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Since folks brought up Hillary...
Ezra KleinVerified account @ezraklein · 16h16 hours ago
"Lock her up" chants about Hillary Clinton at a Trump rally on the day Trump's campaign manager and personal lawyer get jail time is really GOP politics right now in a nutshell.
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(08-22-2018, 12:08 PM)michaelsean Wrote: You forgot Dan Rostenkowski.
I sure did.
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(08-22-2018, 11:47 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I agree introducing Hillary into the discuss is simple deflection and trying to paint a two wrongs make a right scenario. I've said as much. I just found "she didn't do anything" to be 2funny 2avoid.
Oh, I wasn't singling you out. In fact, I think most of the references in this thread have been by people we tend to think of as left-leaning. 
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(08-22-2018, 12:08 PM)michaelsean Wrote: You forgot Dan Rostenkowski.
Everyone seems to forget him.
I just forgot him even after I wrote that. 
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(08-22-2018, 12:05 PM)Nately120 Wrote: At least the Cliton's being dirty keeps neo-cons from having to dust of "the Kennedys" when they want to defend Trump.
Remember when the Vince Foster, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinski news came out... the press were like the coolest people around. 
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(08-22-2018, 12:21 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Remember when the Vince Foster, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinski news came out... the press were like the coolest people around.
If only Slick Willie had thought of calling the news "fake" he would have maintained his sterling reputation.
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(08-22-2018, 10:46 AM)GMDino Wrote:
How can one plead guilty to something which isn't a crime?
Should I do that some times too? Go to the police and plead guilty to follow traffic regulations?
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(08-22-2018, 12:41 PM)hollodero Wrote: How can one plead guilty to something which isn't a crime?
Should I do that some times too? Go to the police and plead guilty to follow traffic regulations?
This is a first. You do have to prove a crime has occurred. Even if a person pleads guilty.
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(08-22-2018, 12:21 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Remember when the Vince Foster, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinski news came out... the press were like the coolest people around.
Once Drudge embarrassed them.
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(08-22-2018, 12:41 PM)hollodero Wrote: How can one plead guilty to something which isn't a crime?
Should I do that some times too? Go to the police and plead guilty to follow traffic regulations?
Imagine the whole justice systems' surprise when they discover they have convicted someone who confessed to doing something that wasn't even a crime.
I'll bet all the many thousands of judges have egg on their faces! 
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(08-22-2018, 01:01 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Once Drudge embarrassed them.
That was the one that made Drudge famous....and he lived off it for ever since then. 
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(08-22-2018, 01:00 PM)michaelsean Wrote: This is a first. You do have to prove a crime has occurred. Even if a person pleads guilty.
This isn't someone making a confession. A plea means that the evidence is so overwhelming that the defense knows there will be a conviction. And that evidence would be evidence of a crime, BTW.
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(08-22-2018, 01:04 PM)GMDino Wrote: That was the one that made Drudge famous....and he lived off it for ever since then.
As would I. If someone wants to pay me millions to post any pro-lefty article I come across I will be happy to do it.
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(08-22-2018, 01:08 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: This isn't someone making a confession. A plea means that the evidence is so overwhelming that the defense knows there will be a conviction. And that evidence would be evidence of a crime, BTW.
Hold it there. Your conservative slip is swing. Many many people in prison plead guilty to a crime they are innocent of because they were afraid they would get convicted anyway. Most people in prison probably.
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(08-22-2018, 01:21 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Hold it there. Your conservative slip is swing. Many many people in prison plead guilty to a crime they are innocent of because they were afraid they would get convicted anyway. Most people in prison probably.
Are you claiming that Cohen was innocent?
That would mean that there actually was a crime that occurred that he was accused of.
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(08-22-2018, 01:34 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Are you claiming that Cohen was innocent?
That would mean that there actually was a crime that occurred that he was accused of.
So technically he's not innocent of these non-crimes, but he is innocent of all crimes.
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(08-22-2018, 01:40 PM)michaelsean Wrote: So technically he's not innocent of these non-crimes, but he is innocent of all crimes.
Campaign funding misappropriation is a crime. It is not a "non-crime", as some tweeters would have you believe.
He is going to jail because a crime was committed and he admitted doing it. If you claim he is innocent, who knows? But right now, you are the only person I've seen claim that.
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(08-22-2018, 01:47 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Campaign funding misappropriation is a crime. It is not a "non-crime", as some tweeters would have you believe.
He is going to jail because a crime was committed and he admitted doing it. If you claim he is innocent, who knows? But right now, you are the only person I've seen claim that.
when did we stop joking?
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One analysis I was listening to earlier was even though Cohen pleaded guilty, the trick here is finding proof that the money paid was solely not to hurt the campaign ie. hiding it from the voters, instead of being paid off to hide his affairs from his wife and children.
I dont see how the payments made were not done for the campaign myself, but from a legal pov, doesnt there have to be proof of that for this to be some real ammo against Trump? I dont know, just throwing it out there though to see.
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(08-22-2018, 01:54 PM)michaelsean Wrote: when did we stop joking?
We were joking?!?!
Oh crap! I did it again, didn't I!!!
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