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[OTB] Bob Woodward’s New Book To Detail Explosive Accusations About Trump White House

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, Sep 4, 2018.

  1. fchowd0311

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    Coming from the guy who makes assertions like "doing well with foreign affairs" with absolutely no supporting evidence.
     
  2. bigtexxx

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    The economic portion of your post is pure ignorance. It just shows you don't know what you're talking about. ...nor do you probably care to educate yourself, you'd instead just rather curse and spew the narrative you hope is true (that the media dupes you with).
     
  3. NewRoxFan

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    In the space of two hours trump couldn't get his lies, er, story straight...

     
  4. DaDakota

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    You're still not a leader are you? Still wallowing around swallowing the BS that your team has given you. Debt is piling up, our government is spending more and more under Republican leadership.

    Tariffs do not work - Trump's policies are an economic disaster, and that balloon is going to pop again.

    Removing controls put in place after the 2008 collapse is possibly the single dumbest thing he has done.

    DD
     
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  5. Cohete Rojo

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    He wanted Assad dead. The horror!
     
  6. biina

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    1. 2 solid SCOTUS = 2 conservative/right wing judges; which is a matter of opinion
    2. Yes, economy is doing well. But economy was doing well before he took office, and while some may argue that the economy is doing better, I think it is too early to judge given the deficit induced by the tax cut and the recent trade war. Personally, I havent seen any policy or action that is a solid basis for expecting long term economic growth.
    3. Progress on foreign affairs? This one really baffles me cos I think that has been his area of worst performance. He has been combative with almsot every other nation excluding Israel and Russia. He seems to take foreign affairs cues from fox and blogs and likes to deliver it via twiitter

    As far as I can see, you are willing to accept an unfit president for the sake of two conservative SCOTUS appointments - that is quite disappointing.

    OT- One can disagree with Hilary's policies, views or actions, but it is hard to argue against are qualifications and experience. No one can sincerely say she has the understanding of a toddler. That you are willing to accept Trump over her for the reason above shows what really matters to you.
     
  7. Bobbythegreat

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    1. Yes, 2 solid SCOTUS justices.
    2. Yes, the economy is doing better than it was during Obama's time in office
    3. While Obama was a little b**** when it came to foreign policy, Trump has shown a bit of balls. That alone is a positive, but is seen as a negative to those who would prefer the US be a beta b**** country taking their cues from the rest of the world.

    When you look at what Trump has done thus far, outside of some nonsense rhetoric, things are pretty good right now, which is probably what you are most upset about.

    What you can say about Hillary is that she was corrupt, criminally incompetent, and unfit to be president. That you are willing to accept her just shows that it's all about politics to you.
     
  8. fchowd0311

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    Such nuance, such eloquence of words.

    You've convinced me.
     
  9. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    At what point do you just look at yourself and wonder how far out of touch with reality you've become?
     
  10. biina

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    smh
     
  11. FranchiseBlade

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    This from the guy who was scared that holding Russia accountable for their espionage and cyber-attacks on the elections of the United States would start a war? Amazing. You suggest that the U.S. should be Russia's beta b**** then somehow think that Trump has shown balls in his foreign policy? LOL
     
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  12. ima_drummer2k

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    Trump supporters response:

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  13. Bobbythegreat

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    Not what I said, what I said is that people like you wouldn't be happy unless the US started a war over Trump beating Hillary. The US has struck back at Russia many times for different reasons since Trump took office including actually killing their soldiers and it didn't start a war....but none of that was good enough for our friends on the left who wanted a war.
     
  14. FranchiseBlade

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    Not even close you responded to people who were bothered at Trump subjugating himself and American Intel agencies at the feet of Putin in Helsinki. You claimed that what Trump did was diplomacy and that those who claimed they wanted Trump to stand up and hold Russia accountable wanted war. You said it as if letting Putin know that we know exactly what he did was asking for war.

    Trump kowtowed to Putin in Helsinki and when people objected you claimed that they wanted war. It was easy to see who was the beta-b**** in that meeting, and who supported those antics.
     
  15. Bobbythegreat

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    Kowtowing to Putin is what Obama did when Syria crossed his "red line" and Putin told him to go get his shine box....in response he curled up in the fetal position like the beta b**** we all knew him to be. The reason we kept having trouble with the Russians was due to the weakness of Obama. Trump on the other hand has actively killed Russians when faced with similar situations. I think you are just blinded by politics here.
     
  16. FranchiseBlade

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    You apparently don't know what happened. Obama put forward a resolution to Congress asking for authorization for a military strike. The Republican Congress denied the request. Go back and get your facts straight.

    It's possible to argue that Obama didn't need to get authorization, but that is a far cry from kowtowing. But it isn't surprising that you would try and change the subject. Now that we are done with your distraction let's get back to the topic at hand.

    Trump kowtowed and as the writer of the NYT article and Trump claimed, people in his administration still took actions against Russia.
     
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  17. Bobbythegreat

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    He didn't need it to act, he was just scared and he was looking for someone else to blame if it didn't go well. Obama never had any balls. Syria and Putin called his bluff and he backed down like the little b**** everyone always knew he was. The Russians didn't stop there, once they knew for a fact that Obama was nothing but a beta b****, they just kept pushing and he just kept being a little b**** and taking it.

    Basically the only thing Obama was good for was ceding power to the EU and Russia. That's essentially all he did by way of foreign policy while in office.
     
  18. FranchiseBlade

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    Either get on topic or start a different thread.
     
  19. Bobbythegreat

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    I'll take this as you ceding the point. We can move on then.
     
  20. Xenon

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    Only a complete POS like you would consider bringing up Obama in a thread titled "[OTB] Bob Woodward’s New Book To Detail Explosive Accusations About Trump White House" as winning some sort of internet point. What a complete waste of space your existence here is.
     
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