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05-10-2017 , 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by An_Reathai
It's really not that hard... An analogy: a colleague of yours is incompetent and incapable of doing his job but gets fired because he's black. It's reasonable to think your colleague is a joke and still be outraged at his firing...
This analogy needs to get flipped for someone like TrumpTrain to understand it
05-10-2017 , 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by shpanko
You're going on ignore. No use in trying to have any logical discussion with you. I recommend everyone else do the same.
Why people continue to interact with lost causes is beyond me. I guess there's some sport involved in attempting to make stupid people feel stupid. But that won't happen due to the Dunning-Kruger Effect. It's simply pissing up a rope.

I mean the guy chose the name TrumpTrain ffs! Do you really think this is a person capable of rational thought?
05-10-2017 , 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Chippa58
Pence just shoveling **** for Trump. Pence implied the administration will drag their feet in finding a replacement. That's a bit dangerous though right? Comey appointee Andrew McCabe will be in charge for now. Who's to say he won't ramp up the timetable on the investigation?
Does he want to get fired?
05-10-2017 , 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by DVaut1
Does he want to get fired?
Do soldiers want to die? I know don't know anything about this guy, but some people will fall on their swords for their country.
05-10-2017 , 11:22 AM
Getting fired by trump seems like a golden ticket
05-10-2017 , 11:25 AM
05-10-2017 , 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by DVaut1
Does he want to get fired?
If he has a moral compass, I wouldn't rule it out.

If he cares more about his job than the country, then he'll see what happened when Comey investigated and either drag his feet or drop it entirely.
05-10-2017 , 11:31 AM
And what excuse would Trump or his deputy A.G. use to fire McCabe?
05-10-2017 , 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Chippa58
Do soldiers want to die? I know don't know anything about this guy, but some people will fall on their swords for their country.
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
If he has a moral compass, I wouldn't rule it out.

If he cares more about his job than the country, then he'll see what happened when Comey investigated and either drag his feet or drop it entirely.
I feel like the whole idea of civil servants and others in power risking their careers to serve some mythical national interest is pretty passe at this point. It's like shorting some company you know has a bad business model: sure, Trump is bound to go belly up at some point, but we might go broke shorting him and betting on courage while we wait.
05-10-2017 , 11:33 AM
It's like betting on Ned Stark after literally having watched all of season one of GoT.
05-10-2017 , 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyWf
This analogy needs to get flipped for someone like TrumpTrain to understand it
imagine if you had a white coworker who is bad at his job and his black boss fires him for being christian.
05-10-2017 , 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Chippa58
And what excuse would Trump or his deputy A.G. use to fire McCabe?
He was deputy director when OMG EMAILZ was going on. All Trump has to do is something like, "New information has come to light that McCabe was stupid as Comey while ivestigating Hilary's EMAILZ!! Horrible!"
05-10-2017 , 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyWf
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...-russia-238192

This article is a life changing document




I would pay $5 to hear that in the voice of the narrator from The Assassination of Jesse James:
I love how the score picks up at 1:12. That movie had a great score, like when Robert Ford's brother can't take the shame anymore, just epic music.

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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
Can't believe that no one realizes that Trump did not fire Comey because of his handling of Clinton nor because of Russia. He fired him because he said that it made him nauseous to think he might have helped Trump win the election.
Did you independently confirm this by thinking about it?
05-10-2017 , 11:44 AM
Any sentence that begins with "If republicans care about" and does not contain "tax cuts for rich people" and/or "getting re-elected" reflects negatively on the author.
05-10-2017 , 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by An_Reathai
It's really not that hard... An analogy: a colleague of yours is incompetent and incapable of doing his job but gets fired because he's black. It's reasonable to think your colleague is a joke and still be outraged at his firing...


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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian
imagine if you had a white coworker who is bad at his job and his black boss fires him for being christian.
05-10-2017 , 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Riverman
Any sentence that begins with "If republicans care about" and does not contain "tax cuts for rich people" and/or "getting re-elected" reflects negatively on the author.
I think Trump has spooked some of them when it comes to bolded.
05-10-2017 , 11:50 AM


and so, the great leakening has begun
05-10-2017 , 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Chippa58
Pence just shoveling **** for Trump. Pence implied the administration will drag their feet in finding a replacement. That's a bit dangerous though right? Comey appointee Andrew McCabe will be in charge for now. Who's to say he won't ramp up the timetable on the investigation?
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Originally Posted by DVaut1
Does he want to get fired?
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Originally Posted by Chippa58
And what excuse would Trump or his deputy A.G. use to fire McCabe?
They're already ahead of you:

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) made the first of several Fox News appearances to commend Trump’s decision, and raise attention to his accusation that the Obama administration had spied on his presidential campaign. When Paul’s segment ended, “Fox and Friends” began a segment about Andrew McCabe, now the acting director of the FBI, whose wife ran for office in Virginia as a Democrat and had been supported by “Clinton allies,” including Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
So I mean McCabe may as well already have fired himself, if he steps out of line in any way he's already a tainted and shamed figure. So forget this guy. No chance for him.
05-10-2017 , 11:55 AM
Yeah, I figure that whoever Sessions picks as a replacement for Comey will start cleaning house. #draintheswamp.
05-10-2017 , 11:56 AM
Is Trump really in charge of anything or is Fox News really the true leader of the Republican Party?
05-10-2017 , 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by pvn
Getting fired by trump seems like a golden ticket
True. Look at Sally Yates. Probably not many of us knew who she was, nor would we if she had simply towed the line and kept her temporary job. Now she's a rock star. Except in the case of Flynn, getting fired by Trump is a badge of honor.
05-10-2017 , 11:56 AM
Yeah but if Fox News is going to paint Trump as a hero, getting fired by Trump would be horrible for your career if you're a Republican/conservative.
05-10-2017 , 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by einbert
It's like betting on Ned Stark after literally having watched all of season one of GoT.
Ned Stark seems like a good analogue to the Democratic Party at this point, too devoted to some high ideals about the way things should be to avoid getting wrecked by ruthless snakes.
05-10-2017 , 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Oroku$aki
I love how the score picks up at 1:12. That movie had a great score, like when Robert Ford's brother can't take the shame anymore, just epic music.
It's probably the most underrated great film of the century, it's a technical masterpiece, every actor totally slays even for extremely small roles.

That scene especially is extraordinary because of how it commits the two enormous corny sins(a montage, telling through narration) and still works.

Anyway, tie in to politics, that thing about people begging the governor to pardon Ford's murderer is absolutely true. In Colorado. Because the victim of his murder killed an outlaw. An outlaw who happened to be strongly associated with the Confederacy. Funny how that **** works.

P.S. O'Kelly died shortly after being pardoned. Cause of death? He tried to ****ing kill a cop in Kansas City.
05-10-2017 , 12:05 PM
Mike Pence can't too obviously throw Trump under the bus but he has a play for the presidency here. It may be his last chance to salvage his political career.

      
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