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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Re: Hillary's email brouhaha, a point of view I haven't seen brought up elsewhere [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)49. Odd. I'm not demanding anything
Logical fallacies are so lame.
Ad hominem - Calling Fumesucker's OP a right-wing concoction
Non sequitur - Attempting to link the crashes of the ACA website due to traffic with the inappropriate use of a personal email server for "convenience", two very different problems.
Strawman argument - I'm not defending or attacking Obama.
Observing that a person shows poor leadership is not demanding a different standard. It's pointing out the person wanting to lead should probably, you know, lead on occasion.
Further, and worth noting, is how you are using this as a lever to criticize Obama.
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Re: Hillary's email brouhaha, a point of view I haven't seen brought up elsewhere [View all]
Fumesucker
Sep 2015
OP
Of course, when we do have efforts to do something, we end up with a computer system like...
Human101948
Sep 2015
#1
I'm not an IT expert, but in general, I'm pretty sure that implementing a functional...
BlueEye
Sep 2015
#6
End up with? the launch was just that, a launch, under deadline pressure.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Sep 2015
#11
Government is inefficient and slow and top administrators know there's nothing that can be done
Fumesucker
Sep 2015
#67
actually primary time is exactly when these problems should be worked out
questionseverything
Sep 2015
#65
Day-to-day she isn't responsible, but she is responsible for the overall direction
jeff47
Sep 2015
#38
She brought war to Libya, peace to Northern Ireland but can't bring better email to her department?
Fumesucker
Sep 2015
#26
I haven't brought peace to Northern Ireland or dodged sniper fire in Tuzla either
Fumesucker
Sep 2015
#47
The SOS should spend her valuable time on rehabbing the email system, right, got it.
Darb
Sep 2015
#19
I haven't heard that either. You are breaking new ground in the field of Hillary-hating.
DanTex
Sep 2015
#25
I guess ultimately I know what I think of Republicans who do this sort of thing
Fumesucker
Sep 2015
#33