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Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Zaac, Oct 9, 2016.

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  1. InTheLight

    InTheLight Well-Known Member
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    To be pedantic (hello!) the President can also fire the AG. It's not EITHER appoint a special prosecutor OR resign.
     
    #21 InTheLight, Oct 10, 2016
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    Please show me where I said the President could order Congress to appoint a special prosecutor?

    Your statement,

    A Special Prosecutor is appointed by the Attorney General,

    is poorly worded. It gives the impression that the ONLY way for a special prosecutor to exist is if the Attorney General appoints one. You should have written, "A special prosecutor may be appointed" or "one way a special prosecutor is appointed is by the AG" if you wanted to write with clarity.
     
    #22 InTheLight, Oct 10, 2016
  3. Baptist Believer

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    The fact that an Attorney General can appoint a prosecutor and serves at the pleasure of the President is not the same thing as a President appointing a special prosecutor. It is the Attorney General's decision whether or not to do it.

    If the Attorney General was a coward, yes.

    So your expectation is that a Trump administration would be full of cowards who would not have the courage to decide whether or not a request/command from Trump was a lawful order or not?

    There's the best reason not to vote for Trump. He would only attract sniveling "yes" men for positions that require character and occasional push-back.
     
    #23 Baptist Believer, Oct 10, 2016
  4. TCassidy

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    Context is your friend. Congress was not threatening to appoint a Special Prosecutor. Trump was.

    Focus. Focus.
     
    #24 TCassidy, Oct 10, 2016
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    Please show me where I said the President could not fire the AG.
     
    #25 TCassidy, Oct 10, 2016
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    All politicians are self-serving cowards.

    Just like every other administration.

    And there is no question as to the legality of the order. It would be legal. Period.
     
    #26 TCassidy, Oct 10, 2016
  7. InTheLight

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    Sure.

    You said, regarding appointing a special prosecutor:

    The AG can EITHER do so OR resign.

    There are two and only two options allowed in your statement. Logically, either/or is inclusive of only what follows. There is no "and" in an either/or statement.
     
    #27 InTheLight, Oct 10, 2016
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    Keep digging your hole.
     
    #28 InTheLight, Oct 10, 2016
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    Again, please show me where I said the President could not fire the AG.
     
    #29 TCassidy, Oct 10, 2016
  10. InTheLight

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    Mr. Administrator, please show me where I can access my Ignore Feature.
     
    #30 InTheLight, Oct 10, 2016
  11. Baptist Believer

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    I would hope we would do better than that.

    Legal, but probably not moral.

    That's a huge reason why we need to avoid electing an extremely thin-skinned person as President who will use the office to go after people. That's what tyrants do.

    Trump is a tyrant in the making. I will not elect a tyrant, will you?
     
    #31 Baptist Believer, Oct 10, 2016
  12. InTheLight

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    ^ This is the issue right here. ^

    This is the sort of thing that Putin does, and a reason that Trump admires him.
     
    #32 InTheLight, Oct 10, 2016
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    Taking logic lessons from evangelist? Will your next comment include something about pursuing Sylvilagus floridanus?
     
    #33 TCassidy, Oct 10, 2016
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    I agree. I have been hoping for an improvement since the Eisenhower administration.

    Again, I agree.

    That could be true, but so far I think there is insufficient evidence to come to that conclusion.

    The jury is still out as to whether or not he will be a tyrant (all men have the seeds of tyranny in their souls). And the jury is still out whether or not I will vote for him.

    But it has already been decided that I cannot, in good conscience, vote for Hillary Clinton. Her past is way too dark. Her racism and sexism nauseates me. And her support of the violent murder of 700,000 babies in this country every year is an insurmountable obstacle for my ever supporting her in any way.
     
    #34 TCassidy, Oct 10, 2016
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    I have looked over the instructions for the software and can't see any way for you to ignore your own posts.

    After all, what you took umbrage to was when I quoted you. :)


     
    #35 TCassidy, Oct 10, 2016
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    Not now that it's in it.
     
    #36 Alcott, Oct 10, 2016
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    It was a mudslinger. Hillary was admittedly ladylike when she slung her mud at Donald.
    Donald was like a gorilla dumping his mud on Hillary's head - and it stuck.

    I was taken back by the fact that the Donald "locker room" mud slid off him so quickly.

    He is some kind of a phenomena in his persona.
    Nothing seems to hurt him in spite of the naysayers, doomsdayers, nevertrumpers,
    he somehow survives and even becomes stronger.

    Incredible.

    Again - on every TV news and Cable News show all that could be heard was "Trump, Trump, Trump" both good and bad, attacking him and/or defending him over the potty mouth tape.

    Its as if he gains strength solely because his name is on everyone's lips.

    HankD
     
    #37 HankD, Oct 10, 2016
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    #38 Baptist Believer, Oct 12, 2016
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