a special prosecutor."
03-05-2017 , 08:47 PM
Regardless of whether Sessions can be prosecuted for perjury, he perjured himself in friggin' confirmation hearings. How can he remain as Attorney General? He must resign immediately, that much is clear.
03-05-2017 , 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by einbert
There are mixed opinions on whether Sessions can be prosecuted for perjury. We all know he committed perjury, big difference.
Well, no we all don't actually.
03-05-2017 , 08:53 PM
Why do you think it's okay for the Attorney General to lie to the American people, under oath? On crucial matters of national security, no less.
03-05-2017 , 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by einbert
Why do you think it's okay for the Attorney General to lie to the American people, under oath? On crucial matters of national security, no less.
As I have explained to you before, it depends on whether he did it intentionally or not.

You don't seem to be able to grasp the fact that there is a difference. It's quite simple really.
03-05-2017 , 09:05 PM
And if it was accidental, why did he wait so long to clarify? In fact, he waited until reporting revealed the truth to the public. He prepped for those hearings, he knew that was a likely question. So again, I ask. Why did he lie, and why are you okay with him lying?
03-05-2017 , 09:07 PM
This is about how well The Donald's criminal trial is going to go btw. Spoiler Alert: He ends up in an orange jumpsuit to match his stupid orange face.
03-05-2017 , 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BroadwaySushy
As I have explained to you before, it depends on whether he did it intentionally or not.

You don't seem to be able to grasp the fact that there is a difference. It's quite simple really.
Grunching, but did what intentionally? Spoke words?

It depends on whether he intentionally or accidentally spoke words? Like maybe they were burps that just sounded like lies?
03-05-2017 , 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BroadwaySushy
As I have explained to you before, it depends on whether he did it intentionally or not.

You don't seem to be able to grasp the fact that there is a difference. It's quite simple really.
He lied, he knows he lied, you know he lied. You Trumpkins don't want to admit that you're wrong, fine. But the stupidity and the criticism over it will continue coming at you from the left. Republicans in general and Trump specifically won't survive it for much longer, particularly considering that Don The Con hasn't done a single good thing since entering office.
03-05-2017 , 09:13 PM
Most important moment of Sessions' political career (confirmation hearing for Attorney General) and you think he was playing Pokemon Go the week before? Like seriously? He was studying and preparing for testimony. He knew exactly what he was doing when he lied to all of us.
03-05-2017 , 09:26 PM
Sessions was probably just locker room talking.
03-05-2017 , 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by BroadwaySushy
As I have explained to you before, it depends on whether he did it intentionally or not.

You don't seem to be able to grasp the fact that there is a difference. It's quite simple really.
Is a lie not a lie? Whether you did it intentionally or not means nothing.

Once again I go back to a theme lost on so many people. Accountability! Own your ****. To try and excuse a guy lying because you are implying he didn't do it on purpose is complete gutter trash.

And to assume you know his intent clearly makes you a level 7 wizard so now we have to address that
03-05-2017 , 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BroadwaySushy
Well, no we all don't actually.


All of us who pay attention do. Just because broadway sush is ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us are


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03-05-2017 , 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by einbert
Why do you think it's okay for the Attorney General to lie to the American people, under oath? On crucial matters of national security, no less.
Crazy that I can't seem to find a single post from you upset about Eric Holder

I mean, he was held in contempt! And not prosecuted due to Obama citing executive privilege.

Holder, the man who refused to prosecute any top executives from the financial institutions responsible for the economic crisis.

Are you aware of Fast and Furious? Do you know people were murdered by these weapons?

Seems like some of those things would have caused plenty of Einbert outrage, and yet not a peep?

Shocking.
03-05-2017 , 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by HastenDan
Crazy that I can't seem to find a single post from you upset about Eric Holder

I mean, he was held in contempt! And not prosecuted due to Obama citing executive privilege.

Holder, the man who refused to prosecute any top executives from the financial institutions responsible for the economic crisis.

Are you aware of Fast and Furious? Do you know people were murdered by these weapons?

Seems like some of those things would have caused plenty of Einbert outrage, and yet not a peep?

Shocking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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Whataboutism is a term describing a propaganda technique used by the Soviet Union in its dealings with the Western world during the Cold War. When criticisms were levelled at the Soviet Union, the response would be "What about..." followed by the naming of an event in the Western world.[1][2] It represents a case of tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy),[3] a logical fallacy which attempts to discredit the opponent's position by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with that position, without directly refuting or disproving the opponent's initial argument.

The term describing the technique was popularized in 2008 by Edward Lucas in an article for The Economist. Lucas said that this tactic is observed in the politics of modern Russia, along with this being evidence of a resurgence of Cold War and Soviet-era mentality within Russia's leadership.[1]
:yawn:
03-05-2017 , 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by DisGunBGud
Is a lie not a lie? Whether you did it intentionally or not means nothing.

Once again I go back to a theme lost on so many people. Accountability! Own your ****. To try and excuse a guy lying because you are implying he didn't do it on purpose is complete gutter trash.

And to assume you know his intent clearly makes you a level 7 wizard so now we have to address that
I'm not following...
03-05-2017 , 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by HastenDan
Crazy that I can't seem to find a single post from you upset about Eric Holder

I mean, he was held in contempt! And not prosecuted due to Obama citing executive privilege.

Holder, the man who refused to prosecute any top executives from the financial institutions responsible for the economic crisis.

Are you aware of Fast and Furious? Do you know people were murdered by these weapons?

Seems like some of those things would have caused plenty of Einbert outrage, and yet not a peep?

Shocking.
WhatAboutDan strikes again! I have heard of the Fast and Furious scandal but if you could kindly link me to your posts on this subject I'd be happy to educate myself further. Thanks in advance.
03-05-2017 , 10:07 PM
Dan,

You really work hard to prove Fly is right about you. I don't think einbert has any posts in Politics before Bernie.

You talked a lot about things like neo-liberalism, financialization, honesty, campaign finance etc at one point, but it's pretty clear that it's all culture war with you. You hate coastal liberals more than you care about America turning fascist and even more oligarchical.

      
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