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ehrnst

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44. You Haven't Given Any Examples of the 'Influencing of Legislation" by Paying An
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 03:25 PM
Apr 2019

elected official to speak, in order to "lobby them" on legislation to "draw a line to."

As I corrected you, that's illegal, and you've avoided giving any examples of this actually happening outside of your statements and a false claim in a campaign ad, as well as avoiding acknowledging that you had been corrected.

The fact is you are barrelling around the uncomfortable facts in an effort to portray the selling of millions of $$ worth of apples on Amazon and Walmart while giving them a cut, when there are alternatives, as less of a relationship with Wall Street player mega corporations, than one of fictional elected oranges giving fictional speeches for fictionalWall Street fees. How does one "draw a line" to a fictional situation?

That's the question that isn't being answered here. That's the point that's being deliberately avoided.

Care to retort?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Agreed. TwilightZone Apr 2019 #1
here is the Gallup chart history, up until last fall (new one should be out soon) Celerity Apr 2019 #33
The Gallup history is already linked in the article. TwilightZone Apr 2019 #35
that link only has a chart up to 2015, this one is from September 2018 Celerity Apr 2019 #36
K&R. rzemanfl Apr 2019 #2
Who do you think "they" are? Amimnoch Apr 2019 #3
Russian influence was not limited to supporting Trump Recursion Apr 2019 #4
This is one the main things I like about Buttigieg. marylandblue Apr 2019 #5
Hillary had a favorable rating of 49% when she announced her candidacy for president in Apr 2015 Kaleva Apr 2019 #6
That's because the moment a woman appears "politically ambitious", athena Apr 2019 #10
When Hillary was talking about running back in 2012 and 2013.... Kaleva Apr 2019 #12
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #7
She was at 49% in May of 2015, roughly same point in election cycle thesquanderer Apr 2019 #8
Plenty of smart liberals fell for divisive stuff during and after the primaries IronLionZion Apr 2019 #9
I agree enthusiastically! athena Apr 2019 #11
The timeline on her approval numbers may be a little off, but the point is spot on. StevieM Apr 2019 #13
Her favorability went down because of things like her email server karynnj Apr 2019 #15
Her time as SoS artislife Apr 2019 #16
No. The fake email scandal was not self-inflicted. StevieM Apr 2019 #17
Believe what you want, but the series shows when her numbers tanked karynnj Apr 2019 #18
I don't disagree about when her numbers tanked, but that I do disagree about the notion StevieM Apr 2019 #20
Did you look at the link to polling report.com? karynnj Apr 2019 #22
I am not disputing when her numbers first dropped. StevieM Apr 2019 #24
Your second paragraph is speculation as was my comment karynnj Apr 2019 #25
She was not "hiding" anything. (eom) StevieM Apr 2019 #29
Because she had the emails, the SD could not comply with Congressional and FOIA requests karynnj Apr 2019 #31
Believe what you like. StevieM Apr 2019 #32
I was very very concerned with the Bush and Rove private seever karynnj Apr 2019 #34
You are obviously determined to believe that this phony scandal was real StevieM Apr 2019 #65
The state department of was not a Republican karynnj Apr 2019 #66
I am well aware of who Obama appointed. StevieM Apr 2019 #68
Comey brought it back to the foreground after Clinton had pretty much dealt with it. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #19
Colin Powell used private email too. It was a non-issue. StevieM Apr 2019 #21
When Powell was the SoS, the email system was an intranet karynnj Apr 2019 #23
This is my biggest issue with the whole e-mail scandal... Drunken Irishman Apr 2019 #27
+1 Kentonio Apr 2019 #28
Had there not been a fake scandal about an email server there would have been StevieM Apr 2019 #30
Her server turned out to be way more secure than the State Dept's server. ehrnst Apr 2019 #41
At this point in the 2016 cycle, Hillary had already fallen from the 60s karynnj Apr 2019 #14
Not quite... Drunken Irishman Apr 2019 #26
Not Just The Paid Speech Circuit But Speaking To Wall Street corbettkroehler Apr 2019 #37
How about selling books through corporations like Amazon and WalMart? ehrnst Apr 2019 #38
Can Individual Book Sales Lobby You On A Particular Piece Of Legislation? corbettkroehler Apr 2019 #39
I'm talking about millions of $$ of personal income made via sales through Amazon and Walmart, ehrnst Apr 2019 #40
No Comment? (nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #42
To The Same Extent You Think I've Missed Your Point, You've Missed Mine corbettkroehler Apr 2019 #43
You Haven't Given Any Examples of the 'Influencing of Legislation" by Paying An ehrnst Apr 2019 #44
My Previous Response Stands (n/t) corbettkroehler Apr 2019 #48
So You Can't Give An Example Of The Purported Official Being Paid $$$$$ For A Speech ehrnst Apr 2019 #49
I Could If I Wanted To But Suspect That It Would Be Disregarded Out Of Hand corbettkroehler Apr 2019 #50
Another Evasion. You Can't Make A Prima Fascie Case Because Your "Evidence" Is "Fictional." ehrnst Apr 2019 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author ehrnst Apr 2019 #62
Still Waiting. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #61
Still waiting for that PM from you with that "corroboration." ehrnst Apr 2019 #63
Hillary had challenged people to come up NYMinute Apr 2019 #45
Those making that false smear still aren't able to produce anything ehrnst Apr 2019 #46
{crickets} ehrnst Apr 2019 #47
They just keep churning the same non-issues NYMinute Apr 2019 #55
That's not the half of it. ehrnst Apr 2019 #57
This is why I've seen the word "devotees" used by some people NYMinute Apr 2019 #59
Still No Examples Of Actual, Non-Fictional "Influencing of Legislation" ehrnst Apr 2019 #54
Still Waiting On That "Corroboration" Of Fictional Wall Street Speaking Fees For Elected ehrnst Apr 2019 #58
LOL :) Looks like a long wait. JHan Apr 2019 #67
That is your opinion, it is not fact Fresh_Start Apr 2019 #51
Not only not fact, but debunked falsehood. ehrnst Apr 2019 #60
The radio silence is telling, isn't it? (nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author CentralMass Apr 2019 #52
K&R betsuni Apr 2019 #56
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