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HuckleB

(35,773 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 11:55 PM Jul 2016

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Are we ignoring something? Is "Speechgate" a planned distraction from the fascism?

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Are we ignoring something? Is "Speechgate" a planned distraction from the fascism? (Original Post) HuckleB Jul 2016 OP

No rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #1

Why? HuckleB Jul 2016 #2

Exactly rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #3

Please stop wasting the time of others. HuckleB Jul 2016 #5

You fail to understand my point rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #7

So you got nothing, still... HuckleB Jul 2016 #8

Your OP asked a nothing question rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #12

This whole mess is a distraction from fascism. The_Casual_Observer Jul 2016 #4

Exactly. If the platform was the news, well... HuckleB Jul 2016 #6

You think they deliberately had Melania plagiarize Michelle Obama's speech? oberliner Jul 2016 #9

Would it be shocking if they did? HuckleB Jul 2016 #10

It would be stupid if they did rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #13

How can you distract from that? The fascism is right out there and obvious. Rex Jul 2016 #11

Exactly rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #14

I think it is a distraction from the Roger Ailes bombshell BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #16

In other words RandiFan1290 Jul 2016 #17

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

1. No

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 11:56 PM

Jul 2016

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

2. Why?

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 11:58 PM

Jul 2016

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

3. Exactly

Reply to HuckleB (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 11:58 PM

Jul 2016

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

5. Please stop wasting the time of others.

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:11 AM

Jul 2016

You have no point. We get it.

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

7. You fail to understand my point

Reply to HuckleB (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:14 AM

Jul 2016

Which does not mean I do not have one.

The question "why?" Is exactly why the intiial hypothesis is unlikely to be true. Why would the GOP want to do this? It makes no sense.

As for wasting time, no one makes you read anything.

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

8. So you got nothing, still...

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:32 AM

Jul 2016

And you responded to my OP.

Uh, yeah.

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

12. Your OP asked a nothing question

Reply to HuckleB (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 07:04 AM

Jul 2016

it was absurd on its face.

As several commenters below confirm, it was just dumb.

Also no one has called Melania's plagiarism "speechgate" but you, and you're the only one who finds it distracting from the fascism.

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

4. This whole mess is a distraction from fascism.

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:00 AM

Jul 2016

Have you heard anything in this about his plans for the EPA, social programs, climate change, public education, Medicare, student loans, jobs, healthcare costs?

Shit no, it's all about putting Hillary Clinton
In jail and "security" from the boogeyman.

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

6. Exactly. If the platform was the news, well...

Reply to The_Casual_Observer (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:12 AM

Jul 2016

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

9. You think they deliberately had Melania plagiarize Michelle Obama's speech?

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:34 AM

Jul 2016

To distract from fascism?

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

10. Would it be shocking if they did?

Reply to oberliner (Reply #9)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 01:12 AM

Jul 2016

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

15. It would be stupid if they did

Reply to HuckleB (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 07:12 AM

Jul 2016

They're not beyond stupidity, but a self-inflicted wound that dominated coverage of the first day and tarnished the candidate's wife?

What are you smoking?

Response to oberliner (Reply #9)

rjsquirrel This message was self-deleted by its author.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

11. How can you distract from that? The fascism is right out there and obvious.

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 01:15 AM

Jul 2016

I think it is part of the overall incompetence.

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

14. Exactly

Reply to Rex (Reply #11)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 07:06 AM

Jul 2016

Why would they invent a "crisis" to "distract" from the MAIN MESSAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN?

BumRushDaShow

(128,866 posts)

16. I think it is a distraction from the Roger Ailes bombshell

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 07:19 AM

Jul 2016

that will have a long-term effect on the biggest media outlet that promotes their message.

RandiFan1290

(6,229 posts)

17. In other words

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 07:31 AM

Jul 2016

Stop talking about it!!!

right?

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