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Author Topic: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée  (Read 1453831 times)

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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18990 on: June 05, 2016, 09:40:59 am »

Don't attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

At least the first time.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18991 on: June 05, 2016, 11:19:23 am »

Well this isn't the first time that people made accusations of election tampering.  So do we attribute these empty allegations to malice or stupidity?  I'm leaning towards stupidity because well... it's really stupid.

Accusing someone of rigging an election to help the candidate who has consistently lead in the polls, in a race that doesn't even matter but where the consequences of getting caught would be huge... that's a really stupid theory.  If there was actual malice it wouldn't be hard to come up with something plausible.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18992 on: June 05, 2016, 11:55:15 am »

I'unno, maybe they don't even want something plausible. Could be they don't want to get stuff to stick, for whatever reason, they're just throwing eggs at the wall to make it nasty with oozing yolk.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18993 on: June 05, 2016, 12:12:32 pm »

Well this isn't the first time that people made accusations of election tampering.  So do we attribute these empty allegations to malice or stupidity?  I'm leaning towards stupidity because well... it's really stupid.

Accusing someone of rigging an election to help the candidate who has consistently lead in the polls, in a race that doesn't even matter but where the consequences of getting caught would be huge... that's a really stupid theory.  If there was actual malice it wouldn't be hard to come up with something plausible.

Unless it's an indication of a larger pattern which has been going on the entire primary season, and nobody's noticed until now.  ;)
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18994 on: June 05, 2016, 12:14:46 pm »

Well yeah, but even the independent pollsters?
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18995 on: June 05, 2016, 12:24:05 pm »

Unless it's an indication of a larger pattern which has been going on the entire primary season, and nobody's noticed until now.  ;)
An explanation as plausible as the continuing population explosion the lesser floridian invisible pink unicorn is experiencing :V

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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18996 on: June 05, 2016, 01:09:09 pm »

Unless it's an indication of a larger pattern which has been going on the entire primary season, and nobody's noticed until now.  ;)

This feels way closer to Poe's law then it should be.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18997 on: June 05, 2016, 01:34:26 pm »

Hah, a fact-based ABC report on the San Jose riot delivered by the guy Trump called a sleaze last week. If that's what it takes to get proper news, then so be it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI1t8dtcXWE
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« Reply #18998 on: June 05, 2016, 01:38:35 pm »

Funny how when he's critical of Trump he's a sleaze, and when he's not he's fact-based. :p
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #18999 on: June 05, 2016, 01:52:13 pm »

He was lying, got called on it very publicly, and is now trying to salvage his reputation.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #19000 on: June 05, 2016, 01:57:27 pm »

What was he lying about?
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #19001 on: June 05, 2016, 02:07:51 pm »

He claimed that people wanted to beat him and that the police just watched.  And then he claimed that afterwards he was told to just take the beating.
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« Reply #19002 on: June 05, 2016, 03:05:09 pm »

What was he lying about?
He wasn't. He was the guy who broke the story that Trump lied his ass off about donating $6 million to veterans organizations. Trump's response was to call him a liar, even though it's pretty obvious that he didn't.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #19003 on: June 05, 2016, 03:15:31 pm »

"broke the story" That's adorable. You think he isn't a sleazebag.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #19004 on: June 05, 2016, 03:16:16 pm »

Kevin Drum had an amusing analogy: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/05/donald-trump-tried-cheat-veterans-out-1-million

Of course a lot of liberal shills dont believe Trump is actually worth 10 billion.  Wait, let me rephrase that.  Dont believe his financial assets are worth 10 billion.  No one except Trump think's Trump is worth 10 billion.
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