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Post by BeckyTech on Apr 29, 2016 16:39:15 GMT
krazyscrapper, you and ktdoesntscrap work so hard to ignore her own words; far be it from me to try to push reality into your little Hillary world of worship bubble. It doesn't matter to me that you are Hillary-bots.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2016 22:35:15 GMT
krazyscrapper , you and ktdoesntscrap work so hard to ignore her own words; far be it from me to try to push reality into your little Hillary world of worship bubble. It doesn't matter to me that you are Hillary-bots. Yeah, krazyscrapper is the one that after I linked 12+ articles showing times that having a gun did in fact stop a public shooting, despite those articles and the incident that was in the news at the time, claimed that no such proof existed and I did not in fact provide any proof. So it's not just Hillary related for her. I don't know what to tell you, she has a long history of never conceding anything, even in the face of indisputable proof. No matter what you say or what actual facts are presented, she will claim they aren't fact. It's usually futile to attempt a real discussion.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Apr 30, 2016 14:19:35 GMT
krazyscrapper , you and ktdoesntscrap work so hard to ignore her own words; far be it from me to try to push reality into your little Hillary world of worship bubble. It doesn't matter to me that you are Hillary-bots. Pot meet Kettle.
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Post by carhoch on Apr 30, 2016 14:27:45 GMT
To the Op I am sorry to say but you sound like a broken record ! We get it you hate her .
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Post by BeckyTech on Apr 30, 2016 14:37:10 GMT
krazyscrapper , you and ktdoesntscrap work so hard to ignore her own words; far be it from me to try to push reality into your little Hillary world of worship bubble. It doesn't matter to me that you are Hillary-bots. Pot meet Kettle. What? I don't have an unquestioning loyalty to any politician. I never have. Nobody is that perfect.
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Post by amom23 on Apr 30, 2016 15:32:21 GMT
To the Op I am sorry to say but you sound like a broken record ! We get it you hate her .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 17:39:11 GMT
krazyscrapper , you and ktdoesntscrap work so hard to ignore her own words; far be it from me to try to push reality into your little Hillary world of worship bubble. It doesn't matter to me that you are Hillary-bots. Yeah, krazyscrapper is the one that after I linked 12+ articles showing times that having a gun did in fact stop a public shooting, despite those articles and the incident that was in the news at the time, claimed that no such proof existed and I did not in fact provide any proof. So it's not just Hillary related for her. I don't know what to tell you, she has a long history of never conceding anything, even in the face of indisputable proof. No matter what you say or what actual facts are presented, she will claim they aren't fact. It's usually futile to attempt a real discussion. I have to say you're pretty funny. Did you ever stop to think I never concede because you have never made a valid point? I'm waiting for you to provide the "smoking gun" one which I can't rip a part. So far your batting a big fat zero. But you know if you think your making "valid points" so be it if it makes you happy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 17:59:13 GMT
krazyscrapper , you and ktdoesntscrap work so hard to ignore her own words; far be it from me to try to push reality into your little Hillary world of worship bubble. It doesn't matter to me that you are Hillary-bots. You do understand that someone can make a comment and it can be interrupted differently by as many people who hear it don't you? You "see" Hillary one way and I see her another way. I at least ask what you and others are seeing that I'm not. Because I would like to know. I have asked and asked for the "smoking guns" to back up how you "see" Hillary or even President Obama for that matter and all I get are stupid comments like the ones you made above. Which leads me to believe you got nothing. And because you can't make your case you are reduced to stupid comments that you are going to "show me" by ridicule . Phooey. Bottom line if you can make your case against Hillary that I can't rip apart I'll tell you that I agree with you. Until then you're just blowing smoke.
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Post by lucyg on Apr 30, 2016 18:03:27 GMT
"Hillary-bots"?? Bite me.
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Post by BeckyTech on May 1, 2016 17:01:39 GMT
You do understand that someone can make a comment and it can be interrupted differently by as many people who hear it don't you? Then please tell you how you interpret the following, because I am dying to know.
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Post by BeckyTech on May 1, 2016 17:17:03 GMT
"Hillary-bots"?? Bite me. I can understand supporting a politician while recognizing that they have goofed up. I mean, nobody is perfect, but that doesn't mean you write them off completely. If that were the case, half of us wouldn't be talking to our relatives, right? We recognize people have faults and yes, that they have even done wrong.
So, for instance, a person could say "wow, Hillary knew the rules on private e-mail servers so that was a pretty flagrant disregard when she set up her own server at her house. I don't know why she did it, but I'm going to still support Hillary because I think she has done a lot more good things than bad things over her career." At least just acknowledge what she did was wrong. Without pointing to anyone else's wrongdoing, without trying to compare it to someone else, without any excuses. Just say "yeah, it was wrong."
I could totally respect that position.
A bot, on the other hand, is completely blinded and will not recognize any wrong-doing or even missteps.
Maybe I haven't read your messages closely enough, but I thought you were the first type: a supporter who could acknowledge her faults - without excuses - but still support her.
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Post by mzza111 on May 1, 2016 17:29:20 GMT
I can understand supporting a politician while recognizing that they have goofed up. I mean, nobody is perfect, but that doesn't mean you write them off completely. If that were the case, half of us wouldn't be talking to our relatives, right? We recognize people have faults and yes, that they have even done wrong.
So, for instance, a person could say "wow, Hillary knew the rules on private e-mail servers so that was a pretty flagrant disregard when she set up her own server at her house. I don't know why she did it, but I'm going to still support Hillary because I think she has done a lot more good things than bad things over her career." At least just acknowledge what she did was wrong. Without pointing to anyone else's wrongdoing, without trying to compare it to someone else, without any excuses. Just say "yeah, it was wrong."
I could totally respect that position.
A bot, on the other hand, is completely blinded and will not recognize any wrong-doing or even missteps.
I really hope the spreadsheet keepers save this gem. This is gonna gonna come in handy one day when giving someone a slap of reality.
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Post by lucyg on May 1, 2016 18:47:53 GMT
"Hillary-bots"?? Bite me. I can understand supporting a politician while recognizing that they have goofed up. I mean, nobody is perfect, but that doesn't mean you write them off completely. If that were the case, half of us wouldn't be talking to our relatives, right? We recognize people have faults and yes, that they have even done wrong.
So, for instance, a person could say "wow, Hillary knew the rules on private e-mail servers so that was a pretty flagrant disregard when she set up her own server at her house. I don't know why she did it, but I'm going to still support Hillary because I think she has done a lot more good things than bad things over her career." At least just acknowledge what she did was wrong. Without pointing to anyone else's wrongdoing, without trying to compare it to someone else, without any excuses. Just say "yeah, it was wrong."
I could totally respect that position.
A bot, on the other hand, is completely blinded and will not recognize any wrong-doing or even missteps.
Maybe I haven't read your messages closely enough, but I thought you were the first type: a supporter who could acknowledge her faults - without excuses - but still support her.
I agree with that POV. But the message I have taken away from your post (and really, most of your posts on this topic) was that anyone who could support Hillary after being confronted with all of your absolutely unassailable evidence to the contrary must be a "bot."
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Post by lucyg on May 1, 2016 18:48:29 GMT
I can understand supporting a politician while recognizing that they have goofed up. I mean, nobody is perfect, but that doesn't mean you write them off completely. If that were the case, half of us wouldn't be talking to our relatives, right? We recognize people have faults and yes, that they have even done wrong.
So, for instance, a person could say "wow, Hillary knew the rules on private e-mail servers so that was a pretty flagrant disregard when she set up her own server at her house. I don't know why she did it, but I'm going to still support Hillary because I think she has done a lot more good things than bad things over her career." At least just acknowledge what she did was wrong. Without pointing to anyone else's wrongdoing, without trying to compare it to someone else, without any excuses. Just say "yeah, it was wrong."
I could totally respect that position.
A bot, on the other hand, is completely blinded and will not recognize any wrong-doing or even missteps.
I really hope the spreadsheet keepers save this gem. This is gonna gonna come in handy one day when giving someone a slap of reality. um ... huh?? ETA never mind. I think I figured it out. I must need another cup of coffee.
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Post by BeckyTech on May 1, 2016 19:32:36 GMT
I agree with that POV. But the message I have taken away from your post (and really, most of your posts on this topic) was that anyone who could support Hillary after being confronted with all of your absolutely unassailable evidence to the contrary must be a "bot." Gosh, I'm sorry I wasn't clear. On another note, and because you also like words and language, I hope you reconsider and explore Scott Adams' blog as I suggested that people might be interested in doing in that other thread. He said that Bill Clinton was a "Master Wizard" as he terms someone who has a mastery of words and how to use them and that Obama does too. He has suggested that Hillary certainly has at least some understanding of it. I'm still only back in September in my reading, but it is quite fascinating when you look at political and public figures through that lens. You have to leave personal preferences and emotion on the back burner, but it's an interesting read and concept. I think I'm going to buy his (Scott Adams) book. Because I've seen you use words here in a very skilled manner at times, I thought you might find it an interesting discussion at some point.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 21:03:23 GMT
You do understand that someone can make a comment and it can be interrupted differently by as many people who hear it don't you? Then please tell you how you interpret the following, because I am dying to know. Well actually I was thinking of the JW documents when I made my comment about reading something two ways. As to that "smoking gun" email. So what? She is quite clear in what she said. But it's much to do about nothing. That whole thing about was it or wasn't it a terrorist attack , what role did or didn't the video play in the attack, and what was Obama and now Clinton is hiding is bogus. 1. I don't need the government to tell me if an attack is a terrorist attack or not. I'm quite capable enough to decide that for myself. And I really don't care what role the video played in the attack. In the big scheme of things there are a lot more important things then if the video did or did not play a roll in the attack. 2. The only time that it matters if the US Federal Government calls an attack a terrorist attack would be for an attack in the US. Calling it a terrorist attack would act as a trigger for the government sponsored terrorism insurance coverage known as TRIA to respond. From what I read in the Senate Intelligence report there was no great conspiracy to mislead the American people. What happened was a rush to get information out to the American people, agencies not working together, and the information was coming out of a hostile area was spotty at best. I mean when one's intelligence gathering agency is getting "intelligence" by reading a newspaper you can see there were problems gathering intelligence in that area in the days after the attack. Maybe the Obama Administration should have withheld information until they were sure of their facts from all agencies involved. But if they had I bet any amount of money they would have been accused of withholding information because they want to hide something. But if you want to believe in the great conspiracy knock yourself out. I read your definition of a bot. If you had been paying attention on more then one occasion I have said Hillary is flawed and has baggage. But in spite of that she has my vote. And truth be told I could say exactly the same about you. I could try and push reality into your "Hillary hating world" but you aren't interested in hearing anything about Hillary that goes against how you see her. The way I see it you feel you are seeing the "real" Hillary and anyone who doesn't is wrong. Up until today I use to think what are they seeing about Hillary that I'm not. But not anymore. I decided I really don't care because to be honest, you Hillary dislikers have never been able to make your case. So I decided I'm right and you all are wrong until someone proves otherwise. Came to the same conclusion about Obama and his dislikers. I think that is called to agree to disagree.
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Post by BeckyTech on May 2, 2016 1:22:52 GMT
From what I read in the Senate Intelligence report there was no great conspiracy to mislead the American people. But that report was written before we got a chance to see her e-mails of that evening and the subsequent days. I wonder if at some point that report will be revised. The way I see it you feel you are seeing the "real" Hillary and anyone who doesn't is wrong. Maybe you're right. I just have a very difficult time in dealing with the fact that my fellow Americans don't see Benghazi as a monumental big deal. It doesn't take some deep insider knowledge or information to look at the events of the preceding months and understand why the British and the Red Cross pulled out. I've always seen Benghazi as apolitical and I think a whole lot of other people do as well. It bothers the hell out of me that so many seem to just shrug and go "meh, so what, I'm tired of hearing about Benghazi." Okay, I'm off my soapbox. And I will try mightily not to get back on. I think that is called to agree to disagree. Excellent. That we can absolutely agree on.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 1:29:52 GMT
From what I read in the Senate Intelligence report there was no great conspiracy to mislead the American people. But that report was written before we got a chance to see her e-mails of that evening and the subsequent days. I wonder if at some point that report will be revised. The way I see it you feel you are seeing the "real" Hillary and anyone who doesn't is wrong. Maybe you're right. I just have a very difficult time in dealing with the fact that my fellow Americans don't see Benghazi as a monumental big deal. It doesn't take some deep insider knowledge or information to look at the events of the preceding months and understand why the British and the Red Cross pulled out. I've always seen Benghazi as apolitical and I think a whole lot of other people do as well. It bothers the hell out of me that so many seem to just shrug and go "meh, so what, I'm tired of hearing about Benghazi." Okay, I'm off my soapbox. And I will try mightily not to get back on. I think that is called to agree to disagree. Excellent. That we can absolutely agree on.
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Post by anxiousmom on May 2, 2016 1:39:51 GMT
Re: Benghazi
After reading 13 Hours, the book that was written about that night after interviewing the people who were on the ground there that night, I would say that the problems are not, in any way, limited to the State Department and Hilary Clinton. The blame should be laid at the feet of the Senate and House that limited funding that was to be used for security, the CIA's response, the fact that the attack was on a consulate that had vastly different and far inferior security measures required compared to an embassy, conflicting information that was coming out of Libya that night...a whole host of people, departments and policies that were in place at the time.
To lay the blame on one person is not fair.
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Post by lucyg on May 2, 2016 4:50:02 GMT
I agree with that POV. But the message I have taken away from your post (and really, most of your posts on this topic) was that anyone who could support Hillary after being confronted with all of your absolutely unassailable evidence to the contrary must be a "bot." Gosh, I'm sorry I wasn't clear. On another note, and because you also like words and language, I hope you reconsider and explore Scott Adams' blog as I suggested that people might be interested in doing in that other thread. He said that Bill Clinton was a "Master Wizard" as he terms someone who has a mastery of words and how to use them and that Obama does too. He has suggested that Hillary certainly has at least some understanding of it. I'm still only back in September in my reading, but it is quite fascinating when you look at political and public figures through that lens. You have to leave personal preferences and emotion on the back burner, but it's an interesting read and concept. I think I'm going to buy his (Scott Adams) book. Because I've seen you use words here in a very skilled manner at times, I thought you might find it an interesting discussion at some point. I will try to take a look sometime soon. Just this week, I managed to read the Bloomberg article on abortion clinics you posted several weeks ago. My attention span is short these days.
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Post by jayfab on May 2, 2016 14:43:52 GMT
Re: Benghazi After reading 13 Hours, the book that was written about that night after interviewing the people who were on the ground there that night, I would say that the problems are not, in any way, limited to the State Department and Hilary Clinton. The blame should be laid at the feet of the Senate and House that limited funding that was to be used for security, the CIA's response, the fact that the attack was on a consulate that had vastly different and far inferior security measures required compared to an embassy, conflicting information that was coming out of Libya that night...a whole host of people, departments and policies that were in place at the time. To lay the blame on one person is not fair.Thank you. This is exactly how I feel.
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Post by BeckyTech on May 2, 2016 15:37:39 GMT
Re: Benghazi After reading 13 Hours, the book that was written about that night after interviewing the people who were on the ground there that night, I would say that the problems are not, in any way, limited to the State Department and Hilary Clinton. The blame should be laid at the feet of the Senate and House that limited funding that was to be used for security, the CIA's response, the fact that the attack was on a consulate that had vastly different and far inferior security measures required compared to an embassy, conflicting information that was coming out of Libya that night...a whole host of people, departments and policies that were in place at the time. To lay the blame on one person is not fair. It is a partisan fallacy that budget cuts were responsible for a lack of security. Like many government agencies, the State Department doesn't necessarily get 100% of the funds requested, but In other words, they didn't even request the OCO funds. This was backed up by testimony: Yes, a whole slew of people bear responsibility, but like every other organization in the world - be it government or private, the success ... or failure ... is ultimately the responsibility of the top banana. In this case it was Clinton under the Obama administration. It all comes under the heading of leadership: Do you want to shoulder the responsibility of the entire organization? She gets the accolades for successes even if an army of minions actually made it happen but the flip side is she also gets the blame when something goes horribly wrong. You don't get to choose.
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Post by whopea on May 2, 2016 15:45:54 GMT
Re: Benghazi After reading 13 Hours, the book that was written about that night after interviewing the people who were on the ground there that night, I would say that the problems are not, in any way, limited to the State Department and Hilary Clinton. The blame should be laid at the feet of the Senate and House that limited funding that was to be used for security, the CIA's response, the fact that the attack was on a consulate that had vastly different and far inferior security measures required compared to an embassy, conflicting information that was coming out of Libya that night...a whole host of people, departments and policies that were in place at the time. To lay the blame on one person is not fair. I'm not sure that most of the anti-Hillary camp place the blame on Hillary for the Benghazi attack. They blame her for not sending in a rescue force when she was first notified, they blame her for lying about the cause of it afterwards, and they blame her for taking a laissez faire attitude after the fact. Those are all things that fall squarely in her lap.
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Post by lucyg on May 2, 2016 16:16:07 GMT
Yes, a whole slew of people bear responsibility, but like every other organization in the world - be it government or private, the success ... or failure ... is ultimately the responsibility of the top banana. In this case it was Clinton under the Obama administration. It all comes under the heading of leadership: Do you want to shoulder the responsibility of the entire organization? She gets the accolades for successes even if an army of minions actually made it happen but the flip side is she also gets the blame when something goes horribly wrong. You don't get to choose. I am going to assume you felt an equal amount of virulence toward President Reagan when 240 Marines were killed in a terrorist bombing in Lebanon and/or over the 100% illegal Iran/contra business.
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Post by BeckyTech on May 2, 2016 17:13:38 GMT
Yes, a whole slew of people bear responsibility, but like every other organization in the world - be it government or private, the success ... or failure ... is ultimately the responsibility of the top banana. In this case it was Clinton under the Obama administration. It all comes under the heading of leadership: Do you want to shoulder the responsibility of the entire organization? She gets the accolades for successes even if an army of minions actually made it happen but the flip side is she also gets the blame when something goes horribly wrong. You don't get to choose. I am going to assume you felt an equal amount of virulence toward President Reagan when 240 Marines were killed in a terrorist bombing in Lebanon and/or over the 100% illegal Iran/contra business. I wasn't following politics that closely when those events happened, but gosh, to think Reagan was perfect is ridiculous. He did many things right, but he made many mistakes and I know he is often criticized for his lack of response to Lebanon. I think probably one of his worst mistakes was trying to ignore HIV/AIDS. That was terribly sad and many lives might have been prolonged and advances made faster if he had treated it differently.
I just don't subscribe to the 100% good/bad theory when it comes to politicians or anyone else. Well, maybe astronauts. I think astronauts are amazing people and have the highest regard for them as a group.
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