Maiden Voyage
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It's a joke.
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PoliGAF 2017 |OT4| The leaks are coming from inside the white house
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It's a joke.
benjipwns
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Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Wow--that would be an interesting move. A noted lawman vs. Trump. Would be amazing to see.
Maiden Voyage
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Where in that article does it say Holder is threatening the DOJ to cover up his crimes while in office?
Note that he states the DOJ will be unfairly questioned. He's not talking about when he is President. He is saying the current Admin will unfairly question them.
Cesare Borgia
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He's hiring very impressive people, too, and early. Before the field even settles. Obviously he's not going to win but he seems pretty damn serious, would be very impressive on the debate stage, likely won't attack any democrats and will then lend his endorsement to someone when he drops out. Trump's illegality ensures democrats on the legal/justice side of things will have a heavy placement in 2020 (dnc prime time speech for instance).
Almost like someone put the battery in his back.
benjipwns
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I see no other way to interpret his message considering his lengthy criminal record. Especially in the light of other Presidential candidates and their use of twitter against potential enemies.
maybe that part is a joke, i thought you were calling bs on the holder thing
Maiden Voyage
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I searched Google for Eric Holder's criminal record and didn't find anything. Can you link to Eric Holder's criminal record?
Deuce Deuce
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I believe benjipwns is joking heh.
Maiden Voyage
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Yes, I was clearly pointing to the thing that is a real possibility and not the salacious, made up part.
Maiden Voyage
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Hahahahahahaha
I read it as referring to Trump. He meant Holder?
Poodlestrike
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This is your first runabout with Benji, huh?
Maiden Voyage
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benjipwns
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There have been multiple Attorneys General who have run for President, but the position changed in 1870 with the institution of the Department of Justice.
Where Eric Holder would be unique is that he has not held elected office.
FDR wanted Robert Jackson to possibly be his successor but tried to get him to run for Governor of New York first. RFK running for Senator after being AG would be the closest thing especially since he ran for Senator to get away from LBJ and setup a run for President asap.
Where Eric Holder would be unique is that he has not held elected office.
FDR wanted Robert Jackson to possibly be his successor but tried to get him to run for Governor of New York first. RFK running for Senator after being AG would be the closest thing especially since he ran for Senator to get away from LBJ and setup a run for President asap.
benjipwns
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Well, lets see, there's literally everything related to the drone murder of American citizens that he defended. His continued questionable actions in maintaining the governments fiction of justice in terrorism cases. The fact that he continued the illegal drug war. The fact that he sent weapons to Mexican drug gangs intentionally so they would be used in crimes. His refusal to prosecute any financial institutions for their criminal actions and repeatedly defended it as prudent. Along with that would be the continued Justice Department policy of settlements over prosecutions.
Not to mention the fact that he served under George W. Bush.
Plus this criminally awesome afro and sideburns combination:
Not to mention the fact that he served under George W. Bush.
Plus this criminally awesome afro and sideburns combination:
Aaron Strife
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Hm, Holder would be interesting. I've dinged Kander before for not holding a significant statewide office, but I'd consider AG in the White House to be heads and shoulders above Secretary of State of a state in terms of preparing someone to be President.
Like he says, his biggest strength would be his perceived closeness to Obama, both in terms of relationship and likeness. Getting the band back together (as it were) would be pretty cool too, essentially a third term of Obama. I'd need to see him speak though, charisma matters.
Like he says, his biggest strength would be his perceived closeness to Obama, both in terms of relationship and likeness. Getting the band back together (as it were) would be pretty cool too, essentially a third term of Obama. I'd need to see him speak though, charisma matters.
Everyone says that but its clear Trump governs by chaos.
One of the advantages of that is media will cover the chaos instead of the laws and regulations that are being put into place.
Dubbedinenglish
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Plus this criminally awesome afro and sideburns combination:
Sold, he has my vote
You had me at "drone murder of American citizens", Holder/Weiner 2020!
RustyNails
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Didnt Springer run for office in Ohio?
Maiden Voyage
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Nowhere in this is Trump mentioned. He = Holder.
Should be pretty easy to link to an arrest report if the former AG had a criminal record, no?
Joe Shlabotnik
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Nothing is being "slipped under the radar" that wouldn't have "slipped under the radar" under any other President. Bad things passing through legislative obfuscation is a time-honored American tradition. It has nothing to do with a Twitter smokescreen.
Trump doesn't have a plan or secret agenda or anything. He's just an elemental spirit of rage and narcissism.
He was mayor of Cincinnati, and I'm pretty sure I heard he was considering running for Governor.
Dems need a deep bench of candidates. He's ok with me; would be a valuable debater no doubt.
Who else will speak? Tim Kaine?
Dubbedinenglish
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The Honorable Nina Turner
balladofwindfishes
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Holder is an especially bad candidate in light of income inequality and the populist wave in America rn.
Autodidact
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balladofwindfishes
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I don't really see Holder as having a shot, he doesn't strike me as an especially charismatic choice of candidates. He might be an interesting choice to have in the primary field, but I also worry he'd suck up a lot of Obama network support (and even Obama himself) that could be better put to use behind other candidates.
What left? You can't win a GE with just "the left". And basically the left needs to put up or shut up, they've clearly seen what happens when they take their ball home, 4 years of Trump. The left is way to dispersed and focused in cities. Only a candidate that can do what Obama did which is reduce the deficit in red counties and run up the numbers in bluer ones will win in 2020. It should easier with Trump heading the GOP ticket. He's due a crisis not of his creation where he will inevitably fuck up.
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Lol
Autodidact
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Apparently Wittes has vouched for a former GCHQ (British intelligence) operative on Twitter who's teased a story coming soon.
Again, be cautious, but Wittes has the most credibility in the Twitter sphere.
Again, be cautious, but Wittes has the most credibility in the Twitter sphere.
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