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It is a party nomination. It is not an open national democratic progress. The rules very by state with many having closed primaries where only party members can vote. The winner of a primary holds no specific office; they are merely a party nominee. No one is obligated to vote for or be a member of the Democratic party. It is silly to compare "rigging" a party nomination to what people are upset at Trump for. Also let's not forget that party Primaries weren't even national events allowing all 50 state participation until 1976 and unlike the General Election they are not outlined in the Constitution. Moreover people don't even need a party nomination to run for President. Sanders didn't need the Democratic nomination to run. He could have ran as an independent just has he did for the Senate.

Movies have ratings. There isn't casual sex in G or PG rated films. As with any industry filmmakers are looking to turn a profit. They turnout whatever audiences willingly pay to see. They react to societies appetite and not vice versa.

Every society in history has failed; economic model notwithstanding. How the success of a economic model is measured is purely relative. Hundreds of years from now people might look back at present day with dusgust over our unsustainable use of resources and destruction of the environment. The Rapa Nui probably thought they had a good system in place at one point. What we see as an economic model promoting compitetion, ownership, and growth most certainly will be viewed differently in the future just as all things are: manifest destiny, slavery, etc. I believe any economic system can work. I don't think a specific type of model can promote happiness or satisfaction in a society. People must want it to work. Communism, Socialism, Captialism, even a barter system could all work if society embraced it. Ultimately the amount of time, resources, and brain power are equal within any system. The challange is motivating people to be productive. Thoroughout history that motivation has come in a lot of different forms. War has been a very productive motivator. In many ways the economic model of a nation during war most closely resembles communism inthat resources are devoted to the state. In the U.S. we call those who fought WW2 the Greatest Generation. During WW2 factories where turned our to the govt to build military equipment, people were drafted, resources rationed, and etc. Things we wouldn't accpet today. We do not look back on that time period as negative at all. As a society we (U.S.) wanted to make it work. Commitment serving as the most important factor. Fast forward to Vietnam and society wasn't committed. The sacrificed of a daft and govt spending weren't embraced and as a result the time periof is veiwed negatively. How a society feels about what is happening matters nearly much as what is actually happening.

The Senate vote overwhelmingly (98-2) to sanction Russia for their interference in our election and Trump is dragging his feet on enacting those sanctions. Your sense of what does or doesn't matter with regards to Russia seems to have an aggressively partisan tilt. The Uranium deal was done on the up and up. It had multi agency review and transparency. You are conflating criminal behavior with policy you disagree with. The two are not the same. No one here is arguig that your should like the Uranium deal. Rather we are pointing out to your that there was nothing illegal, unethical, unpatriotic, or otherwise wrong with the Uranium deal. What that said what is your main point about it other than wishing it weren't so?

You couldn't even be bothered to show your disapproval of Russia manipulating of electoral process....hahahaha. There is no highhorse for you here. You are typing fear mongering nonsense about Russia and Uranium with your left hand while typing excusesfor Trump's willful compliance with Russian intelligence with your right hand. You acknowledge that the deal required a total government review and inculded several agencies. No conspiracy here. Just policy practiced in the open via the standard process which you happen to disagree with. The sitting Presidents former campaign manager and foriegn policy advisor were just arrested. One has already confessed to lying to the FBI and Russia and the other is being charged with 12 counts inculding crimes against the United the States. You have responded to those serious developments by talking about Hillary Clinton; just deflecting from what matters.

Trump lost the popular vote by 3 million and Facebook, Twitter, Google, and etc were just on the Hill today discussing how Russia push propaganda campaigned via social media in swing states. You are basically hollering "no backies" as if we shouldn't identify errors and learn from them.

The old rape victim was wearing a short skirt excuse. Bad behavior is okay provided others didn't do enough to stop it..... SMH. You are a electronics tech of sorts so perhaps the following analogy will resonate. When I find a fault in a circuit I fix it. I don't leave the fault in place of modify the rest of the circuit to operate with the fault; jury-rig. You're attempting to debate via vinyl tape and jumpers. Time to just do the right thing and repair the circuit properly.

Republicans control all branches of government. If Clinton committed a crime she would have already been indicted. This is a shameful and immature case of tit for tat. Their person has pie on their face so for the sake of parity they want pie on other peoples faces. It is pathetic. Indictments roll out in realtime so now Trump supporters what to go back in time and address things already litigated.

Nearly 80 percent of Trump voters said they think the president should stay in office even if collusion is proven between his campaign and Russia, according to a survey released Tuesday, even while support among all voters for his impeachment hits a new high. According to a new poll from the Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling, 79 percent of people who voted for President Trump say he should remain even if collusion is proven, and 75 percent said the entire Russia story is "fake news." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-vast-majority-of-trump-voters-say-he-should-stay-in-office-even-if-russia-collusion-is-proven/ar-AAuheEM?li=BBnbcA1 Waitforufo if collusion between Trump and Russia is proved and or obstruction of justice is proved should Trump be impeached? If Hillary Clinton is found guilty of any crimes I how she is held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. So please answer my question about Trump with a yes or no with running on about Clinton.

Tar, Trump is not named in the appointment of a special counsel. Robert Mueller is free to follow the pertinent evidence. If Hillary Clinton or her team did something that can be investigated. Robert Mueller is a former FBI Directory. He was appointed Director by Bush. Robert Mueller is not a politician or a partisan liberal on a witch hunt. Solets stick to that facts of the investigation.

I don't uderstand what you are talking about. What things did Clinton know which Trump did not? They received the same intelligence breifings as candidates. What wiretaps are you specifically talking about? You seem to be attempting to argue that while Trump did many bad things nothing he did has yet been proven illegal and as such he gets the benefit of doubt and maintains all due respect required of his office. In my opinion that is a very weak argument. Anytime a president is caught bold face lying it should alarm people. Anytime a President is caught bold face lying about sensitive security matters to the contrary of our own military and intellignce services it should both alarm people, generate termendous scrutiny, and people should demand answers. Trump is President of the United States and not just some average joe. To acknowledge unethical and unpatriotic behavior on his part but then insist that technically it may not be criminal is not in keeping with the oath one takes upon entering office. Ultimately time will tell. If and when more people are indicted no amount of bringing Hillary Clinton will change anything.

In lieu of actual Nazis marching on our (USA's) streets and stating they support for Trump the inclusion of Nazi methods of propaganda and debate is appropriate for political discussions in 2017. What do you feel is keeping Clinton of of prison? Trump is POTUS and his appointee runs DOJ. The House and Senate are controlled by Republicans. What partisan power structure are Democrats using to shield Clinton? I think this is all just a defection to distract from the real investigations into real crimes which is well on the way. Trump keeps askig why Clinton isn't being investigated for this that or the other but ultimately Trump has the power to make such investigations happen if in fact laws were broke. So what the h3ll are we even talking about; seems like you should be upset with Trump, Kelly, Sessions, and etc for not getting an indepth Clinton investigation going.

Nope!!!! Mueller's investigation primarily about obstruction of justice in relation to the Firing of Comey. It was Comey's investigation which was about the attack on our electoral process and collusion. Part of proving obstruction of justice will include validating the investigation Comey was fired from and a just one in the first place and the charges against Manafort and papadopoulos appear to go a long way towards do that. Trump firing Comey would be obstruction of justice if Comey was investigating partisan nonsense. These charges lay the ground work proving Comey's investigation was legtimate.

Oct. 7th 2016: " The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscow—the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities. " https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/10/07/joint-statement-department-homeland-security-and-office-director-national Oct 20th 2016 at the 3rd President Debate: CLINTON: ... that the Russians have engaged in cyberattacks against the United States of America, that you encouraged espionage against our people, that you are willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list, break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do, and that you continue to get help from him, because he has a very clear favorite in this race. So I think that this is such an unprecedented situation. We've never had a foreign government trying to interfere in our election. We have 17 -- 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin and they are designed to influence our election. I find that deeply disturbing. WALLACE: Secretary Clinton... CLINTON: And I think it's time you take a stand... TRUMP: She has no idea whether it's Russia, China, or anybody else. CLINTON: I am not quoting myself. TRUMP: She has no idea. CLINTON: I am quoting 17... TRUMP: Hillary, you have no idea. CLINTON: ... 17 intelligence -- do you doubt 17 military and civilian... TRUMP: And our country has no idea. CLINTON: ... agencies. TRUMP: Yeah, I doubt it. I doubt it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/19/the-final-trump-clinton-debate-transcript-annotated/?utm_term=.4954e8f8987f Tar, it isn't a matter of "IF". We know Trump willfully lied about what he knew and seeded doubt in the very agencies it is his duty as President to lead. As a major party nominee Trump received intelligence briefings. The DHS and DNI joint press release linked above was made public in October. Trump had been brief in greater detail and his respones when asked about intelligence assessment on national TV was to say "And our country has no idea" and "Yeah, I doubt it. I doubt it". I can spend the rest of my morning link you tweets and interviews where Trump has continued to deny our own intelligence communities work and say it might have been China. I am not presuming a darn thing! Facts are facts. Are you, as a proud patriotic American (I presume) honestly going argue that a President bold face lying about his own military, intelligence, and State Department is somehow acceptable? You honestly think there is wiggle room here for you to be using "IF"?

You presume to know what Putin's motives were and are dismissing them as typical. You do not know what Putin's motives were nor is Putin in any way shape or form accountable to U.S. citizens; Trump is. One of the primary functions of the President is to defend the country. The President is directly over our intelligence services, State Department, and military. There is no innocent excuse or acceptable reason for a President or Presidential candidate to tolerate, cooperate with, or otherwise enable what Russia did during the election.

This whole situation begs for a healthy debate about changing the law. Many other countries are capable of holding special Elections. Here in the U.S. we are able to for Governors and other various elected officials; why not President.

1 - that Russia was interjecting itself into of Democratic process was known early as July of 2016. Candidates were made aware by our intelligence agencies. What did Trump do: joke that he hoped Russia would hack Hillary some more, claim no one knows who is doing hacks, and called the whole issue fake news. That may not be proof of collusion but it is unethical and extremely unpatriotic. At the very least Trump knowingly enabled the Russians by fostering doubt amongst his supporters. 2 - You are sure; do you have any evidence or is this just a gut feeling?

If the President of the United States of America violated the law to win election there is NO MIDDLE ground between him and democracy.

You seem to be attempting to excuse yourself here when in my opinion you should be preparing an apologize. So let me be crystal clear and plant a solid goal post; if Clinton or her campaign is charged with crimes and Trump is vindicated by Mueller's investigation it means I was fooled by propaganda and wrong about a great number of things. That my views over the last year not only were wrong but unpatriotic and a detriment to our nation. Not merely a win some lose some innocent mistake! Likewise if and when Trump and his campiagn are charged with crimes it will mean you have been wrong. It will mean your actions will have been unpatriotic and in no way keeping with our founding principles. That you put your selfish desires above democracy. This is no some matter. This isn't some petty thing. Our (U.S.) leadership around the world, partnerships with allies, and obligations to each other have been abused. Golden showers do not matter. We know Trump is a sexual deviant and likes Eastern European women. People voted for him understanding that. Equally people voted for Clinton knowing that Bill has a wondering eye. I do not care if Trump ever received a Golden Shower. I care about the law and integrity on equal representation under law. Golden Showers are back ground noise. What matters is the sovereignty of our democracy and its institutions. Cheating (breaking the rules/laws) to win an election is an assualt on democracy. It renders an individuals right to representation under the law moot. If those in power broke the law to get there it means we (citizens of the U.S.) do not have a representative govt but rather are being led by an aggressive regime which essentially performed a coup. Who will you stand with? Many (most) politicians lie or exaggerate to con voters into willfully giving their support. Mueller isn't investigating exaggerations; he is investigating crimes. So please do not soften the issue with empty rhetoric about peripheral matters pretending those things have been central all along. Your desire thorought the election WAS NOT to stay united. You acknowledged during primary season that Trump was a lunatic and his supporters dangerously fringe. You literally said if Kasich didn't win the nomination and the choice came down to Trump or Clinton you would have to do what was right for the country, hold your nose, and vote Clinton. Then Trump won the nomination and you voted for him. You justified it by basically saying that you are white man and ultimately Trump was better for old white men and that you simply had to stick with your tribe. Tribalism, which you commonly advocate, amongst racial and gender classifications is the oppoiste of united. You actively supported division by voting for a candidated you literally acknowledged was unfit. On my father's side of the family we go back to the revolutionary war!! On my mother's side we go back a century. Family I have known fought for this country; grandfather in WW2, two uncles in Vietnam, I have been deployed overseas. You sir are not more American than me because you are a self described old white man. Your tribe deserves NO greater inheritance of this nation than mine. I am not expecting lightening to strike tomorrow. I suspect the initial charges will be procedural in nature designed to empower investigators with more leverage to seize records and lean on witnesses. This is all far from over and their will continue to be people carrying buckets of water behind their tribal leaders to keep the flames down long as they can in attempt to selfishly get all they can till the flames rage beyond all measures of supression.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team has reportedly filed the first criminal charges as part of the sprawling inquiry into Moscow’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, CNN reported.. Citing “sources briefed on the matter,” the network said a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., approved the charges, which have been sealed by a federal judge. CNN did not indicate who had been charged, how many people had been charged, or what charges had been filed by Mueller’s team. An arrest could come by Monday. Reuters subsequently confirmed CNN's report. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/robert-mueller-sealed-indictment/544292/ Mueller has investigated the Dossier well as collusion and obstruction of justice. Since you agree that those who broke the law (team Clinton or team Trump) should be prosecuted I won't see you attempting to label Mueller partisan, the charges a witch hunt, or otherwise attempting to unburdenTrump and his associates of responsibility for their actions?? Ican promiseyou that if Clinton or anyone in her campaign is charged in connection with Dossier I will not defend their actions. Lets keep the goal posts anchored in place.

I actually did mention the rape stuff; read the post again. Who paid for the research doesn't make everything resulting from that research a lie. You are conflating a lot of different things. Carry on about the millions spent as if spending money itself were suspicious. How many millions of tax payers dollars, not campaign dollars, were squandered investigating Clinton?? If anything you should be pleased this matter is being investigated and hope Trump doesn't do anything to interfere with Mueller's work since you care so much about it. If Clinton broke the law I hope she is prosecuted. If Trump broke the law I hope he is prosecuted. If you feel the same don't move the goal posts if and when indictments start rolling out.

Has there even been a single year over the last two decades Republicans weren't investigating Hillary Clinton? Wtf are you even saying. No public figure has been the focal point of more investigations. There are websites dedicated to the number of people she is said to killed. We don't need to imagine if the tables were turned Hillary Clinton has been accused of murder, pay for play, selling uranium, bullying rape victims, having secret illnesses, and the list goes on and on. She was even sabotage by an aggressive foriegn power yet you think opposition research is a line never crossed?

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The House Intelligence Committee, Senate Intelligence Committee, and the Independent Investigator assigned by the deputy Attorney General are all still investigating these matters. Saying "nothing became of it" is a complete mis-characterization of what has and is currently happening.

Woody Allen is every bit bad as Polanski. Everyone who signed a petition on Polanski behalf or publicly argued on his behalf as Goldberg did should be ashamed. Unless they have since apologized for supporting Polanski it would be hypocritical for any of those individuals to pretend to be upset about Weinstein.