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Mr. Ected

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39. There's another double standard being applied here
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 07:21 AM
Nov 2019

The standard that Democrats apply to themselves versus the standards the Republicans apply to themselves.

Since we're guided by a moral code, when it's even perceived that a Dem has breached that code, whether justified or not, we martyr ourselves in the name of honesty and integrity as a whole.

When the Republicans are perceived to have breached a code, they deny the offense and they deny the code.

Full Speech: demmiblue Oct 2019 #1
She is my congresswoman Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #18
Hope she makes a good lawsuit out of it bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #2
✔️ blm Oct 2019 #26
I wish the Speaker would decline her resignation yaesu Oct 2019 #3
Totally agree Loge23 Oct 2019 #4
+1000 FakeNoose Oct 2019 #5
Agreed Stargazer09 Oct 2019 #10
I hope she can prosecute NewJeffCT Oct 2019 #12
reportedly they had hundreds more. barbtries Oct 2019 #17
Who do you think pressured her to resign? Jose Garcia Nov 2019 #50
No, she resigned because of allegations of malfeasance and Hortensis Oct 2019 #6
This eissa Oct 2019 #11
Yes, and I'm angry with her for that. I was an admirer Hortensis Oct 2019 #13
Yet Duncan Hunter hasn't resigned BigMin28 Oct 2019 #31
"Everybody does it" eissa Oct 2019 #35
Maybe it should not be a standard treestar Nov 2019 #40
I didn't mean to imply that we give her a pass BigMin28 Nov 2019 #42
Duncan Hunter is a scumbag whom Dorian Gray Nov 2019 #37
Agreed, and she shouldn't resign over it. AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #46
Meanwhile, grifter Duncan Hunter R-CA continues his "normalization" campaign Zambero Nov 2019 #45
There are no House rules against what she has admitted to whopis01 Nov 2019 #48
If there weren't photos, she could have done the ethics investigation IronLionZion Oct 2019 #14
But no: The photos were NOT the ethical issue she resigned for. Hortensis Oct 2019 #15
Dem leadership could have reprimanded her for the ethics violation IronLionZion Oct 2019 #24
Didn't it happen far too fast for court of public opinion, tho? Hortensis Nov 2019 #36
Yep, those photo's have been weaponized against her, she is a victim & nothing posted yaesu Oct 2019 #16
Add me then, but please don't. Same standard for everyone. Hortensis Oct 2019 #22
Unfortunately that's true. Aaron Pereira Oct 2019 #20
Why should she resign? We have a sexual predator in WH--so hell no ! RestoreAmerica2020 Oct 2019 #7
I Hope She Reconsiders! McKim Oct 2019 #8
I'm not in her shoes and I don't know what she knows Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #9
Well, she's giving them what they want. cwydro Oct 2019 #19
+1 OnDoutside Oct 2019 #23
I guess I'm old....I don't understand the naked picture thing. mtngirl47 Oct 2019 #21
She said it was without her knowledge or consent IronLionZion Oct 2019 #25
She's looking right at the camera while nude and holding a bong in one of the pics. Kaleva Oct 2019 #27
If a camera was installed surreptiously, she probably didn't see it. SharonAnn Oct 2019 #32
Possible Kaleva Oct 2019 #34
Everyone has a camera on their phone these days IronLionZion Oct 2019 #33
Yeah, I saw a few of them. cwydro Nov 2019 #43
I got the impression that she was fully aware that pics were being taken of her. Kaleva Nov 2019 #44
Yeah, me too. cwydro Nov 2019 #47
She only claimed that some of them were taken without her knowledge. whopis01 Nov 2019 #49
and we have two bdamomma Oct 2019 #28
AOC said the crime was committed against her 7wo7rees Oct 2019 #29
An interesting take on this kind of situation: The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #30
Amy Koch apologized and finished out her term IronLionZion Nov 2019 #38
There's another double standard being applied here Mr. Ected Nov 2019 #39
Mostly by so called God fearing xtians Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 #41
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