Quote (ofthevoid @ Nov 30 2018 01:51pm)
You highlight the bolded like it's some great feat of integrity. If 100 crooks go to a politician and give various gifts and then when that politician gets a higher post remembers who his "friends" were in the past and starts making decisions favorable to those friends, does it matter that she vouched she will no longer accept gifts?
Trump's business has been branding for decades. It was his business 20 years ago and it remains that today. His baseline didn't change, therefore a foreigner coming to him about his hotel businesses is not necessarily rent-seeking behavior.
The Clintons made their political career a business. Maybe it wasn't always like that, but it's been that way since her time as Secretary of State. You're a hypocrite because if you were consistent in your ideological stance you would be critical of all foreign intervention in our politics not just whichever flavor pundits tell you to be outraged about.
It's not a great feat... it's something that should be expected from any president. She was willing to do the right thing, Trump was not.
If you think Trump's business isn't a point of leverage over him, then you're just incredibly naive. The orange colored glasses just never come off.
I'm a little confused here... are you not able to read my full post?
Quote (IceMage @ Nov 30 2018 01:28pm)
I'm not sure how I'm a hypocrite... I said it's concerning and I'm glad the FBI is looking into it.
Quote (ofthevoid @ Nov 30 2018 01:54pm)
He has been supportive of her for as long as I remember. Sounds to me like you have a revisionist perspective because some of us that have been here long enough know who supported who. I remember him consistently voicing support for her, her policies, etc.
The only reason I come across that way is because the vast majority of the criticism of Hillary on this forum is moronic. Like pretending she's going to start WW3 in Syria, or that her email scandal was some super serious national security issue.
Quote (ofthevoid @ Nov 30 2018 02:03pm)
Literally, the first page of this thread.
He is a neocon. She is a neocon. It's not a surprise when the Republican neocons were ousted he went to the other neocon. I'm not going to sit here and waste my time combing through posts to prove he has supported her, it's obvious.
That was just a post trying to trigger people. I prefer a pragmatic foreign policy... Obama did a pretty good job. Hillary was a little more hawkish than I'd prefer, but still far better than Trump.
Also, I'm the guy who criticizes Trump for increasing the military budget. Not exactly a neoconservative stance.
This post was edited by IceMage on Nov 30 2018 01:16pm