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Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Is Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by KingCheetah, May 17, 2017.

  1. fchowd0311

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    I guess you skipped my post.

    We have multiple states where the majoirty vote Democrat at the State Rep level yet Republicans hold the majority at state congresses.

    Currently in the US House of Representatives, the Republicans are over-represented by 21 seats with a miniscule 1.2 % difference in national voting totals for all districts tallied up.

    Thank you gerrymandering .

    6 million more people voted for Democrats in US Senate elections. The Republicans hold the Senate.

    More people voted for the Democrat in the Presidental election. The Republican won the election.

    More people in this country vote Democrat.

    This country's government is over-represented by the GOP .
     
  2. juicystream

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    Side step the electoral college and that Senate and governors are equal per state despite unequal population. It is how or government is setup, so I can't blame them for taking advantage, but they aren't the popular majority of this country. They are overrepresented.
     
  3. larsv8

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    I don't think you do have it.

    Pretty sure you will fall back to the only play in your playbook: acting purposefully dense, getting put in your place, run off for a bit, and slither back here once the conservative think tank arms you with its newest meme or narrative for its clueless lemming army to start pushing.

    Of course it will be total bullshit, because it always is. You will desperately try to defend it by using either / or fallacies or generalizations, before it just becomes so obvious how fraudulent the narrative is, you are forced to retreat into a safe space to be reconditioned again and again.
     
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  4. tallanvor

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    Republicans have gotten more house votes than dems in 3 out of the last 4 elections, but it must be gerrymandering.

    No, I do get it. Your tactic of calling everyone racist and stupid and sexist really is working and the reason you lose every election is because somebody is cheating and it's absolutely not the fault of you and your party's messaging.

    I don't post memes, and by 'running off' I think you mean having a life and a job. Not all of us can post on the internet all day.
     
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  5. FranchiseBlade

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    There is a question as to whether or not his bias influenced his job. But that doesn't matter. There is no question that the way that Mueller and the FBI conduct the investigations that his bias wouldn't taint or prejudice the investigation.

    He bashed Hillary in his texts as well.
     
  6. FranchiseBlade

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    Yes, today's hearing was a sad display of that fact.
     
  7. mick fry

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    Very right wing of you. Paying your taxes and being an upstanding American citizen? You probably respect the flag and the country as well. SMDH
     
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  8. NewRoxFan

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    I think the more sane members of the House also agree with that...



    Can't see how anyone can somehow believe anyone honestly believes the personal attacks on a career FBI agent was a good look for the republican party. But I guess these are different times... and a different republican party.
     
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  9. Rashmon

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    Duh, "I saw you flinched when I drilled into the nerve...my body language skillls tell me you may need more novocaine."
     
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  10. NewRoxFan

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    Those in the know are advising people to not get too excited about this (doesn't make sense it would be a big announcement with trump out of the country)...

     
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    "Ma'am, by the way your son is babbling incoherently and stumbling around the recovery room with a tongue depressor up his nose, my body language skills tell me he is still under the effects of the anesthesia."
     
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  13. Nook

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    No, this is serious straw grasping.

    This was supposed to be a slam dunk ...... and instead it was flipped on it's head and some how a single unsympathetic FBI agent wrecked them and made it look like a politically motivated circus.

    There really isn't any other believable way to spin it... it went worse than anyone could have expected.
     
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  14. larsv8

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    You must have me confused with someone else.

    My tactics are calling people stupid, not playing the racist or sexism card.


    Oh that's right, you are the sophisticated lemming, you post the twitter opinions like it's news. Man with pipe, or is Ben Shapiro? Who can remember.

    Me avg 4.3 post per day over the last 11 years.
    You avg 3.2 post per day over the last 11 years.

    Look at me posting on the internet all day!

    Crawl back to your safe space now and wait for your messaging masters to come up with the next faux scandal.
     
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  15. Bobbythegreat

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    Yes, I agree with that statement, there's no proof that his bias influenced his job, but there's no doubt that the level of bias was inappropriate for someone in his position due to the unavoidable appearance of impropriety which is why if he had any ethics at all he would have recused himself from the 2 cases. Instead, he was just banking that the level of his bias would remain a secret.

    If there was a situation where a lead investigator had this level of bias against a random individual outside of politics accused of a crime and that information got out, there's no chance that they'd ever get a conviction due to the possibility of that investigator tainting the entire case. I don't think that many people appreciate just how inappropriate Strzok's involvement in these 2 cases really was.
     
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  16. Nook

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    You can't be serious.
     
  17. larsv8

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    I think this is mostly because Strzok might have the best "I am no bullshitting FBI guy, and have complete contempt for you" face I have ever seen.

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  18. Bobbythegreat

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    Of course I'm serious. There's nothing that he says that isn't factual and relevant. The guy is proven to be a scumbag and a liar and he's in a situation where if he had any ethics whatsoever he'd have recused himself due to his obvious deep rooted and emotional bias. He clearly has no ethics and we know he's a liar and a POS which makes it pretty hard to just take his word for it that his bias didn't affect the case.
     
  19. Nook

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    No, anyone that watched it and is honest with themselves came away thinking that it was a kangaroo court and grandstanding...... from absurd BS about being able to read body language because "I am a dentist", to comments about "Looking in the eyes of another woman" to getting absolutely mauled, so having to revert to being a child and screaming "You are a liar".

    There was absolutely nothing in that hearing that furthered the narrative or even in some cases FACTS that the committee wanted articulated or expressed. Instead, all that came out of it was the committee slapped down by a single FBI agent while the committee members sat stunned with glazed over eyes like a deer in the headlights. All with a split screen so everyone got to see the members look absolutely shocked.

    It was BRUTAL and there really isn't any other way to objectively view it.
     
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  20. ROXTXIA

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    All of the non-FOX media outlets did call the whole thing a show, mock outrage and whatnot back and forth.
     
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